Surrounded by Great food & Drink
Food and Drink
lakeside cafe
Trevassack Lake Cafe
Chef Andrei cooks a fantastic, locally sourced brunch menu at our deli cafe plus we serve local artisan coffee beside our beautiful lake, with all profits supporting the charity! Book ahead for an amazing Sunday Roast…
outstanding food
Local Restaurants
For a sit-down meal, you’re spoiled for choice with a host of tasty cuisines to choose from just a short drive (or taxi!) away.
Just down the road in Cury you’ll find an authentic Thai experience at Jumunjy Thai Restaurant, where locals rave about the flavours or on the nearby Trelowarren Estate, the New Yard Restaurant is known for the need to book as this upmarket bistro serves locally sourced food that is popular with locals. Closer to the sea in St Keverne, The Greenhouse Organic Restaurant is self-described as ‘modern rustic’ but they’re under-selling their high-end offering. If it’s a seaside eating experience you’re after, how about dining in an ex-lifeboat station? The Lifeboat House restaurant is on the harbour wall at Coverack.
Locals have surprisingly strong views about the best Chinese restaurant – we’ve chosen Moon Bay in nearby Gweek but for the indecisive it is worth the 20 minute drive to Porthleven where the rest of our recommendations reside. A hub for foodies, on summer nights the harbour comes alive with waterside al fresco eating. Stay all day to sample morning, noon and night menus from; Amelies, with their wood-fired oven and fresh lobster, Seadrift, a little contemporary seafood bistro or The Square for quality dishes that seal its spot in the Michelin Guide. And if that’s not enough, Kota Kai’s family-friendly, ever-changing Asian menu is from Great British Menu chef, Jude Kereama. Bon apetit…
Spoilt for choice
Local Cafes
20 minutes away
Local Pubs
Many a pint has been supped in this corner of Cornwall with local pubs in every locale. The best is next nearby at Gunwalloe where the ancient Halzephron Inn is named after ‘Hellcliff’ thanks to its stunning location. But the rest of our favourite pubs are just as good and also near the sea, with the White Hart in St Keverne and the Five Pilchards Inn at Porthallow at the heart of their seaside communities. Head to the lush green of the Helford river for the Shipwrights Arms at Helford, or the New Inn at Manaccan – both upmarket offerings that pull a decent pint. In the large village of Mullion is The Old Inn or the Mounts Bay Inn that looks out across fields to the sea. A little further from us, over in Gweek you’ll find the Black Swan not far from the river mouth with both indoor and outdoor eating arrangements, or for a sailor’s view of your pint The Paris Hotel is at the end of the harbour in Coverack, or ping-pong from one side of Porthleven harbour to the other and sample the brews of both The Ship Inn and The Harbour Inn. Lastly, there’s a rather famous little brewery in Helston housed under the thatched roof of the Blue Anchor – many a visitor has underestimated a pint of Spingo.
- There is a 15% watersports activity discount available for holiday cottage guests