The Cornish Oven - Bakery in Cornwall, Isles of Scilly

Burnt pasties. Not the usual standard. Almost inedible, ate around the the worst bits. We are very loyal customers, we expect better. I feel it’s harder to complain when you get to know such lovely staff.

Very poor experience, quality of service rather lacking. Called in at 10.10 to enquire about the need to pre-order, and was told by the assistant, before she rather rudely left to answer a telephone call, that it wasn't necessary. Returned at 12.35, to be told that we should call early because stock sells quickly!! BY THE SAME ASSISTANT! Really disappointed, and won't be back, and would have to advise friends and relatives of my unsatisfactory service.

BEST IN CORNWALL Sadly I’ve had some awful pasties in Cornwall but not here! Been twice (as not local) over the last two years and without doubt these are the best pasties I’ve ever had! + great coffee and cakes too!

Landlady recommended this place. Went in around 2:20pm. Bought a £4.60 pasty and a bottle of Fanta and went to sit at the window bench and table only to be rudely informed that that area had been cleaned and we couldn't sit down. The advertised opening times shows a 4:00pm closing time. Clearly keen to take your money then throw you out. Need a lesson in customer service. Pasty was ok when we ate it in the car.

Worst Pasty I have ever had. Stone cold and tasted vile. Raw onions. What a waste of money. Avoid this place even the comerical places like rowes and warrens are better than this travesty.

Sorry but I just find the staff abrupt and this is not the first time I have felt like this. I very rarely write Trip Advisor reviews and took the chance of coming here today in the hope that the staff's attitude had improved.... no such luck.

Their Cornish Pasties are EXCELLENT! In addition to getting one for your luch, why not order a dozen to take back home with you for the freezer?! Their pasties are the best in the area in my opinion

Consistently good ! We get them them all the time. Freshly cooked or we buy them frozen and cook at home. Lovely staff in there too, flaky steak ones are the best we think !

Popped in for a pasty, as you do. Enormous! Got a chicken one between 2 of us. Absolutely delicious but still some left over! They were selling an xlarge one which I’m sure would feed a family of 4!

I like the fact there is plenty of parking. Great Covid19 security with a covered outside walkway for queuing - consequently takeaway and card payment only. The range is good from sausage rolls to pasties to boxed salads to drinks. My kids love the cocktail pasties whilst my elderly parents and I enjoy the flakey steak. Proper job - thanks.

Gorgeous pasties and nice cakes, very clear covid precautions in place. Only reason I haven't given 5 stars is that customer service could be improved.

We always buy our pasties here, as they are the best. However, last Monday the two 'steak' pasties I brought home were inedible. Both were the same - massive, thickly crimped crust, plenty of swede and potato and only two small 'clumps' of gristly meat in each, pieces stuck together like small golfballs, and we couldn't get our knives or teeth into any of the meat. Chewy wouldn't come close. I may as well have paid for vegetable pasties instead. I couldn't take them back as we had dissected them to find something we could eat. I know it's mass produced factory food, but never before has this been such a disappointment. The quality of meat was poor. However, the gulls happily finished them off!!

I have purchased their traditional pasties on numerous occasions and taken them to family living in England. A fitty example of a true local delicacy. Easily among the best available outside the home kitchen. The large ones are a challenge but one you should embrace if there is any genuine Cornish in you.

We both have flaky steak pasties and are seriously good! Packed with lovely big chunks of steak and veg, even the rolled edge crusts were great and I almost never eat those! Very pleasant and helpful staff. Had no issues regarding eating in the whole time we’ve been visiting either.

