Pengenna Pasties in Cornwall, Isles of Scilly

Delicious pasties / sausage rolls, good value as they were huge! Lovely seating area to the side to enjoy your takeaway delights 😀.

Stopped for pasty and salad. Pasties are massive. I had traditional and husband had lamb and mint. Both delicious. So big I could only eat half but took the rest home and just as tasty later. Pastry could have been slightly crispier but was still good and filling was plentiful and really good.

A pasty full of promise was let down by the addition of way too much salt. No other flavours could compete with the barrow load of salt that had been tipped into the mix. Maybe it was just an unlucky batch but I would think twice about buying another.

Visited Tintagel, wanted a quick takeaway lunch, we had enormous and delicious vegan pasty, excellent value £5.25 each.

Having travelled up from the south of Cornwall, prior to visiting the castle we decided to pop in for a quick drink. Even at this time of the year it was busy but we did not have to wait too long for a table. The coffee and cake was good, and having looked at what was available for lunch, we decided to return after a good workout going to the castle and back. All meals were cooked from fresh and was everything we were looking for in that it was tasty, well prepared and good value for money. It was busy at each time we visited, with the ladies working hard throughout in serving, preparing and clearing tables. My only observation would be that may be they could do with one or two extra staff to make life easier for them. There never appeared to be any undue in diners receiving their meals and drinks but something the management should think about to make it less hectic for the ladies who were working there.

I chose the steak pasty as the vegetable pasty had sold out. The steak pasty should be called the onion pasty as there was about 90% onions and VERY little steak. What a waste of money and what a disappointing lunch . I would expect more for my 8 pounds. I do NOT recommend this restaurant

Great little bakery. Popped in for a pasty and a cake. Flapjack was awesome, moist and gooey. Pasties were tasty but lost a few points due to the top crimp. Friendly service.

Had the steak and Stilton first and I was surprised of the weight of it! I’ve read some of the other reviews about the amount of onions, but this is a traditional pasty! Regardless of the amount of vegetables in, it tasted amazing! So much so I went back the next day and had the lamb pasty. I preferred the Steak and Stilton but it was still tasty. Looking forward to trying another.

I was with my husband, visiting the cafe for their delicious scones in the afternoon, when I was suddenly taken ill. The staff were so kind and caring. I can name one - Emily, who sat with me as I lay on the grass waiting for a call from the medics (Emily had called the ambulance for me). In the end, I came round enough to get to the car (husband fetched it from the carpark). I was probably dehydrated after walking down to the castle and back in hot sunshine, having forgotten to take water with me. However, the point of this review is to thank Emily and the staff of the cafe for their kindness and care. We shall certainly be back - next year, fully hydrated!! Your scones are delicious and your customer care is beyond compare. Thankyou.

We love it here. It’s a very traditional pasty place - if what you want is more modern recipes then this is not the place for you. But the quality of the pasties is great. They are big! Come with a side salad if you eat in. There are old reviews that say it isn’t dog friendly, but it definitely is. You can eat anywhere (inside or in the garden) with your dog. They sell home baked dog treats that my dog loved. The setting isn’t a plush, modern, fashionable place. It’s just not that kind of cafe. But the loos are clean, the tables are clean, and it’s a comfortable place with a bit of character. So if that’s what you’re after, you’ll love it.

Vi besökte Tintagel klippan med statyn av Kung Arthur och det var som gjort att prova en riktig cornish cream tea efter dom strapatserna! Det var mycket gott med nybakade scones, marmelad, te och allt som hör till! Rekommenderas att under en Englands resa äta en sådan frukost/brunch/afternoon tea! Bra service och trevlig personal!

The pasties look and smell great. Unfortunately, they seem to be mostly onion filling. The Lamb pastie had almost no meat and loads of onion. The steak and Stilton smelt great but was mostly onion with barely any steak. I do not recommend.

When you first see these pasties they are massive and you think wow. I had a lamb one had next to no lamb in it. No seasoning so really bland and was full of onions. I tried some of a family members steak, this was also lacking in meat while it was seasoned. I’d much prefer a smaller better quality pasty. Shop elsewhere

Hadn't planned on pasties for lunch but the smell made it hard not to want one. Quite possibly the biggest pasties I have ever seen and super tasty.

What a great find for a traditional Cornish cream tea. Those scones are worth going back for. A true delight and a lovely garden to enjoy the sunshine.

