Buckfast Abbey Reviews

Very peaceful and welcoming place. Fabulous and informative exhibition - IT savvy.

Beautiful Abbey. Great place for peaceful surroundings.

Worth a trip, well manicured grounds, plenty of choice in the restaurant. A good advantage on a rainy day.

Beautiful and peaceful place, well worth the visit.

Very tranquil, beautiful building. The gardens were lovely

Beautiful and serene with the restaurant doing high quality food

Tranquil grounds with reconstructed Benedictine monastery which was completed in 1938. Gift shop on site which sells a range of Trappist beers as well as jams, wines, cordials and other souvenirs.

Free entry, lovely grounds / gardens to wander around, the food In the restrant is pretty good and reasonably priced.
The Abby itself is quite amazing if you appreciate architecture.
And the gift shop sells some of the best Trappist wheat beers you will find. Also sell the famous buckfast wine (not to my taste) and a whole load of other craft items.

Easy to get to. Wonderfully peaceful and stunning workmanship by the Monks. People friendly and helpful and the food was fantastic.

It's absulutly bautifull. Nice shops, walks and also methadist church and Catholic Church. It is worth a look.

Completely free. Very rare these days. My mum loved it.

Fantastic place, incredibly well kept, beautiful gardens.

The Abbey was very tranquil, the gardens a delight lovely places in the garden to sit and enjoy the peace and quiet well stocked shops and the fudge is absolutely delicious don't go away without buying some

Beautiful Abbey. Tranquil setting. You don't need to be religious to appreciate this Abbey. Interesting history in the monastic way.

A must visit. Friendly helpful staff. Spotless facilities. Disabled friendly. Beautiful grounds. Personally i would only take older well behaved children.A place of quiet contemplation. Fascinating history. Well stocked shops. Good food . Highchairs in restaurant and kiddies lunch box. I will be visiting again.

Great architecture and terrific staff. Always make us so welcome.

Utterly wonderful and uplifting, the Abbey is truly captivating and a testimonial to the vision of its creators. Remarkable.

Buckfast Abbey is a must visit if you are in the area. If you need to chill and appreciate amazing architecture, manicured gardens peace and serenity then this is the place to be.

Lovely and educational. Food good. Facilities clean.

It was a lovely Abbey nice gardens with real monks available to speak to.. We had a very nice day. Really enjoyed the trip well worth going to see.

An impressive Cathedral with lots of information about the historical monastery. Lots of families with young children despite there not being much for them to do. The shops are very religious but everything in them is supplied by various monasteries around the world.

Beautiful, historical Abbey on Dartmoor famous for wine and beer made by the Monks. Beautiful day. Really enjoyed it.

Lovely place but we couldn't stay long as we had our dog with us - very hot sunny weather but dangerous leaving dog in car and not able to take him with us into gardens - next time we will go alone

Absolutely fantastic...very humbling... What an experience... Enjoyed every moment ..exhibition marvelous

An awe-inspiring site, the buildings, gardens and Abbey itself will have you lost for words. Great place to visit, very calming and not to busy when we went in May 2019. Facilities providing great quality food at good prices, a nice bonus!

Easily had us occupied for around 3+ hours. Two very nice separate shops filled with Monastic produce, books, high quality Glassware and of course the fantastic Buckfast Tonic Wine which I would recommend to anyone! Buying it is a great way to support the Abbey as well and the price in the shop is beyond reasonable. Other very nice local attractions near by as well make this a highly recommended place to visit from me.

Such a beautiful place and free as well. Plenty of room and a great atmosphere. Would be great to be able to talk to Benedictine monks about their worship and life, but they is their decision .

wonderful to see a mass celebrated in a beautiful abbey. Amazing gardens. The history of the Abbey and its gardens especially the medicinal herb garden is well worth a visit and tour. The building itself is beautiful but the entire complex is well done.

Stunning place, so peaceful and tranquil. Great history and the wine is lovely. There's a great cafe that serves good food and there 2 gift store that sell an assortment of goods to suit all budgets

Brilliant and free! Amazing gardens to wander around and the wonder of the abbey is really something to behold. The Monastic Way exhibition is a great way to get an understanding of the monks' way of life too.
A restaurant on site and two gift shops also mean that there is opportunity to extend your visit if wanted.

It is so beautiful and clean, The Abbey itself is so very peaceful and everything in it has a wow. xxx

Great place to visit and worship. Lovely grounds. I recommend it.

A beautiful and restful Abbey with a great back story of how it was built. Thank you to the helpful staff too. We will definitely be back once all COVID restrictions have been lifted.

Very quiet and peaceful location with brilliant architecture. With brilliant grounds.

We visit a lot as there's nice gardens to walk around, the Abbey is beautiful as is the Chapel inside and also the small Methodist Chapel. Food in the restaurant is always good.

Very peaceful with time to think of my beautiful friends and family

A beautiful place. Well worth a visit. Great sale of art. Exhibition on for another week.Could spend the whole day there. Lots to see.

Beautiful gardens, stunning abbey inside and out. Very relaxing place.

Great place to visit, amazing selection of gifts and wines in the shops, and the Abbey is incredible! Also amazing is the digital show and interaction centre near the car park. A very peaceful, calm place to wander around

Lovely place to visit. Soo peaceful and everyone is respectful.

Such a tranquil place to visit. Something for everyone.

Charming place to take a break on a long drive or just to visit. Well kept gardens to explore as well as the Abbey. Shop for gifts and good quality restaurant.

Great exhibition centre. Tranquil Gardens. Great place to unwind.

Very intresting place to visit.
Sit in the silent room. It is beautiful.
Stain glass windows beautiful.

