Where to eat in Falmouth.

Technically near Portscatho rather than Falmouth itself, The Hidden Hut deserves its fame and then some. Simon Stallard's clifftop beach café serves breakfast during the day and, on summer feast nights, a wood-fired communal supper for eighty guests at the edge of the sea. The feast night tickets sell out within minutes of release — the mailing list is the only reliable way to get them. The daytime operation is exceptional: wood-smoked fish, barbecue meats, spectacular salads. One of the genuinely unmissable food experiences in England.

Perched high above the harbour with a terrace that surveys the entire Carrick Roads estuary, the Star & Garter combines a serious pub wine list with food that takes its Cornish sourcing as seriously as anywhere in town. The mussels from the Helford — steamed in local cider, served with crusty sourdough — are a menu highlight; the fish pie changes with the catch. The view from the terrace at sunset is, objectively, one of the finest in Cornwall.

Falmouth's most interesting café — a coffee and food specialist on Arwenack Street that takes natural wine, single-origin coffee, and nose-to-tail cooking as seriously as each other. The rotating menu of small plates draws on Cornish ingredients with a creative energy influenced by Scandinavian and Levantine ideas. Lunch here is one of the best quick meals in the town. The natural wine list is the most interesting in Falmouth.