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The Salutation Inn

UK England South West England Devon Exeter

01392 873 060 The Salutation Inn, 68 Fore Street Topsham Exeter Devon EX3 0HL

Inn, restaurant with rooms? The Salutation is both those things really, a classy revamp of a seventeenth-century pub built around an excellent fine-dining restaurant and relaxed GlassHouse cafe. The food is great – the reason many visit – but they're also right on the money with the whole shelter-for-the-night bit, with four bright, spacious rooms and two suites, all turned out in crisp tones, featuring very comfortable beds (handmade locally) and en-suite bathrooms with upscale toiletries. There's no pub bar any more, but we like the first-floor 'Galley', where guests can grab a tea, coffee or a snack at any time of day or night, and along with the excellent service, it's the kind of touch that makes it no surprise that the Salutation won Food & Travel Magazine's Best UK B&B award in 2016. Topsham itself is a lovely place to stay, an old heritage port and ship-building town, handy both for Exeter and the coast at Exmouth, while the GlassHouse cafe in the historic inn courtyard makes a cheery port of call any time from breakfast through to afternoon tea.