Seafood Cafe in Cornwall, Isles of Scilly

We saved a visit here for the last day of a weeks holiday. I wish now we'd gone sooner so we could have gone more than once!! It was fantastic. From the great quality of the food, to the warm friendly service, I can't fault a thing. We found it to be great value, the tapas we had was a good size, and everything was beautifully presented and very tasty. We went on a Thursday evening in October and it was fairly busy, so I'd book if you can.

We were recommend this place by the owner of the hotel we were staying at in St Ives. We booked a table.for.a Thursday evening, and the restaurant was fairly busy. The food is tapas style and was of a good quality and very tasty whilst being reasonably priced. The service was quick and the staff were all really pleasant and polite. I would definitely recommend this place to eat out if you are staying nearby.

Rudest waitress I have ever come across. Long browny blonde hair. Needs a personality transplant

Excellent food, lovely service, I couldn’t recommend more highly.

Took a while To get noticed to get our food ! But when we did it was amazing! Brilliant location and very nice food

Two visits to here for fish tapas .. Sat outside in the Autumn sunshine. Food was outstanding a special mention about the fresh crab tacos absolutely superb. Service was spot on will be back for a third visit

Very accommodating staff: we went twice without reservation and they found us a table in less than 5 minutes. Fantastic crab tacos, tempura hake superb fresh mussels.

Love sitting outside in the early evening watch the boats bob and people watching. The staff are lovely and the atmosphere chill. Bit of background music which I'm not always a fan of, but it's just about right volume and vibes pretty good.

Absolutely loved this place. Went twice in a week. Good seafood

We had lovely food here. It's more tapas like. The seafood is paired with quite strong flavours which do hide the seafood flavours a little, however I wouldn't say on this instance it is a negative thing as they are also delicious and they compliment each other. Excellent service and beautiful location

Only went in here as the place we were going to eat was full, glad we did it was brilliant

vibes: immaculate staff: immaculate food: immaculate

Delicious small plates at this harbour side seafood restaurant. We enjoyed each of the dishes. Unusual but flavourful dishes. A real treat.

Amazing food, great portion size friendly staff and quick service. Quality loved it

Good food, friendly staff and great location at the harbour. We had 2 small plates and a side dish per person, which was a good portion. Menu is mainly fish, one vegetarian dish only.

Best fish we've eaten in a long while! The lemon sole was exceptional and my husband loved the scallops. Service was great and a lovely happy atmosphere. A really enjoyable meal. Thank you!

We went in here as walk in for a late lunch. The restarant has a small plate menu, we order around 3 dishes per person. When we salt down we ordered chops for our 2 year old. They never turned up even with our main meal. The food was hit and miss, and sometime more style of substance to the detriment of the taste of the main ingredients. We ordered lemon sole, prawns crab, squid, mussels and scallops. We ordered some truffle chips (these arrived) A lot of mussels had grit in them which ruined the dish for us. When the waitress came to take the dishes and ask how the food was. I did tell her about this, with no expectation other then an acknowledgement and to let the kitchen know. The response I got was like I said something crazy, no apology was offered and infact we were promptly given our bill without even asked if we wanted anything else. Great location, okish food and poor service. I would give it a miss.

If you are going to have table service only, then please serve the tables!!!!

Very unaccommodating with allergies!! My son has allergies to egg, nuts and sesame seeds, we were told all the fryers had been used to fry sesame seeded products even the bread had nuts in it..!! So it didn't leave anything on the menu for him to eat. We we're a party of nine so we asked if we could pop next door to the fish and chip shop and buy my son some chips to eat whilst we all had something from the menu, we we're then told no by the owner that wasn't an option!! even though you're chips we're fried in oil that had been contaminated with sesame seed products!! So we all left and ate elsewhere, with my 11 year old son apologising to us all for ruining the meal because he has allergies, 😡 we explained to him it certainly wasn't his fault and not every restaurant is understanding or accommodating when it comes to allergies..!! Even though they should be.!! Anyway we went to Beer and Bird and what a difference they were amazing cooked his food separately even though they also offer dishes containing sesame seeds, we spent well over £250 on food and drink there, 😊 🤔 Great business sense 👏🏻 for a £2 portion of chips brought from a neighbouring restaurant you missed out over £250 worth of business 👍🏻👍🏻

Real insider tip! Great food with great service!

