Hardens Guide to the Best Restaurants in Philleigh
Hardens guides have spent 33 years compiling reviews of the best Philleigh restaurants. On Hardens.com you'll find details and reviews of 8 restaurants in Philleigh and our unique survey based approach to rating and reviewing Philleigh restaurants gives you the best insight into the top restaurants in every area and of every type of cuisine.
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1. The Rising Sun
British, Modern restaurant in Truro
Mitchell Hill - TR1
Tom & Kate Hannon’s old pub in the town centre left a couple of London-based reporters mightily impressed all-round this year, particularly with the cooking: restaurant-quality dishes that are “delicious and keenly priced”.
2. The Idle Rocks
British, Modern restaurant in St Mawes
Harbourside - TR2
“Eating here on a summer’s evening is a real treat, given the setting” – a Relais & Châteaux hotel with a fantastic position including “fabulous views” over the sea. The menu can seem “a bit eclectic”, and even the odd fan feels the food sometimes “maybe doesn’t quite match the setting”. All of the good number of diners who report recommend it however, rate the cooking as either “very good” or “exceptional”, and say “if you don’t mind the prices, it’s very enjoyable”!.
3. Driftwood Hotel
International restaurant in Rosevine
A “lovely setting” is the obvious draw to this New England-inspired hotel on the Roseland Peninsula, overlooking Gerrans Bay from its clifftop location. Praise came this year for the “well-presented and prepared fine-dining” offered by its restaurant, but change is afoot, hence we’ve left it un-rated for the time being. In July 2024, after our annual diners’ poll concluded, owners for the last 22 years, Paul & Fiona Robinson retired, selling the property to an investor. Plans are afoot for an upgrade with 20 extra bedrooms, improvements to the bar and dining room and the addition of a spa.
4. The Pandora Inn
Fish & seafood restaurant in Mylor Bridge
Restronguet Creek - TR11
2022 Review: The “lovely riverside setting” – complete with moorings and showers for passing yachties – is the main attraction at this inn, parts of which are believed to date back 800 years. But the low volume of feedback tells you something given the stunning position – it’s well-rated by reporters but doesn’t have to strive that hard given the place’s other virtues.
5. Hotel Tresanton
Fish & seafood restaurant in St Mawes
27 Lower Castle Road - TR2
Stunningly located on the seafront in St Mawes, this staple of design and travel magazines is the flagship of the Polizzi Collection, run by interiors guru Olga Polizzi and her ‘Hotel Inspector’ daughter Alex (who also oversee Hotel Endsleigh near Tavistock and, most recently, The Star in Alfriston, East Sussex). The food, which again elicited solid marks this year, can be taken in the chic dining room or more casual Dog’s Head bar.
6. Hubbox
Burgers, etc restaurant in Truro
116 Kenwyn Street - TR1
“Good burgers” – “as good as they get in Cornwall” – from high-welfare grass-fed West Country beef are key to the success of Richard Boon’s small chain, which has grown over 22 years from its original venue in St Ives to 10 branches, as far north as Cardiff and as far east as Portsmouth. There’s “plenty of choice” on the menus, including chicken options and local craft beers.
7. Tabb’s
British, Modern restaurant in Truro
85 Kenwyn St - TR1
2022 Review: “Interesting food in an intimate dining room” makes Nigel Tabb’s former pub a “favourite local fine-dining venue”, making “great use of local Cornish ingredients”. It also helps that there’s a “small but well-constructed wine list which offers exceptional value”. It’s “a little difficult to find, away from the centre of Truro, but worth the effort”.
8. The Watch House
Fish & seafood restaurant in St Mawes
1 The Square - TR2
A “bustling” harbourside restaurant with a booth-lined ground-floor dining area and bright upstairs dining room that looks across the bay to the National Trust-run St Anthony Head. The “lovely food” comes at “reasonable prices”, with “good seafood dishes and pizzas as well as brunch”. If you’d rather cart it away to dine al fresco, they also do a swift trade in fish ‘n’ chips.
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