Porthminster Beach Cafe Menu

Breakfast

• Two Free Range Eggs

  3.75
  Poached, scrambled or fried on toasted sour dough
• Granola, Yoghurt and Fruit

  6.50
  Fresh seasonal fruit, wild flower honey and cornish yoghurt
• Toasted Home Baked Bread

  2.25
  Served with cornish butter
• Roasted Banana Pancake Stack

  6.50
  Real maple syrup
• Porthminster Beach Cafes Fry Up

  7.95
  Bacon, local sausage, field mushrooms, homemade beans, toasted sour dough, grilled tomato and a fried free range egg
• Hot Buttered Crumpets or Toasted Teacakes

  1.95

• Cornish Back Bacon

  1.25
• Grilled Field Mushrooms

  1.15
• Homemade Baked Beans

  75.00
• Spinach

  75.00
• Champagne 19 reviews

  7.95
• Bloody Mary

  5.95
• Smoked Salmon

  2.95
• Local Sausage

  1.50
• Grilled Tomato

  75.00
• Homemade Potato Hash

  1.15
• Prosecco 16 reviews

  5.95

• Mini Banana Pancakes

  3.95
• Fruit and Yoghurt

  3.95

• Chocolate Brownie

  2.50
• Freshly Baked Muffins

  1.95
• White Chocolate Blonde

  2.50

• Espresso 25 reviews

  1.80 - 2.20
• Flat White

  2.20
• Latte 14 reviews

  2.60
• Mocha

  2.60
• Fresh Iced Coffee

  2.95
• Earl Grey, Peppermint, Green, Chamomile, Manuka

  1.95
• Macchiato

  1.95 - 2.50
• Americano

  1.95 - 2.50
• Cappuccino 8 reviews

  2.20 - 5.00
• Hot Chocolate 14 reviews

  2.60
• Cornish Tregothnan Loose Leaf Breakfast Tea

  1.95
• Fresh Mint Tea

  1.95

• Freshly Squeezed Orange Juice

  2.95
• Fruit Presse

  1.95
  Elderflower or cranberry
• Cornish Orchards Lemonade

  2.95
• Cornish Orchards Apple Juice

  2.95
• Ginger Beer

  1.95
• Coke, Lemonade, Diet Coke

  1.95

Lunch

• Porthminsters Home Baked Bread

  2.95
  Aged balsamic and the finest extra virgin olive oil
• Marinated Olives

  3.50
  Sicilian olives with garlic and herbs
• Pan Seared Half Shell Scallops

  9.95
  Jerusalem artichokes, coffee bean spice, apple and hazelnuts
• Steamed Mussels 4 reviews

  8.95
  Cornish cider,‏ wild sorrel, nettles, tomato and crème fraiche
• Salt and Spice Squid

  8.95
  Crispy fried with black spices and citrus miso
• Porthminster Fish and Chips

  12.95
  Fresh sustainable haddock, served with tartare sauce, mushy peas, rosemary, garlic salt and lemon
• Sticky Cornish Pork Belly

