Chapel Cafe in Cornwall, Isles of Scilly

We visit the Cafe every time we visit Port Isaac and we always enjoy our visit. It is more often than not just for a coffee, but we are always met with a smile and good service.

Martin the manager is quite possibly the rudest man I have ever had the misfortune to encounter. St Ives is a beautiful place but avoid the Chaple and Martin the owner

Had a coffee here nice quiet place in a picture perfect village

Great place for a coffee and an excellent lunch menu too. Will be back in the Summer

Very tasty cream tea. Jam first! Nice staff.

We visited on the 13th Oct 24. The first day of the Chapel Cafe's Sunday Roast offering. It was fantastic! Great value for money, very generous portions and very well cooked. Two of us had the ribbed beef which absolutely melted in the mouth and one of us had the chicken supreme roast which was delicious. All were served with delicious glazed carrots, cauliflower cheese, roast potatoes, wilted greens and an enormous, perfectly cooked Yorkshire puddings. If I lived in Port Isaac I would never cook a Sunday roast again. I would take my guests and family to the Chapel Cafe. We were made to feel very welcome by Emily and the rest of the staff team and the service was excellent. We are looking forward to our next visit.

Great food, great building. Friendly & professional staff. Thank you 🙏

What a lovely place. Stopped by on our walk from Port Quin for a lunch snack before heading back. The seafood soup was absolutely amazing. I have only had one other like that in many, many years. Service was relaxed and friendly and beautiful setting in an old chapel with high ceilings. Coffee was great too, just sad we missed the scones that were being baked again in the afternoon and were going to be ready in 30 minutes but we needed to head off.

Arrived in town at 3.15pm all restaurants shut except this fabulous place. Front of house staff Emily and Lee, so attentive and the meal, just wow!!..... you've just got to try what they do with the haddock. Also easily accommodated Mrs A with gluten free options. Lovely coffee too! This should be first choice for anyone visiting Port Isaac......oh and don't forget the huge almond croissant!!

We had haddock and chips with peas and homemade tartar sauce. I’d say it was one of the best fish and chips I’ve had in years! The tartar sauce was amazing. It’s not necessarily cheap but well worth it and, I’d definitely recommend it 10/10 🌟

Great, unique cafe with an interesting selection of lunch items. We enjoyed a delicious and plentiful fish soup and a steak chimichurri baguette. Both really tasty and well needed after a strenuous walk! Good coffee and super friendly service. Will definitely come back when next visiting.

Really lovely lunch, lovely fresh ingredients. Can't wait to visit again

Wow what an amazing find! Great food and reasonably priced for the area 10 out of 10 from me and the good lady wife. Must visit.

Asked for a cream tea however advised not served between 12 & 2pm which was fine however another couple came in behind us at 1pm and they were allowed to order a cream tea ??? Disappointing that we were told no 10minutes earlier 😔

The food was good and reasonably priced.

One of the best bacon sandwiches ever. The do sausage, bacon and egg baps or any combination you want!

Lovely cafe in an old converted chapel. We had an amazing cream tea and the children had sandwiches and hot chocolate. Fabulous value for money and service!

We were a party of 7 who visited the Chapel cafe for lunch. The cafe was busy but the staff soon found us a large table. Our lunch of sandwiches , burgers and drinks came promptly and were delicious. Generous portions and tasty food was appreciated by parents and children. We will visit the cafe again when we are in Port Isaac.

Won't take cash... I'll give it a miss!

We visited the Chapel Cafe this afternoon, such a shame as other members of staff are wonderful, apart from a terrible, rude man working there, who was extremely rude and obnoxious to myself and my family! The afternoon tea and cake was delicious, but totally ruined by an arrogant man with brown hair and a ponytail.

Came last year, it was outstanding. Didn’t know it had changed hands as new owners do not have access to the website. Nothing wrong at all with what we had, very nice, just disappointed at limited breakfast menu - only bacon, sausage or egg roll (or combo). Gift shop is gone too, which made the space a little soulless. Good luck to new owners as they were very nice. Posting current menu for reference.

