Princess Pavilion in Cornwall, Isles of Scilly

Have been coming to the pavillions since I was a small child the surroundings and gardens are lovely and it's very family friendly. The cafe itself serves a good variety of food and drinks. Popped in today after a walk around the point and didn't appreciate that it was going to be so busy we had not realised that there was a children's panto showing. Because of this the cafe was very busy with children running everywhere. Unfortunately our drinks and cake was served in takeaway instead of crockery which was a bit of a shame. To be fair to the staff they were run off their feet and coped well considering the size of the queue. I was advised that because they were running a show bar all purchases would be in takeaway. I don't dislike takeaway cups in the right situation but I don't really expect it when sitting inside and still having to pay full price This won't stop me returning but I will avoid visiting when it's busy.

Called in for a chilly morning warm up and got tempted by the wonderful cakes.

Sadly unable to comment on the delicious looking food and drink - despite having multiple staff bimbling around the location it would appear to that the three other members of the team nominated the world's slowest human being to manage the whole of the cafe area, which is understandable as there were only two people ahead of me in the line. They also seemed somewhat confused, having joined the line as hope filled 20 somethings and were still waiting well into their 40s. Room was nice, gardens were pretty, dread to think how it would work as a theatre/music venue if they share similar hiring practices. This is a shame as I've been looking for a reliable meeting space and while this place has free parking, my consultations typically only last an hour and that would barely cover the time required to get a cuppa and slice of cake

Didn't have food , but lovely place for a great concert, staff were great

I went to a Home Ed Christmas function which was well catered for. The cafe was clean and hygienic, the prices were fair, and the venue was filled with other likewise happy individuals and families. Not a frown in sight.

Lovely place for a natter and I had the soup which was yummy.

Went to watch a show. Unbelievable, no food available for a full house of people. No wonder it’s not used much. Could be so much better.

A great place for family events, for coffee and cake, for lunch, for catching up with friends, or for making new ones, for a work meeting or just to sit in the sun and read a book. Also a great venue for concerts and theatrical productions, and for listening to live jazz music in the Garden Room as I did last night with Radio Sourcefm 96.1, and it was Free!!

a very bland place , but the soup was nice

Excellent venue for family, groups, singles.

We went to The Princess Pavilion to watch Ride, although the hall is cosy for a concert the acoustics were excellent, there are good toilets and a well appointed bar and ample free parking at the site. We ate out at Wetherspoons in Falmouth which was clean friendly served a good curry and a good pint. Falmouth is an old haunt which myself and my kids frequented to visit my dad who lived there for many years. The town and harbour are still a fond favourite of mine. 👌🏻

Surprisingly pleasant venue with excellent indoor and outdoor space. (Dedicated parking is limited, so for bigger events assume that you may need to use street or general parking lots.) PS Special thanks to 99p Films and the Falmouth Food Co-op.

We’ve been here a few times over the years when visiting Falmouth, but today’s lunch was very poor and disappointing. Uninterested staff. I ordered a steak pasty for hubby and a leek and butternut squash pie for myself - the latter came with coleslaw and salad garnish. Our order was lukewarm and the pasty had been microwaved so the pastry was soggy. Blaring music inside so we stayed outside. We’ll go elsewhere next time. The gardens are really well maintained and always look good. Lots of areas to explore, with a tunnel and shell grotto to enjoy. Toilets clean and plentiful.

Great place for coffee in amazing gardens

A trip down memory lane. I used to come here with my mum when I was a child. A beautiful setting and the cafe was excellent. Friendly staff and tasty food. Also happy they serve Rattler!!

Tremendous food & service. An absolute credit to Falmouth town

Went to see hollow coves, lovely staff, great atmosphere, limited bar food, better than average selection of drinks, free water. Nice pre gig waiting area

A really lovely place with lots of things to do... Food very good

We watched Ugly Kid Joe and had a fantastic night! Great setting, well organised and fantastic energy!

Beautiful area with a really lovely cafe. Had a delicious cake and cuppa.

Went to an event tonight which was lovely. Went to the bar to buy 2xcans of coke zero and 2x cartoons of apple and mango which cost £10. Very expensive when I asked it was £3 for a can. Won't be going back as that's soo expensive!!

