Jamaica Inn in Cornwall, Isles of Scilly

Took my mum for her 74th birthday lunch. Was lovely, reasonably priced and the service was wonderful. Lovely lady looked after us on table 42 17th Oct 2024 at 13.30 to 14.30. Definitely would stay, just wish I'd seen a spectre or 2. Halloween decorations were wonderful. Cheers

Great food lovely atmosphere friendly staff and good service. What more can you ask for. Just visited the shop this time and lots of good items on sale with friendly helpful staff on hand to help Not the usual range of offerings in farm shop but still worth the visit

Ate here once and wasn't terribly impressed, but figured we'd give it a second go, both times not greeted as we entered and instead had to walk around looking for a table ourselves. The second time, asked for a high chair and had one nearly thrown at us with a comment of "You sort that out". No table service. Arrived at 16:20 on Friday, the gift shop was already closed. The website states it closes at 5pm. The woman in the shop looked at us outside the door and carried on. Seems they're resting on the laurels of it's history.

Just went eating there so cant tell anything about the rooms. But had one of the best burgers there in my life at a reasonable price.

A great place to visit, so much atmosphere and history here. Stopped in for a delicious cream tea and visited the shops and very interesting museum.

The perfect place to stay/eat/relax/drink. If you stay here, you may be in one of the haunted rooms. The food is excellent and the attention to detail that the Jamaica Inn goes to to make your stay as memorable as ever is excellent 👌 Will I visit again? Absolutely - next trip is already booked

Me and the boss have been coming here for the last 20 years plus. However this year the food seems to have gone downhill. No longer is it a place of magic. It has become a pub of money making normality. What a shame. The chips were as cold and miserable. The burger peppery tastelessness.

We had a late lunch here on a Wednesday. The place was very quiet. We had a beef pasty with chips and beans, a prawn sandwich with crisps and salad. The food came about 5 mins after ordering. We then had one cream tea with a fruit scone, which was warm and big enough to share. The mains were fine, but relatively expensive. The prawns had a slightly odd taste.

For me, the key to having a reasonable experience of Jamaica Inn is to know what you're going to, what you're likely to get and what you won't be getting. Fans of Daphne Du Maurier may have images of a windswept barren moor with an isolated pub braced against the wind and populated by edgy and charismatic characters. - In which case, you're setting yourselves up for a disappointment. Jamaica Inn is a perfectly serviceable pub (think something like a Weatherspoons aiming and working to be a gastropub). I don't mean that as a criticism - but that's kinda sorta what the pub is. Far from having mysterious characters sipping smuggled rum in a charming inglenook fire - you'll probably find fellow travellers along the A30 who are also wondering where the pirates are. The space is large and the tables allow a fair amount of space but ironically little privacy. Everything at Jamaica Inn is a function of the tourist season. If it's high season service isn't as good and the wait is going to be longer. If it's mid winter there may be fewer staff apparent but you'll probably get served just as quickly if not more quickly. The menu has pub food with aspirations of greatness. It's cooked well but isn't exceptional. The bar service model is a bit clunky and the staff could be a bit friendlier. I asked three staff members about the sourcing of their menu - not their thing it seems. It's a perfectly acceptable pub with history and a gift shop. If you're a Du Maurier fan think less Jamaica though it's certainly not Hungry Hill. Think of her short story collection 'Breaking Place'. By that I mean it's a great place to break your journey or to add on to other visits in the area - probably not a destination visit in its own right.

If you’re a Du Maurier fan with romantic notions of finding a lonely 18th century coaching inn on a windswept moor filled with intrigue, character and charm, you’ll be disappointed as soon as you step inside to find it looks exactly like a Harvester restaurant - covered with fake Halloween cobwebs on our visit - and right next to the A30. Service was ok and although my food (the little there was of it) was very tasty, it was £9.25 for 6 little bits of squid! The coffee was straight out of an automatic machine and didn’t taste very nice. We were interested in seeing Daphne du Maurier’s room but on being told we’d need to pay, we decided we’d been ripped off enough already and left. No atmosphere, no value for money, nowhere near what I thought it would be. Don’t bother!

