The Blue Anchor Inn - Helston

Popped in for a swiftie after a quick twirl round the excellent Helston Museum. We tried three of the pub's own Spingo beers, all of which were good. Bought a selection to go. Very nice, old fashioned pub, the sort of which are fast disappearing. A piece of history and good tasting beer to boot. Nice wood fire going to keep out the very windy chill. Shared the tiny bar with some corduroy clad regulars and a young local couple playing chess don't see that every day! Tradition in action in front of your very eyes. (The three star rating for food is for the crisps...!

The Spingo ales are well worth trying! It's very much a local, but I was made welcome and enjoyed sampling the different brews.

Nipped in today with partner, amazingly friendly staff got us off to a great start. We ordered 2 racks of ribs and when they arrived we were impressed with the size. They tasted awesome as did the coleslaw. Very happy with our experience. We aren't local (we live about 250 miles away and the blue anchor has been recommended by 2 different locals from different places it lived up to their praises. Very satisfied with the food , staff, portions and priced extremely well the food wasn't expensive . If you are in the area definately give them a go, you won't regret it . (Ps was nice to see more than ample parking :

My daughter and myself went to the blue anchor helston on Saturday night to see a band. We knew it would be busy as it was free to go no tickets sold .the band were outside and we were packed in like sardines I was worried as people were dancing on tables right by us .if anyone fell they would of landed on us this was wrong surely the pub should of limited people going outside to see band .I expect tills were up that night .however we will not be going again as safety doesn't seem a priority to them .the best part was the band goflb they were brill it's just a shame they let so many people in never again Carol

The atmosphere at this pub isn't at all pleasant. We went for a quiet drink there as you can sit outside, however, the barman threatened a customer in front of us as we were ordering our drinks. He was very aggressive and scared us so much we just walked out. I hope he didn't hit the poor guy. He didn't hang around to see.