The best restaurants serving Other cuisines food in Penzance Central Cornwall, Isles of Scilly South West

Lovely coffee, great place to catch up! It's the first time coming here but can definitely recommend it, especially the chocolate!

Looking for somewhere to eat that would cater for people with food allergies (Gluten Free) & found the perfect place. Greeted by a friendly team who were all happy to help, explaining how our meals could be adapted to cater for our requirements. They could just not do enough & were happily talking with us as we chose our order, as well as when bring our food to us. It was 8.45am so we ordered breakfast & drinks, it was all made & cooked fresh but with no real time delay. We sat in the window seat with the sun on us as we ate one of the nicest breakfasts in a while, washed down with tea & hot chocolate. Be careful if you visit, stay away from the cake display as it is way too tempting. Yes, after finishing our breakfast & sitting a while longer in that sun, we just had to order another round of drinks & some cake. The chocolate & prune cake plus a slice of coconut cake went down also. With well satisfied stomachs a little full, we had to walk along the main seafront to work it off. A warm welcome to a clean establishment with great food, so it's a big thank you from us to the whole team at The Quirky Bird Cafe

Edit: Thank you for your detailed response. It's reassuring to hear that you do know a lot about coeliac and to know a detailed account of what measures you have in place to avoid cross contamination. Coeliac reactions are quite severe and my body has only started to return to normal again now, two weeks later, so it sucks that it happened. But I do understand the difficulty in making sure everything is completely separate and safe, especially on a busy morning rush. If I was to come back, is there anything I should have done differently to make sure everything is safe? Old review: Nice place but not very allergen-friendly. As a coeliac, it always brings me great anxiety to find places to go out to eat, but this place seemed to have a good gf reputation. Unfortunately this was not my experience. The waitress serving us seemed to be knowledgeable about allergies and when I asked if cross contamination would an issue with their gluten-free meals they assured me that since my allergy was written on the order it wouldn't be a problem. However, when my veggie breakfast came out, my toast looked suspiciously similar to everyone else's, so I asked one of the staff if it was gluten free and it wasn't. They were nice about it though, remade my meal and took it off the bill. Although in their haste to remake my meal or perhaps just out of habit for non-coeliacs who just have a gf preference, I suspect that not all the precautions were taken, perhaps they put my gf bread in the same toaster as the regular bread or something because I left the cafe feeling extremely nauseous. I hope that this was just an honest mistake, but perhaps refresher of cross-contact and food allergy safety is necessary here.

Best full English breakfast in Penzance. Good quality, cooked perfectly and absolutely delicious. Been here for lunch too on many occasions, crab sandwich fab and so fresh . Highly recommend eating here .

gorgeous cafe!! probably the most peaceful coffee i’ve ever had, just a lovely atmosphere set in the middle of a lush green park in a magnificent building :) would recommend sitting outside it’s bliss!

Can't rate this place highly enough. Amazing, friendly staff and owners who got us out of a mess where I'd messed the booking up .

Hellys is handily located near the bus and train stations, and a short walk from the centre of Penzance. We called in here a couple of times when staying in Penzance. The service was friendly, and the coffee good. We will certainly call in again when in town.

We were having a walk along the prom and needed some lunch, saw a sign directing us over the main road which took us to this lovely cafe. Unfortunately due to the C word it was take away only, we ordered 2 cream teas and in 2 secs we were back on the front on the nice new seating overlooking Mounts Bay. The scones were top class and in our take away boxes we had a knife and very generous pots of delicious strawberry jam and clotted cream. Well worth crossing the road for and everything looked delicious we were torn between the home made quiche and vegetable soup but as it was our last day chose the cream tea. If you’re in the area cross the road and support this lovely little shop, hopefully when we visit next year we can sit in but if not with views to die for who cares!

Don’t bother. Mike the owner was extremely hostile after one very expensive round. Don’t go there if you want a second drink !!!

Went with my disable mate and they started pushing him around in his wheelchair making car noises donuts were moldy not vegan had bugs and lady spat on a spoon to clean it

Stopped in for a couple of hot chocolates this afternoon and we weren't disappointed! Absolutely delicious and HOT too, unlike so many other establishments! Service was spot-on and very friendly.... we will certainly be back for more!

I'm hoping that the owner will see this as I'm guessing that the female manager was the one that just sits at the table with a laptop. The staff are rude and does not engage with customers apparently as she stated. Firstly there wasn't any toilet paper and when I questioned it she said that they've been too busy, then when our order arrived they didn't bring any utensil or condiments over to which I tried to ask another member of staff to yet again ignored, so that's another member of staff that doesn't speak to customers. First time that I've been in and I most definitely won't be returning.

After visiting my home county of Cornwall in Penzance, I wanted what all Cornish men yearn for a real Cornish pasty so I bought one from a shop that has been trading for 20/30 years and what I tasted was the biggest disappointment I’ve ever had (total rubbish) disgrace to all Cornish pasties, so the next day I went into the deli called the Cornish Hen and bought another pasty and wow it was the best I’ve ever had in Cornwall so I say to all you people who visit Penzance and want the best pasty going visit the Cornish Hen in Penzance you won’t be disappointed

My food order was delayed/misplaced however the Staff picked up their mistake and were very apologetic. I was given a complimentary cider (hic!).