Really lovely cafe with great coffee and good food. Staff were friendly and helpful too

Been visiting this establishment for years but very disappointed with today’s visit. The previously available breakfast menu has been replaced with breakfast baps, at £6.50 for 2 rashers of bacon and a roll (literally just that on the plate). The cafe is now bare and the staff/chef was openly rude to a customer in front of the cafe, accusing him of being a scammer. Sadly we found a total loss of atmosphere which had previously been warm and welcoming. Will not be visiting again. Apparently changed ownership a couple of months ago.

Lovely cafe with very friendly and incredibly helpful staff. We were a group of 8 people and a dog, and despite it being a busy afternoon they quickly found us a table. Two people had food intolerances/allergies and the staff were quick to find the information we needed and were able to provide delicious cakes to suit everyone in our group. Highly recommended!

Best cream tea I had in the west country. Nice decor as well!

No fish at 2 p.m., unfortunately the burger was oversalted.

Really lovely Café situated in the centre of Port Isaac. The staff were amazing for our two children. Clotted Cream Hot Chocolate went down a treat and although only hot drinks come with a biscuit, our youngest was given one to go with their Apple Carton. What's more we also were given a free piece of Tumeric, Beetroot and Ginger cake to try. Really lovely place to come and visit in a converted Chapel. Definitely pay a visit if you're ever in the area!!!

We visited today and were very disappointed with the kids sandwich meal which were very small and had no drink included. Also charging £5 per piece of cake is daylight robbery. Would not revisit…

Not much choice on the menu. Overpriced (ridiculously) who offers a kids sandwich meal with 1 slice of bread with a bit of ham cut in 2 with a tiny bit of fruit on the side for £5? (And that’s without a drink!) I understand you support local businesses, buying in produce etc but come on, a full sandwich with 2 slices of bread wouldn’t break the bank!! Cakes are £5 a slice 😂 and a BLT sandwich is £9 🤦‍♀️ All in all it got us out of the rain and my flat white was passable, but £44 in Total for the small amount we had is extortionate! Will not return.

Dog friendly, great service and friendly staff. The only place I visited twice on my Cornwall holiday!! The catch of the day was unbelievably good! And the warm cream teas were great! Highly recommend.

Great scones and very nice staff!

Very tasty sandwiches here and refreshing juice. Helpful, friendly staff as well.

We had a fantastic lunch at The Chapel Cafe today. We weee given a lovely welcome and the service was excellent. The catch of the day (Haddock) was extremely tasty with a homemade Tartare Sauce.

Lovely cream tea and strong coffee. Perfect for eslking the SWCP!

We had the best cream tea, absolutely delicious scones. Plenty of space, wonderful service and friendly atmosphere .

A very lovely 18th-century Methodist church converted into a great cafe. With local history within. It also has an old working organ for the pianist who wishes to have a blast while there 😀 I had a Latte and Gazillionaire slice, both delicious. The staff were so friendly and helpful, recommended stop off! 👌🏻

The freshly baked scones make the creams perfect. So delicious. The Chapel also does great coffee, pastries, and a really nice lunch menu.

Over staffed, over priced, over rated. You’ve got a long way to go!

The Cole slaw is the best! Not sweetened, just vinegary delicious and fresh. Our server, Penny, was very friendly and responsive. Loved the ambiance, lots of windows and access to historical information about the building.

A lovely place to eat and very friendly atmosphere. Local produce and delicious.

Best coffee since leaving home in Australia! Thanks guys

Firstly the menu on the website bares no resemblance to the actual menu particularly regarding breakfast so that’s disappointing.Only serve breakfast baps, rather overpriced imo.Actually forgot our order despite being relatively quiet.Saving grace the food was excellent. Probably would not revisit

If your looking for the best scones in the world, look no further. Made by the kindest sweetest lady called Emily, super kind to speak to and so lovely to the customers. Please don't forget to put money in the tip box, these people work so hard and the cafe was really busy.

