Out Of The Blue Freehouse in Cornwall, Isles of Scilly

Stayed here in my camper van friendly staff nice beers from the blue anchor ⚓

It's my local,only pub I go in now, all other pubs in village are food orientated,not good when you want a few beers and chat to friends.

Meh, inconsistent opening hours. Bar maid is very rude at the best of times.

Nice and friendly, l love dogs so always nice to make a fuss but only owners are happy

For thr price of a pint its like a photographic museum, with hundreds of old and new pictures of the town, harbour, boats, fishermen, storms, etc etc. Well worth a visit.

Decent community pub. Proper beer.

Nice place to visit. Lovely open log fire, friendly lady behind the bar. Only problem, they had been eaten out of crisps!!!. We will give them another chance!!

Own brewed beers, Spingo from its sister pub, the Blue Anchor in Helston. Very friendly. No food. Good campsite if you want it.

Loved the bingo night. Great community vibes. Good campsite protected from the worst of the coastal wind too - notably clean and hot showers

Went there as it had a pool table, people friendly and chatty, had a very good evening there, and even though I'm from St. Ives, it was good, and we will be back

Didn't have food,so can't comment but really great 🍺

We called in several times during our week’s stay in Porthleven & it wasn’t great, to be honest. The regulars seem a decent bunch & there is something going on most nights. Meat raffle, bingo or live music, to name a few. I am a cask ale drinker but I didn’t enjoy either of the two different cask ale’s I tried. The first was obviously the bottom of the barrel & the barmaid swapped it, but the replacement didn’t taste right either. I tried them two nights running & I ended up drinking San Miguel, which was fine.

Excellent atmosphere. Friendly staff

Great history of Porthleven portrayed in hundreds of photos. Quite spacious with an additional outside seating area. Pool table and inexpensive drinks.

Great staff and service, good local ale

Great atmosphere, something for everyone.

Always welcoming and friendly. Pleasent atmosphere and plenty of seating with open fire.

Excellent site bar, used by locals, so enuff said.

Lovely place. Comfortable and great service. Can be a little noisy but that can add to the unique atmosphere

Friendly with a good atmosphere. Poole table. Bingo night, was really good.

Lovely place and great Guinness

Good beer, log fire, warm welcome.

Ordered a pint of middle and couldn't see through it as it was that murky. Having drunk middle all of my adult life I know that it's a dark but clear pint. The excuse from the overweight barmaid was that they've moved their celler around today so it might take a while to settle. I wouldn't bother visiting this place unless you like beeing ripped off or enjoy bad guts .didnt drink any of it minus five stars for the rip of pub and bar staff that haven't a clue about beer .

Ordered a pint of middle and couldn't see through it as it was that murky. Having drunk middle all of my adult life I know that it's a dark but clear pint. The excuse from the overweight barmaid was that they've moved their celler around today so it might take a while to settle. I wouldn't bother visiting this place unless you like beeing ripped off or enjoy bad guts .didn't drink any of it minus five stars for the rip off pub and bar staff that haven't a clue about beer.

Found it by accident. Wonderful friendly place.

Attended here with family for a Xmas raffle, the locals were all very friendly.

Great friendly place, so good to see Donna back and Jo is always hard working with a lively smile. Great team work OOTB.

Good pub and campsite. Staff are very friendly and helpful. Nice locals too. Serves four local spingo ales. Shows the football on big screen. Campsite has got all you need. Clean loos and hot showers. Very short walk into Porth leven. Local takeaways do deliver ( you can also eat it in the pub as they don't serve food) recommended 🍻 🏕

Not a fan of Spingo ale I'm afraid. Premises clean 👌. Service and staff good.

went to christening in Porthleven and then to out of the blue with guests. had a great time, And thanks to staff ,(joe) behind the bar

decent pint of middle, in comfortable pleasant surroundings.

What a fantastic night, everyone including staff are brilliant and very welcoming, i would recommend a visit there anytime. Thank you all

Lovely staff, belter atmosphere & on the edge of a really chilled site. Brilliant to get to know the guys working there and have a few late night drink. Cheers guys from the Dan hahah

Good beer brewed locally, friendly atmosphere.

Great to place to have a drink. Ales brewed in The Blue Anchor, Helston. Meat draw every Sunday at 5pm. Come here when am down here on a break at parents who retired in the area.

Nice out of the way venue. Regular entertainment.

Lovely bar serving my favorite beer spin-off.

