Exeter & the Exe15 pubs checkedOctober 2026
Exeter. Bring your food to the pub.
Most people don't know you can. Plenty of pubs that don't serve food are happy for you to bring your own: fish and chips, a takeaway curry, a pizza from next door. These are the ones in Exeter, and each says how sure we are, with its evidence and date.
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Exeter pubs that let you bring your own food
4 pubs · 3 confirmedBest evidence first
- Confirmed
Green Gables Inn
St ThomasBuddle LaneEX4 1JH
Your own food.
“No food served but allows food to be brought in.”
No food served
- Confirmed
Pig & Pickle
Heavitree38A Fore StreetEX1 2QL
Your own food or a takeaway.
“They do not serve food but customers may bring their own in with them.”
No food served
A micropub, and a small one.
- Confirmed
Scapegoat
Exeter Central station1A The Crescent, Queen StreetEX4 3SB
Pizza ordered in from Portal Pizza next door.
“you can order food from Portal Pizza next door”
No kitchen
Only Portal Pizza is mentioned, so ask before bringing anything else.
- Reported
Little Drop of Poison
Fore Street154-155 Fore StreetEX4 3AT
A takeaway from elsewhere, says a visitor.
“The only place I know where you can eat a takeaway from elsewhere!”
No food on record
- Worth asking
Bishop Blaize
The QuayCommercial RoadEX2 4AB
Sources disagree on whether it serves food. No kitchen on record; ask at the bar.
- Worth asking
Devon Yeoman
Beacon Heath156 Beacon LaneEX4 8LX
No kitchen on record; ask at the bar.
- Worth asking
Dolphin
Burnthouse Lane31 Burnthouse LaneEX2 6BG
No kitchen on record; ask at the bar.
- Worth asking
Duke of York
Sidwell Street58 Sidwell StreetEX4 6PH
Hot snacks only. No kitchen on record; ask at the bar.
- Worth asking
Engine House
Queen Street32 Queen StreetEX4 3SR
Reopened in September 2026 as a drinks-led pub. No kitchen on record; ask at the bar.
- Worth asking
Horse & Groom
Heavitree50-52 Fore StreetEX1 2QL
No kitchen on record; ask at the bar.
- Worth asking
Lucombe Oak
St ThomasCowick StreetEX4 1DG
No kitchen on record; ask at the bar.
- Worth asking
Monkey Suit
Sidwell Street161 Sidwell StreetEX4 6RH
No kitchen on record; ask at the bar.
- Worth asking
Ship & Pelican
Heavitree54 Fore StreetEX1 2RR
No kitchen on record; ask at the bar.
- Worth asking
St Anne's Well
St James31 Well StreetEX4 6QL
No kitchen on record; ask at the bar.
- Worth asking
Stoke Arms
Stoke HillPrince Charles RoadEX4 7BZ
A drinks-only pub, says a visitor. No kitchen on record; ask at the bar.
- Nothing here yetNo pub matches that. Try fewer words, another area, or include the pubs worth asking.
Every pub on the list
All 15, by area, with how sure we are of each. The cards above say what each one allows and where that comes from, or that nobody has said either way.
City centre & the Quay
- ScapegoatConfirmed · Exeter Central station · EX4 3SB
- Little Drop of PoisonReported · Fore Street · EX4 3AT
- Bishop BlaizeWorth asking · The Quay · EX2 4AB
- Engine HouseWorth asking · Queen Street · EX4 3SR
St James, Sidwell Street & Stoke Hill
- Devon YeomanWorth asking · Beacon Heath · EX4 8LX
- Duke of YorkWorth asking · Sidwell Street · EX4 6PH
- Monkey SuitWorth asking · Sidwell Street · EX4 6RH
- St Anne's WellWorth asking · St James · EX4 6QL
- Stoke ArmsWorth asking · Stoke Hill · EX4 7BZ
Heavitree & Burnthouse Lane
- Pig & PickleConfirmed · Heavitree · EX1 2QL
- DolphinWorth asking · Burnthouse Lane · EX2 6BG
- Horse & GroomWorth asking · Heavitree · EX1 2QL
- Ship & PelicanWorth asking · Heavitree · EX1 2RR
St Thomas
- Green Gables InnConfirmed · St Thomas · EX4 1JH
- Lucombe OakWorth asking · St Thomas · EX4 1DG
Run a pub in Exeter?
Put yours on the list
If customers are welcome to bring food in, tell us and, once we've checked, we'll add your pub. A pub's own word counts as Confirmed. The same form updates a listing or takes a pub off.
The form needs no account, and what you send is never published. We check each pub before it goes on. There is a GitHub form too, but what you write there is public.
How we check
The pub has told us itself, or its own listing or a published guide says in writing, that outside food is welcome. Each card says where that comes from, and quotes and links it where it is written down.
A visitor says the landlord was happy for them to bring food in. Likely, but it rests on one account.
No kitchen and no word either way. Pubs without food often don't mind, but nobody has said so. Ask at the bar.
Bring a Bite is an independent guide. No pub pays to be listed. Spotted a change? Tell us about it.
Policies change. A new landlord can end one, and a pub that starts serving food usually stops allowing outside food. Ask at the bar, or ring ahead, before you arrive with dinner. Before you go covers the rest.