Godolphin Arms, Marazion

Upmarket bar / restaurant / hotel in the most prime position overlooking St Michael's Mount. Fantastic views from the main bar windows (several of which are fully opening onto the glass-fronted balcony. There is also another room below, with a substantial split-level terraced beer garden with a similar vista. All furnished in a very light modern style which seems to work rather well (unless, perhaps, you are an unreformed traditionalist...). Three real ales on handpump: the wholly expected Doom Bar and Tribute, plus the welcome Padstow Windjammer (£4.50). Also had a couple of new-fangled keg taps for Sharp's Wolf Rock and Pilsner plus several other draught beers and ciders.

A massive detached pub and eatery, overlooking the sea and St Michael's Mount, with rear terrace area. The frontage is in Georgian style and now looks slightly tired. It is in cream and has a nice porch with finials as its best feature, along with the usual sash windows, with stone surround, a few ashlar blocks and string courses. The interior has lots of separate areas, all of which are foody really, excepting the few sofas in front of the serving bar. A few steps to the side and you are in the gig bar - where people also seemed to be eating. The decor seemed to be generally red and cream, with a lot of bistro style art on the walls (some landscapes). It is aimed at a mixed clientele and it suceeded. There wasnt a tv that i saw, and the music was general. We didn't eat and the service was OK. Beer; usual tap stuff with St Austell HSD, Proper Job and a decent Skinner's Hunny Bunny. The beer is ok here, slightly amazingly, as it is a foody tourist trap with little soul.