Where to Get the Best Ice Cream in Looe

Short answer: Charlie's is the name locals and reviewers give for the best ice cream in Looe — consistent quality and friendly service. Eat it on the quay watching the boats, or walk it across to Hannafore for the bay.

The pick: Charlie's

Charlie's is widely regarded as the best ice cream in Looe, and the reviews are unusually consistent about why: quality that doesn't dip in the busy weeks, and genuinely friendly service. It's the one to head for rather than grabbing the nearest cone on the quay.

Where to eat it

• The quay — Looe is a working fishing port, so a cone on the harbour wall comes with free entertainment: boats in and out, the fish market, gulls with ambitions. (Hold it close; they're professionals.)
• East Looe Beach — sheltered and right against the town, the natural paddle-and-a-cone spot.
• Hannafore — cross the bridge to West Looe and follow the water to the Hannafore kiosk (seasonal) with the whole bay and Looe Island in front of you. The quietest scoop in town.

Make an afternoon of it

The classic Looe sequence: crabbing off the quay, fish and chips watching the boats, then ice cream on the walk to the Banjo Pier. Everything's on the level — see the flat-access guide — and the Looe guide has the rest.

Small independents change hours with the seasons, and some close for a winter break — if one place is the whole plan, check before you go. Spotted something we've got wrong? Tell us and we'll fix it.