No 1 Rock Road

Views do a lot of the work here, and the ones across the Rock Estuary are about as good as North Cornwall gives you. A newer arrival to the waterside strip, it trades on that outlook without pretending the food is an afterthought. The same team are behind The Waterfront at Polzeath, a family friendly, dog friendly spot sitting right by the beach, so the relaxed, all-day approach is a known quantity.

At the Polzeath side of the operation the kitchen runs breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, leaning on fresh Cornish produce, with drinks served through the day and a click and collect app for takeaway. Tables are capped at eight, so larger groups need to phone or email rather than book online. If you want the estuary at its best, aim for a table timed to the light rather than turning up on spec.