Bamboo Exmouth

Bamboo has been serving Chinese food from The Strand in Exmouth for a long stretch, long enough to have built up a loyal local base that treats it as their regular order rather than an occasional takeaway. The menu covers the familiar ground - noodles, stir-fries, sweet and sour dishes, chow mein and fried rice - cooked to order for dine-in or takeaway rather than run purely as a delivery kitchen with a shortened menu.

It sits alongside several other independent restaurants on The Strand, one of Exmouth's main food-and-drink stretches, and keeps a straightforward, no-frills approach: a solid, reliable Chinese menu rather than a reinvented one, which is exactly what's kept its regulars coming back for years rather than chasing newer competitors along the same street. Orders can be placed online for collection or delivery as well as taken in person, and the restaurant has held a steady 4.0-star Google average across a large number of reviews, a sign of consistency rather than a one-off run of good luck. 31 The Strand, Exmouth, dine-in and takeaway.