Good quality food locally sourced and very well cooked excellent service

When we arrived there was 3 not 2 and this was sorted very quickly and with no fuss, we took sets for a pre dinner drink and were shown to our table at 8 15, which was a shame as the booking was for 7.15.
Food and service made up for the delay, its aways a pleasure to eat there.

Date night with my future husband 😉 great food, locally sourced, top quality ingredients, scallops were delicious and the steak was perfect!
Great service, lovely restaurant, only slight niggle was lights at the table were quite bright! Not a complaint by any stretch! Just personal preference for a more pleasing ambiance.

We will return.

Delicious local produce beautifully cooked. Good selection of wines and great cocktail andmocktail list.

Not the easiest of places for a non local to find but it’s worth the perseverance - have confidence in the road signs! We we’re meeting friends for lunch and it was a day when the restaurant wasn’t so busy so perhaps it was less ‘buzzy’ than usual. The food was a delight, portions generous and the cooking precise - we all loved our starter and main courses so much we had no room for desserts.
Service throughout was very good and helpful.
We’ll return whenever we’re in the vicinity and try dinner next time!

Excellent food and very good service. Not rushed at all.

What a fantastic find! Very relaxed, friendly and warm welcome. The service and food were fantastic, the brisket was melt in the mouth! We will be back and very soon.

Fabulous dining experience. The cheese soufflé starter was to die for! I shall book again soon, without any doubt.

Perfect setting, delicious food and wonderful service…couldn’t ask for more!

Always our go to restaurant with visitors or for a special occasion. The cheese souffle is a must! The staff are always friendly and helpful and the atmosphere very relaxed, especially if you can sit outside. Would always recommend Penrose.

First class in every way, this is the best place we have eaten in for a very long time.

We didn’t know our table was for a period of two hours. It took some time for the orders to be taken so our table time was reduced somewhat.

Fantastic three times…..venue, service and food. Don’t hesitate to visit, you won’t be disappointed

Set in a quiet little backwater. An unassuming building when approached from the car park. Once inside, it is spacious, stylish and elegant. Run by an experienced Husband and Wife team. The welcome is warm and the food good. No overbearing music. The walls are decorated with pictures for sale. On a fine, still day, diners may eat on the terrace, overlooking the water garden (under different ownership). Utterly beautiful.
Service was just a little slow, not that it affected our enjoyment at all.
We will definitely eat here again and will continue to recommend it.

Food and service was amazing from start to finish,will definitely be returning ASAP.

Visiting Cornwall from Manchester and Penroae was the perfect couple meal. The food was just incredible and so tasty. Would recommend to everyone as just an amazing experience

It was nice to be back at one of our favourite places to eat following the lockdowns they have encountered. As usual the service and welcome was great food as always excellent its as if they hadn't been shut.

Fabulous evening from start to finish - best meal of our holiday. From the welcome and fabulous hosting to the wonderful food, nothing to fault. It also seemed to be a very happy working environment. I wish I lived closer so I could go regularly. I would definitely recommend The Penrose Kitchen to anyone who enjoys good food.

Great lunchtime meal. Friendly helpful staff. Wonderful flavours. Good value.
Will visit again very soon.

Excellent service with well thought menu. Very tasty and wholesome food Enjoyed our experience.

Excellent food, drink & service.

Arrived early but offered the lounge area to wait and a drink ordered. Although a little limited, the menu still featured some lovely dishes and all those chosen we very nice. This is a small, and therefore quiet, premises so is therefore a very relaxing and peaceful place to have dinner. The service and attention to detail is truly first-class. My only negative is that the portions are not very substantial considering the cost. Would highly recommend.

Cheese souffles were excellent, best we have ever eaten.
Mains only satisfactory, the vegetables ranged from undercooked broccili to more pleasing carrots.
Desserts lacked finesse.
Service was attentive and pleasant but very slow.

Really good, inventive food (curried caramel sauce, anyone ? It's superb....) and a compact but good wine list topped off by great service and a surprisingly low bill.

