Where to Get Breakfast Near Helston

Short answer: The Greasy Fork is the generous, great-value breakfast café; Fat Apples near St Keverne serves what reviewers call the best fry-up of their year; Coast Coffee Bar near Lizard Point is the dog-friendly one with staff who remember regulars.

In and around town

The Greasy Fork — generously portioned breakfasts and, by wide local consensus, better value than the chains. The name is honest about the style. Arrive hungry.

Onto the Lizard

• Fat Apples Café — down winding lanes near St Keverne, and worth every bend: reviewers call it the best fry-up they've had all year. There's a small gift shop next door. Pairs perfectly with Roskilly's farm nearby for the afternoon.
• Coast Coffee Bar & Bistro — near Lizard Point, very dog-friendly, and the kind of place where staff remember regulars' orders. The breakfast stop before the clifftop walk.

Plan the morning

The Lizard rewards an early start: breakfast at Coast, then Lizard Point before the car park fills; or Fat Apples, then the east-coast coves. Lizard lanes are narrow, so allow extra time. Our beaches near Helston guide has the rest of the day, and the sunset guide the end of it.

More in the Helston guide.

Breakfast hours shift with the seasons and small cafés sometimes close a day or two a week out of summer — if one place is the whole plan, check before you go. Spotted something we've got wrong? Tell us and we'll fix it.