Lovely location but the food is AWFUL! Microwaved starters of mushrooms and chorizo. The restaurant was dead and could hear the microwave pinging. Starter’s were so disappointing! Main course of steak that was ridiculously over salted, my husband had the gnocchi which was overdone. I told the waitress at the end who was very apologetic. I could see that she passed the comment onto the chef who stood there shaking his head. Such a shame as it is a beautiful setting but there is zero effort put into food. Would not recommend!
Jason Arthurs
Generous portions of freshly cooked food delivered by friendly staff. Just had a very substantial lunch sitting on the quayside watching the world go by.Vegetarian options: Plenty of Veggie and Vegan options on the menu.
Simon Parks
The service was excellent, very professional and patient with the kids. I had the lasagne which was brilliant. Prices are reasonable, excellent value for the quality of the food.Kid-friendliness: The staff were good with the kids, and the children's food options were excellent.
Dream68691210251
Excellent waiting staff- food awful, warm and generic - there are many better places in Padstow but II would avoid here!
DebHFHBH
Lovely environment, excellent service. The food was wonderful. We have eaten here a few times and it never fails to please.
AnnieTysall
Sunday lunchtime…great choices hard to made a quick decision, lovely helpful staff. superb food over looking the harbour.
Kessia Hunt
Me and my husband can’t stop coming back… it’s our favourite place to eat in padstow. We came for dinner last night, breakfast this morning then lunch this afternoon. He has the “porcelli” pizza, he says it’s the best pizza he’s ever tasted, it’s a meatier pizza option for meat lovers. I myself have the Pomodoro vegetarian pasta every time, it’s simple but so tasty. It’s hard to find good pasta around but I love the pasta here. Also the portions are decent. And just an add on, the fries are really good. Location wise is perfect, the balcony over looks the harbour, by far the best eating spot in padstow.Vegetarian options: Vegetarian options, both pizza and pasta
Lucy Rees
Not a great experience at all. The staff took 15 minutes to take a drinks order, our drinks arrived after our starter and were wrong. For our main course my partner ordered the lasagne, which had obviously been frozen (evident by the amount of water in the dish and when cut into the lasagne sunk into a swampy mess), he found a piece of paper in the middle. No one came to check the food was ok so we spent a fair while trying to get the attention of either of the waiting staff. After we drew attention of the waiter, he offered my partner a replacement which he did not want (given the lasagne was watery and contained more mushroom than mince in the filling) and then asked what he wanted to do, did not offer a refund until we asked for it. The waiter then left the plate on the table for five minutes by which point I was done with the fairly sub par flavourless chicken pasta I had ordered which was overcooked, grey and lacked sauce. It took a further 15 minutes for anyone to come and speak to us at which point we were pushed towards having a dessert which we stated multiple times we did not want. When the bill did arrive the lasagne was still listed, this was corrected but over the whole order there was no apology and it came accross as though neither of the floor waiting staff wanted to be there or cared.Such a shame as we first went in April and had lovely meal, and given the cost of eating out it is not something we are able to do regularly so to have such a bad meal was disappointing to say the least.
lilly hewitt
SERVICE IS RUBBISH. DO NOT RECOMMEND. Firstly walked into no welcome or greeting just got told they will be with us in a minute, after waiting for 5 minutes we just got told to choose our own table to sit at, we asked to change to a different table near the window before we had ordered anything because the table had become available, and the waitress made us seem like we was asking for a lot and was making us feel like a problem and said that it was really stressful and hard for them, however there was no speed in anything and none of the staff seemed to care about the service and didn’t have a good attitude to bring to the restaurant. Considering we had just got there there was no effort to make us feel welcomed, waiters obviously had no communication between each other because they came and asked for our food order before they had taken our drinks, we then moved table but got given the wrong drink order but had waited long enough already so didn’t want to ask for the correct drink to wait another 10 mins for it to be brung to us. By this point we was questioning whether to leave or not. Waited another 20 minutes for our food order to be taken but when the waiter came over he didn’t even listen to what we said and just looked around unbothered. While we’re waiting for our food other customers are talking to each other complaining about the service and food it didn’t seem like anyone was impressed. Food came out faster then the drinks however my mum asked for a Medium cooked steak and it may aswell of been rare and was bloody, her tomatoes were also supposed to be “roasted” however were just warm and hard my chicken was dry and without the sauce wouldn’t be pleasant after eating my stomach felt unwell. Apart from the mains our sides of potatoes and a salad were quite nice. But while we were eating our correct drink order came to the table and we had to send it away as we didn’t want to get charged anymore money at a disappointing restaurant so asked for some water however it never showed so asked again and only got brung ice and glasses 10 minutes later with no water. Our plates got left on our tables for a while along with a lot of other people’s the man beside us had kids and i would not recommend bringing kids here as theres long waiting periods for everything and even we was getting impatient i can’t imagine how they felt. And because of this didn’t get deserts as we was fed up of waiting (they also didn’t come to ask if we wanted any deserts so i had to go get a menu off another table myself). I’ve never wrote a review but it was so terrible here i felt as though i had to and after reading the reviews it obviously wasn’t just a one time thing. We did not check the bill before paying but i’ve seen people saying they were over charged so will be looking tomorrow. Just want to add in don’t sit near the toilets as you can hear the hand drier.
