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

Visited almost every day for bread and the occasional sweet treats. Amazing bread. Nice to have 'proper bread' No additives. Gutted we leave for home tomorrow.

Strolling along St Ives sea front we popped in to the Beach Cafe Bar. Both staff were very welcoming and friendly. I had a cream tea that was well presented and fresh. My wife had lemon drizzle cake and my son had a caramel mocca that were all lovely. A beautiful view across the harbour. Would very much recommend to people to visit.

A really nice Cornish pastie, it was piping hot! The only thing I’d prefer is a bit more black pepper/seasoning, but just my personal choice.

So we stumbled across this restaurant while wandering the streets of St Ives, after reading about a certain fish and chip shop in the harbour and some mediocre reviews we decided to eat there. The place is lovely, clean and has a very nice vibe to it. We went for the lunchtime special Fish and chips with a cup of tea (but you could have had a glass of fizzy drink too) all for a £14.95 per head. Portions were really good we had to take a takeaway box in the end to take what was left over. Chips were nice and crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside and let's not forget about the fish it had a nice thin crispy batter not drenched in oil, and the fish was light and flaky just hit the right spot. Overall we were really pleased with our experience and the only shame was the fact there were not too many people there as it was a bit off the harbour, bit sad as the food was superb and they deserve more customers.

Very friendly staff and so helpful. Fish and chips superb, lovely crispy batter and the fish pure white, chips crispy and food piping hot. Service was excellent and would highly recommend a visit.

Lovely location and great service but the food was a little on the average side. This year’s theme was pizza and Greek. I opted for the chicken and the lamb and beef souvlaki. Both were tasted but came drenched in a Greek dressing, which was cold and made the souvlaki cold. The tzatziki was tasty and salad fresh. My husband’s pizza was good but not spectacular. We were there on one of their last days of service, but everyone was still as attentive as ever. Wish them well for next year.

Extraordinary coffee, people, treats, views. Highly recommend this beautiful location as a must-visit for any trip to St. Ives.

First visit to this venue which specialises in tapas (and gin cocktails). Friendly attentive staff and superb food. Everything was delicious but must mention the Singapore crab fries, butterfly sardines, lentil fritters and amazing Crispy Cavolo Nero - if you think cabbage is dull you must try this. Strongly recommended and will definitely be visiting again.

Disappointing stay We stayed in Room Eight & we booked a double room. The room was basement level and was tiny with low ceilings, smelled heavily of chemicals and later mold. We had to keep the windows open but unfortunately the one small window opened out onto a busy road. The road was meters away from the window and the cars go fast, so it was really noisy day and time The bath was narrow and not full length and weirdly sticky. Really disappointed with our stay as we'd read such lovely reviews and the pictures (which are of different rooms to ours) looked so nice .

Went in out of the rain for a coffee and something to eat. The place was empty and I soon understood why. I ordered two coffees a sausage bap and a bacon bap. The young girl struggled to make eye contact mumbled so this and we sat down. Both coffees were tasteless dish water, both the sausage and the bacon were excessively under cooked. Left never to return.

Absolute gem of a find, place spotless, food amazing, great coffee, very upbeat ambience and staff, not only polite and courteous but genuinely happy to serve and help you, can not fault this establishment in anyway, would highly recommend, in fact 5 stars doesn't seem quite enough of a rating.

Amazing , me and my partner stayed in st just and traveled all around Cornwall for the week and my partner was determined to find the best cream tea going. Everywhere we went seemed to be a little shop with no seating or a take away cream tea but my partner really wanted to find a little sit in restaurant/cafe and have the best cream tea. She was so happy with the cream tea from here and the staff are lovely and welcoming. 5 star experience happy wife happy life.

The best cocktail bar in St Ives by a mile. The staff are lovely and helpful and they changed the ingredients of a cocktail to suit my taste. Would highly recommend trying their happy hour between 5 and 6.17.

Lovely costumer service . Food was excellent

The food was excellent and service very efficient but there was very little atmosphere. We booked here for old time’s sake but the attitude towards customers is very poor: 1. We were obliged to give our credit card details so a £15 ‘no show’ charge could be applied, despite re-confirming via the app that we would be coming. 2. We were told before we’d even arrived that we would need to vacate our table 1h40m after our 7pm booked time. 3. At the end of our evening, a 10% service charge was added to our bill without any mention or thank you. We were wondering from the very start do you really want our custom or not? Despite it being a busy Saturday night in St Ives, there were only 2-4 tables occupied in a large restaurant the whole time we were there. It’s a shame because the food and setting of the restaurant are superb. I think ‘no bookings’ is more of a problem than ‘no shows’ so maybe you need to review your policies to be more in line with your competitors and a lot more welcoming to your customers.