Coastguards Cafe in Cornwall, Isles of Scilly

Delicious freshly cooked selection of food . The mackerel special was specially yum ! Friendly service with the most beautiful sea views. Locally sourced ingredients, Thank you Coastguards for a memorable eve , hope to return soon.

I've been coming here since at least 2019 and have been twice this year (2023). St Agnes is a lovely place and the Coastguards' café is almost a perfect place to watch it from. The food is fine and they're competent to deal with dietary restrictions (I'm a vegetarian, my wife can't eat wheat). And the staff are simply not rude, or they have never been anything but polite to me. If I lived on St Agnes I'd be here all the time.

Extremely rude staff, with such a horrible attitude! They must have been annoyed that it was nearly the end of their shift but no excuse for such rude behaviour. Normally such a lovely cafe with amazing food. But the staff made the experience horrendous.

There’s nothing quite like a good cream tea. Fresh scones, a pot (not jar) or jam and a good helping of clotted cream. Coastguards got it just right and with the view too as an added bonus, a must for any visit!

We really enjoyed our lunch at the Coastguards Café. There was an interesting menu, the food was good and the view from the outside tables was spectacular. It probably helped that it was a beautiful day. Staff were very friendly and helpful.

A fantastic cafe that serves very moreish tapas two evenings a week (and fine cream teas all week!), Coastguards Lookout delivered on every level. We sampled most of the dishes and all were brilliant. Be sure to book in for tapas in advance as this is a very popular spot!

Great spot on the top of island with extensive views. Inside and outside seating with homemade food to order. Worth a stop on your island walk.

Wanted to try this cafe as it was closed last time ( Sunday). It didn’t disappoint. The best cakes we have had all holiday- I had chocolate & almond cake with berries, my husband had tea bread ( the best ever tasted) . Definitely recommend a visit

A fantastic choice of good quality food at reasonable prices. Generous portions of food and drink. Really welcoming staff. Give the pub a miss. The cafe is only a bit further on past the lighthouse.

The view from the Coastguards Cafe is breath-taking. We were lucky enough to sit outside but the inside area has the same view. We were greeted and served with a friendly smile. I had a crab roll and my partner the ham roll. Both generously filled and delicious. Well worth a visit.

Lovely place and excellent food at a reasonable price. Wonderful Service and seating both inside and out. Lovely views.

This is a lovely cafe with a good choice of interesting dishes on the menu. Always a lovely welcome and everywhere is spotlessly clean. We visited with two children who had a ham and cheese toastie which came with an apple and crisps plus a large glass of juice, it was perfect for them. I had a roasted mushroom and gouda toastie which was absolutely packed with filling, it came with a small side salad and was very tasty. The coffee is always good here and everything is very good value. It’s lovely cafe with great food and beautiful views and a visit here is such a treat.

Enjoyed cream teas in the early spring sunshine just after it had opened for the summer season. Great service. Lovely views. Limited selection but best cream teas in the Scilly Isles.

Visited today, 17/9/22, and enjoyed a delightful toasted sandwich with home made GF bread. For the non Coeliacs the Tea bread is packed with fruit. Combined with a pot of tea for two the whole order was a very reasonable price when you are dining in a stunning location and everything has to be transported to an island. Looking forward to returning on a future holiday.

A beautiful setting and we have visited many times over the years. But this year the cafe felt disorganised and we were told they weren’t taking orders as they had run out of bread (it was a busy lunchtime, so bad planning there!) After about 15 mins we did order (toasties). They were poorly made and rather underwhelming for the price. £50 for 4 toasties and 4 soft drinks was rather steep!

Apart from the Turks head this was the only cafe open the day I visited. Quite a step from the quay in a lovely location. Good service but at £5 a slice the carrot cake was THE most expensive of the holiday and contained coconut...

Lovely spot for a snack or informal lunch. Service is super-friendly (even on the day of our visit when The Turk’s Head was closed and EVERYONE descended des on them for lunch). Small menu but great quality. Highly recommend.

Called off at St Agnes today and thought our party of four would have something to eat at this cafe. We were told we are not accepting food orders now as kitchen is too busy. So when can we order food I asked to be...

This was our first visit, but it won't be our last. We were just looking for a morning coffee and Coastguards didn't disappoint. It was lovely coffee and made more enjoyable from sitting in the sunny garden. We didn't have cake, although they looked yummy,...

