Harbour Lights Restaurant in Cornwall, Isles of Scilly - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

This appears to be one of the most popular fish and chips shops in Falmouth. We used it for takeaway. The service was reasonably quick and the fish was nicely cooked, the chips however were a bit soggy and certainly not the best that we have had. The price was about the same as for other chippies in the area.

Great service from friendly staff, fish and chips were tasty too. We went there because we wanted fresh local fish, which was all sold out by 5pm - so if that's what you're looking for, then arrive early!

£44 for 2 of us to eat there so its not cheap. However the food was lovely even if the portions were not great. Good atmosphere and friendly staff

Do not do gluten free please ignore Google views super friendly staff

Had haddock and chips as a take away today 30/8/24. Dined here before, food was great then. Today is was abysmal. Chips tasted awful. Whether it was dirty oil or what I couldn't say but it left a disgusting after taste and chips had to be thrown away. Even the seagulls weren't interested. Fish was ok ish. Would not eat there again.

The cod fish was good but they should improve on the chips as it tastes unfrozen and used oil. I would also think with that price they should include the peas, which is extra charge if you need it. Service was unbelievable. They are serving you late, very slow and unhappy staff. We were waiting to pay but nobody came after 30 min, so we went to the tilt to pay. The location and the view are excellent.

Really tasty fish and chips. Little light on the salt & vinegar! 😆

After a long day walking around Falmouth this is the kinda place you want to end the day off with or even start it off with. Me and my father did the latter. I found the service very nice and enjoyable. You could either order at the counter as you normally do or you could of used a machine to take a order. Very easy and simple to understand. The wait time really depends on how busy it is like most places however I find this place to be one of the faster ones when it comes to getting food out even when busy. The priority to this fish shop seems to be the take out rather then the dine in experience as there is a slight waits when dining in.

Great fish and amazing service. Thank you 😊👍

Local favourite spot. Fresh fish, good portions, well prepared and short waiting times. Had it 2 days in a row but could have it everyday. Excellent quality. Recomended.

Who walkd up to a couple on holiday having fish and chips sat on the one of plenty of emty seats and sats did you buy any drinks from here! O ok yoi need to sit elsewhare discusted with this member of staff and im sure she does not represent any one else that works there . Just look out for an old trout with bleace to death hair !!!

Spent a week in Falmouth this summer and ended up having supper here four times! Both the Cod and the Hake were excellent, tasty, crispy batter and not greasy. Chips were fantastic too. Can't wait to come back.

So expensive 43 pounds for 2 lots of fish and chips and a curry daylight robbery

Unfriendly staff and missing things from order

The best fish and chips I have ever tasted. I have been all over the world and this is great. The view of the harbour is lovely as well. The staff were so nice and friendly very good at their job. We liked it so much we went back two days later.

Ordered small cod and chips, Fis cold inside. Batter soggy and chips were the dregs at the end of the frying cycle. Voiced my comments to the staff, but no apology

We had fish n chips to take away. It was ok, but we weren't impressed either. The chips were too soggy. The breading was crispy, but the fish wasn't the juiciest. We had a much better one at The Dutchy in Brixham for the same price.

Very tasty well cooked fish and chips. Service was excellent.

Well I have to say I nearly fainted when I got the bill last night. I had a small fish and chips, where the battered fish was the size of a fish finger, and about a dozen chips. My husband had a standard fish and chips, and we both had mushy peas. I had one glass of wine (which tasted cheap) and my fiancé had a coffee coffee and it was just short of £50. How is that even possible?! We are locals and it was nice for a treat, but at the end of the day it is fish and chips!! Far too expensive for what we got. Xx

Not a good place. Tourist only not local friendly. Silly price's for someone who lives here and the staff were weren't welcoming. I ordered cheesy chips and they were soggy and tasted bad. The cheese had mold. Always full of rude tourists that make u walk down the road. If ur a local of Cornwall coming to Falmouth don't go here

Disappointed again, as a local to Falmouth this chippie had rave reviews, not sure who reviews it as it's very average. Frozen fish, undercooked chips and tasteless cod bites. Thought I'd try it again. But won't bother again. Nice place for tourists who know no better.

