The Lizard
Just outside St Keverne, this renowned organic farm produces some of Cornwall's most delicious ice cream, as well as yoghurts, fudges and sorbets and jams…
Must-see restaurants in West Cornwall
The Lizard
Porthleven's top restaurant is run by half Maori, half Chinese-Malay chef Jude Kereama. Set in an old harbourside mill, the menu is spiced with Far…
St Ives
This is no ordinary beach cafe: it's a full-blown bistro with a gorgeous sun-trap terrace and a superb Mediterranean-influenced menu, specialising in…
West Cornwall
Blink and you'll miss Ben Prior's restaurant as you zip along Marazion's main street, but diners travel from far and wide to taste his superlative cooking…
West Cornwall
This Newlyn inn is run by chef Ben Tunnicliffe, a long-standing name on the Cornish dining scene. The ethos here is refreshingly honest – top-quality fish…
The Lizard
Thatched on top, beamed inside, with to-die-for river views, the Helford's waterfront pub is a riverside beauty. Nautical knick-knacks adorn the bar, and…
West Cornwall
On the wonderful coast road between Zennor and St Just, you can't possibly miss the Gurnard's – its name is emblazoned on the roof. It's earned a…
The Lizard
Run by a new chef, Jeff Robinson, this upmarket bistro on the Trelowarren Estate is passionate about local sourcing: fish comes from a Cadgwith boat, meat…
Isles of Scilly
Troytown Farm's exceptional ice cream and sorbets are sold across the islands, but there's nothing quite like tasting it at source. Made in small batches…
West Cornwall
According to many local aficionados, Philps makes the best pasties in Cornwall, made to the same recipe laid down by the bakery's founder, Sam Philps,…
Penzance
This brilliant seafood bistro is overseen by chef Bruce Rennie, a veteran of many a Michelin-starred kitchen. It's all about classic fish and shellfish…
Isles of Scilly
You can almost smell the history at Britain's most southerly alehouse. It's covered in maritime memorabilia – model ships in glass cabinets, vintage maps…
The Lizard
Are Ann Muller's pasties the best in Cornwall? Well, according to Rick Stein they are – and judging by the queues stretching out the door at lunchtime,…
The Lizard
This is quite possibly the best pasty-maker in Cornwall. Originally based at her shop on the Lizard, Ann Muller's pasties have been so successful she's…
Penzance
This village inn in Gulval is a real corker. Chef-patron Tom Penhaul has a strong local pedigree, and his stylish food has earned many admirers, including…
Isles of Scilly
Quite possibly the remotest fish restaurant in Britain, run by a Kiwi chef and his artist wife, Mark and Emma Eberlein. The menu's tiny as it's dictated…
Isles of Scilly
Local boy Tristan Hicks has breathed fresh life into this island cafe. With wooden tables and homespun decor inside, and outside seating making the most…
Penzance
With its exposed brick, scuffed timber, bare bulbs and blazing wood-burner, this bistro on the ground floor of the Artist Residence Penzance nails the…
St Ives
You know times are a-changing in St Ives when it gets its own craft-beer-and-fried-chicken bar. Hipster it may be, but it's definitely well worth a visit …
The Lizard
On the 1st floor of a quayside building, this zingy cafe is chef Jude Kereama's second restaurant in Porthleven. It's a more relaxed affair, but still…
St Ives
Now run by the St Ives Liquor Company (makers of the town's premium craft gin), this wharf-side restaurant specialises in Cornish-tinged tapas: crab…
St Ives
St Ives' boutique burger joint, with an ecofriendly manifesto and an imaginative menu. Go for a 6oz Classic Blasburger, or branch out with a guacamole and…
The Lizard
Set in a former vineyard just a couple of minutes or so away from Porthallow's small beach, this secret garden cafe is a real find. Its stock-in-trade is…
Penzance
As cosy as your granddad's favourite armchair, this beloved cafe is where the locals choose for morning cafe, a lazy lunch or cheeky afternoon cake. It…
St Ives
Run by the same team as Porthminster Beach Café, this is a welcome addition to the harbour front in St Ives. It's a relaxed, bistro-style kind of place,…
St Ives
Prime pub grub a mile from St Ives in tiny Halsetown. It's still the village boozer – local ales, first-name bar staff, cosy crannies to hunker down in –…
St Ives
Vegetarian visitors to St Ives swear by this small place in Carbis Bay, which takes a free reign in cherry-picking its dishes from across the world's…
Isles of Scilly
This seafood shack in the grounds of the Hell Bay Hotel serves just three dishes: mussels, scallops and Bryher crab. It's a hands-on place where you're…
West Cornwall
Right in the centre of Hayle, near the town's former foundry and a prominent Cornish graphic design studio, this is a surprisingly smart cafe-bar that…
Isles of Scilly
St Mary's long-standing bistro, in business for over three decades, is still the best place to eat. It's in a converted barn 15 minutes' walk from town:…
West Cornwall
Part surf school, part beach cafe, with a cracking terrace behind the Gwithian dunes. It's particularly popular for its brekkies: try the eggs Benedict,…
St Ives
On one of St Ives' oldest – and loveliest – backstreets, this little cafe is a newcomer, but already a local favourite. It's small, cosy and friendly,…
West Cornwall
What you'd expect to find in pint-sized Perranuthnoe is a homely village pub. Instead what you get is a bona-fide gastropub, turning out sophisticated…
Isles of Scilly
This relaxed cafe also doubles as Bryher's pub. The menu is mainly quiches, salads and burgers, ideally served in the front garden, where chickens scratch…
Isles of Scilly
Named after a ruined smuggler's cottage nearby, this red-tiled beach cafe makes a fine place to stow away for a lazy island lunch. It's big on grilling…
The Lizard
On the cliffs above the cove of Gunwalloe, 5 miles south of Helston, this is a historic Cornish local, whitewashed and slate-topped, with brassy trinkets…
The Lizard
There can be few beachside cafes in Cornwall – or Britain, for that matter – with a finer location than this one, huddled among the rocks on the edge of…
West Cornwall
Stocked with vintage crockery and festooned with bunting, this charming coast-shack cafe has a panoramic outlook over the rocks around Mousehole, and on a…
The Lizard
If you're peckish after a swim or a hike, this charming beach cafe will come as a welcome break. There's a limited menu – veggie or full English…
St Ives
This 1st-floor cafe-diner is as popular with the local crowd as it is with summer visitors, and it's easy to see why. Its stacked-up burgers, chilli dogs,…
