Location: Dawlish
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Best Mediterranean restaurants nearby. Discover the best Mediterranean food in Dawlish. View Menus, Photos and Reviews for Mediterranean restaurants near you.. Dawlish /ˈdɔːlɪʃ/ is an English seaside resort town and civil parish in Teignbridge on the south coast of Devon, 12 miles (19 km) from the county town of Exeter. It had a population of 12,345, which decreased to 11,893 at the 2011 census. During the 18th century, it grew from a small fishing port into a well-known seaside resort. Its nearest neighbour, Teignmouth, developed in a similar way during the 19th century.
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1. Trade Winds
Overall Ratings
4 based on 667 reviews
Reviewed By JamesDTaylor1988
100% the best lamb I have ever tasted in my life, I also highly recommend the garlic cabbage! Service is brilliant, the food is amazing and the place is definitely #no1
2. El Olivo
Overall Ratings
4 based on 256 reviews
Meze and Tapas in a casual but stylish dining atmosphere, with a constantly changing menu using fresh local produce. Find us on Facebook to see our weekly menu.
Reviewed By Kim L
What a fantastic place. If you are in Exmouth, book a table and enjoy a fantastic tapas. Good service, great food and a wonderful night.
3. Olive Lounge
Overall Ratings
4 based on 60 reviews
A small independent restaurant specialising in Mediterranean cuisine. Homecooked fresh food incorporating different styles and tastes from all over the med. Our menu will constantly develop and change to incorporate the freshest of produce and responding
Reviewed By Megandmummy
First impression, needs a facelift!No ambience, starter nice, but struggled to fancy any mains . Ladies don't like chicken with all the bones intact Put me off! A lot of dishes with salad, but only one type of salad there is so much lovely salad available these days, Lacks imagination! Nice young man serving us, but lady looked scruffy!!!!Sorry.Wow! With so little words you manage to completely trash not only the restaurant, the menu, the food and also personally attack the manager! I, Mal, do not usually get involved in answering the reviews and leave it to Lisa as she has an incredible memory and remembers most tables and people that she looks after. However, as you got personal, I told her that I would like to respond.The main problem here is that you should have never even come into the restaurant. You stated that there was nothing on the menu that you would like for main course so why even come through the door? You can see what we have before you come and ask for a table? Baffles me! Maybe you are just 1 of those people who doesnât want to stand up for themselves, tell their friend/s that they are not really feeling the restaurant and menu so donât really want to dine there? Funny though that when you are at home and behind a computer you can be so forward, scathing, judgemental and direct! Different when you donât have to look people in the face and have a 2-way conversation with them!So, for your first point regarding the restaurant needing a facelift. We carried out a full refurb 14 months ago when we took over from a very tired Thai restaurant and have recently done touch ups and had the carpets cleaned. Being 2 independent business owners, we did not have 10s of thousands of pounds to spend ripping everything out and buying new so just had to work with what we had. We were going for a light, casual but rustic vibe with a nice relaxed environment and I really do believe (as do many of our customers) that we really have achieved this! No, we are not some large national company where money is no object and can get group of builders, designers and more important cash to do up the restaurant. Also, we didnât want the branded look where everything is so plain and boring and pretty much the same. We constantly get comments that the ambience is spot on and how nice it is not just hear tinny pop music or Ed Shearan in a restaurant. We are Mediterranean and thatâs the overall style of the restaurant from the look to the music to the food. We are different and are very proud to be so! Again, as you didnât even want to be here, you were always going to look for something to complain about as it obviously was not your fault that you were in a restaurant you didnât want to be in. The fact that you struggled to find even 1 of the 26 mains on the menus that you like is testament to this. âLadies donât like chicken with bones in!!!!!!!â Iâm sure a very busy multinational chicken restaurant chain would disagree with you on this! Canât say Iâve ever seen a woman in any of their restaurants or maybe when they are, the have the boneless banquet meal. REALLY! In fact, the reason 2 of our 26 mains are half roast chicken is that the flavour is so much better! The clue is in the title as you never get half roast chicken without bones in. We also make sure that we remove all the carriage and fine bones just leaving 1 bone in the leg, 1 in the breast to hold it together! Strange thing to order if you donât like bones. Just saying!Lots of dishes with salad??? Did you only read 1 side of the menu? The mains that come with salad are the flat bread pizzas (as a garnish), the grill boards (as you build your own folded flatbread so need salad), and our lasagne (as most people have flatbread for starters to have lasagne with more flatbread is a bit of overkill so we lighten it up with salad.) We donât even state what the salad is, only that it is seasonal so change the ingredients based on seasonality, availability and freshness. And if you actually look at the menu correctly, we also have a traditional Greek Horiatiki salad on the menu so again not sure what you are going on about with only 1 salad?The big kicker is that the menu lacks imagination!!!!! WHAT? What other restaurant has Cornish sardines, beef schwarma, paella, tagine, flatbread pizza, Moroccan lamb, souvlaki, scallops, vegan meatballs!!!! I mean come on!! No there is no gammon and eggs or pies but thatâs why we are so proud to be different. Lacks imagination?!?!?Nice young man serving you is a lovely local lad. The lady, the manager, not sure how you can ever call her scruffy? Again, we are a small business and Lisa needs to make sure not only does she look nice, but that what she wears is practical as she also need to do a lot of the serving / running etc. Black trousers, nice top, neckless, earrings, lipstick! Smart casual but practical. The young man wears jeans and trainers but this casual look still suits our restaurant. Lisa had done suits and double-breasted jackets with eppliettes and gloves BUT THIS IS NOT US! She looks great, friendly, smart but casual and approachable which is spot on. If you bother to look at any of our other reviews to will see many many compliments about Lisa and how professional she is! To be fair this comment is really offensive and you should think twice before you personally attack someone or at least have the decency or courage to do it to their face!!! Shame on you for using this platform for this. Lisa is one of the nicest people you will ever meet and unfortunately has taken this a bit to heart! No, she doesnât wear high heels, tonnes of make-up and false lashes because that just isnât her! All she wants is to make sure that each and every person coming through the door has the best experience possible! Itâs not just the rating or that you didnât enjoy our restaurant, itâs the scathing comments you made when someoneâs whole livelihood, reputation and passion is concerned. It would have been much more respectful to give the rating, say the menu and restaurant wasnât to your liking and leave it there! Maybe this review says much more about you than us! Sorry! NOT Sorry! Mal, OWNER