What's not to like ? Well worth the drive and strongly recommended all round

Really cosy location and food was pretty good - we really enjoyed the roast and cheese soufflé was outstanding. Service was a bit slow but overall had a lovely time

The setting is beautiful at the restaurant with the outdoor terrace overlooking a garden and the food was very good. However, the service completely let this place down. I would probably say it’s the worst waiting service we have ever experienced. We are still in shock a few days later. There were many problems and I will list just a few here:

- Our food took 1 hour to come.
- When the waitress brought out our drinks she had no idea which drink was which. When I asked she simply said “I don’t know as I didn’t make them”.
- When asked what a ‘cortado’ coffee was the same waitress just said she didn’t know and didn’t even bother to find out.
- One waitress would come out and try to guess which table the food and drinks were for rather than have a proper system with table numbers. We had to turn away food and drinks over and over again.
- The waitress tried to overcharge us by £10.
- Our roast lunch came out with no meat and they had to bring the meat out separately.
- My roast lunch had a bunch of things missing from the description on the menu.

I could go on. Really poor service which ruins this place I’m afraid.
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Good quality food. Our waitress Sam was very good. Will go again. A hidden gem for foodie to visit.
The wine pairing was also very good value. The setting was tranquil and calm.
I hope the chef and team will continue to scale this business. Best wishes to them. 👌👍

Always a pleasure to visit this restaurant. Cheese soufflé are to die for.

We had a lovely lunch here. Very friendly service and delicious food. The restaurant is nicely decorated and very airy and spacious.
It felt very covid safe.
Highly recommend and will definitely return.

Absolutely amazing food, incredible setting and outstanding service

We stumbled on the Penrose Kitchen during our holiday in Cornwall, as we were based near Truro. A hidden gem! The usual menus sound sumptuous but quite foodie; we booked BBQ Sunday lunch as we thought it would suit our younger dining companion best (age 5). Well this is no usual barbecue. We had squid, perfectly cooked monkfish, succulent lamb chop and slow cooked beef short rib, all with an array of beautifully prepared, delicious salads, dressings, vegetables and cured fish. Also got a chance to sample Da Bara breads. Puddings also really lovely. We had everything on the menu and it was all exquisitely prepared (and the chef made it look easy to do a bbq at scale!) the surroundings are idyllic with a lily pond garden to one side, the internal dining space is chic and filled with bright artworks (for sale) but the weather was so good everyone was outside enjoying the ample space in an informal garden space. We took a walk down the country lane to get there which added to the ambience. My greatest delight was that the service was relaxed and warmly welcoming, and not stilted at all, though the standard is fine-dining. though there were just a few well-behaved kids there, they were also made very welcome too. I would highly recommend and would love to visit again to sample the a la carte menu.

Amazing place with equally amazing service! Food was delicious, highly recommend the pork!

Fabulous food, attentive service. A wonderful place for a special evening.

Superb food, with outstanding flavours and interesting combinations. Excellent, friendly and very professional service and certainly somewhere we would absolutely recommend to anyone!!

If you are looking for top quality fresh food packed with flavours then this is the place.
You have to be realistic food of this quality doesn't come cheap but it's worth every penny.
Being local I understand our current staffing shortages so yes the service was a little longer than normal but what is "normal" the staff throughout were a delight to talk to and incredibly helpful.
Thank you for a lovely evening, I have no pictures of our food as it didn't even cross our minds we just wanted to enjoy and enjoy we did.

This is always our must go to restaurant when we visit Cornwall, we’ll run restaurant with friendly staff and owners. The quality and meal is first class. Off the beaten track so I hope the tourists don’t find it to easily. If you do find it be prepared for the perfect meal

We had such a good evening, loved the wine and the food is just amazing.
Highly recommend, and we’ll be back soon.

Fantastic food and service.
Catered for our family dietary requirements (vegan and gluten free) with separate menus and enthusiasm.
Such a beautiful setting overlooking Penrose Water Garden.

Absolutely faultless. You just can’t find intimate service and outstanding food of this standard around here. No rush to get you out, the table is yours for the entire evening.
We both had scallops to start, followed by perfectly cooked beef fillet and lobster Thermidor. Panna cotta and chocolate delice to finish off - wow! The best pina colada we have ever had! The pairing wines with each course were spot on!
Simply incredible. Each diner is made to feel special and valued and they always go above and beyond. Our favourite restaurant in Cornwall without a doubt.

Wonderful food, professionally served by friendly staff.