This cinema is a great investment for the area. It's well built and most importantly all 4 screens…read moreare really good. The seating is well angled and comfy and the projector and screen quality are high (digital I would guess, not sure if 4K though). Sound system also seemed good and I did not hear any noise coming from other screens. My main criticism is that the management clearly have no clue about anything digital. The website is poor, the online booking system and ticket collection system are terrible. They are not listed on Google cinema. But ignoring all that, there's a good chance you will enjoy the movie. Oh, and they serve Ben & Jerrys icecream.

Situated towards the seafront, on higher market street, east looe, you will find the Old Guildhall…read moreand Gaol with lots to see! Tells stories of Looe's Fishing history, ship building etc The Old Guildhall is Looe's oldest building!!! Dating around 1500. It is a Tudor building once magistrates court and cells. Right outside you can see a huge Cannon which I believe was from the Spanish Armada. The Cannon used to be infront of a Cafe on the seafront but in recent years has been moved to the Old Guildhall, which serves as a nifty resting place on a drunken Saturday night when you want to rest your feet before heading to Looe's one and only 'nightclub' (see picture) :D

What a gorgeous array of shops under one roof. The building itself is attractive and the shops on…read moretwo floors sell some beautiful things at very good prices, just the place for some original Christmas presents most of which are locally made. I was very pleasantly surprised at the transformation in this place and would highly recommend taking a look around - I think you would be pleasantly surprised.

Really cute little shop with some fabulous pottery items and other little bits and bobs unique to…read morethe area. A tad on the expensive side but ideal if you are looking for a special gift. A great place to stock up on some unusual greetings cards. The also have exhibitions upstairs featuring local artists that change on a regular basis. Great for a browse even if you don't end up parting with any cash.

I enjoyed the artwork on display, and found myself wishing I had both money and space to buy more…read morethan I did. The images of landscapes and weather together produced by the eponymous Anthony are ones I find both soothing and stimulating. In addition to his own artwork, the proprietor displays art by a number of other local artists. It's a good range, and well worth thumbing through the racks of prints as well as examining the wide variety on display. I passed a most interesting hour chatting with the man himself, as we went to Cornwall off-season and there were few others around, and I found his conversation as interesting as his art work. This little gallery tucked away at the side of the Mullion Meadows craft centre would be worth the detour to this craft centre on its own (if one was, for instance, taking a trip to the Lizard point, or Mullion itself, anyway).

My review encompasses the museum and the restaurant. (There's a "Tate Cafe" entry here on Yelp that…read moreis old, I think that's something else.) St. Ives is super arty, and having a Tate museum in town honors that nicely. But I still get more out of just ducking into the various galleries and studios around the village than I did from my stroll through the Tate. But that's largely because of my taste and my relationship with modern art. I like when art is more playful, art that makes me feel like I'm in on the joke, as opposed to "my lazy paint-roller slappings are important, you wouldn't understand". In that way, this location is a bit less fun than the big one in London. But it's still diverting, and anyone is likely to get at least something out of it. If you have an appetite for modern art and are in St. Ives, you'd likely regret skipping the Tate. I had lunch in the restaurant, "Sea View Restaurant & Bar". It's kind of swanky, with a small menu of pretty expensive entrees including a £27 steak. I got the £24 seafood curry, Langoustine Moqueca. It was really tasty actually, with its slightly spicy curry broth and a variety of seafood chunks. There lot of cool spots to sit and enjoy views while you dine, including a patio. Upbeat staff, very attentive. But wow was that an expensive lunch.

Focusing on 20th century paintings and sculptures of British vintage, Tate St. Ives offers a nice…read moreif limited collection of mostly regional artists, which is not surprising considering that St. Ives has enjoyed the status of an "art colony" since the early years of the last century till the present day. Its most famous artist is probably Barbara Hepworth, who had a studio there (which you can also visit, and you can get a combo ticket for Tate and the Hepworth Museum and save a couple of pounds there), whose rounded wood and stone objects are immediately recognizable; most of them remind me of vaginas somehow. It is a rather smallish gallery (though a bit bigger than when I first visited 8 years ago), and the entrance fee of UKP 9.50 (only for Tate) strikes me as rather hefty considering especially that the London Tate Galleries are both huge and free of charge. The presentation of its limited collection is rather striking though, and the building itself is something to behold. Lots of information on the objects is available, and non-professional photography is allowed - or at least no one stopped me. That's not standard for modern art galleries and should be praised. You will get a very decent overview on art in St. Ives, and if you're an art lover per se it is not to be missed. The location is spectacular (just opposite of St. Ives's main sands), and you will find different kinds of cafés, pubs and restaurants close by. St. Ives is a tourist hotspot, so expect the gallery to get busy during peak hours.

Our third visit to these wonderful gardens. Each time we find something new and, I am sure, if we…read morevisited many times the same would be true. I must admit though, as we get older, there are parts that are strenuous to explore. Thank goodness we did the deeper parts earlier in our lives. One difference this time, which we didn't know about until we had parked up, is pre-booking. We had to book in on my iPhone and wait until a slot was available. No problem. Also, more food and drink outlets throughout the gardens.

Tourist trap. Poorly managed. All about the benjamins and they've let it go to s*** since the last…read moreTV show aired where they spent 10 minutes talking about the pineapple pit and they didn't even bother to keep it up/use it. Too difficult and costly? You know they did this before WWII... with less resources and technology than you have at your disposal, right? Really, just watch the TV show on the gardens because now instead of trying to restore it to its past glory, the management grow flowers to sell. If they took all the flowers in their gift shop and planted them in their gardens then maybe they'd be a step closer to restoring anything. But they've had this land for many many years now and they only do the bare minimum to get ppl there. Great history and potential but the management needs to step up! If you're a gardener, you'll be sorely disappointed.