The food and coffee here is great, with beautiful views. We love visiting here. Staff helpful and polite. Excellent service. Wifi only inside for reception. Look forward to our next visit.

We stopped here for tea and cake which is always excellent, unfortunately on our 2 nd visit during our Holiday the cafe was closed which was disappointing, but we look forward to returning next year

On a sunny day we sat inside as the outdoor garden was full. Despite the numbers service was quick and efficient. We very much enjoyed our gammon ham and cheddar cheese toastie, Parma ham and brie toastie and tomato soup. The cream tea at £6.50...

This appeared to be the only cafe on St Agnes but was a good choice. Busy but service was OK. Food was fresh, scones were still warm and soup was nice. Good choice on the menu, would definitely recommend.

After a Bishop Rock Lighthouse boating trip with the St Mary’s Boating Association, we immediately went to The Coastguards Cafe after landing on St Agnes where we were given a warm welcome. We all ordered toasties for lunch which were very good and the view...

I had just arrived on the islands and really wanted a crab sandwich . I messaged Coastguards before I caught the boat to St Agnes and within a minute had a friendly reply. When I arrived hungry and tired, I was assured that my crab...

We stopped off at Coastguards for a quick refreshment. The C-19 measures were perfectly communicated and performed. The food was delicious, as always and we were glad to not miss out on the usual gorgeous views.

Even with the Covid restrictions the Coastguard Cafe serves up a first class cream tea....well worth the stop off....even better Mon-Wed in Aug...Eat in to help out 👍🏼 available....great services thank you

We were so pleased to see Coastguards cafe open (we thought it may be shut due to Covid). They have precautions in place which means you cannot sit inside but you order through a hatch and they bring your food to you if you sit...

Nothing better when on St Agnes than to visit this idyllic cafe. The drinks are fine and the scones are divine. The staff are friendly and helpful and on a nice sunny day sitting in the pleasant garden with such fabulous views is just perfect.

Excellent food, excellent service. A little off the beaten track but well sign posted. The weather was good enough for us to eat outside everutime we visited but there is adequate seating inside.

On a fine day this place is heaven. Great views from the garden tables and wider selection of very good food than you might expect.

Lovely cafe, friendly owner who served us delicious scones and cream. Such a well placed cafe to set off along the coast path and just the right distance from the betty for coffee. So pleased they were open in October

Whilst we were there there were only young people running the cafe. The service was great and the food was excellent. We had great toasted sandwiches followed by scones which were beautiful too. We were so impressed these young people - well done.

Very disappointed by our crab rolls and salad. You couldn't taste the crab because of the nasty, cheap margarine spread used on the rolls. Ugh! The side salad was dressed with what tasted like malt vinegar (no olive oil on St Agnes?) The setting was lovely and it's perfect for a cuppa or a drink, but it could be magnificent if someone could revise the menu.

Great cream tea and toastie here, highly recommend it. It was nice to get out of the sun for an hour in this spotlessly clean cafe.

We visited this cafe twice during our stay on St Agnes. The view is spectacular and the homemade cakes are divine. Friendly staff too.

Beautifull location, good gluten free options and simply the best, freshest crab sandwich I had in Scilly this year.

Lovely place to sit outside. We had coffee and delicious sandwiches, they have an interesting choice. Word of warning watch out for Tallulah, the one eared deaf cat grab your milk jug quick before she gets her paws on it.

The views from the cafe must seen to be believed while enjoying a drink and a bite. After a pitstop here walk around the top of the island and then back to the quay stopping off at the Turks Head before taking the boat back to St Mary's. A prefect day .

Perfect location, friendly helpful staff, views from inside and outside AND delicious food. I had a mozzarella and wild garlic pesto toastier as recommended by staff and never wanted to finish eating it! It came with lovely salad. Then we decided to try the chocolate and almond cake, carrot cake and scones by splitting between 3 of us - none of us could decide which was best as they were all amazing. Best scones ever tasted!

Stopped by for lunch. All very nice and good all good. Lovely spot with a pleasant view. Good service.

We visited the Coastguard Cafe and although the tea and cakes we ordered were nice the service was luke warm at best and frankly the place was a bit grubby. Standards seemed to have slipped since our visit last year. The tables were incredibly sticky and the tea pot and stainless steel milk and water pots were a bit grubby. These could both be rectified so easily and a friendly face when ordering would make all the difference.