Long wait, but well worth it, sat by the harbour side to eat the fish & chips with mushy peas, possibly the best I've had 😋

This Fish and Chip shop used to be good but tried today and very disappointed with quality of Fish and Chips, the size of the portion and the cost. Cannot recommend and suggest you find another place in town!

Disappointed at the size of portion of chips and the quality, great position by the harbour but could not recommend.

Both the fish, whilst fresh, were extremely small and thin pieces of haddock. Absolutely not worth the money. Not a big fan of it being on the skin either. Excellent curry sauce though.

Good food as always. Slightly more expensive then rivals. There always a queue but perhaps that because it’s good.

great experience at this restaurant. The view was nice, and the interior was tastefully done. Our waitress was lovely. The restrooms were clean enough. The highlight was definitely the food— the fish and chips were excellent, homemade, with generous portions. Average price. I recommend this spot

To much money for what you have then they charge extra 1.00 at till prices a bit to steep for fish and chips for example other chip shops cod is £8.60 harbour lights £16.00 for same thing chips is other chips shop £3.80 Harbour light £4.20 this is just 2 items you are paying more not going again but it up to you if you want to over pay for it

Was pretty excited to try the hake based on good reviews but unfortunately there was a long hair woven throughout the batter. Very disappointed and disgusted.

Chips are terrible, everytime we've had them. Taste like cardboard. Not a lovely crispy chip, but a limp barely cooked chip. So disappointed. Chips just withered up and in a clump. As a previous review has said, they manage to make the chips not taste of potato! And this is every time so not a one off, bad batch thing. Over a period of about 3-4 years as we stopped going, then tried them again. Tried this week (august 2024) only to be dissappointed again. Wouldn't bother unless you're desperate.

Portions are quite small is the only downside if you dine in.

Really tasty fish and chips, quick service, friendly.

Really good fish and chips enjoyed eating them by the docks

Great tasting food, good service, good environment. Great for kids, elderly and disabled.

It's order by touch screen. Doesn't suit a fish and chips shop vibe. Chips are a little hard. Slightly soggy. Needs to be friend again or at least for longer. Fish is good but batter isn't crispy enough. Overall it's an average fish and chips shop I'd give it a 5/10.

We made reservations but at the last minute the restaurant canceled them because of urgent repairs to the restaurant windows. We were offered a L20 certificate so we went to the walk up counter and ordered 2 great meals. Enjoyed them on the wharf with all of the other interesting people. The seagulls were rewarding that day!

We were a bit disappointed by our experience there. I tried the vegan fish cake (the vegan fish and chips was out of order) and it was ok but not amazing. My friend had a cod fish and chips which was not savory (the breadcrumbs could have been thicker and crunchier) Chips tasted like unfrozen.. Nevertheless the view was really nice!

Wasn't impressed on my previous visit but tried them again this year and pleased to say they were excellent.

Really disappointing takeaway on Friday 28/6. Chips were full of black spots and served in the tray on top of the fish so the fish batter was all soggy. This is not the normal standard we had previously enjoyed. Hopefully just a bad night but the soggy fish was unforgivable.

Very poor experience, the food turned up cold, after sitting on the counter for fifteen minutes, the staff were more interested in feeding themselves than us, when we had the audacity to complain, the serving staff disputed our claim! Then they tried replating and serving the same food to us again, after remonstrating with the service team yet again, to no satisfactory conclusion, we decided to go elsewhere. Unfortunately we had to give one star as a default, otherwise it would have been Zero.

Nothing was too much trouble, very accomodating team, and most importantly the best fish and chips for miles. Delicious!