Visited yesterday for coffee and cake. Poor choice of very expensive cakes. Ended up just ordering two expensive coffees. Waited for over fifteen minutes, three tables who came in after us had been served with food and drink. Staff stood around asked one if she could check where our drinks were, no reply no apology. Drinks finally arrived again no apology. Will not be returning

Have been coming to Port Isaac for several years and always popped into the Chapel cafe. We were surprised to find out they have changed owners but were thrilled with the new menu, my partner is vegetarian and thoroughly enjoyed the Buddah bowl. Atmosphere is wonderful and the staff were fun and polite (even in the face of incredibly rude people).

We visited here a couple of years ago and returned on Thursday, on my birthday, after such an excellent memory of our previous visit. I Immediately wondered if the ownership had changed, of course I appreciate the cost of ingredients has risen but over £6 for a pastry I thought was high. People arriving after us were all served first, not helped by our table number being entered into the till incorrectly so our drinks were almost gone by the time our food arrived after it had been walked around the premises before it reached us. The staff appeared flustered and remarked 'we just need a quiet half an hour' which of course I sympathise with, if they needed a break. It was ok, over priced but distinctly average and so next time we will try somewhere else.

Lovely cafe and setting however service was shocking. We asked for an ham and cheese toastie and they said they can not make that and can only do an ham sandwich. The waitresses forgot to bring out cakes and then blamed the kitchen staff. We paid for our drinks and walked out before they brought our food out.

Lovely cafe and setting however customer service was terrible and didnt end up having any food as they refused to turn a sandwich into a toastie, they were incapable of putting the order through to the kitchen and forgot the bring us cakes and scones.

Never got what we orded. Tea and coffee costed over 7£. Left without my creamtea.

Great ambience, very tasty food. Clear recommendation. Gladly again.

Must be the worst customer experience I have received in over 70 years. Having ordered drinks for my wife, son, daughter-in- law and 3 grand-daughters things went downhill from there! Four drinks were served first, after waiting another 5 mins we informed the waitress that we were still awaiting 3 further drinks. Eventually 2 more drinks arrived but my 7 year old grand- daughters hot chocolate still did not arrive. We again informed the waitress who looked at me as if this was to much trouble. When the hot chocolate did arrive it contained marshmallows, even though we had requested none due to my grand- daughters being Muslim, so not eating anything with pork. This went down like a lead balloon as the waitress was obviously put out from her reaction! My wife then spoke to the owner who instead of appologising blamed everybody else and was extremely rude and offensive to her. The owner urgently needs to enrol for a customer relations course or may end up losing his business.

Terrible! Under new management and not at all like it used to be. Manager bombastic and rude! Even the staff made comments about him and suggested it would be better if he remained in the kitchen. It was my 7 year old granddaughters birthday and she cried as we left after waiting ages for her drink (everyone else had EVENTUALLY been served). When I complained, the owner suggested I check out their great reviews online. I was later told they are not his reviews as he has only recently taken over the place! His reply to my review mentioned our waitress was from a country at war, with people dying. I would like to point out that the waitress resposible for serving us was actually local and spoke perfect English. In fact she clearly told us how difficult the owner was and this it was her first and possibly last day there. Manager needs to sort himself out and own and take responsibility for his behaviour.

5 of us popped in here on Sunday. It wasn't overly busy when we arrived, we weren't sure if we needed to wait to be seated or just sit down. Eventually we just sat down. I went to the counter to order to be told someone would come to take our order. After 20 mins of waiting & people coming in after us already having their orders taken we asked a passing member of staff if we could order. 25 mins after ordering our 2 cream teas arrived, we started to eat these but stopped as we wanted to enjoy them with our drinks. 10 minutes later the drinks finally arrived (35mins after ordering). The member of staff that brought the drinks didn't tell us which any of the drinks were so we didn't know which one was the decaff coffee. They forgot the Apple juice but we said we weren't waiting any longer for the drink. They also forgot our daughter's cake, which they did go back & get! We weren't the only ones that were confused about the being seated situation & alot of other customers were also getting frustrated about the waiting time. When we went to pay a member of staff that served us did apologise & say that it was her 1st day & she was just helping a friend out. It was quite expensive for not very good food & drinks or experience. From reading other reviews it seems that it has recently been taken over by new management. Hope they manage to get on top of customer service & speed in which people are served in time for the big summer rush.

