Newlyn Art Gallery Cafe in Cornwall, Isles of Scilly

We purchased our local passes & enjoyed the amazing & inspiring exhibition ' SEA & DEAD MAN'S FINGERS. It was so worth visiting.

Exhibition comprises two main rooms. Both populated by work from the same artist. Not hugely impressed with the displayed work and felt the £8 each was an expensive mistake. To be fair, we did not manage to see the other gallery in Penzance, which might have made the fee seem more reasonable.

If not for art, go there for views and atmosphere

A very small exhibition that is really not worth the price of the entrance ticket. An amateurish attempt at being a serious art gallery, in my opinion. Shameful. Very disappointing.

Fantastic gallery, lovely staff, and arty activities for the kids (and adults!) to entertain themselves with.

They don’t accept cash. Shame that they choose to discriminate against those of us wishing to use a method of payment that has worked so well all around the world for so long.

Lovely art gallery, great interior spaces and garden area, well worth a visit, saw Nicola bealings amazing vibrant paintings and some talented pictures by isobel Allen of flowers painted with immense delicacy and skill, recommend a visit as places like this are worth supporting.

Lovely quiet spot with delicious homemade food. Excellent customer service

Visited with my grandson and we both felt very welcome. The exhibit was good and the cafe bar looked good.

Beautiful paintings and artifacts. A busy cafe with outdoor seating and gardens.

Modern art and installation, very good. Does not have Newlyn school paintings though.

Cute gallery with interesting artists. Currently is an exhibition of Nicola Bealing. The gallery space is smaller than I expected it to be though for 8 £.

I happen to love the exhibition but it's a really small gallery and although you get access to two galleries it may not be very worth it if they're not showing what resonates with you.

Wonderful installation and paintings by Nicola Bealing - go and see them if you can! Staff also delightful.

Newlyn Art Gallery.Very interesting Art.A lovely panoramic window to have light refreshments.Staff very helpful.pickle cafe highly recommended.

Despite my best efforts I could find nothing that would qualify this place as an 'art gallery'. It was so very disappointing and an utter waste of the £8.00 that it cost to get in.

Great space and cafe with regularly changing exhibitions. Recent one was around climate change which was interesting and more conceptual art then traditional. Seems to have annoyed a few recent reviewers! Perhaps they should consider the location of the venue and the impact a changing climate will have on the locals. Very friendly staff and cafe with great views across the bay.

Wasted £8. No art. A climate change exhibition that children could have done better. Nice view across the bay.

This (and The Exchange) were a huge disappointment for us - the Newlyn group would have been spinning in their graves over the complete lack of Art. In both places it was just an environmental protest exhibition. Really, don't waste your money on visiting here - it's terrible.

Biggest waste of money no art work to speak of and agree with previous comments about climate change in both art gallery and exchange

Really disappointed with our visit. I thought there would be something about the Newlyn group of artists. Sadly it was a preachy display about climate change. The cafe had either a bit of cake or a biscuit as food. Not impressed. £7 to be preached to and no artwork in sight. Go to the Penlee Gallery and Museum for art

A bigger waste of space and money I have rarely encountered except for its sister space, the Exchange in Penzance. There is nothing to recommend about either of them. I’ve only given it 1 star because otherwise I can’t post the review

Art is subjective. But this gallery is objectively rubbish. Its content is primary school meets Blue Peter, and I don’t care that it does toasted sandwiches. I paid to look at this absolute garbage curated by fools, don’t make my mistake.

Great community asset. Enjoyable.

With virtually nothing on display, this so called gallery was a huge disappointment. A con at £7 a head.

I’m really sorry but the selection on display was very small in quantity and very dull. I really don’t need to know why each item was selected but an incredibly disappointing gallery especially given its location.

Great show on several levels with an amazing view, lovely walk along the front from Penzance to get here

The lady who worked there was so friendly and helpful. All the art exhibited is chosen by children. If you a ticket for Newlyn, you can also use it to visit the Exchange in Penzance. We'll worth it!

A wonderful exhibition of art which was curated in collaboration with school children, their comments on why they had selected the pieces for the exhibition were amazing.

Very interesting. Good works by children.

A lovely venue with a spectacular view. I visited as a guest at a small party at the culmination of a project that I have been involved with.

We had a private event in the upstairs gallery, Fran and the team is extremely helpful and welcoming. 🤗Everything was perfect and they promptly assisted with all our queries. Highly recommend the place if you looking to organise a special event 💚

Bijou gallery with friendly staff and an outside cafe. Changing exhibitions of modern art admission includes a gallery in the town and lasts a year.

Arrived on a dank grey day. Was hoping for a ray of sunshine. BUT this present collection really failed to do anything for me. Pretentious comes to mind but I'm mindful that art can mean different things to different people. Forme this was a miss. I need to go back and give the gallery a second and third chance. The place, good.. the staff good.... the shop good just above average this time.

Popped in for a card, great range & some affordable gifts too.

