Surfside Polzeath in Cornwall, Isles of Scilly

Delicious food and fabulous views. Decent drinks and fun atmosphere. Service cancelled be a bit hit and miss but generally good. Kids menu cancelled be tricky with fussy eaters - it's a shame the fish and chips wasn't on the menu for kids - but overall it's great.

Our burgers were £16 each and hotdogs £14 each. Unfortunately didn't realise that they didn't come with chips/fries, so paid an extra £6.50 for a bowl of chips. For those kind of prices, you'd expect chips as well. If each of us had chips with our burgers, it would have cost £22.50!!! 😮 The food was nice, but we were waiting a long time to get served. Probably should have looked around a bit first, before heading to the first place we saw on the beach.

Delicious Beef Brisket Roast with a view. What Sundays are all about. Seriously great food and service. Highly recommend 👌🏻

What an awesome place to visit! Situated on Polzeath beach it was full of vibrance, soul and spirit in its atmosphere and food! We popped in late afternoon to see if we needed to book and evening table and the lovely lady sold us on the delicious sounding food selection and great choice of drinks. Our food was amazing we went for the half a chicken with lemon, salad and chips. Not disappointed at all. The choice of drinks on offer were amazing and the toe rag cider was a highlight. Certainly will come back again and recommend to all who fancy a beach inspired menu.

We enjoyed some very good cocktails, great atmosphere, followed by very good food. The mussels and Caribbean chicken breast curry were fantastic. Photo's don't do the food justice. We only intended to stay for one drink but left several hours later! Thankyou 🤗

Great food. Great location. Love the interior and vibe. Would recommend! Boat at the back is cool touch!

Absolutely amazing place. Great portions sizes of great food. Been coming to Polzeath for close to 40 years and this was by far the best eatery/bar I've been to.

The Surf Side is a lot of fun! Great rum cocktails (which is hard to find in the UK). Staff is young, but attentive. We came here 2 of our 4 nights in town (would have been 3 nighs, but they were closed for a staff event one night). We had burgers and a LOT of cocktails!

Jen made me a delicious cocktail and rosa and Josie were so helpful! Great place I’ll be back!

Surfside is such a fun place to spend an evening! You can enjoy dinner in the stylishly decorated restaurant overlooking Polzeath beach (go at sunset if you can, it’s spectacular!) and then enjoy delicious rum cocktails from the groovy outdoor bar while watching the live entertainment, which can be anything from raucous sea shanties to smooth acoustic covers! 🫧 The main reason for the four-star review is that the menu is incredibly limited for dinner options. I chose the vegan chilli, and while the portion was good for the money, I’d have liked a little more flavour and spice in the chilli itself. The small plates are good though, particularly the padron peppers, and I cannot fault the cocktails - they are awesome!!! 🍹

The mussels were great, and good service 👍🍻

Beautiful location, often great atmosphere but it’s so often difficult to buy a drink with the small bar six people deep and the back bar closed, we’ve gone elsewhere so many times, another outside bar downstairs maybe or keep both bars open so customers can actually buy a drink, especially when it’s seasonal, rethink your interior design and bar service.

Rum Bar, amazing place, spent lots of time there, recomend the golden 🔫

Disappointed ☹️ staff were very unwelcoming when we arrived, ordered a round of coffees that eventually arrived cold. Had some small plates; fries were super greasy and not crisp, sausage and chorizo bits over charred, padrons and whitebait were nice but very difficult to get these wrong.

A really cool spot right on the beach with amazing views and atmosphere. Totally worth a stop if you’re in Polzeath.

Awesome bar, good atmosphere, freindly helpful staff

Very busy when we went with a long queue. Some people came upstairs and pushed in thinking they owned the place. I got my drinks and was happy with service from bar staff but when I pointed out what was happening got the reply of nobody else was complaining. Would happily go again but would make sure no live music was on

Not enough places like this offering this level of holiday evening beach vibes

Had Tori as waitress - she was so helpful and attentive. Best service I’ve had. Great atmosphere.