Nice place to visit. Friendly staff. Food OK for the money. Sat outside but looked good inside too. Enjoyable visit. Gift shop, farm shop and museum all good

Lovely place. Very old. Very unique. Really enjoyable pie and cream tea in the pub!

Went for a meal on Friday 13th...... what could go wrong? Ha ha - this place is really special, the staff can't do enough for their customers & the atmosphere is wonderful. Lovely food (we both had pie of the day). Its run brilliantly - very much a well-oiled machine. We also went into the little museum which is really sweet, very informative & well worth the £3.95 charge.

It's a service station on the A30 ... but they do a good job of it Food nice, staff friendly and helpful 👌 Would we stop here again ... yes ... because we did 😉

Lovely historical place. Nice museum. Staff very good lots of parking.

Stopped on a lovely sunny saturday lunch time..really busy so decided to eat outside..food was lovely with generous portions..didnt have to wait to long..looked around gift shop and their farm shop.not too expensive.

Exceptionally por. Poor service Rude , uncooperative, unprofessional and unwilling staff. Food shockingly poor. Only basic low quality pub food at best. Total waste of money. Go somewhere else.

Very tasty meal. Very cozy furnishings. Friendly staff.

Only had a drink but not good next busy road. Nothing wrong with the beer tho '

What a lovely place full of history and the food was delicious.

Popped in for lunch, my husband and I love the Jamaica Inn. We stayed here a few years ago. On our recent visit the staff in the gift shop were very friendly and helpful. Lunch was good - not many options for Vegetarians.

I you'd to deliver to the jamaica inn for 13 years in the 1980 and the in was about jack and the gost it was a wonderful inn to gow to now days it about money the cost of food and drink and the room and taking our to dog to a wonderful inn could jamaica inn unfortunately you have chosen to completely change the way it was in the 1980 that very sad

Went to Jamaica inn twice as we were staying close by. First meal on Friday was lovely, however went again Monday and ordered the chicken korma. Dry was an understatement. No creamy sauce but curdled dry coating on the chicken. Complained to the manager who said he would get the chef to make a fresh portion which came back the same but with a bit more liquid on. Definately not a creamy sauce and couldn't eat it. Ordered desert as I thought a crumble and custard would fill me up, however waited 40 mins and it never arrived by which time kitchen was closed. I've been to Jamaica Inn a number of times of the years but this time there was a definite lack of friendliness and customer satisfaction.

Lovely inn real history place,museum bit of lunch.Good for a rainy day

Loved it, very creepy and well maintained. Fre to park and pram accessible. We went at 11, by 1 it was rammed.

Fantastic venue, with old world ambience. They forgot our meal but were quick to correct when I asked and gave us a free pot of tea. The food was delicious and the cream tea had perfect fruit scones. Would come back!

Great food , dog friendly , really nice place

stopped in for a meal on the way home from perinporth, well worth the visit, try the steak and kiddny pie, mash and veg, dident leave hungry, great staff and a famous place to, wonderfull 10/10.

Phoned up and booked for a carvery and I was told yes and booked got there no carvery just a roast bought out and all my guests 10 people all didn't like the food it's gone down hill big time

This place has gone to dogs food is tiny for big prices always was great before taken over now it's totally rubbish I won't be back an advice to all stay away sorrybut it's the truth

Great pub, lots of great history. Amazing views.

Just stopped for coffee and cake on our way home. Both were reasonably priced and nice

Wow! My first visit to this famous smugglers pub on Bodmin Moor and I was not disappointed. Lovely location, plenty to see and great food. There's a farm shop and a gift shop to help you remember the place. Well worth a visit if you are ever in Cornwall.

Arrived at 11:00pm on a Tuesday without booking. Gave the chap behind the bar a tenner to sleep in our camper-van in the car park. Plenty of room on the grass for the dog to run about and she could sit with us for great breakfast in the morning.

Terrific place ...super staff, fabulous pub and accommodation.

Good food and service in a beautiful setting

We paid an impromptu visit whilst travelling past. Easy to find and large free car park on site. The owners have done a great job developing this as attraction, so in addition to the hotel and large pub and restaurant there is a museum, farm shop and souvenir shop on site. The smuggling museum opened at 8am so we had a look around, only £3.95 and it had some interesting displays, took about 30 minutes to look around.

