With regret have decided to close the restaurant to non residents during the evenings. We will still be open to non residents during the daytime for morning coffee,light lunches and afternoon teas served between 12.30-4.30pm. Please note that we advise walkers in groups for 6 or more to call us in advance of arrival. The restaurant in the evenings will only open to residents staying at the Hotel. We hope to move away from fine dining but move towards a more rustic farmhouse style of cooking although still strongly commited to having a menu of interest with local produce and homemade dishes from the Sampson farm kitchen. We will be happy to discuss thou any private parties between 12-24 people for that special celebration. Please call me if you have any queries are questions. Thank you Nigel Click here to read what guests have said about our food.

Our head chef Robin takes his work very seriously. The air of thoughtful concentration in the kitchen can be quite scary sometimes! The world famous Ashburton Cookery School (voted no1 in the UK) sometimes send their students to us for a day or two’s experience of what it’s like to work in a restaurant kitchen steeped in skill and tradition. (Some people come to do the watercolour holidays here purely because the food is so good!)

Let’s tell you what it’s like, to come and eat at Sampsons… On arrival you’ll be welcomed into the beautiful beamed sitting room of the 15thC thatched farmhouse. With a log fire crackling in the deep fireplace, and the firelight playing on the ancient black oak panelled walls, you’ll sink back into some gloriously squashy sofas or a traditional country Love-Seat and be served drinks as you peruse the menu. It could take quite a while to make a choice, it’s all so good…. This place is a bastion of Slow Food: we cook everything from scratch here, so you can sit back and relax over a good bottle of wine as your food is prepared. You’ll then be shown to your table in one of our two intimate restaurant rooms, softly lit and with the relaxed ambience of an old and truly charming house. Our discreet English staff are well trained, courteous and attentive: as people who like to dine out ourselves, we find it tiring to be rushed; pushed to buy extras; ignored, or treated negligently, so we train our staff to the high standards we think you would expect, too. After your meal you’ll be invited back to the sitting room for coffee by the fire in the lounge.

Please click on the menu below to see our sample menus

We are open every day Tea and Coffee.The restaurant is Open Monday to Saturday lunchtime/ Dinner.,We cater for private parties,birthdays, anniversarys and are very happy to cater for wakes where you can have sole use of Sampsons Farmhouse for that very special gathering.