Lifeboat Inn, St Ives - pub details
Address: Wharf Road, St Ives, Cornwall, TR26 1LF [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 13437) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
St Ives (0.3 miles), Carbis Bay (1.4 miles), Lelant (3 miles)
Brewery: St. Austell Brewery Co.
Pub facilities/features:
- Live music
- Food served, Real ale
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> Current user rating: 6.1/10 (rated by 31 users)
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user reviews of Lifeboat Inn, St Ives
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| not a "bad pub" but the beer does not seem as well kept as other local pubs, more of a family pub with an emphasis on food, we didnt try the food but the fish pie looked massive and very tasty, so id guess more of a family food pub than a pub for the ale enthusiast, quite noisy with erm, larger drinking types, big TV screens and make sure the bar staff know you are the next in line to be served, when we went two larger swilling pigs decided to push in, and despite my protests the bar staff did not have the spine to serve me first. jerome_uk - 16 Jul 2011 01:36 |
| I really don't see why some people bother to give an opinion on a place that clearly isn't specifically aimed at them. This pub is very obviously predominantly a place for families throughout the day with good food and good beer. If you dont want to see kids in a pub then why not find another one to sit in? There would probably be some fault to be picked there as well I don't doubt! I am a regular visitor to st Ives and I have two children of primary school age. We look fowards to visiting this pub everytime we are in the town, because the staff are always very efficient and helpful, the food is always to a good standard, the st austell beers are always very well kept, our children never present a problem and the views top it all off. I have also been to St ives on a stag night with my friends and found myself spending an evening in this pub (child free) dancing to a very, very good ska covers band. The staff had managed to transform the pub atmosphere from 'family friendly' to 'night time adult hotspot' seemlessly, to the point that it would have been easy to think I was in a different bar altogether. My favourite part of this pub is the many lazy sunday afternoons I have spent there with familly and friends watching the football. It's the only place in town to have real sky with real english commentary. That with a good carvery and a pint is me sorted for the day! I can't really think of a bad thing to say about this place, it ticks all the boxes for me!! Vincent2011 - 21 Jun 2011 19:07 |
| Had a pint of Proper Job which was fine. The food was okay. The interior was covered with large screen TV's which I'm not a fan of. I agree with the last comment regarding kids - a child was screaming its bloody lungs out when we visited (one lunchtime). Why are kids allowed in pubs??? More a family orientated venue and a noisy one at that. Jonnysaint - 28 Nov 2010 09:28 |
| Long time ago we enjoyed an excellent band here with many pints of Proper Job to cool the ears. Last visit found it to be occupied by pushchairs, burger & chips, a smell of stale cooking oil and nappies (and no drinkable ale) Music advertised was Sat night karaoke. Sad. Lupulus - 1 Oct 2010 18:33 |
| A good sized pub overlooking the bay, and appropriately named as it’s just a couple of doors down from the lifeboat station. The interior was all a bit of a mismatch, with the ceiling being part painted and part wood panelling which seems so popular in these parts, the walls a mixture of (more) wood panelling in various colours, painted plaster and exposed brickwork and the floors being partly wood (yet again) and partly some late tiles. There was a pool table as soon as you get in, and a few plasma’s dotted around, although usefully these were relaying live images of the band on a recent visit. The band in question were a decent heavy metal act called Sinpusher with a full on drum kit and a vocalist that reminded me (visually) of Ian Gillan. Very impressive, although whether this is par for the course, or due to the St. Ives festival that was on this week I’m not sure. Beers on tap were all from the St. Austell’s stable, with their Tribute, Proper Job, Tinners and a very pleasant HSD, even if they did elect to serve it through a sparkler (I thought that was what happened up north?). Ciders were Cornish Rattler, and, unusually in these parts, Blackthorn. Blackthorn - 24 Sep 2010 23:43 |
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