It was our anniversary and we decided to try this beautiful looking restaurant. We were not disappointed, starters x 2, mains x 2, bottle of wine and large peroni, £83. Great price, fabulous food and window table with a terrific view of Padstow harbour
mikecR1833SV
Fantastic food. Fantastic service. Can’t book tables but we only waited about 15 minutes for one. Best tables have views out over the harbour but this doesn’t detract from the quality food and brilliant service from all the staff.
Lucy R
Not a great experience at all. The staff took 15 minutes to take a drinks order, our drinks arrived after our starter and were wrong. For our main course my partner ordered the lasagne, which had obviously been frozen (evident by the amount of water in the dish and when cut into the lasagne sunk into a swampy mess), he found a piece of paper in the middle. No one came to check the food was ok so we spent a fair while trying to get the attention of either of the waiting staff. After we drew attention of the waiter, he offered my partner a replacement which he did not want (given the lasagne was watery and contained more mushroom than mince in the filling) and then asked what he wanted to do, did not offer a refund until we asked for it. The waiter then left the plate on the table for five minutes by which point I was done with the fairly sub par flavourless chicken pasta I had ordered which was overcooked, grey and lacked sauce. It took a further 15 minutes for anyone to come and speak to us at which point we were pushed towards having a dessert which we stated multiple times we did not want. When the bill did arrive the lasagne was still listed, this was corrected but over the whole order there was no apology and it came accross as though neither of the floor waiting staff wanted to be there or cared. Such a shame as we first went in April and had lovely meal, and given the cost of eating out it is not something we are able to do regularly so to have such a bad meal was disappointing to say the least.
Trip04913548237
A nice meal well presented and served. I had a whole Plaice from the special menu and it was very good. The service was very friendly from hard working staff. I don’t think they take reservations- we just walked in and we’re seated very quickly. Cost was reasonable (for Padstow!!!)Would definitely go again
Katie B
We are local but have never been in here. Decided to give it a go as we liked the look of the menu, 4 of us all had different food and it was absolutely delicious! I cannot complain. The service was fab, price was reasonable and the food was amazing. Will definitely be back.
Lovely location but the food is AWFUL! Microwaved starters of mushrooms and chorizo. The restaurant was dead and could hear the microwave pinging. Starter’s were so disappointing! Main course of steak that was ridiculously over salted, my husband had the gnocchi which was overdone. I told the waitress at the end who was very apologetic. I could see that she passed the comment onto the chef who stood there shaking his head. Such a shame as it is a beautiful setting but there is zero effort put into food. Would not recommend!
Generous portions of freshly cooked food delivered by friendly staff. Just had a very substantial lunch sitting on the quayside watching the world go by.Vegetarian options: Plenty of Veggie and Vegan options on the menu.
The service was excellent, very professional and patient with the kids. I had the lasagne which was brilliant. Prices are reasonable, excellent value for the quality of the food.Kid-friendliness: The staff were good with the kids, and the children's food options were excellent.
Excellent waiting staff- food awful, warm and generic - there are many better places in Padstow but II would avoid here!
Lovely environment, excellent service. The food was wonderful. We have eaten here a few times and it never fails to please.
Sunday lunchtime…great choices hard to made a quick decision, lovely helpful staff. superb food over looking the harbour.
Me and my husband can’t stop coming back… it’s our favourite place to eat in padstow. We came for dinner last night, breakfast this morning then lunch this afternoon. He has the “porcelli” pizza, he says it’s the best pizza he’s ever tasted, it’s a meatier pizza option for meat lovers. I myself have the Pomodoro vegetarian pasta every time, it’s simple but so tasty. It’s hard to find good pasta around but I love the pasta here. Also the portions are decent. And just an add on, the fries are really good. Location wise is perfect, the balcony over looks the harbour, by far the best eating spot in padstow.Vegetarian options: Vegetarian options, both pizza and pasta
Not a great experience at all. The staff took 15 minutes to take a drinks order, our drinks arrived after our starter and were wrong. For our main course my partner ordered the lasagne, which had obviously been frozen (evident by the amount of water in the dish and when cut into the lasagne sunk into a swampy mess), he found a piece of paper in the middle. No one came to check the food was ok so we spent a fair while trying to get the attention of either of the waiting staff. After we drew attention of the waiter, he offered my partner a replacement which he did not want (given the lasagne was watery and contained more mushroom than mince in the filling) and then asked what he wanted to do, did not offer a refund until we asked for it. The waiter then left the plate on the table for five minutes by which point I was done with the fairly sub par flavourless chicken pasta I had ordered which was overcooked, grey and lacked sauce. It took a further 15 minutes for anyone to come and speak to us at which point we were pushed towards having a dessert which we stated multiple times we did not want. When the bill did arrive the lasagne was still listed, this was corrected but over the whole order there was no apology and it came accross as though neither of the floor waiting staff wanted to be there or cared.Such a shame as we first went in April and had lovely meal, and given the cost of eating out it is not something we are able to do regularly so to have such a bad meal was disappointing to say the least.
