I don’t think I am going to visit Ocean Drive again. While the food was okay, the staff was quite unfriendly. And to make matters worse, the service was frustratingly slow.

we passed ocean drive on the way to our guest house and were immediatly drawn to the garden with it's statues and unusual seating.
we went there on a monday for their special usa menu and loved it so much we went back wednesday for the italian. we were not disappointed!

Had a table booked for 4 for 8.30. Told to wait in the bar upstairs and make ourselves comfortable. However, the bar area can seemingly only hold about 20 people comfortably and there were at least 30 odd people up there. A menu was finally given to us at 9pm and orders were taken a further 15 mins after that. We were then finally sat at our cramped table and food served at 9.50pm. The steaks were a pound extra due to the increase in prime beef (something we'd never heard of?). One steak was meant to be medium rare, however that appeared more bloodier than my rare. It was also cold in the middle and a disappointing cut. The veg for four of us came in one small side bowl. In my opinion it was not even enough for one. A glass of red wine was ordered but there was no choice, and what came out I can only describe as cheap cooking wine. There was no attempt to apologise for the lateness in seating us and quite frankly I found the service quite abrupt at best. I would not return.

This is some of the best food that I have eaten, the steak was cooked to a turn and the presentation was first class. The risotto starter was to die for and the garlic butter roast potato mash was a taste sensation, we could not fault it and look forward to our next visit

Arrived 15 minutes before booking and greeted by a warm and friendly waitress. After verifying the booking she invited us to go to one of the 3 bars where menus would be brought to us, which they were reasonably quickly. After leaving us for 10 minutes she returned to take our orders. After another 10 minutess we were ushered to our table which was excellently laid out. We decided on a group photo, six of us, so went to take the picture, another staff member came across and offered to take the group photo for us which she duly did very well. Drink order was taken and duly arrived very quickly. Food arrived very quickly and was absolutely fantastic, 4 off us had garlic chicken and the other 2 had gammon. 1 of the party was asked whether he wanted pinnaple or egg with his gammon and he requested both which was agreed too without fuss. There was a choice of 3 types of potato but the waitress offered a selection of all 3 be placed on the table, very impressed with that. Overall the whole evening went extremely well with the staff remaining polite and very helpful throughout. The atmosphere was cracking, all agreed, and the whole experience left us wanting to go back for more in the near future. Thank you all at Ocean Drive for a throughly enjoyable experience.

Five of us went one Sunday for lunch to Ocean Drive Torquay. The laminated menu we had picked up for the place put us off, but one of our group was a local and wanted to try it. On arrival the place was not what we expected and I personally feel the pub garden was tacky, with film memorabilia covering every surface. The waitress was nice, but tried to seat us in a small dark table in an awkward corner, despite it being a sunny day and the place being empty. We opted to move by the window. The room was hot so we asked the waitress to open the door. She did, then informed us that the regular menu wasn't being served and it was Sunday roast only. One of our party was vegetarian, and this wasn't ideal. Fortunately they did make her a large starter to have as a main course. As for the food itself the roast was poor, the meat was tough and the gravy a bit salty, it seemed to be Bistro or similar. No one seemed to eat much. We ducked out of deserts and made a quick exit, pausing only to marvel at the 'Hollywood' themed garden (again more film stuff). Coming from London I think we are spoiled for choice, and this place wouldn't last two minutes in a more competitive environment. We won't be returning.

Just visited this Restaurant Saturday March 1st 2008. Had a table booked for 5 of us for 8.30pm. It was a special occasion as one of the friends was returning to wale's to live so it was a farewell party for her. Arrived at the restaurant for 8.15 we had a table booked for 8.30 at 8.45 we were told we would have a long wait as a table of 18 people had arrived late so they were being served first! By 9.30 we complained that we were still being kept waiting and there weren't any sign of menus or any other communication from anyone in the restaurant!! Finally at 10.00 we went to our table and eventually got to eat at 10.15!!! We were absolutely starving by this time as you can imagine! There were no apologies from the staff at all - only finally at the end of the evening when were told that they had grossly overbooked for the evening! Whose fault is that! And what bad management! We were all given a 10% voucher each for money off of a meal during the week! What a joke do they really think we are going there again after the way we were treated! I don't think so! The evening was totally spoilt for my friend - and we wouldn't recommend this place to anyone. My advice to the Management is get your act together soon before you go out of business! You are seriously getting a VERY BAD Name for yourselves!

The Ocean Drive restaurant in Torquay had a nice atmosphere, and the waiting staff were very helpful and accommodating. Starters were very enjoyable. However, 4 of the main meals were cold, and had to be sent back. One T-Bone was dry and overcooked (asked for medium rare), and also came cold. The management were politely informed, and we asked for a refund on that one meal. It takes a lot for me to complain about food (usually I just sit there and eat what's given). It was a complete shock when the whole party was asked to leave mid meal for daring to complain. Very Poor customer service by the owner/manager, and what started as a joint anniversary and birthday celebration ended in farce. There are much better places to eat in Torbay!