Ferryboat Inn, Helford Passage

And they came from London...they changed everything...AND...THANK GOD for that!!! TheFerryboat has always been a place with lost potential, the place neer lived up to its location until last year. OK! OK! it did take the new owner some time to get it right! But blimmey have they got it right now! Popped in this summer hearing various reports... some good some bad. Mostly bad... (Local Chinese whispers spread like wild fire around here!) My first visit was a big improvement on the previous management but was still far away from what I would want from such a beautiful spot...but oh my...they ve come a long way since my first visit. What was a cold place has now become warm and seductive, what was expensive is now cheaper than the best of falmouth restaurants. Their Pub food excels the Trengilly's, their prices are cheaper than the Red Lion (and the quality too, by far...) service is good and the staff knowledgeable and friendly, the drinks haven't changed much but the atmosphere has improved 10 folds. I know that the natural and popular thing thing to do is to hate and crticise everything that's new or changing in our part of the country butI think it is time we all realised that there is a wind of change upon our shore....for the better.... and the Ferryboat is leading the way....! Stein is not far behind...

30 Jan 2010 00:43