Yarde Orchard - Torridge

This friendly cafe is in a lovely situation beside the Tarka trail. We sat in the pretty orchard and enjoyed a novel savoury version of a cream tea (cheese scone, cream cheese topped with chutney). It was a relaxed break whilst cycling the beautiful trail. Highly recommend if you are in the area.

Myself my son visited today for a drink cake after walking along the Tarka Trail. Very friendly welcome, fresh food excellent value. Nice touch with bowl of water biscuit for the dog too!

Advertised as dog friendly, however the owners really did not seem ok with accepting dogs into their property. Only when we arrived I was informed that 1 small dog is allowed that usually the option is given to cancel. Why this is not included in the listing instead of going to the effort of booking I have no idea as we clearly didn’t know this from the booking info it was mentioned guests with 2 other dogs had stayed recently who’s owners presumably didn’t know until they arrived either. The only lounge area is on the landing, but dogs are only allowed in the kitchen or entrance area, both of which are hard floors, which is a real shame as it seems like a missed opportunity to not allow dogs to sit with their family. We were not expecting to let them on any soft furnishings but were made to feel quite uncomfortable found it hard to relax after the owner asked to ‘have a word’ about the dogs. The garden is the perfect enclosed area, but we were reminded that the rules are dogs have to be on leads at all times, something else we didn’t know until arriving. The owner seemed more concerned about using the garden as an extension of their own garden to grow veg, which made it difficult for us to feel as though we had the space to ourselves as you’d expect when paying to book an entire bunkhouse we felt overlooked. If considering booking this property with your dog(s) I would suggest thinking twice as a comment was made to us about how previous dog owners left the place so I really feel the property should not be advertised as dog friendly at all, or better still, reconsider the restrictions in place as every other dog friendly break we have booked has been much more accommodating the dogs seemed really happy before we were told they have to be on leads and had to be separate from us. My Wife left a day early with the dogs as she chose to sleep on the floor with them the night before as they are nervous rescue dogs, rather than leave them isolated for another night. Please at least contact the owners before considering booking if you are planning on taking your dog with you and I hope you have a better experience than we did!

Popped in today for a light lunch. Friendly, efficient staff, tasty food. We had a natchos sharing dish which was lovely. I would recommend visiting here.

My son and I stopped here overnight cycling the Tarka Trail. The accommodation was clean, warm and well stocked with everything we could have needed. Fast WiFi, good book and board game selection and outdoor seating in lovely garden. The best thing though was the kindness and generosity of the hosts. We arrived later than planned when the cafe had closed, exhausted and with no food. The nearest shops/pubs were a 4mile bike ride away. We had homemade pizzas delivered to us half an hour later. Was really thoughtful and made us feel very welcome. A fry up in the cafe the next morning was delicious and served with fresh orange juice and great fresh coffee. We will definitely be back with the whole family.