The Sloop Inn in Cornwall, Isles of Scilly - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

The Sloop Inn offers comfortable accommodation and there are often offers such as 3 nights for the price of 2, or 7 nights for the price of 5. Breakfast is included either in the pub or in their restaurant above the pub - but beware of the low ceilings! The breakfasts are excellent and there are choices so something for all tastes. Evening meals in the pub are expensive and drinks especially so, but it’s the atmosphere you’re paying for - remember The Sloop is over 1000 years old! The toilets in the pub are not to be recommended, but those in the rooms are immaculate and the rooms are serviced daily. For me it’s a home from-home and I visit several times every year, in fact I’m going again next week…

Popped in a what seemed to be a very busy day for a refreshing drink and snack with family. 1 Pint Rattler @ £6.60 1 Pint St Ives IPA @ £? 1 275ml bottle Apple and Raspberry J2O @ £? 1 275ml bottle Frobishers Simply Elderflower @ £? 2 packets Burts Crisps @ £? Charged £32.35 Neither till receipt or EFT receipt offered.

Incredibly overpriced and shockingly bad customer service. The establishment stank of urine and was unclean. It’s not worth spending your money here. Don’t bother.

Ordered catch of the day , lemon sole. Got mackerel. Turns out they ran out of lemon sole but forgot to mention it. Terrible.

Really like this chain of pubs. They have great food and drink choices. Very welcoming and friendly staff.

A cosy old inn situated right on the beachfront in one of Cornwall's best locations. Would highly recommend!

£13 for two pints of Rattler. Need i say more? Total piss take. You can buy over 4 bottles for that more than likely. If youre popping in for a drink prepare to get ripped off.

Great place to enjoy the sun, people and rest. Great for people watching and just relaxing.

Got the feeling they take advantage of tourists. The price you pay for drinks bears no resemblance to the prices indicated outside.

This pub is where it's at. Proper English pub, great food friendly and live music the weekend. Stayed around all night.

Cafe food at Resturant prices, £18 for Fish, Chips n Mushy peas, fish itself was fresh batter was not crispy, child’s portion of chips (inc black bits) and the mushy peas were none existent…..processed peas that someone tried to mush with a fork….poor effort really bland food, wouldn’t go back.

The Sloop used to have a strong local feel to it, but over the years its become run down smelly and very very bloody expensive. The staff have a hard job keeping up with who to serve next as the bar goes across two rooms. No one really knows where to queue. Unless you run your own business or have made your money "up country" It's not a place you can afford to go and meet up with friends. Sadly this place is set up as a tourist trap as it has amazing views if you sit outside. They have also taken up a very large area of the harbour front now with their benches, meaning that you have to purchase a very expensive item in order to sit on the harbour front these days. As you can imagine other businesses in the area have followed suit. St Ives business owners seem intent on pricing local people out of town

Our stay at The Sloop Inn was very comfortable and our breakfast amazing! It was a great way to start our hike from St. Ives to Penzance. We’ll definitely be back. Thanks!

Over priced. The toilets were awful 27 years ago when I first went to the Sloop. They're still the same. It's nice to sit out the front. Staff not particularly freindly. That's about it, really.

Have eaten here before and food always been good value . However, £22 for a prawn and sea bass curry was rather steep ,, when it arrived it had no fish just 4 prawns and rice set like rubber.. had to send this back ,,, my husband had the pie which he said was good but my dish was lack lustre and very disappointing.

Lovely to sit outside with a cold drink and a beautiful view across the harbour. We ended up sharing a table with a friendly couple and enjoyed watching the world go by and the activity in the harbour.

We got a last minute booking here and it has been the best food we have had so far on our road trip around the South west coast

Metformin up with some friends we hadn't seen for 15 years.

Lovely location in the sunshine

Great place. Always busy. Good food and drink at decent prices. Can't beat a cheeky tipple sat outside the sloop enjoying the views

Very busy Pub with a view to the Quay. Great atmospheare with live music.

Best thing is the view, pretty sloppy staff. Had my dog on my lap on an outside bench and got told to put him on the floor. About £25 for 2x ciders and 2x lagers. Quite expensive.

Beautiful place. Lovely outside area, plenty of tables on the water front.

We absolutely love the sloop, the service is friendly, the drinks are cold and the ham is thick on the sandwiches, what more could you ask for? We come here every year for at least 1+ whilst staying at St Ives Bay Hale it's a short train ride which dogs are allowed on. The sloop is an absolute mist.we have had slight rain but my beautiful wife donned her Beachbum dry robe and we sat outside.Cheers until next time 🫶🏼

Lovely place have a beer and look at the beautiful view of the sea

Gr8 food menu plus a good Selection of beers wine & spirits to wash it down with a Seaview + friendly staff what more could you on.... 👍

Love it here been going for years to this place sloop rum is epic

Old pub right on the harbor. Friendly staff. Good beer.

