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Eating and Drinking in Helston, Cornwall*

Helston, Cornwall Pubs, Cafes, Coffee Shops and Restaurants

Food

• well, horse and jockey on meneage street is nice
• Loads of bakers (Ruth's, Rowe's, Warren's and posh new emmet wonder Mother's) Chippie's include the rank Hutchinson's which somehow managed to win best chip shop in the world, probably through some sordid means. Avoid it and go for Jenkin's Fish Bar, hidden on the hill at the bottom of Coinagehall Street, or Thurley's. Jade Garden Chinese Takeaway. Indian on Wendron street, some other random Asian at the bottom of Trengrouse Way.

Pubs

• The Rodney is slightly strange.
• The Fitz probably the best, The Blue Anchor for atmosphere
• Blue anchor, possibly the rodney and for some weird reason the Fitz is THE BEST where everyone goes. i don't like it much
• the angel is the best pub in helston. good looking bar staff. very rarely any trouble there, and if there is anyone behaving badly, they are thrown out. bell is the day time drinking spot, so if you are in there early evening you get caught up with the drunks who have been there all day. red lion is the place to go if you are over sixty. manager of the beehive seems to have had a personality by pass!!
• Any so-called pub guide to Helston that doesn't mention the Blue Anchor can't really be described as a pub guide. Good home-brewed ales, good food, interesting company. An absolute gem.
• The Fitz is a wonder, or the Angel. Not so sure about the rest, avoid the oldman zones that are the Blue Anchor and the Red Lion
• The Bell ID anyone under 40, since getting caught out before. Avoid it like the plague. Angel/Fitz good atmosphere. Trelawney's open til 2am at weekends.

Cafes and Coffee Shops

• the weird one next to the post office, the food there is S*H*I*T! BUT IT IS THE BEST CAFE IN HELSTON
• Coffee Bean officially rocks, full of entertaining granny gossip and the best hot chocolate. Theakstones is the posh place that's always changing its name, have yet to sample it. DON'T go to Ruth's, moody, child hating waitress who flings your order at you.

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Last updated: 2008-05-07