The Pickwick Inn & Oliver's Restaurant in Cornwall, Isles of Scilly

Amazing location, pub bar, restaurant and views extremely hard to better. Food needs a radical upgrade, prawn cocktail £16? Prawns out of a bag from Iceland not these days at that price. Duck breast tough as old boots, vegetables thrown at the plate from a great height, poor presentation. Lobster and prawn liquinine, micro waved for £32? Someone needs to get a grip in the kitchen!

Great food. Thank you. I had oysters and then duck breast. Was amazing.

We've been coming to the Pickwick for a number of years and I genuinely believe it might actually be my favourite restaurant in the entire country...probably the world...

My review refers only to the restaurant, the location and building promised so much it was a shame about the food, the meat was overcooked and the onion rings were so burnt that they shattered if you tried to cut them, some of the veg was undercooked also, we complained to the waitress and she said that she would speak to the chef, the chef didn't respond and we were asked to pay the bill in full, we will not return

Really looked forward to going here for ages because of views on facebook but can’t sit out the back only if eating can only sit out front no views disappointed ☹️

Stopped for lunch. Shared a £12 beetroot humous sandwich with my wife - see photo attached. Had it been a gourmet sandwich maybe ok but it was nothing special for £12 bit of a rip off. Told me it came with chips - that’s what the crisps are!!!! Half the sandwich (soft bap roll I have eaten).

Great service, great food and amazing view.

Amazing plated roast dinner, one of the best I have eaten in a long time, sometimes the dessert can be a let down after a great roast but on this occasion the dessert was amazing. Great staff, chilled and very happy. You will never get bored of the view of the Camel estuary. Might not be the cheapest roast but certainly the quality is worth every penny.

Great Sunday roast meal with the grandchildren, lamb was lovely, great views towards Padstow and Rock.

Stunning rooms, great food, lovely service and views for days

Went in for a lovely meal with the family. Food is high quality and fast service!

This, has been an excellent stay,with amazing views of the River Camel and out to the Doom Bar between Padstow and Rock. The room was very spacious with its own balcony and had a superb restaurant with the WOW factor of a view. It is set half a mile outside the village of St Issey,just 5 miles from Padstow. The staff were excellent too

Had a great meal with the family everyone happy with meals If I was to pick at anything an extra scallop on my starter would have been great but very impressive, they had a big function and it did not effect our service.

Very nice pub/restaurant for Sunday Lunch. Dog friendly providing you’re happy to sit in the bar area.

Would recommend 100%. Super room. Great service. Clean. Do not hesitate to book!

We loved our romantic escape to the Pickwick Inn. A true hidden gem! Our room was lovely, bright and large with fab views to Padstow over the fields. Our bathroom was also fab with a huge bath and shower. Food at Oliver's was also very good, not spectacular, but good all the same. The pub itself looks very cosy indeed. Things to note: You need a car as this is a remote location. Bathroom supplies are just eco soap bars and while ok, could be done better with eco refillable pumps. All in all, would highly recommend for that naughty escape!

Gorgeous food, great staff and a lovely setting.

Absolutely beautiful from the moment we walked in. A lovely welcome from behind the bar from an older gentleman. The waitress was lovely and freindly and gave us some information on things to do locally! The food is out of this world ! Lovely experience

Beautiful establishment with beautiful views the food was the best we tasted whilst in north Cornwall wonderful staff all made you feel welcome this is my number 1 choice for something to eat avoid the farmers arms at all cost

Popped in after a long coastal walk. Welcoming, dog friendly, comfortable. We had pie & lamb from the special board. Both meals were delicious. Just wish I had asked for mint sauce with my lamb. Would return.

Rooms excellent , Hospitality great Food was awesome Fantastic Views Would highly recommend to anyone Staff very friendly and helpful with places to see A big thumbs up from us 👌🏼

We went to the restaurant for dinner

Really nice old pub but food was very average for the price ! Staff were friendly and welcoming g

Great setting for a nice meal. We had Sunday lunch and then went back for an evening meal later in the week. Sunday lunch was amazing quality and the 5 kids across 2 families were welcomed. A couple of us had steaks in the revisit which were great quality, but overcooked by 45 seconds. Would defo recommend. Little playground for kids to keep them entertained for a 30 mins

What a wonderful place to stay! The room and amenities were fantastic. The restaurant was great too. Deffo a little on the expensive side.

Had dinner. April was exceptional. The owners were unbelievably hospitable. Thank you

Beautiful views, lovely outside play & seated area, quite pricey but not to expensive for the location and meals provided

Excellent dinner, lovely service. Very helpful regarding food intolerances.

