I visited Samuel Jones last Sunday with a friend, we had travelled down to Exeter to enjoy the surprisingly warm weather The booking reservation form was easy to complete and we were even able to request a seat with a view of the river Exe. Just as we were setting off we received a call from Samuel Jones advising us that due to a supply issue there would be no roast dinners available, we thought this was a really nice touch that someone had taken the effort to let us know in case we had been planning on having a roast dinner – as it was because it was such a warm day it didn’t matter to us. We arrived at the restaurant to receive a really friendly welcome before being shown to our table – as requested at a window with a lovely view of the river, as the waiter was explaining the menu to us we asked if it was possible to sit on one of the available tables outside as it was so warm and sunny. This was no problem and we were kindly moved to an outside table – the only difference was we now had to place our order at the bar, which is nothing unusual anyway. We decided to have two small starters to share, we had a bowl of mixed olives and duck gyoza. They were both really nice tasting and decent portions for “nibbles”, even though the waiter had advised that there could be a small delay in our order the food was delivered very promptly We both then had a main course of West Country Mussels which were in a really nice cider, leek and cream sauce, the portion sizes again were spot on and we both really enjoyed the main dish. There was an accompanying side of fries and a small baguette which was the icing on the cake Even though the restaurant was really busy due to having sport on TV inside and the influx of walk up customers because of the nice weather we hardly had to wait and to the credit of the staff we saw they kept communicating with their customers advising them of any delays etc Washed down with a lovely cool bottle of rose wine all in all we have a lovely couple of hours in a very peaceful but picturesque location

My family recently celebrated a 30th birthday at Samuel Jones. The service was amazing. They let some of our party arrive early so they could decorated our table. They even let us use one of there cake stands. They really went above and beyond to make the birthday party special. Thanks S J staff