Amazing rum bar. Touch of the Goonies about it

If I could give more stars I would. We went to Surfside on monday evening and our Daughter has mobility problems so when saw that the restaurant was on the beach we thought that we couldn't eat in the pub but the brilliant Tom came and collected us from the carpark on the beach in his beach buggy and delivered us to the pub door . The menu isn't huge but the food is amazing (possibly the best we had eaten in the 5 days we were in Cornwall) so it was well worth the treck. When we had finished our meal Ben took us in the buggy back to our car. What a great bunch of staff at this brilliant pub 👏 we wish you all the best Ben and Tom in your new venture. 😊

Superb all the way...offering a unique experience and place to relax. Feet in the sand and sipping a cold brew made for a lovely life moment.

Great food, great views from the upper balcony. Good beer & range of spirits.

Live music on the beach from James Dixon whilst watching sunset and tucking in to chicken wings and burgers on the beach from the open BBQ. Couldn’t ask for a nicer evening. Burgers were pricey (£17.50) but worth it given the setting and came with a great watermelon and potato salad .

What a cool place for eats, drinks and fun. This is a must for anyone who knows their rums.

First time visiting and it's a great place... sit on the beach and watch the sunset... see spectacular scenery in my photo

Only had a drink but loved the cider. Friendly staff. Lovely place on the beach.

Visited the Rum Bar! Great atmosphere! Good beer! I've been told the rum cocktails are great too! Nice and relaxed....

Amazing atmosphere can't wait to come back

Friendly & welcoming staff - service was great despite it being really busy. Rustic interior but great food and a wonderful spot at sunset. Very dog friendly too. We will be back!

Lovely place to stop for a drink or two on the beach. Outside seating is perfect to admire the views

If not for the price I would have given it a higher rating. Warning lots of steps and no disabled access. As they say in the response below, there is nothing they can do about the access.

The spicy rum b*stard is really delicious

Great food and warm welcome in a relaxing environment. Bring your dogs and babies in beautiful surrendings.

Such a lovely welcoming laid back place, great staff, incredible views and has a cool Thailand bar vibe! Yummy roast potatoes too! 😋😄

Amazing location - Friendly staff Went on Sunday for a roast. They have a vegan option for the main roast, but no vegan option for pudding. Roast was, umm, well, 3 out of 5. Meat nice, gravy tasty, potatoes average and lots of diced roast vegetables. Yorkie puds arrived after the meal as chef had forgotten them, but when they did they were very good. All puds (apple crumble, creme brulee and sticky toffee pudding) were tried and all hit the spot. £18 for the roast, £7.50 for the pudding.

Fantastic pub! Friendliest staff ever, delicious food selection and great drinks. Best part is that it's on the beach with the most incredible view!

Lovely walk along the beach, & popped into Surf Side for a very tasty steak baggett & tea for two. Warm welcome, great food with stunning views.

Excellent food, lovely staff and outstanding service. Beautiful view onto Polzeath beach! If you haven't been to Surfside already, I recommend going!

Enjoyed a very nice Sunday roast here. I don't usually do 'Sunday roast '

If you've spent all day in the surf you might appreciate the carby fried food - pasta served with a side of bread? If you haven't you might not. Decent range of beers, and I'd plug their rum cocktails if they hadn't run out of ingredients for the one we wanted. A fantastic location and maybe next year they'll get a menu to match. Expensive for what it isn't.

Great food, service and atmosphere. The view was amazing.

Had such a lovely lunch here, the oysters were beautiful, so fresh. We were lucky with a lovely sunny day and you can't beat the surroundings. Lovely experience

Buffalo wings are to die for. Yum yum. Lovely rum too. Highly recommended.

Fantastic beach side location, decently priced drinks.

Incredible bar on the beach dog friendly and we watched the surfers while enjoying a beer with the dogs. It's perfect here

Fun bar with outdoor area. Failed to book on the ring ting game

Restaurant: Fantastic setting and decor, however they had run out of all desserts when we went on a Friday night and some of the mains which was a real shame. Service was very slow but I get the impression that was due to the kitchen. Rum Bar: fantastic. No other words needed.

