On the Quay in Cornwall, Isles of Scilly

It was all amazing the food was cook perfect and the service was nice and the people were really nice

absolutely delicious set menu food!! I had the cook your own steak as the main, and then the peanut & caramel sundae. Both were so yummy, and an absolute bargain for the set menu cost. My partner had the crab burger and loved it. My only thing to note is that the raspberry cheesecake was more like a mousse texture than cheesecake, but still tasty! cocktails were also very nice.

Handy for the boats but prices in the cafe are high... food however is good

Delicious seafood and super friendly staff. Also dog friendly, so gruff loved it.

Belting seafood and dog friendly (not always the case on The Isles of Scilly). GET STUCK IN!

We’ve been here for dinner lots over the last 4 years and it never disappoints! The staff are incredibly friendly and accommodating. The food is amazing and the view is superb! We love it here and we will be back when we’re next at Scilly!

Great menu, something for everyone. Good views and service. Big range of gins and other drinks. Excellent chips!

I recently dined at On The Quay restaurant near the harbor, and it was an unforgettable experience. The location was perfect, offering beautiful views of the boats and water. The dishes were simply amazing—each one bursting with flavor and expertly prepared. The combination of great food and the charming harbor setting made for a truly memorable meal.

Nice evening out at On the Quay, but food was a variable experience. We had a celeriac starter which was very tasty and excellent. I went for standard fish and chips, which was nice enough (and should be at £18). My wife went for a seafood skewer which was quite pricey and sadly disappointing. The prawns were badly overcooked and impossible to peel. When asking for tartare sauce, I was surprised to instead be offered only ketchup or mayonnaise in plastic packets. Puddings were lovely, I went for a chocolate fondue which was really nice, my wife opted for a pannacotta which she also enjoyed. Overall, a bit pricey with food of variable quality.

Great food and great atmosphere

We always choose to dine here at least once on our holiday. Great atmosphere in a wonderful old building overlooking the busy harbour. The menu is primarily seafood which I can’t eat due to a crustacean allergy, but there are still a few other choices that suit me.

Really high quality restaurant with lovely views from the balcony. The cocktails were delicious, as was the food. A really nice treat all round.

Lovely staff and delicious food. All the seafood tasted amazing. Try the lobster burger if you can.

Lovely staff and food was really tasty , nice size portions and presentation was good too. What was noticeable too was the spacing between tables was very generous. There is a lift up which was out of order when we visited Friday. but for people with mobility problems it would be easy getting to and from the tables.

I have been here several times now and the food, service and attention from the team is second to none. The cocktails are very good 👍

Great food, great service, great location what more is there to say?

Awesome service from Laura and the team from the moment we arrived until we left, excellent customer service, superb food - we can’t wait to be back. Thank you to everyone for such a wonderful experience and evening Simon and Clare Checketts

Fantastic food with a touch of theatre! We have eaten there 4-5 times over the last 3 years and every dish has been excellent!

A very mixed experience which the manageress did well to rescue. A staff shortage! lead to a long wait to order and get a drink, while other tables which came in after us were settling in to their starters. Having ordered a chicken burger we we later told there were none left. Perhaps the service delays were to blame. The crispy pork belly popcorn was awful. The beef burgers were ok but a bit soggy, but the poor service continued with us having to ask twice for everything and wait. At the end of the meal the manageress agreed the service had been substandard and made a generous gesture to compensate us, but that doesn’t undo the disappointment. I hope we were just unlucky.

Absolutely excellent meal! Food was outstanding, staff were incredible, polite, efficient and capable. Cocktails are perfectly blended and the decor and environment were perfect! Walking past the restaurant off the Scillonian we almost didn’t give it a try as were sure it would be a gimmick, it wasn’t. It’s a truly great place for a really good meal!

Fantastic food and cocktails with brilliant service. Big thanks to Tilly for making both our visits special.

What a lovely meal and a robotic waiter delivering meals, but not to us. The music was too loud and in appropriate for a romantic meal. The serving staff agreed. It did get turned down thankfully. Food was excellent.

Nice atmosphere and decor. And the gravalax was good, but the cassoulet sauce was very basic tinned tomatoes, and too acidic. The cod was well cooked tho. Mixed review

Very nice restaurant. Highly recommend the Steak

Our first visit here prompted us to come back despite the pretty wide choice of food across St.Marys island. For our first visit we had the early bird special 2 courses for £30. Compared to most other eateries on the islands this represents good value particularly given the high food quality. The Bouillabaisse was simply delicious and filling, the salt & pepper squid excellent. I also enjoyed the hot stone cooked steak and the desserts were exceptional. It’s a great location with wonderful views and quite a modern if a little quirky feel. Staff were young friendly courteous and attentive. A thoroughly enjoyable experience !

