The Seven Stars, Falmouth

Official site of The Seven Stars - www.thesevenstarsfalmouth.com

First bit of advice to the tourist - dont follow google maps on walking mode. It will take you up very steep steps behind the pub and leave you in need of abseil kit to get down to the pub. When you do find it, its every bit as good as your research will have indicated. Completely unspoiled. Multi room. GBG2024. Most beers (if not all) gravity fed. Bass in fine condition. I'd say a must visit for pub tourists.

Set back from Killigrew Street and near to the town's bus terminus, this is a rather grand-looking building with outdoor seating at the front. The interior is even more impressive with a traditional public bar at the front and then a short corridor with an off-sales hatch leading to a smaller snug at the rear. The pub is Grade II listed and deservedly so. Bass & Sharp's Atlantic are the regular ales. Sharp's Special was also available with another guest beer being Penzance Trink. I also spotted a boxed cider on the bar back and duly selected the Winkleigh Sam's Dry. Since the last review, the gazebo has gone and ordering from the bar is once again possible. The second best pub in Falmouth in my opinion.

first thing you notice here is that you can barely take a decent photograph of the pub because of the huge gazebo at the front. When you actually reach the door you are struck by a barrage of Covid health & safety messaging and it all makes the feeling of going to the pub like a chore. Orders are taken through the window and it’s table service only. The multi roomed layout makes life difficult for them, but the whole experience feels awkward and the staff were rather worldweary. My pint of Bass was okay but I have satisfied my curiosity of this pub now. Out of respect for their obvious difficult situation, I won’t leave a rating. Maybe again in normal times, if they ever come.