The Rising Sun in Cornwall, Isles of Scilly

Arrived in Kingsand for a weeks holiday. Went to this pub which was the closest to our accommodation. It was great. Welcomed in with our dogs. Sat with some locals. Great beer and great atmosphere. Cannot comment of food but everything else great.

What a fab pub. We felt very welcomed by the staff and locals. Food was delicious, service amazing. We had a good old singalong and a jolly good time

Absolutely lovely pub with a great atmosphere. We had a mixed table of kids and adults and ordered loads of chilli and chips and it was delicious. The landlady was so lovely and we’d highly recommend the Rising Sun. Gutted to have gone there on our last night in Kingsand as we’d have probably been there every night!

Great fish and chips….. The fish was lovely with the fresh beet batter.All very fresh with the salad perfect. Bar lady also very helpful we will be back….

Food was really good. However the atmosphere wasn't great. Didn't think vaping was allowed but obviously a local pub and lots of vaping

Where the hell do I begin........... I am still in a deep state of shock. Words fail me for this absolute gem of a pub.and it is the quintessential English pub in so many ways and thankfully, a lively house. You will not be on your own (but you can if you want to be. Right troops, fall in, no talking at the back and listen up. It is a locals pub but with a huuuuge heart to any waifs and strays who cross the threshold. The locals go out of their way to welcome you and after the first visit there is handshakes all round on your next visit. The landlord (Mike) greets everyone like a long-lost friend and I'm convinced he would marry anyone (male, female or animal) if it would help in their life. His wife is American and is an utterly charming lady with an Alabaman sense of humour. Drinks - wide selection and at least 3 real ales, all at VERY reasonable prices. There are music nights and, according to legend, a huge, roaring fire in Winter. Food - hells bells and buckets of blood, the food is exceptional. I had a lamb curry which had layer upon layer of taste sensations and I have been to many curry houses in London and Brum which all need to send their chefs here for a ruddy good refresher. The rest of the food I will try from tomorrow but what I have seen being served to customers beggars belief. I'm certain Gordon Ramsey is moonlighting here. Full props to the chef, he is one step past genius. That's it folks, miss this gem at your peril and expect to eat and drink considerably more than you expected. BTW, the bogs are very good as well. (I know it matters to some).

Super friendly staff and great atmosphere! Live music when we were there on a Saturday night (don’t know if it’s regular)

Wonderful food - huge choice: stupendous service - landlord larger than life and boisterously friendly; landlady a brilliant cook and daughter attentive and friendly behind the bar. They wer brilliant with my grandson But best of all is the warm sociable atmosphere. This was the highlight of our holiday

Have 2 lovely meals with the family. A great traditional pub. Amazing staff and great food. The only pub meals my kids have actual finished, which was a bonus. Will defiantly be returning when we are down this way again. We all had 2 great evenings.

Popped in for lunch and had mushroom stroganoff and fish and chips. The food was excellent and the staff even managed to arrange parking for our M/C's. Brilliant. Thanks ever so much for fabulous service.

A great pub! Lovely spot for an evening drink or two in the sunshine. Also the food was delicious. Staying just around the corner on a multi-generational family break we ordered a takeaway consisting of various curries and fish & chips - all the meals were beautifully cooked and well packed to take away. Fantastic choice of curries! We sat at the bar with a drink and enjoyed chatting with the landlord and his daughter while we were waiting for our order to be prepared. V friendly and welcoming pub and would definitely recommend a visit if you're in the area.

Michael, how much for a salmanazar, birthday soon.

Arrived on Friday popped in had a quick pint and booked a table for 7 pm , we arrived with a waspy child ,the staff were great to accommodate us and child zilla the locals were great company, the food was great. Thank you all at the rising sun. Philip a grateful grandfather

Home cooked food, done well. Friendly people - we’d recommend it over some other establishments locally. Good pub grub, nothing pretentious and cheery staff. A winning combination. 😊

Visit this pub everytime we are in the area (at least once a year). Good food, good drink selection and great staff. Best pub in the town!!!