Love the place, fantastic bar maid and was attentive to our needs

Great place to visit and sample some fantastic Spingo Ale. Also, a must if you want to see a fantastic display, in pictures and words, about Porthleven history, which adorns the walls.

Came down from Merseyside to visit my cousin really friendly great fun on a Friday playing bingo nice atmosphere all the local people were very friendly loved it

First time visiting last night! Great little pub, very good value! Friendly staff. Definitely go again.

Missed out this year for the 1st time in decades but back in 22 to enjoy spingo citra! Best pint in leven 👍 (ps: nothin will be the same tho without paul, r.i.p. our friend)

Had my wife's 50th birthday here,and the staff where very helpful and the buffet was excellent.👍

Excellent. Pictures of old Porthleven on the walls & superb Spingo beers. Would've been 5 stars but for woman phoning her granddaughter & having phone on loudspeaker. Very very annoying!

Good local pub made to feel welcome by everyone car parking available in the car park of the local football club next to the pub Loads of old photos on show relating to the area 👍

Great historical little pub connected to the campsite. Good selection of drinks and fantastic pictures throughout the pub showing the nautical history of Porthleven. Spoke to Gemma behind the bar and she was lovely! Even sold me on the local brewed beers , Spingo. Right next to Porthleven Football club and their carpark. Highly recommended!

Nice unusual little bar, friendly welcome and very comfortable.

Great pub sat outside nice seating area. Good choice of drinks.

Friendly pub , had a few pints in the sunshine .

Lovely pub. Gemma behind the bar is one of 5hebmist helpful, nicest people I have ever ket. She is what makes a holiday away so much better. Out of blue is so lovely and Gemma is so nice. Just such a shame 5hey dont do food

Great atmospheric pub that has storm pictures over its walls. Friendly and welcoming bar staff, situated alongside the camping and caravan area, right opposite the village cricket ground and football club and 10 mins walk into the Historic Harbour village of Porthleven

Amazing ales and hospitality. Great little place off the beaten track highly recommend

Great to be here on the first day of post lock down opening. Loads of outdoor space. Friendly staff and customers.

Lovely pub, good beer at normal pricings. Good barstaff! No food served, but has a pool table... Recommend a visit.

A history museum with all the photos donated

On arriving was rudely spoken to by a person in a group of 3 seated correctly in the bar area (vigourous swearing despite being asked to speak civily) before being seated. Clearly I was deemed not a local and was ignored by the barman ( was not a woman)who was not interested in my complaint. I stayed for a couple of drinks and the atmosphere relaxed slightly. Not a very welcoming place for tourists. I am a local by the way have lived here for 33 years but have never seen customer service this bad. I am happy to speak to bar manager/owner of this place if they are interested in suggestions in making this a more welcome environment. If you require a more friendly spot then I would suggest a short walk into the viilage centre.

Great pub friendly atmosphere Well worth a visit

Pleasant stay with the exception of the last night. Site security could be improved as there were a rowdy group of people who seemed to think it was alright to have a party the early hours of the morning. This was not okay. They were shouting and arguing at the top of their voices with absolutely no consideration for other holiday makers on the site. It was antisocial behaviour. I doubt this would have occured if there had been a warden on site at the time of the said incident. Also the site fee was quite expensive. I stayed at the camp site ten years ago and there was a chap called Bill who was present on the site and he was very helpful and obliging. What has happened to these values? Nowadays they are hard to find.

Great pub, great beer, great staff.

Really friendly staff and beautiful campsite in a amazing corner of England would 100% return

Best pub going.. hands down... I love small communitys and the way they bring each otjer together

My husband is a real ale fan so decided to pay a visit. Wasn't sure if they did food, they don't. Went on a Saturday night, not many in. Seems the people all knew each other. Went again another night, just a table of foul mouthed locals in there. My husband said the beer was sour, glad to get out of there.

Friendly staff and atmosphere with local ale 🍺spingo 🍺highly recommended a visit when in porthleaven.

Friendly bar. Good camping field & toilets/showers

Pool table. Relaxed locals pub.

We were here for a christening and it was a very busy pub. Done out really well, very clean and a real character of a place where you can sit back and enjoy a pint of blue anchor beer which is made in the other pub in helston which has its own micro brewery. A real gem which also has a caravan park.

