Colliford Tavern in Cornwall, Isles of Scilly

well where do I start ,ordered a meal for myself and my wife Sat in a damp stinking hole that I can only describe as Amity vill horror the place is disgusting ,stay well clear of this place

Don’t bother, half of the food was not available. The chap said they had a busy service the day before (which would have been a Sunday) not convinced! The chap didn’t tell us that half of the menu was off prior to us ordering. Not a very good vibe as we went into the restaurant, went to Jamaican Inn instead which was 100% better.

Stayed for a couple of nights. Hosts were very welcoming and accommodating, the food was excellent! Will definitely come again! Thank you for a lovely stay 😊

Great food, very friendly staff and a lovely dog to welcome us. Would definitely recommend to other families.

Fantastic time staying here very friendly and happy to see you and not afraid to have a chat. A*************************

Inspite of advertising on the website neither restaurant or bar were open. Place looks very run down and tired. Staff indifferent, shower temp stuck dangerously on red hot. Just nothing good to say about this place. Booked to camp for two nights, left after one and got my money back.

It's not open. The whole place looks rundown. Booked in the hotel and left without staying. Believe to have booked double room with NetSuite but showing as Glamping pod in their system. check their website and nothing stated in the description about sharing public toilets and shower. Not robe to walk outside in the night to go toilet and all. We moved to another hotel to stay and the manager refused to refund, not even a penny. Extremely disappointed.

As soon as you walk into the place you smell bo the rooms are absolutely gross the don’t change the bed sheets has stains all over them smelt like they haven’t been wished in weeks the bathrooms with dirty the shower has never been cleaned and the shower block outside smells like sewage so I wouldn’t recommend going in those sand the food menu was shocking everything looked gross not a proper meal I spoke to one of the works and they said the boss is never there so it’s going down hill so I wouldn’t recommend going there at all

Thank goodness we came in our camper van and the ground was dry Only the disabled shower was usable and no hot water for washing facilities Read previous reviews and the same problems were apparent 2 years ago Get your act together please!! It’s such a beautiful site in a stunning setting but the camp site facilities are dreadful, even still having problems with the electrics!! They are not helping their business it seems, by being so complacent such a shame!!

Having walled around Colliford Lake we thought we would call in here for a drink.I went in to check it was serving.The place was wide open and despite calling out there was no one around !Quite pleased because the place looked unpleasantly uninviting

Beautiful setting but needs a lot of money spending on it we stayed on site it had dirty nappies and other rubbish scattered every were over flowing commercial bins in the open for all to see and smell. The bar was unkempt and the food took over and hour and was frozen packaged food which was chewy and over priced there was no soap in toilets or in the shower blocks there was no toilet rolls in the men’s toilets. There was derelict building that really should have been removed. The staff had no knowledge of the local area at all. No idea why they are putting up glamping pods as the better spent else were we personally would not stay there again and glad we only booked for two nights and no longer

Was booked into the tavern for a nights accommodation only to find that the people who ran up until recently have gone bust. The premises are therefore closed and has gone back to the owner (who by the way is very picky!).

Visited for family birthday.Gorgeous location which is the reason for booking.Our party consisted if six adults one child and a baby we ordered our starters which were olives and three soups!! Which took nearly an hour to come out!!! The olives were extremely salty and the soup was nearly warm but considering our wait we were to nervous to send back.Then our wait again which I timed 57 mins to come out we never bothered with a dessert! The staff were absolutely lovely and it's such a shame that the kitchen cannot get it's act together because this place has such alot going for it and the night we were there wasn't very busy just another table with one couple! So I shudder to think what it would be like if all the tables were full!!!

Stayed at Colliford Tavern in August 2019 for 3 nights. Selection of beer in bar was good and staff appeared obliging albeit intransigent, but that's about the only positives we can make. Rooms weren't particularly clean, beds weren't particularly comfortable and breakfasts took for ever but weren't worth the wait. I'm certainly not a fussy eater, but the sausages were inedible. Left my prescription sunglasses. Contacted the establishment by phone when I got home and explained I would pay for the postage and packaging. I was told that if I would email my address (a fairly complicated address) to the email address on their website, they would email the cost and then post them on. Two weeks later I phoned again and was told that they never received my email and that the email address on the website is that off the landlord, who does not communicate anything to them. I was given an alternative email address and asked to forward my address and they would sort it out the next day. 10 days later and still nothing, I have tried phoning multiple times, no answer, and resent email - only to receive a Delivery Notification stating the email address is no longer active. I wouldn't stay here if I were ever in Cornwall again.

