About Us

Clive and Mo Walker and our team welcome you to The Lazy Toad Inn a free house which has undergone substantial renovation works to create a cosy, beamed series of rooms on the ground floor where local ales and CAMRA award winning ciders from Sandford Orchards together with good locally sourced and some of our home produced food are served from Tuesday to Sunday lunchtimes and Tuesday to Saturday evenings. Reservations are advised to guarantee your table. Well behaved dogs are welcome on a lead - so long as they get on with 'Sam' our friendly resident Cocker Spaniel!

Our brigade headed by Ian Neale with the assistance of Luke Holman work alongside Mo to bring you quality, imaginative food. Ian brings with him a wealth of experience including spells at Bibendum in London and previously the Albion at Clifton, whilst Luke has had experience at Michael Caines in Exeter.

All our food is cooked 'from scratch' on the premises, many ingredients are sourced or grown locally including produce from our own holding and polytunnel. This will increase as time goes on. We have invested in a smoker to produce our own smoked meat and fish for our menu, which changes daily according to the availability of ingredients.

We cater for vegetarians, vegans, coeliacs and those of you with special dietary requirements - please advise us of these when booking. We do not - as a rule - have steaks on our menu, preferring to create dishes that you would not normally have at home, if you would like a steak please let us know, when booking, giving a couple of days notice.

We have also been joined by Lisa Lyne who has previous experience at Fifteen, London for the past two years, plus spells at Fifteen Melbourne (Australia) and learnt her trade at the Primrose Cafe, Clifton. She will be helping Mo and Clive with the day to day running of the Inn.

We usually have at least two westcountry real ales on handpump and offer a wide choice of wines by the glass (fifteen at the last count!), including dessert wines. Plus several Devon wines from Sharpham vineyard at Totnes and sparkling wine from Camel Valley vineyard

All this within a 15 minute drive of Exeter city centre!