The best restaurants in St Ives North Cornwall, Isles of Scilly South West

Visited twice here with family. Gorgeous waffles with a variety of toppings - some of the best waffles I have had. Partner had an ice cream and he said it was delicious. Staff also very accommodating of my coeliac daughter - gluten free cones and a scoop of ice cream from a new tub to avoid cross contamination. The only place in St ives she was able to have an ice cream cone so really appreciated it.

Apologies for the delay in reviewing! Absolutely brilliant breakfast; delicious, fresh, served hot, fantastic staff and very reasonable price. Would definitely recommend and we'll definitely be back next time we are in St. Ives

We had a lovely experience at St Eia on a busy Sunday afternoon. St Eia was tucked away enough to escape the busy St Ives streets but close enough to watch the world go by. We enjoyed an excellent selection of wine and good food to accompany. Kitty helped us out with suggestions of what to try. She was attentive and knowledgeable about what was served and also gave recommendations for further on in our trip. An excellent place that I would recommend and head back too.

Poor quality sandwich, more bread than filling, and the price did not reflect what was served. Friendly staff but would not recommend a visit.

The menu promised a nice selection - but having gone for Rose Bubble tea, unfortunately the shop didn’t have tapioca so it was fruit bubbles only. This was not a bubble tea and tasted more like fruit squash with the fruit bubbles in. It tasted nothing like Rose. At £3.45 for the standard size, it was also not cheap. Perhaps I’m more used to the standard of Bubble Tea in London which is generally at least an 8/10... unfortunately I couldn’t even rate the standard of this ‘bubble tea’ and threw it away after the first few sips. 0/10.

Brilliant service, great selection of flavours. Very generous scoop sizes. Would definitely recommend to anyone visiting

Popinns Room was very nice the staff were excellent and friendly we enjoyed the coffee and Sandwich we were pleased to call in

Fantastic find, the most amazing crab sandwich with fresh landed crab and served with seasoned fries. Great atmosphere with super friendly and helpful staff. A hidden gem!

This is a fantastic (tiny) restaurant, one sitting only, tasting menu only, with most courses seafood based, ingenious, delicious and perfect size. With 14 covers it's really intimate and has converted us to raw oysters! Highlights on the menu were those oysters, the tempura ones too, the trout, the seabass and the very unusual "cheeseboard" dessert, with amazing toasted malt loaf. A wine pairing is offered (quite quirky) and we again decided to share one (generous glasses!), with an occasional beer too. The atmosphere is lovely and although, we chose to sit at one of the two tables, we were close enough to the "theatre kitchen" counter seating to hear and see the fresh food cooking and chef chatting. Amazing evening, we will return and wish OFS well in the off-season

Lovely coffee and pastries. Very friendly service too.

So glad we found this restaurant for lunch today. We had mussels and the Cornish scallops to start followed by sea bream and the red gurnard, all were fantastic as was the wine. It is very easy to miss the entrance, but really glad we found it. Highly recommend and will definitely be back if we return to St Ives in the future.

If you like real ale served in a quirky and historic building down a waterfront alleyway then don’t miss this little place. Very enjoyable.

Our meal was really exceptional with an incredible view of sunset too. Highly recommend!

Beautiful little spot in town for a few drinks and amazing views of the harbour.

We visited twice and voted it our best beach vibe in St Ives. Even after a long season the staff were great. We had greek food twice and it was delicious and very authentic. We were lucky to get there as Beach west was closing for the winter but definitely worth visiting in 2025!