  11.95
  Cucumber salad, jasmine rice, peanuts and black sesame
• Beef and Wild Mushroom Pasta

  10.95
  Parmesan, pine nuts and fresh herbs
• Being Used
• Toasted Garlic Bread

  3.50
  Roasted garlic, cornish butter and herbs
• Soup of the Day

  5.50
  Served with toasted bread
• Mackerel Pate

  5.95
  Baby gherkins, spicy nuts, black mustard cress and toasted bread
• Soft Top Pork Pie

  7.95
  Pulled pork, winter spiced lentils, artichokes and sour dough
• Free Range Chicken Salad

  10.95
  Crispy skin, cornish bacon, cos lettuce, tarragon aioli, celery and walnuts
• Porthminster Caesar Salad

  10.95
  Poached egg, cornish bacon, parmesan and white anchovies
• Seafood Linguine 116 reviews

  13.95
  Cornish crab, prawns, mussels and squid with chilli, garlic, lemon and parsley

• Soup of the Day

  5.50
  Made from‏ the freshest ingredients (ask waiter about vegan options)
• Napoli and Basil Pasta

  11.95
  Tomatoes, chilli,‏ garlic and parmesan main
• Porthminster Vegetable Curry

  14.50
  South east asian style with jasmine rice and toasted coconut main
• Beetroot and Haloumi Salad

  7.95
  Beetroot, pomegranate, wild sorrel and sumac starter
• Wild Mushroom Linguine

  10.95
  Parmesan, pine nuts and spinach main
• Goats Cheese Tart

  11.50
  Sweet potato, truffle leeks, artichoke, roasted peppers and pesto main

• Soup 93 reviews

  3.95
  With toast
• Pesto Pasta

  4.95
  With parmesan
• Tomato Pasta

  4.95
  Tomato and parmesan
• Fish and Chips

  6.95
  With lemon
• Plain Pasta

  4.95
  Simply with olive oil and parmesan
• Haloumi

  4.95
  Lentils and salad

• Garden Salad

  3.50
• Fries with Garlic and Rosemary and Cornish Sea Salt

  3.75
• Marinated Sicilian Olives

  3.50

Dinner

• Porthminsters House Baked Bread

  2.95
  White bean and olive oil spread
• Marinated Olives

  3.50
  Sicilian olives with garlic and herbs
• Being Used
• White Anchovy and Sage Fritters

  3.95
  Red spiced salt and lemon mayonnaise

• Soup of the Day

  5.50
  Served with toasted bread
• Pan Seared Hand Dived Scallops

  9.95
  Cauliflower puree, apple, bacon dust and sorrel
• Blow Torched Mackerel Fillet

  8.95
  Pork pate, beetroot, spicy nuts, black mustard and lemon
• Salt and Spice Squid

  8.95
  Crispy fried with black spices and citrus miso
• Steamed Fowey Mussels

  10.95
  Thai broth‏ with lemongrass, chilli, coriander and toasted bread
• Air Dried Cornish Duck Ham

  6.50
  Compressed melon, nasturtium and fennel

• Pan Roasted Whole Lemon Sole

  17.95
  White crab, tomato, cucumber and vanilla salsa with english asparagus and saffron potatoes
• Prime Aged Cornish Fillet Steak

  21.95
  Beef shin pie, creamy mash potato, wild garlic, wattle seed and shiraz sauce
• Porthminsters Monkfish Curry

  19.95
  Mild indonesian style, mussels, prawns, coconut, tamarind and jasmine rice
• Seafood Linguine 116 reviews

  14.95
  Cornish crab, prawns, squid, mussels with chilli, garlic, lemon and parsley
• Slow Roast Iberico Pork Rib

  18.95
  Sticky pork belly, parsnip and celeriac galette, apple cider sauce and salsa verde
• Battered Haddock with Triple Cooked Chips

  14.95
  Served with tar tare sauce, mushy peas and lemon

• Soup of the Day

  5.50
  Made from‏ the freshest ingredients (ask waiter about vegan options)
• Napoli and Basil Pasta

  11.95
  Tomatoes, chilli,‏ garlic and parmesan main
• Porthminster Vegetable Curry

  14.50
  South east asian style with jasmine rice and toasted coconut main
• Beetroot and Haloumi Salad

  7.95
  Beetroot, pomegranate, wild sorrel and sumac starter
• Wild Mushroom Linguine

  10.95
  Parmesan, pine nuts and spinach main
• Goats Cheese Tart

  11.50
  Sweet potato, truffle leeks, artichoke, roasted peppers and pesto main

• Soup 93 reviews

  3.95
  With toast
• Pesto Pasta

  4.95
  With parmesan
• Tomato Pasta

  4.95
  Tomato and parmesan
• Fish and Chips

  6.95
  With lemon
• Plain Pasta

  4.95
  Simply with olive oil and parmesan

• Garden Salad

  3.50
• Triple Cooked Chips with Konbu Salt

  4.75
• Seasonal Greens

  2.95
• Fries with Garlic and Rosemary and Cornish Sea Salt

  3.75
• Roasted New Potatoes

  2.95

Desserts

• Sticky Toffee Pudding 42 reviews

  6.95
  Whiskey caramel, caramelized figs, macadamia nuts and tonka bean icecream
• Caramelised Bananas

  6.95
  Salted caramel, cinnamon meringue and pistachio icecream
• Four West Country Cheeses

  10.50
  Quince paste and house-made lavoche. Our chefs have picked four of the best local cheeses, served at room temperature, with cornish apple juice
• Naked Chocolate Crème Brulee

