Helford Passage, Fish & Seafood Restaurant Guide

“The food is always tasty and hearty” at this picture-book, 300-year-old inn, named for its situation, just yards from the Helford estuary and its foot ferry across the water. Perhaps “it’s a shame the specials menu doesn’t vary a bit more”, but you do receive “good pub food done well with a formula that seems to work” and it’s “a safe pair of hands for a great meal in a beautiful setting”.

On the site that was formerly included as Hooked on the Rocks (RIP), this cliff-top property is now in the same ownership as The Harbour House in Flushing and opened in its new guise in February 2025. No feedback as yet in our annual diners’ poll, but its all-day offer of local seafood, cocktails, drinks and takeaway snacks looks promising, and it’s a short walk from the well-known Gyllyngvase (‘Gylly’) Beach. It seats 100 covers inside, with a further 200 covers outside on the terrace.

“Fantastic beer bar with great small plates” (“the constantly changing specials bump the food up a notch”) from Penryn-based craft brewery Verdant. “Walk-in only”, its “buzzy and generally crowded” – which might explain why Verdant added the nearby Seaview Inn to their roster last summer.