Excellent food and service. We came with a large group of 15, having chosen our food ahead and the staff couldn’t have been more helpful and cheerful. The food was delicious beautifully prepared and served. Wonderful. We had three courses of joy. Exquisite, elegant and tasty. Would definitely recommend. (As a large group we were on long trestles with benches and by the end of a lovely evening I was needing to lean back into a proper chair, but most of the normal tables did seem to have chairs!)

Lovely to have OTQ open again. Laura a star as ever. 2024 menu includes old favourites, twists on favourites and new flavours. Very enjoyable first meal at OTQ for 2024

We went twice during our stay on St Marys and both times were fautless. Lovely cocktails and the food was excellent. The fish skewer was well presented and tasty. All the staff were friendly and efficent with a special mention for Laura. We will definitely be returning.

My wife and I had an incredible dining experience for our honeymoon. We each had the sirloin steak on the rocks, and it was the most flavourful steak I’ve had in my life. Very friendly staff who gave us a really nice seat with a view for our honeymoon. Couldn’t recommend On the Quay more. Fabulous place all around!

Delicious Food, we had the Hake. Cocktails were fun and tasty. Customer service was awesome! Will definitely be back!

Our evening at On The Quay was the highlight of our holiday on the Isles of Scilly. The food was fabulous, service was great and the atmosphere in the restaurant was terrific. Thank you so much to the chefs, the staff and all those who contributed to making the evening memorable for us … simply wonderful!

Sophisticated restaurant, mostly fish on menu, but I had a vegetarian risotto, which was delicious...

We went for a Birthday treat . The server was polite and prompt . The shared starter was delicious and timely . Unfortunately there was a bit of a wait for the main and then the fish skewer was very very overcooked , and the chips were tepid, we can only assume it had kept warm. The fish on the rock was delicious but obviously not over cooked as we cooked it fresh ourselves! Kitchen mistakes occur but to be told “the other one he cooked at the same time for another table didn’t receive complaints” is not helpful! Yes they offered to cook something fresh which we declined as would have left us both eating alone, but they did discount the meal which we appreciated

Outstanding food, an absolute taste sensation. The waiting staff were absolutely lovely and wouldn't even let me carry my beer from the bar to the table! Now that's care and attention for you. We will most definitely be back.

Things started badly. We arrived at the same time as a family with an elderly relative. The double entry doors did not open to allow the wheelchair through and the lift did not work. This needs sorting ASAP. Staff were very friendly and welcoming. They took our order. People ordering after us received their drinks. We did not so had to chase them. Our main course then arrived at the same time as our starter. We refused the starter! The man course fish was delicious but the vegetables were cold. The desserts were delicious. We told the staff about our issues and they offered us our drinks free. When the bill came only one drink had been credited not two. So all in all not a particularly good night out. Will not rush back. Shame as could be good.

Unsurprisingly popular, relaxed but serious seafood restaurant upstairs on the quay. A really good menu with lots of choice and something for everyone. Very attentive, delightful and helpful staff with our particular requests and preferences. The mussels from Fowey were huge and juicy, spanking fresh and a baked whole Cornish sole served on the bone was sweet and tender with just enough buttery seasoning to make it irresistible. Good wine list too. Definitely book but don’t miss it.

My wife and I had a meal here yesterday evening. The staff were so happy, friendly and helpful. The tables are set apart from each other with plenty of room in between, giving a very spacious feel. The food was incredible with a great choice, especially if you like fish. (My wife is vegetarian and recommends the butternut squash risotto). I had the mussels which were delicious. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves in this very professionally run establishment and can’t wait to go back.

What an excellent place to eat . The food was delicious, especially the mussels, my lovely wife who doesn’t usually eat them , tried mine and then could stop eating them . The best she had had in years . All the food looked great whatever you were too choose. Staff as everywhere on The Scillys are so friendly and helpful. A must place to eat and when we visit again will eat here again

Great food, nice atmosphere and a good delivery robot who could ask for more. A lovely place to eat!

Once again absolutely brilliant, it never disappoints, the food is amazing, great choice well presented, great staff especially the robot, thank you all

Our first time at this restaurant. We were blown away with the quality of the food and service. Probably the best we've ever had coming to the Isles. Just one small point about the robot delivery of food....... a bit pretentious and not needed for an island restaurant.

