Advantages: Convenient, friendly owners, good breakfast. Disadvantages: A bit pricey
Last summer I spent a few days in Salcombe after my Mum had booked this place as a birthday present for me. It was my first time in Salcombe so I didn't really know what to expect, but my Mum had been going there for years so I was looking forward to discovering it. The Ria View is run by Peter & Bernice Henesey Smith.
LOCATION:
The Ria View is on Devon Road in Salcombe, Devon. Salcombe is a tiny town on the south coast. The roads to get there are quite windy so take care.
Ria View
Devon Road
Salcombe
Devon
TQ8 8HQ
(0044) (0)1548 842965
PRICES:
Prices for a double room at the Ria View start at £62 per night and go up to £84 per night. This includes breakfast.
PARKING:
The parking at the B+B itself is very limited. We managed to get mine in but there is room for 3 cars and they can only be small cars ...
Advantages: Value, choice, hot food Disadvantages: Inferior in terms of class compared with Pret, inferior beverages, condensation inside packaging
This is part 2 of a series of two opinions on “Prêt A Manger” (PaM) and “Benjys”. This part of the Series will look at Benjys, a chain of take-away restaurants in the West End. So far we have seen that PaM is a more upmarket place, I shall now look at Benjys with the same criteria as the ones I looked at PaM with in the other opinion.
-Appearance of restaurant-
The emphasis here is on efficiency and space, once you are near the door, there is no odour or scent like Prêt, but there is a smell of oil. There is a lot of space so that customers basically do not bump into each other and the queues for the cash tills are as long as possible. The décor is basically “bog standard” (I like to be current and controversial) a general grey feeling to it. At one end of the shop is basically a “hot food ...
Modena 20.02.2001
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Advantages: Improving food, good range, smart card option, charity donations Disadvantages: Still not as good as Pret
When I first wrote this, I didn't realise that Benjy's was not a household name - I apologise. Benjy's is a chain of sandwich bars. They usually don't offer sit-down options the way Pret a Manger does, it is strictly take away only.
Benjy's seem to be on every second corner in London, but clearly not everywhere else! I have just checked their website, and it is true they only have outlets in London, although they seem to have over 60 branches here. Their website says they are also now based in Birmingham. They are clearly developing their business fairly rapidly at the moment, so maybe they are going to branch out soon!
I first visited Benjy's 2 or 3 years ago, and was not particularly impressed. The sandwiches were very cheap - under a pound in some cases, but the range was extremely limited, particularly if you want brown ...
kam76 24.02.2005 (25.02.2005)
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