Eat & Drink

Headed up by Executive Chef Nick Hodges, The Castle View restaurant focuses on British cuisine with Cornish influences hand-picked from the cookbooks and kitchens of past generations. 

Creatively-charged chefs, long-standing relationships with Cornish suppliers, and a sustainable approach to hospitality are the core ingredients behind our food philosophy at our sea view restaurant in Falmouth. Using produce fished, farmed, and foraged on our doorstep, dive fork-first into award-winning dishes that capture the soul of the south west.

Sink back with a glass of something cold and admire views across palm-tree lined lawns towards glimmering seas and the silhouette of Falmouth’s turreted landmark. The Castle View bar and lounge is the best spot on the seafront for shoreside sips. 

From icy G&Ts made with gin from local distilleries or hoppy ales and craft beers from Cornish breweries, to bottles of perfectly chilled wine spotlighting grapes grown on home soil – experience the pinnacle of Cornwall’s drink scene on our iconic stretch of coastline.

Falmouth born and bred, Nick started cooking when he was fifteen years old, then trained under chef legends Keith Floyd and Jean Christophe Novelli. Nick was always keen to work, travel and experience different cultures and cuisines, so he headed off to Australia, Southeast Asia, and Africa.

Still in his early 20s, Nick returned to open his first restaurant, Powells Cellar in Falmouth, quickly becoming a local’s favourite and soon awarded two AA rosettes and an entry into the Michelin guide. Following on, Nick headed the kitchens at The Headland Hotel, The Rosevine, and The Beach Hut at Watergate Bay.

Returning to the south coast, Nick took up the reins at The Greenbank in Falmouth as Head Chef. Building the business back to former glories, Nick and the team re-opened the hotel’s below-decks pub, The Working Boat, and gained the coveted two AA rosettes which retain at the hotel. Handing the kitchen over to Bobby Southworth in 2018, Nick became Executive Chef of sister hotels The Greenbank, The Alverton, and The Penventon, and most recently the newly acquired Falmouth Hotel – with the group now sitting proudly under the banner of the Cornwall Hotel Collection.

Nick’s ethos is simple and refreshing – “stay honest, keep things simple and concentrate on what we do best.”