Lovely place to have an afternoon coffee and piece of cake as well as a great venue to see shows such as Fleetwood Mac tribute

One of my favourite places in Falmouth.

When for cma festival very enjoyable. Great accessibility for those in wheelchairs

Watch out for seagulls stealing your food

Nice lunch of quiche and salad. Order at the bar and food is brought to your table. Lovely gardens and atmosphere

Very nice place to visit. The food is good and the staff is very friendly and helpful. I would recommend it to anyone

Great little garden near the sea. The pavilion does refreshments. The dark pic is the pebbles in the grotto

Excellent spot great staff good food and often entertainment.

Fantastic venue with great facilities and beautiful gardens.

Lovely view from our holiday apartment, there was always someone tidying up and taking good care of the bandstand and its surroundings.

We visited the craft fair here & listened to a lovely French shanty band on the lawn.

Great location near the sea and beach. Good street food event Nice music and atmosphere

only visited the gardens, a lovely walk around the grounds.

Really excellent facilities and area.

Beautiful location and lovely venue

Update 2024 - Conference time & the pavilion + it's staff did not disappoint. Pat- the gardener - friendly, knowledgeable, professional. Alana ( part of the management) & team working well to keep everyone fed & watered. Staff - Nick ,James, Henry , Sam & Dave et al .. worked together brilliantly making it a pleasure to be here. Nothing was ever too much trouble Food lovely, staff eclectic .. Cornwall ! Lovely idyllic community hub. Well used. Staff lovely & friendly ( Nick & Thomas hard working chaps-👍) Alana - very professional. General staff - friendly,happy , professional.Couldnt do enough. Performed better than some prof. business places, I've been to. Good karma! Loved it here . On-site Catering excellent. Food wonderful, tasty, healthy. Unusual. Traditional. Vibrant. Well presented. Café recommended. Garden area - worth a visit. Chikdrens play area. Free parking outside. Clean toilets inside & outside areas. Good views. Easy to access- disabled ramp. Well kempt gardens. Good for young & old. Multi use venue. Interesting place to visit. Always something happening.. Visit,..you won't be disappointed!

First time to Falmouth and first time w loved the Sunday 2-6-24 band snd music lovely afternoon !!

I spent my long weekend in Falmouth as my little break from London. I have been in Falmouth few times and I found this town lovely place to visit. Last Sunday 26th May 2024 I and few friends went to visit this place which it was very lively with families, live music just by the sea. One moment I went to its bar to get a coffee. There wasn’t busy I stand on queue as it was only one lady being served by a staff named Sam. After 3 mins waiting he finished with this lady and he look at the queue and asked, who next?! I said me! There was a gentleman standing behind me and this staff SAM totally ignored me saying that man was there first and he started taking his order. I could not believe what that happening, I felt totally discriminated by this staff. His colleague apologised after but him didn’t and started being quite rude and arrogant. I work as bartender over 10 years in a busy places in London I never had kind of discrimination by staff, colleagues or costumers. I am not sure if they have proper training to deal with such things. No apologies, no compensation just nothing! I felt so bad being treated like that I was the only few not white person in that restaurant in that moment. I hope they will learn with those situations because it could go in that bad direction.

Went to see crywank and had a good time, good drink selection and nice sized event space.

I saw the band Focus here and the gig was great!

Lovely out of the way place, easily missed. Amazing garden. Quite special.

Interesting visit today! was walking through from gylly to stop here and get a coffee and return to my car in Falmouth and stopped outside to sit on a bench by the bandstand at the far end of the gardens have visited several times with my dog and inside the restaurant without issue (there was a dog loose around the bandstand area) Another unrelated dog came up to mine and the owner briefly dropped the lead so I let mine off the lead to greet they stayed on the grass and were probably 10 ft from me and 40 ft away from anyone in the restaurant, someone came over who didn’t identify themselves but clearly staff? With there badge turned round. So I couldn’t see, and asked me to put him on a lead so I did, I asked her why the unrelated dog (the groundsmans) was off the lead, she went very quiet for a few moments and proudly stated because he’s well behaved-😂 oh the irony. I’m not sure she really understood the whole situation so I chose to leave There are no signs to this effect and the dogs weren’t causing a nuisance her lack of understanding was really disappointing. Ps the last time I ate here a few months they got my order totally wrong and just said would I mind eating the wrongly provided food (which was also without the accompanying side)

Great coffee and cake at a great price!

