The Oxenham Arms Hotel Devon

Felt welcome the moment we walked into this very memorable small hotel in the centre of the village. We enjoyed great food in the atmosphere of the bar but if you wanted more salubrious surroundings there is a restaurant or snug. We chose not to have a four poster bedroom and were really comfortable in ‘Bovey’. We walked in the nearby National Park and visited Castle Drogo. Easy to get to by road or rail. Very good value for money.

Fantastic hotel find and all descriptions were spot on and the staff and owners were absolutely first class . The food was very good and everything was great value will use the hotel again on our next visit down south Bob , Judy , Anita and Robin

We visited for a weekend break, a truly delightful building packed full of history. Staff were friendly and kind. Food was fab and service excellent. Warm and cosy with open fires and slept in the same room Charles Dickens had many years ago. Lovely clean rooms with nice fluffy towels and comfy bed. Would definitely recommend .

came to eat here with my family for it’s so called “tapas” night. started the meal off being welcomed into a dark cold room as the staff had not yet turned the light on or lit the fire even though we arrived on time to our booking. as there was a large group of us we decided to order one of everything off the menu, later to find out this would be our biggest mistake. cold tasteless under seasoned food, the cherry on top was the raw rice from the so called paella. as we were greatly disappointed we decided to speak to the owner to voice our opinion and was greeted with the rudest reply possible. she did not care for what we had to say and was straight on the defence demanding that her food was up to her standards but clearly not up to anyone else’s. they then proceeded to light the fire and gas out the entire room with smoke leading to a family member having to leave the room as it was triggering asthma. as i clearly couldn’t have a civilised conversation with the wife i decided to try and speak to the husband. to no ones surprise he was just as vile as the wife except this time he decided to use force to get us to leave the property by pushing me out of the room. i asked for him not to touch me and his response was “i didn’t” even though my entire family was witness. as you can imagine we were so disgusted by human behaviour at this point we left the premises. do not eat here or stay here unless you would like to be assaulted.

We stayed here for 4 nights in 2022 while property hunting, and we were really pleased to be back. Sadly only one night this time, but everything is as good as before. Hosts Lynn and Simon, bar comic...John (hasn't changed!) all welcoming with comfy rooms, excellent beds and linens, wonderful food . We will be back for more time as soon as we can!

Went for lunch, twice this month. Lovely fresh food. Really good service. Very interesting restaurant with so much history. It is exceptionally clean and we can’t wait to go back. We go to many old pubs and restaurants but have never found one so clean.