Cove24 in Cornwall, Isles of Scilly

( Sunday review ) A great unexpected option for a Sunday roast. After struggling elsewhere in town to get a table late Sunday afternoon, Cove provided a warm welcome and a hearty Sunday dinner. The food was plentiful with shared vegetable plates. There’s a selection of starters to choose from, the only mains are the roast items featuring two meat and one vegetarian option. Desserts are offered but after such huge portions probably not necessary although all sounded tasty. Food service was a little slow but forgivable.

My husband and I came here for my birthday dinner and I think it was okay. The lady that attended to us was really sweet- told me she liked my dress. The food was okay and the music in the background was nice!

My wife and I had dinner at Cove24, and so much was disappointing. Our waiter was young, pleasant, and tried to be helpful, but his inexperience showed. My prime Cornish beef was so tough, that it was close to inedible. Our appetizers arrived at the same time as the dinner. On a side note, I made a reservation well in advance and received an email the day before saying that it was canceled. I reinstated it and it was accepted, but there was a certain chaos with reservations when we arrived. I would not recommend this restaurant.

Bit of a let down if I am honest. From the outside it looks bouji, and it was recommended. So we turned up and were told the restaurant was fully booked. We persisted to see if they could fit 4 of us in. We were notified then that there was a larger party that hadn't arrived and were 20 mins late. So we sat at the bar to wait if to see could be seated. Sat down and the bar staff completely blanked us. It was like we were invisible. Not one of them even acknowledged our existence. I noticed many empty tables as we sat. After some time I was getting frustrated and fixated my stare at one bar staff until I caught her eyes and then I asked can we have some service. She literally huffed and walked over to the till and stood there with her hip dropped, hand on her hip as if to say "I really can't believe I've got to serve you" - she was so put out, said "what do you want?" - zero politeness!! We ordered and then we were whisked to our table shortly after. Within 10 mins there must have been 12 tables empty - clearly they really didn't want to serve us by trying to make us leave in the first instance. The food was mediocre. It wasn't bad but there's definitely better in Newquay. Later on one both the male waiters redeemed the situation about by being more personable and professional. But the brunette behind the bar bossing staff around has zero customer skills. I've never felt less welcome in a restaurant. They need to do much better.

Very pleased with my lunch, delicious antipasti, amazing service, would recommend

Band taste, unimaginatively presented

Awesome cocktails - definitely recommend the chilli coconut margarita 😜

Lovely food and great service! Our server James was fantastic and very funny, would highly recommend! A really nice spot for dinner in Newquay

Run by kids, not enough staff, average food. Nice cocktails though.

Excellent food Excellent service the food was exquisite definitely going again staff was very friendly the price was very reasonable

Amazing service by Kat really nice

The best restaurant experience since we've been in England. At the level of Swiss restaurants. Attentive and very nice service. Finally a table that is big enough for a family of 5. Good, fresh selection. Thank you for the great evening.

Staff really helpful and food Amazing.

Finally tried here after numerous visits to Newquay and had a great dinner. Has a really welcoming and relaxed atmosphere with super friendly and accommodating waiting staff. All the food was pretty good, could do with a pinch seasoning, but very well presented and interesting small plates. The cocktail menu was a nice refreshing list and all made very well. Worth a visit if you’re in the area or staying near fistral beach.

Come here all the time, it’s our ‘go to place’, always forget to write a review! I thought it was about time. We came in last Saturday after the football, it was a welcome calm, even though the place was busy and buzzing; the food is always absolutely excellent and the service is always efficient and friendly. The cocktails are top-notch. My dad and his partner always have the fish and chips, this is got to be the best in Newquay. I had the mushroom linguine, which was beautiful. You can’t beat the food in here, although we do miss the Arancini balls, please put them back on the menu! Thank you for your high level of consistency- keep up the excellent work.

Located in a lovely area. The vibe and interior of the place was stunning. First time going as we were only visiting Newquay but, definitely a place to go when you’re there. Food was perfect and all very well priced. Attached our cheese board because it was our favourite part 🤣

The food was absolutely atrocious. Steak was poorly prepared. Squid was just batter. Crab focacio was stale. Truly a waste of time and money. To be avoided. Worst restaurant in town.

