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“We just wanted to express our appreciation for our stay with the family to celebrate our Golden Wedding Anniversary. The rooms were great, and the food and service were excellent.”

Chris Robertson

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Sunday Jazz DON'T MISS OUR LEGENDARY SUNDAY JAZZ LUNCH With our ever popular Carvery with the finest quality meat & homemade desserts followed by a 3 hours set from the Steve Tucker All Stars Jazz Band EVERY LAST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH FOR 2011 £8.75 Lunch bookings 12.30-15.00 Book Now to guarantee your place

Summer Jazz Train The jazz train is back again you can join the traditional jazz band on board the Barnstaple train for music along the Tarka Line and enjoy more music at the hotel with a hog roast buffet. The band plays you all the way back again and the price including the hog roast is £12 per person train tickets purchased seperately (see firstgreatwestern.com for times - Table bookings essential Dates for 2011 June 10 July 8 August 12 September 16

Medieval Banquet For a group dinner with a difference why not try a Banquet, Medieval style? One long table drips with gold and candleabra where a veritable feast is served on large platters for all to share. Watch out for the parlour games afterwards as the forfeits might make a jester of you or you could end up in the stocks! Available Sunday to Friday all year and Saturdays January to March and November £22pp. Minimum no of 18 guests required Click here for the menu

Christmas Already! It is never too early to book! Our fabulous dinner and dance Party Night is December 9th this year and the theme is Mardi Gras Masked Ball. New Year's Eve was such a success we will be repeating our dinner and dance and roasting a suckling pig on the spit for the occassion. Always a sell out you need to book early for this one. Overnight packages for 2 nights including this event from £185pp. Click here for Christmas Events Brochure Click here for the Gourmet Christmas Day Lunch Menu - bookings now being taken

Chef of the Year 2010 Our head chef Alex Pallat has won National Chef of the Year at the prestigious Publican awards in London for his commitment to serving great local produce prepared with care. Great News!

Hotel Excellence Awards We are thrilled to have beaten many chain hotels to win Best Family Friendly Hotel 2010 at the Hotel Excellence awards – apparently it was having every size welly boot available to borrow which swung the vote! Hotel Excellence Awards 2010 >>

Best Wedding Venue in Devon We are very proud to have won the Best Venue in Devon at the recent West Country Wedding Awards FOR THE SECOND YEAR RUNNING - We are simply the best! West Country Wedding Awards >>

Highly Commended We are proud we have just won a coveted Highly Commended in The Publican food awards for our Beer and Food offering. We have also just won Best Customer Service in the HRS Excellence Awards this January (with fellow hotels The Dorchester, Gleneagles, Cliveden and The Metropolitan alongside us to name but a few!)