Very atmospheric buildings and location - easily accessed from the main road. Shop was reasonably priced and staff friendly

Great place loads of history. Great food in restaurant. Good customer service and lovely farm shop. Good rooms very clean and tidy

Local Reviewer I booked a table online for 3 people for Father's Day, booking was very simple and I found the website great. On arrival, we were sat at a table outside the main restaurant and asked to order at the bar. Barman was friendly and drinks were nice. We ordered starters, mains and a pudding for my 5 year old daughter. The mains arrived first after around 25 minutes, they had to be sent back as we were still awaiting our starters. My husbands starter arrived (no cutlery) around 10 minutes later and the waiter remarked that I wanted my starter as a main? I advised this wasn't the case and after around 5 minutes more my starter arrived ( still no cutlery). Then my daughters starter arrived a few minutes later and we eventually were given cutlery. The starters were OK, gastro pub style - not my usual cup of tea but fine. Then the waitress came over and said that the usual vegetables were not available due to the kitchen changing over to the evening menu. Obviously, we could not do alot about that so accepted it. Our mains arrived, roasted parsnips cold, no stuffing or crackling. The beef was also quite fatty. We were given all the leftover food from the lunch menu on mass as an apology for the poor service, so we had 3 plates of evening veg, plus an extra plate of roasts and parsnips. We didn't eat most of it, as it just wasn't very nice at all. Then we had to wait around 20 more minutes for our plates to be taken away and them finally, just before the 2hr mark my daughters icecream arrived. She ate a little of it but said it wasn't that nice either - unheard of! I was just relieved to leave by this point and couldn't wait to get home. In short, there is zero chance of my family returning to the Jamaica Inn. Go to the London Inn in St Neot instead!

Stopped here for a meal. Lovely atmospheric pub with good staff and good beer and had the best burger I've eaten in a very long time

We have visited Jamaica Inn several times over 30 years. We only stopped for a drink this time as the food wasn't great last time we visited. It's a shame as this hasn't got the atmosphere that it used to have. It is dog friendly, which is good. Our dog, as soon as we arrived, must have felt the spirits there. She wasn't happy, shaking a lot. She normally loves going to pubs.

Wow, amazing Eggs Florentine. D'yer Mak'er, no, she came willingly

I went to see the museum at the Jamaican inn and it was just ok to tell the truth It was pretty boring.

Visited with a friend for dinner, both very underwhelmed. Cannot fault the FOH staff at all, the service was exceptional. The food was at best, generic. My friend had a burger which he said tasted of nothing and the ‘salad’ garnish was some very limp rocket leaves that had clearly been under the pass lights too long. The sauce with the crab cakes tasted like someone had mixed lemon curd with mayonnaise. The pie I had, whilst well filled, was really nothing special. The pastry was soggy and I left most of it. The vegetables were less al dentè and more just undercooked. We stopped ourselves from deserts as the prices were ridiculous for them. Espresso to finish which was very weak.

Went there for a pint and a meal 😋 don't know about the hotel, service great 👍 the daphne du maurier museum superb well recommended 👌

Great historical place. Great food, friendly staff and customers.

What a complete dump of a place. Never been to somewhere this bad. Staff not knowing how to pour the straight beer, menus sticky and dirty. Talking of menus, just because I’ve put it to the side whilst my friend is talking to me does t mean I have finished with it!! You don’t just walk up and take it off the table without even speaking. Ask first!!! Don’t waste your time or money unless you enjoy unhelpful and rude staff. Unfortunately you aren’t allowed to not give a star when reviewing and I wouldn’t have done but it would let me review. Been to better Wetherspoons pubs so that should give you an idea of how bad this place is. Ping and plate meals by the looks of the stuff people were eating. AVOID AT ALL COSTS

Great atmosphere, very friendly. Lovely food and well presented pints

Great stayed here for a few nights , really nice place to stay, so much character, fantasic scenery, lots to see with the museum, shop. Was pretty quiet when we visited, close to alot of the attractions in Cornwall, staff great 👍 definitely recomend

Disappointment with the restaurant, the Daphne de Murier museum is beautiful. Restaurant crowded, orders only at the bar (classic in GB).