Had the seafood platter although lovely as was a sharer needed 4 oysters not 3 and needed bread n butter as accompaniment for the mussels as had to pay extra and was 50 pounds anway

The Sloop has a great olde worlde pub vibe and we have visited many times. The last time we had the 2 steaks with wine included deal was in the summer of 2023 and it was wonderful. Home cooked chunky chips with a lovely blue cheese sauce. This time we had frozen chips and a creamy (but not cheesy) sauce, quite disappointed really. When asked by the waitress if everything was ok we told her about our misgivings and she responded "yes, I miss the chunky chips too" as she whisked our plates away...

Fantastic food, good selection of beers and nice vibes

Such a really good view from the sloop inn

In my opinion, it’s the best “true pub” in St Ives steps away from the harbor. They have indoor and outdoor seating and the staff is very nice and welcoming. I had a couple drafts and a burger with fries. I also made some new friends that were sitting next to me with their cute dog!

Called in for a much needed cup of tea. £3.80 for a mug of PG Tips tea - total rip off!

Ridiculously expensive, super tiny portions, poor quality of food, they sell it like fresh fish and they cook you frozen fish with chemical taste. Avoid

Service was good. However, a £50 platter barely feeds 1 and would be less than a £10 to make. Disgraceful.

Service was good. However, a £50 platter barely feeds 1 and would be less than £10 to make. Disgraceful. No offer of partial refund!

nice cornish beer and ale. good view across the harbour.

Lovely pub, not cheap but quaint and great menu

Great pub to relax and take in some people watching.

Nice old style pub, with some excellent live music and a nice outdoor space if the sun is out. It's a bit on the expensive side and the toilets are disgusting.

Lovely pub in a great location. Friendly staff and good selection of drinks. Only minus were the toilets could have been cleaner.

Has to be one of the best views from a pub that you can get! Decent pub grub 2 for £18 meal deals after 4pm Mon to Thur. See my review from last year for photos

Steak spot on but fish too much batter and served with smallest portion of mushy peas ever. Came in same small pot as tartar sauce. Staff nice but very scripted which felt unnatural. Pricey for what it was. Nice cosy restaurant but cushion on my seat worn and frayed. Water offered nice and chilled no charge. Great view from the window, not all tables can see but good if you can. Up stairs so not good if you need accessibility.

Alec Guinness once showcased his Titanic memorabilia inside the Sloop Inn in the film Raise The Titanic. Because of this, this place deserves five stars.

Had a nice drink here yesterday, however being asked by the barman to wait which I was happy to he surpassed me after two lads came in that he obviously knows and decided to serve them first. So went to a more friendly pub where tourists are welcome!

We had previously eaten at The Sloop a few years ago and thought we'd drop in for a spot of lunch. It was quiet, not surprising given the time of year - we were just after something simple. Mrs Moose went for the mushroom soup, while I had a cheese and pickle sandwich. The soup went down well. The sandwich was fine, nothing outstanding, but did the job.

Three of us all had steak. A rarity for me as I usually only have them when I cook myself. Superb taste. Cooked brilliantly and a grill and a decent size. Service was was extremely friendly and efficient.

Fantastic place for a quick pint on the sea front. Quirky decor and friendly staff.

Lovely old pub with real character right on the seafront. Very expensive drinks.

Amazing hosts, atmosphere and super friendly staff. This isn’t my first visit and it won’t be my last. The food, service, live music is a must.

Stayed in dog friendly room with kitchen which was a plus only thing which we found very bizarre was there was no cups,mugs,plates, cutlery, cleaning cloths! What if you wanted a takeaway instead of going out! Wasn't advised of No WIFI in the room As for the shower so small and beyond tired, extremely scruffy!! impossible to bend over to pick up soap as no soap holders. Complete revamp needed. The toilets in the actual pub are beyond disgusting!! I am so surprised as the amount of people spending money here you would think they would supply decent CLEAN WC Breakfast very hit and miss with full English one day no sausage, next day no hash browns, listed rack of toast but each day toast placed on full English plate making bread soggy! Would l return NEVER!!!!

We called in for coffee last week as it looked a delightful pub . Hexed we used the toilets oh dear they were disgusting dirty and the bin to put the paper towels in ?? Such a sham as we were going back for supper .

