St Ives is home to an exceptional food and drink scene, with a wealth of culinary talent serving up gastronomic delights.
After the success of 2022, the St Ives Food Trail is back for 2023! We’ve teamed up with the St Ives BID to create the St Ives Food Trail, showcasing the many unmissable signature dishes the town’s food and drink scene has to offer.
From local specialities to chef’s specials, you’ll find plenty of tasty treats on the St Ives Food Trail – see how many you can try!
Porthminster Beach Café (beach-side) at 11am each day for the St Ives History Walk (£5 each) or drop in to the Porthminster Beach Café Kitchen Garden for a garden tour anytime on Friday, Saturday, Sunday.
1. Cream Tea – Coasters Tea Room
2. Cream Tea – The Courtyard Café
3. Cream Tea – Market Place Tea Rooms
4. Cornish Cream Tea – Olives
5. Cornish Cream Tea – The Cornish Bakery
6. Coffee and Cake – Sea of Coffee
7. Cinnamon Bun – Crafted Coffee House
8. Saffron Bun – Warrens Bakery
9. Saffron Cake – Warrens Bakery
10. Cruffin – St Ives Bakery
11. Lemon Meringue Pie – Makers of Fine Food
12. Crêpes – Mor
13. Nutella Crêpes – St Ives Creperia
14. Nutella & Biscoff Milkshakes – The Pier Coffee House
15. Shipwreck Ice Cream – Moomaid of Zennor
16. Nocciola & Pistachio Ice Cream – Valenti’s Ice Cream Workshop
17. Salted Caramel Ice Cream – St Ives Ice Cream and Coffee
18. Bubbly Waffle Cone – Harbour Delights
19. Flavoured Mr Whippy – Jus’ Desserts
20. Cornish Seafood Platter – Mermaid Seafood Restaurant
21. Cornish Crab Linguine – Caffé Pasta
22. Cornish Sea Bass – The Beach Restaurant
23. Local Cornish Steamed Mussels – The Lifeboat Inn
24. Cornish Mussels and chips – Seafood Café
25. Cornish Sharing Plates – Source Kitchen
26. Crispy Porthilly Oyster – No.1 Fish Street
27. Herb & Parmasan Crust Hake – Cellar Bistro
28. Cornish Steak Pasty – Cornish Bakehouse
29. Butcher’s Cornish Steak Pasty – Harvey Brothers Butchers
30. Cornish Real Ale Selection – The Castle
31. Small Plates and Oysters – Fore Street Deli
32. Cornish Dairy Ice Cream – Willy Waller’s Ice Cream
33. Full English Breakfast – Chapels Café
34. Lola’s Full English Breakfast – Lola’s Lounge (Note: Now closed)
35. Scoffs English Breakfast – Scoff Troff Café
36. Breakfast – The Tretho Lounge
37. Gourmet Tasting Menu – 27 The Terrace
38. Mackerel & Ponzu Paté – Porthminster Kitchen
39. The O.G. chicken & craft beer – Beer and Bird
40. Cod & Chips – The Balancing Eel
41. Gourmet Fish & Chips – Harbour Fish and Chips
42. Cod & Chips – Pedn Olva
43. Big Kahuna – Hub St Ives
44. Cornish Lobster – By The Sea
45. Crispy Duck Pizza Peppers – Pasta and Pizzeria
46. Beef Cheek – The Loft Restaurant and Terrace
47. Burrito Grande – The Mex
48. Chicken Hariali – Curry Garden
49. S. E. Asia Monkfish Curry – Porthminster Beach Café
50. Thai Red Prawn Curry – Porthmeor Beach Café
51. Pizza – The Queens
52. Fantastic Tawa – Rajpoot
53. Jambalaya Spicy Dish – The Rum and Crab Shack
54. Tawa – The Spice Centre
55. Panang Curry – Talay Thai
56. King Kebab – King Kebab
57. Cacao baked heritage beetroot – The Tate Restaurant
58. Chicken Saltimbocca – Tregenna Castle Hotel
59. Steak & Chips – The Sloop Inn
60. Sunday Roast – Union Inn
61. Sunday Carvery – Western Hotel
62. Fish and Chips – By The Sea
63. Taco – Balcony Bar and Restaurant
64. Tapas – Silco
65. Belgian Beer and Bites – Bier Huis Grand Café
66. Cocktails & small plates – Little Palais
67. Tapas or pizza – Porthgwidden Beach Café
68. Twice Baked Cheese Soufflé – Harbour Hotel
69. Bagels – The Beach Café Bar
70. Sandwich Toasties – Harbour Pool Club
71. Crab Sandwich – The Slipway
72. Artisan Sourdough Sandwich – The Yellow Canary Café
73. Turkish Flatbread Sandwiches – Brewhouse Café
74. Vegan Pasty – Pengenna Pasties
75. Gourmet Sausage Roll – Sky’s Diner
76. Hummus Falafel Wrap – Café Art
77. King Prawn Po-Boy – The Cornish Deli
78. New Rotisserie Chicken – Blas Burgerworks
79. Salt & Pepper Chicken – Hong Kong Kitchen
80. Chicken Shwarma – St Ives Street Food
81. Roast Duck with Mushroom in Satay sauce – Yeungs Takeaway
82. Seafood Street Food – Fish Shed
83. Crémant & Olive Oil Crisps – St Eia Coffee and Wine
84. Light Bites – Wetherspoons
86. Single Origin Coffee – Yallah Coffee
87. Chilli Mango Tango Cocktail – Firehouse Bar and Grill
88. Cocktails – Harbour View House
89. Mojito – Host
90. Cocktails – No.7 Cocktail Bar
91. Shot of Stargazey Rum – The R Bar
92. Try a St Ives Gin – The Searoom by St Ives Liquor Co.
93. Cocktails – Upper Deck