Just to have a gorgeous view, it is worth to find this place. During the day time, it is the Coastguards Café, and in the night time, it is a seafood-restaurant (High Tide). The service is amicable. If you come with a larger party like us, you should coordinate the visit to the toilets. I had the Pastrami Sandwich, which was very delicious. Great: no plastic bottled water, but modern cans which are resealable.

A great place for morning coffee, lunch or afternoon tea whilst on st Agnes. Plenty of outdoor and indoor seating with a great view from either. Good service and one of the best cream teas on the islands.

A wonderful location, with a great sea view. Although we had to go a fetch a member of staff to take our order, the scones were incredible with generous portions of jam and cream. They happily substituted a herbal tea bag for a normal one as one of us is caffeine intolerant and didn’t charge us the extra money which was a nice touch. Would recommend.

After walking around Gugh, our group all arrived at Coastguards Café to have lunch. The long morning walk had meant that appetites were large. The group all chose from the lovely Toasties menu. The food was served quickly, with polite and helpful, friendly staff. The food choices all came quickly with the drinks too.

I checked the reviews online before we visited the island and was pleased to see that the cafe had lots of gluten-free options. My husband planned to eat a crab sandwich. So we walked across the island only to be told they had sold out of crab. So be it. But then, no gluten-free bread available for my sandwich. So I asked for their advertised gluten-free scones. Nope. Advertised gluten-free cake? Nope. I asked for some of their locally made apple juice. Guess what... sold out. I ended up with cheese and tomatoes and a few lettuce leaves. Not at all the experience I was hoping for. My best advice is to ring and check before you head out in their direction. Fabulous view though!

We had the best cream tea of our visit, proper home made scone, jam and wonderful cream. The staff were very pleasant.

A friendly cafe to discover when exploring St Agnes - a delight to discover and great for our party when it became evident that there was provision for coeliacs with great tasting homemade gluten free bread (they even kindly gave us the recipe). Stunning views out across the Western Rocks - highly recommend!

Amazing views, friendly cat, patchy service & average food but generally grubby.

Sat outside at picnic table enjoying the view at this lovely cafe. Lovely and clean with a good vibe. A conservatory for chilly days with more great views. Good service, great coffee. Recommend.

Had the cream tea for two, great food great value, will be visiting again in the future, the location and view is to die for.

Great location . Crab sandwiches very good, with generous amount of filling. Good service. Views from the café lovely

We packed up our tents from the nearby campsite and went to get their breakfast bacon and egg rolls, available from 9 til 1030, before catching the 1015 boat to St Mary’s. Lots of stressed staff, seemingly scared of the chef, and all far too stressed to serve us! One of their team was even eating his own breakfast on a cafe table. They said something about not having supplies in, but it became clear that if we waited an hour and missed our boat then he would cook. Three children with no breakfast and basically unhelpful staff. Annoying.

The cafe has beautiful views of the sea. The menu was good and everything we ate tasted great!! The service was very good!

Visited St Agnes island & after a breathtakingly beautiful walk round the coastal path, decided to move inland for a brew & an icecream. Called here for a much needed brew at 3:45 & sat at a table in the garden. Said on the menu-wait at your table to be served. So we waited while a young man cleared two adjacent tables & we waited until finally we left after waiting 10-15 mins. On the way back from Troytown Farm with our delicious icecreams, We saw the same young man walking towards us down the lane. Obviously more anxious to get home than serve paying customers.

We had lunch here on our walk round the island. It is a great location for lunch, but was probably not the best location for the coastguards! There was plenty of outdoor seating, and a range of snacks, including filled rolls and toasties, soup, a hot special and hot and cold drinks. We were served quite quickly even though there were several of us in the group.

Take a gentle stroll along the only road on St Agnes to this delightfully located café.

We interrupted our walk around the island for a light lunch. We shared a ham sandwich and a cream scone. Both were very tasty. The gardens and view to the sea were amazing. Thanks.

Phoned to check if open which was promptly answered. Ordered a tasty gammon and cheese toastie and hot chocolate. Expensive but nice, scone was a little stale unfortunately but okay. There were dead bugs in the salad (poor washing) which we pointed out to staff however we did not receive any kind of renumeration, just offered fresh salad.

Waited a very long time to be served. People who came after us had almost finished their meal before we were attended to. I did go up to the counter but was told that someone would come to the table. I suppose the people who came after us thought the service was fine but it seemed to me to represent poor supervision and training.

