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Excellent restaurant with friendly and welcoming staff. Great menu and the food is beautifully presented and tastes wonderful. Lovely setting to enjoy your food

Came here for a nice meal with friends. The friends were great... meal, not so much. We ordered the antipasti (£8.50) and requested that it was vegetarian plus the anchovies, expecting a range of tasty pickled vegetables for the vegetarian bit. We couldn't quite believe what was brought to the table. Yes a small bowl of anchovies, 6 slices of bread, a dish of butter... and 6 very ordinary pitted olives. When nothing else came, we queried it and was told 'no, that's it'. A complete joke, but at least the restaurant had the decency to reduce it to £5 when then bill came. The main courses were, at best, very ordinary. The pizza was doughy and chewy (ive had better from Dominoes), the pasta dish was achingly dull, and the salad (when the correct one was served at the second attempt) was thrown together with very average ingredients. I can only assume that the chef responsible for all the 5-star reviews was on a break, and replaced by someone who has never been to Italy. I eally don't like writing poor reviews, but then I also don't like going for a rare meal out with friends (normally super positive), and us all feeling let down. The waitress was lovely and did her best in a tricky situation... but the signs were there early that things weren't right, so the manager or chef should have come to the table.

Went in 2023, thought it was great. This time not so great. Beer garden was a site for sore eyes not nice area at all. The toilets were covered in cobwebs and spiders and certainly needs updating and painting. All had steaks, chips mushrooms and onion rings lukewarm. Ordered a doggy meal, this was forgotten. Asked to see a dessert menu, had to wait, but the young waiter never came back with it even though I saw it placed back in its place. Another waitress then asked us " do u want anything else or is that it" charming lol. Did get the dessert menu this time but decided against putting anymore money in their pockets with an attitude like that. No air circulating at all when everyone is cooking their steaks, couldn't open a window, so very smokey and stuffy and the air just smelt of smoke so not that pleasant for us.

Open shut mon,Tues. Holidays Local ,no more Any negative comments= you get barred . Conclusion=plenty more pubs about = couldn't care less

Bland. If you like bland food, this is the place to be. Dated surroundings, seriously in need of a lick of paint. Wouldn't recommend or go back

Best place I have been comfortable and friendly hope it re-opens soon

On our last day we decided to pack our camping gear and walk down to st Ives for a nice fish and chips treat. Our usual restaurant had a big queue so we decided to give this place a go as it had such good reviews, big mistake. This restaurant has no queues for a reason. The fish was slimy and tasteless and the batter was soggy. The chips were not ‘proper’ fish and chip shop chips, they were frozen. The only good part was the peas. Total waste of £50 plus for 2 lots of fish, chips and peas, a child’s portion of goujons and 2 cokes. We will not return and can’t recommmend. Go to the restaurant at the opposite end of the beachfront strip!!

We have eaten here a number of times. This visit was disappointing. The service was impeccable but the food was definitely below par. Whether everyone was depleted by the food festival l don’t know, but a much anticipated meal was distinctly underwhelming. Sorry.

Haven’t been to a nice Asian restaurant for a while! Good drink list as well 🍻

Brilliant food! Really good value for money; friendly staff and great service. We'll come back here again. Highly recommend

We enjoyed a relaxing Friday evening meal at this lovely dog friendly restaurant. The staff were welcoming, friendly and attentive throughout our visit. The food quality was high, portion sizes generous and prices reasonable, given the overall quality. With seating inside and also in a number of individual pods. Plenty of on site parking also available.

Fue la experiencia limpia lugar limpio comida limpia y trabajadores encantadores que nos hicieron sentir bienvenidos. La comida era increíble y es un nuevo favorito de la familia

What a lush anniversary dinner we had mid October - it was mid week, and all the diners on one side of the restaurant. This worked really well. Really decent vibe - the waitress was just lovely, and even wished us a happy anniversary when we arrived. Really had a lovely meal - probably the best we’ve had at the longstore. Can’t describe why it was - but everything was just perfect with the food, service and made for a fantastic last minute anniversary dinner. That and the bottle of Malbec which was mighty fine.

Had Friday night and Saturday night evening meals, great menu offering excellent local produce. Bar staff, front of house and catering staff all smiles and very professional. Belly pork best I’ve had! Hope to be back again!

We stopped for coffee and Tiffin on our way to the station. Dog friendly with a doggy treat bar. Great views even in the rain.