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New Harbour Restaurant
Rating: Five stars

Newquay may be a renowned destination for stag and hen dos, but delve a little deeper and you'll discover that this Cornish town has far more to offer.

In particular, look towards Newquay's lovely harbour for inspiration, as here lies New Harbour Restaurant.

As you approach the wooden hut-like eatery, watch out for the large, filtered rock pools, which hold a bevy of lobsters and crabs, including fearsome looking spider crabs. But while the children gasp in awe, inside the chefs are sharpening their knives as they prepare to bring in their catch.

My family and I visited New Harbour Restaurant on the first night of a seven-day trip to Newquay this month. And, after admiring the stunning sunset over the Atlantic Ocean, we set to work admiring their food menu.

Tempting us with all the ocean has to offer, New Harbour Restaurant's menu is well thought out, specialising in fresh and simple seafood. But for those with a penchant for meat, the menu also offers steaks and pork tenderloin. For us, however, there could be no other option but the seafood as we all succumbed to the lure of Fruits de Mer (£35).

This gastronomic banquet comprises of half a lobster, an abundance of juicy crab claws, mussels and a generous chunk of harbour fish, all of which is served in a delicious, creamy white wine sauce. You can rest assured that the seafood is fresh too, as soon after ordering, the chefs walked back through the restaurant with our dinners wiggling in their grasp. The faint hearted best look away!

Fruits de Mer impressed us so much that we couldn't resist a return visit, and, on our last evening in Cornwall, we did it all over again.

A delicious restaurant, with friendly staff and incredible seafood, New Harbour Restaurant proves that there's more to Newquay than just sticks of rock and cider.