Flory Restaurant and Café, Bodmin — Restaurant in Bodmin

Father’s Day was abysmal.

Fortunately the evening was funny which made it more enjoyable however this is still a 1 star experience as a restaurant like this, with these prices, reputation needs to be better.

My starter came out (Beignets) and while the actual beignets were okay, the salad on the side was dirty and wilted! There was black/green gunk which came off the salad so I left this and got on to the mains.

For mains I ordered the Beef Wellington, which funnily enough was the only reason we came to eat at this restaurant. The order was taken and then 30 seconds later we were informed that they had no more Beef Wellington…

To substitute the gentleman offered a Porterhouse steak which sounded lovely, coming with mushrooms and onions and with their homemade peppercorn sauce, which I am saddened to say was the worst I’ve ever tried. It was literally just milk, no pepper, no flavour, completely tasteless.

The steak comes out, no mushrooms, no onions instead I had spinach and aubergine…. The steak was also over cooked, it was medium well when ordered medium rare. Upon mentioning the overcooking of my steak, I was met with “that happens when you order steak on the bone” despite asking how I wanted the steak cooked (medium rare) and actually recommending this as the substitute. I didn’t make a big deal out of this however and we carried on with the evening.

We then ordered dessert and this was the funniest bit of the entire evening! The Tiramisu had so much Cocoa power that upon taking a bit my brother literally choked!!! He was coughing and drinking water for about 5 minutes which killed us with laughter but the whole restaurant looked over, straight faced, death stares and it felt very uncomfortable.

All in all the service was okay, the ladies were attentive and very friendly but the gentleman serving us made the evening relatively uncomfortable and he also lied to us with the sides for the steak etc.

All in all, very disappointing and I wish we had chosen a different restaurant for...

Great, high class breakfast/brunch.

This is not you £4.50 gut buster roadside caff establishment.

Dining room was smart, clean, warm and comfortable. Table service was efficient and polite. Our dogs were welcome too, which was a bonus for us.

They have a courtyard out the back too where you can eat, and the bathroom is large, well appointed, spotless and gleaming .

The food offer was great - full Cornish (naturally), eggs hollandaise, smashed avo on toast with perfectly poached eggs, bacon - all the options are there.

The full Cornish was the best full breakfast I’ve had in a while - sourdough toasted over a charcoal grill, topped with two gorgeous eggs, beans separately served in their own cute mini pot (they understand the unspoken rules of beans and eggs!). The bacon rashers were huge and delish - proper good thick rashers and that perfect balance sweet spot of just under crispy. The sausages were excellent - I must find out where they get them because that is a butcher worth seeking out - and finally the mushies which were a bit of a surprise as they had a hint of garlic - possibly wild garlic? Oh, the hash brown - crispy on the outside, moist on the inside and not soaked in fat. Brilliant. Roasted toms were good as well

All in all, every part of it was absolutely perfect.

Partner had the smashed avo on the grilled bread with toms with perfectly poached eggs. I can’t cook them that well, I have chef envy!

We really did enjoy brunch here - it’s a great location next to the ample parking in priory park, and across from a lovely square with a cinema in it.

If you’re looking for brunch which is done as best as can be - and don’t mind paying a bit more for it - I can recommend this place highly enough. Makes me wonder how good the restaurant must be come the evening -...

Chose this place for our date night, after being highly recommended by a friend. We went on a Tuesday night, so weren't expecting it to be busy, but we were the only ones there. Starters were lovely and sadly, the best part of the meal. We ordered a San Miguel and as it was priced at £6, we stupidly assumed it would be a pint, it was just over half and came from a bottle. Onto the main, we both chose steak, who can get that wrong..... Medium rare it was not. It had been pre sliced and was so tough/chewy, so guessing it hadn't been left to rest long enough. My husband's at least looked vaguely pink. Mine however was pink at one end and grey at the other. That would have been disappointing enough in itself, but it was on a bed of wilted spinach and mushrooms then what seemed like the largest ladle of shallot and cumin puree. It's all we could smell and taste, beyond overpowering and ruined what was already a lacklustre plate. The highlight was the starter garnish of halved cherry tomatoes that I think had been soaked in the loveliest vinaigrette accompanied by pickled cucumber. The young lady that waited on us, was smart and professional. She came to ask if we were finished and I said "Yes, thank you. I'm sorry I couldn't eat the steak as it was far too overcooked and chewy" She apologised, so I said "no need, it's not like you cooked it!" We both laughed. Will not be returning and would not recommend unless you like a good selection of overpriced wines.

Side note: The decor was fit for Dracula himself, dark walls, low lighting, blood red velour seating and far too many mirrors. All this was accompanied by an overly loud Spanish man singing his broken heart out. Romance at...