  6.95
  Cornish stout and blackcurrant leaf icecream, cinder toffee with aniseed jelly
• Petit Fours

  4.95
  Our pastry chefs take on a classic, when you can’t quite fit in a full dessert

• Moscatel De La Marina- Bodegas Enrique Mendoza – Alicante - Spain

  3.50
  Glass 125 ml
• Noble Late Riesling, 2011 Paul Cluver - Elgin S.A..

  5.25 - 22.95
  Glass 100 ml
• Churchills Finest Reserve Port

  3.60
  Glass 50 ml
• Warres Otima 10 Year Old Tawny Port

  6.25
  Glass 50 ml
• Campbells Dessert Liquer Muscat, Rutherglen – Victoria - Australia

  5.25 - 22.95
  Glass 50‏ ml
• Amano Puglia Aleatico 2010, Vino Passito, Tipica – Italy

  6.50
  Glass 100 ml
• Don Px 2008 Montilla - Spain

  4.95 - 16.95
  Glass 100 ml
• Umeshu, Japanese, Dessert Wine

  6.25
  Glass 50 ml

Wine List

• Gin and Tonic Fever

  6.95
  Fever tree premium tonic water served with fresh lime, juniper syrup, gin and juniper berries
• Sipsmith Orange Martini

  6.95
  Sipsmith gin stirred lovingly with a hint of orange zest and cointreau
• Sipsmith Gin and Fevertree Tonic

  5.95
• Gordon's Gin and Tonic

  3.95
• Martini Extra Dry

  2.95
• Pastis Ricard

  4.50
• Campari

  3.95
• Elderflower 75

  7.50
  Elderflower and prosecco balanced with a squeeze of fresh lime
• Manzanilla La Gitana Dry Sherry

  3.95
• Noilly Prat Dry Vermouth

  3.50
• Sipsmith Sloe Gin

  3.95
• Martini Rosso

  2.95
• Mulled Wine

  2.95

• Polgoon Sparkling Rosé Cider Penzance - Cornwall

  3.95 - 20.95
  A delicious example of the brilliant diversity that now resides in cornwall with this fine sparkling rose. Made with cornish apples and raspberries in the same traditional way that the french make champagne.
• Mass De Daumas Gassac Rosé, Frizant - Languedoc - France

  6.50 - 35.95
  Biodynamic and organic this is a true sparkling rose that tantalizes your taste buds with a fresh nose of ripe berries and a delicious dry palate of summer fruit accompanied by ever so perfectly formed bubbles, one glass will not be enough!
• Prosecco 16 reviews - Di Valdobbiadene Spumante

  5.95 - 28.95
  White flowers and light grapey aromas with apple and lime flavours. Light, fresh and so easy to drink.

• Louis Roederer Brut Premier Champagne - France

  7.95 - 47.95
  Well known‏ for its quality and for a very good reason. Our superb house champagne!
• Pol Roger Vintage 1999 Champagne - France

  68.95
  An outstanding vintage champagne from one of the last family owned houses. Wonderfully elegant and ripe champagne with a delicious, underlying toastiness. Perfect with lobster and richer fish dishes.
• Collet Brut, Rosé, Champagne France

  45.95
  A soft, harmonious “champagne with a heart” mellow, creamy and perfectly rounded, treat yourself with this champagne it is utterly ravishing.
• Sir Winston Churchill Pol Roger - 1998 - France

  199.99
  The cuvee sir winston churchill was created as a tribute to a great man. He was a close friend to the pol-roger family and a great fan of the champagne. This cuvee really is remarkable champagne featuring scents of saffron, pear, buttered apple, white peach and marzipan. A great champagne constantly rated as one of the worlds best.