SERVICE IS RUBBISH. DO NOT RECOMMEND. Firstly walked into no welcome or greeting just got told they will be with us in a minute, after waiting for 5 minutes we just got told to choose our own table to sit at, we asked to change to a different table near the window before we had ordered anything because the table had become available, and the waitress made us seem like we was asking for a lot and was making us feel like a problem and said that it was really stressful and hard for them, however there was no speed in anything and none of the staff seemed to care about the service and didn’t have a good attitude to bring to the restaurant. Considering we had just got there there was no effort to make us feel welcomed, waiters obviously had no communication between each other because they came and asked for our food order before they had taken our drinks, we then moved table but got given the wrong drink order but had waited long enough already so didn’t want to ask for the correct drink to wait another 10 mins for it to be brung to us. By this point we was questioning whether to leave or not. Waited another 20 minutes for our food order to be taken but when the waiter came over he didn’t even listen to what we said and just looked around unbothered. While we’re waiting for our food other customers are talking to each other complaining about the service and food it didn’t seem like anyone was impressed. Food came out faster then the drinks however my mum asked for a Medium cooked steak and it may aswell of been rare and was bloody, her tomatoes were also supposed to be “roasted” however were just warm and hard my chicken was dry and without the sauce wouldn’t be pleasant after eating my stomach felt unwell. Apart from the mains our sides of potatoes and a salad were quite nice. But while we were eating our correct drink order came to the table and we had to send it away as we didn’t want to get charged anymore money at a disappointing restaurant so asked for some water however it never showed so asked again and only got brung ice and glasses 10 minutes later with no water. Our plates got left on our tables for a while along with a lot of other people’s the man beside us had kids and i would not recommend bringing kids here as theres long waiting periods for everything and even we was getting impatient i can’t imagine how they felt. And because of this didn’t get deserts as we was fed up of waiting (they also didn’t come to ask if we wanted any deserts so i had to go get a menu off another table myself). I’ve never wrote a review but it was so terrible here i felt as though i had to and after reading the reviews it obviously wasn’t just a one time thing. We did not check the bill before paying but i’ve seen people saying they were over charged so will be looking tomorrow. Just want to add in don’t sit near the toilets as you can hear the hand drier.
Great view of dock. Nice breakfast
Restaurantji Recommends
It was our anniversary and we decided to try this beautiful looking restaurant. We were not disappointed, starters x 2, mains x 2, bottle of wine and large peroni, £83. Great price, fabulous food and window table with a terrific view of Padstow harbour
Fantastic food. Fantastic service. Can’t book tables but we only waited about 15 minutes for one. Best tables have views out over the harbour but this doesn’t detract from the quality food and brilliant service from all the staff.
Not a great experience at all. The staff took 15 minutes to take a drinks order, our drinks arrived after our starter and were wrong. For our main course my partner ordered the lasagne, which had obviously been frozen (evident by the amount of water in the dish and when cut into the lasagne sunk into a swampy mess), he found a piece of paper in the middle. No one came to check the food was ok so we spent a fair while trying to get the attention of either of the waiting staff. After we drew attention of the waiter, he offered my partner a replacement which he did not want (given the lasagne was watery and contained more mushroom than mince in the filling) and then asked what he wanted to do, did not offer a refund until we asked for it. The waiter then left the plate on the table for five minutes by which point I was done with the fairly sub par flavourless chicken pasta I had ordered which was overcooked, grey and lacked sauce. It took a further 15 minutes for anyone to come and speak to us at which point we were pushed towards having a dessert which we stated multiple times we did not want. When the bill did arrive the lasagne was still listed, this was corrected but over the whole order there was no apology and it came accross as though neither of the floor waiting staff wanted to be there or cared. Such a shame as we first went in April and had lovely meal, and given the cost of eating out it is not something we are able to do regularly so to have such a bad meal was disappointing to say the least.
A nice meal well presented and served. I had a whole Plaice from the special menu and it was very good. The service was very friendly from hard working staff. I don’t think they take reservations- we just walked in and we’re seated very quickly. Cost was reasonable (for Padstow!!!)Would definitely go again
We are local but have never been in here. Decided to give it a go as we liked the look of the menu, 4 of us all had different food and it was absolutely delicious! I cannot complain. The service was fab, price was reasonable and the food was amazing. Will definitely be back.