Very nice place to visit and very interesting

Lovely food wonderful atmosphere.

Excellent place to stay , great beers and everything about this hotel , museum and gift shop are too dollar 👍

The pub is very old and is considered an institution. There is a well-stocked souvenir shop. I had a toasted tuna sandwich which I definitely cannot recommend

Lovely place for a stop and a quick bite to eat. Very dog friendly and very tasty food

Lovely place. Farm shop was nearly empty which was a shame

My favorite restaurant to eat at,

A great place to stay or visit in the middle of Cornwall many great places to visit less than an hour away

I stayed nearby for a night in a lorry. It's easily accessible just off the A30 with plenty of parking. As a single diner, I wouldn't recommend. I was told to take a seat anywhere and to pick up a menu on my way through. The pub is full of character work plenty to look at. Food and drink needed to be ordered at the bar. And I was told they wouldn't have a tab on the table and I had to pay up front. I ordered the tomato and brie arancini balls which were very stodgy and bland. The garlic mayo that was served with them was the only real flavour. I then had the grilled lamb chops which were quite small and very fatty. Served on large slab of dauphinoise potatoes. Again, not very flavoursome. For £27, I expected much better quality. No one came to check on my meal and I had to leave the table to get another drink. I would have considered a dessert but no menu was offered or anywhere to be found. Unfortunately it felt more like a cheap chain pub but with guiness at £6.70 a pint and expensive, low quality food.

Love this place so much history and culture that is here. The staff are friendly and welcoming and polite.

Lovely place and good service but smells a bit

Reasonable prices to eat and food was good. We only visited to eat so unable to comment upon the rooms.

Absolutely brilliant place to visit and have a meal. Went to Jamaica inn on the spur of the moment for my Partner Susan for her birthday. The Staff were absolutely fantastic, friendly and polite they went out there way to make it a Special day. The food was Outstanding and well Presented. I would well Recommend the Jamaica inn to people who have never been there before. Thank you Jamaica inn Staff for a very nice day.

I love everything about this place cannot fault it stayed here before and requested the same room which we got no problem dog loves it too doggy bag was a very nice touch lovely staff very accommodating and clearly a dog loving environment can't wait to stay again on our yearly trip to Cornwall

Well worth the visit, but service in the restaurant let it down.

Full of old charm and the Jamaica inn ale was lovely

It's not the best sunday roast, even though it wasn't really busy. Service was very slow . Hardly any soft drinks very limited 😕 wouldn't be in a hurry to go back

A must-visit for lovers of Daphne du Maurier. Interesting for those who are not, with a small museum, farm shop and nicecrestaurant.

Tourist cash cow avoid at all costs

Had lunch here, food was really good!

Great food. Depends on which rooms you stay in is depending on you getting your toes tickled when you're asleep, lol. Overall, great experience if you haven't been before.

Very nice place to stay, but the food was very dry. The room was clean , the staff very nice.

Food good. Service at bar slow. Could have used another member of staff. Room very small.

Right next to main road, convenient to meet at. Staff didn’t realise we were there at first, food was alright but quite expensive for what you got. Vegetarian options available.

Stopped here for lunch as on our way to Praze-an-Beedle. In the middle of nowhere but worth the stop.

Nice food, and the pub/shop are very commercialised much more than we were expecting

Stopped for a pint. It was all very nice.

