Joiners Arms

You'll find the Joiners Arms right on Market Place, where it's been anchoring the heart of Bideford for years. Walk in and you're immediately among your people—locals nursing pints, couples tucked into corners, groups gathered round the bar. The atmosphere is genuinely unpretentious; there's no fussing here, just solid pub fare and a drinks list that knows what it's doing. It's the kind of place where you can turn up alone or with mates and feel equally welcome, where regulars actually talk to each other, and where the staff clearly care about getting things right without making a song and dance about it.