What a delightful cafe, amazing building and excellent hot chocolate, by far the best of my week long tour of Cornwall! (It's not close) I'm glad I had the time on my trip to experience that.

Loveky cream tea and very nice staff

Thought we'd stop for breakfast and asked to bring our bikes in as there wasn't anywhere to lock them outside. We were told yes and then the owner publicly started kicking off at his staff for the bikes being inside (not in anyone's way). If you're trying to build a business it's probably wise to be accommodating to your customers. Waiting staff lovely, food and coffee nice bit well over priced! Wouldn't return our recommend! (nothing to lock them too was there!)

Very nice Mocha in a beautiful Chapel.

Had a delicious cream tea with freshly baked scones. The staff were terrific, made you feel extremely welcome.

Pure Greed, taking 'Tourist Trap' to another level

A true delight! We had an all around great experience starting with the lovely restaurants ambience, situated in a converted historic church with lovely artwork and a fabulous church organ... cozy, comfortable and interesting. Our Server, Lee, was super friendly he made us feel very comfortable, answered all of our questions, gave us some history on the building as well as the surrounding area and provided outstanding service. The quality, taste and presentation of the food was undeniably DELICIOUS! The complimentary olives and bread was a great start, the Asparagus with Hummus and Poached Egg was yummy. The true stars were the entrees.. The Chapel Bacon Cheeseburger was so chock full of flavor and perfectly cooked. The Fresh Egg Tagliatelle was so rich in mushroom flavor with delicious light homemade pasta, a homerun for sure. The very BEST was the Smoked Haddock Chowder was positively amazing... the flavors were so on point, fresh prawns, fresh haddock with sweet peas, onions and the most delightful, flavorful, lightly creamy broth served with freshly baked bread so you could soak up every drop of this 10 out of 10 dish. If you have a chance to try this place ... DO IT, you won't be disappointed.

Lovely, atmosphere, attentive staff, delicious food. Will visit again. Thanks.

Amazing food and lovely staff, the food was super had the budda bowl an it so tasty will defo be back!!

Just had the most wonderful meal with piano accompaniment courtesy of the very talented Joe Arthur. Well done all on the launch of this new venture. I shall be recommending to all my friends. First class!

Perfect evening with live piano!! we ordered fresh egg tagliatelle, onion soup and buddha bowl with some asparagus on the side. The tagliatelle was beautiful with mushrooms and garlic sauce, very flavourful. The onion soup was rich and delicious. The buddha bowl was interesting with the blood orange and pickled rhubarb, a nice mix of flavour. To recommend when you visit Port Isaac!

Very interesting menu, very well cooked. Had a really pleasant evening. I'll be coming back.

What a pleasure to be recommended to this place by the young lady at the RNLI Station. Emily you are a star. Along with the well groomed staff your hospitable and pleaseant approach to customer service made the eating experience all the more pleasurable ....Thankyou

Just a lovely friendly understated place with great food. 2.5.24 update: New owners struggling to get a grip on the operation.

Lovely friendly welcoming staff Very clean and tidy highly recommend the rarebit and BLT, reasonably price , All the best with your new adventure

My partner and I ate here for lunch both days we were in Port Isaac and had an excellent experience both times. The food was delicious, the service was great, and the vibes were immaculate. Make sure you check out the historical bits upstairs if you visit and sign the guestbook!

What a delightful place to stumble upon when in search of cream tea by the sea! The staff were stars; friendly and helpful, and the cream tea was of the highest quality (quali-tea! 🫖☕️). I would suggest spreading jam first, then cream, as these scones were still hot and the cream-first attempt melted somewhat 🫠. There is a lovely atmosphere and aesthetic to the space, and the exhibition above has art and history to peruse as you digest. Overall, I would highly recommend it! (When you go on, definitely try to spot the equipment with a personality - there was a pirate broom with a fine moustache and others too!)