Ahoy, fellow travellers! Stopped off at the notorious Jamaica Inn on our way back from a Cornwall family holiday. This marks the third time I’ve swung by this inn, only to find the gift shop as closed as Davy Jones’ locker. I must say, it seems to be losing its charm over the years. The place lures you in with its link to the novel and its swashbuckling history, but absolutely zero effort is being made to keep this nostalgic experience afloat. The smuggler mannequins are ancient relics themselves and in dire need of repair. One of the only interactive ones is touting an experience that was keelhauled seven years ago, and the poor chap’s hand has fallen off into his chair. Alas, the staff were as clueless as landlubbers on how to reprogram him. The overall atmosphere is still good, with a vintage feel. Especially sitting by the doors on a dark and stormy night, every time the door hinges open, you half expect a real pirate to swagger in, demanding rum and treasure. The food was decent, though service was slower than a ship in the doldrums. We ordered burgers, pie, and a children’s fish. All went down well, though we had to ask for several things that should be standard fare: table sauces, napkins, and the children’s meal dessert (twice). Perhaps they were busy, but it felt more like lacklustre service. It won’t be my last voyage to the Jamaica Inn, but I really hope the experience improves with age. Arr, let’s hope they don’t completely scuttle the charm next time. And maybe, just maybe, I’ll catch the elusive gift shop open!

Very disappointed with our food. The manager did refund us and gave me another option. Both of which were appreciated. Shame she didn't return to our table for me to thank her.

Very disappointed, very rude and disinterested staff, average food and although table booked had given it to others and we where on time and it's the first place in Cornwall we have found staff issues... again was so looking forward to visiting....not again.

Sunday lunch ( carvery) not impressed. Plenty of food piled high on plate, had to deconstruct it to find stuffing which was the worst stuffing ever. The stuffing was wet and looked as it had been smeared onto the plate. The food was only just warm and soon went cold as it was being eaten. The only good part of the meal was the meat. What do foreigners think of our good old British Sunday Roast l dread to think. Could do better.

Just popped in with family for a meal, they had never been and wanted to visit, i live locally and had been before. Previously i had found the food poor, expensive and greasy. What a change! I hadn't realised it had changed, so i was pleasantly surprised. Food was tasty and reasonably priced. I would definitely take visitors there again.

The food here has come a long way in the last year or so. Have tried most of the menu over multiple visits, and nothing fails to impress. The staff are always lovely. Locals are missing out if not visiting. Ghost hunt and murder mystery nights are well worth attending too.

It's very so foggy and the shop where shut.os it was Saturday at 4-30pm a no d t he e food great

Visit the museum very well maintained with lots of information. The gift shop has many choices of merchandise. Car park is free. Well worth a visit.

We stopped for a quick meal and a look around. The food was very tasty, reasonably priced and the restaurant staff were very polite. Toilets clean. Would visit again.

Amazing service and incredible food, was served by Charlotte who was very friendly and attentive and even suggested a wonderful dessert. Could not fault the evening at all it's a beautiful place to dine

What a lovely place set on the bodmen moors lovely atmosphere a big lounge and bar and friendly staff I would say 4.5 however the bed was a bit too hard for me but it was dog friendly so it was a win-win

We love to go here on special occasions. It was our wedding anniversary and we got married in Jamaica, so thought it would be nice to stay there!

Flavourless food, staff clueless.

Always been on my bucket list. Fabulous place and full of so much history.

We love this place and the pre-lunch menu is generous and delicious!

Whilst on holiday, we checked out this establishment. We had a evening booked for meal, very good quality and service. As a coeliac I have to make sure that places are aware. We returned a second time without booking, and were impressed.

Booked a table for 3:45pm, read the menu, decided then queued at the bar to order only to be told they only had baps and no carvery, not much else on the Sunday menu. Also the gift shop wasn’t open that early in the afternoon. Bit of a let down 👎

5pm Sunday , tables weren't cleaned , wait at the bar as only one bartender. Ordered Mushroom Ragu , absolutely awful. No sauce nothing. Straight plain pasta, dry with a pile of mushrooms on £16.95 . Certainly won't be coming again . Food is dreadful.

Weather atrocious, but welcome was warm and the food plentiful. Dog friendly too.

We had an excellent lunch here! Although it was very busy in the restaurant the team were very organised and efficient. Definitely worth a visit to an iconic location!

Nice rooms . Food very expensive

This place is beautiful. Lots of little rooms inside, great gift shop that’s not overpriced. Nice little museum and film with a very reasonable fee of £7 for 3 adults and one child. The breakfast was top shelf. I’ll visit again and stay I think. My daughter and wife had one potential ghost experience in the toilets. The hand dryer turned on by itself when they were the other side of the room, proof enough for me 👍🏻