Short answer: For a sit-down breakfast in Redruth, the Arch Café at Kresen Kernow is the reviewers' favourite (American pancakes with bacon and maple syrup, huge scones; open Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday). At weekends, the Brunch Barn at Farmer Shaun's does a £10 Full Cornish among the farm animals. In town, Boesti on Fore Street and Marketway Café do cooked breakfasts Monday to Saturday.
Redruth isn't a brunch-culture town, but it has some properly good breakfasts if you know where to look. Hours are current listings; check before a special trip.
The café in Kresen Kernow, Cornwall's archive in the old brewery (4.8 on Google). Reviewers praise the American pancakes with bacon and maple syrup, the huge scones, weekly brunch specials and the Saturday breakfast. Open Tuesday 9:30am–4pm, Wednesday 9:30am–3pm, Thursday and Saturday 9:30am–4pm; closed Monday, Friday and Sunday.
A farm on the edge of town where you eat with goats, pigs and peacocks wandering about. Weekends only, 10am–3pm. The menu includes a Full Cornish Breakfast at £10 (the farm's own sausages, hog's pudding, bacon and eggs), a large breakfast at £15, a vegetarian breakfast at £9 and pancake stacks from £7.50.
A café at 86 Fore Street, Monday to Saturday 8:30am–3:30pm. Reviewers praise the veggie breakfast and bacon sandwiches.
A small café on Market Way, Monday to Saturday 9am–2pm. One regular goes "every day for breakfast or lunch".
On the platform at Redruth station, with bacon and egg sandwiches made to order. Monday to Friday 8am–3:30pm, Saturday 8am–2:30pm. Handy if you're catching a train.
At the Gateway Business Centre in Barncoose, 4.9 on Google. Monday to Friday 8am–4pm, Saturday 10am–4pm. Reviewers praise it for breakfast, and one says it advertises as dog friendly.
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