I booked this restaurant for my wife’s birthday dinner and It was nice enough, the food was good, not exceptional, the service was very lovely, the girl who attended to us was quite nice, courteous and polite and checking to see we had all we needed. It wasn’t a noisy place too, the ambient music was lovely. I recommend

Nice looking restaurant Terrible food can’t believe there chefs do not have a clue no interest in trying to produce nice food crazy how they can call themself chefs

Customer service was non existent and the food was below average. The only saving grace was the fact it was a nice setting, but that doesn’t save it sadly. I wouldn’t recommend going. Very very poor overall.

My friend and I were on holiday for our respective birthdays. Had heard Cove24 was an excellent place to eat and booked a table. We had a really lovely evening. The food was amazing. The staff had remembered it was our birthdays. Our desert adorned with t’light candles, and carried out by two lovely waitresses, singing ‘happy birthday’ They certainly went above and beyond. Thank you for making our night extra special. Ros and Dawn

Really nice evening with amazing seafood. Chic fit out and vibe and right in the heart of town. Not necessarily a cheap night out but a very nice one! Great cocktails too.

The pasta and meatball's were tasteless and the sauce was watery. The steak was over cooked and tough. Good service and nice decor

Ordered the cornish prime cut steak cooked to order. First one overcooked second one overcooked and tough as old bootds 50%reduction on s meal not eaten. Bought sandwiches in sainsbury ad still hungry not amused....

Don’t rely on the hours as the kitchen closes at 20:30

So I’m a bit late to the party with the review but as me and my partner are sat in a pub discussing good places to eat I suddenly remembered I never wrote my review We booked in February for my O/H birthday (myself, him and our 4 y/o son) as we’ve eaten here before and it was amazing however upon informing a couple of people we were visiting here for a birthday meal they said oh god no avoid avoid avoid. We decided to take our chances and my goodness I’m so pleased we did - Aaron the guy currently managing the place is amazing and could not be any more hospitable. The service was superb and the food was fab. I really could not recommend to friends and family enough and we can’t wait to come back soon. Thank you for a lovely evening and making the birthday amazing.

Amazing stuff but food nothing extraordinary,not much choice and very small portions.Very disappointed 😔

Great place, excellent service and amazing food. Would definitely come back again.

Excellent service as soon as we walked in the door. Food was lovely, steaks cooked to perfection. Whoever the twins are behind the bar they need a pay rise as they didn’t stop all the time we were there.

Elegant, classy and good value for money. Would definitely recommend.

My friend treated me here for a meal for my birthday and it was the most flavourful food I have tasted in a while. Now my favourite place in Newquay to eat out. I will be reccomending and returning to try the cocktails soon 😋

We visited cove 24 Saturday night- it looks so beautiful from the outside -lovely atmosphere and very welcoming staff. We were served promptly and we had a small plate each as a starter - I had the crab and it was delicious and very tasty my husband had the meatballs who claimed they very good. We both had fish and chips for mains. All the staff were excellent and we had a brilliant evening we will be back when we are next in town

Arranged a table for my parents for their anniversary at Cove24 the Manager (Aaran) could not be more facilitating and helpful to ensure my parents had a special evening. Nothing was too much trouble even offering suggestions and giving options of where they could be sat. Exceptional service can not rate this restaurant highly enough thank you.

Arranged a table for my parents for their anniversary at Cove24 the Manager (Aaran) could not be more facilitating and helpful to ensure my parents had a special evening. Nothing was too much trouble even offering suggestions and giving options of where they could be sat. Exceptional service can not rate this restaurant highly enough thank you.

We only had a drink . Sat at the bar , seemed to be run by kids all very chaotic nobody seemed to be in charge .

Over keen waitress to start with. Ordered drinks which were fine. Ordered food which was tapas style, which was not stated on the menu. When food arrived it wasn't tapas style at all. Tiny portions. Ordered chicken skewers, which were extremely dry and no taste to the dressing. Seafood paella was over cooked and was a child's size portion. The duck option was bland and dry. Waitress seemed more interested in the barman than serving customers. Overall a terrible experience that spoiled my birthday meal.

