The finest food from our local larder served in a unique and special atmosphere
We absolutely love cooking and serving delicious, exciting food which utilises the very best produce that Exmoor and North Devon offer.
We buy local produce – meat from local farms and fish from local day boats, all fresh of the highest quality and very low in food miles
Our dinner menu is small and fresh but changes every day to make sure that there is always something different every evening to tempt you.
As our restaurant is open exclusively to residents, there is quite a unique house party atmosphere here at The Old Rectory. Guests are invited to join us for predinner drinks and delicious canapes.
So that we can serve you the best food at the best value for money, we ask guests to preorder dinner. This ensures that we protect the environment by reducing waste and time costs and our small kitchen team can focus fully on preparing and executing your meal to the highest possible standard.
Meet our Chef Patron
Talented Chef Patron Huw Rees-Prosser, with over seventeen years experience running our kitchen, creates delicious, produce-driven menus inspired by our exceptional surroundings and local producers, farmers and artisans. At The Old Rectory Hotel, we champion using simple, seasonal, and locally sourced ingredients to produce outstanding fresh food.
We firmly believe that the essence of great hospitality lies in bringing people together for a shared experience of good food, wine, and company and this is at the heart of all we do here. It’s a simple, yet powerful, way for our guests to relax and make lasting memories to cherish.
Our Suppliers
Meat
We buy our meat from MC Kelly, a local Devon butcher. They work closely with a select number of local farmers and well-established producers to supply the best quality local produce.
M.C. Kelly was founded in 1956 by Michael and Philippa Kelly when they started farming chicken and turkey and selling them to local butchers. Over the following years the company has diversified and grown, but they have never compromised on provenance and sustainability.
Fish
We buy our fish fresh from Nathan at the Devon and Cornwall Fish Company based at the Appledore Fish market. All their fish is sustainable, and much is from the Lundy Fishing Conservation using local dayboats from Bideford, Appledore and Ilfracombe to land their catch. We try to ensure that the species we use are not from threatened or depleted fish stocks.
Vegetables
Supplied by Arthur David – from local farms through Devon and Cornwall
Eggs
Free range eggs from Clare at Rowley Farm, Blackmoor Gate
It goes without saying that cleanliness and hygiene are of the utmost importance and we have a 5 star award for food hygiene
Wine
We love wine and are always keen to discover interesting new wines usually from smaller family run wineries around the World. For example, we recently visited South America and added a number of fabulous previously unheard of wines and grape varieties to the list.
We like our guests to drink amazing wines at a fair and sensible price – allowing them to experiment and have fun, rather than offering a jaded and lazy selection of famous ‘names’ with a hefty price tag. We recently were awarded “Best Value across the Board” in the Champagne Taittinger Wine List Awards
We take great pride and put a lot of effort into finding the right wines for our award winning wine list and we really want you to reap the benefits of this policy – we don’t want to gather dusty bottles in the cellar!
“The food. What can I say that doesn't sound like I am overstuffing my sentences with superlatives? Delicious. Every night the perfectly balanced local menu presented a new dilemma, offering melt-in-the-mouth pasta, perfectly seasoned soups, fresh fish cooked to pearly perfection, and the best frangipane tart you will ever have the pleasure to eat.”
CarriePBerkshire, Reading
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