The Lost Kitchen Devon

Delightful lunch in a rural beauty spot, with an outside terrace and indoor seating inside a converted long barn. Thoughtful menu including meat, fish and vegetarian/vegan dishes with a focus on wood fired oven dishes. Gluten free friendly options with clear labels on the menus and knowledgeable staff on hand to help with changes to dishes if needed. The charred corn and feta salad was a highlight. Services was lovely with an offer of inside or outside tables. Looks busy at popular times so book ahead. Recommended by the Good Food Guide and now recommended by me. Well worth a visit on the way down to or up from Cornwall.

Went this weekend for a family meal. The food was great, some of it was exceptional (scallops and pavlova), but the experience was badly let down by very sulky service. One of us is a coeliac so we have to be extra careful to avoid gluten. When trying to order ice cream and make sure the tuile didn't have gluten we were sternly told to "stop talking about the gluten". I don't think the waitress looking after us managed to smile even once. Looking through some other low score reviews it often appears to be about poor service, which is a shame for such a lovely venue and location.