We visited Pengenna Pasties on a Bank holiday Monday after a visit to Tintagel Castle in May and during a weeklong visit to Cornwall. We drove here and there are a number of (pay & display) car parks nearby though these get very busy at popular times. Pengenna Pasties is located in Tintagel High Street not far from the castle entrance. We visited early afternoon and the restaurant was quite busy but we found a table to the rear in the garden area which was quite nice as the sun was shining, We ordered our meals and drinks at the counter and these were delivered to the table in a reasonable time. My wife had the savoury scones and I had the Lamb Cornish pasty both accompanied by a cup of tea. We both enjoyed our meals, I thought the Cornish pasty, (the last of my Cornish trip), was very good, well filled and served with a salad. We both thought it was a good way to finish our Cornish break and feeling thoroughly refreshed we left for the next stage of our journey to Dorset. Would certainly visit here again if in the area and unreservedly recommend it to others.

Absolutely the best Cornish pasties we’ve ever tasted. The beef was full to the brim and the vegetable pasty had 8 veggies in it! Well worth the money so delicious. 😋

Fabulous service from a lovely young lady on Sunday 5/11/23. This has to be the best pastie I have ever had in my 58 years absolutely delicious and huge knocks spots off the Cornish pasty shop!

Superb staff as well as lovely food and drinks Had an unpleasant dealing with another customer but wasn’t aware that staff witnessed it ? The response from the staff was incredible and included insisting on offering us complimentary drinks and scones which wasn’t necessary but very kind. I believe they had been rudely spoken to also. These young staff are clearly extremely proud of their customer service and this was what we experienced Please support this business as they care about you !

Context: Ate here before visiting Tintagel Castle Positives: Friendly staff, free wifi, water jugs, large portions Negatives: Quite expensive (but perhaps not so given the unexpectedly large portions). In a week of eating pasties, this was our least favourite both in terms of taste and texture. Perhaps we caught them on a bad day. Summary: There are lots of places in Tintagel but this is closest to the entrance to the castle.

Had two visits here now. Very large pasties with plenty of filling and well cooked pastry. We had them as takeout, they were served hot. The lady serving was polite and helpful. Would not hesitate to stop here again.

Rating purely on my experience of eating a pasty! Steak l, looked the business, perfect shape, size, coloring, pastry nice enough.. but what a disappointment 😞. I've had a better pasty for taste from Morrisons! Kept biting into it, hoping that it would improve but nope. No veg, my husband thought he spotted abit of swede but not in mine. Plenty of meat and potato and onions. Sounds delicious doesn't it? But for me, frustratingly tasteless. Sorry guys

We just visited for takeaway pasties. It was useful they have some seating outside where we could eat them. The range of pasties available is good: but the queues for service less so. It is a very popular outlet Pasties were huge and tasty. although the pastry a little dry.

We visited Pengenna Pasties in august on our day trip to Tintagel but have bought pasties from there in St Ives and Tintagel many times before. Love the Pengenna pasties they are very generous a medium was big enough and they are always cooked fresh and packed of filling the pastry is always light and crisp and seasoning and gravy are spot on for my taste this year we took some home and had them for dinner but it’s lovely buying one and sitting out opposite looking towards the castle! The cafe looked lovely and had a varied menu including the famous pasties and the shop had cakes and cream teas and ice creams for sale and cold water welcome after a trek back up the hill from the castle! My eldest son enjoyed his gingerbread man he had instead of a pasty We will be back again next year keep up the hard work!

We arrived in Tintagel after a three hour drive and after pitching up at our campsite we were hungry and wanted some lunch. Pengenna Pasties looked very inviting, lovely display in the window, scones, shortbread, HUGE pasties and an inviting smell. As we queued we watched a gentleman in the back of the shop mixing the pasty filling, and other members of staff putting trays in the oven. I don't eat meat so my friend and I ordered a vegetable pasty to share and a gingerbread man. The staff had no customer service skills and were disinterested and monosyllabic. Well what can I say...the pasty had little in the way of taste and was seriously under seasoned, the veg looked like it had come from a bag of mixed frozen vegetables, although I found a few sliced courgettes...but only in one end. The pastry was thin apart from the crimp but rather dry and the whole thing was disappointing and tasteless...it was dry enough to compare with the breasts of any witch in Boscastle Witch Museum, if you ascertain my meaning. The gingerbread man was even worse, stale, chewy and not in a nice sticky manner and also completely tasteless. Put it this way, none of it was cheap and in Cornwall one expects a decent pasty at the very least. These people need to up their game, they should take a tip from the wonderful Burns the Bread bakery in Glastonbury where the fare is consistently good, even the vegan pasties are delicious and these people also run a baking school to learn to do it properly. Not impressed, sorry.

