Restaurants, Pubs and places to eat.
There are lots of good restaurants in the area It is advisable to check opening times and to book well in advance for the most popular, as they are normally fully booked over weekends during the peak season. We have not tried them all but these are either very nearby, recommended by ourselves or have had good reports from guests. We have listed them with the nearest first. Looe has the best choice of restaurants and usually somewhere can be found with out a reservation. We have only listed a few and many xchange chefs each season so please do let us know if you find somewhere good so we can add them to our list.
2 miles. Rod & Line pub, Tideford
The Rod & Line is a popular, small old fashioned local pub with live music at the weekends it offers good food all day and local real ales. Particular favorites, include: local crab baguettes and a traditional sunday roast dinner served from 5pm. It also has a daily specials board featuring local produce such as scallops, crab claws and steaks. Very popular with the locals and our guests. Telephone: 01752 851323
6 miles. The View, Whitsand Bay
Perched high on the cliff overlooking the Atlantic ocean, a fine restaurant in a great location in one of Cornwall's most undiscovered parts, the Rame Peninsula. Expect sparkling fresh fish and skilful cookery from a dedicated chef who lets the food do the talking. It has quickly built a good reputation for imaginative locally sourced food and a spectacular cliff top views over the bay with beautiful sunsets. Telephone: 01752 822345
6 miles. The Hayloft Ristorante, Menheniot
As you can tell by the name, an Italian restaurant that's easy to find on the main A38 three miles this side of Liskeard. Open every evening and for lunch on Thurs, Fri and Sat during the summer. They also offer a tapas menu with and Italian influence!! Telephone 01503 240241
7 miles. Webbs Inn & restaurant, Pike Street, Liskeard
Liskeard is the market town of SE Cornwall and still has a regular livestock and farmers market. There is a "lite bites" bar menu and they also offer a more extensive restaurant menu, usually no need to book.. Telephone 01579 343839
7 miles. Tapenades, 14 Dean Street, Liskeard
A small little restaurant that won a "Taste of the West" award in 2007. Sources much of its produce locally and offers an ever changing menu of seasonal produce with a good dollop of Looe day boat fish. Closed on Tuesdays. Tel: 01579 344844
7 miles. Smugglers Cott. Middle Market Street, East Looe
Peter and Lucia Ratcliff restaurant is decked like an old galleon. The food is good quality and our guests report that the service is also fine. Telephone: 01503 262397
7 miles.The Old Sail Loft Restaurant, Quay Street, East Looe
One of the oldest buildings in Looe, still largely preserved in its original form. Located right on the quayside and with a menu featuring local fish. Some good reports from guests. Telephone: 01503/262131
www.theoldsailloftrestaurant.com
7 miles. The Pasty Shop, Sarah's Pasties, Buller St, East Looe
This family run Pasty Shop makes some of the best home baked pasties and cakes in Cornwall. There are several other pasty shops in Looe but this is by far the best.
7 miles. Trawlers on the Quay, East Looe
Trawlers as their name suggest offers fish direct from the market just 100 metres from the restaurant. It has built a solid reputation over the last few years for well cooked seafood and sits on the quayside overlooking the fishing boats. Winner of Taste of the West restaurant Gold for Award for 2007. Telephone: 01503 263593 www.trawlersrestaurant.co.uk
8 miles. The Cross Keys Inn, Cawsand
A couple of places to eat and a nice location to start your stroll along the coast path. In one direction head for Mount Edgcumbe park and to the west a mile or so takes you to stunning Rame Head. We have had some good reports from guests. We found the service is a bit flakey. Telephone 01752 822706
8 miles. The Halfway House Inn, Kingsand
The bar is popular with locals but extends a very warm welcome to the many winter and summer visitors. The small, informal restaurant leads off from the bar. Choose your meals from their ever-changing blackboards. Being so close to the sea they specialise in seafood, most of which is supplied by the local fishermen. Telephone 01752 822279
10 miles. The Well House, St Keyne
This AA three-rosette restaurant overlooking The Well House gardens, has won praise in all the leading restaurant guides and has twice been voted The Good Food Guide's 'County Restaurant of the Year.' The talented team of chefs under head chef, Glenn Gatland, creates menus which change with the seasons, taking full advantage of the fresh Cornish harvest from land and sea. Telephone: 01579 342001
12 miles. Couch's Great House Restaurant, Polperro
Couch's Great House Restaurant is Executive Chef Richard McGeown's first venture since leaving his illustrious former employers Marco Pierre White, Gordon Ramsay and Raymond Blanc. He brings with him the excellent techniques learned from these master craftsmen. Couch's selects it's produce locally as far as is humanly possible and on occasions you may well see the fish being delivered directly from Polperro's own fishing boats. The meats are selected from a small independent butcher in Looe with the majority of the dairy products coming from local Cornish farms. The combination of these local fresh ingredients and Richard's skills result in a superb end product. The restaurant itself is an amalgam of Cornish old world charm with sophisticated modern decor and furniture with wood burning style stoves. The environment being conductive for a relaxing and enjoyable evening out. Tel: 01503 272554
35 miles. Fifteen Cornwall. On the Beach. Watergate Bay
Jamie Oliver's second "Fifteen" restaurant outside London is now open at Watergate Bay, Newquay. Fifteen Cornwall will provide the potential for 15 young people from Cornwall to secure a future in the hospitality industry. The importance of using seasonal and local produce will form an important part of their training, and 80% of the ingredients in their cooking is expected to come from Cornwall. Part of this training process will be to visit producers. Buttervilla supplies Fifteen with a wide range of produce grown here at Buttervilla and from a small group of organic growers that we represent in S.E Cornwall. Booking is essential but the food is the freshest and best the county can provide, treat yourself to that special meal. Full details of how to book on the website at www.fifteencornwall.co.uk Telephone 01637 861000
There are lots more restaurants of all types in nearby Looe, Polperro,
Cawsand and Kingsand. The city of Plymouth is just 15 miles away and offers
hundreds of eating places including two run by the well known Tanner Brothers that offer well sourced top quality local produce. Telephone:
01752 252001
.