• Picpoul De Pinet - Languedoc 2010 France

  4.15 - 18.95
  Soft, dry and fragrant white made from the picpoul grape. A great aperitif.
• Tahbilk Viognier, Ngambie Lakes, Victoria – 2009 - Australia

  5.95 - 24.50
  Truly a find is a very well crafted viognier, from a vineyard that has just celebrated its 150 year anniversary. This award winning wine is full of peach flavours with a long apricot like finish.
• Rtonese Malvasia Colline - Teatine 2010 Italy

  3.95 - 16.95
  Produced by the three time winner of italy’s winery of the year. This wine has ripe tropical fruit, low acidity and is beautifully soft with nuances of honeysuckle.
• Dr Ernst Loosen “Wolf” Riesling 2009 Pfalz - Germany

  4.25 - 19.50
  Acclaimed international winemaker dr ernst loosen has again produced a beautiful clean, well defined riesling. A residual lick of sweetness on the palate followed by an off dry “stoney” mineral edge that will cut through the boldest of flavours.

• Pinot Grigio 8 reviews , Ca Del Bianco, San Marziano - ‘Veneto’ - 2010 - Italy

  3.95 - 16.95
  A stunning‏ and stylish example of this famous variety.
• Macon Village Domaine Des Vercheres – 2009 – Burgundy - France

  5.50 - 25.95
  This delicious‏ white burgundy shows incredible elegance on the palate.
• Valdecaz, Verdejo, Malvasia – 2010 - Spain

  3.50 - 14.95
  Well balanced and beautifully integrated has a zingy bite of citrus fruit followed by a dry finish.
• Sauvignon De Touraine, Domaine Guy Allion – 2010 – Loire - France

  4.50 - 19.95
  Flavours of tropical fruit combine with mouth watering acidity.
• Framingham Sauvignon Blanc – 2010 – Marlborough – New Zealand

  5.95 - 27.95
  A wine that will make you remember why this area of the world can make absolutely breathtaking wines in this style.

• Val Colombe Syrah – 2010 – France

  3.95 - 17.50
  Black cherry characteristics, lovely perfume and subtle hints of spice.
• Salento, Rosso – 2010 - Italy

  3.50 - 14.95
  Easy drinking red with juicy berry hints and a soft finish.
• Nostros Pinot Noir 2010 - Chile 7 reviews

  4.50 - 18.95
  Soft, smooth and rich with cherry flavours, a great wine one of our favourites!

• Rioja, Lopez De Haro, Bodega Classica – 2009 - Spain

  4.25 - 18.50
  Big mouth feel, of red fruits and violets with beautifully balanced tannins.
• De Chansac Carignan “Vielles Vignes” 2009 France

  3.95 - 17.50
  Beautifully smooth with a great mouth feel. This wine has been thermo-vinified to take out the hard tannins that carignan can be known for!
• Vinedos De La Posada, “Fair-Trade” Merlot - 2010 - Argentina

  4.40 - 18.95
  Soft rich plum aromas, full and concentrated with a lovely velvety finish.

• Quinta De Lagoalva Rose - 2010 - Portugal

  4.50 - 18.95
  This rose stood out amongst the crowd, delicate and beautifully balanced, big summer berry nose, leading to a crisp, long lasting finish.
• Mount Difficulty, Pinot Noir Rosé – Central Otago 2010 New Zealand

  28.95
  This rose‏ really is a new world classic. The wine has a beautiful, layered rich texture with elegant savory notes that have developed through 4 months of barrel fermentation. Red berry fruits are still a strong feature with hints of rose petal on the nose and subtle aromatics. “Absolutely ravishing”
• Chateau Miraval Organic Rose Provence 2010 - France

  5.95 - 24.95
  This deliciously fresh multi-award winning, organic rose that has lively pear and green apple notes, finishing with lip smacking acidity.
• Domaine Ott, Les Domaniers – Cotes De Provence 2009 France

  41.50
  Salmon pink in colour, nose redolent of red berries. Those of you who know rose well will also know that this wine is widely regarded as: “the best rose you will ever taste”.

