The Old Coastguard - Menu

Shore

➤ 13-14 Alverton Street, TR18 2QP Penzance, United Kingdom

Menu • Fish • Seafood • European • Fish And Seafood

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"Bruce’s tasting menu was the highlight of our 10 day gastronomic tour of Devon and Cornwall. For someone who claims never to have visited Japan, his kaiseki menu would do even Endo proud. His interpretation of chawanmushi was sublime with a fresh and crunchy shitake and caviar. Superb fish fresh from the quay and the locally grown vegetables were delicious. Even the shiso tasted like shiso tastes in Japan, a remarkable achievement given that shiso in UK is generally bland and disappointing. Three things to bear in mind: 1) try to show up at 6.45pm to get the best tables. Dinner starts promptly at 7pm. 2) don’t expect any meat. 3) Bruce leaves the kitchen between every other course to describe the following two courses. His account of where he sourced the ingredients and how he prepared them is truly fascinating. Finally, a meal at the Shore is not only a true feast for all your senses but also incredibly good value. Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: £70–80 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 4"

Mermaid Alley

➤ 45 New Street, Penzance I-TR18 2LZ, United Kingdom

Menu • Vegan • Mexican • British • Vegetarian

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"great small place for an evening meal. the staff was friendly and saw us quickly. there is a quite small menu, but what they taste amazing! we had the drawn black and jalapeño Scotch egg as well as the philly cheese steak taxioto for starter and the california fish and chips and swarms with mac and triple cheese for netzen, all tasted amazing. they also have a good selection of cocktails and everything is really good cheap! would go back!"

Bakehouse

➤ Penzance, Chapel St, TR18 4AJ, United Kingdom

Menu • Kebab • Seafood • European • Restaurants

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"Just let down a bit by floor staff. Decent quality food with slightly above average price, (no complaints but staff were questionable minor, fixable gripes: Young female waiter wearing socks and sliders? Could have been a forgotten uniform but just looked unprofessional in situ. Saw another female waiter marrying two bottles of rosé wine before taking a new ‘full’ bottle of wine to a customer. Don’t think it’s illegal in the Uk to do this but unhygienic and poor form. They took it to an upstairs table after doing in on the ground floor so diners obviously non the wiser. Young male staff member checked in on us 6 times (counted over two courses, not including ordering or bringing food (how are the drinks x1, how is the food etc x2 per course to the point it was disruptive/ annoying. I get they’re told to be attentive, but just chill buddy"

2 Fore Street

➤ 2 Fore St, Mousehole TR19 6PF, United Kingdom

Menu • Cafés • Sushi • Asiatic • European

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"incredible dinner as usual. fresh fish and seafood that are cooked for perfection and served by friendly, warm and passionate staff. that's our favorite restaurant in a country mile! during this visit we were more impressed than ever by the delicious food and the fantastic service. in the evening we visited, there was a diabolical table with self-pronounced “locals” that have led this as an excuse for forgetting their maniacs and for the unacceptable behavior towards the personal. that the team members have treated with an esteem that I would never have shown in the face of such rudeness. we have visited the restaurant many times in the course of the years and have never found reason to complain. if they are looking for incredibly well prepared eating in a relaxed, cozy environment with fantastic service, then this is the place to be!"

Mousehole Deli Kitchen

➤ N Cliff, Mousehole, Penzance TR19 6PH, United Kingdom

Menu • Coffee • Kitchen • British • Healthy

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"Last day of what was a perfect holiday. We’d hesitated after reading several negative reviews but we’d had a good roast here a couple of years ago, so booked a table. We had the first sitting of the evening and were greeted by a very bubbly waitress. We went for a glass of wine each, with 2 small plates for starters. The poor man’s scampi was lovely, the pork belly tasted nice but was barely warm. The waitress encouraged us to have the turbot and told us she believed there were 2 left, so we both chose it. We then watched her tell the table of 3 and the table of 6 walk-ins that turbot was an option. We love fish and we’d had some excellent fish all week; 2 Fore Street and 2 incredible meals at Mackerel Sky in Newlyn (unbelievably good). However my turbot was tasteless and slimy. The skin both top and bottom was slippery like it had been boiled. It made me feel nauseous so we spoke to the waitress. I opted for ribeye as a replacement as it was the same price. My partner ate his turbot but did say it was tasteless (he just wanted to leave). My ribeye was like no steak I’d ever tasted. I chose medium, it came swimming in a thick salty gravy (whisky and mushroom sauce I think) that was incredibly salty. It was covered with leaves. I’ve never seen a steak presented like it. The steak tasted like braised beef. I’m sure the meat was reasonable quality but the cooking of it was terrible. I cut it up and we ate it between us. Incidentally my partner had finished his meal before my ribeye arrived. The waitress came over and asked how it was and I told her it was incredibly salty. She said sorry I’ll feedback to the chef. That was it!! I was thirsty all night, it was so over salted. There was not even any recompense for the poor food. We were given a bill of approx £110 for the worst meal of the week. We left agreeing we will never set foot in there again."