Boat Restaurant Recommendations

[longjohnsilver]

River Exe Cafe, in the middle of the River Exe. We moored there for the night last September.


And in Scilly, The Turks Head. Not a bad view!

 

[oldgit]

The Admirals Arm. Queenborough. On the Mudway.Short walk from ATL.
Friendly real ale micropub.
Very basic grub, no airs and graces.
Likely to find a local fisherman or member of the AWL at the next table, rather than somebody wearing technical gear in a worrying shade of pastel.
Still doing takeaways.

Home | Admiral's Arm Micropub

 

[Seashoreman]

Lady Florence - orford (rivercruiserestaurants.co.uk)
Then of coarse there is also the actual restaurant boat Lady Florence on the River Ore/Alde Suffolk.
Highly recommended.

 

[Dorset Dan]

The Crabshell Inn - about 1 mile up the estuary from Salcombe to Kingsbridge, a lovely waterside pub with seating all along the Quay and decent quality food too.

Great memories from our West Country trip last summer, a group of us stayed several days on the visitor pontoon at The Bag in Salcombe, all took the tenders up to The Crabshell Inn one evening, timing it with the tide and then back before it got too dark.

Here's a pic that shows how close you can moor your tender if arriving by water:

https://www.facebook.com/crabshellinn.kingsbridge/photos/a.1427764650812918/2811206459135390

 

[Alicatt]

I've had many years of patronage of The Anchor Hotel in Church Square Shepperton the food there was absolutely delicious, rooms were not much to write home about but my, the food was good.
Met many actors that were filming at Shepperton Studios and staying at the hotel. Even after I moved from Glasgow to Sunbury I would go for a meal in the Anchor.
It can't be all bad, even Dick Turpin stayed in the hotel after his famous ride
Shepperton Hotel, Restaurant Shepperton, Weddings Shepperton, The Anchor Hotel in Shepperton Middlesex
There is a dock on the Thames just opposite beside the Warren Lodge which is part of the same hotel group.

 

[BruceK]

From the North Wales contingent

Black Boy Inn - Caernarfon - Hotels Snowdonia, B&B Caernarfon | Black Boy Inn

Fu's - Caernarfon

Dylan's - Menai Bridge

Mulberry - Conwy

Ty Coch - Portdinllaen - Ty Coch Inn, Porthdinllaen

Kinmel Arms - Moelfre

 

[tico]

Another from the far West
The Griffin

 

[PlanB]

Beetle and Wedge on the Thames at Moulsford. www.beetleandwedge.co.uk

 

[alancollins]

Gander's Restaurant in St Helens. A 15 minute walk uphill from Bembridge marina to give you an appetite and a leisurely stroll back.

 

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River Exe Cafe | Restaurant - Exmouth's Award Winning Restaurant Venue

LongJohnSiver got there first!

 

[jon and michie]

Plough and sail Paglesham - Excellent food ever since we started going over 4 years now - nothing is a bother.

Bella's Italian in Burnham upon Crouch - Again nothing is too much trouble will go out of their way to please and of course excellent food.

Both reasonably priced as well

 

[Alicatt]

The The Boat House and marina at Cameron House on Loch Lomond serves up a decent meal, my wife goes there with friends when we are over in Scotland
The Boat House Restaurant in Loch Lomond - Menu | Cameron House

 

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The Drift Bar on Hayling Island is very good.

 

[Switch]

I'm starving now!!

 

[MikeB.]

Bacaro at Ocean Village Southampton
Food – Bacaro Southampton
One of the best restaurants around for both food, drinks and service.

 

[Flyingspanner]

Had a great meal earlier in the year at Trinity’s @ Haslar Marina,

 

[Hurricane]

How about some Med ones, Hugo?

This one in Cala d Hort - Ibiza


Or this one in Portinatx (again Ibiza)


Or this one in Menorca - Es Grau


But there are loads in the popular places - I've just picked a few remote ones where it is best to travel by boat.

 

[Hugo Andreae]

Thank you for all these great suggestions. Keep them coming and I will pass them onto the column’s author Phil Sampson to follow up directly with you and/or the restaurants. And while I appreciate that past performance is no guarantee of future returns, it’s usually better than taking a wild punt. Restaurants will certainly need our support come the summer.

 

[ebbanflo]

As readers of Motor Boat & Yachting may know, we publish a monthly column called Boat Cuisine that reviews a popular boating restaurant (ie one with direct access or within easy reach of a popular boating destination).

The latest lockdown is making life a little tricky for the column's regular author to scout out new places so we're keen to open it up to the forum for suggestions/contributions.

We're particularly keen to hear about recommendations from outside the author's usual Solent stomping ground but preferably within the UK.

So what is your favourite boating restaurant and why? Any supporting evidence in the form of photographs, menus, mouthwatering descriptions or growing waistlines gratefully received!

We'll follow up the most promising sounding ones.

Thanks in advance

Hugo

Three that we visited last summer that stood out were:-
Moitas St Helier - really excellent Portuguese
Drifters St Helier - Beach Bar and Bistro
Les Enfants Terribles Weymouth We've been there 3 times and never been disappointed.

 

[Farmer Piles]

A few from my part of the world.
Helford - all need a dinghy to go ashore
Ferryboat Inn on the north bank.
Just upstream - Port Navas Yacht Club - tidal creek
South Shore - Shipwrights Arms at Helford Village

The Fal and Falmouth
Use the town marina for a good selection of bars and restaurants.
Chain Locker
Five Degrees
The Wheelhouse
The Stable
to name but four
And Pizza Express by the Maritime Museum has the best views

Up stream from Falmouth
The Working Boat at the Greenbank Hotel - quay and pontoon
The Upper Deck at the Premier Marina
Muddy Beach - a great bistro by the town quay in Penryn

Across from Falmouth - Flushing
The Restaurant on the village quay and the Royal Standard pub

St Mawes has good eateries and a visitor pontoon for dinghies

Up the Fal
Cafe Mylor
The Ganges and Castaways
All at Mylor Harbour - visitor pontoon for all boat sizes

Further up is the Pandora Inn - long pontoon but tide dependent - classic thatched waterside pub

Further up again - up the Truro arm of the river - the Heron Inn at Malpas - moor or anchor and row ashore.

Hope that this helps