We sat outside and ordered some drinks, while studying the food menu for our family of four. The waitress then made a point of coming back out to state that dogs were not allowed inside, so if it started raining, we wouldn’t be able to come inside. We pointed out that our lovely Lab is a guide dog (she was in full regalia so this was very obvious as she lay perfectly under the table). It then started raining, so we asked to move to the table immediately inside on the opposite side of the window pain to us. The waitress said that this was a table for six and could only be occupied by six, not four (our party size). I queries this as it was a table of four and two pushed together….. the waitress stood firm and said a six only. We got the message at this point, didn’t order the food we were about to order and drank up quickly. Even more disappointed, on using the toilet before departing, we found the table of six still vacant, another table of four vacant and a table of four occupied by one solitary diner. Unfortunately we can only deduce from this that service dogs are not welcome at Cintra as we were blocked at every attempt to occupy a table inside and order meals for four! The experience and treatment of our party was wholly unacceptable !

Great service. Food looked amazing and prices reasonable. Lots of seating with gorgeous views of the harbour.

Food was very average when it eventually came. Need to add some salt and pepper to the salt and pepper squid. Waitress forgot to submit our order to the kitchen and when we asked where our food was she said “shit” and walked off 😂. St Ives IPA was good though!

We are locals and love this fish bar but today the service was terrible.I have been recommending friends and family to visit Cintra but now I cannot. We are normally given water and small taster while you wait but this didn't happen . We had to get someone's attention so we could actually order drinks and food. there seemed to be lots of the staff behind the bar talking and one or two busy taking food to tables to outside customers. The person who took our order didn't ask about allergies. My daughter in law who is allergic to nuts ordered moroccan lamb and when it arrived it was covered in nuts so was unable to eat it .there was no mention of nuts on the meal description on menu! . My daughter had had the same meal two days before and it did not have any nuts. I felt so embarrassed for the service we received and feel some of Cintras staff need extra training on hospitality. I advice the owner / manager to look at video footage.

Cheeky service! This scares customers away

Wonderful lunch. Friendly staff. Crab Nachos, Patatas Barvas, Mackerel fillets with sumac hit the spot. Alfresco dinning too, albeit a little to hot to sit in the midday sunshine.

We visited here with our family (4 adults, 5 children) on Tuesday last week. The food was good, the only reason I’ve rated it three was because the salt and paper squid was tasteless, however, we were happy with everything else. The reason I’ve rated our overall experience a 1 star is due to the service. We had one lady in particular (blonde hair), who was miserable and really rude to my Uncle. We had five kids with us, we just kept getting funny looks off this waitress (not sure of her name), huffing when we asked any questions or requested anything from her. I requested the bill, the waitress just brought the card machine over. When I asked for the receipt/bill she said she ‘doesn’t have one’. When I told her that I needed it, she said she can’t get one. Anyway, we ended up paying it (£175). I was happy about this as the kitchen accidentally brought out two of our plates twice so I was concerned this had been added to our bill. As soon as we paid, the waitress turned round to my Uncle on the table opposite and told him to keep his son quiet (he’s two years old). Why wait until we’ve paid to be rude to us?! He said, he’s literally a child, they can be loud, especially when the overall atmosphere is loud which it was. She walked off, we got our things together, to which my Uncle then went over to the bar to ask for a manager as he was really annoyed at her comment. He explained what she’d said to him and the other staff were embarrassed by her comments. Unfortunately the manager wasn’t there.. the waitress then came in and began to say that we should have kept him quiet because there’s other people in the restaurant. Never in my 9 years of being a parent, have I ever been told to keep my child quiet!! So rude and unprofessional. She had a terrible attitude and completely ruined our experience. She was very argumentative as well. The other staff came out after us and apologised because they were embarrassed by her comments and behaviour and said they would be reporting it to their manager the following day. I hope they did report her to the manager and she is dealt with. Not someone who should be working in a restaurant if you can’t be nice to people or treat their children respectfully. Due to this we definitely wouldn’t return and would advise anyone with young children not to visit either, unless you want to be made to feel bad and uncomfortable for having a child, who is simply being a child!

Great place to have something small but tasty. Will be back for sure.

Delicious seafood with good service and ambience

Delicous food and friendly staff! I really enjoyed the sole, monkfish and crab nachos!! Highly recommend.