What a fabulous discovery we made today in Port Isaac and we have had the best scones ever today and coffee . The business is independently owned and only been open for 5 weeks and we would definitely recommend a visit here ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Excellent customer service in a wonderful location. Prices are really steep (£10 for a coffee and a pastry) and the cinnamon swirl was a tiny bit burned despite being delicious

Lovely location, friendly staff and good tea. Would go here again.

Fantastic cafe ran by the lovely Emily, the cream tea was amazing the most delicious scones and the mussels were better than we had at Rick Steins!

We turned up 15 minutes before closing but all nine of us were warmly welcomed and had the most amazing scones and tea. I will recommend this place whenever I know friends are going to visit Cornwall. The staff were so so friendly and we loved it there.

Fantastic cafe in the beautiful village of Port Isaac. We visited several times in the week we were on holiday and really enjoyed the experience. The cafe has just recently re-opened and the entire team are doing a great job. The food is amazing and the service is really friendly and welcoming. It’s early days and there are plans to introduce breakfasts soon, we certainly had no complaints and it’s good to support local businesses at such a tough time economically. Please be patient and understanding as this is a great place, the food is superb and it’s a great asset to the community. Wishing you all great success for the future and hoping to visit again if we’re lucky enough to be in gorgeous Cornwall.

Menu on the website says serves breakfast 9am until 11.30 but it didn’t open until 11 and then they weren’t serving breakfast so sadly we couldn’t review the food. We did visit Port Isaac just with the intention of stopping off for breakfast so a little disappointed. Maybe call ahead to check the opening times before you visit.

Went in yesterday for a coffee. Got charged £9 for two flat whites in take away cups. That is too much. And coffee was not good. Place was empty but looked nice, so I imagine it could be good.

If you’re looking for: disorganisation, order mixups, comedy miscommunication - then this is the place for you! Not much choice in Port Isaac, so this place on the coastal path should clear up - but no! Sadly, they had no oat milk or decaf tea, the carrot cake was being made as we ordered but never appeared from kitchen, the toilet roll dispensers were out, the oat latte was made with cows milk and was just milk with beige colouring, we weren’t given any serviettes, our sandwich was given to a different table (who enjoyed it immensely!), and the chocolate brownie we ordered was forgotten completely. On the plus side, Thankfully the staff were so friendly and tried to fix everything. But clearly the cafe opened two weeks too early. Can’t help but feel sorry for the staff who did all they could. Given 4 stars for the attempts at service and the sandwich when it came was nice. We’ve haven’t stopped smiling since.

Amazing carrot cake and the best cinnamon swirl I’ve ever tasted Located on the port with amazing views just outside Staff really friendly and great service

My immediate first impression was not good. We felt like an inconvenience to the person serving us who was also over familiar, bordering on rude. The coffee was OK but overpriced and luke warm. Nice building but full of loads of random things for sale. A lot of signage about who can and cannot use the toilet. Also the 'wait here to be seated' lecturn seemed a bit over the top.

Visited Chapel Cafe last week. We’d visited just after they opened and loved how they’d utilised an old chapel and made a beautiful cafe and shopping. Sadly, they are closing down imminently. Staff are under the impression that a high end delicatessen may open in the building. I hope they still keep a cafe for snacks and lunches. It’s been a very popular stopping place for dog walkers and people like us who like to support the community when we’re holidaying locally.

About to close forever. Everything for sale bit mainly bought in rubbish. Ladies seving were l9vely and a stunning safrom cake. Being concerted into a high class deli to service the incomers who have killed this lovely village.

Stopped here new years day after a coastal walk, expecting good food and warmth. Instead we got stung. Bacon sandwiches for £7.95...just about OK in Port Isaac if decent and well presented. Well they literally were bacon in a sandwich (no salad, crisps or anything like that). And my inspiration to leave a review was my sandwich seemingly being composed of fat trimmings rather than bacon rashers. To make it even more gross they were barely cooked! Raw fat sandwiches. Lovely! This place is closing their kitchen soon I think and then selling so probably don't care but hopefully will read and feel a little shame at least.