Over keen waitress to start with. Ordered drinks which were fine. Ordered food which was tapas style, which was not stated on the menu. When food arrived it wasn't tapas style at all. Tiny portions. Ordered chicken skewers, which were extremely dry and no taste to the dressing. Seafood paella was over cooked and was a child's size portion. The duck option was bland and dry. Waitress seemed more interested in the barman than serving customers. Overall a terrible experience that spoiled my birthday meal.

Fantastic meal, superb Service, lovely atmosphere. The Steak fine to perfection and the Bloody Orande Sorbet to die for. 9.5/10

The place is not a restaurant nor is it a tapas bar it’s just not what I expected or worth the money!!! Went for partners birthday meal as the menu really appeals but it says nothing about it’s a tapas kind of menu!!! £12 for a handful of meat then overpriced chicken which is dry and not at all tasty a lamb dish which would not fill a child. Overall a bad experience and would not recommend to anyone!!! Will be going for a kebab later as not enough food to fill even though the bill was £60 with the over cooked chicken removed!!!!

Great looking venue, vibrant loud atmosphere at the bar, but food is very average, dry chicken, soggy crispy cod, prawns were ok.

The staff were really lovely and friendly but the food was Poor. We were served lovely local Cornish crab smothered in aioli. So perhaps the aioli should go on the side as I could not taste the crab? The seafood paella was lacking in seafood and overwhelmed with tomato. The wine was poor quality too. Sorry will not return here.

Had a really good Sunday roast here. Attentive service, relaxed atmosphere, good food. Couldn't really ask for more.

Lovely roast & super friendly waiting staff

lovely place with delicious seafood

Beautiful decor, super friendly staff but terrible poor quality food! A shame as it really is a fab little spot.

he food was amazing, the linguine was really tasty and the small plates were excellent. The drinks as well were very good. Would definitely recommend the crab as a small plate. We thought the food and drinks were very reasonably priced. Reason for only 3 stars is due to the service. Staff seemed unprofessional, Wine placed on table but not opened or poured for us, main course took 45 mins to arrive and we had to ask the staff to come and take our drinks and dessert order. Staff were obviously quite busy rushing around everywhere, but the restaurant wasn’t at capacity so maybe it was just a staffing issue? We also heard the staff moaning to each other that the table next to us hadn’t left a tip which we thought was pretty unprofessional.

Very disappointed. We were very rushed to order our food. The waitress came 3 times in 10 minutes. 3 meals/ 3 drinks £96.00 I dont mind paying a lot for good food . This was not good food £28 for steak that was tough. A burnt burger and a small paella which we were told was small so we would need to order somthing to go with it!! There is a charge for still water on the table.

I have just had the best food ever we will be back tomorrow.x

We really asked a lot of the staff at cove, decorating the table and bringing out our own 'cake' for dessert, they really were amazing, kind and friendly! The food was delicious and really filling. Good wine selection as well. We will be back!!

We had a lovely dinner - decided on the small plates/tapas option and chose six plates which turned out was just right for us (we l had focaccia to keep us occupied whilst everything was freshly cooked). Great ingredients and even better dishes..all were perfect and flavourful. Highly recommend the squid, chicken skewers and Cornish yarg croquettes. Even though September and mid week the venue did fill up. I am advised the cocktails were great too!

Utterly divine, great hostess, guided us around the menu, delicious flavoursome food, have booked again for Thursday!!

The restaurant was lovely and the staff were really friendly. The cocktails were so good and must try the chicken and chorizo paella!! Will definitely be back the next time we’re in Newquay!

This time only been for cocktails but have had food before and they do Gluten free food!!! The ladies behind the bat are amazing and friendly!! Had a fab time!! Thanks xx

What a nice surprise! Absolutely fantastic tapas. A thoughtful wine list. The prawns were humungous and juicy. My waitress, Millie, was super helpful and friendly. She recommended the crab, which was both locally sourced and lovely and tasty. The real star of the show was the yarg (local Cornish cheese) croquettes, delicious garlicky balls of goodness.

