The Boatyard Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Food was brilliant and plentiful, location was everything it should be and the service was superb."
• "Food was good, the calamari though, were truly the best I’ve ever had the pleasure of eating."
• "The food is delicious."
• "The food was scrumptious. Fish and chips, skate and chips and the steak and chips were all cooked to perfection."
• "Food is absolutely amazing and the atmosphere is really good."
• "The food is very tasty."
• "The food menu was very vast and hosted a variety of tasteful choices."

Cons:

• "The food was generally over cooked and those in our party who had burgers all complained they were very dry."
• "£20 lamb chops...swimming in oil...I actually threw up when I got home."
• "Fish and chips was tasteless, low quality fish for high price."
• "The scampi I ordered was inedible."
• "Food finally arrived cold and another wait for vegetables."
• "Food was absolutely awful."
• "The fish and chips was easily the worst I have ever had."

Service

Pros:

• "Staff were really great, knowledgeable and helpful with our 6 month old boy."
• "The employee in the gold coloured blouse was an absolute superstar."
• "The staff were extremely professional, polite and accommodating in getting our group settled."
• "The food and wine were both great and the service was brilliant with the staff being helpful and attentive."
• "Our waitress...she was polite and efficient."
• "Service was excellent."
• "The staff were so friendly and for what we had the price was oh so fair!"

Cons:

• "Staff too busy chatting among themselves to look after customers."
• "Service was atrocious."
• "Manager was very rude and insulting, replying with false information."
• "Service was diabolically slow."
• "Totally ruined by the service of a waitress that lowered my opinions."
• "Service from staff: short staffed"
• "Service was extremely slow."

Value

Pros:

• "Usually prices are a bit more than elsewhere for the same however sitting on the deck just, a drink was super affordable and definitely worth the view."
• "Credit to the manager she gave us a complimentary drink to apologise."
• "Went for the Lobster tortellini and a local craft beer which were both really nice."
• "Sundays and Thursdays the menu is very reasonable too."
• "Considering the quality and quantity of the food the cost was very reasonable :-)"
• "We called in on our Anniversary for lunch. When we mentioned it the very friendly and amiable waiter brought us both a complimentary glass of Prosecco."
• "Boatyard is in a prime position facing the sea, when the tides in, I have eaten seafood all over Europe including the Med, Brittany, Cornwall, Padstow, etc and the pasta with Crab and Lobster was on a par with all of them."

Cons:

• "The meal was lovely but feel it was very expensive for what it was, the fillet steak was over priced for a 'baby fillet' at £27."
• "Very overpriced at 125 for a 3 course dinner."
• "At about £30ph (two courses each with a shared bottle of wine) it wasn't expensive but also didn't feel like great value."
• "We ended up paying premium price for the low quality food."
• "The food and service doesn't equal the price."
• "For a seafood restaurant the seafood selection was really small, the lobster pasta is the size of a starter."
• "Massively Overpriced, the mains should cost around £10 less each."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Fantastic views over the estuary."
• "Live Jazz music was playing."
• "The bar itself was impressive as the whole venue seemed to focus onto it and circulate the energy throughout the place."
• "The setting is very nice which was helped by a lovely warm evening."
• "Beautiful setting, a nice place to go for a decent meal."
• "The atmosphere was buzzing; the seating is on a couple of levels, and there are additional sofas dotted around."
• "It’s got a nice vibe and is decorated nicely."

Cons:

• "Acoustics are awful - akin to school dinner hall."
• "Social distancing rules did not apply in this restaurant, so if you're weary of that, stay away."
• "The noise level before the live music was so loud at one point we just sat with our fingers in our ears."
• "We didn't like the atmosphere at this place."
• "Just a huge shame about the lack of atmosphere when eating at a place that literally hangs into the sea! Not a wave in sight at our allocated table :-("
• "Very noisy surroundings, not enough strong staff."
• "The seating area lacks warmth and the tables and chairs need a revamp."