If you are looking for a cafe with a view, then this one works well. We were waiting for the Scilly isles ferry and were able to watch it arrive.

always a joy, and with the reward of great coffee and cake afterwards is worth waiting for,,,, wonderful an knowledgeable gallery staff also. no mountain too high

Nice gallery with coffee shop. Interesting art that one has to stay to look at and absorb.

Disappointing, I expected paintings from the 'Newlyn Art School', there were none. Best on offer was an exhibition of poor standard pottery, of no good quality, promoted by the artists. The sister gallery in Penzance is more interesting but still sadly lacks any portraiture or scenes of the area.

A small gallery on the coast that has great exhibitions, friendly staff and even a little shop! Definitely worth a visit if you’re in town and along the coast line there. Also, their coffee is pretty good!

Always enjoy visiting the gallery with our locals pass. Absolutely fantastic gallery in a beautiful setting.

Very expensive, not very large. More of a selling gallery, rather than a traditional art gallery. Not what we expected at all.

Fabulous modern art gallery with a lovely outdoor cafe and art inspired shop. Hosting new exhibitions every 3 months. Entrance fee gives access for a year and also to the Exchange in Penzance. Greta location to visit while in Newlyn!

Lovely exhibition space with a nice cafe and seating area outside, the jewelery exhibits were excellent, wish there were more items displayed though

Lovely place to visit. Cafe has nice toasties, cake ,coffee, beer or gin. Staff at great, very helpful. View from upstairs wonderful. A must visit.

Went to the cafe here and sat on one of their deck chair outside the garden overlooking the sea where I was served amazing coffee and cake by a very lovely lady. Great service and will definitely return.

Gorgeous gallery with great exhibition running at present "captured beauty".......really with visiting and supporting

A small but we’ll curated contemporary gallery exhibiting a thought provoking range of art. We visited during its Black Lives Matter exhibition highlighting local black artists which showed an inspiring range of art work celebrating the diversity of people from the South West.

Not a lot to see really but the coffee was good

A really nice experience visiting today. Some very thought provoking pieces of artwork, some of them very personal to the artists.

Friendly, welcoming and interesting gallery. Did not use cafe but took a look and the sausage roles looked fabulous with very reasonable prices. Shop has excellent cards and gifts.

Fab gallery in a picturesque setting. Great book shop for the cultural visitor. Friendly & helpful staff.

Great sculpture course I'm doing loving it. Well worth a visit.

What a great gallery loved the cafe and the coffee cups were ace

Disappointing , we were expecting the artwork displayed to be of higher artistic merit apart from the work of Helen Woods which was well worth viewing. Staff friendly and helpful.

Unfortunately a bit disappointed by the quality and volume of artwork on display. Only three small sections, one of which was where they were selling art by the same artist and it was all very similar. We didn't visit the exchange.

Sunday 25/7/21 - stopped for a lovely coffee sitting on deck chairs looking out to sea. Very friendly service from the young man serving coffee, less so from the completely dis- interested female who couldn’t be bothered to even smile at the customer and carried on chatting about her own choices of music! Take a leaf of your male colleague’s book love!

Such a warm friendly welcome, Awesome gallery, lovely spacious place and cafe. What a stunning view Stunning Value return pass within the great price. 2 Gallerys for the price of one. Got my self a lovely pottery cup in the arty shop.

When out on our daily exercise my wife and I often walk along Newlyn Green, and stop here to have a coffee. The coffee here is always good, and the view is magic looking across Mounts Bay, it really is nice to sit there and watch the world go by.

Congratulations to the Newlyn Gallery for their charming and innovative temporary outside cafe based in their garden and (with permission from the council ) on Newlyn Green. Just a few deckchairs and a couple of benches which look out to the sea, do not stop everyone using the green and have the best views in Newlyn. Lovely coffee, relaxing and great place to sit and watch the sea for visitors and locals. Friendly welcoming staff who are working their hardest to keep this gallery operating in very difficult times. I live locally and appreciate having this historic gallery with an international reputation on my doorstop. It attracts many visitors to this area and is a great asset for Newlyn. Hope what they have done with the cafe can become a permanent fixture in the summer months.

Driven in to shelter from a shower, we enjoyed a pleasant half hour, will definitely be going again.

Really enjoyed the view from the cafe windows A friendly welcome and a small but discerning selection of homemade cakes Coffee was pretty good too

Weather you are going to the Gallery or just in the area it is a lovely place to have a up of tea/coffee and cake. Wonderful view - we sat and watched the seals.

Just the place for a lovely coffee when you’re beginning to lag. The light is wonderful and the view is wonderful.

I loved the building and general facilities but was really disappointed with the Rosie Wylie Exhibition. Her video really needed subtitles as you couldn’t understand and the art whilst being free and loose held no connection with Cornwall or the sea. It’s was very poorly curated. A museum like this should connect the sea, Cornwall and local artists and inspire.

On the upper floor of the gallery, flooded with light from the huge windows. A very warm welcome, great coffee, and excellent shortbread. Oh, and the views are stunning!