Lovely location and very clean. Lovely cup of tea, with a generous helping. Little expensive but, with little or no competition, understandable.

We happened to meet one of the local residents on our walk around St Agnes and he recommended Coastguards rather than the pub. He was right! The lunch was perfect and the service warm and friendly.

On our one day visit to St. Agnes, we had lunch at this cafe. Its location is awesome. We enjoyed crab rolls, BLT sandwich, soup, and scones with cream and strawberry jam. All the food was local, handmade, and delicious. During our week in the Isles of Scilly, we sampled the cream teas at several cafes and found he one at this restaurant to be the best.

We happened upon the Coastguards Cafe whilst doing a half day exploration of St. Agnes. The charming cafe with smashing views of the coastline made our decision easy. We sat at a table on the lawn. I ordered the crab sandwich with crisps & my wife had a toastie. Service was prompt & friendly. The combo of tasty food & views made for a memorable lunch. I highly recommend the cafe for lunch.

Great place to stop for a bite to eat on a rainy Scilly day. Lovely location and decor. Really helpful and friendly staff. Nice touch to kindly wrap our uneaten scone to take away.

Visited the island for the day and the first place we headed was to the coastguard for a cream tea. Never been to the place before but was very impressed ! Friendly staff and a warming place to sit. Scones were homemade which meant they...

We came to St Agnes on a day trip and were planning to have Sunday lunch at the Turks Head...

£5 for a pot of tea for two! The tea was an odd brown colour and didn't taste very nice....

What a shame ! This is a stunning location and friendly staff but very average cakes and very expensive prices...

Precioso almuerzo en lugar idílico. Gran servicio al personal encantador. Estupenda comida. Yo tenía un rollo de pastrón que era relleno con carne y ensalada. Mi esposa tenía preciosas brie sandwich tostado. Buena bebida helada y un té, que hizo tres tazas. No puedo imaginar...

Fue presentada una buena selección en el menú y la comida magnífica. Excelentes vistas de las rocas del oeste. Un maravilloso lugar para sentarse y admirar las vistas.

So happy they still serve lunch at 3.... some of us on holiday forget the time until starving.....so to find a warm welcome serving great home made food in a lovely setting (in or out) keeps you smiling. Delicious soup, and an imaginative mezze including salad, humous, olives, with fresh home made bread. Staff attentive but we'll have to return for the cream tea which everyone else seemed to be enjoying but we were too full to try. This venue becomes Hightide restaurant in the evening also worth going to.

We were told about this cafe by some other walkers we passed near the quay. We were so glad they did! Just keep on walking to the end of the road, and there it appears. Even though we arrived just at the start of the lunchtime rush, the service was quick, efficient and friendly. Our food was really good, with generous helping of quality cheese in the sandwich and the gouda and mushroom toastie properly tasty. Ditto the scones and if you don't fancy that, my friend was in raptures about the ginger ice cream courtesy of the local cows.

Lovely little café with beautiful views when sitting outside on the picnic benches. Food was well presented. We all ordered different from the menu and we were all found the food tasty. There are several good places to have a drink and something to eat on the island and this is one of them. Would certainly visit again.

Stopped to admire the views. Looked at menu and quickly moved on. Tea for one £2.50p is the dearest I have seen anywhere in the UK. Teabag, hotwater and a little milk cannot justify this price.

Beautiful views out over the ocean from the terrace. Delicious scones (I went for afternoon tea). Would definitely go back!

We had a great toastie here and the service was really good. Extremely busy when we got there but found a table and high chair no problem. The food was really nice but there could be a few more items to choose. Lovely view and garden area.

We stopped for lunch while walking around the island. The views were amazing; beautiful spot for lunch.

A wonderful oasis on our favourite island. It vies with the Bavarian café on St Marys for the title of best café on the islands and we have been surveying them for 37 years! It is also the best place on the islands to enjoy Crab. A warm welcome, fantastic views and great food. Adds enormously to the therapy of being on holiday.

Location, location, location sums up this pretty little cafe in a perfect setting.The views from the conservatory and the garden are excellent, but the food is distinctly average and over priced.The mackerel pate salad was tasty but expensive.Tea and cakes are good

We had a very nice lunch here, and also cake on 2 occasions. Thoroughly recommended. Lovely views over the water.