Bloody lovely! Best fish chips in town. Had birthday deal - 2 cod and chips £12. Can't go wrong with that! Got the Monty seal of approval

Noticeably fresh fish, best fish and chips in cornwall!

The food was incredible and the atmosphere was amazing! It was a little hard to get the check but I chalk that up to culture shock.

Excellent fish and chips! Staff are always friendly, polite and helpful

The chips were delicious, and the haddock was perfectly cooked and incredibly tasty.

Best fish & chips I have ever had, the awards on the wall are not a trap for tourists, this place is legit.

The regular size fish and chips was very small. The chips could have been warmer. The onion rings are very greasy. I would not recommend this restaurant.

Just bought two lots chips from here and we were not impressed they where stale tasteless and some where still raw way over priced for such poor quality

Over the years been here loads of times. But tonight I was shocked. My order never changes. Large cod & Chips Curry sauce & Tea £20 Seriously I had to hunt for the chips on my plate. 3 bits of fish split. And half a pot of tea. Servers was absolutely useless. More interested in social life and reality shows over this week. I understand nobody likes working. But come on seriously a little pride in your job. I’ve had better fish & chips else where. View over the harbour is breathtaking. Can’t knock that. But smaller portions and more money. Piss take if you ask me. Oh last but not least Tartar sauce is not homemade anymore. Will I return only if someone is paying for my dinner. Not my hard earned cash. Drop your prices if not give bigger portions.

Extremely bland food. I ordered the plaice with large chips, it looked pretty good at a glance but the chips were clearly a little soggy and had not been freshly cooked. The fish tasted like it had been sat under a running hose pipe for the last day, and all flavour had washed out. Nice texture, but absolutely zero flavour to it. Batter was a nice texture, but again very lacking in flavour. Chips has clearly been under a heat lamp for a small amount of time, as they were soggy and flaccid. They also somehow made the chips not taste of potato, which I find genuinely Incredible. The atmosphere was nice and friendly, as we're the servers. Its also a pretty nice location, and has a good view if you get the right seats. Definitely would not recommend based off of what I tried, but my friend had the same issue with the haddock. Incredibly bland food, and I've had much better in landlocked counties. If it was £10 all in I wouldn't complain as a hungry person who's been in the water for the last couple hours, but for ~£21 pp for fish and large chips, it's quite insane.

Best fish and chips for ages Curry sauce very nice

Great Fish n Chips ! Simple, but just perfect. Among the best I've had

I liked the food ok, the chips could have been done better but they were ok. However, the 'regular' haddock apparently comes in one size only - and that size is 2 massive pieces of fish. In a world where food is wasted constantly, our oceans are overfished and people are suffering with obesity, I find this ridiculous. I visited with friends and each of us had the same experience - at least half of the food was wasted.

A quick pitstop as we passed, went in to share a takeaway chips and sausage in batter. Took a while to be served so we were hoping for fresh cooked food. Opened the food as we walked up the street and burst out laughing, a tiny battered sausage in one cardboard box and greasy tasteless chips in another box. If this was served back home they'd be out of business inside a month. One to avoid for takeaway food.

The last time I visited this fish and chippy I was pleasantly surprised by the cleanliness, and the attentiveness of the staff.

Live around here so I’ve been a few times, got it today but seeing as it’s half term and the tourists are here the quality was really bad, most of the chips were either raw or wet and the fish portion was a lot smaller than if I went out of season, seems as if they just want to scam holiday goers who probably wont return which is a real shame, so in other words if your visiting in the “holiday season” give it a miss because the quality is disappointing

Went for fish & chips & a tea, didn't have peas, counted the chips...13!!! & got the bill.. £19.00... the place is a tourist rip off!!! & the food was poor. Plenty of other Chippys, better food & better value!! 0 stars

Superb fish and chips !!!! A little expensive but totally worth it Homemade mushy peas too My only gripe was them letting dogs in the restaurant !! One of them was barking the entire time every time another one moved

Great fish and service Recommended

The best Fish & Chips around! Service was a little slow, but staff were nice. Definitely worth booking a table to sit in the restaurant, great views and you get unlimited chips.The curry sauce is the best I've tasted, you won't be disappointed!!

