The Burrator Inn is an extremely busy and popular destination pub situated on the main road between Yelverton and Princetown within Dartmoor National Park.

The pub has a history of a strong food offering and boutique style letting rooms as a great base for locals and holiday makers to enjoy rural Devon.

Area:

The Burrator Inn sits on the south-west edge of Dartmoor and gets its name from the Burrator Reservoir which is just a mile away. The road that runs to the front of the property is the main route in and out of the moor from Plymouth and passes through the famous village of Princetown with its’ historic jail and brewery.

Its prime location makes it a great stopping-off point or place to stay for a drink or something to eat. It offers guests a creative and welcoming internal design. The pub offers different areas for drinking, dining, pub games and entertainment, giving customers great reasons to visit, whether it is a family meal, drinks with friends, live entertainment, luxury stay or a lunchtime snack.

The pub benefits from a premium feel, has benefited from significant investment and has grown an exceptional reputation over the last few years. It enjoys significant footfall all year round being well supported by locals and benefitting from year-round tourism.

For those looking for an escape to Devon, the pub has seven exceptional letting rooms providing outstanding design and comfort, decorated with charming country touches and cosy home comforts for a relaxing stay. It is a perfect base to explore the Devon countryside.

An all-day dining experience, the kitchen can cater for up to 200+ covers throughout. The pub has an excellent local reputation for its seasonal menu and range of local and craft drinks

Internally, you will find lots of character in this traditional rural style pub.

The Burrator Inn has been at the heart of the local community for many years. The business is unspoilt by time. You will need to embrace the style and create the atmosphere through astute zoning of the sections to create defined spaces for your guests.

From luxury stays to dining & entertainment and from beer to bingo, this pub caters to the needs of its community. You can make it excel as the true hub of the area.

Vision:

Devon destination village pub & hotel with a warm welcome and a quality drink and food experience. Vibrant local pub for locals and holiday makers, retired market, guests seeking entertainment and visitors looking for a unique pub experience in the county.

Operator:

You will be taking the helm of an archetypal and successful destination pub, which means we are looking for an outgoing, engaging, and upstanding pillar of the community to become the next great Managed Partners at the Burrator.

Being currently local would be an advantage, whilst being fastidious about serving a perfect pint is mandatory.

The pub needs a motivator, leader and a natural at spotting talent to bolster the team. You will be a great listener and speaker and someone who relishes getting involved.

You will derive a profound sense of achievement in planning and organising pub events regularly, as an integral part of the community.

These skills are essential to be successful at seasonal trading whilst giving locals a great reason to visit during the winter months.

Skills & Behaviours

• Fanatical about driving an exceptional guest experience
• Ability to engage, develop and retain talented team members
• Enthusiastic about driving sales
• Keen, enthusiastic, hands-on, charming, and charismatic
• Passion for food- creating & delivering a balanced menu that fits the location and style of pub, which delivers for the guest and commercially for the Managed Partner
• A process driven and detail orientated individual
• Must demonstrate a willingness and desire to engage the local community
• Proven record of achievements in a similar position

Pub:

Old rendered stone building with extensive internal and external trading areas – Restaurant (50 covers) Bar (50 covers) Garden (100 covers). Large kitchen situated behind the bar/ restaurant.  Large beer garden with children’s play area. Large car park for 40 cars. Seven en-suite letting rooms. Full refurbishment of trading area, letting rooms, outside trading areas and pub externals.

Accommodation:

Extensive staff accommodation. Two self- contained flats with two double bedrooms, living room, kitchen, and bathroom.

The Partnership

Ready to run your own business, manage your own team and define your own wage structure? Love working closely with an Operations Manager to build an incredible pub legacy with uncompromising standards and stand out guest experience? Then the Punch Managed Partnership is the perfect option for you.

Alongside tonnes of day-to-day support and a brilliant framework to grow your business, we give you an uncapped cut of top line turnover to pay yourself and your team – it is your structure to own. We understand how important it is for the pub operator to completely own their own team.

In our Partnerships, we love pub obsessed entrepreneurs that embrace out industry leading support and who want to partner with a five* Pub Company. We love to partner with people that help us create pub legacies that stand the test of time.