Where to eat: the 14 best restaurants in St Columb Major

Excellent locally made pasties and they do a frozen set to take home too. Well worth a visit

What an absolute pleasure, nay privilege it is to have Premier Pasty on my doorstep! Amazing quality food for such a beautifully reasonable price! Always served with a smile especially from the amazing Sally and Scott! Definitely a must visit if your local. Big up this amazing Cornish business 👏

Excellent place to grab a decent pasty and other hot food at excellent value. A wide selection of pasties fresh from the oven. Also have salad options and get your own baps made while you wait. Can also get cake / treats and frozen pasties for a excellent prices.

The new shop is excellent, there's so much choice here! The lunch options are seemingly endless. The staff are always delightful, the food is excellent, especially the jacket potatoes! Value for money is an understatement! This is a place I'll always stop off at when I'm passing.it would be dangerous if I lived closer, I'd be here every day!

The food at premier is very good, their pasties are a decent 7/10 and a good cake selection. I will say that their school cake needs some work but the real gem of premier is the staff. I was served by Chloe and she made my overall experience a positive one. Highly recommend her for a raise. Maybe a supervisor role at least. Will be back again.

Have recently placed 2 large orders here They have both been ready on time Of excellent quality and well packed for travelling Staff polite friendly and very helpful

Loved this place! They offer both cooked and uncooked frozen pasties to take home, and the cakes were absolutely lovely. A great spot for a treat.

Chose Sun house as it's close to Retallack Resort. Managed to get a parking space in market place opposite Co op as parking is difficult. They only accept cash but there is an ATM outside Co-op, The food we had was tasty and still hot on returning to Retallack. So all good.

Picked up a collection during a holiday stay in St Columb, difficult to park most days but there are two car parks in walking distance from the takeaway. Phoned ahead and was ready within 10 minutes. We had the Kung Po King Prawn and Egg Fried Rice, can't fault either: very good. Restaurant is dated and a little dilapidated, but can't fault the food.

We found Sun House whilst heading back to our chalet. Great food, cooked in front of you, friendly staff and reasonably priced. I definitely recommend.

At time of review Sun House has a 5 food hygiene rating which is very reassuring, when collecting my food I noticed the kitchen is on full display to customers which is again very reassuring they have nothing to hide. The food was piping hot and very tasty, also very good portions.

Really friendly owners. The food was also so delicious.

Very good tasting food and friendly service.

Quite literally the worst food that I’ve experienced in my life. Fried chicken? More like slimy snails. Bland and disgusting. The fried bread, my mistake “prawn toast” were asif they’d been in the bottom of the fryer since yesterday morning. Satay chicken? My dog has had better consistency in his wee. Absolute joke. The duck however, on the upper hand was plain and boring but somehow the best dish on my plate. I honestly wouldn’t buy this for a homeless man on the street as it’s not fair on them.

We got to A LOT of bakeries but my god, the pastries at this one are insane. They look incredible and taste even better. Couldn’t recommend this place anymore. So good we now have to buy some to eat straight away and some more to go!

Brilliant spot. Multiple visits for pastries in my latest week staying in St Column - the croissants were unbelievable - absolutely worth a stop. The bread looks great and as good as any serious artisan bakery Nationwide. This review is slightly delayed but we also tried their pizza night on a Friday and I was incredibly impressed - the dough tasted brilliant, excellent ferment on it so it was soft, chewy and went down super easy. Toppings were of very high quality - some fun combinations but working from an excellent base-standard. I hope they do very well.

Some of the best pastries I’ve ever had (and I’ve had a lot). Went here at least 3 times in a week and wish we had been able to go more! Daily struggle of what to choose was our biggest issue. Cinammon bun and vanilla bun were incredible and excellent value for money (pretty large!). The perfect balance of soft dough, crunchy outside, sweet balanced with butter content and all round delicious . Other pastries (croissant based) were well laminated and also tasty. Doughnuts were decent but the pastries were the highlight. Sourdough breads also really good. They supply local cafes so easy to find their goods elsewhere. Friendly service. Dog friendly. Highly recommended.

The best sourdough and pastries I’ve had in my life, seriously. Such a lovely little place!