Nice haddock and chips. Sat next to the maritime museum steps to eat them and watch the world go by.

Regular cod was small, about the same size as a senior citizen "mini fish" portion where I live. Chips were okay, nothing special. Overall disappointed for the money.

Ordered the halloumi burger, a couple of battered sausages and some chips from here today… Absolutely disgusted. The burger bun was tiny, the inside of the burger bun I can only assume is meant to be toasted, however mine was more charcoal than toasted. The lettuce was also discoloured and the sauce tasted nothing like sweet chilli. At nearly £8 for the burger I was mortified at what I received. Onto the chips, reasonable portion size for the price, however almost 2/3 of the chips weren’t cooked properly, some were green in colour, and others still had bad bits on them. It’s a shame because this place used to be a little gem that served some of the best fish and chips around.

If you like traditional UK fish and chips ? You will LOVE LOVE LOVE this restaurant!

Best Fish and Chips I've ever had! Good service. Good views.and very clean Reasonable price!

Very tasty and good fish n chips

amazing food, staff are really friendly, always a huge queue outside but we didn’t wait long to get our food! amazing views from the restaurant too!

I bought a regular chips recently and they were so underwhelming. Next to all of them felt and tasted stale... I also asked for extra salt and vinegar and didn't taste any. Really disappointed

Always a happy time whenever I visit Harbour Lights and yesterday was no exception!! Thank you so much Danielle for looking after me and as always thank you to all of the staff for making not just me but everyone so very welcome. The food is always freshly cooked and delicious 😋 xx

Full of old people. Elusive waiting staff. Chips weren’t even proper chippy chips. Very expensive.

Good prices, lovely food quick service. Lovely that they’re vegan and vegetarian friendly. Even if there is a big queue it goes down quickly

Went in Saturday 13th April, we ordered just some chips to sit down on the pier, great touch screen ordering by the way .a lady and young girl was infront ordering there's we was stood waiting then a red haired girl who works there said to us all in a very rude abrupt manner' can you wait over there' no please no thankyou so we walked and waited at the window in the meen time the lady and her daughter asked the rude red head a question she answered them in such a tone that if she said it to me I would of gone mental, the red headed girl came upto the open window where we was waiting for our chips slammed the cupboard door to the point I nearly pooped myself with such a rude look on her face muttering as she went on . We are actually local but come on a bit of please and thankyou wouldn't go a miss

Get yourself a can of pop with your meal because these are the driest chips. They never give enough salt and vinegar and like to keep that part hidden from the customer. Why?! Weird. Also - on the theme of DRY - they serve the driest mushy peas you will ever encounter. You can almost pick up the whole lot of them up on your wooden fork in one big mass. You could lay foundations of a new build with these peas.

Simply the best fish and chips. Fish tastes delicious, never over cooked. The chips are amazing. We also love the curry sauce.

We come down to Cornwall twice a year and we always call in to harbour lights for a treat the food is spot on service is very good and it is always busy. 10 out of 10 from me

Fish and chips nice and good portion but same there is no tartar sauce option.

Best fish and chips in town, and the proximity to one of the best pubs in town (The Front) is a bonus. Never had reason to moan about this place, whether eating in or take away. The queues outside are there for a reason, the food is great, but do order online....

Always a must when I am in Falmouth.

Not bad, but not brilliant either. All a bit “meh”. It’s gotten really rather expensive of late, which makes it basically unaffordable for us as a family. It’s a shame there isn’t more competition in the area.

Really good fish and chips! We opted to sit and eat in the restaurant and despite being busy we were warmly accommodated. Staff excellent. When the food arrived it was hot and chips fresh, crispy and good quality. Fish and batter also very tasty. Despite being local, we this wasn’t one of our usual fish and chip venues - but it will be! This is one of the best in Falmouth at the moment. Definitely worth checking out!