I have not been to Scilly for some years & this restaurant as On the Quay, was new to me. Lovely ambiance, terrific staff & excellent food., would highly recommend! I've read some of the recent reviews below & cannot believe they have been to the same place. I feel very sorry for the owner & staff who work so hard to try & please everyone. Why would someone say they have waited for 1.5 hrs for a starter, when they didn't? My experience was very positive indeed. Watching the restaurant during service, the whole place ran like a well oiled machine. Totally efficient, very attentive service (without being overwhelming), each member of staff dovetailing in with their colleagues. I thought the portions were of a very good size (i had the seafood skewer & a healthy appetite & there was enough fish for me). So, thank you On the Quay, a very pleasant evening, I will definately be back another year!

Booking is essential, especially during high season. We very much enjoy fish and seafood and we were not disappointed. We chose scallops and fish cakes for starters and crab linguine plus hake for mains, All were beautifully presented and all delicious. This when added with efficient but friendly staff ended a perfect day in Scilly. They have a good wine list and an even longer gin and cocktail menu. The very busy restaurant is a testimony to the food and staff. Thank you.

Fab find. Great location fab food and service. For IOS reasonable prices!

Over priced for what it is. Stupid gimmick robot. Portions have been cut down. Young staff more interested in "socilising" with eachother than serving customers. Food was ok, when we have booked in past the food was exceptional. But worse of all they added items to bill and had a stealth additional charge X2 (£2 for cooking a steak!). After 20mins of discussing the bill the waitress corrected it. I wasn't the only one that had bill issues there. Food was slow and they weren't busy. Kids meal was too small, they left hungry, I had to buy takeaways after. Tbh its really dropped, we have had x3 meals there over the years when visiting IOS , this experience wasn't great to say least. Such a shame. We won't be booking again. My advice is book at " On The Beach" or Tregarthan hotel" we had a great experience there.

I ordered a medium rare sirloin steak. It was overcooked and the portion size was ridiculously small. A very small mushroom, a couple of pieces of onion and a jacket potato were the accompanying sides. This meal needs more for the price. For £27 I would expect an 8oz steak not a 4 - 5oz steak and also a tomato or some tenderstem. The service staff were super friendly but the food was disappointing.

We were really looking forward to dine here. Started well, pleasant server. Starter came quite quick. We then waited hour & half for our dinner, apparently this is normal waiting time if you have a starter!!! So if you are hungry, don’t have a starter because you then have a hour & half wait. ( think you should be told this on ordering) When our food arrived, three of us had steak, which we did chose to cook ourselves. Two of them were lovely, unfortunately one was awful. We were offered a new steak, by then the rest of had finished. We ask for the awful steak to be removed from the bill, with great reluctants they finally agreed. Not a pleasant experience.

Excellent food, lovely selection of cocktails. Very pricey though, not sure it's quite worth the high prices. Also they allow dogs so beware you may have a dog barking all through your meal. Expect a bustling and noisy atmosphere with great food. Not ideal for a quiet date but great nonetheless.

Always booked The Quay everytime we visit IOS. Unfortunately thus visit we we felt letdown. Meal was nice, portions have been reduced. My daughter was left hungry (had to buy cheapest at Portchester after). Service was good once you could get the youngsters attention (took 7 mins as they were all socialising with each other). What the real issue was was the bill at the end, they added a few extra items and didn't discount "early bird" order. X3 draft receipts before it was sorted. The waiter knew I had rumbled them judging by body language, wife said another customer was also questioning their bill. Got sorted after a 15min robust conversation. Left unhappy. Won't ever book again. Just check your bill at end as they will add extra to your bill

The ambience & staff were excellent. The food was tasty however portion size wasn’t great. We ordered seafood skewers at £24.95 a head; seafood consisted of 2 small squid in batter, 2 small crevettes, small pieces of octopus & monkfish inspersed with onion & pepper, which was described on the menu. I would have considered the meal better value for money if the onion & pepper were removed from the skewer and generous portions of seafood included. The kids enjoyed their meals though and overall it was a pleasant evening.

Amazing food and service! Highly recommend!

Great vibe, service, and food & drink.

Modern, cosy and great views of the harbour. Delicious food and great service . Child and dog friendly.

None of the starters really grabbed me if I’m honest. The seafood hot rock main was lovely. I enjoyed my daughter’s crab linguine (or the bit I got to try). The plate arrangement was awkward though with the hot rock. I’ve had dishes like this...

Have visited many times and reviewed before. However after reading a few of the comments I felt I should provide an updated review. Most recently we visited as a group of nine for dinner. As ever the food was imaginative and well prepared. It is...

