Deo Gloria

Deo Gloria is a coffee shop on Bank Street in Newton Abbot town centre, open Tuesday to Saturday from 9am to half past three, and built around comfy seating, good coffee and a genuinely family-friendly welcome rather than a grab-and-go counter. Live music plays in the background on visits, and it's dog-friendly, with enough space for buggies and small kids to make it a practical stop rather than one to avoid with a family in tow.

The menu runs to homemade cakes and paninis alongside the coffee, nothing overcomplicated, but reviewers rate it consistently among the better cafes in Newton Abbot - it sits near the top of local rankings on review sites, ahead of most of the competition in the town centre. The atmosphere is the main draw as much as the food: warm, welcoming and unhurried, the kind of place people come back to for a slow coffee rather than just passing through. It's a small operation, so it can get busy at peak times, but the wait is generally worth it for the setting.