Really lovely food, cooked beautifully and served by wonderful staff. Definitely recommend and we will definitely be back! Thank you guys!!!

Loved this place. Great food, amazing views and good service.

Really delicious food. There are lots of tasty small plates. Will definitely return on my next visit to St Ives.

Absolutely delicious. We had a variety of seafood dishes and the flavours were incredible. The service super friendly and fast. I cannot recommend enough and will definitely be back. Thank you for this great lunch

We enjoyed the food! It is really seafood bar, not overloaded with pasta or chips, where you can eat a range of fish, mussels and oysters itself. The atmosphere and staff are very friendly! Highly recommend!

Wow what a place this is, we came to St Ives for a long weekend and one of the days we had an early morning walk and found this cafe and I'm glad we did it was amazing the staff was just so friendly and made us feel welcome. Next time we're down we will be returning and 100% recommend. P.s the home made breads are just delicious.

Amazing seafood and friendly hospitable staff. Couldn't ask for more

Excellent little seafood tapas bar, very good portion sizes - my wife and I shared 5 dishes between us and it was more than enough - and cooked to perfection. Would highly recommend.

Wow, the food here is AMAZING! All of the food was well cooked and seasoned to perfection - the fish melts in your mouth! Good portion sizes too (I always worry with tapas style that the portions will be too small, but that wasn't the case here). Was well needed after a morning kayaking. Dimly-lit which was appreciated with how bright it was outside! Prompt service and friendly staff. 10 out of 10 and hope to visit again next time we're in St Ives!

Very nice discovery this July 25, 2024. By chance, we sit on the terrace. The welcome was very friendly. Mackerel fillets & house salad for me, sole & fries for my man. We really weren't expecting so many flavors! It was perfect. And at very attractive prices! Thank you very much for this moment and congratulations to your teams in the dining room & in the kitchen. We highly recommend it. Well done!

What a delicious dinner it was! This restaurant came as a recommendation from the hotel I was staying at when I asked where to find delicious seafood. My waitress, Ella, gave me great recommendations. She took the time as well to have a quick chat, checking up on me and making sure I was well taken care of. NOW the food, wow, just the muscles on their own deserve a praise but all the dishes I had, the scallop, mackerel, lemon sole, squid, even the bread were all packed with subtle and well paired flavours. Cooked to perfection, the fish simply melted in your mouth. And the deserts as well, not pictures because I could resist digging in were amazing, and I highly recommend the blackberry parfait and the buttermilk panacotta. Will be recommending this little gem to anyone visiting St Ives.

Amazing food here. I strongly recommend the crab nachos. Brilliant vibe, attentive staff and amazing food.

Sat on the harbour side for coffee. Lovely sunny day so that always helps! Staff were very attentive and welcoming. Didn't eat as don't like seafood, but it looked good. Coffee was great and the view even better.

Outstanding service and the best food ever , worth a visit , great position looking over the boats .

She probably didn't feel like working - it was 5 o'clock and she couldn't give us a table unless we SAFELY wanted something to eat - really? It's a bar, not a restaurant and 2/3 of the tables were free.

A long weekend in stunning St Ives !! We went to this place a couple of years ago when it first opened and were mightily disappointed. We decided to give it another chance. And....it was excellent. It's not that big and we expected difficulty booking for that same day but were pleasantly surprised! The small plates were delicious, the music cool and the bottle of red was tasty. Our waitress was so friendly and her knowledge of the menu was very helpful. Situated overlooking harbour beach with the tide in , our meal and experience was perfect....

Friendly enthusiastic service, great views of harbour, even from inside, and the food ... wonderful ! 🧡😋👍. Lots of different things to try, in small portions. Loved both styles of oyster, and scallop delicious.

Very nice place, pleasant staff. The food looked really nice and my partner enjoyed his meal, but unfortunately it was a little to spicy for me which was a shame, so I only ended up eating a bowl of fries. This was a plus for my partner as he had my prawns.

Delicious seafood served in tapas style. Quick service. Can be busy at times! 100% worth stopping. Excellent views to the marina if you are eating outside.

Stopped off for 2 lattes... ordered at 16.10 still nothing at 16.30 so walked away. How can it take that long to get 2 coffees... appalling service.