Best pasties in St Ives by far, made and baked in the shop, proper eccles cakes, and really good portuguese egg tarts.

Lovely stop from walking around Tintagel beautiful coast. Coffee was ok, pasties were lovely. Welcoming and relaxed.

The pasties were large and everyone seemed to enjoy them. The sandwiches didn’t have any sauce as advertised and the food took a while. No soap in the toilets or hand sanitiser. But it was ok

This is our first place to visit every time we come to Tintagel and a real tradition but it seems to have all gone wrong They have taken out nearly all of the meat from their pasties . Many reviews saying the same thing. Go across the road to the Cornish bakery where they have pasties with lots of meat in them It won’t stop me trying again next time I visit in the hope they listen and put the meat back. Crossed fingers

If you like onion, more onion & onion with your lamb pasty , then this is the place for you !! Slightly more meat in steak ( sorry onion n steak pasty ) poor quality meat - hardly any other filling so very dissapointed

Stopped in for a mid afternoon snack. Wife had a cream tea, daughter a bacon cheese turnover and I had a steak pastie. The food was terrific and the service excellent. I was pleasantly surprised with the size, filling and quality of the pasties.

Picked up pasties to go, service was good but , very disappointed! All potatoes hardly any meat ! Bland and tasteless! I’ve had pasties all over cornwall and have never been let down . Avoid !

We chose this as it’s conveniently located opposite the path down to Tintagel Castle and we felt we deserved a cream tea after our walk! There’s a lovely sunny back garden where we sat. We had two cream teas, one gluten-free with a plain scone....

I was looking forward to a lamb and mint pasty. Very disappointing… mainly peas and onion. I won’t be back here again..very quiet for a lunch time. I can understand why. Expensive too…

This was a great place to sit down for a coffee and eats after a long day in the car driving. We didn't go to the see the castle ruins as it was a really long hilly walk both there and back.

We always visit Pengenna in Tintagel to enjoy their delicious Cornish Pasties. The team in the bakery are always friendly & it’s great to see the pasties being made fresh on sight when you are are in the queue. Can honestly say these are the...

Seen this place was highly rated online so thought I'd give a veggie pasties a try....the BIGGEST one I've ever had, weighed about half a lbs :o So your definitely getting your moneys worth BUT as there is SO much filling it wasn't that warm...

Sometimes, when you go on vacation (holiday) or for an outing, you don't know which restaurant to choose because there are multiple options and you're not familiar with them. You don't want to make a bad choice because you're really wanting to have a good...

Dissapointing... when you are paying a premium for a Cornish Cream Tea - you really don't expect a stale scone. Not a very welcoming place, wouldn't go back.

We stopped for drinks & snacks in the garden which was a lovely seating area. Then the food come and that’s when it started to disappoint. £9 steak cornish pasty, which hardly had any meat in! Pasty was full of onions. There were so many...

We visited during the May half term, it is very popular and we got in at the right time to get a table for 3 inside. There is loads of seating out the back and some at the front entrance. We ordered our food at...

We had coffee & cake before visiting Tintagel Castle,& decided to have lunch there after as liked the look of the restaurant & we had good customer service..We both had plough mans which was filling & nice,& sat in the garden as it was a...

Called in here on the day of the Kings Coronation great pasty’s and the staff couldn’t have been more pleasant went above and beyond and bought my dog a bowl of water out (well ex ice cream tub) and yes it was fairly warm and...

We called in for a drink after visiting the castle. Good prices. Friendly staff. Would recommend. The food looked lovely but we didn’t have anything. Lovely beer garden to sit in out the back!

Lovely cheese and onion pasty followed by a cream tea , shame there's hardly enough cream for the two scones once they are cut in to four pieces .

Called in for lunch on a sunny day and sat in the garden, the staff were very friendly and helpful, prices ok, it was busy but the food arrived quickly, worth a visit

Brought a selection of pasties - worst we’ve had. They are large with plenty of filling, but it’s all potato and very little meat. For what you get it’s very over priced and disappointing.

Walk into the bakery and it smells amazing and think pasty’s and fresh scones. However, these local delicacies were certainly not available in this tea room. Scones were hard like bricks and must have been baked a week previously and despite telling the staff the...

The cream tea came with 2 plain scones but they were cold. I usually expect warm scones with a cream tea. The pasties both steak and lamb were cold so we had to ask for them to be heated. Very little meat mainly onion and...

After visiting Tintagel Castle, we were hungry! Delicious pasties, friendly staff. Would definitely recommend.

