Gyllyngvase Beach Cafe

Came here for dinner on a beautiful Sunday evening. On Sunday you can’t reserve a table and as its right by the beach it does get really busy.
There is one outside area which runs the length of the building and faces on to the beach and although it looked nice, it was very very busy with people waiting for a seat.
Inside you sit wherever you want, decide what you want to eat and drink and walk up to the bar to place your order. On all the other days (not Sunday) your food order gets taken at the table. So I’m not sure why Sunday is any different…
Throughout the summer months they have BBQ and so I chose the rib special and my boyfriend got the chicken burger. They were both really tasty and my ribs were seriously huge. As they are specials they do sell out, and I got the last ribs because they crossed it of the specials board.
Although I enjoyed myself, I’m giving three stars because I think it needs a little bit of love. Clean the tables, floor, windows. Have salt, mayonnaise, ketchup on all tables. Maybe a few more staff.
I would be interested to try on a different night and sample their regular menu.

Visited here with some old friends whilst on holiday in Cornwall. Food was superb and Service. We had a fantastic view of the beach and the evening was very nice. The Staff were very friendly and even when we asked a question about the hire times for the beach surfing. They did not know the answer but offered to find out for us. This was great customer service. Well done guys. Would defo visit again when we are in Falmouth!!!

Simply wonderful location, right on the beach.
High quality café with very friendly staff, competent at handling a volume of people.

Gylly Beach Café obviously has one of the best spots in town with some of the best ocean views. It’s great to sit out on the couches with the blankets and heaters on a chilly day.
Their pastries and food are pretty good, I’ve never heard anything bad really except that the roast is apparently very small.
What brings down the rating is that the staff don’t seem to care much. They get tons of people every day, obviously, but you can’t really call it «service» — its just taking your order and money. Isn’t much attempt to keep up a friendly vibe.
I ordered food last week, the guy brought me the hot plate of food, then told me that I had to get silverware from across the room, where he’d just walked by.
Self-​service is alright, but if you realize your customers didn’t understand the system, you be friendly and go get them their silverware, instead of making them let their food get cold in order to walk across the entire restaurant to get silverware you could’ve brought with. It is your job!

We loved this place. Beautiful beach location with heated terraces, a pleasant interior restaurant and (despite the previous review) very polite staff indeed. Probably an idea to book the inside restaurant in advance as it was full of happy punters when we were there but outside was available — we dined well on sharing platters of veggie chilli with home made nachos. Well worth a visit…

I came here with friends after an 8 hour train ride from London and we were famished! Unfortunately, we were informed that in the afternoon all they served was desserts. Not even a sandwich? Nope. Raw veggies? I don’t even need them cooked! Sorry. Oh well, a coffee and piece of dry cake that has been sitting out all day it is then.
The reason it didn’t get 1 star is that the view is beautiful! And if we’d only known, we wouldn’t have come during ‘no food served in a café’ time. We sat on the outside patio, drank our coffee, and cooed over one of the other patron’s dogs.
Their website doesn’t say that they are still doing this no food during certain hours thing, so just be careful when you go. Because you never know…

Based right on the edge of the beach this swish café bar looks very appealing, they were booked up for food so I’m not sure of the quality but if its as good as it looks it should be great.
On a hot sunny afternoon I think I would enjoy relaxing for an hour or two here.

One of the best beachside restaurants I have eaten at. As I live in London I found the prices reasonable and the food well presented and tasty. The seafood chowder was excellent but the BLT was a bit odd, inch thick slices of granary bread. We visited on a bank holiday Monday and got a table for 7 straight away. This was my fourth visit and it is potluck if you get a table and therefore get to eat but worth trying. We have a live band playing whilst we were there.

The Gylly café is in a great spot right on Gylly beach, the refurb has really modernised the place with outdoor heating and comfy seats for in the winter.
We’ve dropped in a number of times over the last few months for a hot choc while walking along the coast, the drinks and the food do seem a little pricy but thats because of the location. For a beachside restaurant it suffers the same problems in that it gets absolutely packed during the summer and bank holidays, we’ve not been able to have a meal in there for a while.
Nice place, recommended for an evening drink or for dropping in.

Gylly Beach Café provides great food in a great location. The interior is very modern and stylish and has a contempoary beach theme. The food is quite pricy but you do get what you pay for. The menu is seasonal and changes often. I reccomend their home made nachos at lunch time! The drinks are fairly price and not as expensive as you might think given the places location and reputation. The outsid seating area is perfect, especially on a warm day. Also nice at night, they light it with candles and leave a basket of fleece blankets out so you don’t get chilly. Great great place, but in the evenings I’d say generally more orientated to couples than familys although they do provide a childrens menu.