Fantastic food, cream tea was very tasty and by far the best scones I have had in a while.

Our first visit to Port Isaac, staying high-up above the village. We found the Chapel Cafe on our first tricky walk down to the harbour (pensioners...hip & knee problems!) & the cream tea was so good we made the trip twice more during our week's stay. The scones are probably the best we've ever had, actually baked fresh to order! The staff & atmosphere were lovely & the heritage exhibition in the gallery was well worth tackling the stairs for. A gem of a find.

Nice coffee and cakes. Friendly service and good value.

From the moment we arrived we were made to feel welcome. We ordered 2 cream teas and a luxury hot chocolate, I have to say they were best we have ever had. I have a very fussy 10 year old and husband and neither could find fault with anything and raved about it all day. My 10 year old even commented on how friendly the gentleman who served us was and was always smiling.

What a delightful little cafe & shop. The scones in the cream tea were the best tasted, and we've had a lot, so far. Great atmosphere and lovely friendly staff.

We wanted to find a place for a decent brunch and after checking out the info in the folder in our cafe, we decided visit the Chapel Cafe. The food was delicious. Two had the full Cornish and the veggies had the vegetarian. It was delicious. The best bit for the veggies was the Homity Bon Bon - a fried-ball leeks, potatoes, cheese, onions, rolled in bread crumbs. Oh my, it was delicious. Coffees were good too and they did soya milk too, which pleased one of us. Really good value, quick service, rammed full and popular with the fishermen.

Very overpriced. £10 for a take away ham sandwich. No discount given either. Most places reduce price if take away. Sandwich was tasty though

The service was excellent, it was very clean. I had the small breakfast it was presented lovely and tasted delicious (best I've had in ages). When back down this way will definitely eat here again. Also VERY Dog friendly they had water bowls and treats to help yourself also provided comfy dog beds for them even had a puppicino my dog loved it. All members of the family are well catered for. EXCELLENT

What a stunning location, an amazing use of the old Chapel Fantastic service, and even better food Recommend adding the homity bonbon to your breakfast you wont be disappointed

We've been in Port Isaac for the last week and we've been to the Cafe 3 times. The staff are super welcoming, food fantastic and the coffee was great. Building is incredible too. Try the homity bonbons - they blew my mind and we've even taken some home with us on the 6 hour journey home.

Customer service was very poor, we had 5 cream teas with extra drinks and we asked for a further empty mug and they refused unless we purchased a further item, would not go back

Walked past and never been in,lovely little cafe with art gallery,very popular, waited around 10 minutes for a table,wasn't disappointed, would definitely recommend

Military style system for getting a table and ordering, and using their toilet you are faced with a barrage of notices about what you mustn't do and where to queue!

We have been here the last 3 days in a row, first for takeaway coffee, second for eat in cake and coffee and today for breakfast. I think it shows how good it is that we’ve been back so much. All The staff are so friendly and interactive, everyone was talking to our little girl and getting smiles from her. The coffee is the best in Port Isaac, the cakes are delicious and the breakfast was superb- everything from the sausages to the fried toast! There’s also lots of stuff to buy round the outside all lovely and unique things! Thanks everyone, the staff really made the place extra special.

Stopped off in Port Issac for brunch and tried here after research told us it was dog friendly. Lovely place, friendly staff and reasonably priced excellent food - the Bon Bons are particularly good - good sized portions. Other entitled customers were a slight annoyance, there is no booking system but we waited for maybe 5 minutes before being seated. Others happily did the same while others ignored all signage and tried to take tables as they were vacated, ahead of those queuing, so maybe better, more visible signage is needed.

It was a very busy day, but the lovely staff managed to get us seated in the section at the top which allowed our dog to relax and enjoy his puppycino! Along with a dog bed for him to relax after the long walk. The afternoon tea was to die for! Beautifully presented and so yummy! The staff were very kind, funny and accommodating. Very reasonably priced too. This is one of the first places we’ve found which isn’t a tourist trap in the whole of Cornwall over a week long stay. Thank you for having us!!