Pig & Whistle - Totnes

This pub restaurant has been under new management for almost 2 years now having previously suffered from a not so good reputation. During the last year we have heard many good things about it. Much has been done to improve the dining experience and this is ongoing.

I, and a friend, Sandra, decided to give it a go on a Friday lunchtime. Staff reception was excellent; smiles and welcomes all round.

Ambience was lovely with lots of little and larger areas and space between tables which means you can hold private conversations and not listen to everyone's chat.

Interesting and varied menu with a good specials board and 2 for £12 meals on offer.

The menu varies slightly with the seasons.  Starters (price range £4.50-£8.95) Main Course (price range £7.95-£18.95) dessert & ice cream from £4.95. Full menu & specials available lunch & dinner, 7 days a week (except Sunday lunch). In the afternoons they have carefully selected 25 dishes from their main menu.

We both had a vegetarian option as it was a very warm day: stilton & mushroom tartlet, Very well presented and came with a bowl each of new potatoes...lots of them! Very tasty and moreish. I don't normally go for pies / tarts etc but was pleased that I had as the taste was subtle and interesting and the tartlet was full of lovely garlicky stiltony mushrooms. Also had a dash of spinach in there.

Dessert menu was good and it was difficult to choose. £5:25 seemed a lot, but good portions and again very tasty and well presented.

I had the brownie and ice-cream and Sandra had vanilla ice cream with coffee and shortbread...and the shortbread was huge and the coffee came in a separate little cup so that you could pour as much / little of it on your ice-cream as you would want.

We were very impressed.

Scores

Food 4.5/5

Presentation 5/5

Setting 4/5

Service 5/5

giving an overall 18.5/20

Lunch questers were Mel and Sandra

We drank: gin and slimline tonic and red wine

We wore: summery white 3/4 pants and floral blue top and beige cargo skirt and top and both tanned from the brilliant sunshine we have been having

Total Bill: £41.50

The Pig and Whistle

Newton Road

Totnes

Devon

TQ9 6LT

01803 863733