I love this restaurant, I visit Rock in Cornwall 3 or 4 times a year and eat out a lot, I discovered the Harbour tucked away in Port Isaac last year and it's become my favourite place to eat. The owner is also the chef and that speaks volumes to me. The first thing I love is the location, Port Isaac is a beautiful village set around a steep sided natural harbour, the Restaurant is a pretty little olde worlde wonky building right on the Harbour front looking out to sea. Inside, the decor is lovely and fresh - feels very homely with scatter cushions, lovely wooden tables and nice pictures on the walls. The food is really excellent, great ingredients, tasty recipes and lovely presentation. Nice house wine at a decent price too. Over all, it's a bit more expensive than a pub supper but you absolutely get what you pay for. Watch out for the tide if you park on the beach, also, I'd recommend booking as there are only a few tables and it's been fully booked whenever I have been. The table service has usually been excellent, always friendly but varies on different nights. Also, if you don't like fish, there's only usually a couple of non fish dishes on the menu so might be worth checking! The fillet steaks are fabulous.

Stanley Bates

My first visit to Cornwall, and likewise to the delightful Harbour Restaurant, friendly welcome,nicely unpretentious,comfortable with a charming atmosphere. delicious scallops, and a first class pan fried Sea Bream, so good on my return home I tried to recreate the recipe, good but not as good. Good wines, good service and very reasonable prices. One of our party, when we lunched the following day at a very famous restaurant in Padstow, declared the meal at The Harbour was better!!!!!

Tori

My first of hopefully many visits to the Harbour Restaurant was a delightful experience. The ambience is warm and welcoming with a very friendly atmosphere, all the dinners seem connected in the experience and yet there is still privacy. The meal was excellent with delicious flavoursome fish, beautifully presented and with a wine list to compliment the food. Altogether a must visit restaurant.

Angela Allen

Having not been to this part of cornwall before i was eager to sample some of the beautiful fresh fish and seafood on offer. I was so impressed by this family run bistro in the heart of this quaint seaside town. There is a lovely warm finish to the decor of the traditional oak beamed restaurant area and it has bags of character, which only add to the dining experience. For starter i ate mussels which was recommended by friends who visit regularly. They were bursting with flavour. My main course of sea bass was cooked to perfection and nothing like some of the bland fish dishes i have tried elsewhere on my travels. My only regret about my visit to The Harbour Restaurant was that i only had time to eat there once but rest assured i will be back.

Janey

This is a brilliant restaurant. This very old building has a perfect position right on the harbour and the restoration has been simply, but tastefully done. The menu - a lot of the ingredients being of Cornish origin - is fabulous. Traditional dishes are beautifully cooked and very reasonably priced. There is an excellent wine list. All this is topped off by efficient and charming waitress service. For a relaxed evening with delicious food, you could not do better.

Jan Davies

Delicious bistro style fresh fish and seafood served in this cosy yet chic restaurant in the heart of Port Isaac. Excellent service and a fine wine list. A most enjoyable evening!

Deb

We visited The Harbour Restaurant for the first time today (Easter Sunday 2008) and were extremely impressed. The food was of a very high standard and you could tell that it was all made from scratch, particularly the home-made fishcakes. The raspberry meringue roulade was to die for! The restaurant, which overlooks the harbour, has a cosy bistro-style feel to it and has been very tastefully refurbished. The service was also excellent. We'll definitely be going there again on our next trip to Port Isaac!

Ian Woods

Chef/fisherman couple aim to put a new Port Isaac restaurant on the map! We had lunch at The Harbour Restaurant today (Sun 23 March 08) and were totally blown away by the quality of the food on offer here! At last, Cornwall has a new outstandingly good restaurant that you should definitely put on your shortlist. The Harbour Restaurant is located in a unique 15th century building on the edge of the water at Port Isaac and provides a place where people can have some really good food and wine, for under £30 a head. It has the feel of a wonderful French bistro, with a friendly, cosy, seaside atmosphere and informal feel. I have just found further information about this restaurant that may be of interest to you: The Harbour is run by chef Emily Brown. After training at a top London cookery school, Emily worked for three years in the restaurant industry in Burgundy. Her time there brings French and continental influences to the dishes she creates, which use the best Cornish ingredients available. Emily’s cooking is characterised by a fresh, seasonal menu based on excellent local produce, matched with a wine list featuring great vintages from smaller vineyards at very affordable prices. There are choices for everyone, including vegetarians, and everything is freshly cooked from scratch, from the homemade cakes and pastries to the dressings and sauces. With ingredients sourced from trusted local producers, almost everything she uses has been grown, caught or reared in Cornwall. Seafood is landed, literally, on the doorstep. Cornish cheeses, the best of the season’s vegetables, and meat from nearby farms are all transformed into a contemporary menu with French, British and Italian influences. We will definitely be returning!

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