This is well worth a breakfast trip, even if out of your way. Small shop in a cute little village Very nice coffee and delicious pastries. Very friendly staff also. We took a way a sourdough loaf, which was the best I have ever eaten. Dog friendly too.

A quaint locally run bakery with banging food and a great vibe! I couldn't help going back everyday after I got my first taste! Best cookie I've had in my life and I've eaten a lot of cookies!

Dropped in for Pizza night at the Saint Columb shop and service was spot on. Pizzas were absolutely delicious. Soft crust, crunchy base and tasty amazing. Would 100%.recommend.

Just had the best ever fish and chips from Westlakes. Don't be misled by the rather tired decor at the entrance. I holiday once or twice a year near St Merryn, and always come over to St Columb Major to fetch a Westlakes Fish supper. The fish - cooked expertly to order - is always moist and delicious, and the chips are the best I've had in any chop shop. This family have been running Westlakes since the lovely now-elderly proprietor was a child. Very good value for money too, but please note they do not accept payment by card. There is a public car park - free after 5:00 PM- just opposite and a few doors along.

A great, reasonably priced takeaway for fish and chips. Cash only establishment. Fish was fresh and chips were good. Pleasant owners. Best to walk there as not much parking along the street as it's very narrow. Definitely recommend as a takeaway.

Food very greasy and portions which were ridiculously tiny especially the fish. The Man taking the orders was very rude and snappy if you asked a simple question. Explains why it was empty the place

Very disappointed having read the great reviews was not expecting to be so poor. Fish was inedible and chips were very small and not good . Hopefully we were unlucky tonight but this was a poor experience.

Good food, all freshly cooked Excellent value

Superb food, cooked fresh to order. Proper old fashioned service from the lovely owners. Will be back

Again, had a fantastic fish supper with the family. Ordered 4 medium cod and 2 large bags of chips. All plates were cleared and everyone happy. No waste.

Had a Sunday roast with the family. Good choice of meats, sides etc. Staff really helpful and welcoming. Very good value when you consider other pubs charge higher and you get a lot less, we all left feeling very full up. Also doing a takeaway option is such a good idea. We will be going back but.

Popped in this evening to watch the England - Wales womens Euros game. Friendly pub, lovely pint of ale

Best carvery I've ever had in a while, brilliant service and great food

This is a great old fashioned village pub that is a pleasure to visit. A super friendly atmosphere and the staff are the same.Andy

Nice pub with friendly locals, visited on a Wednesday evening for bingo!!!

Not been today even Chris Bailey .not impressed nice pub .

Friendly local pub. Recently refurbished. Food on Thursdays and a carvery on Sunday. Quiz nights every Monday. Bingo on Wednesdays. Occasional live music. Pool table.

Lovely proper Cornish pub. The landlady makes great food and its brilliant value. The roast on a Sunday is a must. Landlord is always on hand to have the laugh with the customers and is an avid Man United fan so it’s always a good atmosphere when the footballs on. Barman today, I think his name was Oliver, lovely chap and very charming with the customers. Recommend

We have just moved to the local area! And thought we would try out a local pub! This was the 2nd pub that we went to, and have to say everyone was friendly and made us feel very welcome 😀. Andy the Landlord and Sid behind the Bar are Top fellas and I know this is going to be my local for the future! And it does a very decent pint.

Great little local village pub. Dogs welcome! Dont expect glamour. Expect real people with real ale and a real fire and real leather sofa's. Malcolm recommends this pub.

Great pub family run business.

We popped in here this evening for a couple of ales and were not disappointed. We were very warmly welcomed by both the landlady and the regulars! The beer was kept to perfection, we could imagine spending a full evening in here for sure! Thanks again and keep up the great work! (The Geordies)

Lovely pub run by super friendly staff. Warm, relaxing and welcoming atmosphere. Beers and ciders kept to excellent standard. If this place did food it would probably be the best one in the town.....

Popped in with trepidation as it’s always nervy going into a pub as strangers, well we needn’t have worried as we were immediately treated as long lost friends, not just by the staff but locals as well, this pub and it’s regulars are a credit to Not only St Columb Major but Cornwall itself, and as if that wasn’t enough the beer was excellent as well ( and Guinness) Do be careful when ordering at the bar though cos the Rattler Cider does what it says on the tin! Go in, order a drink and enjoy yourself.