• Bachus Dry White Camel Valley, Cornwall 2010 - United Kingdom

  29.95
  Often noted as, england’s answer to sancerre. This wine is our local favourite.
• Vermentino Solosole Toscana 2010 - Italy

  35.95
  Like a milanese supermodel this beautiful and stylish wine brings the aromas of freshly picked white peaches and floral perfumes. Match this with rounded tropical fruit flavours and a fresh and zippy finish it makes sense that this is one of our favourite new wines
• Muscadet, Sauvion Du Cléray Sur Lie - Loire - 2010 - France

  24.95
  Crisp, clean‏ and zesty with plenty of typical lemon and white flower blossom.
• Sancerre Serge Laporte Chavignol 2010 France

  32.95
  Classic sancerre,‏ hints of gooseberries steely minerality, and a beautiful elegant finish.

• Grüner Veltliner, Loimer - Kamptal - 2010 Austria

  28.95
  Ripe and fruit driven with terrific balance. Fred loimer is ranked as one of austria’s best producers, and his wines are still for many an undiscovered secret! This is a true gem, genius winemaking!
• Reyneke Chenin Blanc “Organic” Stellenbosch 2008 South Africa

  32.95
  Deep lemon-straw colour. A nose of green citrus, pears, peaches and flinty notes initially in the background, but opening up as the wine breathes. The palate is full, rich and has a mineral core, with refreshing finish. Partially (10%) fermented and aged in second fill french oak barrels.
• Gewurtztraminer Reserve, Cave De Hunawihr - 2009 Alsace France

  26.95
  Good aromatic nose with rich guava, rose petal and lychee like flavours. Sweetness on the palate is balanced by fresh acidity. This has enough punch to take on our spicier food!
• Crawford River Riesling – South West Victoria - 2009 - Australia

  30.50
  John thomson has been making world class rieslings near port fairy since 1975. this wine has amazing clarity and purity of flavour, pristine limy grapefruit tones, overlaid with hints of green apple. Elegant acidity and minerality lead to a long and lingering finish.
• Albarino, Bodegas, Rias Baixas Orosal Rias Baixas Galicia 2010 - Spain

  37.95
  Undoubtedly the best albarino we have tasted in some years and one of the “star” wines on our list, it is full of excitement on the palate with apricot and a little peach, yet soft and full bodied with structure and minerality. The fragrance also leads you on a path of exotic perfumes.

• Isole E Olena, Chardonnay Barberino Val D.Elsa 2009 Italy

  39.95
  Occasionally we come across a wine that stops us completely in our tracks and screams for us to take notice. Winemaker paulo de marchi has made this wine so elegant and pure that you may well think that the grass isn’t as green over the other side in burgundy? The wine has buttery perfumes and aromas due to complex barrel ageing and less stirring, but it still manages to hold a lovely freshness with a beautiful complex finish treat yourself!
• Bindi Composition Chardonnay – Macedon Ranges -2009 - Australia

  59.95
  Fast becoming known as one of australia’s best chardonnay’s, it deftly sets its course of style closer to chablis but it still drinks with a youthful rebelliousness. Rich flavours are punctuated by big complex fruit and tartness with pure minerality underlying all of this, the oak is gentle and restrained rounding the wine a lick of buttered toast and toffee.
• Patrick Piuze Terroirs De Chablis Burgundy - 2010 - France

  31.95
  Sensational nose of lime and butterscotch with lemony tart like mouth feel, followed by subtle minerality, well balanced acidity, and great length and mouth feel.
• Leonildo Pieropan “La Rocca” - Soave Classico – 2008 - Italy

  55.95
  Golden yellow in the glass, with intense, concentrated perfumes that follow through to the palate, a truly classic la rocca aromas of almonds and honey lead to a beautifully balanced palate of vanilla ripe apricots and exotic fruit. The finish is complex long with flinty hints of minerality a beautifully crafted wine.
• Chablis Grand Cru, Les Clos, - Caves Duplessis – 2004 - France

  79.95
  Gerard duplessis has fashioned a classic, age worthy chablis which displays wonderful balance of weight and elegance that only a fine chablis grand cru can do, it is rich, luscious and complex with great mineral finesse. This is simply a masterpiece.