Against the opinion of many on here, I think these pasties are the BEST in Cornwall and I've tried lots. Believe me. I love pasties!Customer service/care however is not so good! The shop has a lovely, albeit small, bar/eating area by the window which just looked to be the perfect place to sit and eat my delicious pasty. But just as I reached for a seat I was told I couldn't sit there because it had been cleaned!? (And I'm not a dirty person!)The next time I went there I was really hoping the dining area would be dirty enough that I'd be allowed to use it. To my dismay it was spotless again and I was again told I couldn't eat there. Great!My third time, I just planned to eat it in the car to avoid being told to leave. This time I took reusable water bottle in to ask for it to be refilled. Yes, that's right, I'm trying to help save the planet because the sea is full of plastic. But the Cornish Oven aren't! They haven't fitted a suitable tap to fill a reusable bottle. Surely this is a massive oversight in this day and age? Their advice was to buy one of their bottles of water. Great! You need to go and have a think about that.

Love love love the Cornish Oven. Great sandwiches Great pasties Great coffee Great drinks (soft) Great Cakes Ticks all the Taste Buds!!

I always visit The Cornish Oven in Penzance to stock up on Pasty’s to take back to Bournemouth with me being a Cornish girl and all.. Never ever have I had a complaint to make yet.. Very friendly staff and ansum Pasty’s.. Couldn’t ask for better (apart from Granny’s of course)

Regularly get pasties from here, the best around.Had a special order of 60 cocktails to take to Norfolk, staff so helpful, gave advice on best way to take. Even rang me to ensure I knew how warm them.All ready for us at 8am, hot and juicy.What more could you ask for, thank you Cornish Oven

If your looking for a traditional Cornish pasty look no Further. The food was lovely fairly priced and a good choice of food available. The staff are so helpful even offered to box some pasty’s up for us to take home.

Situated on a mainly industrial area the pasties are average not enough seasoning to my taste. There is off road parking but seems to cater for the businesses around rather than the public.

Bought two pasties, one normal one described as cocktail size.The cocktail one had two pieces of meat - one at each end quite mall!Biting into the normal one, the tast was bland, then next bite was a large piece of fat and grizzle. It ended up in the nearest bin.Total waste of money.

Ordered two meat pasties & one vegetable, sadly what I got was a meat pasty with no meat in it, did they forget to add the meat or was I given 2 veggie pasties by mistake. Unlikely as the veggie pasty was labelled “VEG” Pastry was lovely pasty was hot, but sadly no meat. Very disappointed

Oh dear, I had to watch the Sales Assistant remove the uneaten bacon rolls from the counter because it was 10.02am and the tills stop the items being sold at 10am on the dot. I felt like sinking to my knees and begging for one of the bacon rolls before they were disgarded but my dignity took hold of me and I thought better of it.

Five of us went to the Cornish oven to get pasties for lunch. We got four different types, the traditional beef pasty was the best. All were OK but short on meat.

Cold... and beef was poor quality. I asked them to heat it up but apparently this was not possible. Disappointing.

I was told the pasties on display were just for display and that there were plenty more in the oven. Yet after the first bite it became clear I was served one of these luke warm delicacies on display. Regarding the quality of beef it contained, the thing would have bounced if I dropped it. A close competitor to the heralded off-the-shelf hangover remedy that can be found regularly on offer in Sainsburys chilled food aisle. 2/5 Product, 2/5 service.

Not for the first time i visited today and there were no breakfast items available. This was at 9.25am and the hours show that breakfast will be served until 10am.

been giving here another go but still having a wee problem with the veg in the pasties as it almost always to hard. iv suggested they try slicing the veg instead of dicing as this would make the cooking more even but im only a chef who has no idea??????? will pop down for another pastie soon and see if there been any improvement(you have made really good pasties before you still can if you want to)

This was our final stop before heading home after a lovely holiday in Cornwall.I wish we'd tried it earlier on to be honest!The pasties were packed and with huge chunks of meat. The sausage roll tasted fantastic.Even better were the coffees. As good as the larger chains and a latte was a bargain £1.70.The staff were lovely and we picked up some Rodda gift milk churns as a bonus souvenir.We were not surprised to see white van after white van popping in here for their lunch.Superb!