Just had a great two night stay. Perfect location for visiting Padstow. Large room with comfortable bed. Local pub goers are very friendly as is the landlady. Excellent quality of breakfast. Lots of car parking room. Will definitely stay again.

Sunday lunch was incredible , best meal we have had out in a long time ! Food was outstanding , cauliflower cheese was incredible , delicious and homemade . All served on hot plates. All the staff were welcoming and friendly . Would highly recommend , such a lovely pub to have lunch in .

Great little pub ran by a great lady! Stayed here for one night but would definitely stay longer. A great location and not far from Padstow, Newquay and other family friendly attractions. Lovely food as well and community spirit.

WORST PUB FOOD EVER. Tonight we were served the worst quality scampi I have ever been served. Deep fried bread crumbed grey cylinders of fried fish flavoured mush. My son ate them (he loves chicken nuggets and was starving) my Mum and myself found them inedible, not even Iceland quality. Starters poor quality and expensive, cottage pie made with cheap school dinner type mince, chips greasy, didn’t bother with desserts. No salad served with starters as they’d run out on a quiet pub on a Sunday in July! Felt completely ripped off, £166! could have cooked better at home. Not suprised pubs are going out of business. WEB SITE 4 YEARS OUT OF DATE AND MENU ONLINE NOTHING LIKE THE CRAP MENU ACTUALLY AVAILABLE!!!!

Charming small inn with rooms. A local run and used place with tidy rooms, good breakfast and meals. Short bus ride from Padstow & beaches. Bus stops v near for those not driving.

Fabulous breakfast food amazing. Wonderful people very friendly and welcoming make u feel like part of the family. Will come back xx

Kristy was friendly and understanding, giving access to a quiet room for evening meals in a busy inn. Room clean with adequate facilities. Highly recommend.

Visited today (a group of 9), Customer Service was super-superb amazing! pretty good offer on their meals. Ordered Cheeseburger and Latte, food serving in extremely large portions ☺️ key points at my gaze: atmosphere was a bit bland and food can improve much more..

I got the fish and chips, fish was rubbery and bland, with too much batter. Peas were average, chips were okay, nice crisp but abit cold. Waiter was very nice, food arrived very fast and they do have good allergen options, quite clean. The other person i was with got the cheese and bacon burger, abit burnt and that plastic cheese but was decent, chips too small and coleslaw was bland. We got the sharing platter starter and was exceptional, sauses and all of the components were above my expectations.

Excellent, regular staff run this pub which for me, makes all the difference. If you're a regular, it's much more personable and makes it such a great place to to. Can recommend the Sunday Carvery and Breakfast. Highly recommend. 💙

Booked here for 14 people at late notice.. Service was great, but seemed to lessen as it past 8 o'clock, and staff serving staff started to leave for the evening.. Food took as long as expected as it was busy, but had no complaints .. all meals were sized, cooked and presented well...

Cannot complain about the food or service. The lovely server we had was polite, friendly and very helpful. Quick to take orders, deliver drinks ect. Food came out quickly and was as described and okay. Wait for table to be cleared for next course was quick and efficient. It's the pub that let's it all down. Tired, very worn and not very clean. Definitely in need of a deep clean or refurbishment. Well done to the server though, she showed how it should be done. 5 stars for her.

Always go here when in holiday and never had any problems. Wasn’t too busy when we went, seated nearly straight away and drink orders taken. Food orders taken and arrived quickly, steaks were absolutely fantastic, tasted amazing.

Average food. Nothing to shout about. Very slow service. Open until 11pm but was refused a round of drinks @ 10pm. Then was told we had 10 minutes to drink up and leave by a lad who pretty much set a timer on his watch! Not impressed. Being a local I won't be eating there again or recommending to friends. Shame.

I Ordered the prawn cocktail which was served with a very dry piece of white bread. After requesting the brown bread which was on the menu they sent out a slice. They couldn’t even be bothered to cut it (picture attached). We had Linguine for main which turned up with some of the mussels still closed. The attention to detail is woeful and definitely not worth the money.