Really friendly and attentive staff. Great food, bigger portions for tapas than expected. Had the mussels, crab nachos, truffle chips and great wine outside with a lovely view. Thoroughly recommend

We had a really lovely meal at Cintra, and felt so well taken care of! All the dishes were delicious and the staff were so friendly and attentive. A perfect place to treat yourself and watch the world go by over the harbour.

Excellent food and views across the harbour. Salt and pepper squid being the highlight. Despite being tapas dishes they are on the larger side so would recommend two each.

Was here yesterday the food was amazing n service top notch would come back here 100%

Really lovely food and a great view over the ocean!

What a place! Just returned from a few days in Cornwall and so pleased we found Cintra's. Menu extensive, food absolutely delicious. Lovely staff and what a view! Can't wait to return

Outstanding! Lovely staff and really excellent food. Don’t miss this place if you visit St Ives

Had a great meal here. Fantastic tapas, really tasty and every dish was excellent though my favourite was possibly the charred cabbage. Great service too and what a location.

Went to ,Cintra yesterday and the service was excellent and the food was absolutely delicious 😋 definitely go back there again when in Cornwall.👍

I came for breakfast and has the cintra breakfast. It was so tasty! Especially the homemade brown sauce which added so much. The ingredients were so tasty and cooked perfectly. I thought it was a bargain too! Left delighted. Yum

Salt and pepper Squid Yuzu aioli Tandoori Monkfish Tamarind, raita, flatbread Korean fried chicken Chilli sesame glaze I eat alot of chicken however - I confidently declare - this is the best chicken I've had. This venue - Cintra - is fantastic. My waitress was superb, the bearded bar guy brilliant and the chef (Liam) a champion! Add this to a warm summer evening beside the harbour - what more could you wish for?

Beautiful food and service here in St Ives. Delicious food (small plates so definitely order up!).

Waited ages for our starters, roughly around 35 mins When we finally got them they were cold, we returned then we waited another 10 mins before asking and the waitress response is they will come after being warmed up, but then does it take 10mins for chips to come out? We still didn't get our chips and finished our drinks, we asked the bill as this was too long, they had the audacity to put this on our bill even though we never received it!

For a “Tapas” restaurant, the food wasn’t terrible, but given we were near the sea, the prices were way too high. Not even in London have I ever paid the higher price they charge for a single oyster as I have here. Sadly, it's a "nibbles bar/restaurant" serving tapas. Not really a place to have dinner; for the sum we paid, we could have chosen better dining establishments nearby. A really disappointing encounter!

Tapas style sea food and other options, dinner was so nice and the staff were friendly and attentive. Definitely go back when in st ives.

The food is really delicious. Fries are super crispy and delicious. Worth it.

The food was amazing, the wine was great, the service impeccable. Absoluty highly recommended! :)

we had a coffee in the morning, had a look at the menu & decided to go back for a meal late afternoon, the pigs cheeks were superb as was the mackerel & house salad, lovely atmosphere, service was great, a big thank you to Matt, he was so friendly, would definitely recommend this place

Popped to St Ives for my wife's birthday, grabbed a seat outside Cintra and one of the fantastic team came up and got us started with some lovely cocktails (Mermaid) then took our food order, we went a bit crazy as we wanted to try so much and we were right to do so, some fantastic food mixed with amazing friendly staff, constantly clearing plates, offering refills and even grabbing my dog a bowl of water to keep her going in the sun - great visit, can't recommend enough.

Excellent! Lemon battered sole,Dauphine Potatoes and Affinato😋

Food here was excellent, a creative range of seafood tapas that were presented well. Friendly, accommodating and efficient staff. We had 3 tapas each, drinks and shared a pudding. Came to £45 per head. Without drinks and a slightly lighter meal you could get away with £30 per head

Great place to stop for food. Although it is 'tapas' style the portions are plenty big enough (roast dinner is huge) and very tasty. Well worth a visit

Sat outside and ordered some drinks and food.. Has the crab nachos and squid. We had to point out to the staff that when the crab nachos came out there was hardly any crab in it. They quickly took dish away and it returned with lots more crab.. Food was fresh and tasty. We always pop there when in st ives

Excellent tapas, would definitely recommend

Very good quality food. It was Tapas, so be aware of the small plates. I would definitely visit again

Went in hungry and left hungry. For what you get it's way too expensive, the dishes are really small. For example the 'ray wing' isn't a ray wing, it's 1/10th of a ray wing. Some of the food did taste good (mussels were nice) but the highlight of the meal was the complimentary starter. You need to spend a good £30-40 to get a somewhat filling meal here IMO and for the quality that's really not worth it.