Not sure what to write here. The menu looks good but the prices are very high and after seeing the mains I am unsure whether the prices are warranted. Now the staff were friendly enough but I get a feeling that the restaurant is trying...

Booked for dinner…and when we arrived were told they had no booking on their system…we had an email confirmation…the Lady we met offered no option to look for us all to stay for dinner saying..”sorry fully booked”..but we were lucky enough to meet a couple...

Delicious meal, great menu options, delightful staff, great ambience - one of the best places to eat on St Mary’s - highly recommend.

We've been here before, thought the food was well prepared and tasty, if a little expensive. The overall ambiance felt a little forced and pretentious. Good friends living in Hugh Town recommended that we try again. Sadly the food quality had dipped whilst the price...

We booked an evening meal on the morning of the same day. I think our luck was in! It was a fabulous meal, from nibbles right through to cocktail pudding. The staff were efficient and very polite. If you like a well presented dinner, with...

Came here for my wife’s 40th and not our first visit. Food is exceptional, view was amazing and cocktails were awesome. They even arranged the robot waiter to sing happy birthday to my wife! Highly recommend.

When we visit the islands we always come to on the quay for our special treat and it didn’t disappoint this time we love the vibe in the restaurant and all the staff are so efficient and friendly, great choice of food we had the...

Turned up for our anniversary meal, having rung beforehand to confirm our booking and be told they’d be looking forward to seeing us only to turn up and be told we didn’t in fact have a table. Be VERY careful when booking. Disappointed is an under statement

We had a wonderful meal here on a very wet and windy August night. Delicious, plump mussels to start and perfectly cooked hake for main, followed by the most scrumptious puds. Great selection of wines and cocktails and friendly, efficient service. And watch out for...

First time in the Scillys and first restaurant. Obviously it had to be fish, which was well presented and tasty. The service was great, including a list of other restaurants on other islands that we should try. Our waitress clearly knows food and how to...

A superb meal in a fabulous location. Ate as a family of 4 and all ages perfectly accommodated - our 3 year old loved it! Best crab bisque ever as a starter! Lovely atmosphere, great wine & gorgeous cocktails. Staff were fabulous!

I was anticipating a really good meal at On The Quay but left disappointed. The menu looked good at the onset, if not on the expensive side, however the portion sizes were small and the dishes lacklustre - they were just about fine. The 'hot rocks' steak, was a good idea and fun to eat from, however for £25+ were very small portions and our fish dishes meagre; the hanging fruit skewer was a few pieces of under ripe fruit and the lemon tart and raspberry sorbet tasted mass produced. Overall, for the price, and with the restaurant aiming to be one of St. Mary's premier venues, it didn't feel like a special meal and we were still all hungry afterwards.

One of the best meals we had on the islands. Expensive but really good quality food, beautifully presented and great staff. Really good atmosphere. We had a lovely evening.

Great quality food, friendly staff. Open kitchen is a nice touch

We ate here in 2021 and had an excellent meal at on the quay. I don’t know what has happened this year but both the food and the service were appalling. We were so disappointed and definitely would not return.

Probably the best restaurant on St Mary's. Busy vibe. Lots of fresh fish on the menu. Very tasty, nicely presented. Absolutely essential to book for dinner and well in advance too. Value not bad for the Scillies and reasonable choice of wines. Dog friendly. Oh...

We’ve dined here many times since it opened and always had a good experience. Sadly this time, the service was poor. Plenty of staff so staff shortages was not an issue. Food however was excellent. We felt that as we weren’t local or ordering bottles...

Our first restaurant evening meal on the island. So glad we booked this place. An amazing experience. My sister and I both had the hake and it was delicious. The desserts were to die for. Wanted to return but we couldn’t fit in another visit...

Really extraordinary food!! We had a lovely seafood tapas to start with and a superb hake for mains. Really nice! Cheesecake for dessert. Wonderful evening and maybe the best meal during vacation in Cornwall.

We visit On the Quay every year when we come to Scilly. Always a pleasure. Great service, wines and food. Looking forward to next year!

Delicious food and great service. Best meal I've had in a long time. We come to the Scillies every year and have eaten here a few times and it's always good, but this time the food was particularly exceptional. The seafood tapas sharing board was incredible. Cocktails were amazing as well. Fantastic array of gluten free options. Will definitely come back again.

The food here is excellent, especially the fish and sea food. I had the jumbo turbot on one occasion and hake on another. It was beautifully cooked both times. Service is cheerful, friendly and efficient. The view outside is great. My big criticism is that...

