The Vanilla Pod Reviews

Delicious, authentic and accommodating supper experience in Lynton! My sister and I stumbled upon The Vanilla Pod in Lynton, on our one night stay in November 2024. To say we were delighted with all aspects of our supper at The Vanilla Pod, is an understatement. We were absolutely thrilled with the service that we received, and most importantly the DELICIOUS (and well-presented) array of mezze dishes that we ordered. The ambience was nice, and the owner/chef was incredibly accommodating. Thank you so much. Would highly recommend!

Good food, lacking atmosphere! Food was good( salt cod croquettes tasty as was mackerel main) and young serving staff great. However owner? Older chap behind bar not v welcoming+ does he want to be there? Needs more atmosphere to match the food!

Pleasant premises in good location. Decent coffee. Ruined by all pervasive BBC Radio One playing constantly. Constant BBC Radio One chattering in the background spoils the otherwise pleasant ambience. Need to sort out much better music system, or silence.

Excellent. We enjoyed an excellent meal with great service. Staff were friendly and helpful and they coped well with my husband’s allergies. He had several choices for his main course and they adapted a dessert. It was so good that we went back on our last night in the area. Highly recommend.

Unfortunate miss on food and service and needs better hygiene A disappointment. Initially I was disappointed because we were only stopping for a drink and cake and I’d seen the food on trip advisor and really wanted a full meal. I’m so glad we only had coffee and cake. I wish we hadn’t even had that tbh. Staff were super friendly but utterly useless. Taking orders but not actually serving any. Then suddenly serving new orders (literally just for drinks) whilst we’re sat down waiting for our drinks. An apology followed… they’d forgotten. £2.95 for a can of Fanta! Wow! Flat white had lots of coffee grinds at the bottom and a dog hair on the top. We finish the drinks.. still no cakes which are literally a few foot from us at the bar. Another apology. They’d forgotten again. She then disappears, does something else and the. Serves our cake. Guess what, when we wanted some water she forgot that too! Cakes were average at best. The chocolate shortbread had nuts in the base and was not shortbread. Son couldn’t finish it. Portuguese tart was pleasant. Orange and almond cake looked lovely but taking depth of flavour and sweetness. Milkshake was rubbish. We unfortunately were sat near the toilet for which there was a constant queue. But on the plus side, when you’re stood outside waiting your turn you can see how dirty the fridge is where they keep the ice cream. Oh and where they keep the spare toilet roll they also keep a kids toilet seat. Great they have one but I’d really rather it wasn’t kept next to the TP

Delicious evening meal in a lovely sunny Lynton.. Delicious food, prompt service, friendly people. I had roasted aubergine with whipped feta then belly pork. So good!! My husband had belly pork as a starter followed by the seafood stew. He was very happy too!