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Booked the Old Sail Loft in March for our visit over Easter, booking was confirmed, and we thought all was well when we set off from Manchester to make the 5 hour journey down to Lovely Looe...It wasn't until the day before our reservation that we noticed it was closed and a non-informative message scribbled on a blackboard outside about it being closed. I emailed the owner to check whether or not our reservation was going to happen the following night, only to receive an abrupt response saying no it wasn't...!?!?! No apology or alternative...? So basically, If i hadn't been there the day before we would've turned up to an empty/closed restaurant as they didn't have the common decency to let us know...In times of economic troubles this isn't how i would run a business if i was trying to attract returning customers... Bad practice all round...

Nice dinner I had with my family in the town at jewel in the crown.nice & friendly staff.i will highly recommended to booking a table & trying this amazing place yourself.

We have always loved The Chough Bakery and this year's visit was no exception! We managed to visit twice in a week and worked our way through the different pasties, with sausage rolls and brownies too. The lady who served us even put the food in our bag in such a way that meant the brownie would be warm and gooey from the warmth of the pasties by the time we'd walked to the beach to eat them! Everything was amazing, and we can't wait to go back!

Even though the cafe was closed the ladies kindly did a take out tea and scone with jam and cream for me which I really appreciated.

A lovely sea view whilst having a beautifully cooked breakfast. We both went for the kippers with poached eggs. Cor blimey they were good! A very generous portion and wonderfully tasty. Great little farm shop as well. Thanks!

I came here to get takeaway fish and chips. Three minutes down the road they fell through the paper bag they gave me. I went back and soon as I mentioned what happened, I started getting a load of attidude from the guy who served me. Apparently it was my fault for asking for salt and vinegar, for asking for a bag, basically it was everyone elses fault but his. He said its illegal use plastic bags. But I now get my dinner elsewhere, where funnily enough, they use plastic bags. All I wanted was fish and chips after a days work, and instead had some guy giving me an earful like it was his dinner strewn all over the floor. I left without the fish and chips as his attitude stunk.

Great food. Staff are very friendly

Great food and staff, shame several things were missing from the menu as they were closing the next day.

Lovely restaurant situated on the canal side with plenty of paid for parking nearby. The staff were welcoming and attentive during our visit. We didn’t eat a full meal on this occasion but the food being served to others looked very good. The cakes we had were yummy and good value. With seating inside and out, it’s worth a try.

Great spot & delicious food. Staff were very friendly and attentive, would highly recommend for anyone in the area. We are already taking more friends here next week and looking forward to trying something else on the menu!

Really friendly staff who were very professional and helped make our meal that more enjoyable. The food options was the main reason for booking here and it didn’t disappoint, I even tried oysters for the first time… We will be back again soon. 5*

We ordered from the festive menu as soon as we were seated at 12:30. We were given the salad bowls straight away. A short time afterwards we received our starters. It was about 2 hours later before we received our roast dinners. Some Tables who came in after us were served and had left before we had been given our main course. Some other tables gave up and left and there appeared to be a lot of complaints going on. Our waitress, Georgia, was rushed off her feet but managed to keep her cool and was extremely polite to us and everyone else around despite complaints of long waits. We felt so sorry for her, it wasn’t her fault and the manager should have been the one apologising. R Gonzalez

Amazing food! A must visit in Newlyn.

Perfect spot, lovely staff great food always

We have been here before, food was good last time and this time Only issue was we had to wait 50 mins for our meals when the folk around us has their meals in 20 mins I think we got forgotten Still good food but they need to remember us no locals are just as important