beachcomber in Cornwall, Isles of Scilly

Great place for a coffee or a bite to eat just behind the car park.

Best cream tea in the area. Absolutely 10/10 Cornish cream tea. Pizzas were freshly made and hot too.

Closed when it says it's open. Was counting on it to buy bucket and spade for toddler

Food was fine, everyone had clear plates. My boys wanted ice creams as they were closing and they had no problem serving us before they closed up for the day, the staff were very friendly. Great location for seated food and a stroll to the beach.

Food was some of the most uneatable food we have eaten out sons buger smelt of fish and he couldn't even eat it

Trying to visit the Cafe, they wanted £9 to park in the Cafe carpark! We went elsewhere!

Fantastic place, with great food choices and reasonable prices. Definitely the place to be for breakfast, lunch or dinner.

I had a cheeseburger yesterday and it looked like the remnants of a meteorite that left the asteroid belt 3 billion years ago. When I complained to the rude waitress all I got was a sarcastic reply stating "If you don't like it lump it." Avoid at all costs!

After a quiet day on the beach, we found this lovely cafe on the walk back to the campsite, plenty of seating was available. We had a cream tea which was probably one of the best we had whilst in Cornwall, service was great and very reasonably priced. I would certainly recommend and go back to when in this area. 👍

Really poor cheese and salad sandwich. Bought 2 sandwiches to eat on the beach. The lady who served me was nice and friendly. She checked with me that I was OK with ciabatta bread rolls for the sandwiches, which I was. However, what I wasn't OK with, was the rolls were those part-baked ones and she didn't bother to bake them before making the sandwich. Disgusting and very expensive!

Friendly staff, fair options for vegetarian at the beach and the veg burger was served hot and was really good. Also tried the pastries which were nice. There is good sit out area and family had good time after tiring play at beach.

We had our breakfast here while visiting Crantock Beach. The experience wasn’t nice even though the food was good. The lady in the counter wasn’t friendly, we didn’t feel welcomed! It felt like she was inconvenienced by us being there. Staff were impolite, no one came to us checking if we need anything or if the food was okay! Very disappointed. Would not recommend!!!!

Had a beautiful cream tea, the staff were lovely, welcoming and helpful, food was gorgeous

This review is for the beachcomber car park. I used this when I visited Crantock Bay last month. The national trust car park is full very early in the morning and so this car park is perfect. It can take quite a few cars and there are stewards there to help you park. £8 all day. Right next to the beach and there’s a cafe on site too.

Horrible car park staff ( ‘In Breeds’) telling me ( down to the minutest degree) how to park MY car. The ‘In Breed’ son needs to understand that the tourists are the ones ‘buttering’ his bread ! At £8 I was pleased to be told to “get off our land” and get my £8 back. Realise you run the cafe BOT the car park BUT this attitude will impact your business if this ‘meet and greet ‘ is allowed to continue.

Lovely cafe . Enjoyed an egg mayo sandwich and basket of chips..quick service with a smile...really recommended 😃

Had Coronation Chicken sandwiches with white bread and side salad, really lovely with decaf coffee. Service was quick and obliging.

Delicious coronation chicken sandwich with a choice of white, wholemeal or gluten free bread.

Very disappointed with our visit today. Have visited a few times over last couple of years and this wasn't very good. Didn't have any baguettes at lunchtime so offerred a sandwich . Which I could have made better at home. On side of plate was a bit of plain boring salad. Then came the vornidh pasty which was very dried up. The crust was too tough to cut. I told the lady when she came over. She didn't seem to bothered st all about it. Just after I mentioned it another customer took hers back for same reason.!!

Lovely little place to grab refreshments or a bite to eat. Small menu done well including burgers, scampi etc with chips or pasties, sausage rolls etc. Ice cream counter with range of flavours. Gift shop also on site. Quick and friendly service. Dog and child friendly.

At the end of a long fab day on the beach & in the sea, our cheese burgers & chips were great! Thanks!

Food was a little disappointing. Chips were greasy and undercooked.

