Salamander Restaurant

South Cornwall


Most of the food on offer in Mevagissey is served with lashings of salt and vinegar and served out of a paper wrapper, but this place dishes up proper bistro food. Dishes are simple – rack of lamb in a red-wine jus, or fish of the day in herb-butter sauce – but ingredients are very local.


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