Your typical greasy spoon without the huge amounts of grease. Staff very friendly and always accommodating. Food is good too

  Bring back old staff. Shocking service Cant cook And waited over half hour for a meal Never go again

  We found this little gem whilst visiting Exeter for a nose around the shops. I completely forgot about this cafe as we usually park at other end of the city... read more and completely miss it. We visited on a busy friday morning and found a table,...More

  Traditional style Cafe, serving honest tasting food at very reasonable prices, menu ranges from breakfast to roasts to egg and chips, sandwiches salads all good value and cooked to order,... read more i had homemade quiche it was very good, even complemented on it at the time,...More

  Brilliant service with a smile exerlant food lovely staff good value for money.
If you just want a coffee there is a wide range and delicious.
RECOMMEND !!

  Really friendly atmosphere, helpful staff, and amazingly good value food and drinks! Stopped by for a lunch, tempted by the main meals, but even the light meals are generous! Highly... read more recommended

  I visited with my parents a children yesterday (27/11) at 2pm. Had to ask for someone to take our order, then waited 30 minutes for our drinks, which i also... read more had to ask for! Waited an hour for 2 breakfasts and 2 pies, breakfasts were stone cold. Pie, couldnt really call it a pie, it was a few lumps of meat on the plate with a tiny square of puff pastry placed on top. Chips were the only hot food and lovely as usual. Not the usual staff we have had before, one wearing see through leggings and a crop top, none of them looked like they wanted to be there no greeting, no smiles, no sorry for the wait etc etc.

  My dad has found a hidden gem!!! Went here for lunch, on dad's recommendation, was not disappointed, friendly service, friendly locals, great food and lots of it when it came,... read more after being freshly cooked, brilliant!!!! I shall come again ?

  Really friendly staff. We felt the full English brunch was not quite worth the price however the drinks and toastie were fab and the fantastic service made up for this.

  Spent an hour wandering around Exeter looking for somewhere to get a decent full English kind of meal. Everywhere else was limited to toast or paninis or a fast food... read more place which isnt what me and the fella fancied sooo after many failed places we...walked past and saw a menu in the window stating full English..BOOM! Yes please don't mind if we do, wandered in to be met with a lovely smiling cashier lady waitress person and a gentleman who I assumed as manger or Terry himself, either way he seated us grabbed us menues and told us he would be be back shortly,which he was. We ordered two brunch lunch (basically all day breakfast meals) AND AND being those customers asked for no tomato if possible and he was more than happy to offer substitute instead!! Well what can we say,yes bloomin please to extra bacon sir! Waited a while BUT the place was busy and when it came oh GOD I think I did a little too! The food was hot and fresh, the sausages absolutely gorgeous, the drink perfect the whole meal was magnificent! We shall be returning! All the staff smiling happy beautiful people.. so in the winter months especially when it's cold and wet and you find yourself in Sidwell st pop in grab yourself a drink, sit down enjoy something hot and delicious and enjoy. More

  I used to use Terrys about 5 years ago where I used to go for a Full English Breakfast. At the time I would have called this a greasy spoon... read more as the flooring was so dangerous as it had grease onthe floor. I was very nicely surprised when i visited recently that the Terrys had new owners, and they got new tables and chairs, new decor and lovely flooring with no grease in sight. I did arrive in the cafe rather late as they were closing at 4pm that day so had an hour to eat and drink. It was table service where you choose what you wanted to eat or drink. I choose the Toasted Teacake with Butter and Jam and a Mocha. I did not expect to receive such a large Toasted Teacake with 4 pats of butter and a little pot of strawberry jam. The Teacake was delicious and so was the Mocha. I will definatley be going back again but probably in the middle of the day to see what the service is like. The Owner was very friendly.

  I visited with my parents a children yesterday (27/11) at 2pm. Had to ask for someone to take our order, then waited 30 minutes for our drinks, which i also... read more had to ask for! Waited an hour for 2 breakfasts and 2 pies, breakfasts were...stone cold. Pie, couldnt really call it a pie, it was a few lumps of meat on the plate with a tiny square of puff pastry placed on top. Chips were the only hot food and lovely as usual. Not the usual staff we have had before, one wearing see through leggings and a crop top, none of them looked like they wanted to be there no greeting, no smiles, no sorry for the wait etc etc. More

  Ordered the breakfast and also a veggie burger (more a pate than vegetables). Both were good and did not take long to arrive. Drinks and service also good and will... read more visit again

  My friends and I had been coming to Terry's regularly for a number of years, usually for breakfast before football on Saturdays. When Terry and Sian, who had been running... read more the business for many years, retired, I felt that the new owners undid much of the reputation that Terry's had built up over the years and we stopped going.

Having heard that it had changed hands again, we went back and gave it a try. The change was palpable. A makeover, new tables and chairs, updated toilets and really excellent and competitively priced food.

The new owners have also done well to recruit friendly competent staff and it is probably a better venue now than I can ever remember it (sorry Terry!)

Well done!