Very nice cafe in a very nice historic garden

A busy community cafe. Plenty of room with outdoor seating overlooking the bandstand and attractive pavilion, with lots of grassy space for the kids to run about. I really like it. They could do more to meet the needs of people with alternative dietary needs/desires, but that's my only criticism.

Nice for the kids while you have a drink

Just sat in the garden. Very nice setting.

Friendly atmosphere, exceptionally clean with full bar, coffee and great food facilities. Recommend you keep an eye out for a variety of events, many of which are free to just walk in, I'm currently at the Flower Show.

Really clean and organised venue, we went for a gig and they got through the queue very efficiently, the bar queue moved well. It was clean and well thought out. Looking forward to the next time.

Great event space and loads of fun. There are some parking spaces, bit if not the local stresses have parking next to pavement.

Excellent coffee and a sandwich

Libertines gig. Small oldish style venue with cafe and garden. Made the event feel intimate.

Nice venue during the day but wouldn't give us water during or after a nighttime gig which doesn't seem very legal??

Great place to meet up with friends and enjoy a pot of tea and a Pastie for lunch. Love to sit outside when the weather is good.

If you want a cool paced location, thats the best place to go, I went there with someone and it was a lovely session

This place is great! Met up with a bunch of other parents and their young children. They gave us a large table in a side area where the kids could play. The service staff is amazing. Always warm, helpful and friendly. The food, while limited in variety, is always well prepared and delicious. I would recommend this place for a bit of lunch or a group gathering!

The food was delicious! We had a steak and a cheese and onion pastie, with a slice of Cornish Hevva Cake (which was divine!). Apologies, we were ravished after our 4 mile walk and got stuck in before I took any photos! :( The gardens were beautiful! I absolutely adored the selection of Christmas trees, decorated by all the local nurseries and schools. If you're in the area, definitely pop in! You won't regret it :)

Went to see a band. Fabulous venue!

Avoid. Visited for a lunch from the Christmas menu - beef and mushroom pie, chips and red cabbage. Tinned peas, tough beef pieces and in what the red cabbage had been cooked I dread to think. Chips were salted but no mention on menu that they were to be seasoned. People with high blood pressure MUST be given the choice if they want their food seasoned. BUT - it was only £10. Drinks OK. Moved to Falmouth in 1965 so almost a local! Sorry - need to up your game.

Food is good, but limited menu.

Lovely lunch at the Pavilion and some very nice carols played by the Carrick Consort (disclaimer: I was playing with them!! 😂)

The perfect size venue to see a band. Always had a great experience.

Handy place to grab a coffee if it's raining as there is seating inside and under the canopy.

No food available on our evening concert visit to see Lottery winners. Been here several times top rated venue. Very friendly and atmospheric venus

Really good for a variety of events. Although a small venue, it's still great and I would be visiting again

Attended a wedding at this venue and it’s not only a lovely place the staff are very good. We had a wonderful experience

Went the craft fair, still on tomorrow Sunday 19th Nov. Well worth going, full of very skilled crafter's. High lights for me were Cat Haywards stall with her stunning self designed fabrics and bybettyblue with her beautiful swimming coats.Those were the stalls that took all my money. But if I'd had more there were a lot of stalls I'd have spent more .

Such a lovely team and very helpful and welcoming

Been here many times for various occasions, Great Place lots going on.

Attended a wedding reception here, as a maid of honour. The staff were all fantastic! Polite, helpful, friendly, and generally made the whole evening flow effortlessly. The buffet was very nice, with a kids buffet too, which meant everyone was well fed! Beautiful grounds for pictures and overall, a lovely venue.

Watched a wonderful show." Joseph,. Had a nice drink in the bar too. A really lovely venue.!

I visited with some friends last Sunday morning. We were lucky enough to be able to sit outside. The breakfast was absolutely beautiful best one I've had in a while. Lovely coffee. Nice clean toilets. Will def visit again

I went to watch Joseph and the amazing technicolor dreamcoat and it did not disappoint, the size of the room was just right for an intimate feel but still big enough for the atmosphere to be electric when we gave a standing ovation. Highly recommend.