Purchased 2 traditional pasties earlier today. Both were dry, hardly any meat, just full of poorly seasoned potato. Don't waste your money. Others have had similar experience, not just me.

We live not to far away from this village and visit quite regular, on my visit with my family we encountered on a extremely rude staff, not very helpful and quite expensive. the pastie it self was not very nice it was tasteless and had...

really lovely pasties probably some of the best we had all week and big! Well deserved after the walk up the hill from Tintagel the tea room was closed but we sat outside on some benches and ate them and it was a lovely sunny...

Lovely place and the pastys are huge and delicious, made on the premises. staff are very friendly. Really enjoyed lunch

First - an admission. I have only ever had Cornish pasties outside of Cornwall. Everyone seemed to rave about them so I thought that I would give them one final chance - and where better than here. After a long walk all over Tintagel Castle,...

Delicious pasties. We tried 3 different ones and all were delicious. Very clean and tidy and lovely friendly staff.

Pleasant lunch here. The pasties are huge service was quick and efficient and there were gluten free options (though no gluten free pasties sadly) Cafe environment was very comfy and it was conveniently located.

I remember this place having the yummiest pasties around, ..sadly now, it's not the case. They were ok....but.. theese and onion pasty, although packed, was potato and onion. .no cheese could be seen or tasted . The steak ones had very very minimal bits of...

You can of course get pasties all over Cornwall, but this place had excellent reviews and you could see the pasties being made. Very tasty pasties! They also offered a takeaway afternoon tea which was excellent value for money (so much so, we went back...

Great little cafe with lovely garden. Staff very friendly Good selection of gluten free options Very reasonably priced Definitely recommend

Been few times. Nice pasties. Love the goats cheese and walnut salad and service also friendly and quick.

We had a very good sandwich here, nice place to refuel after visiting Tintagel Castle, fresh food and friendly staff. Free Wifi, and a good selection on the menu!

Popped in here for lunch after the 4 of us had visited Tintagel Castle. 2 of us ordered cheese & onion pasties which were freshly baked, huge and really tasty with lovely light pastry crusts - one of the best cornish pasties we've eaten. The...

This looks a lovely place and indeed it is welcoming and comfortable. It was our first visit to Cornwall and we wanted to sample the famous Cornish pasty. My husband chose one with Stilton and I went for an original, however we were disappointed. The...

A lovely, cool respite from the sun. Garden or indoor seating, Massive!! Pasties from their own bakery next door. We had cream teas which included 2 big scones with plenty of jam and clotted cream. One of us had a ham sandwich which was also...

The staff were professional and friendly to all their patrons, even though they were extremely busy. Their service was great. And the food provided was good too

Staff here are so so lovely! Food is very tasty. Pasties are massive and 1 isplenty for 2 to share. Wifi, garden area, and nothing is too much trouble !

The staff were friendly and helpful. The prawn salad sandwich I had was absolutely delicious and full of prawns and a lovely salad. Thank you

Been going to Tintagel on and off for 30 years, Pengenna used to be the only pasty shop, now there are 3 or 4, but Pengenna are proper oggies, and still the best!

After a wonderful walk around the castle we were looking for somewhere for refreshments. We must have timed it right as the restaurant was quiet and the tea garden out the back was empty. We went for a traditional cream tea and a savoury cheese...

The pasties are crimped the wrong way (on top) which makes them difficult to eat on the move or as a picnic. Style over substance for sure. Large portions, a bit too large for one adult, tasty enough. The sausage rolls were lovely, well seasoned...

My wife and I stopped for Sunday lunch at Pengenna.Being a cornishman I decided on the Steak pasty and my wife opted for the cheese ploughman's.When the food was delivered i was disappointed that the salad garnish was dry and very unappetising.Please leave out the...

This place could do with organising a little bit better as orders (ours included) were being taken, only to be told after our drinks had been served, that our flavour of choice had sold out in the bakery next door. Very bland, dry pastry on...

Fab food and quick service. Recommended for a quick lunch in town. We ate ours on the way up to the castle. The pasties were especially fab.

Obviously (hopefully) a bad day for this cafe. Service slow and inattentive, waiting ages for food to be delivered to table whilst seeing it sitting on the side for ages ready to be brought over. Completely forgot our drinks. Food tepid at best once served....

Like eating the inner tube of a toilet roll filled with mush and hard bits. Priced at a whopping £4.85, the pastry is colourless, dry and tasteless. I'd rather eat my son's play doh efforts. Is it the worst in Cornwall? Well it would have...

