McDonald's

You know those moments when it's 2am and you're driving back from the M5, or you've just finished a brutal shift and everywhere decent has long since closed? That's when this Marsh Barton McDonald's becomes your unlikely hero. Open round the clock, it's the reliable constant in Exeter's otherwise sensibly-timed food scene. Sure, it's standard McDonald's fare in a retail park setting - not exactly atmospheric dining. But the chips are consistently decent, the coffee's better than it has any right to be, and the staff handle the endless stream of delivery drivers, shift workers, and the occasional late-night reveller with admirable patience. Sometimes you don't need artisanal sourdough - you just need something hot, fast, and available when the rest of the city's gone to bed.