On first arrival the restaurant is great nice decor, friendly staff and great hit with the teenagers we get a booth. We were even told that there was a back log in the kitchen by half an hour ok no problem. However to have to wait 20 mins (we arrived just before 8) it was now nearly 8:25 just to get some water wasn’t great - the staff were lovely and apologetic fair enough, our food order was finally taken by 8:30. Now in our heads that’s the half hour back log clearing up? No more mention of timings and no further site of any staff until we find them and ask where our food is 40 mins later - apparently waiting for chicken everything else is ready and being plated. Bearing in mind this is predominantly a tapas restaurant - the norm is to bring tapas as and when it’s ready. The food finally arrived a further 10 minutes later (the length of time it takes to cook a chicken skewer?). It was good, large portions, but nothing exceptional . The staff were apologetic and friendly. It just felt they were young and lacking experience of how to manage tables and the kitchen effectively- won’t be recommending there are better options in Newquay.

Bit disappointed this time, the paella like other comments is not great and had 3 prawns in.... we did feed this back Crab was tasty Garlic Prawn dish would not rate Mussel linguine was good but needed something for the sauce, it didn't have much depth for a seafood dish We waited a really long time for the food and nothing was said- didn't bother staying for dessert which is a shame as it could have been better Cocktails are nice as is the venue itself.

Great food. Brilliant service by Millie. Highly recommend. Would definitely eat here again.

Great food with good choice on menu. Brilliant service by Millie. Highly recommend. Would definitely eat here again.

A bit of class in Newquay. Did get mixed messages on the menu . Also forgot some of our food.

Lovely place nice food & drinks friendly staff would recommend and will return if I visit Newquay again

Very mixed feelings about this restaurant. We ate with friends and selected a mixture of the tapas style dishes. The food was tasty but the portion sizes were inconsistent, the chicken skewers (3) were a good size, the lamb carnitas was very small - it...

We Spent a couple of relaxing hours here yesterday, great chilled atmosphere, very clean & well presented. Cocktails on offer 2 for £15 🤪👌 plus a large selection of spirits & Gins etc, only a small selection of draught beers. Food was great as per photos, Ali had Seafood Risotto, Roasted sweet potato & i had Crab on Sourdough, cheese & Garlic balls, would recommend for a bite & cocktail. we'll revisit soon. Dave

Had a gorgeous dinner here on Thursday catching up with friends, the food was divine and the service was lovely!

Staff were really helpful and friendly, the food was disappointing. We had a selection of tapas: a prawn dish and croquettes were nice but the rest of the food was over cooked and dry. The risotto, one of their signature dishes, completely lacked taste. Our...

First red flag should have been that it was the only place able to take a walk in on a Saturday. To start with the wine was awful and £30ish - couldn't finish the wine it tasted so bad, from the outside it seemed like the sort of restaurant that would have let you taste the wine first (if we had we'd have sent it back). To get onto the food: we ordered the cured meats (around £8.50-£9) which came out as a few slices of salami from a packet folded in half and chucked on a plate, would have thought it to be a bit dressed up with some garnish at least for that price. The paella was definitely overpriced for the portion size, especially as at the speed it came out and the texture etc it had obviously been microwaved. The "catch of the day" was a mussel linguine (?) Which was okay but bit poor on the amount of mussels (Which are also out of season). Service: the waitress was nice however her uniform was incredibly dirty, and she saw us accidentally knock over a full glass of wine and instead of bringing over a cloth to help clear it up just ignored us. After a few minutes of being ignored I went up to the bar to get a cloth, I continued to be ignored and then the fire alarm started going off which is no one's fault but none of the staff really did anything. The kitchen staff kept on yelling "service" which was a bit on the annoying front. The menu was a bit small and disappointing. The building itself was nice - nice toilets and a good location. Has potential to do really well but needs some work. Very overpriced for what you get, we left incredibly disappointed Big thumbs down

Beautiful restaurant with excellent food!