The Newlyn Gallery is small and is more of a creative arts space than a serious art gallery. However, I am giving it five stars because it is such a friendly and welcoming place and the view from the first floor café is amazing. The food offer in the café is limited, but the décor is arty and tasteful and the coffee was good. I went out of season so it was quiet. I would definitely go again.

The cafe in the art gallery is a good place to start before visiting the town. In the town is a good mix of chain stores and individual shops. Penzance was busy with tourists and locals. The parish church is worth visiting. The interior was badly damaged by fire about 30 years ago, but it has risen like a Phoenix from the ashes. The Methodist Church is also worth visiting. Methodism is intrinsically linked with the history of Cornwall. Near the Methodist Church is the home of the Branwell family. I had no idea they lived in Penzance. They were related to the Brontes of Haworth.

This small cafe serves excellent coffee - unlike many such places, they bother to warm the cups, so you don't get a cold pile of froth instead of a cappuccino. The cakes are nice, too! The view is glorious and dramatic in any weather and there is always something interesting to see in the galleries. The gift shop is brilliant and we have bought many quirky presents there.

The Art Gallery itself is poor but the cafe is good, clean and the man who served us was helpful and friendly. There was some Art work n the walls but it wasn't any better than the rest of the gallery. However if you don't want to spend £1 to get in go elsewhere!

Pero no lo suficiente como para ser tenido! ! ! Suerte si un tipo de tarta. Podrían hacer muy bien aquí! Han bajado en varias ocasiones este año siempre la misma! Agradable buena gente de té y café, pero por favor, no más comida y ser fiable al menos stock algunos tarta!

Excellent for a quick snack or light meal. Seemed to be all home made food.All the staff were really friendly.

Gran lugar para un almuerzo informal en la terraza. La sopa de remolacha era delicioso y bien de precio. Buen café, pero es caro (5:00) libras para dos, comparado con los precios de Australia. Buena ubicación para explorar la ciudad. También visitamos la galería en el lugar y la exposición actual de siglo XIX y principios del siglo XX los artistas un paisaje bien vale la pena una visita.

Lovely coffee, superb flapjack, stimulating conversation with staff member. Welcoming volunteers on desk downstairs!

I enjoyed the upstairs cafe with a great view of the sea and ordered coffee with brownie and they were very nice.

Interesting exhibition and very friendly and knowledgable staff and volunteers. Small gallery. However there is a wonderful cafe with stunning views overlooking the bay and towards St Michaels Mount. The cafe serves great coffee and the staff are welcoming and friendly.

We stepped into the cafe after visiting the Terry Frost exhibition. Stunning views, contemporary architecture, good coffee and an arty atmosphere. Great detail too. Pantone mugs, ForLife teapot, local pottery milk jug, proper cutlery. And matching colours too!

This cafe has one of the best views in penzance and does excellent coffees and cakes. If you are looking for somewhere to enjoy a coffee with the back drop of mounts bay and some great artwork on the walls then pop in here. The staff are friendly and give great service (you also get coffee in the cool pantone coffee cups in different colours)

I love to come here if i need to work or have a meeting, the view and peace and quite is great to concentrate! The coffee is great, not to bitter but strong. Don't expect much in the way of savoury food since they have a very limited kitchen.

nice sea view pleasant atmosphere close to the art gallery which an important local feature small gift and book shop downstairs

What could anyone find to complain about here? Latte & a de-caff cappuccino and a brownie to share. Great coffee. Good value. Lovely cake and the view across the bay- panoramic - was fantastic. I will definitely be back for the next exhibition and definitely be drinking my coffee and sneaking a cake-snack in the autumn.

I've only had coffee and cake here which taste wise I would say was pretty average. The are a number of small coffee shops dotted around Penzance and most are of a very high standard.If you can wait for 10 minutes and travel into Penzance you'll find better food.Lovely view of Mounts Bay. I won't make any comments about some of the artwork!

Only stopped in for a cuppa, but loved the view from the cafe. They advertise "great cakes" but when we visited they appeared to have sold out, at least there were only a couple of flapjacks on display.

We were really excited to be visiting Newlyn Art Gallery for the first time since the extension was there, and in particular had heard great things about the new cafe with its wonderful sea-views. We arrived, though, to find only one savoury option on the menu. When we checked this with the guy behind the counter, who was very slowly chopping a tomato, he told us that they were winding down for the winter and suggested we should go to the pub round the corner. since our time was limited, I said I'd order the single option, but he said to sit down and he'd come over to take the order. He went on chopping the tomato. 20 minutes later he was still chopping, so we left.

Beautiful building with glass upper wall overlooking the sea. Great coffees, ice cream, cakes and of course art.

The cafe is on the top floor of the Newlyn Art Gallery, in the new extension. The range is a bit limited, but what there is is freshly made and top quality. The view across Mount's Bay is wonderful - take your own binoculars! Service is relaxed and informal.