Short answer: Creeks End Inn is next to the long-stay car park, does a well-regarded Sunday carvery with a proper vegetarian alternative, and is good with large groups. The Crabshell Inn on the quay has seating on two levels.
A word on expectations. Devon pubs rarely have playgrounds — old buildings, small sites. What most have is a garden, a beach or a park nearby. Where a pub genuinely has a play area, it says so below.
Next to the long-stay car park, with a well-regarded Sunday carvery and a proper vegetarian alternative. Excellent on gluten-free, with separate fryers. Good with large groups — the family Sunday choice.
A 17th-century inn right on the quay with indoor and outdoor seating on two levels looking up the estuary. Crab pizza, a good Sunday roast, and the social centre of the town.
On Mill Street, with genuinely good food and reasonable prices. Opens at three on Mondays.
The quay and the boats. Slapton Ley's bird hides, twenty minutes away. Bigbury's flat sandy beach and the sea tractor are twenty minutes too.
Verse is the best restaurant in the South Hams — an adult evening, booked well ahead.
Book if you are more than four, and always for Sunday lunch.
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