The food and service here has really gone downhill, overpriced food for Wetherspoons quality. Our booking was for 8 people and when we arrived they seemed to not know how many people the booking was actually for. 7/8 of our meals that we ordered were either missing parts of it or were just completely wrong. For example, on the menu it says the grilled chicken comes with garlic fries and aioli. Ours came with plain chunky chips and mayonnaise, when we questioned the staff on it they seemed to be confused and didn’t give a valid explanation as to why. Also during our meal, Bingo was taking place which was very loud and completely ruined the atmosphere of the restaurant, we could barely hear each other over it. We were not told this would be happening when we booked. I don’t think this should take place while the kitchen is open and while people are trying to enjoy their evening meal. After we finished our meals, we continued to drink cocktails on the decking. When ordering our cocktails the staff made it seem like we were being an inconvenience for ordering multiple cocktails to an outside table. And although it’s on every menu, this restaurant also doesn’t participate in the evening happy hour as advertised. We will definitely be going to a local pub instead next time.

Was a guest at the resort, decided to go for dinner at 8.20 when the restaurant serves food until 9, was told they couldn't serve us as they had just seated a table for four in the bar, made no sense what so ever, very flipant. Very bad public relations, they would be better with a table booking policy as the place was only half full! Would definitely influence me returning to the park in general. A real shame.

I can’t review the food as be left before ordering. This was over half an hour after arriving for our pre booked reservation and from ordering a drink that never arrived. When we tried to speak to the so called manager she was dismissive of us. We were 1 of only 5 tables, 2 of which had already eaten. 4 young, untrained staff doing very little but why would they when their “manager” was not doing her job!

I actually dont know where to start - maybe we were on some sort of hidden camera TV show to see how we would react when service is sooo bad, we were genuinely waiting for Ant and Dec to jump out from behind the bar, sadly no such luck. Let’s not beat around the bush here I have never experienced such terrible service ever. Food mehh, drinks alright but we only ordered coke and lemonade and we were gasping as they arrived after the food, so they were a welcome arrival, the service is absolutely shocking, atmosphere very wacky warehouse. Couldn’t even be bothered to go and get a refund for part of the meal that never arrived as I don’t think the staff would be able to manage pressing refund on the card machine and I genuinely couldn’t bare to put myself through it, maybe they can put it towards extra training for the staff, in particular the girl who looked like a deer in headlights and looked like she had no idea whether she was on this earth or Fullers. Anyway to summarise this place is awful, oh and very expensive !!!! We will not be returning and that’s a real shame as we are your captive audience staying in a luxury lodge for the week and can’t be bothered to cook - big mistake… HUGE

I wouldn’t bother to even entertain wasting your hard earned money at this place on your holiday. The service is so poor, slow. The manager is possibly the most un interested character I have ever come across in a restaurant. We were seated and told we would be asked regarding drinks this never happened, table was never cleared. Sad thing is there were only 5 covers when we were in the restaurant, I’d hate to see the service when it was full. Never again.

I won’t bore you with the details. Service was really poor - really slow and nobody seemed to care. Food was massively overpriced - in terms of quality think weatherspoons and you won’t be far off. Drinks selection really poor - again, think of a rubbish pub chain. We went because we arrived late on our first day, so it was convenient. We definitely won’t be going back!

First time trying this Chinese, parking ample on site outside of restaurant on arrival furniture separates the till area which is very unusual. Staff pleasant and friendlye. Bough , food handed on a crate not a bag very unusual. The food isn't the standard I usually have/expect, although I appreciate every area has a different take on food. For me personally I found the curry sauce in the chicken curry similar to that from a Tesco ready meal, the chicken also tasted like frozen ready meal chicken , the mixed meat curry unfortunately for me who dislikes veg in curries contains alot of veg and very small amt of prawn ( yes only had one prawn in mine) compared to my usual place who give three large king prawns in the same meal i order from my local one. The pancake roll was bland and salty with little flavour at all. The chicken balls was okay but tasted reheated so therefore abit dry on the chicken , the sweet and sour sauce was alright nothing to rave about but the pot size was extremely small not enough to serve with the amount of chicken balls in my opinion. The prawn crackers was fine but crackers are pretty bog standard everywhere can't usually go wrong. I usually always save any leftovers for the next day and reheat which was my plan however a first for me is that I actually binned the leftovers. I wouldnt use this one again myself but I appreciate it's personal opinion but my son and husband all felt the same as me. Unusual to not please the son who's usually not at all fussy.

