Porthmeor Beach Cafe Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food delicious and I thought the place offered good value for money for the portion size and quality."
• "Every dish was tasty."
• "The food is just great fun. A global fusion series of small plates, each is wonderfully appetising, exciting and well executed."
• "The food was absolutely outstanding."
• "The food and drinks were brilliant."
• "The food was really good. I ordered the Chipotle chicken taco which is lovely."
• "All of the food and coffee was lovely."

Cons:

• "It's quite pricey, decent food but not anything that will be memorable."
• "Only dish I would change would be the meatballs, slightly odd flavour combinations."
• "Horrible food at the downstairs cafe. Specifically asked if they have fresh crab sandwich and they served us a stale ones."
• "The starters tasted OK but the mains were a disaster just cremated chicken instead of a chicken schnitzel."
• "The calamari was very standard, slightly over cooked and not enough seasoning."
• "Had the fried chicken it was very greasy had very thick breadcrumb batter which was also very greasy."
• "However, sadly, tonight it wasn't up to the usual standard food wise."

Service

Pros:

• "Staff friendly and relaxed."
• "We were greeted with a smile and made very welcome."
• "The waitress was so kind and charming. Speedy service!"
• "Staff were very well organised and attentive."
• "Staff are super efficient and friendly."
• "Service was efficient, friendly and left one wanting for nothing."
• "The staff are all friendly and provide an attentive and speedy service."

Cons:

• "The service is a weird one felt a bit unwelcome and like they are doing me a favour."
• "The service made us feel pushed out."
• "We were not allowed to move inside either as the restaurant was fully booked so we had to leave after a couple of dishes."
• "The service was disappointingly unprofessional and rude."
• "Rude! This morning we stood at the 'wait to be seated' sign for a long time, we were passed several times by at least 3 members of staff who didn't even acknowledge we were there."
• "Our drinks were wrong, our starters took ages to arrive."
• "I've never seen staff so miserable so bored and so slow ever before."

Atmosphere & Location

Pros:

• "Fabulous Tapas in a beachfront diner. Cosy atmosphere, great service."
• "Amazing sea views of Porthmeor beach."
• "The sun set over Porthmeor Beach which adds to the glorious time we have there."
• "Beautifully placed, you can watch the glistening waters at sunset from this casual cafe."
• "You can see the beach and the sea (very nice)."
• "Just stunning views!!"
• "The views are breathtaking as you are right on the beach."

Cons:

• "Unfortunately the dog area is open to the elements a bit."
• "Sadly with it being right on the beach side with a road behind there is no parking."
• "They kept the doors open to operate more efficiently, however it is the 3rd of February and the cold breeze kept coming in."
• "Freezing in the cabins in September."
• "Disappointed. The table booking was made over 5 weeks ago and we ended up with probably the worst table in the restaurant."
• "We all felt rushed to get out."
• "It was like being in a children’s noisy funhouse."

Value

Pros:

• "Much better value than Porthminster Beach Cafe - very strongly recommended."
• "A tad pricey but it was worth it in my option."
• "Quite pricey but worth the money in my opinion."
• "Appropriately priced."
• "We didn't feel it was overpriced considering the food quality and location."
• "Prices are reasonable for the excellent quality of freshly prepared food."
• "All at a very reasonable price and with a great view."

Cons:

• "It is fairly expensive....cocktail choice is not great."
• "The food was extremely tasty, although expensive."
• "The only thing stopping this from being a 5/5 is price."
• "The prices may be a little steep (£63 for 4 people)."
• "The quality and presentation of food could be better too for the prices they charge."
• "We've been coming here every year for about 5 years but this year we were very disappointed with the choice of food and in particular the prices being charged."
• "It wasn't cheap, but well worth the treat."

Cleanliness & Maintenance

Pros:

• "Toilets are clean and are the same level."
• "The bin in the toilets had not been emptied for some time as there was paper all over the floor."

Cons:

• "Only criticism would be that the toilets were unclean and the toilet seat was missing."
• "But the downstairs bar next to the beach we ordered 2 cocktail style drinks. Only for one of them to have a massive slug in it."
• "The hand sanitizer was empty when we went in and was still empty when we left almost 2 hours later."