Simply fabulous, food was fantastic, drinks were amazing. Great staff, so polite and friendly and the views to die for

Fantastic, great food great staff and reasonable prices being a local in st Ives see you again soon thank you

Excellent place and great food!!!

Manager served us. Tried to steer us onto small plates. Looked at the price of small plates and thought no, that will be £30 each without anything else. Had crispy calamari to share. Over dressed with chopped chillies which completely overwhelmed the squid. Had seafood soup. Lovely soup but only about a third of a bowl. Lovely mussels and prawns in it. We ate somewhere else 2 nights ago and couldn’t finish the food. Cost £50. Ate at Cintra with about a third of the food we had 2 nights ago. £47. For 1 squid and 2 soups and a Coke. Other restaurants in St Ives were full tonight. We were 1 of 2 customers at Cintra. That tells a story on its own. Feeling underwhelmed and ripped off.

I’ve been here with my friend, and we both really enjoyed it! Firstly, staff were very nice and friendly. Secondly, thing I liked was a complement from chef! I don’t think I saw it anywhere else down Cornwall! Bravo 👏 and personally for me it was comfortable that service charge has been included in our bill. Thank you 🙏

Food was OK but came out at different times and the dishes we picked we wanted to eat together. A couple got cold way to quick for tapas style. We had cocktails which were lovely before meal. Once food came we would've liked wine with this but were never asked if we wanted anything else or anything else to drink. It was very quiet and although staff polite when they did talk they were not attentive. We would've had wine and probably stayed for more drinks after but were disappointed. On a personal opinion the music was terrible and to load. A real shame

Food and cocktails were amazing! We stopped on our journey back home to London and we ate sad that there isn’t one closer to home. Will have to come back again!

Absolutely unbelievable food and service. Staff were wonderful and kind and the food was delicious. For 2 people we got the homemade bread, dauphinois potatoes and 3 small plates and we were super full! The mussels were the show stopper but everything was great.

My god what a treat! Absolutely everything we had was amazing! Small plates so do take 3-4 to feel full but you do want to try as many options as possible to enjoy the vast choices on the menu. Also good wine and warm water in the taps in the toilet ☺️ they have also changed the menu recently so you can have ray and monkfish and turbot! So plenty of options!!! Highly recommended!!!!

Words cannot explain how outstanding the quality of food is in this place..

Great restaurant- we really enjoyed our meal here, so would highly recommend.

Great restaurant, the food was really well presented and delicious. The staff were really friendly and had good knowledge of the menu.

Had a perfect meal here. The food is sensational, the staff are so friendly and attentive. I wish there was an option for more starts to show just how great it is!

An ABSOLUTE MUST if your visiting St Ives Cornwall. The food is excellent, compliments to the chef. Staff are very pleasant, great clean tidy bar restaurant. Don't miss out !

The food was absolutely amazing

Popped in on the off chance Sunday lunchtime , fab food , good atmosphere, lovely friendly staff , highly recommend 😀

Just had a coffee, over looking the harbour, sat in the sun . Perfect.

Called in on Sunday lunchtime. I had the crab on bread which was a starter but I didn't want much. It could have done with a little more crab but was nice. My husband had the Chowder which he found really tasty. The place looked...

Not only is this restaurant situated perfectly with a gorgeous harbour view, the welcoming staff and pristinely presented (not to mention, delicious) meals are unmatched! You will not be disappointed! A seafood lovers dream, accompanied by a beautiful view, and an impressive variety of cocktails. A “must-visit” if you find yourself in St Ives.

Perfect venue for a delicious, seafood lunch. We had four different dishes and we were all delighted. The cafe is fairly large, so bigger groups, within reason, could venture there. A nice choice of dishes, some meat based too. Fresh bread and decent wines and...

Amazing selection of seafood tapas! The tempura oyster and pan fried scallop are heavenly.

Food is absolutely superb. Service is attentive but not in your face. Try the crab tacos, they are brilliant.

Highly recommend this place 🤗 The food was well prepared and tasted amazing, loved all the little plates so you could try a bit of everything and not overly expensive. What a view too 🤩the service was very friendly and welcoming

Amazing food, friendly staff, great location. What more do you need?