The Knowhere Guide

Eating and Drinking in St Austell, Cornwall*

St Austell, Cornwall Pubs, Cafes, Coffee Shops and Restaurants

Food

• Fresh And Crusty Every Time
• Kings Kebabs is always very tempting after Gossips or 2XS
• that place next to kellys, the thin end.
• Mr Crusty's Pasty shop next to iceland, where they do the best Pasties
• McDonalds, Burger King, Little Chef, Wimpy for fast food. Flamingo, Italian job for foriegn food.
• Italian job - delivers free of charge, good pizzas! Flamingo - In Mount charles, good for carribean dishes
• Tescos!
• Mc Donalds got planning permission and is now open. At the old cattle market by the double roundabout.
• St. Austell Band Club has the best and cheapest food in town, members only though.
• burger king(very long wait)
• The Thin End - go there and eat cakes. One of the finest cafes in the world! Well, I think they're good.
• Thin End for a coffee and great cakes. Kings Kebabs (after Gossips) genuine taste of Turkey in St. Austell
• The Wimpy is about your lot.
• The best Cornish Pasty in St Austell is by Cooksleys the Butchers.

Pubs

• RASHLEIGH in Charlestown.Warning...It has changed hands in mid summer 2002. We used this pub a lot and did not know it had changed owenership. The food used to be the best,happy staff,great pub.I thought some thing was amiss when my starter of whitebait arrived,it was about a third of the size when I last visited the place.All the portions were a lot less,and I do not consider the place GOOD value for money anymore.The food was OK but lacking in ammount.For the rest of our stay we went to the Pier House Hotel which is owned by the owners who used to own the Rashleigh and by god it shows.Great food ,friendly staff,good value for money.{Get there early or you wont get in.] As far as the Rashleigh is concerned COME BACK MR MORCOMBE the old owner!!!!!
• Got A Bar Stool Over me Head In The General Wolfe
• The place everyone seems to go at the moment is the Britannia Inn at the bottom of Lodge Hill, St Blazey. Holmbush seems to be alot quiter now.
• the holmbush, o callaghans
• Re the Rashleigh Inn, Charlestown. We were there last week and found rather unfrienly, the bar staff couldn't have cared less about serving our drink and the manageress of the restaurant, when asked for a table for two promised to update us on the table situation within fifteen minutes and when asked after twenty minutes what the situation was rattled that we had asked. We then went on to the Pier Hotel, Charlestown and had a wonderful meal and great service - odd because I understand that they are owned by the same people/organisation!!
• Sandy pub is good. Bethel social club is much better.
• Homebush - THE pub to go to if you want a good time, if your under 30!
• Holmbush is Ok
• The Carlyon Arms, known as the Sandy, its on Sandy Hill. entertainment on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays.
• It has got to be the Duke in Mount Charlse
• POLGOOTH INN - NO PROMISES BUT AT LEAST IT STILL QUALIFIES AS A REAL PUB.
• Trevor and Sue Atkins are no longer connected with the Seven Stars Inn in St Austell, having moved on to manage a B&B near London. Please delete my earlier reference to the Seven Stars Inn.
• holmbush
• The Holmbush Inn, a popular pub, but extrememly busy on a friday or saturday evening, sadly it is not as good as the popularity would imply. People tend to go because it's where everyone elso goes.
• would recommend the seven stars, o'callaghans (irish theme pub)and the stag, for atmosphere and good old expensive cornish beerrumour
• Rashleigh (Charlestown) Britannia (The Brit) on by-pass at bottom of St Blazey Hill Holmbush (Kevbush) bypass near Tesco Town pubs have all gone down hill a bit Mock Irish O Callaghans Queens Head - now does breakfast 8pm????? Best laugh - Seven Stars (Sevens)
• I want to tell you about two nice hard working people who have just returned to Cornwall and opened or reopened the Seven Stars Inn, 1, East Hill, St Austell. We knew Trevor and Sue Atkins on the Costa del Sol over the course of two years when they operated a pub called The Cornishman. They are the greatest of hosts. Everyone was made to feel welcome. English, Australians, Canadians, even this American and his wife. Fuengerola's loss is St Austell's gain.
• • Queens Head, Fore Street.
  • General Wolfe, - Live Bands
  • The Rashleigh, Charlestown (Nearest to Gossips)
  • The Holmbush Inn is probably the best pub and can be packed up on a Friday night. Although it's a little out of town the Holmbush serves a good variety of ales and lager and the food is just the best in town. The worst pubs have got to be the General Wolfe or the Stag.
  Courtesy buses to the club from these pubs (except General Wolfe)

Cafes and Coffee Shops

• Lazaro's Does A Wicked Espresso
• wh smiths
• The sandwich bar - in the square, next to woolworths, not very nice food there!
• erm, try the guy in the van who sells pies.
• Bunters in Truro does cheap hot chocolate and tea etc, but its a bar.
• The thin end, do a nice line in jacket spuds too
• georges

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