Needed a stop on our journey home from dropping our boy off to his grandads.. Had always thought about trying the place but never did.. so here we came.. Had such high Hope's... Ordered the lunch menu fish and chips.. sold out.. we suggested they just cut an evening menu peice of fish in half.. told this was fine as they are about the same size.. Well.. who ,in their right minds, in cornwall, gets their fish from the deep freeze?? The so called battered fish was breaded and looked strikingly similar to usual brake bros fayre found in your run of the mill pubs... With a captive audience in this idyllic setting I would've hoped for so much better.. extremely disappointed.. Also ordered a portion of brie bites.. plate arrived with 3 measly prices and a minuscule side salad.. the pot of cranberry sauce was bigger! Add to that that these also were the finest frozen and hadn't melted completely our meal was rubbish! Girl behind the bar seemed competent enough... But, I was ashamed to be Cornish whilst here.. surrounded by the camping tourists who, frankly, know no better and have little other choice whilst here.. Try harder. Not that this business will care but my one time visit will be my only visit. So , so very , disappointed.

Just pulled off a30 West bound to walk dog at lake, tavern was a extra treat, staff lovely, camp site on site would great overnighter for those traveling further down to Cornwall

Phoned ahead for a restaurant booking however our table had been given away before we had arrived and we was on time. Chef couldn’t cope with a booking for 7 people took an hour for just Main meals to come out and even then quality wasn’t great.Should offer a more variable menu for children for the price and a dining area that is dog free.

We stayed for one night on a motorhome pitch with electric and water. The views from the Tavern are lovely, we had a cream tea in the afternoon which was really good and in the evening we had a great meal and a lovely bottle of wine that Selena recommended. Selina and her staff were very friendly and made us feel welcome from the moment we checked in. The Tavern was very clean and well laid out with a cosy bar area. I am very pleased with our stay overall however I think the campsite is somewhat neglected, particularly the shower and toilet block, this was not very clean and felt a bit run down, the toilet seat was broken there was a cracked mirror, not all the light bulbs worked and in the morning I couldn't get any hot water for a shower. With a little attention this would be a cracking place to stay. I've given 4 stars for the Tavern but because of the things I've mentioned I would only give the campsite 2/3 stars.

This tavern, which also runs a campsite, has great views to Colliford Lake and Bodmin Moor. The new owners are working hard to improve facilities. We had a simple but very tasty and nicely presented lunch sitting outside at a shaded table, enjoying the view. The owner made us very welcome. Being only a quarter of a mile from the A30, it is an ideal place to stop off for a rest and refreshment. Prices were very reasonable.

First night in Cornwall and we visited this restaurant on a bit of a flip of coin but im glad we did.Its a bit out of the way and It was quite when we first went in but it was just after 6pm on a Monday night to be fair and it did fill up later.The lady who greeted us was very friendly, chatty and welcoming.The menu had a good range of choices with prices good for the area.We ordered the chicken burger with chips and the Scampi with chips and both were very nice, freshly cooked with a nice fresh, crisp side salad included. I then ordered a pudding called lumpy bumpy cake which was gorgeous and included complimentary ice-cream.All in all a lovely restaurant with a friendly atmosphere, great views and good quality traditional food clearly cooked to order.And the Skinner's beer was well kept and a very welcome addition to the evening.