There’s always such an amazing atmosphere here, all the staff are so friendly, you can’t beat the food and drink! Simply can’t stay away from this place!

Genuine beach bar built on a steel frame hugging rocks overlooking the bay with terrific views. Serves Spanish Cruzcampo beer on tap (yay!) but the focus is the rum bar. Serves hearty portions of snack foods but the draw is the beach view and the surfer vibe. Highly recommended.

We were here in July this year, 6 adults. Fantastic food and atmosphere, all served by a lovely young lady named Emily, who could not do enough to accommodate us. Also great barstaff and a very smiley young lady who greeted os on arrival. Thank you.

Great location .. beach bar being a cool thing but dead expensive.. £17 for a beer and a wine.. the most expensive 2 drinks I have ever bought in the whole of Cornwall .. I will come back to polzeath but not to this bar..

Bloody class mate. Beers are top knotch. Staff even better 🫡😍. So many characters here. Very very liberal

Best food, drink and atmosphere in Polzeath. Just what it area needs! Family of 4 with baby (access tough but worth it) service amazing everyone friendly 3 different staff check on us. Steak and fish both awesome…..the rum punch…..wow! Also a great area outside the back

Amazing location Fabulous food Friendly and lovely staff (shout out to Lewis!) Great vibe and music - who cares if you have to wait a few minutes at the bar for your drink - personally I can’t think of a better queue to be in Simply the best! Thank you for a few great evenings this summer - we’ll be back next week!

Called in this weekend and absolutely love this place, lovely food, great beer and fab vibe.

Good beach for surfing not very sandy great bars and eating places

Right I’ve been staying in Polzeath all week and Ellie and Tasha have been the most brilliant Bar tenders I could have hoped for, not only are they brilliant at their job they’re also very friendly and polite, they have offered the best service in Polzeath and I can’t wait to come back and have the best holiday of my life (part 2), woahhhh.

Disabled info: no wheelchair access. Has a disabled toilet but does not use a radar key, had to go up all the stairs to ask the bar staff. Showed my radar key but they didn’t know what it was. Once they realised I needed the disabled loo they acted fast and got the combination lock off. staff very sweet. Disabled loo had no loo roll and flush not working but these are simple things to fix. Other than that, v nice experience. Cocktails tasty but expensive, similar to london pricing.

The refit/renovation is simply stunning. A winning combination of great staff, delicious food, music, & that very special Surfside/Rumbar vibe. Hats off to the whole team 👏 👏👏

Great food, great service. Loved it! Don’t know why it’s not some not great reviews.

Staff really friendly and great food try the rum bar awesome place brilliant atmosphere and dj sets with jimmy 2 shoes etc

Excellent vibe! Excellent food! What’s not to enjoy. Recommend the fish and chips

Super cool beach bar with good food.

Absolutely fantastic location. The renovation is amazing. The drinks menu is more than adequate and the food menu is very amusing. I sniggered at the White bait coming from James's pond, and I ordered the chunky chips covered in smoked sea salt, that piqued my interest. How very disappointed I was. The chip is a simple side to get right, if you're any sort of foodie you know they need a couple of frys or three if you're Heston, to be crispy. These were soft and greasy, and then to heap more misery on me, it was dressed in regular salt not there holy grail of "smoked sea salt". I will return later this week and try them again for another £5,50 portion and see if they can redeem themselves. I will then happily change my review.

Excellent food great booze amazing location.Staff really friendly.😁😁

Lovely pub, great food, amazing views and friendly staff.

Lovely, simple restaurant directly on the beach. Only a few dishes on the menu, but I think that's a plus when they're all done very well - and they seem to change day to day. Beautiful setting. The staff were great. Couple of kids options, again done very well. Perfect way to end a day on Polzeath beach.

Beer on the beach, what more could you want? 😍

Sat down at the same time another table did. The other table got served, the server turned to us and said 'sorry closed now, no more orders'. Lol

Lovely hide-away from strong winds, excellent view, good drink selection.

Great food, views, even nice outside today! October. Service a little slow. Laid back vibe.