Very nice atmosphere nice good service Bad food: rump steak was no good, tough and thin Linguini with crab meat cold and soggy

Gorgeous food! Great local products and great service. Some lovely beers, wines and cocktails too. We go everytime we are on the Scillys.

Excellent , service and value for mo6. Every mouthful was a taste exploration having eaten at the best restaurants around the world. This is one of the best Excellent.

Relaxed atmosphere, great for seafood, dog friendly. There is a lift , but not working when we went . Book in advance , it’s very popular. It doesn’t look much from outside but lovely inside

We had dinner here in July 2023. We liked the fact that we were ok to bring our dog. Service was ok. Food was good. I had Sole which was super although a sauce would have made it even better. My other half had a...

Last time we went here it was throwing it down and towards the end of lock down so things very different then. Enjoyed the food but price has increased and the quantity has not. Also restaurant had run out of some of the menu items...

Prices are a bit above other places but the food is excellent. Early evening 2 course special is better value if you book by 6.30pm. Service by humans is friendly and efficient and the robot is fun.

Best food on St Mary's. High quality food and some innovative dishes. Good wine selection. Friendly staff. Strongly recommended.

Efficient booking service for a restaurant in a fantastic location. Staff were lovely, helpful and attentive. The fresh fish dishes were perfect…simply cooked with tasty potatoes and vegetables. Also met Bellybot the robotic table server…very innovative for remote island. Great place, we’ll be back…when the...

Visited 3 evenings Great staff. 1st evening Sat night pre booking needed the crab linguini was ruined by 300% too much spring onions. Left with onion taste - not brown crab taste after picking out 30 small pieces of spring onion. NB Onion was not...

A very interesting restaurant giving a modern take on food that is so different to most Scilly restaurants. We visited twice , the first time for dinner when they served an excellent piece of sole on the bone and a very good pork dish. What...

Amazingly good restaurant. Lovely food in a setting overlooking the harbour. Service was very friendly and attentive. Well done.

'On the Quay' has a great atmosphere and so much potential. It is clearly popular because booking is essential, however, I was a little disappointed with the food. I'm not a fish or seafood eater so opted for pork tenderloin. It was overdone unfortunately. I...

Wonderful dinner here last week. Best of the restaurants we went to in the Scillys. We had seafood, my dinner was cook your own. Great fun and a lovely bottle of Pinot Noir too. Attentive friendly service with a view of the harbour thrown in for free.

From the outside, you could easily miss this restaurant since the ground floor is the main 'terminus' for all of the ferry boats to & from the islands BUT going upstairs to the restaurant you get a very different world, a lovely decorated and atmospheric...

The food was cooked well but rather expensive eg. tapas consisted of small portion of bread , small bowl of hummus, few small berries and 6 olives for £15. The seating was awful, school benches with no backs, not a very comfortable experience.

We visited this place for a quick stop off before we hopped onto our ferry. It has a great view of the harbour. We recommend sitting on the balcony. Good food and drink options with nice staff. It is certainly a place to rest up...

After booking in person the manager informed us that "we were not on the system' so there was no table available, but after a waitress said she had taken the booking she graciously found us a table, as it was an early evening booking we...

Food was ok, but we felt very unwelcomed. Having booked the table in person the previous evening, we were told on arrival that we did not have a reservation and that they were fully booked. When they realised their error a table was found..after the meal no one came to ask if we needed anything or the bill. Then the same curt duty manager approached us to say we need your table now. When we said we hadn't received the bill she demanded to know if we had asked for it repeating herself In a very rude manner. All the waitresses were lovely and understood why the duty manager had upset us . Will not be eating there again.

I booked an outside table here on the first day we arrived off the ferry and it was a great introduction to the island. Lovely views across the water, friendly service, really nice food. We shared the seafood kebab and 2 tapas dishes with a...

Being surrounded by the sea, I wanted to try some seafood whilst staying in the area. Decided this would be the best place to try it and I wasn’t disappointed. The service was great and food was delicious. The robotic waiter also provided an interesting...

Nice restaurant, very popular in summer, so you need to book in advance. Service was good, very friendly and attentive but we came early. It was a bit strange that they had a lot of staff working and still they had a robot, but it was a bit of fun. We had the fish of the day which was very nice but undercooked, which was sent back and not really much had changed, so I think it was the fish rather than the cooking. All the other dishes we had were very nice. Would visit again. Lovely affogarto desert.

Chose to go here twice during our recent week long trip to Isles of Scilly. Pre booking is essential for any restaurant on St Marys so would advise people to do so before they travel. Cannot fault food and service. Excellent.