• Mt Benson, Wangolina Station Shiraz - Cabernet - Limestone Coast - 2008 - Australia

  29.95
  Dense, rich, black fruit flavours, white pepper and spice laced with dark chocolate overtones.
• Mercurey, “Paul Du Couedic” – Grands Vins De Bourgogne - Burgundy2006 - France

  39.50
  Black cherry fruit flavours with earthy tones and a beautiful bouquet.
• Chateau Lascombes, 2Eme Cru Classe, Margaux Cru - 1999 - France

  85.00
  A nose of complex vanilla, blackcurrant, tobacco and the palate shows rich cassis, mouth filling dark fruit, drinking beautifully!
• Chateau Duhart - Milon - Rothschild Cru Classe - Pauillac - 2004 - France

  199.50
  A sensational nose of vanilla, oak with a beautifully laced palate of blackberry fruit, with ever so silky tannins. (Only 1 bottle available)
• Crios Malbec, Domino Del Plata Mendoza - 2009 - Argentina

  24.95
  Rich, fruity, smooth and powerful all come to mind with this beautifully crafted malbec.
• Domaine a, Stoney Ridge Pinot Noir, Tasmania 2005 Australia

  32.95
  A small UK allocation, just for porthminster beach and a wine starting to develop some serious character as it ages, sitting between burgundy and new zealand in climate and terroir and the best of both styles no wonder we are starting to ask ourselves is tasmania the worlds new pinot noir hot spot? ?
• Gevrey Chambertain, “Vielles Vignes” Domaine Roy Marc - Burgundy - 2004 - France

  65.95
  Classic burgundy, delicate soft mouth feel, with lovely integration of red fruits.
• Barolo, Andrea Alberto -2006 - Italy

  59.95
  Intense and well rounded wine, complex in the mouth, a super elegant barolo.

• Corona Mexico

  3.50
• Menabrea 1846 Premium Export Biere - Italy

  4.25
• Cornish Doom Bar (500Ml) Cornwall

  3.95
• Cornish Orchards Apple Cider - Cornwall

  3.95
• Pimm's No 1 - by the Jug

  14.95
• San Miguel Spain

  3.95
• St Ives Brewery - “Boilers Cornish Ale” (500Ml) Cornwall

  4.25
• Becks (Alcohol Free) Germany

  2.75
• Sangria - by the Jug

  12.95

• Moscatel De La Marina- Bodegas Enrique Mendoza Alicante - Spain

  3.50
  Glass 125 ml
• Noble Late Riesling, 2007 Paul Cluver - Elgin S.A..

  5.25 - 22.95
  Glass 100 ml
• Churchills Finest Reserve Port

  3.60
  Glass 50 ml
• Warres Otima 10 Year Old Tawny Port

  6.25
  Glass 50 ml
• Campbells Dessert Liquer Muscat, Rutherglen Victoria - Australia

  5.25 - 22.95
  Glass 50 ml
• Amano Puglia Aleatico 2009, Vino Passito, Tipica – Italy

  6.50
  Glass 100 ml
• Don Px 2007 Montilla - Spain

  4.95 - 16.95
  Glass 100 ml
• Umeshu, Japanese, Dessert Wine

  6.25
  Glass 50 ml

• VSOP Cognac, Maxime Trijol St Martial–Sur-Né, Grande Champagne

  3.85
• Bas Armagnac 20 Year Old, Baron De Sigognac, Bas Armagnac

  4.95
• Jamaican Small Plantation Rum – 2000

  4.20
• Connemara Peated Single Malt Irish Whiskey

  3.95
• Hedonism Scotch Whisky, Compass Box Whisky Company

  4.80
• Limoncello, Bepi Tosolini, Marsure Di Povoletto – Italy

  2.75 - 3.95
• Alliance No 35 Cognac, Ragnaud Sabourin, Barbezieux, Grande Champagne

  8.00
• Calvados Du Pays D Auge 25-30 Year Old Reserve, Domaine De Semainville Adrien Camut,

  7.95
  Lalande st lager
• Fabuloso Solera Spanish Brandy, Bodegas Hidalgo, Sanlucar De Barrameda, Spain

  2.50
• Nikka From the Barrel - Japanese Whisky

  4.20
• Grappa Di Cabernet, Bepi Tosolini, Marsure Di Povoletto – Italy

  2.75 - 3.95
• Amaretto Veneziano Saliza, Bepi Tosolini, Marsure Di Povoletto – Italy

  2.75 - 3.95