This pub is a sister freehouse to the Blue Anchor in Helston. As a consequence, it sells Spingo ales. I quite liked the Flora Daze and Jubilee IPA. They also sold Tanqueray gin and Fevertree tonic, so my wife was pleased. The staff were helpful and friendly. Prices were reasonable. There seemed to be music or other events going on most evenings. It was busy a lot of the time, mainly with locals avoiding the pricier harbourside pubs full of tourists. It felt like a proper community pub and had a nice atmosphere It has a campsite attached to it called Mill Lane Camping.

Friendly pub with a very interesting photographic history of porthleven.

Friendly place with the (in)famous Spingo beers.

Popped in for a quick 1 before the bus. Has some very interresting photographs of the history of the area. Drinks very reasonable priced Will definitely pop in again to suss out the photos.

First time in this place a amazing place.

Birthday bash for my 90 years young uncle from co Clare who is on holiday with me. Surprise party with loads of food and a good bar for drinks. Plenty of parking and no problem for disabled people to enter. Great party enjoy by one and all. Thanks to all the staff.

Lovely little site , nice bar. Bottom camping field ideal for a get together, shame toilets are so far away 😁

Friendly staff great beer best pub in village

Pleasantly surprised, weather was good beer lot cheaper than in porthleven. Probably go again.

Four of us were holidaying in Porthleven. In one of the tourist brochures we read of a permanent photographic exhibition in the Out of the Blue pub so decided to make a lunchtime visit (Sunday 14th April). We arrived at 11.30 and spent a few minutes looking at the photos in the lobby. The barman came out and asked "are you coming in for a drink then?" in an aggressive manner. We all hesitated to answer because of his attitude. He then slammed the door in our faces and said "this is a pub, not a museum". Obviously we didn't go in for a drink! We were all really shocked at his rudeness.

Spingo on tap. What else needs to be said!!

Great local pub with fantastic local beer

Good pint, great price, polite staff, clean and a great friendly atmosphere

The Out of the Blue is the sister pub to the famous Blue Anchor in Helston. They serve the full range of real ales brewed by the Blue Anchor. The welcome is warm, the bar service excellent. Sit and enjoy your pint(s) in sumptuous chairs and enjoy the vibrant atmosphere.

Spingo! What else can I say.....

Warm real fire real ale and a photo history of days gone by

Enjoyed my visit with family to this public house with the glow of the fire making it a warm atmosphere to say the least. Evening Bingo and a few glasses of cider enjoyed by all.

Very good and cozy space, good live music and parking space for cars. All around a enjoyable space to be

Worth a visit for a pint of Spingo and to see the photographs on the walls. Otherwise a fairly lacklustre pub, at least it was when I visited on a midweek evening.

We were there on the night the local table topping football club was playing and its a nicer pub than it looks like from the outside. They sell the range of beers available from the Blue Anchor in Helston, hence the name, and it is also the headquarters of the Porthleven photographic society and the walls are covered in dozens of dramatic black and white photos of the area which will take you a whole evening to look at. It’s a bit canteen like and they don’t do food but its worth a couple of pints to look a round.

The staff are really helpful and friendly, facilities ok but fairly basic. So it's a bit pricey for the facilities. Small and cosy campsite.

Character pub, serves Spingo ales so will always get a thumbs up from me 🙂

Nice to have outside seating. Good music as well

Very friendly pub. Good beer. Very cheap camping. Toilets and showers ok. Very good value for money

Great beer Great atmosphere They often have entertainment such as live bands and karaoke. Always a really good night out. And there's free parking onsite and a campsite (additional cost) if you fancy staying

Brilliant place.....super entertainment with The man in Black.

Nice local based in old football clubhouse. Perfect when you have had enough of the tourists everywhere else. Serves Spingo (best ale in the world) and other beverages. Also comes with a campsite.

Slightly bizarre place. Very interesting history of Porthleven on all walls. They serve Spingo from Blue Anchor in Helston which is an attraction. Worth a visit

Unfortunately there is no food here.

Great place, friendly locals, brilliant local beers, interesting local history photosl

Really excellent as always, music, TV & football, and the best beer in Cornwall.

Although its not in the main part of the town (its out by the football club) we were recommended to visit by friends, and so glad we did. A great atmosphere, good beer, and friendly staff, but the real attraction is the literally hundreds of old photos that adorn the walls. Most are of Porthleven itself through the years, but there are many showing ships that have been wrecked in the area - highlights just how dangerous this coast used to be to sailing ships in particular. Allow at least half an hour just to look at all the photos!

We were invited to a 60th birthday party here. It has a nice big room for such an event. The staff were very friendly.

Great pub also has camp site very friendly staff and locals