The Smoking Lobster

Name: The Smoking Lobster
Address: The Smoking Lobster Cliff Road, Salcombe, Devon, United Kingdom, TQ8 8JQ
Telephone: 01548 800567
Price range: £25 and under
Rating: 3.6

3.6

57 Reviews

£25 and under

Seafood

Great for scenic views
Great for outdoor dining
Innovative

Welcome back to The Smoking Lobster, we are a POP UP restaurant open for dinner until the end of august where you can book, or daily BBQs (weather permitted), building on its success of last year, and fresh for 2024, appealing to Salcombe as a top foodie destination with a chilled-out attitude.

The name of the restaurant comes from our signature dish of smoked lobster accompanied by our dirty millionaire fries – the most luxurious, decadent fries you could wish to drool over – triple cooked with black garlic emulsion, aged Parmesan, and truffle shavings. Sitting alongside this offering on our menu, and using Jamie’s knowledge of the best local seafood, will be crab, scallops, squid, mussels, and any fish that’s brought in on the local day boats.

Watch the sun set, with a glass of something chilled in hand, and prepare to be fêted with mouth-watering seafood, cocktails, and chilled vibes of the musical sort. Giving you the summer memories that last a lifetime.

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Party Size

2 people

DateTime

Sep 15, 2024

7:00 PM

Additional information

Dining style
Casual Dining
Price
£25 and under
Cuisines
Seafood, Bistro, Contemporary British
Hours of operation
Lunch Sun 12:00 pm–2:00 pm Dinner Daily 5:00 pm–9:00 pm
Phone number
01548 800567
Website
http://www.thesmokinglobster.co.uk/
Payment options
Mastercard, Visa
Dress code
Business Casual
Private party facilities
We can cater for all sorts of outside events please visit www.27devon.co.uk or email hello@27devon.do.uk

Location
The Smoking Lobster, Cliff Road, Salcombe, Devon TQ8 8JQ
Neighborhood
Salcombe
Parking details
None
Additional
Bar/Lounge, Beer, Cocktails, Full Bar, Wine

What 57 people are saying

Overall ratings and reviews

Reviews can only be made by diners who have eaten at this restaurant

3.6

3.6 based on recent ratings

4.1Food
3.4Service
3.5Ambience
3.5Value

Noise • Energetic

Loved For

Devon
Innovative
Devon
Great for outdoor dining
Devon
Great for scenic views
South Devon
Most Booked