After a long, arduous journey from the North, where better to fill our tired tummies than the Pickwick Inn. As a literature student, I was drawn to the name of the restaurant / pub and on entering the establishment, I loved the decor. Since it was Sunday - we all chose the Sunday lunch and my veggie mother said, 'it was the best nut roast she'd ever had!' It was lovely being greeted by local Cornish barman / owner and the choice was drinks was superb. The beef was beautiful and the Yorkshire pudding was the size of a bin lid!! Maybe that's an exaggeration, but it was big! I would have loved to have tried the dessert menu, but we were are fit to bursting at the end of our meal. Delicious Cornish food - would recommed!

We have been dining at the pickwick for years and often more than once a week. We have never had a bad meal until this week, 31/7/2024. The fish and chips were simply awful. Chips were over cooked and greasy, the fish batter was also greasy. The child's chicken gougons were also over cooked, we couldn't even cut them. Sorry to say we have cancelled our table for tonight.

Wow what a view from the rooms amazing. I spent 2 nights looking at the view and watching the sparrows and birds. Lovely rooms best I have seen. Breakfast was lovely and tasty the Mackerel was lovely. Couple of issues though the bed is not a king size but 2 put together need to fix that. I found the pillows hard and slept ok first night better second using a pillow and cushion. Possibly provide options for softer pillows I had neck pain first night. Worth the money though as best room I have stayed in.

Stunning view, lovely staff. Great food ! Hair raising back road to location

Just stopped for lunch. Very good cuisine

We spent 2 nights here at the end of May and found it to be quite disappointing. The room itself was spacious as was the bathroom but it lacked provisions. We stayed in a boutique ‘dog friendly’ room which cost £200 per night including a breakfast plus £10 for the dog. There were no provisions for the dog at all so we weren’t sure what we had paid £10 for. Unfortunately for us, having our little dog meant that we were not allowed to eat in the lovely contemporary restaurant with stunning views over the estuary, we had to eat in the very dark pub. Having a dog also meant we we not allowed to sit around the pool and also, from reading the finer details at check in, we were very surprised to learn that the pool was only open 9-5 therefore felt this was too limited as had the weather been warm and sunny, we would have definitely wanted to have used the pool due to the balcony being north facing and shaded. The breakfast, if you didn’t want a full English was quite underwhelming and very limited. It would be fair to say that our experience would have been better had we been there without our dog so we wont be returning to The Pickwick Inn.

Fantastic food cooked to perfection. 👌

Took my mum, stepdad and aunty here when they came down for the weekend, wanted somewhere with character and great food so it’s a memorable treat and boy did the Pickeick Inn deliver, the pub has so much to admire with its Charles Dickens interior, photographs and books and the food at Olivers Restaurant was superb, we all loved the food and the staff were really friendly and helpful, a true discovery and highly recommended

Had a seat by the open window overlooking the pool plus a stunning view of the bay . Will return ASAP excellent meal and service. Thouraly recommend 👌

When the food came our moussaka was was served to the table in the dish straight out of the oven so was 190C. Annoyingly they put it down within easy reaching distance of our 2 year old who immediately grabbed it and now has burns on his hand. They also put a metal pot full of scalding gravy on the kids meal plate, I assume so he could pour it all over his face and burn that too! Someone then lit a bbq in the restaurant which didn’t set the fire alarm off but did make guests try and open the sliding doors, unfortunately the doors were all locked so we had to sit and eat the moussaka which must have been made by the work experience kid in a smoke filled room. Very very expensive and terrible quality. Our little one did enjoy his sausage once he’d stopped screaming. The beer was good.

A pub of two halves. The bar is old school, banquettes, wagon wheels and dark brown varnish and the restaurant is all plate glass and modern with stunning views. Shame no crisps or other bar nibbles but, without us saying anything, the young lady serving arranged for a bowl of deep fried potato skins ! Top marks!

Fantastic venue, beautiful food and excellent service.

What a lovely venue and a peaceful location. Tasty food but mediocre service and everything had to be ordered at the bar. The old-fashioned pub where we had to sit with the dog was like a parallel universe to the modern restaurant which had stunning views and where the service seemed to be more focused.

Fantastic pub , restaurant, hotel. First-class food and service and amazing rooms with epic views

Perfect for me and the Mrs really enjoyed ourselves will be coming back

Absolutely fantastic and welcoming staff and a lovely place to go after a long day at the beach

Overall pretty disappointing meal here. Food was overpriced for the quality that was on offer. It’s such a shame as it has great character as a pub but they really need to up their game when it comes to the food!

Amazing food great staff great location