the rumblin tum, Prince of Wales Drive, Exmouth, Devon EX8 4SW

This is a pub in Exmouth selling traditional food of decent quality.  I visited this pub last week with 2 other people.  Staff were on the whole quite helpful and competent  though special mention needs to be made of the trainee who provided my friend with a fork for eating soup.  Let’s give him the benefit of the doubt and say it was beginner’s nerves!

 

There’s none of your gastro pub stuff here.  The menu looks rather late 1980s and belly pork or  field mushrooms with a blue cheese sauce is as exciting as it gets.

 

I had Chicken Goujons  with a garlic mayo for starter and an American Combo for main which consisted of a rack of barbecue ribs, spicy chicken wings, a breaded chicken breast and chunky chips referred to as fries on the menu.  Home fries or Chunky Fries might have been a more appropriate description.  Another friend had tomato soup for starter and beef lasagne for main.  He said the Lasagne was a bit overcooked.

 

My other friend had Mushrooms in blue cheese sauce for starter and a seafood pasta as a main.  She liked the mushrooms but said that the seafood pasta was rather bland.

 

Portions are generally of a decent size and I was the only one   piggy enough to have a sweet.  I had a white chocolate  and raspberry tart which was well flavoured with a thick creamy filling.  I also had an  Irish  coffee which was well made with cream floating on the top.

 

This pub served generally good food though it is a little out of the way and the choices are rather unadventurous.  Food quality was generally good but overcooked lasagne was a concern.  Over all the Rumblin Tum serves decent sized portions of reasonable  if rather unadventurous food.  A 3 course meal and a drink will set you back around £25 with starters and sweets costing around £5 and mains costing around £10

 

This is really more of a restaurant than a pub and I can’t imagine going to the Rumblin Tum just for a drink.

 

Over all then meals were unadventurous but mostly of good quality.  Staff were helpful on the whole and I would give the Rumblin Tum 7 out of 10.

Graham