
Quick info
About Pandora Inn
On Restronguet Hill in Falmouth, Pandora Inn is a pub with low beams and flagstone floors, and tables set out on a pontoon over the water alongside a beer garden and indoor seating. Food includes fish brought straight from the boat, with mussels served as a sharing starter and a Sunday roast that includes pork with crackling. Thursdays bring a Curry Night alongside the regular menu, and St Austell beers run on tap. It works on a walk-in basis with an order-at-the-bar system, finding a table first and ordering with a table number. Fireplaces inside serve the colder months. Onsite parking is limited, with a steep road leading down to the pub.
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Menu & Prices
84 dishes · mains £8–33- Korev-Battered Fish & Chips£22.00
- The Pandora Fish Pie£22.00
- Seared 8oz Steak Burger£19.00
- Wholetail Breaded Scampi£19.00
- Slow-Roasted Cherry Tomato Ragu£18.00
- Panko-Breaded Chicken Schnitzel£22.00
Reviews
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention pontoon seating over water, mussels starter, sunday roast pork and limited car park.
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention pontoon seating over water, mussels starter, sunday roast pork and limited car park.
Customer Review Summary
Reviewers most often single out the seating on the floating pontoon over the water, with views of boats, swans and ducks as the tide comes in. Close behind is the food: a Sunday roast with melt-in-your-mouth pork and perfect crackling, mussels (one with a Sri Lankan spicy sauce), and sole from the fish of the day. Others mention the local beer-butter fish, onion bhajis on Curry Night and St Austell beers on tap. Inside, reviewers describe a cosy, quirky, rustic pub with fireplaces and friendly staff. The recurring complaint is parking, described as limited or tight, with one reviewer warning that big cars should beware and another suggesting parking nearby and walking over. One reviewer found the curries short on flavour and heat, another called the onion rings very greasy, and one mentions a long wait for food. One reviewer arrived for a pub quiz that had been cancelled, and the owner gave them two free drinks.
Customer Review Summary
Reviewers most often single out the seating on the floating pontoon over the water, with views of boats, swans and ducks as the tide comes in. Close behind is the food: a Sunday roast with melt-in-your-mouth pork and perfect crackling, mussels (one with a Sri Lankan spicy sauce), and sole from the fish of the day. Others mention the local beer-butter fish, onion bhajis on Curry Night and St Austell beers on tap. Inside, reviewers describe a cosy, quirky, rustic pub with fireplaces and friendly staff. The recurring complaint is parking, described as limited or tight, with one reviewer warning that big cars should beware and another suggesting parking nearby and walking over. One reviewer found the curries short on flavour and heat, another called the onion rings very greasy, and one mentions a long wait for food. One reviewer arrived for a pub quiz that had been cancelled, and the owner gave them two free drinks.
Featured reviews
- Google user
“Location is stunning, the jetty out onto the water is lovely and inside is just as nice and cosy! Food and service is just perfect! No small, frou-frou portions here - the quality is topnotch, plated beautifully and quantity is more than enough! We've stayed locally for four nights and eaten here twice! Only watchout is that the car park can be a bit tight - big cars beware!”
- Google user
“Beautiful location to have lunch or a pint and watch the world go by. Well put together menu, St Austell beers on tap and good service. Parking is tight, so plan ahead, maybe park nearby and enjoy the walk over. Just don't be a massive rah rah, ignore the sign that says 'get your table number, make half your order and then hold the entire queue up, before treating it like everyone else is in the wrong because you're an absolute piece.”
- Google user
“It was a good experience! The place is absolutely stunning, the food was also very good and the staff very friendly. The only thing is that the waiting time for the food was quite long.”
- Google user
“What a place! If you are in the area you MUST visit. The pub itself if beautiful. The location is stunning. And the food Top notch. There is very limited parking so have a back up plan in place if the car park is full. Seating in the beer garden or on the floating pontoon is just magical if the weather is nice. The views are amazing. We were lucky enough to get a table right at the end of the pontoon as the tide was coming in. Watching the families of swans and ducks pootle about was lovely. Then came the food. We visited on a Sunday and I’m so glad we did. The pork was melt in your mouth and the crackling just perfect. A Sunday roast is my favourite meal but now a Pandora Sunday toast is my favourite, if only we lived closer. The whole experience from arriving to leaving was just amazing.”
- Google user
“Pandora Inn seems like the place to be. The pub is huge, combining two floors and a pontoon of tables. There is parking onsite which can easily park 20-30 cars. Upon entering we were told to just find a table and then order at the bar; old school pub way. We came on a Thursday and it was Curry Night in addition to the regular menu. Food was decent, not mindblowing. I thought the onion bhajis were great but the curries could have more flavour and more heat. Rice and naan were good. Overall the atmosphere is the main reason to come, the place is buzzing and I can only imagine how it is on a hot summer day with the outdoor tables full.”
Hours
- Monday
- Tuesday
- Wednesday
- Thursday
- Friday
- Saturday
- Sunday
Good to know
“Creekside inn with low beams and flagstone floors serves food including fish straight from the boat.”
- AccessibilityWheelchair: entrance, parking lot, restroom
Amenities
- Wheelchair accessible entrance
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- Accessibility· 2
- Wheelchair accessible parking lot
- Wheelchair accessible restroom
Location
Bars near Pandora Inn
- Mangos Falmouth3.85152.8 mi£1–30
shot menu, pinball machine, arcade machines
- 3.9 mi£20–50ReservationsWheelchair accessibleOutdoor seating
sunday lunch, cocktails, garden dining
- County Arms, Truro4.32,0364.6 miWheelchair accessible
spotless spacious rooms, breakfast choice, restaurant evening meals
| Place | Rating | Distance | Price | Mentioned in reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pandora InnWheelchair accessible | 4.62,692 | — | — | pontoon seating over water, mussels starter, sunday roast pork |
| Mangos Falmouth | 3.8515 | 2.8 mi | £1–30 | shot menu, pinball machine, arcade machines |
| The Standard Inn, PortscathoReservations · Wheelchair accessible · Outdoor seating | 4.8338 | 3.9 mi | £20–50 | sunday lunch, cocktails, garden dining |
| County Arms, TruroWheelchair accessible | 4.32,036 | 4.6 mi | — | spotless spacious rooms, breakfast choice, restaurant evening meals |
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