We stay in this area a lot and The Rising Sun is a firm favourite. Absolutely lovely food, stacks of vegetarian options for me and lots of variety for everyone else. Lovely wines and beers and a very warm welcome. Really can’t fault it at all. Dog friendly in a big way, which is wonderful.

Brilliant night good food great service very friendly

Nicely tucked away little pub, can't comment on the food as I didn't eat there although they do provide it. Predominantly local clientele and very helpful and friendly,live music on Saturday night but check before if you're going just for that.Seating outside and the old village square to watch the world go by(if somewhat quietly). Real ales to choose from and a reasonable selection of other drinks, I'll be back to try the food next time I visit!

Only went for a drink but this pub is great, very friendly atmosphere

Wife and I went to the rising sun last night for dinner , food was first class and the service was excellent. Nikki looked after us so well and made us feel very welcome , such a lovely lady . Thankyou so much we had such a lovely evening - Terry and Trudie x

We had a lovely evening at the Rising Sun, a traditional pub with dining area. The welcome was as warm as it gets. The staff friendly and attentive and the atmosphere relaxed. The food selection was wide, quality high and portion sizes generous. With reasonable prices and also being dog friendly it is now on our must return list for our next visit.

Popped in with friends the dogs loved all the attention, locals were lovely and friendly, great welcome from staff and the popcorn brought to our table was unexpected and very nice, we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves, definitely one on our list to return too.

Went in for a drink after a long walk.and the staff and local people are great

We’ve just returned from the Rising Sun and I wanted to write a quick review straightaway. Although we’ve been coming to this area for years, this was the first time we’ve tried this pub. Why??! We’ve been missing out big time. Absolutely brilliant and hallelujah, at last a traditional pub. Fantastic and very friendly welcome for us and our dog. We had a lovely meal, my curry was divine and very fresh, my husband and son had steaks and said they were perfect too. The guys behind the bar couldn’t do enough for us. We’d have stayed for the evening but unfortunately we had to get away ready for the journey home in the early hours. We come to Kingsand and Cawsand twice a year and this will now be a regular haunt for us. Oh and the beer was spot on too. Faultless.

Didn't eat here so can't rate the food, but the beer was fine. It was a quiet Tuesday afternoon so not many customers to give the place atmosphere, but it was pleasant enough - clean and bright but still kind of cosy. Would definitely go again.

Excellent service and food. We really liked it.

Just dropped in for a drink. Friendly pub and definitely the best kept beer in Kingsand/Cawsand.

Friendly service & excellent beer.

A very friendly pub in Cawsand, located conveniently at the end of the walk from Mt Edgecombe. The landlord, Michael, is a great host.

Hey fellow adventurers! 🌍 So, I ventured a bit off the beaten path and landed at "The Rising Sun" in Cawsand. Let me tell ya, it's one of those hidden gems that remind you why small pubs are the heart of the UK. First up, the beer. Classic choices, each pour better than the last. You can tell they take their brews seriously here. But what really made the experience? The people. The owner is an absolute legend – made me feel like I was popping over to an old mate's place rather than stepping into a pub for the first time. It's that kind of warmth that sticks with you. And speaking of friendly vibes, the place was buzzing with locals. You know you've struck gold when you walk into a room full of chatter, laughter, and those authentic local vibes. It's the kind of place where everyone might not know your name (yet!), but they'll treat you like they do. No sweeping views here, but trust me, you won't miss them. The real charm of "The Rising Sun" is its heart and soul, and the feeling of community that wraps around you the moment you walk in. If you find yourself in Cawsand and you're after genuine company, top-notch beer, and a taste of local life, make sure to swing by "The Rising Sun". Might bump into ya next time I'm there, sharing a pint and a story or two! Cheers! 🍻

Lovely little pub in a beautiful setting.

Amazing venue with amazing service.

