The Chapel, Port Isaac — Restaurant in Great Britain

I recently took a short break to north Cornwall, the undoubted highlight of which was the unbidden but most welcome discovery of The Chapel nestled in the charming harbour village of Port Isaac.

I somehow felt drawn in and was not disappointed! I found within a truly warm welcome, and received consistently top notch service from friendly amenable staff for whom nothing was too much trouble.

From first impressions to an amazing last night’s meal, each time I went, I left feeling so glad for the visit. All the staff made both me and my beloved Cockapoo, Cookie, feel genuinely at home.

Housed in a beautifully converted historic chapel, I experienced a taste of heaven on earth and left with culinary memories which will last a lifetime.

I popped in couple of times for a pot of tea and a sweet treat. I highly recommend the ramblejack - an utterly delicious, delux upgrade on the classic flapjack with dates, peanut, coconut and chocolate. I returned again and chose the Cornish Crab Cheese Rarebit - absolutely delicious, washed down with an exquisite perfectly chilled glass of white wine.

It was a no brainer to enjoy my last night’s meal at The Chapel and it certainly didn’t, in any way, disappoint. I enjoyed a most sumptuous Fisherman’s Platter followed by a delicious white chocolate and raspberry Blackwell dessert, served with Cornish Clotted Cream was to die for. Even the choice of background music was perfect for creating the right mood for the moment.

And to top it all, I received simply the best care and attention from Emily. She was brilliant. Her grace and good humour, her kindness and care, her warmth, passion, energy and commitment to excellence shone through. What a privilege and a joy to behold. She seemed to just know instinctively when to draw near, what to offer and how to deliver the most amazing dining experience I’ve ever had. Thank...

5 of us popped in here on Sunday. It wasn't overly busy when we arrived, we weren't sure if we needed to wait to be seated or just sit down. Eventually we just sat down. I went to the counter to order to be told someone would come to take our order. After 20 mins of waiting & people coming in after us already having their orders taken we asked a passing member of staff if we could order. 25 mins after ordering our 2 cream teas arrived, we started to eat these but stopped as we wanted to enjoy them with our drinks. 10 minutes later the drinks finally arrived (35mins after ordering). The member of staff that brought the drinks didn't tell us which any of the drinks were so we didn't know which one was the decaff coffee. They forgot the Apple juice but we said we weren't waiting any longer for the drink. They also forgot our daughter's cake, which they did go back & get! We weren't the only ones that were confused about the being seated situation & alot of other customers were also getting frustrated about the waiting time. When we went to pay a member of staff that served us did apologise & say that it was her 1st day & she was just helping a friend out. It was quite expensive for not very good food & drinks or experience. From reading other reviews it seems that it has recently been taken over by new management. Hope they manage to get on top of customer service & speed in which people are served in time for the big...

I'm uncertain why people berate businesses for serving expensive food in tourist hot spots in reviews. I'm a regular to this neck of the woods (I remember when nobody knew the place prior to the DocM takeover, you could still get a car parking space in the smaller and only car park and property prices weren't excluding locals) and if you drop into this place you've got to expect local people to make money whilst the sun shines. We dropped in after our there-and-back to Port Quinn and had three hot drinks and cake for £22. If I did that in York, Bristol, London or Edinburgh I wouldn't see the change out of £30 so I think the prices are pitched perfectly tbh. Service was rapid and perfectly polite and my slice of coffee cake could have gone to work by itself considering its size! The nipper saved half of her rocky road for later. The place is dog friendly and the local hound (which I'm sure is the Port's answer to Padstein's Chalky) is a kindly animal who loves a tickle. I'm not a dog fan myself but it adds to general homely feel of the place which is never short of passing customers looking to rest their legs after either a) that strenuous walk up the hill or b) an actual walk along the coast. Don't expect to pay in cash. It's...