Very disappointed that cafe is only available for take away cardboard containers of coffee and ice cream.

Wonderful peaceful place. Amazing church, glorious gardens. Spoiled by very dry, obviously stale lemon cake and scones. Awful, and a pity.

Amazing building, nice wine and just a good experience overall.

Lovely gardens and abbey. Covid-19 being managed well on site.

Had a great time lovely views good for a family day out!

Lovely place so well kept a must see place go every year the whole place is amazing so peaceful

Really nice place to visit. There is a museum part as well which gives quite lots of info about the place and it is quite interesting.
They also have a nice gardens there, during the summer will be even nicer

There is no entry price to walk around this tranquil and very peaceful Benedictine Abbey to grab some R & R time. The gardens are exquisitely beautiful and are great to walk through at any time of the year. There is a restaurant here selling very tasty locally sourced produce.

Peaceful and beautiful gardens and Abbey. Lovely to find somewhere that doesn't charge for admission or parking.

Went for the Christmas Fair. Very busy. Lots of lovely stalls. Sellers with lovely leather handbags, unusual knitwear and scarves. Plus local food, craft beers, spirits, cakes and chocolate. All this and the beautiful Abbey and grounds. A good start to December.

Lovely atmosphere and beautiful walks around gardens and surrounding areas, very peaceful.

A absolutely beautiful place to visit and enjoy also a excellent restaurant

Abbey steeped in history. Entensive grounds. Restaurant etc

Very scenic, well worth a look, free entry and parking

Beautiful abbey. New (relatively) but built in an old style. Amazing stained glass and decorated ceilings. Very good cafe and gift shop. And of course the famous Buckfast Tonic Wine which is great but visit for the abbey not the wine. Very important: it is free to enter the Abbey.

This is the most beautiful place. It is peaceful and beautiful and restores my soul. I will be there again before Christmas to light some candles for my loved ones in heaven

The entrance really shocked me as I wasn't expecting much but instead I was greeted by a rather modern looking interior that explained the Abbeys history and cultural significance. The Abbey grounds are beautiful and all the different shops and cafes provide for a surprisingly entertaining and informative day out. We went for the beverage but left with knowledge.... and the beverage.

Buckfast Abbey is such a special place to be. There is a real sense of peace about the place, which in this busy world is priceless. Especially peaceful is the chapel, with beautiful stain glass windows, at the far end of The Abbey. The organ is a masterpiece. A really good bookshop, a monastery shop and gift shop sell many items suitable for gifts. The Grange Restaurant, on site, sells good homely meals. Another building houses a brilliant exhibition about the history of The Abbey. There are houses
on site available as holiday lets and a lovely conference centre. We would highly recommend a visit.

A beautifully peaceful and quite destination of ours every year. We love just sitting in the grounds relaxing and letting the world pass us buy.
Excellent cafe with reasonably priced meals. On a good day you can eat outside and enjoy the view of the Abbey.

Nice place to stay for a few days and reorganize the grey matter into accepting what truly does matter.

really lovely place to visit and gardens are so well kept. Plus staff so friendly and helpful.

Just lovely to soak up the tranquillity and peace of this interesting place. Will be going again. Lovely.

My place to chill at. I am Catholic so it seems the obvious choice, but even if you were not I think most people would enjoy the Monks history and the Abbey is just so beautiful. My place to contemplate and pray for others. The gardens are so interesting and peaceful they are my personal favourite. The restaurant is a must! It caters for most people's choices and you can have a snack or a lovely dinner. Roast is the very best and it can get busy on a Sunday. The shops have many interesting items and if you need a holy gift for someone on a special occasion like Holy Communion or Confirmation then this is the place. Parking is excellent and it is free! What more could you ask for.

I was there at the conference centre it it was still a good day.the centre is very light and well appointed,the food and beverages were super especially the desert(big slice of toffee and chocolate cake) yeah the abbey looks cool too

Very peaceful, lots of gardens and trees as well as the Abbey, which had a beautiful stained glass window

Great place to visit , very peaceful, insightful visitors centre

Nice setting but a really poor experience in the cafe/restaurant. A 40 minute wait for breakfast which arrived barely warm and the order was also slightly wrong, with fried eggs (should have been poached) and missing the toast. If i had more time i would have sent it back. Lots of other niggles too, like no signs telling you what you can order for breakfast or how much each option was (had to ask the staff), and the staff were dragging tables around which was very noisey. Obviously they needed to move things around for some reason, but lifting the tables would have been appropriate and appreciated. Just the very basic things that were not done really. But as i said, beautiful setting!

A quiet haven to think and reflect in our busy world, free parking and entry to the ample grounds and Abbey, spotless restaurant with a sensible menu, enjoyed walking through the gardens and cooling off with Salcombe ice cream. Thank God for this place.

Beautiful abbey church. Peaceful well kept gardens. Light refreshments, limited due to Covid 19, but covered open air table area as well as inside spaced out tables.

Tranquil, freindly, beautiful, deffinatley be back.

Beautiful grounds, wonderful Abbey and a great tea room.

Great place! Went for a food and craft festival and really enjoyed it. So much to see, beautiful gardens, and very well organised.

Peaceful atmosphere, beautiful building and grounds. I visited the Grange restaurant and the food was good. Didn't go into the shops

Always nice to return to Buckfast. We attended Mass of the Assumption and visited the gift shop. Hard to give anywhere five stars with Covid restrictions.

A great place to visit, beautiful gardens and an amazing abbey.

Brilliant venue for trip out whilst on holiday. Reasonable cafe with adequate selection of food from sandwiches to cooked meals. Abbey delightful and wonderful history.