Ohso Social Beach Bar + Restaurant Reviews Summary

Location

Pros:

• "Fantastic location. Plenty of seating inside and out."
• "This place is right on the beach and you can find coffee, tea, beer and more with food."
• "Great location as its on the beach front, with nice views."
• "A beautiful location on the beach."
• "Nice place right by the seafront and only a short walk from the pier."
• "Lovely location right on the seafront."
• "Right on the seafront, perfect for people watching."

Cons:

• "Quite cramped when busy but that just adds to the lively feel."
• "After booking for an indoor table they had reserved an outdoor table, which meant we were waiting around for them to arrange tables."
• "The only thing is that a lot of their heaters need fixing and their ordering app wasn't particularly responsive."
• "Long queue to enter despite many tables free."
• "Great position on the beach. Could do with more parasols on hot days for extra shade."
• "Poor design of bar area means congestion and long queues."
• "Upstairs is very dark also as don't think there is any lighting."

Service

Pros:

• "Overall good experience, music is not too loud, service is friendly."
• "Staff were super friendly and attentive and really understand good customer service."
• "We were served quickly by very polite and happy staff that were helpful."
• "The staff were friendly and attentive."
• "Particularly Ryan & Lewis! They went the extra mile to make sure our meal was delicious."
• "The staff were friendly, drinks on point, and food was good and was served moments after ordering."
• "Staff were very attentive and professional and were on hand for anything we needed."

Cons:

• "Shockingly bad! Will not return here.. breakfast sent out with sausages missing plus no tomatoes and hair on the toast!"
• "Terrible experience from start to finish."
• "The slowest service imaginable and the worst coffees we've ever had."
• "Didn't get served for at least 20 minutes and even then we had to call them over."
• "Got seated but never got service in over 30 mins."
• "The manager shouted at our group with false accusations and was so rude."
• "Ordered eggs florentine and received eggs benedict. Waited a while for correct food. When it arrived eggs were badly undercooked."

Food & Drinks

Pros:

• "The food was amazing and the price reasonable."
• "Drinks were fabulous and truly is the best fish and chips in this world as I have travelled all over and nothing matches this place!"
• "That's often my destination when visiting Brighton from London on a day trip... Easy access, good food (their Fish and chips is enormous) and good vibes in general."
• "The fish was good, a big portion and so the chips."
• "Joking aside the fish was cooked to perfection and the batter really light and airy and not greasy at all."
• "Good location and excellent choice of snacks and beverages of all kinds and reasonably priced."
• "One of the best fish and chips I have ever had."

Cons:

• "No prosecco available, the worst Pina Colada I've ever tried and the flavoured gins were very questionable."
• "Ordered a strawberry daiquiri - this was served in a small martini style glass- didn’t taste at all fresh, more like chemicals, very unpleasant aftertaste."
• "It took forever for the food to come and it was freezing by that time.. And they didn't even have milk for the tea and coffee!!"
• "Even the fish and chips was very oily."
• "Plates, tables, cutlery and glasses were all dirty or had dried on food."
• "The food here was very bad quality."
• "Food was really terrible. It came within 5 mins for a table of ten, no way any of it was cooked fresh."

Cleanliness & Maintenance

Pros:

• "Lovely & very safe!"
• "Well maintained toilet facilities."
• "Toilets facilities were really clean and there is an accessible toilet."
• "Toilet facilities just inside the door so no problems with access."
• "The place looked tidy."
• "The seating was spotlessly clean and lovely location by the sea and pier."
• "A pleasant experience owing much to the fact that you're sitting on the seaside."

Cons:

• "The only thing that I didn't really liked was that it was a bit dirty (tables and toilets)."
• "Food is ok, toilets are dirty and smelly."
• "Rude staff, i asked the staff to give me a glass of water for my little one then he went to toilet and came back with a glass of dirty water with a mean smile on his face i will never go back to there."
• "But the security refuse to let me in saying 'THEY DON'T LOOK GOOD' I was shocked to hear that as I never knew having a disability will generate such hate from a person that doesn't know me."
• "However, the toilets need a thorough deep clean - the Dyson hand dryer clearly hasn’t been cleaned or serviced in quite a while."
• "Toilets are dirty and smelly."
• "I'm taking a star off as my friends complained a lot about dirty windows while staff had a lot of time to themselves."