Couldn’t fault our experiences at Beachcomber Cafe! Such a great location especially when staying at the Parkdean holiday park. We came on a few occasions, and I’d totally recommend. We had pizza here on our last night before heading home and it was so good.. The staff were so friendly, we will definitely return when we’re back down again. Thanks guys :)

Loved this place, great sandwiches and cream tea just a short walk from the beach

A little on the expensive side but they do a pretty good breakfast

It only costs £4 to park here all day which is a lot less than the extortionate £8 charge at the National Trust Car Park a matter of 100 yards away.

Bought a takeaway pasty yesterday which was overcooked, dry and black inside. Couldn't even feed it to the seagulls! Now I've read other reviews I'm not surprised. I would have taken it back for a refund if I hadn't have walked a further 4 miles!

on the two visits we have had this week ,can only say lovely people and a lovely cooked breakfast this morning.Will certainly be back on next on holiday 2023

The owner and the staff were lovely, best experience, not close to the beach, my girls and husband loved the cream tea, The people around their are the most friendly people, will be going there again

I was thinking of visiting here today. Then i read the reviews- which are ok enough to be honest. But then I read how the owner responds to the reviews and that fully put me off. Owner- you should be aware that the defensiveness of your responses will ultimately hurt your business. I am sure as you read this you will feel compelled to write a response. Take a deep breath, and don’t do it. But go back to your other reviews and really reflect on the feedback customers are offering. Reflect meaning- what can I do better or differently next time, not ‘how can I prove this person wrong.’ Less reactivity will be worth it in the long run.

Lovely breakfast, right next to the beach, plenty of parking

Brilliant food and service,get there before they close for the season.😛

Good little café, ideal for a quick bite to eat

Great food and great service thanks

Enjoying ice creams and drinks at the Beachcomber, when in the heat my young child wanted a drink of tap Water. When we ask the staff politely, we’re told that they could not give out tap water, only bottled water for nearly £2!! The reasons given was 1st - We don’t have a drinking water tap? Then quoted Covid by another??? This place serves alcohol on site which I believes makes it a legal requirement to provide water, but will check with the local licensing department. They also offer dogs water for free but not young children? Shame as we were having a nice time till that point.

Delicious ice cream after the great trek back from the beach. Lovely to sit on the deck watching the people 🍦🥛 friendly staff 😊

Started at 5 stars for location, ease of parking, fantastic choice of ice cream and located next to a good little beach shop. 1 star deducted for average-at-best sandwiches / baguettes and a luke warm pastie; genuinely tasted like a half microwaved ginster pastie - not what you should expect whilst holidaying in cornwall... overall not worth complaining at the time as we were hungry so just ate up to fill a hole and moved on to the beach so the kids could have fun. Before leaving this review I decided to scan through other previous reviews and my last suggestion to the owner is all feedback should be welcomed, good or bad. Please consider conducting yourself in a more professional manner when responding and use this feedback as part of your continuous improvement plan. I'll assume however to receive a similar response. # edited # - 1 star added as owner has advised car parking is a separate business owner. Although your response regarding the ok ish food does not satisfy my initial feedback.

Lovely clean friendly cafe. Dog friendly. Reasonable prices. The homemade scones are the best I have ever tasted.

A good little seaside cafe. Pay for parking but then walk down to the beach

Really nice hot baguette not too expensive

Great location and great service. Perfect for a pit stop. Our kids loved the ice cream. But don't expect much in way of quality food.

Awful experience, disgusting food. I strongly recommend against eating here. I ordered a cheese melt (£6.95), tuna mayo (£5) and a latte (£3). The cheese melt was a baguette and cheese shoved in the microwave - tough and tasteless. The latte tasted like powder coffee. And the tuna mayo mediocre. The staff refused to replace the cheese melt as they were adamant it was good quality. Poor customer service. 🤮 In response to the owner’s response. Where’s the lie? I am merely telling it exactly as it is. That’s the beauty of Google reviews. No skin off my back if you don’t accept the feedback and improve your products. I won’t eat here again, ever! 🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮

No apology for getting my order wrong. Also the prices are a p1ss take. Owner in denial apparently

What a fantastic place to have a cafe

No matter what, please do not eat at this caffe! They sold us a cheap microwaved white roll sprinkled with cheddar cheese for £6.95 as a cheese melt! When I complained to the staff she said there was nothing disgusting about it! My son had to have a packet of crisps for his lunch instead! Awful experience! As much as the owner brags about her Columbian ground coffee on this page, it was absolutely awful and undrinkable! The only edible food was my tuna mayo sandwich, which is hard to spoil really! We will never go back, even if they are the last caffe standing on this Earth! 😡