Visited today & received warm welcome, despite change in owners. Had Red Thai Prawn Curry served with Raita, Mango Chutney & Poppadoms. Relatives had Fish Chowder; Burger, Chips & Salad; Sausage, Chips & Beans. All enjoyed meals although did find prawns to be a little tough (suspected were added too early); portion of Fish Chowder whilst delicious, was little on small size, although all certainly didn't lack in taste & was well presented 😊 Great pub set in pretty picturesque village of Kingsand, with outdoor & indoor seating. Due to its popularity, booking is recommended if planning to eat there.

Lovely village pub with friendly locals. Stayed longer than expected due to getting chatting with the landlord. Didn't eat due to kitchen hours but will be back for an amazing crab sandwich!

Lovely friendly welcome. Great food with a better seafood menu than on the seafront. Amazing chowder and crab and prawn salad

Nice pint of IPA and massive plate of whitebait

Best traditional pub around, friendly staff, Nicky is lovely plus Mike and his family… good mix of locals and visitors… Beer is kept well and you’ll always get a consistently great pint. Best place to sit outside by the little green in the glorious weather and people watch.

We met with friends on Sunday 11th June and had a couple of drinks in an authentic Cornish pub. We seemed to be the only visitors and were made to feel ver welcome from the locals and even the Landlord! Service was great (Landlord's daughter) and we will definitely visit again.

This pub is a real oasis tucked away in a little square with a sunny lawn.

Amazing fish soup. Has to be locally caught as they could not afford to give you a huge amount of fish for 11 pounds otherwise. I had it 2 days in a row. Devine. Ditto the fish pie too. Wonderful home cooking in a down to earth inn. 10 out of 10. Also fewer grockles here!

Lovely people, great service, fresh food and decent prices. What more could you want!

A great local bar in the heart of the community. Friendly, warm and welcoming. Well worth a visit. If you're eating, thing and book ahead as they get busy👌

Stopped for lunch on a Sunday. Just the locals in situ when we arrived. Only one barmaid who was also helping in kitchen so bar unattended for long periods Ordered two drinks and a chilli cheese chips & ham & pea soup. £8.95 for the soup was a bit steep with one slice of thin bread There was a wait of 25 minutes for the food and the soup was lukewarm on arrival but was hungry so didn't return to the kitchen. It tasted OK but seemed like the chunks of ham were thrown in at the end and were quite hard The chilli cheese chips were tasty enough(difficult to go wrong with such an easy dish) I mentioned the lukewarm soup when the barmaid cleared dishes and she apologised. Won't be returning anytime soon,will try one of the other two local eateries.

Nice and friendly atmosphere serving good beer

Cosy little pub in the historic village of kingsand. Friendly and usually lovely in the holiday season, it's a great place to while away a couple of hours. Had a decent whitebait, but the menu has many specials to choose from as well as pub classics.

A cosy, welcoming atmosphere but probably the worst food I have ever been served. My reheated lasagne came sprinkled with grated cheese. The cheese was hiding the hard burnt lasagne which was impossible to cut. My husbands cottage pie consisted of a small portion of greyish mince, a few sliced potatoes and a huge helping of peas. My friend’s carrot and coriander soup was so spicey she couldn’t eat it. To be fair, we were offered alternatives but it was disappointing to find such a low standard of cooking. The Saturday evening guitar player made the evening bearable.

Another great pub in Cawsand lots of character, and a great range of beers and ales

Lovely Cornish pub. Great food and amazing hosts, good selection of beers! If you’re in the village, would recommend!

Great food and selection of wine. At a great price. Made to feel welcome.

Great night lovely staff friendly atmosphere

Best crab sandwich ever. Update. Went back. The Crab Sandwiches were even better. 🦀🦀

Nice pub, warm atmosphere, lovely staff, great beer, good location and sort of beer garden

Perfect hosts and really good food.

Fish soup was recommended so I walked there and wasn't disappointed service with a smile and a nice proper pub .

