Reviews in Seaton

We ate on a Monday evening, and had a disappointing meal. Firstly, the menu is nowhere near as extensive as shown on the website - no ‘catch of the day’ specials board, for example. The food didn’t look anywhere near as attractive as that on the website either. My partner and I both opted for the pan fried hake with a caper and butter sauce. Well, if the chef is Michelin trained (mentioned on the website) I can only assume it was his day off and someone who doesn’t know how to cook fish was standing in for him. The skin on the fish was flabby and greasy rather than crispy, and the fish was unpleasantly greasy too. Also, the advertised caper and butter sauce was missing. We pointed this out to one of the servers, who came back a few minutes later with two pots containing some partially melted butter with some capers plonked in it - that is not a sauce! We decided to have a dessert and shared a blackcurrant frangipane tart. That was ok, but nothing special, and did nothing to raise our spirits after an extremely disappointing main course. To be fair to the waitress, she did knock the dessert off of the bill due to the issues with the main, but I’d much rather have had a well cooked meal and paid for everything. In conclusion, I would say that the food was way overpriced for the mediocre quality of fare provided, and I can’t imagine we’d visit again.

A delicious lunch enjoyed by everyone, excellent service. It was much appreciated that you provided a room of just the right size for the exclusive use of our party of eleven people.

Lovely cosy pub. Excellent food. Staff were all very friendly & welcoming. Definitely recommend.

Very nice atmosphere and friendly service. Lovely food

Stunning meal!

The Mussels were as good as I remember having anywhere although a little bread would have been welcome; shame to waste the delicious sauce. The Lobster however was a different story. Sadly, it was overcooked. The tail meat was really quite tough. At £48 for two half Lobsters I expected better. Chef’s night off, apparently.

Visited Harbour Inn last Tuesday. Good service and nice meal which came out promptly and hot! Would definitely recommend

Beautiful old pub with many original features All the staff were very friendly and helpful, one of our party had a number of food intolerances, they went out of their way to make sure she was catered for. The food was lovely, especially the fish pie. We will come again.

We visited the harbour Inn for a meal on Tuesday. Lovely service, the food arrived very quickly and was absolutely wonderful. Would definitely come back again!!!

Brilliant food, service and atmosphere. Best pub meal for years. Thank you so much. We will be back soon.

Great food but frustratingly there wasn’t a huge amount on the menu as it was the day after the late May bank holiday so they’d had to reduce the options. Service really wasn’t great. Asked for Olives and an Espresso Martini which never came and had to chase them up twice to get someone to bring the card machine over so we could pay our bill.

Pleasantly surprised to find lobster thermidor on the menu. Very friendly service on a very busy day.

This was our second recent visit to The Harbour Inn. There were 11 of us for a family Sunday lunch and despite a very busy service, the staff couldn’t have been more welcoming or accommodating. Fabulous roast lunch, we will be back.

Very average Fish and Chips, Venison Shepherds Pie very minced almost paste and dry, will go back the Ship Inn up the road.

Lovely “old pub” with nice food and friendly staff. We found the online menu was different to the one at the pub so advise you check at time of booking, having said that we will definitely go back when next in Seaton.

A real shame, we were looking forward to our Roast at the Harbour, having been there a few weeks ago where we had an excellent Sunday roast, this Easter Sunday roast was poor in comparison, from the service to the food. Wine served in a half pint J2O glass, vegetables served 10 minutes after the meal, Chicken was served on the bone (not made clear on the menu) and then the wine we started with was no longer available. We put this down to how busy the pub was on Easter Sunday but on reflection, and after receiving an email to leave a review, this is it. Very poor and such a shame. We will be going to the Ship in future.

What a great pub, had lunch on Easter Sunday as on holiday in the area and we found a little gem. It’s an unpretentious pub that does good food with a warm welcome. What made the difference is the young team who on a mad busy day delivered excellent service. What stood out was the way the management team guided and encouraged the team. Thank you.

Thank you for a lovely evening, excellent choice on the menu and great service from the staff.