@thirty-four

You'd be forgiven for thinking college food means limp veg and regret, but @thirty-four on Hele Road has quietly become one of Exeter's best-kept lunch spots. It's open to the public, which means you're walking into somewhere that actually cares about what's on the plate, not just feeding hundreds of students through the door. The room itself has that smart-casual vibe—clean lines, natural light, the kind of place where you feel like you're in on something decent without any pretension getting in the way.