Nice friendly staff nice place for a quiet drink

We went to the Rising Sun for a family meal while on holiday in Kingsand. From the minute we arrived we were made to feel welcome. There was a varied menu and our food arrived promptly and was very tasty. I can recommend the fish chowder! The staff were attentive and had a great sense of humour. This was a 5* experience from start to finish. Thank you.

Highly recommended. Very friendly staff, good beer and food, plenty of water for dogs.

Quite cramped in there but everyone was very friendly. Had “blue moon” stuck in my head all day after the staff kept singing it! Local ales and dog friendly. Did the job half way through our long walk from Mt Edgecumbe.

The best pub in Kingsand. Mike and team are amazing and make everyone feel so welcome. Well worth a visit if I’m the area. Highly recommended.

Lovely as always. Warm welcome and friendly staff make you feel at home. Great food and the beer even comes with a song.

Dog friendly pub, meals are beautiful, nice pint too

Top quality food amazing staff 5*****

Was here last night...there was a big group of us the owners and bar staff were amazing and so accommodating and the food was delicious and nothing was too much trouble highly recommend.

Foods and people's very nice and the foods excellent we been here many times

Popped over to Kingsand for a wander round and fancied something to eat. Decided to pop I to the Rising Sun and was so glad. The food was so tasty, the staff (particularly Jo) and customers were really friendly. Would definitely recommend it to anyone!

Popped to Kingsand for a wander round and decided to have something to eat. The food at the Rising Sun is fantastic and reasonably priced. The bar staff (particularly Jo) were really friendly and the locals were really amiable too.

Lovely spot with very well prepared food.

Had dinner and drinks here on a Thursday night on recommendation of our Air Bnb host. Cosy, modern and friendly pub with home cooked delicious and hearty meals. Between us we had lamb curry, fish soup and beef casserole with home made beer battered bread. The hosts were delightful and welcoming and were happy to recommend other local sights to visit. Highly recommend 👌

Picked this place as I read about its past history and smugglers. The owner was very friendly and thanked us for our custom. Food was very good, not the cheapest but a suitable generous serving on all our meals; fish n chips, chicken curry, ham, egg and chips and chilli chips. Grandchildren suitably entertained by a rubic challenge by one of the staff and left with a curly whirly! Well worth the visit.

Great place to take a break and get a pint during a coastal walk.

A really friendly place for a nice meal 🍴 and drink.

Was a lovely pub, but sheesh, what's happened to it?!

Good pub, friendly welcome, good beers and good food.

Would recommend to go in the evening on Saturday live music very friendly

Delicious food! Loved the lamb stew and chocolate fondant. Others enjoyed the spicy prawn and prawn curry.

Lovely place with most friendly staff.

What a fantastic little pub in a lovely fishing village. We visited several times during our week stay down there for our daughter’s wedding. The host Nikki was most hospitable and friendly and always welcomed us with a smile. Live music on Saturday nights and food served most days. Will definitely visit again

Our first day and we were welcomed not only by the pub staff but also the locals who were very friendly. Atmosphere was pleasant and the food was lovely on both occasions. The pub is also dog friendly and our Bordoodle pup Stanley ended up with his own fan club, thank you to Jo and the team for making us feel so welcome and we will see you all again. Definitely the friendliest pub in the area

Lovely friendly pub with good food

We called in for lunch and a couple of beers at midday. The staff & regulars were all very friendly & welcoming. The food was freshly cooked to order, was beautifully presented, and was delicious. We had haddock & chips, and a beef & Guinness stew. Two cask beers were tried and both were well looked after and of Good Beer Guide standard.

Nice pub with a local feel to it. Decent beer. But the “famous” fish soup was extremely disappointing. It was basically a tomato and vegetable concoction with a few bits of fish thrown in. If you like tomato and peppers and aren’t looking for the taste of fish, this might be for you. But I like neither, and even when eating the fish I didn’t get any fish taste at all, it could have been lumps of anything (and not that much of it), along with 2 mussels and one small prawn. I guess the fact that we were the only people eating there possibly tells it’s own story. The menu was very basic with very little choice. Not recommended.