Thought we’d try this restaurant even though there were mixed reviews. Very disappointed. It was mainly tapas, but with no cohesion. We had 6 in total and the nicest one was the Newquay Bay white crab, which you’d expect really. The garlic Yarg croquettes were...

We came here for our final evening vacation dinner and ordered the burrata with pesto and flatbread. Pesto was not pesto, it was tasteless and lacked some ingredients (Garlic? Parmagiano?). Afterwards we ordered paella and cauliflower. The paella was not paella, just paellarice with tomatosauce. The cauliflower was overcooked and tasteless... Would not recommend this place, looks nice, but ended up getting some fastfood afterwards.

We check the dinner timetable that says up to 9pm. We arrived at 8:50pm and even having half of the tables available they didn't let us to have a dinner in the restaurant.

Can absolutely recommend this place!! The staff were so SO lovely! They genuinely seemed very happy, every single one of them! Food was amazing and good prices!! Drinks were beautiful and served quick! We were there till 11pm and they weren’t trying to kick us out at all (even though we should have been out). One of the gentleman closing up tried for a while to call us a taxi as aswell! They were so nice! ❤️

After eating here for the last five years I was amazed to see that the signature dishes that were so good were not on the menu. No fresh fish available and a very bland selection of tapas style dishes. There must be a new chef...

Lovely staff, good atmosphere and nice decor. The food is nice too, but not exceptional. We enjoyed it enough to want to go back.

One word rubbish. We got there and ordered, it took 40 mins for the starter to come out which was bread and butter by the way! And after asking where our food was it finally turned up after an hour and a half. The food...

It was absolutely awful, it took 40 mins for us to get our starter which was bread and butter by the way. We then had to wait an hour and a half after asking for our meal. When the food came out it was definitely not worth the wait. It was bland and I didn’t even eat mine. The bill was £55 for two dishes, my partner didn’t even get a drink he had water. I definitely don’t recommend it’s very basic food and you can get better for the money.

Electric Atmosphere inside. The service staff are absolutely warm and friendly. Highly recommend the place.

Delicious food, lovely staff, great restaurant! A must go if looking to dine out in Newquay!

Great view, nice food and lovely staff. Would recommend

The most awful evening I have had for a while. Extremely over priced and small portions. 8.50 for 6 mini bits of chicken is a joke … We travel and eat out lots and have experienced lots of 5* places and this is one of...

Charged for cancellation even though we had only booked an hour previously. We were on holiday in Newquay and booked this restaurant online not realising we couldn’t take our dog. I called the restaurant to explain our mistake when we realised this and the lady...

Great cocktails and the decor and staff were nice. Our food however was below average (starters were nice) and service was a bit slow

Food was excellent. We did have to wait some time due to an error however they did provide complimentary cocktails to compensate for the delay. Overall a great place to eat!

Great place to eat and drink in central newquay. Spent an evening here when last on holiday. Staff are really nice and helpful

I and my friend went for a birthday meal on Saturday and I was left pretty disappointed. We ordered the chicken skewers with soy and maple glaze. We payed £25.50 for 6 very plain and tasteless chicken. There was no flavour or colour at all on the actual chicken and the “glaze” was so watery it was hard to actually dip the chicken into. I have never sent food back to the kitchen before, but I felt like I had too in this case. Our waitress was so lovely and apologetic about it but when I looked over to the kitchen I saw the chef just throw a bit of salt and pepper on the chicken in disgust and walk away. I don’t expect this from an “award winning” restaurant and will not be returning.

I booked in for a meal after browsing restaurants in the area while visiting Newquay - had to bare in mind my partner is not a big fan of seafood or fishy smells! Upon checking out the menu, reviews, and photos, Cove 24 was ultimately...

I booked in for a meal after browsing restaurants in the area while visiting Newquay - had to bare in mind my partner is not a big fan of seafood or fishy smells! Upon checking out the menu, reviews, and photos, Cove 24 was ultimately the best choice. Certainly not disappointed! The menu was excellent and well put together. The food itself was divine - some of the nicest cod I’ve ever eaten, and my partner was very chuffed with his paella. Portion sizes were very generous! Not one complaint to be made! I have to add a special note at the end, acknowledging the incredible service we received. Ciara (Kiara?) served our table, and just had the most infectious energy about her. She was so bubbly, friendly, and helpful. I’d eat here again even if the food was poor just to receive the same level of service!! She is a real credit to the Cove team! A promotion is certainly in order…. Thank you Ciara/Kiara!

