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Sheet no. 19 · Exmouth, Devon

Bayleaf, found on the Strand.

A café and bar at 19 Strand, in the middle of Exmouth. Breakfast, brunch, sandwiches and coffee, with tables out front looking onto the Strand gardens.

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Collector's label
SpecimenBayleaf Cafe — cups marked "cafe · bar"
Locality19 Strand, Exmouth EX8 1AF
HabitatShopfront under a green sign; tables outside, facing the gardens
In seasonTuesday to Saturday, 9am – 3.30pm
Observations4.5 on Google (294 reviews) · 4.5 on Tripadvisor (196) · food hygiene 5
The Bayleaf Cafe shopfront: a sage-green sign with the name in white script and leaf drawings, a striped awning and tall windows hung with paper stars
Fig. 1 — The shopfront on the Strand.
A hot chocolate piled with pink and white marshmallows in a white cup printed bayleaf cafe · bar
Fig. 2 — Hot chocolate, marshmallows, the cup.
Metal café chairs and tables outside, looking across to the trees and flower beds of the Strand gardens
Fig. 3 — The view from the outside tables.

Field notes

  1. Order inside, at the bar. The sign in the window says so.
  2. Quick breakfast or a slow one: Visit Exmouth (2023) singled out the bottomless brunch.
  3. Takeaway too, if the gardens are calling.

Visit

Address
19 Strand
Exmouth, Devon EX8 1AFOn the Strand, under the green Bayleaf Cafe sign, facing the gardens
Hours
Tuesday – Saturday, 9am – 3.30pm
Closed Sunday and MondayHours as listed on Google, so check the Facebook page before a special trip.
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Bayleaf Cafe

19 Strand · Exmouth · Devon

Look up for the green sign.

Bayleaf is a café and bar on Exmouth's Strand. Come in for breakfast, stay for brunch, or take a coffee and a sandwich out to the gardens across the way.

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The Bayleaf Cafe shopfront: a sage-green sign with the name in white script and leaf drawings, a striped awning and tall windows hung with paper stars

Breakfast

From 9am, Tuesday to Saturday.

Brunch

Including a bottomless brunch, as Visit Exmouth noted in 2023.

Coffee & sandwiches

To stay, or to take away.

Metal café chairs and tables outside, looking across to the trees and flower beds of the Strand gardens

4.5Google · 294 reviews

4.5Tripadvisor · 196 reviews

5Food hygiene rating

Visit

Address
19 Strand
Exmouth, Devon EX8 1AFOn the Strand, under the green Bayleaf Cafe sign, facing the gardens
Hours
Tuesday – Saturday, 9am – 3.30pm
Closed Sunday and MondayHours as listed on Google, so check the Facebook page before a special trip.
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Plan · not to scale

Best seat: outside, facing the gardens.

Bayleaf sits at 19 Strand, Exmouth. In front, café tables; beyond them, the trees and flower beds of the Strand gardens. Order inside, then pick your spot.

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  1. ABayleaf Cafe · no. 19
  2. BTables outside
  3. CThe Strand gardens
The Bayleaf Cafe shopfront: a sage-green sign with the name in white script and leaf drawings, a striped awning and tall windows hung with paper stars
A Under the green sign, through the door, order at the bar.
Metal café chairs and tables outside, looking across to the trees and flower beds of the Strand gardens
B → C Out front, looking across to the gardens.

Key

Serves
Breakfast, brunch, sandwiches, coffee. Takeaway too.
Also
A bottomless brunch (Visit Exmouth, 2023). The cups say "cafe · bar".
Open
Tuesday – Saturday, 9am – 3.30pm.
Rated
4.5 Google (294) · 4.5 Tripadvisor (196) · hygiene 5.

Visit

Address
19 Strand
Exmouth, Devon EX8 1AFOn the Strand, under the green Bayleaf Cafe sign, facing the gardens
Hours
Tuesday – Saturday, 9am – 3.30pm
Closed Sunday and MondayHours as listed on Google, so check the Facebook page before a special trip.
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Cafe

Coffee, breakfast, a sandwich to go.

Bar

Brunch with a glass, bottomless if you like.

That's what the cups at Bayleaf say: cafe · bar. One room at 19 Strand, Exmouth, doing both from 9am to 3.30pm, Tuesday to Saturday.

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A hot chocolate piled with pink and white marshmallows in a white cup printed bayleaf cafe · bar

The cafe side

Breakfasts, brunch, sandwiches and coffee. Hot chocolate with marshmallows. Takeaway when you'd rather sit in the gardens.

The bar side

"…perfect for a quick breakfast but also serves an epic bottomless brunch for those who like to wine and dine!"

— Visit Exmouth, Top Cafes in Exmouth, October 2023
The Bayleaf Cafe shopfront: a sage-green sign with the name in white script and leaf drawings, a striped awning and tall windows hung with paper stars

Rated 4.5 on Google from 294 reviews and 4.5 on Tripadvisor from 196, with a food hygiene rating of 5.

Visit

Address
19 Strand
Exmouth, Devon EX8 1AFOn the Strand, under the green Bayleaf Cafe sign, facing the gardens
Hours
Tuesday – Saturday, 9am – 3.30pm
Closed Sunday and MondayHours as listed on Google, so check the Facebook page before a special trip.
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Marshmallow weather on the Strand.

Bayleaf Cafe, 19 Strand, Exmouth. Breakfast, brunch, coffee, and a hot chocolate piled high enough to need a spoon.

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A hot chocolate piled with pink and white marshmallows in a white cup printed bayleaf cafe · bar
BreakfastBrunchSandwichesCoffeeTakeawayTables outside
Metal café chairs and tables outside, looking across to the trees and flower beds of the Strand gardens

Sit out front

The outside tables look straight across to the Strand gardens.

The Bayleaf Cafe shopfront: a sage-green sign with the name in white script and leaf drawings, a striped awning and tall windows hung with paper stars

Or tuck in inside

Under the green sign, with paper stars in the windows. Order at the bar.

4.5on Google, 294 reviews
4.5on Tripadvisor, 196 reviews
5food hygiene rating

Visit

Address
19 Strand
Exmouth, Devon EX8 1AFOn the Strand, under the green Bayleaf Cafe sign, facing the gardens
Hours
Tuesday – Saturday, 9am – 3.30pm
Closed Sunday and MondayHours as listed on Google, so check the Facebook page before a special trip.
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19 Strand · Exmouth · Devon

Five days a week, nine till half three.

MonClosed
Tue9.00 – 15.30
Wed9.00 – 15.30
Thu9.00 – 15.30
Fri9.00 – 15.30
Sat9.00 – 15.30
SunClosed

Inside those hours: breakfast first, brunch after (bottomless, if you're in the mood), sandwiches and coffee all day, and takeaway for the gardens across the road.

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The Bayleaf Cafe shopfront: a sage-green sign with the name in white script and leaf drawings, a striped awning and tall windows hung with paper stars
Metal café chairs and tables outside, looking across to the trees and flower beds of the Strand gardens

4.5Google, 294 reviews

4.5Tripadvisor, 196 reviews

5Food hygiene, April 2026

A hot chocolate piled with pink and white marshmallows in a white cup printed bayleaf cafe · bar

Visit

Address
19 Strand
Exmouth, Devon EX8 1AFOn the Strand, under the green Bayleaf Cafe sign, facing the gardens
Hours
Tuesday – Saturday, 9am – 3.30pm
Closed Sunday and MondayHours as listed on Google, so check the Facebook page before a special trip.
Facebook
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