  Came in for a breakfast as I was in Exeter early for my meeting and the fried breakfast was absolutely great nice friendly staff good price

  This place does what it says on the tin, providing good quality reasonably priced food in a great position, right in the middle of town.

  fresh and great staff family run café on bus stop outside pleasant part of town near all shops fantastic food not bad try your like it not bad prices

  Waited, 25 minutes for a bacon and hash brown bap, while 3 of My mates had finished there full Breakfast before mine even came out!! Poor restaurant presentation and... read more staff are rude! Would not recommend

  Popped in for a coffee and was really impressed. Staff friendly and efficient. Place was super clean and menu looked great. I’ll definitely go back for food. Coffee was really... read more good too not bitter like in some places. Really relaxed place to sit with a friend and a book swap bookshelf which is always a bonus.

  I eat here 4 times a week there food is great,tasty,always hot great value for money staff always friendly would recommend it keep up the great work.

  roasts, breakfasts and fast foodies all catered for. Cafeteria style setting with no nonsense food fantastic bacon and tomato rolls. hot and cold drinks and friendly atmosphere, great find for... read more a cold Saturday afternoon we will be back.

  i wouldnt go any where else i am so glad that i have had 6 fryups in there so thats why i loves going in there because at the moment... read more that is my only favourite place that i would go into so one day i...More

  Clean tables, staff friendly food cooked to order. Had the large breakfast, enjoyable, felt quite full when I left

  From the outside you'll see a long queue and now I know why, the food is great! The staff are really friendly, and happy to help if you need any... read more assistance. Sitting waiting for my food, all around me people were mentioning to the ladies...More

  Wow what a transformation! The interior is looking really smart and I love the Exeter and surroundings inspired art. There are some new additions to the menu - I had... read more the eggs royale and it was amazing. Also enjoyed looking through the books in the new book nook corner. Well done team!

  I regularly come here for my lunch from work always great food and amazing customer service!
First time coming since lockdown and it’s had a major reverb and looks amazing.... read more
If your hungry or just fancy a cuppa Terry’s is the place to go.

  Horrendous place. Absolutely disgusting service and food. The dessert resembled flour and water glue paste I couldn’t bring myself to even try the gloop. I was humiliated, my colleague called... read more a b**ch, I was laughed at when I sent my food back.
The owner was totally dismissive of my genuine complaint. I felt intimidated and belittled by the staff. I genuinely couldn’t eat the gloop or the replacement rock hard cake! I politely told them, even to the extent of apologising for sending it back! No one should be made to feel like that. I recommend that you avoid Terrys cafe

  Ordered our meals - apple crumble - came without the crumble as it had melted in the microwave it was like a bowl of slime. Asked the serving staff what... read more was wrong with it and they said the microwave had made it like that. Chose lemon drizzle instead - this was rock hard. After informing the waiting staff this was not edible they informed us that it had been eaten all week by others and did not see any problems with it!! shocking response. The girl that is working there was rude and obnoxious, the young boy that works there was rude and pulling faces like a child.
I had to remind them about the coffee i had ordered.

We complained to the manager who had decided that he would not apologise for our experience ... WE WILL NOT BE RETURNING - DO NOT GO - BAD STAFF - BAD MANAGEMENT - AWFUL CUSTOMER SERVICES - DO NOT GO - DO NOT GO - DO NOT GO .... OVER PRICE FOR RUBBISH SERVICE FINE DINING PRICES FOR NOTHING

  Good food. Good pricing. Good service. Always welcoming and friendly. What more do you need for a decent luch

  This is the sort of place that only the locals know about, a really basic environment which does good honest food at a fair price, the menu is extremely varied... read more and very comprehensive, from roast dinners to burgers to breakfast, it’s well cooked and tasty, the staff are friendly even though very busy, this is a godsend in a city with so much emphasis on “designer “ food where you pay extortionist prices for nothing very special. Terrys is a safe bet if you want good honest grub.

  No idea how we found this place as it was past the shops but glad we did. Great choice of food, from breakfasts to dinners, to jacket potatoes. The chef... read more was rushed off his feet but food came out hot. Great value.

  roasts, breakfasts and fast foodies all catered for. Cafeteria style setting with no nonsense food fantastic bacon and tomato rolls. hot and cold drinks and friendly atmosphere, great find for... read more a cold Saturday afternoon we will be back.

  Ordered the breakfast and also a veggie burger (more a pate than vegetables). Both were good and did not take long to arrive. Drinks and service also good and will... read more visit again

  lovely place a proper cafe, with good old traditional cooking, just right to set you up for a day's shopping in exeter

  Horrendous place. Absolutely disgusting service and food. The dessert resembled flour and water glue paste I couldn’t bring myself to even try the gloop. I was humiliated, my colleague called... read more a b**ch, I was laughed at when I sent my food back.
The owner was totally dismissive of my genuine complaint. I felt intimidated and belittled by the staff. I genuinely couldn’t eat the gloop or the replacement rock hard cake! I politely told them, even to the extent of apologising for sending it back! No one should be made to feel like that. I recommend that you avoid Terrys cafe