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Rock Garden its been opened many years already and has established itself as the place to be.This is due in part to our delicious food of either freshly made pizzas cooked in Torquays only wood burning stone oven or our legendary burgers & juicy steaks. But we have so much more then just that ranging from salads to sandwiches, soups & stews as well as Fajitas & Fish! We also have a separate Vegan, Vegetarian & Gluten free menu as well as options for children. As expected all our food is freshly made, locally sourced & prepared on the premises. Rock Garden also has the largest outdoor space in Torquay town. The garden has to be seen to be believed, during the summer you can soak up the sun while
PRICE RANGE
US$5 - US$23
Special Diets
Vegetarian Friendly, Vegan Options, Gluten Free Options
Meals
Lunch, Dinner, Brunch, Drinks
CUISINES
Bar, Pizza, British
FEATURES
Takeout, Reservations, Outdoor Seating, Seating, Television, Highchairs Available, Wheelchair Accessible, Serves Alcohol, Full Bar, Free Wifi, Accepts Credit Cards, Accepts Mastercard, Accepts Visa, Live Music, Family style
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This bar is freezing so wrap up warm if you're thinking of dining here Now for the food I ordered salmon which was over cooked and dry and the jacket potato 🥔 that came with it was cooked in the microwave No crispy skin just...pale blandness My fella said his pizza was OKMore

Date of visit: November 2023
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Reviewed 1 week ago

Staff were really friendly and attentive, lunch was really good, we all enjoyed our meals. Will go back : )

Date of visit: November 2023
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Reviewed 3 weeks ago

Wow how this place has declined. You should go elsewhere when you see a restaurant with NO other customers. There were seven of us, two bored chefs and two front of house. Front of house were good even though inexperienced. Food bad, pizza cold. we...sent three pizzas back because not only were they cold but they weren't cooked through. we asked for them to have another couple of mins in the oven as the food for everybody else had arrived and we didn't really expect them to be remade.Of course, they came back like shrapnel. The greedy pig burger was hard and the nachos was just a big plate of tortilla chips. On the plus side they gave us 50% off all the food and a free round of drinks without us having to really complain. The poor owners wouldn't have made a penny profit. It would have been a much nicer experience on our birthday lunch to have been happy and paid full price. If your the owner your chefs are loosing you customers and profit.More

Date of visit: November 2023
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Reviewed 4 weeks ago

Went for birthday drinks. Firstly the staff looked really smart all in black. Got a great table even though busy. We had to vacate the table at one point as it was booked but one of the staff quickly found us another table. Service was...amazing throughout our stay, polite, efficient and friendly. Weather was horrendous outside so it was a great night inside.More

Date of visit: October 2023
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Reviewed 4 weeks ago via mobile

The cocktail choice is lovely the garden is lovely little Huts with heating Very clean tidy staff lovely welcoming toilets are upstairs but they have a disabled toilet next to bar for wheelchair users

Date of visit: October 2023
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Reviewed 8 October 2023

Amazing food, staff were so helpful and friendly, couldn’t do enough for you. We will be back. Relaxed atmosphere, clean and efficient.

Date of visit: October 2023
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Reviewed 7 October 2023

Firstly they got the drinks order wrong, tea was luke warm. Starters were ok but meal took over an hour. Twenty minutes in the staff asked if we had had starters? After 11 hour we enquired when the meal would be ready they said 5...mins. Ten minutes later still no food so I enquired how long it would be but chef poked his head out of the kitchen and had a go at me so he got as good as he gave. 1 hour 15 minutes lunch arrived which was mediocre and a full refund was offered but they nothing about this. Very disappointed with service and treatment by staff especially the so called chefMore

Date of visit: October 2023
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Reviewed 3 October 2023

Perfect in every way! Ate here last night and 2 weeks ago with friends and on both occasions, the service, food, atmosphere and experience was perfect. All meals were excellent and it was all faultless. Thank you Peter, Josh and all your team! Hopefully see...you next week! Many thanks Debbie and Rich xMore

Date of visit: October 2023
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Reviewed 19 September 2023

Love this place, never fails to disappoint! Amazing and varied menu with so many choices for Vegan & Vegetarian - and not just a vegan burger on offer! Great selection of drinks and cocktails too. Always super staff and excellent customer service, there's always a...really nice vibe to the place too. This particular visit was with a few of the girls and we all enjoyed our meals. Even though it was a Monday there was live music on which was great and a nice surprise! There's also a large outside area, great for the Summer! As always, a fantastic visit and of course will be back again soon!More

Date of visit: September 2023
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Reviewed 9 September 2023

Highly disappointed with our experience, we felt the staff were dismissive and judgemental from the get go. We ordered a cosmopolitan each, However when we got it we noticed it didn’t look how it should (We’ve had it before) but we didn’t want to complain....Upon tasting we also found it was not how a cosmo should taste, it had way too much lime and little to no cranberry juice, as well as no fruit as menu assured they always have. This was confirmed as 5 minutes later the table next to us had a cosmo that looked correct with the correct colour and even the promised garnishing that ours did not have. As two 18 year old girls we have been left feeling they did this purposefully suspecting we’d not know, - and/or - be too shy to call them out on it (of which we were). Having been there before for food, this was the least to be expected. Bellow is our garnishless dull diluted cosmo compared to a bad photo of our neighbouring table with a correct red colour and orange fruit garnishing.More

Date of visit: September 2023
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Rock Garden, Owner at Rock Garden Cafe Bar, responded to this reviewResponded 11 October 2023

Dear Toastevix It's great to hear you frequent us alot and enjoy your visits on those occasions. I can assure the staff wouldn't want you to feel that way and this could perhaps be just one of our new starters not quite getting that drink...More

Reviewed 4 September 2023 via mobile

Been a few times and always get great service and amazing food, our go to place if we are in town shopping. Highly recommend

Date of visit: September 2023
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Reviewed 29 August 2023

Great choices for lunch, their cocktails are also fab and they are only of the only places in Torquay town where you can sit in a garden which is a nice break from shopping. Will come again.

Date of visit: August 2023
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Reviewed 22 August 2023

We went to Rock garden for dinner. There were 15 of us, so we sent a pre-order. The communication was fantastic. All of our meals came out together, food was great and so was the service. Couldn’t fault anything!! Live music too, which was a...bonus. Thank you!More

Date of visit: August 2023
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Reviewed 2 August 2023

Very large modern cafe bar with a very large garden. Nice decor and good service. Live music in the evenings. Plenty of ciders and lagers but little ale choice. Still worth visiting.

Date of visit: July 2023
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Reviewed 18 July 2023

Ordinary pub food, good service, we enjoyed the outdoor space but be aware that you will be pestered by seagulls!

Date of visit: July 2023
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Yes absolutely. People with small children go there.
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The fleet walk is the nearest as its pedestrianised. Just take a slow walk. It's not too far away and will be worth it When you get there. Great food and surroundings.
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Fleet walk car park is the nearest one to the Rock Garden. No parking in town as it's pedestrianised. Great food. Enjoy.
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Rock Garden Cafe Bar is rated accordingly in the following categories by Tripadvisor travellers:
  • Food: 4.5
  • Service: 4.5
  • Value: 4.5
  • Atmosphere: 4