Where To Eat
Where To Eat
Here are a list of our favourite places to eat out and a few here that we know are our guests favourites.
In St Agnes
The village does very well for its size. Between the pubs, the bakery and a handful of small kitchens, you could eat out all week without leaving it.
The Peterville Innabout 5 minutes
The pub at the bottom of the village, ten minutes on foot up from Trevaunance Cove. A daily changing menu, Cornish ales and a proper cocktail list. There is a restaurant side that takes bookings and a bar and deck for walk ins.
- guest favourite
- dogs
- family
- book for dinner
St Agnes Bakeryabout 5 minutes
On the same site in Churchtown since 1905. Pasties, sausage rolls, bread and cakes, with vegan and vegetarian options, and a small cafe attached. The obvious stop for morning coffee or something to take to the beach.
- guest favourite
- takeaway
- pasties
Genkiabout 6 minutes
A tiny beach hut of a cafe with a sunny woodland garden, on the lane down to Trevaunance Cove. Brunch, smoothie bowls, waffles and very good coffee. Small and seasonal, so worth checking it is open before you walk down.
- guest favourite
- dogs
- brunch
- small and seasonal
Shellfish Beach Deliabout 5 minutes
A small seafood deli and bistro in Churchtown working with the local day boats. Crab sandwiches in the daytime and a short evening menu. Currently the highest rated place to eat in the village, and there are very few tables, so book.
- seafood
- dogs
- booking essential
The Taphouseabout 5 minutes
On Peterville Square. A relaxed bar and kitchen with regular live music, a seafood leaning menu and a serious gin list. It gets busy, and it takes reservations.
- dogs
- live music
- book ahead
The Cornish Pizza Companyabout 5 minutes
Hand stretched pizzas with local toppings, craft beer and wine, on Vicarage Road. Eat in, or take one down to the cove and watch the sun go into the sea. The easiest evening of the week.
- takeaway
- family
- no fuss
The Sorting Officeabout 5 minutes
The old village post office, now a small specialist coffee house doing pastries, cakes and vegan bakes. The best coffee in St Agnes, and genuinely tiny, so not one for a group of six.
- coffee
- dogs
- very small
Rootedabout 5 minutes
A small cafe on Vicarage Road doing breakfast, brunch and lunch made from scratch, with a few tables outside. Good for a proper sit down breakfast when nobody fancies cooking.
- breakfast
- brunch
St Agnes Hotelabout 5 minutes
The village local in the middle of Churchtown. Pool table, sport on the screens, live music and a straightforward menu. Unpretentious, and all the better for it.
- dogs
- family
- local
At the cove and the beaches
Places you can walk into straight off the beach without worrying too much about the state of you.
The Driftwood Spars, Trevaunance Coveabout 7 minutes
The big one at the cove. A brewpub with its own microbrewery, rooms upstairs and a kitchen that holds an AA rosette. A pint of something brewed on the premises after a walk on the coast path is hard to beat.
- own brewery
- family
- the reliable one
Verdant Schooners, Trevaunance Coveabout 7 minutes
A beach bar and taproom above the cove, run by Verdant Brewing Co. Neapolitan sourdough pizzas and small plates alongside rotating beers. No bookings and card only, so turn up and take your chances.
- dogs
- family
- no bookings
- card only
Blue Bar, Porthtowanabout 5 minutes
Right on the cliff above the sand at Porthtowan, and Cornwall's original beach bar. Food all day and live music through the season. Dogs are welcome inside as well as out.
- dogs inside
- family
- live music
- closest to us
The Unicorn on the Beach, Porthtowanabout 5 minutes
Porthtowan's pub, with its own car park, a quiz night and an open stage. Locally landed seafood alongside pub food, with vegan and gluten free options.
- dogs
- family
- own car park
Chapel Porth Beach Cafeabout 8 minutes
A kiosk in the National Trust car park at the bottom of the valley, and something of an institution. Croque sandwiches, and the Iced Hedgehog, a cornet rolled in clotted cream and toasted hazelnuts. Seating is a couple of benches, so take it to the sand.
- takeaway
- the hedgehog
- check beach dog rules
The Atlantic Beach Cafe, Portreathabout 12 minutes
On the seafront at Portreath, doing breakfast through to evening food, fish and chips and ice cream. Highchairs, and dogs are welcome.
- dogs
- family
- all day
A little further
For the evening you want to make something of, or the day the village is heaving in August.
The Miners Arms, Mithianabout 7 minutes
A sixteenth century village pub inland from St Agnes, all thick stone walls, low beams and small dining rooms. The one our guests mention more than anywhere else, and the place to go for a proper Sunday roast away from the coast crowds.
- guest favourite
- dogs
- family
- garden
The Red Lion, Blackwaterabout 5 minutes
A refurbished free house just inland with local cask ales and a big beer garden. Close, easy, and a good bet when everywhere in St Agnes is full.
- dogs in the garden
- family
- beer garden
The Summerhouse, Perranporthabout 13 minutes
A family owned restaurant on the decking above Perranporth beach, with three miles of sand in front of you. The best sunset dinner within easy reach of the Barn.
- dogs
- family
- sea views
- book ahead
The Seiners Arms, Perranporthabout 13 minutes
Family run bar and restaurant on the Perranporth seafront, doing locally landed seafood and Cornish cooking with a view of the beach.
- dogs
- seafood
- sea views
The Bolingey Innabout 15 minutes
A seventeenth century inn tucked in a wooded valley just inland of Perranporth. Real ales, home cooked food and a garden. Book at weekends.
- dogs
- family
- garden
- book at weekends
Rose in Vale, Mithianabout 7 minutes
A Georgian country house in a wooded valley, with a restaurant serving supper. Please note it is adults only and does not accept pets, so it is one for a night without the children or the dog. Check they are serving non residents when you book.
- adults only
- no dogs
- book ahead
The Watering Hole, Perranporthabout 13 minutes
A bar that genuinely sits on the beach, best known for live music through the summer. Dogs are no longer allowed at events, so treat it as a daytime stop if you have one with you.
- family
- live music
- on the sand
Basset Arms, Portreathabout 12 minutes
An eighteenth century pub on Tregea Terrace, reopened in 2025 after a refurbishment. Now a gastro leaning pub with rooms and outside dining. Worth ringing ahead about dogs and children.
- recently refurbished
- ring ahead
Callestick Farmabout 12 minutes
A working dairy farm between Truro and Perranporth making its own ice cream, with a parlour serving waffles, cream teas and coffee. A very good after beach stop with children. Dogs in the courtyard rather than the parlour.
- family
- ice cream
- dogs outside
Truro
Twenty minutes up the A30 and you have a cathedral city with proper restaurants. Worth one evening of the week.
The Longstoreabout 20 minutes
A bar and grill on Lemon Street doing steaks, grilled meats and burgers. The choice when you want a proper night out rather than a pub supper.
- steaks
- book ahead
The Heron Inn, Malpasabout 25 minutes
A gastropub perched above the Fal estuary just outside Truro, with sustainable seafood, pub classics and a terrace over the water. Book, and note there is no step free access.
- dogs
- family
- estuary views
- no step free access
Hubboxabout 20 minutes
Burgers and bar food in a converted church on Kenwyn Street, over two floors with a garden. Informal, reliable, and good with older children.
- family
- burgers
- informal
Everything here was open and trading when we last checked, but Cornish kitchens change hands and change seasons, so do ring ahead for anything you have set your heart on.
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