Came for Saturday lunch with the dog. The Sloop Inn dont take bookings so we were expecting it to be full, but arriving at 12:40 seemed to be just in time. The way the pub is set out with booths means it’s busy but doesn’t feel too bad. Food was delicious - can recommend the fish pie for certain, and the burger was good. Not sold on the Meor IPA but the Slipway (both St Ives brewery) much better

Amazing place to stop for a drink. Very welcoming people

Great little pub for a drink. We got blown in here as it was so windy. What a quaint little place with so much history. Staff were friendly and professional. Excellent location.

Fine old place to get out of the rain 😉

£16.50 for a pint of IPA and a glass of white wine? Taking the p... I will never enter this establishment again. Location... perfect. Service... very good. Prices... totally ridiculous. But bear in mind this was out of season. During the height of summer I'd imagine you just have to bend over and take it. I'd rather squeeze the sweat from my trainers and drink that. You have been warned.

Quick bite out of the terrible rain. Love the place especially the small bar . Good quality beer and reasonably priced food.

The view from the room was great, better than shown in the photo, but unfortunately there was a lot of condensation on the windows which spoiled it somewhat. Lack of wifi in the room was an inconvenience. We had a meal on the first night and I really enjoyed my hake dish and my husband enjoyed his fish and chips. I stupidly left some stuff in the room including a brand new pair of shoes, and I was going to leave it, putting it down to my own stupidity, but the landlady very kindly rang me and offered to send me my stuff, which arrived the next day.

Never. again everything is bad bad Service too .. Food is ok. . Not worth to go...go somewhere else above all my son is upset

We were enjoying a walk around St Ives and decided to stop for a drink, there was 10 of us in total and we sat out the front as it was a nice bright day. Two of us went to order drinks at the bar and one of the kids went to the toilet, a remark was made ‘it’s gonna be one of those days where they all use the toilet and buy no drinks’ we we’re actually ordering 10 drinks at the point. The toilets were also repulsive so wouldn’t return which is a shame due to its location and beautiful interior

I Ordered a Cornish Mature Sandwich , But when it arrived the Cheese was Far from Mature I mentioned it to the staff on the way out , and they just laughed Not The Best

Disappointed, staff not particularly welcoming, to interested in each other, external door at top pub, staff left open the wind howled through, cold and uncomfortable. Toilets were disgusting, apart from old and desperate for an update, filthy, feacal matter, on floor, no toilet paper, water tap didn’t turn on, had dryer not working, decided against eating there.

What a superb old pub in St Ives Harbour. A great atmosphere, great staff, great beers and great music. Absolute must when visiting St Ives.

Traditional old boozer. Dog friendly with a decent range of beers. Me and the bride both had fish pie which was excellent and good value. Cheerful service.

Cracking lunch with the wife,great food well priced,seafood pasta for the wife and cod and chips for myself.

Love the Sloop, always have, but sorry to say cleaning standards and appearance have dropped BIG time. Toilets were not great, the fan behind the bar is filthy, covered in dirty fluff. Tables and bar are sticky not properly cleaned down. Drinks are expensive and...

Sea front pub, cask ales so so but we’ll over priced, meals nice but nothing special. Difficult to get a seat both inside and out.

Total rip off...Very expensive drinks & the place was filthy. Tables not wiped, food on tables & floor, used napkins under tables.

Worst place ever good grief what a rip off and very poor food Obviously grabbing the cash and serving below stands food Is a disgrace and won’t ever return Save your money and give it a wide berth !!!! Slop !!!!

London prices, surly staff. £6.90 for a pint of ale. Two beers had run out on a Friday night yet the labels had not been turned around or covered. Been coming to St Ives for forty years but this place has gone downhill. It’s living...

1 pint, 1 soft drink (elderflower) £10.60. Moving on, obviously cashing in on the tourists as much as possible this year.

Terrible toilets Nice old pub! Expensive even for st ives, no excuse really nothing been spent on the toilets for 20 years Get a grip and sort it out

We ate at the Captains table the night before and because it was pouring with rain we decided to try the pub last night. Very busy when we arrived but we managed to get a table. I had the Fish pie and it was absolutely...

Came here for lunch. Lots to choose from the menu. Great service too. Lovely views from here. Can’t wait to come back.

We went to The Sloop for drinks and again for drinks and music another time. The fish n chips were very good, but would have liked more mushy peas, the service was prompt. The staff were okay, but a bit robotic with no interest in...

I am staying near St Ives and popped in this pub for a drink, I couldn't believe it when I was charged nearly £13 for 2 pints of cider.!! What a rip off you are selling Cornish cider for £6.45 a pint, how can you...