We have been visiting Kingsand/Cawsand for many years and have always loved the Rising Sun for the traditional Cornish Pub it was. We visited this week and instantly felt deflated when we walked in. We last came in 2017 and it was a characterful pub with pictures/decor mimicking it’s history/location offering great food. The comparison to what it is now is stark. Firstly I was shocked that I couldn’t access a menu online via a website which in our times is inconvenient. There is no reminisce of what it used to be and now lacks atmosphere and character. We were then further disappointed with the tacky menu on a tv in the corner and plastic wallet menus that look half hearted. The food choice was terrible and the food tasted OK - nothing to shout about. Lastly, it’s meant to be a Cornish pub but they don’t serve Cornish beer. Very sad to see after all the happy memories we’ve had there over the years. Will be considering the other choice of restaurants/pubs in the village before this next time.

Lovely pub to obtain some well needed refreshment after a walk from Cremyll on a hot sunny day.

Steak was outstanding cooked to perfection. Staff very friendly and welcoming. Definitely be back again. 😎😎

This is a small, unpretentious pub that delivers excellent food with great service and a warm welcome. And very reasonable prices. Everyone in the pub was delightful, including the locals and particularly the landlord, with whom we had a long discussion about his farm in Louisiana. Would definitely recommend this pub.

Great pub, great staff. Real ale, real people and the best place to catch the last rays from the green. Also very much part of the WW2 story, in that, stray bombs, meant for Plymouth docks no doubt, struck the area where you can now sit to enjoy the last rays, with a pint of Dartmouth Ale, a chat with the locals and holiday makers and marvel at the views surrounding...heavenly

Perfect place to stop when you come off the coast trail. Very fresh ales and lovely people.

Went here this evening, we arrived after booking a table and was warmly greeted, a lovely lad came to take our drinks and food order, he was a smashing lad very polite and explained the nights dish was steak, this is very much a local pub and I think they do a different dish each night, steak was fine with us. The steak was beautifully cooked just how I like it. My lasting impression is just how friendly and welcoming everyone was from the staff to the locals having a pint. Definitely on my return soon list.

What a amazing find when I discovered walking to Cawsand and this was the first Pub and dropped in for a Pint of what was a suberb Quality Real Ales and some two hours later had to leave to catch the ferry back to Plymouth. I also had Lunch and that was amazing as well the choice on the Menu, great to be made welcomed by the Locals and the Pub staff. Hope to return one day in the future again.

Friendly atmosphere with good food and good value.

Yum tasting food that satisfies the hunger, great atmosphere, polite and friendly staff. Will be back one day I hope. Like - if it makes you Hungry

Friendly clean and well kept beer 🙂 Dog friendly

We visited The Rising Sun on the first night of our week in Cornwall and what a way to start the week! It's a fabulous local pub with the best food in the villages of Cawsand/ Kingsand in my opinion. We were made very welcome and the atmosphere was fab as there was live music too. I would book ahead to ensure you get in as it's very popular. Can highly recommend.

Best thing I can say is this feels like a real local, really friendly enjoyed it a lot.

Great Selection of Cornish Brewers, Nice location tucked away from the bay, Great atmosphere for a nice drink and to chill from a long walk around Cawsand and Kingsand, gorgeous coastal walks, nice clean beaches and pristine nature, Gorgeous day trip from Plymouth, highly recommended.

We enjoyed eating here, its a very typical English pub inside and quite small, but the staff are absolutely lovely and friendly. The food was decent and as advertised, quite expensive but that seems to be the case everywhere in Cornwall. We enjoyed our meals and in that sense it stood out in the area.

Recommended, no freezer food here!

Small, welcoming, friendly seaside pub. Good food and drinks available. Nice outside seating area.

Lovely pubs with great people and, if.you are lucky the owner will sing for you! Unfortunately didn't try the food but I hope one day I will as the desserts looked amazing!

A lovely welcoming and friendly pub. The children were well catered for and made to feel very welcome. The staff were friendly helpful and attentive. We all loved our meals. We would highly recommend a visit.