Porthminster Kitchen

Great little place smack bang in the middle of things on St Ives Harbour front. Portions huge, so go hungry! Between us we had The Mussels, the Sticky Asian Beef Bao Buns and the BBQ Pork….all excellent, with surprising attention to detail, especially two different Asian slaws…with a proper kick! Very nice

Wonderful food and very attentive service. Can’t wait to return.

Fabulous food, service and view from our table, we were very impressed and will definitely be back.

We really enjoyed our meal, absolutely gorgeous food and a stunning view!

Good but not fantastic. A slight alteration to food descriptions stating when food is spicy would be good and the cod didn’t taste fresh and had a ammonia taste. Everything else was good

Amazing location and views. Not much selection on the food. Food wasn’t anything amazing especially for the price but nice place to chill

Lovely meal with really lovely staff. Had a wonderful table on the balcony

Fantastic food and one of our go to places in st Ives. Love getting a balcony table so we can sit outside and look at the harbour and people milling about.

Great location and view, fantastic food and first class service! what more do you need.
i should say its rubbish so i put people off and have more chance of finding a table myself!! ha ha.
You will not better this so try it.

Delicious food and great service!

Great food and service with a fantastic view. Will definitely be back….

All good! Quick service, friendly chatty staff to put you at ease, excellent food and a lovely sea and beach view that is hard to beat!! We’ll be back again without question. Highly recommended this place is hard to beat - great value.

If you appreciate well presented food utilising local produce this is the place to come.

Excellent food, service and atmosphere, definitely recommend!

We visited for lunch. The restaurant was busy.

The service was a little slow to begin with - we waited 20 minutes until we were asked if we would like a drink.

However, once our order for drinks and food had been placed, it came out quickly and was delicious.

The view overlooking the harbour is great to sit and people watch.

Would definitely return.

Lovely setting, great service, food was nice. I put nice because it wasn’t amazing, just nice. Felt quite expensive for the quality of food compared with other restaurants in the town that we’ve eaten at.

Good food, great views looking out over St Ives Harbour. Quite a restricted menu, but we prefer that. Service good, but customers need to be tech savy as drinks and main menu accessed by scanning on phone.

Staff forced us to wear a mask, and made us pay for them at the door. However, staff were not even wearing their own masks around the restaurant! Very unwelcoming and overpriced.

Fantastic food with a Unique taste profile. location is as good as it gets 💯

Tasty food, but a bit overpriced. Seemed to be stuck in lockdown mode, with few paper menus/wine lists. Pleasant ambience, with a nice view of the harbour.

Amazing evening, food was exceptional and the service was fantastic. Will definitely be booking again when we come next year

An excellent experience all around. The service was spot on and the food was not only delicious, but also expertly prepared. For example it’s very easy to overcook scallops or cod, but that wasn’t the case at all - they were tender and flavorful. Also the sardine special starter was a lovely combination of flavours and textures. Couldn’t have been any happier with the entire meal, with the exception of it being a bit too warm in the corner with no air flow to cool us. A minor complaint considering the weather, though. Highly recommend.

I enjoyed my meal but probably as I’d over anticipated the experience it wasn’t quite as good as I would have liked - the food was ok but not outstanding, the service was ok but felt rushed. It was a busy, hot day so I understand that it might have been tough; but I did have better meals and experiences elsewhere. That said my son did really enjoy his squid so I’d recommend that if you are going. The bisque on the cod could have had more depth and let the dish down and the Catch of the Day was a type of flat fish that we weren’t familiar with but she didn’t pause at all to tell us anything about the fish so missed an opportunity. The tip was a little reduced as a result. To sum up, it was good but not exceptional for me as an experience.

Beautiful food, gorgeous view with very friendly staff

Delightful. Friendly service, delicious food great wine. Perfect start to our holiday

Great food and amazing views

Gorgeous food, lovely view, friendly service. Would highly recommend!

Lovely food and service. Our best meal in St ives

I highly recommend this venue, we booked and got everything we required from a harbour view late lunch date. Food - incredible, service - incredible, ambiance - incredible!

Incredible food and great views

Pay for view. Food was nice but overpriced and left hungry

Change of menu from its sister’s restaurant making a nice change. Different wines as well as a good view of the harbour.

Very lovely for special occasion. Sat on the terrace in the sunshine with the best view of the harbour. Food was a, little pricey but decent portion sizes and very tasty. Perfect for a birthday meal.

Nice views good service food is “OK” but nothing to get too excited about -little bit pricey for what it is but overall ok

Excellent food, fantastic views and very tentative staff. Highly recommend

Saw the great reviews so decided to book a table for lunch. On first arrival, it looked like a typical tourist trap which would have poor food but we absolutely loved it. We shared 3 starters and 2 mains as well as a couple of delicious scallops with hazelnut butter which were delicious. The staff were so lovely and accommodating. We managed to grab a table outside when it became free and they had a great drinks drinks list too. Highly highly recommended but definitely book as they get full quickly!

Starter fab
Main good
Pudding good
Would highly recommend 👍

We always look forward to our annual visit to Porthminster Kitchen but this year despite problems caused by COVID it surpassed our expectations. The food was excellent and the service excellent too. We had a wonderful evening and would recommend it highly and already look forward to next year’s visit. Well done to you all and thank you for all your hard work under the circumstances.

Sat on balcony with our Cocker spaniel ..squid starter perfect and my Pork main superb. Staff friendly and attentive and the view amazing. Highly recommend!

Birthday meal.
Great views over Harbour.
Good Porthminster gin and tonic.
My friend's lobster was excellent and good value.
My skate wing was well cooked and slid off the bone easily.
Sadly no time for a dessert!