Harbour At The Metropole

We had read about this restaurant from Cornwall Living magazine, so popped in early evening and they kindly managed to accommodate us as long as we left by a certain time. I would suggest you make a booking for a good table as they get very busy.

As regular Padstow visitors we decided to give this restaurant a go. There were positives and negatives. We were warmly greeted and seated and left for some time before eventually an order for drinks was taken, along with our food order- some 20 minutes. Our drinks took a while to arrive too. The table near us had two out of three meals delivered with apologies and told the third meal would arrive shortly. They said this several times and delivered the meal once the others had completely finished. Our starters arrived. Soup nice but tempura prawns were not, they were heavily breaded, more like chunky scampi. I explained this to the server who checked with the chef and explained that they had lightly tempura’d them and then breaded them. Bizarre and heavy. The main course of porchetta however was outstanding, served with perfectly cooked sides. So sort your poor service and describe your food properly then maybe we’ll come back. This place could be very good.

I’m a great lover of Harbour hotels restaurants with their sense of attention to detail quality of food service was excited to be able to visit this one while in Padstow. Sadly it has a long way to go to meet the standards I expect from there hotels, service was slow clumsy, dirty chair floor and a steak that was ordered as rare served over cooked then when sent back told we had to wait for 20mins for another one needs to smarten up be more on the ball as it does not match the others in any way

What a fabulous hotel. Warm welcoming, friendly helpful staff with a restaurant/bar with fabulous views over the estuary.. We ate here on several occasions and the food and service was great.

This bar has recently been renovated and the decor and atmosphere are very cool. The staff were excellent and very friendly. The scallops were delicious and made a great starter before I demolished my burger, served in one of the best gluten free buns I’ve ever had. Great choice for lunch and would highly recommend.