I booked here for a work trip, and I'm embarrassed that I brought a colleague with me.On arrival I noticed that the grounds are not very well kept. I checked in and was greeted by a friendly lady, I believe the manager. I gave my name and she got her co-manager to help her with checking me in. There was confusion about which room I was to be put in as they were "quite full".I booked the family suite with balcony but was given a standard double room. I soon found out that my colleague was given the room I had booked when he arrived soon after I did. I wasn't too fussed but it seemed strange that I wasn't given the room I booked.When I was being taken to my room I saw more of the place being in a general run down state. The light didn't work in the hall, the exterior door barely sat in its frame.There is no mobile reception on the site so I asked where I could walk to make a call. I was given a wifi password for their router which I eventually couldn't connect to later in the night because they changed the code.We went down for dinner and the reception door was locked so we had to go around the side to get into the bar and restaurant. The menu wasn't bad but when the food came it was not up to the standard of how it was described in the menu. I had the beef burger and it was clearly from a frozen bun and patties even though the menu says home made. There was a couple of shreds of lettuce and one tiny pickle slice and a tiny tomato slice.The waitress who brought us our food didn't know who ordered what, there was another table whose order came out at the same time and there was confusion about which meal went where and what it all was. In the end the manager lady gave me my burger after asking the tables "who had the burger?"The waitress was friendly and asked us how our meal was but she had quite bad body odour which isn't nice when eating.My colleague's meal came out about 10 minutes after mine. His first choice wasn't available so he settled for something different. There was a decent choice of beers on tap so can't complain about that.After dinner we were leaving the restaurant when the managers had a moan to us about how the owners came unannounced at the weekend, not sure why they decided to share that with us. They also shared how they'd been drinking prosecco all afternoon so were a bit jolly. Then they asked if we were having breakfast and bragged about how good the sausages were from their local butcher, we asked for 8am as that's what was advertised in the booklets in the room. They asked if we could do 8.30, which we agreed to.After going to bed I quickly noticed how I could hear what felt like every other guest in the hotel. The bed was uncomfortable and I could feel the springs in my back and side. I heard people leaving the bar and what sounded like the managers saying goodbyeWe went down for breakfast in the morning to find the restaurant in a very similar state to how we left it the night before. Plates not cleared from tables and clothes and shoes next to the bar. There was no sign of anyone there and no sign of any breakfast. We left our keys on the reception desk and left.Overall a really poor stay. No professionalism. Seemingly unaware of how hospitality works. Stay away, don't know where these good reviews are coming from.

Excellent fresh food at great prices. Bar is well stocked with interesting tipples. very sensible prices. Steve and Selena are great hosts.

We attended an old friend's wedding and the reception was held at the Colliford Tavern. We stayed in the lodge on the Friday and Saturday evening. We were not sure what to expect as my friend booked the stay for us. What a pleasant suprise. From the moment we arrived Selena and Steve were very welcoming and a real pleasure to talk to. The rooms were first class and spotlessly clean. We didn't have an evening meal as we had a hog roast after the wedding. We did have breakfast both days and it was superb. This is the first time my wife and I have visited Cornwall and I must say everyone was very friendly. The next time I visit I will definitely stay at this venue.

We called off here a few months ago after a relatives funeral , what a lovely welcoming place , initially it was just for a cuppa but some of our party had food , very nice it was to ,lovely owners & if we didn't live so far away we would definitely return , we had a look round and it looks fabulous for weddings or any other celebration ,

Spontaneously we decided to spend a night on the moor to enjoy the beautiful weather and views. Selena and Steve were the perfect hosts, the food was amazing; dinner and breakfast were both delicious and piping hot. We would have stayed for Sunday roast but we were too full! An excuse to go back though. Overnight on the campsite was restful with amazing views, very clean and comfortable. We wish them both every success in their new venture and thank you for a great evening. Marc and Pippa.

Managed by a very friendly couple who have recently taken over we had a very pleasant evening. The food is fairly standard but well cooked and presented plus plenty of it. I particularly enjoyed the lamb rogan josh special while my wife had steak. Prices were good too. We will be going again.

Booked a table for Sunday lunch with the family as a result of a voucher obtained by a local radio station. I was lead to believe from the advertisement that you would have beautiful views whilst being served a delicious roast. How very mislead we were. First impression the grounds around the establishment are very unkempt, however we was greeted promptly, we got drinks at the bar and shown our table. In a dark windowless cramped bar/restaurant. we may as well of been sitting with the couple next to us as we were that close to them. This is not the view I was hoping for.

