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This family run hotel and free house inn enjoys an uninterrupted view of the Atlantic Ocean, and therefore benefits from magnificent sunsets all through the year. The Restaurant at the Bay View Inn is a delightful spot to eat and drink, situated as it is on the picturesque Cornish coast, beautifully located overlooking the Widemouth Bay beaches.

Proprietors Dave and Cherylyn Keene have won a good number of awards from many different organisations, such as CAMRA, the campaign for real ale; Taste of the West; The Publican, presented to the best in the industry, covering a wide range from country pubs to inner city outlets, and Licensee of the Year, from the professional body for the licensed retail sector. With this amount of industry recognition, they are clearly offering quality service and good food!

Most of their produce is obtained locally from farms in Cornwall and Devon, whilst ensuring that they are environmentally friendly, it also guarantees both freshness and flavour.

Speciality dishes could include fresh Cornish mussels; medallions of beef fillet with crunchy asparagus and light juniper berry jus; a carpaccio salad; slow roasted peppers with pilaff rice and a Napoli sauce; shallow pan fried scallops served on a rocket salad, spring onions and completed with garlic and parsley butter, but doesn't neglect more familiar dishes like hamburgers - made from local Angus beef.

You are faced with a wide choice of where to eat, in the bar or restaurant or even al fresco on the deck overlooking the bay.

Drinkers will appreciate the three real ales, which even include their house beer Bay View Sunset, all drawn with a hand pump, plus their Cornish lager and cider. You might be surprised therefore to learn that The Inn holds regular mini beer festivals throughout the year.

If you are coming along with the young in tow, you will be delighted to learn that the garden contains a small playground to keep the kids amused.

The Restaurant at Brocksmoor Hotel has gained an impressive reputation for its cuisine and quality of service. The chef's passion for cooking and attention to detail are reflected in its popularity. The restaurant specializes in seafood, sourced locally and freshly prepared, and offers a superb, varied menu featuring fresh fish and meat dishes cooked in both traditional and modern recipes. The comfortable bar serves a wide range of beers, wines, coffees and cream teas. The venue is stylishly decorated, both inspired by and reflecting its close proximity to the sea, and offers a pleasant place to relax with a drink and enjoy a meal.

The cuisine served is Modern British with the menu changing daily. The full English breakfast and the Sunday roast are appreciated by guests who also enjoy dishes such as mackerel fillets, herb crusted rack of lamb on a bed of chive and garlic mash served with a rich redcurrant and rosemary jus.

One of the lesser-known attractions of the Cornish coast in terms of quirky hostelries is this little gem tucked away at the end of a road leading off from the grandly named Atlantic Highway, Cornwall's answer to the Pacific Coast Highway from Los Angeles to San Francisco.

The building was formerly the local Slate Quarrymaster's House, now much extended and home to a typically robust local community for whom Cornwall has already long gone independent.

In that spirit the Inn is a free house, with an abundance of Cornish real ales, lager, wines and spirits. The chef calls upon local ingredients in truly loyal style and it will come as no surprise to see an abundance of the local seafood, fresh as the day, Cornish pasties, steaks, chef's specials and homemade puddings.

On Sundays they do a carvery at lunchtime, with roast ribs of beef, fresh chicken and leg of pork. The meat is good enough for the local butcher to have his name on the menu with pride. Should discretion stray beyond the legal limits they have five rooms to let, and a function room. An ideal place for that "away-from-it-all" quiet wedding.