Great selection of snacks and drinks, ice cream and more

Popped in today for a cream tea and pasty and the whole experience was disappointing. The tea was served in a cardboard coffee cup, excessive amount of milk added without even being asked how I’d like it. The scone was served in a takeaway burger box pre-assembled to look like a burger, with no knife to spread the jam or cream. The pasty was not fresh. The woman who owned the cafe then proceeded to argue (probably mock argue) with the parking attendant about another customer’s parking. This loud interlude continued throughout our stay. Not the place to go for an enjoyable Cornish experience. Unless of course you like bottles of Lilt. The Lilt was ok. I can see the owner likes to argue back in response to 1* comments, so to preempt any Covid related comeback, we have dined at 5 other pubs and cafes in the last couple of weeks, and every single one of them managed to provide a plate and a pleasant ambiance.

A very modern, clean, dog friendly cafe that serves a good range of snack foods.

Lovely little hidden gem on way to Crantock beach.

I had a really poor experience yesterday morning whilst visting this cafe. I arrived with my partner and two children, my partner asked the "lady" serving if he could order three bacon sandwiches and one bacon and egg with drinks at which point my partner asked if it was possible to have the bacon well done as his son doesn't like it any other way to which the woman's response was "it comes how it comes" very rude and considering we was the only customers in there I was shocked to say the least. Our breakfast arrived and the bacon looked barely cooked infact my partner only rate half a sandwich as by the time he had taken off the uncooked bits of bacon not much was left. No table check was done at any point to raise this complaint. Once we had finished eating what we could my partner raised if with a different lady behind the counter who said oh and threw it in the bin - no apology. As we were leaving the lady who had originally served us was outside laughing as we walked out and was trying to hide next to a little bucket and spade shop - very immature, poor service and lack of customer care. I would not recommend to anyone and certainly would not visit again. I myself am a licensee and was appalled. Thank you.

Worst coffee you can get anywhere. Had lattes and mocha. Not sure that either had seen a coffee bean. Tasted like instant with powdered milk being sold at barista coffee prices. Chips were ok so redeemed a bit. The owner has replied saying that they use Columbian ground bean coffee and that they have many compliments. Sorry but there were 5 of us drinking coffee variations and all thought it was terrible. We all drink coffee from many places and you get different qualities from great to mediocre and occasionally terrible. This was definitely in the terrible. It looked like it had come out of the nearby river and did not taste much better. They would be better off to listen to reviews and change both the supplier and the machine.

Poor coffee. Appeared to be doing us a favour by taking our money. -won’t be going back. It is a great location & very convenient; probably why they’re still in business.

Lovely people and great food :)

Beautiful setting and building. The field it’s set within has a long list of do’s and don’ts; which is fine if we are all children and not adults. Here’s the key, if you want to be engaged in conversation this is probably not the place for you. If you are wheat or dairy intolerant your also not provided for. We all understand how difficult it can be to stock a 79p carton of long life soy milk. But it doesn’t end there... The underlying question here is; if your not interested in customer service, such as working with members of the public and providing a standards of service, you should do something else that that fills your heart with joy. The lady working in there was unhappy and could do with cheering up. The season is just beginning, what will it be like in August? The Bottom line is; first impressions count! There are other cafés And two pubs within Crantock I would recommend a visit to one of these.

Good place lovely staff and great food and also good price for parking for all day. Lot better then the national trusts prices. And the ice creams.... and beer and wine... on a beach u really dont need anything else

Great place to eat, right on the beach. Serves fish and chips, Ice cream and a variety of other foods and drinks.

As of 25 February 2019 is closed for off season, their web site says from 30 September 2018 to easter 2019.

The owner was very lovely, her scones tasted fantastic, it wasn't until a little later she said her mother who is in her late 80s makes the scones.. bon appetit... Great food great chilled atmosphere!

Lovely cafe on Crantock beach car park. Had cream tea and was lovely. Friendly owners fantastic food. Worth a visit

Great little cafe just off crantock beach. Cheap all-day beach parking. Sandwiches and snacks available. Hot pasties and sausage rolls. Hot beverages and chilled bottled drinks available.