57 Reviews

J
James
London
1 review
4.0
1 review
Dined on August 28, 2024
1. Overall 4
2. Food 5
3. Service 4
4. Ambience 4
We had a lovely night at the lovely pop up restaurant. Food was gorgeous. Especially as there isn’t many fine dining places in Salcombe. Would definitely recommend.
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James
London
3 reviews
2.0
3 reviews
Dined on August 25, 2024
1. Overall 2
2. Food 1
3. Service 3
4. Ambience 2
It seems like a young team running the restaurant and they are clearly trying hard to set up a pop up fine dining restaurant in the old Yacht Club building. I am afraid for us it didn't work, mainly because the quality of the food was poor and it was vastly over priced for the level of food served. We paid over £160 for a meal for 2 and I have had better pub dinners.
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C
Charles
London
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on August 25, 2024
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Fantastic food as always. Love it all every time. Other restaurants on Salcombe are just as expensive but not as good!. Remember this is a pop up - not an established restaurant. If you want established - go to Number 27 in Kingsbridge- their main michelin rated restaurant for a real treat!!
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Ervin
Cambridge
1 review
1.0
1 review
Dined on August 25, 2024
1. Overall 1
2. Food 3
3. Service 1
4. Ambience 1
The venue looked like they borrowed it from the council to organise this diner. The service was made by inexperienced young staff with no knowledge of what they were serving. The food was nothing special, we ordered 1/2 lobster and the when it was served was missing the big arm. When we left the table next to us approached us to ask about our experience and they expressed their complaints to us also. Similar problems. This it’s a a bit of rip off. Avoid at all cost. You better off at the Crab Shack across the bay.
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M
Marius
Norfolk/Suffolk
1 review
2.0
1 review
Dined on August 25, 2024
1. Overall 2
2. Food 2
3. Service 1
4. Ambience 1
The overall experience was disappointing, serving staff appeared to be inexperienced. The food was average.
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J
John
Devon
4 reviews
vip
5.0
4 reviews
Dined on August 21, 2024
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
There’s nowhere better on a sunny day, sitting on the lovely terrace with a view over Salcombe estuary and feasting on delicious bbq lobster.
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Lyndon
Warwickshire
19 reviews
1.0
19 reviews
Dined on August 20, 2024
1. Overall 1
2. Food 1
3. Service 1
4. Ambience 1
The service was very hit and miss. The atmosphere at the Smoking Lobster was sterile and it was chilly inside. The staff were not pulling together and did not give the impression that they had worked together before, which was very odd. But the main criticism was for the food. Nice nibbles, but otherwise disappointing. My linguini was tasty but cold. The steaks were like leather and had been poorly cooked. The promised famous Twenty Seven sauce failed to materialise. And we had so many chips! Despite telling the order taker that we would share a side of fries, he failed to point out that the steaks would anyway come with these. They were cold and not very good chips. While a pop-up, nevertheless the food should be good, nicely presented, and served competently. Because it is not a cheap venue. Given the strength of the cross-branding with the parent restaurant Twenty Seven in nearby Kingsbridge, the Salcombe pop-up needs much tighter supervision and attention to detail, to avoid damaging the credibility of Twenty Seven and its chef owner Jamie Rogers.
1 person found this helpful
J
James
Devon
1 review
3.0
1 review
Dined on August 17, 2024
1. Overall 3
2. Food 5
3. Service 2
4. Ambience 3
Lovely food but overall not great service and everyone seemed very confused.
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K
Karen
London
3 reviews
2.0
3 reviews
Dined on August 9, 2024
1. Overall 2
2. Food 3
3. Service 1
4. Ambience 3
I don’t often write reviews. But I think this needs to be said. Firstly, as always in Salcombe, the most beautiful setting and views. But, it was probably the most chaotic restaurant I have been to for years. They had far too many covers, staff were poorly trained and everyone was waiting ages for their food. The food coming out was going to the wrong tables. It started to turn into a scene from Faulty Towers. I ended up offering my fries to a very hungry young couple. But, the food when it came was very good, and it could be the best restaurant in Salcombe if it was managed properly. I would love to recommend this pop up, but they just need to down and address these issues.
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Laura
Warwickshire
1 review
2.0
1 review
Dined on August 9, 2024
1. Overall 2
2. Food 4
3. Service 1
4. Ambience 2
Sadly the night we went the service was not good. There were issues all round with the bar service, the kitchen and the staff. We sat at 7.30 to be served our starter at 9pm and our main at 9.30pm. It is a shame as the food when it came was very nice, but there was clearly lots of issues with the running of the evening. Young waiters with little experience and lots of confusion during the service. Front of house could only apologise to the majority of customers as most tables were complaining. I hope it was just a one off night as the food and the setting is lovely. They did take the drinks off of our bill at the end.
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FAQs

The Smoking Lobster is rated 3.6 stars by 57 OpenTable diners.

Yes, you can generally book this restaurant by choosing the date, time and party size on OpenTable.

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Party Size

2 people

DateTime

Sep 15, 2024

7:00 PM

The Smoking Lobster, Cliff Road, Salcombe, Devon TQ8 8JQ

Additional information

Neighborhood
Salcombe
Hours of operation
Lunch Sun 12:00 pm–2:00 pm Dinner Daily 5:00 pm–9:00 pm
Price
£25 and under
Cuisines
Seafood, Bistro, Contemporary British
Dining style
Casual Dining
Dress code
Business Casual
Parking details
None
Payment options
Mastercard, Visa
Additional
Bar/Lounge, Beer, Cocktails, Full Bar, Wine

Website
http://www.thesmokinglobster.co.uk/
Phone number
01548 800567
Private party facilities
We can cater for all sorts of outside events please visit www.27devon.co.uk or email hello@27devon.do.uk

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