Callywith in Cornwall

With loads of empty tables they had to check to see if they could fit us in. Salad was brown, chips were overcooked. I ordered a mac and cheese as a side and got a full meal which we were charged for. Staff are lovely and surroundings are clean and well presented. I like the Callywith but today was not a good day.

Lovely evening! Staff were fab! I only booked for 2 plus a highchair and then bumped into my sister in law, her partner and child. They were more than happy to allow them to dine with us even though they weren't booked. Drinks seem on the expensive side but food is reasonable

We had lunch for 4, a drink each, 2x2 meals for £8.99 (2 beef lasagne and 2 club sandwiches with chips) for a total of less than £35 and very good too, very tasty and lots of it. Really friendly service from Sky H.We booked at the Callywith having arrived at a well known pub near the Camel Trail only to find it closed even though we had a booking. We'll be going to the Callywith again in the future now.

No record of booking on our arrival but managed to accommodate us (after saying we'd go elsewhere). Service was very good. Food was average. The constant ringing of the kitchen bell (think finger held on doorbell) was irritating and unnecessary.

One star is for the nice helpful young lady NOT for the FOOD, We as a family Went on Christmas Sunday for a family get together pre booked in November, sorry to say even though there was only 2 other tables in use so almost empty they were not ready for us , table not layed , could find our booking to start with , once seated they gave menus even though on booking we also supplied what we would be eating back in November, food arrived with each course at least 2 out of 12 we’re missing, what can I say about the starter prawn cocktail well presented, wish I could say about pork lollipops 🤦‍♀️ We’re pork meatballs on a wooden stick very fatty & grisly , pork crackling dust was something else, all I can say more were left on the plate than were eaten, now to the mains turkey or pork roast , vegetables were something else roast potatoes very pale still frozen in the middle, sprouts were nice bright green because they were both frozen in the middle & very strong due to under cooking hard to get fork into as still frozen, as were the carrots, peas were perfectly cooked, gravy nice but sadly on plate not on turkey roll dry & a blue steak was definitely not at all and gravy on chips is not so good again should of been in a individual pot , stuffing ball not cooked at all . Now to the last course if the Trifle should have been served with a straw as even the jelly was more liquid aerosol cream had sunken into the custard as that also wasn’t set , sadly the Christmas pudding was also uneaten due to the custard which was just sweet hot liquid. Needless to say all of us will not be going there again , on a plus side after the first course the staff brought out a bin bag and handed out crackers s it started to feel more like a family’s Christmas meal , that’s if the vacuuming wasn’t being done . The staff was very nice and helpful but very few on duty Sadly for the price tag of over £20 a head we feel it was a very poorly

Paid £90 for their Xmas dinner on Xmas day that’s for 2 adults.Brussels were hard, carrots hard not had enough time in the microwave I believe, the table we were ment to have was still being used by previous customers so had to sit in the corner with a makeshift table and chairs, took 40 minutes for meal to arrive,The complimentary champagne was awfully cheap and horrible couldn’t drink it.All in all, complete shambles.Would never recommend anyone booking and paying their extortionate prices for their Xmas meals it’s just poor quality and frankly you could get better at a transport cafe.

Last time we have been out to eat was Feb 2020, so we thought that right now it would be great time to have our first family dinner out with our little one ( 13 month old. ) Reason we chose the table table was because the kids menu looked healthy and full of choices.We visited Callywith Table Table in Bodmin on 28th November 2021, booked table for 16:15pm.I have never ever been so disappointed.Firstly, the customer service was very bad, we didnt feel welcome at all ( didnt give the family friendly vibe at all! ).Under our table there was lots of food from previous customers - not cleaned up at all!When the staff member came to ask what we would like, we asked if the roast was still on, they said that is sold out ( we really wanted the roast and on website it said roast all day- false advertising ), then we said not a problem. We then chose something else from the menu ( I chose Ultimate Filled Yorkie with no onions and my partner went with Christmas Burger ) as soon as my partner said what he wanted then the staff member started walking away and we were like “ excuse me but we havent order for our child yet “ and they didnt even say sorry or anything and asked ok what can we get her. I said the 3 course kid meal . veggie sticks as a starter, as a main sausage & mash with beans and peas with no gravy “ and then the staff member said ok and walked away. We thought okay guess they will ask about the kid dessert after we have all had the main foods.When the foods came out thats when i started getting even more disappointed. My Ultimate Filled Yorkie still came with onions. My partners Christmas burger didnt have stuffing mayo and no pig in the blanket. Then what else shocked me was that the kids plate was hot and it was placed exactly in front of my 13month old daughter - who in their right mind puts a hot plate in front of the child plus it still came with a jug of gravy. Then the next surprise was the “veggie sticks” were not sticks, we were given sliced cucumber and tomato ( it was supposed to be cucumbers, carrots and red pepper sticks! ) - and the staff didnt say anything about why we were given cucumber and tomato slices instead! - WE DONT LIKE COMPLAINING AND BY THIS POINT WE WERE QUITE DISAPPOINTED ALREADY TO SAY ANYTHING AT ALL! .So now more about the food - the mash was horrible, must of been some sort of powder mash plus it was really dried up. The gravy in my yorkie was like brown oily water no thickness to it at all. The peas on my food and on my childs food were over boiled and looked old. The Beans on my child food tasted disgusting ( I have tried lots of different beans from the shops and even the cheap value beans from the shops tasted better than what table table served. )Only thing good on my food and on my childs food were the sausages.My partners food the burger meat was dry, the house slaw was like eating cardboard and the chips were overcooked.The staff never even came to check if everything was okay. After we had “finished” with the mains we were just waiting and waiting. Noone came to ask about kid dessert. So when we finally managed to flag down a staff member we just asked for the bill to pay and get away from there! Staff seemed to care more about their christmas decorations than their customers.If you want a good customer service and a decent food, then that is not the place to go

Being a ‘local’ we’ve found the Callywith is consistently of a good standard and have spent the past 3 Christmas Days there! Fast friendly service, quality of food varies at times but nothing worth complaining about. Value for money especially the 2 meals for £8.99 before 6pm! A very easy atmosphere especially if you have young grandchildren. Lately we’ve been served by Skye who is exceptional - a lovely girl, thoughtful, polite and attentive even when they’re rushed off their feet. Brilliant.

The food was nice and good value.The table service was very pleasant most of the hour or so but near the end of the evening it felt like we'd overstayed our welcome and were wanting us to leave asap?But I suppose £110 for just over an hour in the restaurant was being cheeky?Also didn't go much on the waiter asking my 67 year old sister if she wanted too use a straw for drinking her wine...

Very good service and lovely hot food. Friendly and efficient staff. Recommended.