The Country Table Cafe

The Country Table Cafe sits on Bank Street in Newton Abbot, opening at 8am for a mostly homemade menu that runs to soups, scones and cakes made fresh daily. It caters properly for vegetarian, gluten-free and vegan diets rather than treating them as an afterthought, and breakfast is the strong point - the bubble and squeak gets singled out often, alongside generously sized full breakfasts.

It's a cosy, welcoming spot with a genuine community feel, helped along by a book exchange for anyone settling in with a coffee, and it's dog-friendly. A second presence inside Newton Abbot library extends the cafe beyond its Bank Street base. It sits around the middle of Newton Abbot's cafe scene on Tripadvisor, but locals value it for straightforward, well-made food and a warm welcome rather than anything flashier.