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The Hour Glass Inn

British, Pub Food • Exeter
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4.5/5
(01392) 258722 21 Melbourne Street, Exeter, Devon, EX2 4AU (01392)2…Show
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Traditional wood-panelled Exeter hostelry dating back to 1848 with a reputation for great food and drink.
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About The Hour Glass Inn

The Hour Glass Inn is a traditional Exeter pub dating back to 1848 that’s close to the Quay and just five minutes from the city centre. It was rescued from closure by Exeter Brewery and a sympathetic refurb has retained its real character with original features including a wood-panelled dining room and an open fire. The menu is built around local, seasonal produce with Devon suppliers namechecked on the website. And complementing the accomplished cooking there’s an interesting selection of wines as well as the well-kept beers you would expect and a great range of whiskies. The Hour Glass Inn also runs a Quiz Night every Monday and a Vinyl Night once a month.

Quiz Night

Monday evenings at 7.30pm is quiz night.

It’s just £1 per person to enter with cash and other prizes up for grabs. Maximum 6 people per team.

A small selection of bar snacks is also available to help power those brain cells.

1 May 2025 - 1 May 2026
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Vinyl Night

Love music – the second Tuesday of every month is vinyl night.

Starting from 7.30pm bring along some of your favourite tunes and sign up to get your 15 minutes on the decks.

1 May 2025 - 1 May 2026
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4.5
Food 4.6/5
Service 4.3/5
Atmosphere 4.6/5
Value for Money 4.3/5
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Rick Benson
Food was amazing. Brilliant service, very attentive without being overbearing at all. Great atmosphere. Well kept beer too!
4.8
Ian Thomson
A hidden gem of a pub. Great atmosphere friendly chats and bar staff and food a cut above anywhere else!
5.0
John Timms
Fantastic night (again) at THG. Allegra made the evening just brilliant with happy, prompt and courteous service. Keep going!
5.0
Yvette Thomson
Absolute superb little find! Superb food and great vegetarian options! Staff are amazing and great service! Best vegetarian roast I’ve had!
3.5
Frances
Very tasty meat. However, this is still a pub. Order at the bar... we both had steak and chips at a rather high price of £36... I can't complain about how it was cooked. The steak was a rib eye cut, perfectly juicy, and cooked MR. I didn't particularly like the very greasy load of potato wedges or frisee lettuce. You are charged service at the bar when ordering wich to me, slightly defeats the point. The atmosphere was good. Warm and cosy..pub. I think the prices need to better reflect the ingredients used and that it is a pub. 3.5/5. For 2 people 1 drink 1 main £100.
5.0
Iain McDonald
We love The Hour Glass! It's the sort of pub you just don't come across often these days. We thoroughly enjoyed our meal. The food is excellent (the black pudding scotch egg is outstanding!) and the wine llst is good (and the beer isn't bad either!). All round a great evening. Thanks to all concerned.
5.0
Chris
5 star
3.3
Kate THOMAS
Sunday lunch for 3 people celebrating my husbands birthday. It’s a mixed review sadly. Lovely venue - cosy and welcoming. The starters were really very good ( black pudding scotch egg with soft yolk, monkfish scampi and the smoked haddock chowder). We then had a really really long wait for our main course… the waitress did apologise and gave us one free pint. We all ordered the roast beef - the beef was rare and delicious, generous portion lovely mixed of veg (swede puree, cabbage and cauliflower cheese, one carrot etc) and a large yorky. But, the potatoes were pretty much inedible and impossible to cut. I suspect they had once been lovely crisp roasties but they were now like leather. My son left all of his and my husband and I ate one each. Really very disappointing, and let the whole meal down. The waitress came to ask if everything was OK with our main course, and we told her all was delicious apart from the potatoes that were really poor quality… unfortunately, she just laughed ( I expect out of nerves/ not knowing what to say) and I assumed she would have told someone senior. But, appears not as the next thing was someone else asking about puddings, we declined as by now it was 4.30pm. When payment for the bill was taken the waitress asked how was the food… once again came some polite but honest feedback - she was more apologetic. So a mixed picture - slow with food, awful roast potatoes and lacking some customer service imho. Hoping this was just a one off, as it is a magical spot for a winters lunch by the fire.
Sarah
Had a meal with a big group for a birthday. Everyone agreed best meal they have had in ages! Great atmosphere and nice people working there. Thanks!
5.0
Martine
Outstanding food, service and atmosphere. First class in EVERY way.
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