Had the most warm welcome by Selena(owner). The atmosphere of the pub was amazing,lovely real fire.Lovely friendly locals sat at bar.A proper good old fashion pub. Had a mixed grill which was great, severed lovely and hot, tasted amazing all freshly cooked. There was a large selection of food on the menu and the puddings sounded really tempting,unfortunately was too full to try one. This is a new adventure for Selena and Steve wish them both good luck for the future.Im sure they will do well. Thank you guys.

Really enjoyied our stay, food was exsallent and the owners are so freindly and accomadating, highly recomend this colliford tavern

Came here with my family after a tough day - booked in advance for 25 plus people and we were told that the tavern could cater for this amount.

This is the second time I have been here now and found myself (and party) to be standing around for 10 minutes waiting to see some staff.

the chicken Balti was the best - well presented - sensible prices , too . and excellent service .I will be back .

Unfortunately when we visited the owner and main chef was away and no curries on offer despite this being the main attraction instead only a few fish options on the menu, this should have been a warning sign. All it would have taken was a phone call and we would have postponed out visit. Customer service during our visit was terrible, no atmosphere. The food was the worst food I have tasted in a restaurant, chips and peas cold and none of our party enjoyed the experience. No reply to our letter of disappointment. I am not a negative person but this meal was beyond terrible. Think twice before visiting.

We recently visited for a meal with 8 of us for a birthday. We had a lovely time. The woman and man who work there are incredibly friendly. We felt the food was good and great value. For example, I had three soft drinks, chicken korma, chips, poppadom and a naan for around £20.

We were in a party of two VW camper vans, late on a very wet and windy Saturday evening. We were looking for a place to camp. I called the Colliford Tavern and within a matter of moments Chris (member of the Colliford Tavern staff) had organised a couple of pitches for us on hard standing close to the shower and loo block. We enjoyed a super meal and great local ale in very comfortable surroundings. The owners and staff couldn't have been more hospitable. I recommend the campsite facilities, the pub and the restaurant. We look forward to coming back and staying here again to discover Colliford Lake and Bodmin moor.

Fantastic Indian food. Good location, lots of parking. Extensive menu. I'm feeling hungry now! Vindaloo 10 out of 10.

I am sorry to say i shall not be going back again.

We have camped here many times before, such a beautiful site. There is some traffic noise from the A30 but that is not enough to deter from the idillic nature of this campsite.

Stayed here for 5 days (in our caravan). Extremely friendly staff, superb beer and fabulous food, we even had 3 curries during our 5 day stay!!!!

Visited many time and the tandoori mix grill is my favourite, it comes with a plain nan. My partner's choiche is Chicken Biryani, its delicious!!

"The hotel is in a fantastic location with the lake and town easily accessible. Breakfasts are wonderful,even dinner was mouthwatering as well excellent served .parking is a bonus. We loved everything about Colliford and will definitely return."

We had a wonderfull dinner at the Colliford tavern. Found it on TripAdvisor and with help from googlemaps. Very delicious Indiaas food!!!

Adequate portion, amazing services, right flavoured curry we ever had. Colliford Special curry is the best choice!

Great service and delicious curry, owner is great host. We really enjoyed our visit here, we stayed in the hotel which was great too. From the price point of view it was very reasonable. We are hoping to come back soon.

We ate here with our family for an evening meal. It was one of the best Indian meals we have ever had. Details of many of the dishes were explained to us and we were helped make the right choices. The food was all freshly cooked including the nana breads. Altogether a really lovely evening and can only hope it's not too long before we are in the area again to eat here. Thank you to all the staff for being so friendly and welcoming.

We stopped in the campsite as we had many times before, and decided to eat at the Tavern. We were warmly welcomed and the restaurant feels very authentic with soft music playing. The food was simply delicious, some of the best we'd ever had. All very tasty but not too spicy hot - just how we like it. It is a long time since we'd enjoyed an Indian meal so much. Would recommend it to anyone. ps there were many hotter currys etc on the menu if you like a bit more heat

A very good Indian meal, nothing was too much trouble and we were well looked after. Even better to find that they will deliver to my little village which is a novelty where I live! roll on many "moor" Indian meals. It was a little cool in the restaurant, but then we did turn up right on opening time! Wouldn't hesitate to go back...or order a takeaway if we are feeling lazy and want a treat!