Superb gardens views and affordable dining. Check out upcoming music events.

Went to see Wheatus here..... Nice bar area, garden and great small atmosphere for music venue

Home of Falmouth Reggae Festival. The view is amazing great food..(Caribbean). Great festival..Great people and staff were amazing. Definitely going back next year.💯💯💯🎵🎶🔥

We love this place! The gardens are very well tended and looked very pretty in the autumn sunshine. The tropical planting is lush and healthy, and the restored shell seats are so sweet. We sat outside with a sea view and ordered brunch from the cafe. The herby baked beans were delicious. Well worth a visit.

A great place for food, drink. Coffees and lunches. And a fantastic venue for shows. A real local gem. The main garden, play area and gardens are fantastic. We need to support this place!!

Have seen a band and more recently watched a stand up comedian at this venue, i've enjoyed it on both occasions. Lovely feel to the place, facilities all nice and clean and the venue seems well looked after also. Looking forward to returning.

Best venue in Cornwall, has a fantastic atmosphere, I've seen many great bands play here.

Beautiful tranquil and family friendly place to have a drink, lunch, meet up, there's a little bit of green for kids to play on, bands come to use the band stand in a the middle for practice and rehearsals. The food is good quality and reasonably priced, the staff are nice but have had issues with certain staff being forceful with their views on gluten free, vegan foods etc. There is an amazing garden next to it to explore and hidden cove of rare sea shells at the bottom of the garden. Cross the road at the bottom and you can go down further to the secret beach down the under the ground.

A lovely place just to chill out with friends or family. You can have a proper meal or just a coffee & a snack, there are plenty of options on the menu. You can sit inside or out in the open. Some of the outside area is under cover so no problem if it rains. There is a reasonable amount of parking right outside the building & also on street parking nearby. There is a small garden that you can have a look around with some lovely views out to the ocean. Whenever I have visited it has never been over busy, which is surprising as it's a lovely place.

Lovely place , scenic ,colourful friendly staff nice calm atmosphere

Really good location, atmosphere and ethical food and drink etc. Great gigs and events. Limited parking at venue though only 3 minutes walk from town railway station and large car park. Impressive, well kept gardens with exotic plant species.

Nice and clean, friendly, helpful staff, good selection of fresh food and drinks. Lots of seating inside and outside, with gardens to sit in and wonder around.

We visited while the Pavilions had their ‘Street eats and beats’ evening on a Thursday and have to say it was brilliant! Lovely variety of street food vendors and beer from the bar while the kids played in a contained space. Background music was great, not intrusive at all. Defo recommend an evening I’m their beer garden!!!

Absolutely stunning place, great for phot shoots

Nicecold building well kept with modern outfitting and all your round events. The gardens are a must if you visit.

We went there to see a concert and it is a great venue for an intimate music experience - except, between bands the doors to the outside are opened and the venue is filled with smoke as all the smokers stand directly outside the doors. This almost completely ruined the evening for us. Smokers should be made to go to a separate area which doesn't impact everybody else's enjoyment of the event. Very, very poorly planned.

Loads going for it as a place - nice grounds, playground for the kids and live music, but the food, oh my, is absolutely incredible.

Wonderful experience, venue, food and drinks. A must if in Falmouth. Live music in evenings really good. Keep an eye out for quality acts at the onsite theatre.

Such a great family friendly spot, always things going on, beautiful cakes and drinks, lovely play area and dog friendly. Perfect little hub by the beach, we visit often.

Nice pleasant place to sit and listen to free performances in the bandstand.. and there's a bar!

We only had coffee the day we went.

We were here for a concert. So no food being served. Lovely building and surroundings. Only downside is that it is located a bit outside the town centre.

Lovely rooms. Bar service. Beautiful grounds.

Historic, entertainment centre, theatre, bar and restaurant with gardens, band stand. Regular summer concerts, new management but the bar is still functioning

Beautiful location with historic gardens and great venue and helpful security and staff🥸Well worth a visit to this place so don’t miss out if nearby Richard

This is a beautiful setting. The gardens are well maintained. Stunning plants and flowers. The rooms and theater are well presented and with ample space.