The best restaurants serving British food in South West

My husband and I tried to get tea and cake yesterday afternoon. I am disabled and struggled into the garden to be met by a very unhelpful man who simply said 'its lunch' in response to my husband's polite query! When he enquired further, the response was: 'I'll get you a menu but if you just want tea, there's a tea bar over the road!' Needless to say we didn't bother or wait for the menu! Proprietor should remember it's the customers that keep businesses like this going and respond appropriately! Like another reviewer comments: Bring a packed lunch and enjoy the riverside beauty!!! The person we encountered was really rude and unhelpful!

We ordered a devon pasty and a vegetable pasty. Both were inedible. Luke warm to cold. Microwaved so soft. Fillings were horrible. Staff didn't bother to check if meal was OK. We left the food and walked out. Avoid this place. I don't review often and usually only if very good, but this was bad enough to warn others

Visited in February 2025. Wonderful friendly staff and great food, prompt service. Bonus of free wi-fi code on the wall. Plenty of seats and space. Ample parking outside. Great visit thank you.

Very welcoming, accepts dogs, good English food, very reasonably priced and lovely service. Inside it’s a bit worn down and dated but didn’t bother us as it had everything we wanted.

Good range of vegetarian dishes, Enjoyed the meal, excellent service, very friendly and came and offered water at the table for the dog. Nice touch!

Very nice meal I had a neck of lamb and colleagues had steak and chips, very well prepared and staff attentive

Fantastic food, views, bar and ambience with warm and friendly staff and easily the best place in/around Porth and well worth the 5 minute walk from the beach, although also directly accessible from the beach at low tide. Unfortunately we only stumbled on this late in our holiday during a moment of curiousness but have visited twice already and hope to return

A mixed visit. The cafe was somewhat overwhelmed by an influx of visitors to the plant fair. We patiently queued and ordered two coffees, a sausage roll, a round of packaged sandwiches and two pieces of cake. It cost £24.00. No trays available so I ferried the order to our table in the very attractive barn, in two goes. My husband enjoyed the sausage roll but my hummus and tomato sandwich was dreadful. The bread was nice but the filling was sadly lacking- more butter than hummus! I took the sandwich back to the counter and showed the server the lack of filling. I appreciate the cafe was extremely busy but her comment was ‘I’ll let someone know’. I would have expected either an offer of a replacement or a refund. Neither was forthcoming. I chose not to make a big fuss and returned to my seat in the hope that someone would come and talk to me. They didn’t. I note a previous review to which the cafe responded with a comment that they always fix problems when they are brought to their attention. Not today! The cake was nice and the coffee excellent but I’m afraid the lack of customer service was disappointing. I’ve worked in hospitality and when standards fall short the least that can happen is an apology and preferably the offer to sort the issue.

Very good special hot baguette (bacon, Brie and chilli jam) and vegan spicy vegetable pasty. Very good coffees. Not too long to wait, and made to order No complaints and visit again.

Absolutely shocking dog feeces all over the garden horrible stench of dog urine up stairs in the bedrooms it's absolutely shocking AVOID AT ALL COSTS NOT WORTH THE MONEY

A delightful location in a delightful village… but looks can be deceptive. Step inside and the greeting is terribly rude and unwelcoming. I wouldn’t venture in there again.

This place is very much a locals place. Open mike night on when we visited. Not many customers Very old run down and drab. Manager was friendly enough to start but then when we had bought a drink was only interested in his locals. Drinks expensive for the type of place. Ok for one drink but no atmosphere. Wouldn’t visit again

These new premises are bright, clean and welcoming. The proprietor is charming, friendly and attentive. My friend had a wonderful omelette, chips and peas. I had jacket potato with cheese plus loads of salad (they'd run out of cole slaw). Lovely view of the town square and water feature through huge plate glass windows. Altogether very nice indeed.

Visited the cafe Saturday for lunch we live in Burnham On sea and support the local business. Donna and her team are great as they cater for people who are Gluten intolerant. We had a delicious baked potatoes with beans and a lush piece of West Country ham and a well dressed side salad.. well done Donna the cafe is excellent super food and great banter.

Served a Biarra Moretti, didn’t look right, went back to the bar to complain, was told there was nothing wrong with the pint and no chance of changing. Batman very rude.