We called in for elevenses and enjoyed some lovely tea and cake.We were able to sit outside and enjoy the view even though it was a little breezy.The site is a Cafe by day and sea food restaurant by night and I can recommend both.

We were on a day trip to the island and stopped off in the afternoon for tea and excellent scones. We sat outside in the sunny garden and could easily have stayed longer had we the time.

This is a stunning setting for a cafe with amazing views ! It's a real shame the outdoor seating is very limited ! The food itself is pretty basic and quite expensive ! Well worth a tea or coffee to be able to sit and enjoy the views though .

If we manage to get across to St Agnes we will always chance our arm at getting into this little restaurant. We didn't book but they managed to find us a spot in the seemingly empty restaurant. They didn't have the wine we requested but the alternative suggestion was very very good. The starter was a bit disappointing but the main meals were top notch. Our evening was only marred by an unfortunate disagreement between the staff and another couple, that was probably with hindsight very poorly handled.

A stunning view over the Western Rocks and a delightful place to have lunch. Simple, but very tasty, toasties, followed by a very fresh Chocolate Treacle sponge cake. Naughty! And locally pressed apple juice.

This was a brief visit to St. Agnes and we were quite prepared to accept any refreshments, knowing that it was such a small island and perhaps did not need to compete with other cafes. However, we were totally amazed by the quality, creativity and careful preparation as well as sourcing of all the food on the menu. I have a gluten intolerance and couldn't believe I was offered homemade gluten-free bread which turned out to be the very best I've tasted as was the homemade humous served with a small very tasty, colourful salad (which didn't include the ubiquitous factory coleslaw so often offered as a "salad").The young staff were friendly, served us quickly and were extremely helpful (I overheard the next table - a party of four, some of whom also had differing allergies/food intolerances - being catered for with little or no trouble). This cafe would be a gem wherever it was situated but how amazing to find it here, on a tiny island.

We had great views, great service and lovely food. This is our favourite cafe on all of the islands.

Coastguards Cafe must have one of the best views in the world. Not only that but they do great food as well! The staff are friendly and efficient. We stopped off and had a cup of tea and a piece of cake which was delicous, while sitting in the lovely conservatory and just looked out at the view. Wonderful!

A small cafe with inside and outside eating areas and amazing views over the Western Rocks. It has a simple menu that is prepared and presented really well.

we stopped off here for a morning coffee but returned later for lunch as the views to the south and the west are just incredible, luckily both times we could sit outside under the umbrellas as the sun was hot. Food was absolutely fine (cheese and ham toasties etc)and café like and service a little on the slow side but only because they were so busy and a bit stretched as a result (which gave us even more time to absorb the view/scenery and passing boats). Would highly recommend this as a watering hole with a view you won't find elsewhere.

We stopped here for coffee, liked an item on the specials board and went back later for lunch. We had the cornish gouda toasted sandwich with red onion and mushroom. Very simple but very tasty and just right for lunch! The view from the elevated garden is across the Western Isles and we could not have wished for a better experience. The owners obviously love their work and the waiting staff were friendly and efficient. We will be back!

We always make a point of visiting Coast guards café when we visit Scilly, the service is always friendly as are the sparrows and the home made tea bread is excellent

We stopped here for lunch on a day visit to St Agnes and had the best lunch of the holiday so far. Delicious toasties (would definitely recommend the blue cheese, ham & chutney!), nice drinks and great view. Staff were really friendly and attentive and it was good value for money. If you're going to St Agnes if definitely recommend this place.

Coastguards serves brilliant food and great coffee in the most beautiful setting. The cafe is lovely even in the rain. The food is mostly home made and local produce. Well prepared. The staff are great.

Certainly close, and great snacky menu with good homemade stuff. You can sit outside on clement days..efficient friendly staff, and free WiFi....they've got it right.

A little café on St Agnes serving delicious toasted sandwiches and homemade cakes in a picturesque garden.

Great stop off whilst walking round the island. Lovely home made cakes...great view and use of wifi. Worth the walk round the coast.

...and used to Wi-Fi to work. Cakes, soup and toasties are of excellent quality, Tristan's a very friendly bloke who let you come and use the Wi-Fi even when he's not open. View from the conservatory or garden is truly magnificent, right across to bishops rock, and not too shabby for his father's former model boat workshop...you don't have a lot of choice on this island which makes the quality of the coastguards cafe even more impressive. Superb job fellas...