There wasn’t much left on the menu but the pasties weren’t great and I wouldn’t go back again sadly. The price was a bit expensive also.

Good pasty to take with you if you are going on a walking trip. just the job to fill the space between breakfast and dinner when you are out and about.

The ambiance is good, staff friendly but the Vegetarian pasties were bland with not very attractive pastry. The vegetables included sweet corn and appeared to be bulk frozen mixed veg. not traditional vegetables. I would not try their pasties again bur perhaps other dishes would...

We shared minted lamb and steak pasties here as it has the reputation of serving among the best pasties in Cornwall. The pasties are certainly big 'uns but we found them fairly bland of taste, filled with an over imbalance of potatoes and a heavier...

My family and I past this shop prior to our visit to the castle and decided we would buy lunch here. After a long visit around the castle we definitely worked the appetite for it. At the time we were the only customers in the...

Purchased a cheese and onion pasty and some scones jam and cream all fine love the bakery where the bakers can be seen working nice touch but this isn’t the best I’ve had the pasty was a good size the filling delicious but the pastry...

We first went to Pengenna Pasties in 1992 and went back there today. When I tasted the traditional pasty in 1992 I thought it was the best pasty I had tasted and today’s experience was the same. Why? Why is their pastie so much better?...

Lunch, after the castle opposite, planned and there was plenty of tables to chose from. We chose the vegan/vegetarian pasty, which was filling & packed full of veg. Thank you

This was so disappointing we picked a lamb and mint and a traditional steak pasty. The pastry was tasteless as was the filling! It was mainly potato. Served with a salad which really didn’t go with the pasty. It was a shame as we’d had...

We visited last week, sat in the garden, eating amongst smokers (not ideal for us, but also not something we thought of until someone lit up next to us)almost £21 for 2 x pasties and 2 diet cokes....have to say the pasties were very overated,...

The food was excellent, pastie was one of the best I’ve had in Cornwall. The cream tea was superb. Unfortunately we had a side of mouldy salad. However I must say the customer service more than made up for it. Everyone was very friendly and...

Lovely friendly staff and very clean venue. Tables nicely spaced out so felt that we had plenty of room. Toilet lovely and clean. Beautiful selection of food and cakes. We had sandwiches, pastries and scones-all delicious. Reasonably priced for the quality of food. Would definitely...

Without a double the BEST pasties in Cornwall!!! I am shocked by any of these bad reviews, I did not find a single pasty anywhere else which was as good as these. They are all made in the windows right in front of you, they’re...

Waited 45 minutes for a drink and sandwich. The staff were unapologetic and unhelpful. Not even table service. Not sure what they were doing

Arrived at 13.44 and its now 14.19 and no sight of a pasty. Really slow and poor service for sandwiches and pasties no drinks on paying for food and little communication.

Lovely atmosphere, unfortunately, the pasty not worth trying at all. Even Gregg taste better. We ordered steak and Stilton pasty. After a couple of bites, we both stop eating, can't force ourselves to eat anymore.

A pleasant cafe in the heart of Tintagel offering a range of food and drinks. We all opted for the pasties (different ones) and sadly they were disappointing compared with normal Cornish pasty standards. Overall the place is nice and atmosphere pleasant, but I'd definitely...

It was a really hot day and we had just walked up from the castle so we stopped here for a cold drink. The service was really quick and the drinks all came with ice, very refreshing, just what we needed.

The cream tea we had here tasted absolutely delicious, but they let themselves down with their customer service. There were way too many errors with our order -- we ordered two hot chocolates, one with and one without marshmallows - both had marshmallows but neither...

Couldn't sit in the lovely garden at the back because the restaurant were understaffed. The pasties in themselves were terribly disappointing! Thick heavy crust, portions were outrageously big and taste was just wrong.

Usually buy my pasty’s from the branch in St Ives when we have been staying further south, but was pleased this branch was here as we were visiting the castle during our holiday. Have to say the service was not with a smile, and the...

Barely edible and overpriced pasties served by a miserable and rude woman, with an apathetic and bored-looking staff. We asked if the pasties were hot and the woman behind the counter rolled her eyes at us. Would give zero stars if possible.

Lovely prawn salad platter which was generous portion of prawns. Followed with homemade apple pie and ice cream which was gorgeous. Staff very friendly particularly the young man who served us. Would recommend

We had booked a table in the garden. Beautiful weather. Ordered food at the outside bar area. Order 3 cream teas. The scones were delicious. One of the best ever eaten. Also ordered 1 mackerel salad. Enjoyable and relaxed.