Enjoyed the Indian meal served by friendly hosts, good size portions and value for moneyIf u like Indian food and in the area I would recommend a visit, only fault I had was friend and I ordered 2 different types of curry and both looked and tasted the same hence rating of 4 and not 5

I was the only person staying in the tavern that evening. The food was excellent. The bar area could do with a dust down. Wifi is a must for me and it was poor in bar area and non existent in the room. No phone signal in room either which was disappointing but room clean and comfortable.

We called in for a sandwich etc. & were made very welcome. We sat outside on a lovely day looking at the beautiful view. We will be back soon, to try the Indian food.

Lovely meal with great service. Eaten in and had deliveries. Always great food an value for money! Also lovely people who are always happy to help favourite Indian restaurant in Launceston by far

The Bengal Village Tandoori at Colliford Tavern has a fairly extensive menu and is set within the pub in the caravan park, just off the A30, but still some distance from Bodmin. It is probably a little too remote for most to venture out from Bodmin and Liskeard, but would be a good option for people staying on the site of not heading into nearby St Neot for food. In any case, we did not find the food that great, too many large pieces of onion, the sauce rather too runny for what was supposed to be a thick sauce, and the flavours not that impressive. The prices are reasonable, and delivery appears to be an option, but overall, it was not that great an experience sadly.

We were the first customers to have a meal there when they opened the Indian restaurant. Apologies for not giving a review sooner. Everyone was so accommodating and the food was second to none and we will definitely return when in the area again. We recommended it to anyone we met whilst on holiday. Go, you won't be disappointed.

Colliford Traven is an excellent place to live. we thoroughly enjoyed our stay there. Staffs are nice and food is lovely. Surely will come back.

Eaten in and had food delivered from here. The food tastes great can take a while for it to come out but is worth the wait. highly recommend and at reasonable price.

Excellent takeaway meal, friendly staff, nice location, looking forward to visiting the restaurant very soon, I highly recommend

Great to have such nice food available to takeaway locally, I would recommend to anyone looking for somewhere to eat out in the area. Or like me looking to pick up a takeaway. They also deliver which is great.

If u like a good curry and service I fully recommend , off the beaten track a bit, but well worth the visitLovely cooked food and full of flavour at a reasonable price with excellent hosts who made u feel very welcomeWill defiantly return again

The Indian restaurant is superb. We have had a take away delivered (free of charge) a few times and always impressed how the food is hot (we live 20 minutes away). Thanks to Kevin!The food itself is very good with great flavours. We popped in today for the first time to have a drink mid afternoon. The drinks available behind the bar are a great cornish range (sharps cider and beer). The lady that greeted up was very welcoming.We will be back soon to eat in the restaurant, take away food and an afternoon cider. Best of luck to everyone and keep up the excellent work!!

5 walkers walking across the moor and arrived in the evening, very wet and bedraggled. How kind and welcoming were all who worked there, and when we had got ourselves dry and changed we had the most wonderful indian meal at the Tavern. Breakfast couldn't have been more of a pleasant experience with our hosts once again looking after us so well. Definitely recommend the accommodation, the meal and the kindness. Thanks for the great stay, we'll be back next year for sure!

We went there 3/4 times & wanna go back again.If you want to go to a calm & quite place far from city life ,where you wake up in the morning hearing birds whispering ,breathing fresh air ,walking beside the lake & enjoying the beauty of the nature,I guess that's the best place to go .The hotel people are very friendly & welcoming .Awsome food from the restaurent & nice atmosphere of the country pub .

If you are thinking of making a visit to some beautiful sites of Cornwall, specially Colliford Lake, Carnglaze Cavern, very old fashioned village St Neot (awarded as National Village in 2004), Looe Harbour etc and you are looking for a lovely place to stay that has a lot of things to offer that you will like, from hospitality to foods including curry, from karaoke to games, from branded booze to locally brewed lagers, then I will highly recommend Colliford Tavern. Not only the surroundings are calm and eye catching, but also the service provided here is unbeatable. Together with various other dishes, indian curry is a bonus here , since freshly prepared curry is quite rare aroud Liskeard. So, to my opinion, Colliford Tavern and Campsite is simply the best.