Best fish and chips in Falmouth, good prices and the kids meals are easily enough for a lunch for anyone. Dining in is just as lovely, with unlimited chips as a nice bonus. Would recommend getting takeaway and heading to the Front just below it for a pint.

Have had better fish n chips from here. Big downside they dont sell pies sausage roll etc hence the mark

Best fish and chips in Cornwall, but keep it secret! Don't want everyone knowing this 😁

Our first visit whilst on a short break, have been signed up to receive their emails for a while but first time being able to use the £10 birthday gift voucher they send. Had a lovely meal with good service in a chilled atmosphere and a view of the harbour. 🥳🥂

The staff are the most friendlyist ever,great views of the bay and harbour

Fish and chips deal really good. Tasty too. Fab views. Lovely staff. Great spur of the moment treat.

Fish and chips lovely but the mushy please were dry and tasteless.

Wow! What a lovely place for an evening meal. Claire was a delight, her service had no faults and her smile made our experience impeccable. The scampi is a must have, it’s crispy and flavourful. The chips are the best in Falmouth, and they somehow taste better every time I come back! We LOVE the curry sauce here too!! An excellent atmosphere, stunning views and overall enjoyable time out.

Lovely vegan options, delicious chips and good friendly service.

Someone had packed the butter for my rolls on top of the hot food so all butter melted and everything was covered in grease

Nice fish, but nothing special. Bit of a fast food idea for a quick bite. Nice location and view.

Chef’s kiss, 10/10. Cooked fresh, fluffy chips, crunchy batter, thick flavour full curry sauce and best of all it was washed down with a pint while sat in The Front watching the waves crashing out at sea. Best fish and chips in a long time

We love coming to the Harbour Lights when ever we are on holiday in Cornwall. We usually manage to come several times a year. This visit was very disappointing and probably our last. Everything had shrunk dramatically, except the prices. I can’t usually finish a portion of their regular fish so decided to have a small. Not so much small as microscopic. It was also the first time we ordered more chips as they were rather scant. My tiny portion still cost £12.95. £19.99 for my husbands no no bargain I had a deluxe hot chocolate. Twice. It was basically brown water and revolting. Needless to say I refused to pay although they did their best to get me to. It was nicely cooked but very disappointing.

Not what it once was, the chips have gone downhill but the fish is still great! A little expensive mind.

My favourite chippy in Falmouth, chips are crunchy and the gravy pots are generous so you never have a dry chip! Also love their ordering system with the touch screens, makes it so quick and easy. Was waiting all of 5 minutes after we ordered and the chips were piping hot! Would return again

100% the best fish and chip shop locally, the service was really fast and the food was amazing. I had cheesy chips and they were absolutely covered in cheese. They also had 2 little self-service machines where you could order yourself and skip the queue, the first time I’d ever seen this in a chip shop so that was really cool!

Excellent food, generous portions and fabulous cheerful service (sorry not sure who was working front of house but I was Friday night if that helps!)

Takeaway order, my fish was hot but soft, not remotely crispy. Chips were soft, one was raw. Server broke my fish in half and it fell out onto the counter while preparing my order, then picked it back up with tongs and smushed it back in the box. Someone had picked up the wrong order and returned it after opening it up away from the restaurant, staff then handed this order to the correct person without commenting on the mistake. This person later returned their order as it wasn't fresh. Didn't appear that the staff apologised? My mum's fish was cold and I'm worried we got the fish that was returned twice... Pretty unhappy, this place is usually good, but the service tonight soured what was supposed to be a treat for dinner.

Have had fish and chips several times from harbour lights but was disappointed this time. Fish was ok but chips were fairly rubbish....soggy and some not even cooked fully. Bit chaotic when picking up our online order too although to be fair it was Friday evening so super busy