Newquay City Guide

Eating

Budget: Corkers Uptown - A friendly and relaxed cafe/bar/restaurant offering great value food such as Hot Chicken Caesar Fillet Salad, Door step sandwiches, various steak options plus loads more. Whislt you wait for your food there is plenty to keep you entertained including Xbox, Plasma screens and a range of tasty beverages to be sampled. (Cliff Road, Newquay TR7 1SG, Phone: 01637 877616).
Mid-range: The Smugglers Den Inn - Offering real ales and pies as well as other traditional pub food but with a twist, the Smugglers Den Inn in Newquay is one of Cornwalls most loved pubs and restaurants. (Trebellan, Cubert, Newquay, Cornwall, TR8 5PY, Phone: 01637 830209, Website: The Smugglers Den Inn).
Luxury: Viners Restaurant - Michelin starred chef Kevin Viner offers the freshest and tastiest ingredients at this beautiful restaurant. Located in the Cornish countryside, just a short drive from Eden Project, Watergate Bay and Padstow in Newquay. The restaurant is open Tuesday to Saturday for dinner and offers a fabulous roast dinner on Sunday. Menus change on a regular basis but you are always sure to find a tasty meat or fish dish available. If you fancy trying something a little different, why not try one of Kevin Viners squirrel dishes which are available on the menu are the squirrel breeding season has finished. (Carvynick, Summercourt, Newquay. Phone: 01872 510 544 Website: Viners Restaurant).

Drinking

As you would expect from a funky town such as Newquay, there are plenty of pubs, bars and clubs for you to enjoy a night either just for a couple of drinks or a lively night on the tiles.
Find a relaxed atmosphere at one of Newquay's finest bars; Chy Bar. Serving coffee during the day (as well as alcoholic drinks of course!) and host to live DJs every night of the week, the Chy Bar has everything you could possible want from a night out in Newquay.
For fantastic views of the sea, visit the Lewinnick Lodge in Newquay. Here you will find fantastic food and local beers. Visit Lewinnick Lodge just before sunset, grab a beer and a table on the terrace to watch the sun go down.
For more fantastic views, real ales and great pub food, visit the Fort Inn in Newquay. With an outside childrens play area, the kids are sure to be kept entertained whilst you relax with a pint of beer or a glass of wine - what ever takes your fancy.

Things to See & Do

- Beaches - Newquay is well known for its fantastic beaches and one to make sure you visit whilst on a break in Newquay is Fistral Beach. A firm favourite with surfers and body boaders of all abilities, Fistral Beach offers surfing schools for learners as well as perfect conditions for the more advanced surfer. Visit the Fistral Beach website for a guide on whats on offer.
- Galleries - Situated in the main precinct in Newquay, Cornwall Galleries houses a delightful collection of oil and acrylic paintings by well known local and international artists.
- Historic - Trerice - A fantastic architectural gem, hidden deep in Cornwall's beautiful countryside. Packed full of exqusite examples of Elizabethan architecture including ornate fireplaces, large pane glass windows, dutch gables and fine furniture, clocks and tapestries. Visit the Trerice website to find out more information including admission details.

Shopping

- Unsuprisingly, many of the shops in Newquay are dedicated to the local surfing and skating scene. As well as the surfing shops, there are also many small gifts shops and bakeries offering the local Cornish Pasty which must be sampled whilst on a break in Newquay. Newquay also has the usual supermarkets as well as a pedestrianised shopping centre which is packed full of well known high street shops and smaller specialised shops selling fantastic gifts and reminders of your visit to Cornwall.

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