Good drink range and delicious food including burgers, mussels and oysters.

Cool cafe by the beach! Good atmosphere, great service and a prime location to enjoy the sunset! The rum bar at the back opens first and provides a different selection of drinks while the restaurant at the front only opened a but later for dinner. We a had a good burger and saw other tables order all sorts of different dishes that looked very good.

Very cool place! Lovely beach seating out front, out back very cool tiki bar, amazing staff, great time. Parking right there.

Great seafood especially the oysters. Also excellent monkfish roll, olives and heritage tomato salad. Position right on the beach. Service was fine.

Setting is great sadly food let it down. Extremely limited choice due to covid, service lacsidasical food not very hot so disappointing

Awesome coffee looking into the beach

Great location, friendly staff, nice hot chocolate and music to boot.

Loved it here a lovely night out with my boyfriend. Right on the beach, the Mai Tai cocktail was lovely. Staff very friendly can't wait to return. 🍸🍾🥂

Amazing beach restaurant with rum cave. Burgers are awesome

Great evening, esp considering covid restrictions. Reduced menu but great food. Fantastic staff, waitress recommended choices which was great. And look at the view!

Nice atmosphere and lovely drinks however the lady taking orders was really rude and unhelpful to me when I was just enquiring into celiac options. I'm not on a fad diet pal I just dont want to be really ill.

The Rum Bar could be good if it wasn't for the surly, rude staff who are much more concerned with drinking and smoking themselves with their mates than the inconvenience of serving customers.

Great spot good food. Great staff. Rum bar out back rocks. Massive selection knowledgeable staff. Gotta try a zombie if you dare.

Really lovely staff. Outstanding fish and chips! Mint in the mushy peas too 😁

AWESOME, AWESOME, AWESOME! Original, Unique and Cool! Wonderful food, excellent service and possibly the most picturesque location in the UK! Please visit here - you won't regret it!! ALSO - please visit the Rum Bar at the back. My favourite bar ever! I wish I worked here and I could be here all the time! LOVE IT!

On my last visit here in summer 2018 Either in the restaurant or the Rum bar my credit card was skimmed as I returned home from a business trip to find £1000 of online orders had been placed using a brand new Credit card I'd only used here. Disappointed as I'd been here a few times and loved the atmosphere in the Rum bar. Sadly i won't be rushing back now though

I loved staying here. But having to walking across the beach with luggage and up and down the steep metal steps would not suit everyone

The surf is fantastic & there are lifeguards during peak season

Came here for my birthday and the food is AMAZING! The service was so lovely too - Phoebe and Chris you guys were lovely. Honestly had such a beautiful evening with an amazing view of the setting sun. Thank you guys for making my solo birthday dinner beautiful!

Wow! Words will not do the food here justice. The spicey ribs I had, and the street fish curry my wife had were out of this world. Whoever designed these dishes needs an award! My ribs were spicier than the curry, which wasn't a criticism as we both liked them the way they were. Good portions and accompaniments. We started with the antipasto sharer with local cheeses, which was divine. We did need a little more bread though. The attached photo I took to show my friends, but I have already started cutting them up so excuse that. All the staff were friendly and provided top service. The rum bar out the back..... awesome! Good knowledge by the guys on the bar, and some great rums to drink neat, 1 small ice cube. The Four square 2005 as recommended was lovely. Rum cocktails were also amazing. They make a good zombie, and mai tai. You have to visit if you are in the area, but book in advance as it's not huge, and is popular. I can see why! A great meal out for our 3rd wedding anniversary - thank you!

Fantastic food and great service

Beautiful beautiful great for surfing!

Fantastic settings, fab food, staff lovely especially the owner wonderful and friendly

Lovely dinner spot, relaxed atmosphere, great drinks and yummy food!

Food very good and wonderful position, but maybe a bit expensive, but enjoyed out visit after a lovely walk on the coastal footpath.

It is a nice place to go on the beach

Great family experience!! Breakfast for about ten people, served well, very enjoyable.

The rum bar in the rear of the Surfside is great. Well worth the visit to have a rum and ginger watching the sun set over the Sea.