City:Exeter
Exeter Farmers Market Featured
9-2 every Thursday at the cross roads between South Street and Fore Street. Exeter Farmers Market was established to give local producers of fruit, vegetables and foodstuffs a retail outlet that enables them to sell direct to the public. There is also a limited range of craft and products made locally with local materials. Produce on offer includes cheeses, venison, pork, lamb, beef, chicken, organic fruit & vegetables, apple juice, fish, chicken, preserves, cakes, bread, pies and much more.
The Hourglass in Exeter
Just off the Topsham Road, this wonderful small pub with authentic atmosphere, serving quality, interesting food from a manageable menu with regularly changing specials. Good local beers and wide selection of wines. Relaxed but often busy, so get there early or book a table in dining room in advance.
Exeter Carpet Company Limited
For all your domestic flooring needs, Exeter Carpet Company were recommended for being ‘incredibly helpful, knowledgeable, honest, and understanding’. Products include natural Flooring,(sustainable wood, rubber), vinyl, Amtico, Karndean, laminates and more. Also a great selection of curtains and blinds. Excellent service and Installation at competitive prices. Visit showroom or call to arrange home visit. *5% discount if Our Local Expert mentioned*
Smith’s – Fabulous Wines and Spirits
Put a smile back in your glass! Let Iain Smith guide you around the familiar and less familiar wines he stocks, lovingly selected using experience gained through 8 years in the industry. Spirits and local beers also available. By the bottle, or perfect to supply party bookings, functions and weddings, with free delivery and free glass hire. ‘It’s as if I hadn’t drunk white wine for several years’.
Pipers Farm Quality Meat and Meal Delivery
Multi award winning, Pipers Farm offers exceptional quality home produced meat. Slow grown traditional breeds, properly hung and immaculately butchered. ‘Pipers Farm has been an eye opener that shows we should include quality, naturally produced meat as part of our everyday shopping for good value.’ Clever single portion packaging makes cooking simple without waste. Shop 8.30am–8.30pm Mon – Sat.
Complete meals and casseroles for delicious dinners without fuss. Telephone and online orders accepted for free delivery throughout Exeter and most of East Devon.
No 21
Perfectly situated, good quality and highly flexible. No21 is a quick-snack café by day with coffees and popular breakfasts from 9am, moving to bistro lunch snacks and afternoon teas. Contemporary styling with huge windows framing the Cathedral and grounds. Creative modern European cooking using only the best local ingredients. Only open in the evenings for private parties by prior arrangement, allowing a more intimate full table service.
Gibson’s Plaice Fishmongers
Exeter’s award-winning fishmonger. Proudly independent, they personally buy their seafish every morning from Brixham, to ensure quality of produce, and reduce food miles. Free local home delivery, free local parking. *10% discount on fresh fish to readers of Our Local Expert – bring copy of printed web page to claim*
Best Tyres Autocentre
Offering great customer service across the full spectrum of makes and models. For tyres, exhausts and more, BEST pride themselves on treating all customers as they would want to be treated themselves. Members of Trading Standards’ ‘Buy with Confidence’ scheme. 8:30–5.30 Mon–Fri, 8.30–12.30 Sat.
*SPECIAL OFFER: 5% discount on most services on presentation of Our Local Expert.*
M Harvey Hair
A beautiful boutique salon in a Grade 2 listed building overlooking the quayside in the heart of Exeter. Leading Paul Mitchell stockist with Wella professional colouring services. Renowned for quality cutting and colour services in a relaxing salon atmosphere. *10% discount to readers of Our Local Expert quoting ref 5326 when booking*
The Fat Pig Freehouse
The Fat Pig is a vibrant city centre pub which has been recommended to us by readers and restauranteurs alike. High quality food from a daily changing menu using locally sourced meat, fish and veg. Service is formal yet discreet, in this backstreet gastropub with a wonderful atmosphere, serving quality wines and great beers. Limited reservations available.
City Service Station
Friendly and clean family-run garage and 2nd hand car sales. MOT, servicing and general repairs for all makes and models. Established 30 years, all work guaranteed, customer parking on site adjacent to football ground. 8-5 Mon-Fri, 10-1 Sat, by appointment at other times. *SPECIAL OFFER: City Service Station are currently offering MOTs at £27, or free when booked in conjunction with a full service. To claim you need to mention Our Local Expert!*
Drapes2
Recommended by one of our best interior designers, Drapes2 provide the complete interior service. A very wide range of curtains, blinds, carpets, rugs and other soft furnishings to suit all tastes and all budgets. From selection in their central Exeter showroom or visiting you with samples; to measuring; to installation. Expect a bespoke service for you and your home, delivered with enthusiasm.
C+D Appliances
C&D take pride in their customer service. They offer a callout service to repair washing machines, cookers and dryers, and carry a huge range of spare parts. Other small appliances can be brought into the shop for a prompt repair. Recommended for ‘first class service’ and for ‘completing the work to my total satisfaction’.
The Garden Assistant
Brian Churchward, The Garden Assistant, is fully qualified and prides himself on his high quality work, fair price, sound advice, and thorough cleaning up. For grass cutting; hedging; pruning; feeding; clearance; fencing; mowing; planting. Contracts welcome, as is education and training.
The Exeter Antique Lighting Company
‘Highly recommended’ to us for their ‘excellent personalised service - very knowledgeable.’ Antique lights for sale, repaired, bought. Next to the ferry station, with parking at Cathedral and Quay or Haven Rd. Open 11-5 including Sun.
City Service Station (Used Car Sales)
Friendly and clean family-run garage and car sales in central Exeter adjacent to football ground. All used vehicles with 12month MOT, 12,000miles service including cam belt change where applicable. Minimum of 3 months warranty on all mechanical and electrical parts (nationwide cover). Also MOT, servicing and general repairs for all makes and models. All work guaranteed, customer parking on site. 8-5 Mon-Fri, 10-1 Sat, by appointment at other times (ring mobile).
Forde George Chartered Building Surveyors
Forde George were recommended to us for being “knowledgeable, helpful, approachable, and excellent at explaining technical details in layman’s terms”. Domestic and commercial services available including: refurbishment; alteration and new build design and advice; condition (structural) surveys; party wall; Expert Witness; Landlord and Tenant disputes (dilapidations); specialists in conservation and country houses.
Prestige Detailing
Simon Belli’s thorough and meticulous approach and his pride in his finished product take him the breadth of the country. He has experience of working at concourse levels on a variety of top quality and expensive cars. Valeting and detailing all makes and models of cars with fully mobile service. Offering services from Bronze (hand polish and vacuum) to Platinum (engine wash, tyre and glue, machine polish, hand wax, seats, carpets, roof lining, including leather treatments etc). Fully insured using only the very finest products. Approved Autoglym user, approved Zymol detailer. Full money-back guarantee on all treatments if you are not 100% satisfied. Book in advance!