The Sloop is a piece of history, we always come here for drinks and the odd bite to eat. The staff are always rushed off their feet but manage to get you served in good time. Good out door seating area in the sun, you...

Booking anywhere in Cornwall to eat is a waste of time, don’t bother going haha, seems like everywhere is fully booked or the locals are booking it all to piss the tourists off.

We visit St. Ives regularly and our favourite haunt is the Sloop and always our first port of call. However, this is not a normal year and the staff are fighting hard to accommodate customers, whilst sticking to the covid code of practice It's hard for them and hard for patrons. We all have to learn to give little slack. In my experience, if you treat people kindly they treat you well in return. We have never had had anything less than the best courteous treatment. Be patient and all return to normal in time.

Great staff and vibe along the harbour, waited a short time and had good food and drinks! Good value.

The most amazing muscles I ever tasted. Absolutely gorgeous. The catch of the day which was hake was terrible. It was so over cooked and dry and also completely tasteless. The staff were friendly

We visited on a wet, cold evening when it was less busy (there had been queues all week for tables both inside and outside). Before we could enter the cordened off pub, apart from having to provide the track and trace information which is mandatory, we also had to order our drinks and pay whilst standing outside of the cordon, in the cold, rain and dark before the staff would show us to a table. The female member of staff and a male member were barking instructions and questions at us re the track and trace and our order. It felt like they were doing us a favour by serving us. Once inside I visit the toilet and as I mistakenly breached the one way system (which was not obvious to non-regulars) the same male member of staff 'instructed' me where to walk, which included going back outside in the dark, cold and rain and to re-enter through the corden again. There were two couples who were on holiday together as a group who came to sit in the area of the pub where we were which was not busy, had empty tables and which only had us in the area - the staff made them split up and sit on two separate tables across the room from each other. A member of staff was rude to my husband when he stood in a door way of one of the rooms whilst trying to locate the gents. It is important that we have covid measures and that they are followed but the staff appear to have put some things in place that are of their own making and the adherence to these was leading to the staff being rude to the customers and was spoiling the experience for the customers.

We’ve been visiting st Ives for 30 years, we always pay a visit to the sloop in memory of my husbands grandparents who lived in st Ives... today that been ruined... ridiculous over the top Covid measures to sit outside carried out in a jobs worth, rude, I like theAuthority manner... will never visit again.. Shame on you sloop! Ruined every bit of atmosphere you ever clinger on to..

We frequent St Ives and have always enjoyed going to the Sloop for drinks in the past - not anymore. They have the most insane test and trace measures in place that we've seen anywhere.Before even being permitted to sit in the outdoor area, we had to use the NHS app to sign in (and shockingly, PROVE that we'd signed in by showing the somewhat patronising woman guarding the gate our recent NHS check-ins within the app on our phone). They don't have the simple pen and paper method that everywhere else employs - if you don't use the app, you have to TEXT this employee the names of everyone in your party. This seems crazy, and raises questions about privacy and data security.Unfortunately the magic has been taken out of this place and we will not be returning until something changes. I know that this is a stressful time for everyone but there are currently much more pleasant venues for drinks in St Ives than the Sloop.

We were so excited by online reviews and ready for the olde world charm, but red flags appeared before we even got in. The lovely couple in front of us, as we all queued safely due to the pandemic, were being treated oddly but we thought it was them? 5 to 10 mins of the front of house guy going back and forth, leaving them waiting with no info. When they finally got in, we discovered it was in fact him. He was unbelievably rude and contrary, and made us feel extremely uncomfortable. When we did get in and sat down, my boyfriend saw I was on the edge of tears so said let's leave. We tried to go out the way we came in - and this is 30 seconds after being sat down - and the same guy didn't even flinch or ask why we were leaving or acknowledge how rude he had been. We slipped out the back but not before seeing him treating the lovely family behind us the exact same way. He needs some serious training in people skills or to be put behind the bar. He almost ruined our evening. We saw other couples later in the same pub as us down the way (treated us lovely) we all shared how shocked we had been at the guy from the Sloop Inn. He was why we had all separately decided to leave. Such a shame how one man can have such a bad ripple effect.

