Food and drink around Bude – there are lots of great places to eat in Bude and the surrounding villages. We always recommend booking as most local restaurants are small.
Marhamchurch
Regular visitors will know the village pub in Marhamchurch, the Bullers Arms. This is about a 10 minute walk but there aren’t any street lights, so please remember a torch if you are planning a walk back along the lane. Find the pub on Facebook or call 01288 361277. The pub is not currently serving food. However… there is a mobile chef outside the pub serving serving curry on a Wednesday evening and a roast lunch on Sundays. You are welcome to eat this in the pub and they can provide plates and cutlery.
Also check out Potters Fish N Things – good fish and chips. Outside the Bullers Arms every other Friday and in other local villages too. You can see the schedule and order online through their website
Just outside the village by the canal the Weir is a modern child-friendly cafe and bistro, open daily 9am-evenings, with a children’s play area. You can walk over the fields to Widemouth Bay from here, or into Bude along the canal. Check their website for opening hours.
Restaurants in Bude
Life’s a Beach is a long-established restaurant overlooking Summerleaze beach, usually open 10-8.30 (bar 9.30). Good range of food and the fish, burgers, curries, salads are recommended. Children’s menu. Take-aways available to eat on the beach.
Temple is a small, innovative restaurant. Opening hours are seasonal – check their Instagram TempleBude for the latest, or book on their website. Small plates and drinks on the terrace or the full menu in the restaurant. Locally-sourced interesting food, beautifully presented.
The Deck is another relaxed restaurant on Summerleaze Crescent, in the Edgcumbe Hotel. Skewers, burgers, ribs, steak, good fish. Children’s menu.
La Bocca is a small traditional Italian pizzeria in Bude. They will also do take away and deliver to Hilton Farm Holidays.
The Bank is a popular tapas bar. Open Tuesday to Saturday.
Rosie’s kitchen on Crooklets beach serve ice creams and milkshakes as well as a beach cafe menu and pizza. Open 10-4 every day and also in the evening Wednesday-Saturday.
Preston Gate Inn, Poughill. Heading out of Bude, in the village of Poughill, the Preston Gate is popular with locals.
The Olive Tree on the wharf in Bude serves coffee, cake and lunch daily. Also open some evenings. Check their website or Facebook page for the latest opening hours. Great spot to sit outside on a nice day.
The Falcon Hotel in Bude – try a cocktail in their secret garden or an afternoon tea. Coffee, lunches and evening meals available.
Takeaways
There are several fish and chip shops in Bude – the Mermaid and The Plaice are both taking orders for collection. If you are looking for an Indian, try Mirchi or the Bay Tree in the centre of town. For Chinese try Tiandi.
Icecream and pasties
Try the Taste of Cornwall on Belle Vue (opposite Boots) for a good choice of yummy icecream and milkshakes. Scoop on Lansdown Road sells icecream, waffles, crepes and sundaes.
Pengenna pasties on Lansdown Road, Tasty Pasties on Princes Street and the pasties from the Electric Bakery are all recommended.
Widemouth Bay
If you have been to Widemouth Bay and feel like getting breakfast, lunch or coffee and cake afterwards we recommend the cafe and shop at Cornish Coasts campsite on the A39. Opening hours vary. If you would like an ice cream at Widemouth in the summer holidays the ice creams at the Beach House hotel snack bar on the beach (head north along the beach) are the best, and the queue is usually shorter. Head north away from the car park. There are cafes in the Widemouth car park and also Blackrock. Widemouth Manor has a restaurant and bar with great views. Open daily, including Sunday lunch.
The Bay View Inn is a great spot to take in the sunset. Open daily.
Further afield…
A few recommendations a bit further afield.
Rectory Tea Rooms at Morwenstow. Lovely lunches and cakes. Take a walk to Hawkers Hut and explore the church while you are there.
The Mill House Inn at Trebarwith Strand. Good food, Sunday lunches, great beach just down the road (don’t go when the tide is in as the beach disappears).
The Rocket Store in Boscastle. Very small restaurant. Great fish. Good for couples. You definitely need to book. Open in the evening and for lunch too but please note daytime parking in Boscastle during the summer can be difficult.
Molesworth Arms Pyworthy good village pub just “over the border” in Devon, about 20 minutes away. Open Thursday-Saturday 6pm-10pm and Sunday lunch.
Check out Paul Ainsworth’s restaurants in Padstow or Nathan Outlaw in Port Isaac for a special meal.