We visited the Cornish Oven to pick up some bits to take to the beach for lunch. We chose two steak flaky pastry pasties with a couple of cakes and drinks. The pasties are good value and ideal to grab for a take away or some frozen ones to take home

We came across the Cornish Oven on our way out of Penzance and are glad we did. The service was very friendly and quick. The pasties were lovely and contrary to a recent review, there was plenty of meat in it.If we are going that way again, we'll definitely return. I recommend you try it.

Only recently have i been coming to the cornish oven but since i have been i have been 6 times last month. Wide selection of pasties and pastries. Lovely staff and would recommend to anyone. Living in Heamoor and having Warrens just around the corner and driving for 5 minutes to get there says it all.

Bought two beef straight from the ovenEnjoyed so much bought 6 to bring home. Best value pasty in this part of cornwall

Visited this drive in, buy a pastie place the last week in March, the lady serving was quick have to say, but took the pastie from an oven and into a bag without me seeing it.When I got home, I was dismayed and upset that the pastie was awful to look at burnt and hard, stale to taste, must have been a day old at least.Most importantly very little meat just 2 small pieces, please read the reviews, it’s as bad as this one, sorry to say.Might be a good idea to give this place a miss.

No meat until the final third, then two lumps, total meat I guess 2 ounces. Pastry flabby. Awful. If you want a decent one go to McFaddens in St. Just.

I stop ordering the large as the veg was to el dente Cornish oven had take notice of my feed back but they no longer do the large its xxl which has replace the large but still have the same problem hard veg I truly believe its down to the way and size of the veg is prepared iv been a chef and worked in catering for nearly 30 years so I consider my self to be a good judge on food also timings and temps on oven can make a real differents its a shame as I really like there pasties went they first opened

Hubby went here at 1.30/1.45pm today and there was no meat pasties left.the wait was at least half an hour.having worked in a pasty shop myself and cooked them too this is very poor especially on a Saturday afternoon.we never allowed this to happen and worked in a much busier and bigger shop than this one.sad to say we won't be hurrying back.went elsewhere for a pasty

Have had a few ansum pasties from here since they opened in Penzance.The LARGE ones are large, they're good from one end to other. Would recommend to anyone who wants a filling meal.

If there's one pasty shop you must shop from it's this one. This branch is on the outskirts of Penzance in the small suburb of Eastern Green on the busy A30. I was treated to a delicious 'small size' steak pasty which was quite large in size anyway so I'd love to see what a big pasty is like. Good selection of meat and vegetarian options available at a reasonable price too. Oh and the staff were brilliant also. Geddon !!

when this shop first open it was lovely best you could get in penzance and penzance badly needed a good pastie shop they were proper pasties like you use to get years ago but for some reason my last 3 visits have been really bad the veg is dice and under cooked more like el dente so you end up wasting most of it as you cant eat it most chefs that can make a good pastie would slice there veg as this make sure it cooks evenly especially Swede as it takes longer to cook they potato what a real shame I hope that's the owner of this business will read this and take on board what iv said as constructive criticism and act on it to redeem them self

Having my tyre replaced at Kwik Fit at 9am when I noticed that the Cornish Oven had opened across the street. Like their pasties and had seen the ad for their breakfast offer so was full of positive expectation. Sadly all fell apart when I was told it was not possible to cut the fat of the pre-cooked bacon for my roll and when I elected for sausage instead, 3 were unceremoniously dumped into a roll. No slicing in half to make it easier to eat. When I was finishing up at 9.30 another customer ordered a sausage bap only to be told there were none left. This was only 9.30. Breakfast offer finishes at 10. Maybe they should stick to pasties. Shame.

Entered the shop just before 10 to 10, queued and got served seconds before 10 just to be told the offer finished at 10. Not really my fault I was not served upon entering. Will definitely not return, there is plenty of other food outlets nearby.

So pleased that the Cornish Oven has opened a branch just outside Penzance. We buy the pasties to take to Flambards from the Helston shop, and wished there was one nearer. Hallelujah! Now we can enjoy these delicious pasties whenever we feel like one. Definitely worthy of their award for the best shop pasties in Cornwall.