I ordered a takeaway from here even though it's 7 miles from where I'm staying. Got there at stated time and food came out within minutes. Atmosphere in restaurant was relaxed and you could see how attentive the staff were. Got back with the food and it was still piping hot and the tastes were spot on. Chicken Kung Po and salt and pepper chilli chicken 👏👏👏Thanks it's so nice to get good quality food at a reasonable price when on holiday. Would definitely recommend

Lovely little restaurant, lovely food, large portions and reasonable prices. The staff are lovely,friendly and helpful. The waitress who's name is Lynn was very helpful as it was our first visit, will definitely return there again.

Ample additional parking around the back. Lots of seating available. Lovely staff, friendly and attentive. Quick serving of the meals, tasty, crunchy fresh veg. My first visit and would come again

Wow! Great experience. Called before to discuss Gluten Free food, which they accommodated fantastically. Such polite and helpful staff. The food was delicious, really tasty crispy beef ♥️ Good size portions and reasonably priced. Was ready to collect at the agreed time and still hot when i got it home. (Beer not included!!)

Never had a bad meal here! Staff are lovely. Food is great either in or takeaway! Our go to Chinese! Had a takeaway for 5 people! £81! So much food we can have it 2 days running! No wonder always so busy! Keep it up guys! We tell everyone about you!!! Xxx

Had a takeaway from here and my gosh!! It was absolutely fantastic! Ordered and didn’t think we would have enough but the portions are small, but more than enough. Collected from the place instead of delivery. Only thing I have been asked to add, was that the six foot nine individual who collected the takeaway, hit his head on the light as he entered! Thanks and photos don’t do it justice!!

As roadway services McDonald's go, this one seems pretty good. Very clean; quick service. Fod average as you might expect. (I'm not a McDonald's expert, but it seems to be much cheaper here than nearer to London!)

Quick place to stop off the A30 at Hamburger hill, Fraddon. Level carpark & overspill parking. Next to kingsley village shop.

5* for a McDonald's, despite being very busy someone came and wiped our table down when we sat down. The chips were lovely, hot and crispy. The staff were all very polite. I've been to a fair few McD establishments and this one was amongst the finest

This by far is the best mcdonalds IN THE COUNTRY for how polite and welcoming the staff are .. ive never had such nice people working on a drive thru .. This place was LITERALLY phenomenal for their customer experience .. and the food was hot when we got it which is also something that doesn't happen very often with mcdonalds .. I know its only a drive thru mcdonalds but Tone of voice is everything and these people were just so hyped and happy it was such a good experience .. thank you fradden mcdonalds!

It was lovely and quiet when we went in fairly clean, polite staff. I would say however that there was a couple of tables where there was sources and spilt chips and knocked over things all over the floor and this hadn't been cleaned up and at that time of evening should have been due to the fact it was also very quiet.

Honestly the best maccy d we have had for ages .it was hot, well filled with care just brilliant. Staff were efficient and friendly

Always like a good McDonalds and this is one of them. Stopped here several times and never had an issue with there service or food. If you need a break on your way down to the coast this is an ideal watering hole😎

This lady makes the most fantastic celebration cakes. When our friend moved north we didn't think we would ever have a decent cake again but hey presto, this lady has that magic touch. From sponges for a 7yr old to fruit cakes for a 94yr old! Really reasonably priced and far tastier than you'd ever believe. Very highly recommended.

Wonderful food - alas they are open no more will be miss by all in area

Great cakes!

Great food!

Fantastic service, easy to order and great choices. We ordered the daily prime box and it came with red gurnard monk fish john dory and turbot all nicely filtered and prepared. We also ordered lobstersand they were amazing! Will definitely order again the quality and freshness of the fish is wonderful and great prices too. Will definitely recommend

Brilliant staff, very helpful, friendly and great selection of seafood.

Lovely fresh fish. We had hake / haddock / plaice and cod along with a bag of mussels. All tasted amazing. Can’t wait to order another box.

Bought, mussels, mackerel and salmon on Friday. All staff fantastic. Fish - out of this world. Superb on every count. Do not hesitate to use these guys.

Fabulous company. Just received our second order. Excellent produce and great customer service. Would recommend!! :)

Very rude staff!

Delicious - would recommend!