Cheap Food in St Ives, Cornwall*

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• Sky's Diner
• Annie's chippy, in the same street as the Ferrets pub, near the Cinema, is the best chippy in St Ives by far. The best we've had for many a long year.
• this is st ives, their is NO cheap food. remember when u sit down on the harbour front and order a crab sandwhich, its not any crab sandwhich - its a hand reared exquisitley fed, free range non gm locally caught not made in china crab who died of only old age as he had a perfect life in this fishing town!!! oh and it will cost £8.50. co-op would be your only bet for cheap food thats edible and seeing as their are 3 in this small town your never too far from one.
• Hello know where .co.uk team! We would like to add our restaurant to your free online listing / website please! We are ‘The Tyringham Arms Restaurant’ Old Coach Road, Trevarrack, St Ives, Cornwall TR26 3EZ. 01736 740 434 Our newly launched website is: www.tyringhamarms.co.uk Many thanks for your help and supporting local Cornish business in your area Rickie The Tyringham Arms Rickie Staple www.rickiestaple.com info@rickiestaple.com +44 (0) 7970 846 851
• Erm.... Pasties! You can get them in all flavours (it's so wronnnggggg!!!)and they're filling too. Warrens is the best but everyone has their own favourite place. The Mermaid has lunch meal deals and it's worth going there just for the fab atmosphere and decor. The Tea Rooms next to the cinema is an unassuming locals cafe and you can smoke there too.
• Becks Fish & Chips, Carbis Bay
• There's actually a cool vegetarian/vegan scene in and around the Penwith District. Rumours of an art/vegetarian restaurant on Lambeth Walk will hopefully come to fruition. There's The Feast in Truro, Archie Brown's and YAM Parlour in Penzance, and the salad Bar in Good Health in St. Ives. And for supplies, Richard's Health Food (below Archie Brown's), Hendra's in Truro and Good Health in St. Ives are all well-stocked and friendly lovely folks.
• The prices in the majority of the restuarants in St Ives are becoming absolutely ridiculous. The Seafood Cafe was one of the forerunners of the expensive restaurants. I live in London, and for the prices it charges I expect London-level quality, and I'm afraid it doesn't quite measure up. Stacking stuff is SO 5 years ago, darlings! It looks stooopid and is impossible to eat. Bring the prices down and stop stacking the produce, ok? Other places are ridiculously priced - Blue Fish, Porthminster Cafe...it is bloody insulting! St Ives used to be about family holidays by the sea, and now I can't imagine many families can afford this. Peppers has it right - medium quality food at acceptable, sensible prices. No surprises then that it is always booked up! Come on St Ives, get your act together. We don't come to you to be ripped off, but to chill out.
• The Porthgwidden now has a Spanish/Moroccan feel. I had the best meal I've ever had in St Ives there. Porthminster Cafe, Onshore and Alba are excellent. The Pig and Fish is now the Blue Fish. We don't go there because the owner drives a Porsche. Seriously - mixed reports.
• New restaurant, Coast, overlooking the harbour. Not open long (as of April 03)but delicious food. Place is on the 1st floor so good views over the harbour and to Hayle and beyond. Very clean, wood floors, light painted walls. Waitress had lovely green eyes matching her T shirt! Average to expensive, depending what you order. Lots of variety on menu, something for everyone.
• St.Ives now has Britains Best Pizza Restaurant. OnShore were winners of The Italian Pizza and Pasta Association award for the best pizza restaurant in the country. The pizza menu is unlike any others i have tried and the waitresses are all very tasty also!!! They also offer lobster cooked inthe wood burning oven.
• caffe pasta on the end of wharf road is great-lovely pasta, pizza and fish(and more)give it a try!is very busy during summer months so booking advisable!
• loads of places to get takeaway food!
• Curry Garden We had a takeaway from here. Onion bhajees like mini hand grenades...totally dried out & tough. Sag aloo included potato, peas (???) & miniscule amount of spinach. Good bombay aloo but BRIGHT red jalfrezi, no fresh chillies. However, they will make up a meal according to your taste. Try it if you dare!
• The Primrose Valley Hotel offers a freindly service at all times of the day, and features a bar open to non residents with a smashing view over the bay, and every half hour the train rolls in across th railway bridge, a well known landmark to those aquainted with this place. The nightlife includes barbeques with Al Fresco dining overlooking the bay, (beutiful sunsets while having a freshly cooked cajun chicken- Magnifique!) and race nights include all the fun family and freinds could want after a great day sun bathing or sightseeing along the coastal path. Also they offer a quiz night on tuesdays which also makes for a wonderful night out. Be sure to visit this place, as the Kiwis went when they were staying at the Porthminster hotel! And thats gotta be something special.
• Yet another recommendation for the Porthminster Cafe - superb food and incredible views. If you can't get in there, try the Porthgwidden Cafe, which has a similar, similarly excellent menu - and is very reasonably priced. By far the best of the cheaper restaurants is Caffe Pasta at the western end of the Wharf. This isn't just another pseudo-Italian place, but offers delicious pasta dishes, unusually good pizzas, and very impressive fish dishes at noticeably lower prices than you'd pay for this quality elsewhere in town. The deserts are simply wonderful.
• The resturaunt at Porthgwidden beach is really good, sort of italian style but also does great breakfasts and snacks and stuff, also brilliant views of the beach and the island.
• Porthminster Beach Cafe for the best food and views. Right on the beach.
• Never had an idea that pasties could come in so many forms.
• We had a very strange meal at the The Curry Garden during Christmas 2000. I can't say I'd go there again. A very odd intepretation of Indian food (I've had plenty; I currently live in London). The muttar panner turned out to be chick peas with grated cheddar grilled on top.
• GIVE IT A TRY! 'The Curry Garden' in St Andrews st.The food is EXCELLENT, - It is a take-your-own-beer/wine place. But beware they will charge you £1.50 corkage regardless of whether you removed the cork yourself! Don't be put off by the lack of indian waiters - the staff are very friendly and know their stuff.
• Porthminster Restaurant - Knowhere's rave sent us there - double underline it! We're Aussies so you might expect perfect espresso, fresh, imaginative food & amazing views to appeal. It did! Our best meals out ever! A couple of popular guides to Great Britain suggest eating at the Pig 'n Fish - it doesn't exist anymore. Go to Portminster Restaurant
• Al Fresco on the seafront has best food and not too expensive. Make sure you book.
• The best restaurant has got to be Mobys Restaurant which is a allrounder eating place which do the best fish and chips in town. They also have a Takeaway and seafood bar to tantilize your taste buds.
• Peppers 'pizzas and pastas' on Fore Street are the best you can get anywhere in the UK. Service pretty good too.
• Portminster Cafe, Spanish feel to the restaraunt. Excellent food and imaginative menu. Friendly welcome and lively clientel. Green and white buliding on the beach looking out over the bay. Highly reccomended.

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Last updated: 2010-02-26