Main Story
The Lizard Peninsula is as far southwest as you can get on the mainland UK and has a landscape like no other, wild and unspoilt. Steeped in maritime history there are the famous coves of Kynance, Church, Mullion, Cadgwith, Poldhu and Kennack. The dining scene here is varied and broad, with plenty of options for the visiting foodie.
Accomplished restaurant The New Yard is located within The Trelowarren Estate owned by Sir Ferrers Vyvyan, who ha ...more
Restaurant Review
For the visiting foodie, Combe House Hotel brings you close to the pinnacle of the country house hotel experience. The beautiful Elizabethan manor lie ...more
The Gastrotourist
Some meals are worth a special journey. In The Gastrotourist we profile select destination restaurants from across the UK and beyond. This month:
Simon Radley At The Chester Grosvenor
Neighbourhood Watch
The Pricesshay Centre celebrates its first birthday in September 2008. It has been a resounding success as a city centre environment where the people ...more
The Rant
More or less every town in the UK now boasts a restaurant professing to offer ‘Modern British’ food. But very few are actually worth eating in ...more
Signature Dish
Paella is the classic Spanish dish and this recipe comes courtesy of Spanish restaurant group La Tasca, which has a branch in Plymouth ...more
Book Shop
Jay Rayner chronicles the revolution in high-end gastronomy that has been sweeping the world since the late eighties. Not simply an account of endless ...more
Quick Bites
The Five Bells at Clyst Hydon was one of four finalists for The Publican magazine’s Classic Food Pub of 2008 Award. . .Following their entries in both the Red Michelin Guide 2008 and the Michelin Dining out in Pubs Guide 2008/9 The Harris Arms in Okehampton have also been awarded a Silver Award in the Dining Pub Class for Devon in the prestigious Taste of the West Awards 2008. . .Chapel Street Brasserie in Penzance have launched a new Winter Dinner Menu. . .Boscundle Manor is hosting it's first Faiveley Night on 20th November with a specially created 5 course evening menu each accompanied by a different wine from one of France's best producers, £75 per head. . .New modern 70 cover venue Lily's Restaurant is now open on Fore St in Exeter with a French & European menu. . .Live Jazz every Sunday from 9th November at Harveys Wharf in Falmouth plus various other live music events throughout Christmas,check the website for details. . .Places are still available on the Autumn cookery course at Greenhouse Organic Restaurant in St Kevern. . .Autumn & Winter events at
Bistro One in Plymouth are, Understanding Wine with Stephen Barrett on 3rd November then every Monday night for 6 weeks and Ceramics for Supper, a Bistro Meze followed by a talk and exhibition by John Pollex, £23 per person. . .The Fish Market Restaurant with Seafood from Moby's & Old Walls Vineyard supplying the wine on 27th November, enjoy 5 courses with matched wines followed by coffee & petit fours for just £40 per person. . .The Holt in Honiton recently launched ‘Smoking Jacket Foods’ and will be selling Xmas hampers from the pub over the festive period. . .The Bay Restaurant at Hotel Penzance has won Gold Restaurant of the Year at the 2008 Cornwall Tourism Awards 3rd year running and has been included in the Harden's UK Restaurant Guide. . .Simon Hulstone, head chef of The Elephant in Torquay wins the Knorr National Chef of the Year competition. . .Chef Joe Wardell at 2 Fore St in Mousehole has received the Remy Martin Hardens SW Restaurant of the Year award. . .Whats on at Bar Bigwigs Live acoustic music every Monday, DJ Franz on Fridays and Eclypse playing on 15th November. . .Pudding club on the last Thursday of every month at C3 Cafe Bistro in Helston. . .The Gurnard's Head in Zennor near St Ives has been named "Dining Pub of the Year" in the 2009 Good Hotel Guide. . .New waterfront Restaurant & Bar on Mount Batten in Plymouth, The Bridge offers all day dining in a contemporary setting. . . Chantek in Truro launch their new cooking sauce & ready meal range, visit them 26th -28th September at the Cornwall food & drink festival. . . The Good Food Guide gives Michael Riemenschneider at The Abbey in Penzance an astonishing 6/10. . .Chef's selected for cookery demonstrations at the Abbfest Beer & Food Festival on 26th-28th September are Ian Nixon of The Vanilla Pod Peter Gordon at The Horn of Plenty, Tim Bouget at ODE and Paul da Costa Grieves at The Galley in Topsham. . .The Farmhouse Restaurant in Saltash has been awarded an AA Rosette. . .Get yourselves down to Lemon Quay in Truro for the Cornwall Food & Drink Festival 26-28 September. . .Indaba Fish in Truro has launched a breakfast service. . .New owners and new name for the Organic Farm Shop & Restaurant in Four Lanes Redruth, Kernow Organics open for breakfast, lunch and dinner and also caters for wheat intolerances. . .150-seater La Scala Brasserie opens at Bodmin Jail offering modern Mediterranean cuisine within a fabulous old chapel setting. . .New owners at The Glasshouse in Wadebridge, Tim and Tina Burridge ex-Burridges of Rock. . .Orchard Restaurant opens on the site of The Bay Tree in Wadebridge. . .Michael Riemenschneider of The Abbeyin Penzance has bought Michelin-starred Juniper in Altrincham, Cheshire and will re-open this month as Michael Riemenschneider@Juniper. The operation at The Abbey will remain unchanged. . .Cocos in Penzance has new owners and is now the Chapel St Brasserie and Wine Bar serving French Classics with local produce. . .Look out for new restaurant Rocco y Lolas opening this month on Sutton Harbour Plymouth. . .Two new openings in St Ives: Vegetarian restaurant Spinacios on the harbour front and Olives on Island Square. . .New style bar Vanilla set to open in Truro this month. . .MI Bar in Falmouth transforms into Mango Tango, two floors of eating drinking live music and dancing. . .Exeter's Jack in the Green will be closing after Christmas for a £350,000 new kitchen installation. . .Asia Chic opens on September 9th in Plymouth’s Sutton Harbour offering Japanese, Thai, Chinese and Vietnamese food. . .New to Truro - Falmouth Bay Seafood Café offering Champagne, Seafood and of course Falmouth Bay Oysters. . .New Steak & Thai Restaurant launched at The Westberry Hotel in Bodmin. . .New Italian Restaurant for Bodmin Trattoria at Tredethy House. . .Paella nighton Tuesdays and Tapas night on Thursdays at Oliva in Topsham. . .The Michelin Starred Room at The Elephant in Torquay’s Chef Simon Hurlestone has represented the UK in the The Bocuse d’Or Europe and has qualified for next year’s Bocuse d’Or 2009 to be held in Lyon. . .Top veggie restaurant Archie Browns in Penzance open Truro operation. . .The Old Grammar School opens in Truro offering cool and laid back drinking and eating. . .The Holt pub and restaurant in Honiton launch new smokery business-Smoking Jacket Foods. . .Awliscombe Inn has new owners, new menus and new chef Russell Lambert ex The Five Bells in Clyst Hydon. . .Monkton Court Hotel & Restaurant in Honiton under new ownership and transformed into affordable luxury accommodation with stunning contemporary modern British restaurant. . .The Belfry at Yarcome has new owners and is being transformed into a boutique Restaurant with Rooms. . .Owners of gastro café Locatelli Deli & Café in Honiton have reworked The Railway Inn and launched the superb new Railway Bar & Kitchen featuring brick fired pizza and lots of fish. . .Bombay Brasserie Plymouths latest contemporary Indian opened Tuesday 15th July. . .