Ryan charmed the crap out of us!!! Honestly the greatest man I’ve ever met! Was worried he’d steal my mrs but has way too much honour

Having stayed at The Sloop many times we were looking forward to having a meal & a drink outside our favourite pub.Obviously we have all suffered during the Covid disaster & the UK leisure sector more than most.We were prepared for a lot of disruption on our visits to St Ives but we're not prepared for being refused entry.The Sloop seems to be operating some regulations which even this draconian government hadn't introduced.They refused us entry to two different outside areas in different months because we didn't have the App.There were empty tables for us but they refused to take our name & mobile number manually & let us in.This basically an exclusion policy based on prejudice against the over 60's.The waitress was hostile & extremely unfriendly. We were greeted in a warm & friendly way at many other St Ives pubs & restaurants.i Really do not know what has happened to The Sloop

Thus is a great pub to sit outside and have a drink whilst watching harbour life. The tide was that high some waves occasionally came over into the road. The beers where all good and the service efficient.

the last night before lockdown the food was great had the sea food platter for two plenty of shell fish smoked salmon was great only down side lobster slightly over cooked all of this followed by cheese cake to die for!! staff very friendly with good service will use again next time in St Ives

Having just driven down to St Ives, it was obvious we needed to pop into the Sloop for a cider or three. I'd read the reviews, so knew what to expect. Just turn up and see what's available. Fine with sitting outside because we had warm clothes on. Yes, the meeter greeter was a wee bit officious, but it was lovely to sit outside and have a craic with people on other tables, almost like the old days when you used to be able to stand at the bar in a pub and talk to complete strangers!

We had a 3 night stay in the foc’sle , the room was lovely and what we expected from the video , when checking in the receptionist was helpful and further days when we were unsure of the parking they were very accommodating. We had dinner our first evening in the sloop , in the bar area , which has so much character , it was covid aware with one way system, the staff were very helpful, cheerful and the food was spot on. Breakfast was included with our stay in the captains table which was a lovely room upstairs , low beams which you would expect... the staff for breakfast were on the ball and it was delicious , nothing was too much trouble, and the young lady was local and full of information of the area(thankyou) ... we have no faults to say about our stay and will definitely return

We visited on the 15th October, menu choice was very good, food was very good, staff very attentive, excellent service. All the years we’ve been going down to St Ives, first time ate at the Sloop in, yes would definitely go back. Overall a friendly welcoming Captains table restaurant, separate from the Pub side of the business, worth while giving it a try, the food will not disappoint you.

My husband has been coming to St Ives since he was a child and has many happy memories and stories of times at the Sloop Inn as an 18 year old, so he was really keen to take me to his favourite pub in St Ives.It’s a very popular pub. Due to Covid, drinkers seem to be limited to outside tables only and there was constantly a queue for this popular pub. We waited about 15 minutes but it was totally worth it.We ended up staying for several pints of fabulous Rattler cider. We were blessed with a fabulous busker and lots of laughs due to a particularly high tide that evening (several punters got totally soaked so be careful about which table you accept).A big thumbs up from us!

We have been regular visitors to St Ives over the past 25 years and have always made a point of soaking up the atmosphere over a pint at the Sloop. Unfortunately, during our last two visits, we have been really disappointed with the service and have been made to feel really unwelcome. We are very well aware that the staff are having to operate under strict government guidelines with regard to Covid 19, but that should not mean they treat their customers like a huge inconvenience. In particular I feel the young man in a skull face mask should be named and shamed for his downright rude attitude. Everywhere else we visited was able to politely remind customers about Covid rules without a fuss, but this young man seems to enjoy barking orders at people at the top of his voice, creating a very tense and unenjoyable atmosphere. We won't be returning any time soon.

Visited again for a crab sandwich which was really tasty but a lot more expensive than I remember previously.

So my partner (head of Information Governance and Data Protection Officer) and me (Dep Director of IT NHS) could not eat here as the sloop has adopted the test and trace app as the only mechanism to allow customers in, incorrectly citing on the poster outside that it is law! No exceptions (my father couldn’t eat here as he does not own a smartphone). Since the person outside said it’s the safest way to store data (is it GDPR compliant? Safe? If I asked, would they know where and for how long the data is stored...???). So we headed into town and had the BEST pie thank God we were forced to hunt out the Firehouse. Who, simply ask for name and contact number which is the law, not insisting it’s law to use the app.

Just visited the sloop pub with my two pugs one of which is a 10 week old puppy. They have a policy which says no dogs on seats which I totally get but had my 10 week old puppy on my knee whom already had a jumper on as she was shivering and was sternly told to put her on the floor which is a cold stone floor!she was not on any furniture she was on my knee and the the attitude of the staff member was appalling. Very rude and condescending! Walked out leaving half our drinks and will definately not be back ! Need to use their common sense and have a better attitude towards the paying customer !

visited Sloop Inn during Covid on a couple of occasions while in St Ives on holiday. On both occasions we were Track and Traced and orders taken on the app or at point of being seated. service was quick, polite and friendly.