The Greenhouse — Restaurant in England

A chance find via a Google recce before starting out holiday.

It absolutely deserves its 4.9 rating. It’s outstanding! It’s a small two person, 20 cover restaurant in a village.

It has a limited, but changing menu based on local produce and ingredients. Menu for each weekend on their website.

We chose the scallops and soufflé for starters. The theee scallops baked in their shells have a café de Paris (slightly spicy, curry) butter. Ask for a spoon and extra bread to leave nothing behind. The souffle was haddock and Gruyère in a spinach sauce with Parmesan crisp. Both brilliant. Mains monkfish and lamb. Monkfish had peas and beans in a cider veloutée plus veg. Lamb included black garlic, grilled veg and carrot purée plus some subtle gentle spiced aubergines. Boiled, buttered new potatoes on the side for both dishes.

Not sure I’m doing the menu full justice, but you get the idea. Beautiful presentation. Great wine choices also.

Dessert choice was epic also but we were full.

Lovely evening. Can’t recommend highly enough. Fine...

Our Airbnb host recommended The Greenhouse for our Honeymoon meal. What a delight it was! The scallops & the haddock souffle were divine. We’d already nibbled our delicious complementary sour dough & olive oil when our started arrived which I regretted as I wanted to mop up every last drop. More bread was offered but I feared spoiling my appetite for the main. I chose the pork belly with the most amazing indescribable crackling. My husband enjoyed his meaty skate wing. As a huge food lover nothing was wasted on me; the presentation, every flavour & texture was divine. What an amazing surprise to find this treasure when we returned to Cornwall for our honeymoon having moved away from Falmouth a year ago. How had I never heard of The Greenhouse? I’ll certainly be singing their praises. Definitely there with the best Cornwall offers. We were able to purchase a bag of mirangues which we enjoyed much later with English strawberries & Cornish...

Firstly, the food on offer is phenomenal. It is elevated but accessible. The portion sizes are decent and the flavours are refined and complimentary - for example pork in a liquorice glaze. I don't typically like liquorice and it was delicious.

Niel and Leonie have been operating their small restaurant for ages. Their hospitality is gentle, open and very approachable. Our family has been going once a year, and while we don't see them often every time we do there is a friendly catch up like it was only yesterday.

The restaurant is a small front room with an attached open kitchen. It is very cosy and homely. The bathrooms are 2 small single sex rooms. Not sure of disabled toilet which is something to double check. They also offer corkage for those who wish to BYOB.

Perfect place for foodies, a place to show off local food and those looking for a quiet experience to eat out.

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