We ate at the Cove on Saturday night and enjoyed three courses of exceptional food. If you're going to book a table then you should expect locally sourced fresh seafood, prime cuts of meat, tasty desserts and fantastic cocktails. Chef Tom Mackins is back in Newquay with a bang!

We ate at the Cove on Saturday night and enjoyed three courses of exceptional food. If you're going to book a table then you should expect locally sourced fresh seafood, prime cuts of meat, tasty desserts and fantastic cocktails.

We had dinner for myself my wife and teenage daughter. The food was excellent and the attention to detail and friendly chef made all the difference. We ordered 10 dishes so this gave us a good representation of the menu. Out of all the dishes the only one we had issues with was the white crab as it had some orange piff which made it a little bitter. We did mention it to the waitress and it was removed from our bill. Overall the food and value was excellent and we will be back

Have been meaning to go and eat at Cove for some while now after hearing good reviews, but weren’t overly wowed by the menu. Had a rare free evening this week and decided to give it a go after seeing mentions of new menus on...

Okaaaay... Expectations were high, delivery was mediocre. This is surprising considering its location and decor. The place looks amazing, but the food is a let-down, the service was good at best, the music is weird. The wine took forever, the squid was rubbery, and there was a set-menu on that we we’re not informed about. The music is a bit odd too. Service was good and friendly but the place needs a kick of inspiration.

Attended the restaurant with my mum and brother on Mothers Day around 4pm. They had a Mother’s Day menu on and we all decided to have the roast dinner. Ladies were given a glass of Prosecco on arrival. Food quality was amazing, the meat was...

My grown up children took me to Cove 24 for Mother’s Day yesterday. It was a lovely surprise as we haven’t eaten there in a while. We were met by Toni who couldn’t do enough for us. We were sat down immediately, even though it...

Edit: Following our experience the next morning we received a phone call with apologies, to explain their situation and was offered a complimentary voucher to return. This was hugely appreciated as we were their for a 40th birthday. This gesture totally changed our opinion of the restaurant and look forward to returning. Thank you ….. Poor service from the moment we walked in. Our table (booked for 8:45pm) wasn’t ready. It took 20 minutes to order drinks and eventually when getting the menus they took our order. 90 minutes later we had still not received our food. Our food went to another table and only then did the staff seem to be aware. We ended up leaving as it kind of killed the mood! Shame as it was a lovely restaurant but wouldn’t go back. Front of house were not in control at all and they were very short staffed.

Really great meal with our families, staff were fantastic and food was great, many thanks.

Poor service despite being not even 1/3 full. Food was just deep fried rubbish. Disappointed given the mostly positive reviews and a recommendation by the hotel we’re staying in.

Absolutely awful, I’m really not the type to complain but went with my boyfriend for valentines and the food was inedible, steak was like rubber, used to love this place (saw it’s under new management now) it’s extremely overpriced for food that tastes so bad!...

We have been to Cove24 many times in the past and had the most incredible evenings, with Cove24 being our favourite place to eat in Newquay! Last night we returned for our first trip of 2023 and we noticed a heavily reduced menu so we...

My partner and I celebrated our 2022 Christmas Day with Cove 24. From the moment we walked through the door we were greeted with happy and professional staff, full of Christmas spirit. The food was amazing and there was so much! One of the highlights was listening to a live singer which was completely unexpected but really gave our Christmas meal that extra festive feel. It was our first time visiting Cove 24 but we will definitely book there again the next time we stay in Newquay. Thank you Cove 24.

Had a great dinning experience in this sleak restaurant, very pleasant staff, good quality food balanced wine list, would highly recommend

Just got back from this place ? It’s very good! Fish and chips was massive, my wife had butter nut squash and she loved it, we also had steak (Rib eye) done really well and a beetroot meal which was great staff was pleasant but...