The Horn of Plenty

Wedding overnight stay! What a perfect wedding venue. Amazing views, great staff and delicious food. We stayed overnight in Room 10 in the Coach House, very comfortable , a bit short on space but everything you need. The balcony was a bonus as the weather was stunning and views fro there were gorgeous.

We pre-booked the lunch menu as we were in the area for other reasons and this was one of the only places open this time of year. It's really easy to find and the drive up is really beautiful however parking seemed limited. When we arrived we were lead to the drawing room to wait for our table to be ready (we arrived a bit early so this was a nice touch rather than us standing around). The only strange thing was that we were given the menus and our order was taken in the drawing room. Strange but not a big deal. We were then led to our table by the very helpful host. Both hosts on that day were excellent and struck the right balance between checking on us and leaving us alone to eat. As part of the lunch menu you are given some warm bread and water at the start of the meal. The bread was good and was well received as we had been traveling in the morning and hadn't eaten since early in the morning. For starters we both had the Haddock fish cakes. They were really good and the perfect size for a starter. For main I had the chicken breast which was perfectly cooked. It was served with mash, broccoli, caramelised onion puree and a roasted onion. This course was solid cooking and I would 100% have it again. The desert was my favourite part of the meal. We both had the chocolate cremeux with the star of the show being the hazelnuts it was served with. It has a salty hit which was really needed with the rich dessert. It was excellent. The reason it is not 5 stars is purely a few bits we had an issue with. Being January it was pretty quiet and I don't think the staff in the kitchen realised how loud they were being. We could hear some of them swearing which we wouldn't normally care about but when the you are trying to have a nice lunch and the fact it was quiet it was pretty hard to ignore. That said, everyone swears sometimes so not that big of a deal and we would return!

We stayed at The Horn of Plenty for New Year’s Eve. We were delighted with the warm welcome from the receptionist who showed us to our room and even carried our luggage. The food was magnificent, the brioche bread with balsamic vinegar butter was delicious and the venison so tender and tasteful, in fact all of the six courses were faultless. The restaurant staff were extremely helpful, nothing was too much trouble and so polite. Our room was huge, tastefully decorated with far reaching views across the Tamar Valley. All in all it truly was lovely. Thank you to everyone for making our stay so memorable. We will be back.