We stayed here in August for four nights. This hotel offers everything you need for your stay. You can't beat the location. The Colliford Lake is just few minutes walk from the hotel. The hotel staff are friendly and courteous. The hotel itself is modern, clean, and has all the amenities you need away from home. Enjoyed the excellent meals served in the restaurant. All the staff made us feel very welcome and we are looking forward to returning on another break. I would definitely recommend staying at this hotel.

Tried the new Indian restaurant last week at the Colliford Tavern & was simply blown away. The food was amazing, the flavours & spices where perfect! Very recommended to try! Sham has worked hard at his new place & deserves the rewards! The service is good, keep up the good work Sham

It is heavenly. One of the best place I have ever been. There surroundings, lake view, green belt make this please even tremendous. There service and food is awesome. Love to be there more and more for a nice, pleasant and happy holiday

Came here as a party of 12 and it was very very very nice! The owners and staff were very accommodating and nothing was too much trouble.The food (now predominantly Indian although English food is also offered) was faultless, I had a lamb passanda and that was very tasty and the lamb was very nice.It was just one of those evenings that was very relaxed with good company but made better by the good food, drinks and hospitality. Will definitely return, thank you!

We stayed at Colliford Tavern touring site on our way through to another destination in Cornwall. The owners were very welcoming. We only booked a single night in our campervan but still had complimentary drinks on arrival. The facilities were very clean and well maintained. The menu is split into English and Indian. We only ate English and was happy with what was served

We ended up here on the last day of our holiday because it was really close to our accommodation. The service was exceptional and the food was fantastic. They serve a delicious Indian menu here. The owner made the effort to talk to us and let us know that they had only been open for two weeks. It was a delightful end to our holiday. If we had known about this place before we would have probably gone every night!

We ate here twice whilst staying here. Couldn't go anywhere else as had a sleeping baby in our room. We were not expecting great things, however, they had recently started doing Indian food so we had that. We eat a lot of Indian food and this one was actually very good. The first night we ate in a large group and everyone enjoyed it. The second was just me and my husband and was also good.

Excellent service, and the food was good. There is a choice of traditinal english food and Indian food; all is prepared to order, and we did not have long to wait for it to be served.

Went to the tavern with friends for evening meal all shut up even though advertised in local St Neot magazine as open and doing special offer, unfortunately this is not the first time this has happened suggest you ring first before u turn up we have eaten there on a few occasions and we have always had good food shame about the opening times

While taking one of our 'Mystery tours of the moors we cam across thid sign and thought"Why Not". Stunning place overlooking Colliford Lake,ideal for those wanting a place to park the Caravan,go for a moorland walk or like us just out for the day. Super friendly staff,decent menu but also just call in for a pint or Tea.

We stopped at the Tavern late in the afternoon for a quick lunch.Most of us had bagettes which were very tasty,loads of filling served with a great side salad.Granny had a childs meal of pasta which was still substantial.Cheesy chips were piping hot with lots of cheese. Service was very friendly & quick.

Four succulent steaks cooked to perfection, lovely freshly cooked chips and the best onion rings I've eaten in a long time. All washed down with a glass of ice cold Cornish lager served with a smile. Love this place :)

Met friends for lunch mid week. Excellent location, excellent premises, everything was great from food to service. I had the Hunter's Chicken, my wife had The Steak Pie and friends had Fish and chips. - All I can say is look at the pictures I have uploaded.

As a local to Cornwall and being in the area and loving the roads around Colliford Lake and forgetting or traditional sanwiches, we popped into the Colliford Tavern to pick up sandwiches. We stayed for lunch, I had the gammon steak, my wife had the ploughman's. Now anyone on Facebook who is friends with me will know I like my food.. A lot. The portions were huge, the quality was huge as well.. eating outside, we could not believe we were so close to the A30 on a bank holiday Monday... Not a sound of the nearby traffic, excepting the sounds of the birds in the trees... Silence.Don't take that to mean that the Tavern is not popular, there were cars arriving all the time we were there, but the atmosphere is one of peace and quiet, well at lunch time it was hahha. The service was excellent and the staff were very attentive, but not in a obtrusive way................... Would I eat at the Colliford Tavern again... The answer to that question is.. ''When are we going again Missus..?''