The Mariner Inn Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "Staff are good, the food is good and normally not too long to wait."
• "Room was warm and well lit, service was good and attentive."
• "Excellent and plentiful food, service extremely good too."
• "The staff were superb checking every item on the menu with the kitchen and reporting back to us accordingly."
• "Young girl Jamie who served us was very knowledgable and she knew her job very polite and what ever we wanted it was no hassle for her."
• "The staff here are always amazing and tonight they showed just how much they care about their customers."
• "We were served very nice food by friendly efficient waiters."

Cons:

• "When you ask for some scrambled eggs for your dog, the response from the bar lady was 'are you joking?'"
• "Very disappointed with our visit today. The service was extremely slow."
• "Terrible service tonight, staff really horrible when we complained about incorrect order."
• "Food ordering abysmal. Stopped taking orders for meals for 20 minutes."
• "The service was awful - a girl on the bar was one of the rudest and worst customer experiences I've ever had."
• "The waiting staff were a little slow and one of the female managers were quite stressed & it was clearly too much for her."
• "The service was shocking with staff confused as to if, where & what we could eat, and seemingly unable to pull a pint."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Massive portions and piping hot."
• "Had a fabulous meal here tonight once again."
• "Fantastic food and service, we were in the Sunset lounge and how appropriately named was that, we watched the sun go down over the sea whilst I tucked into one of the best burgers i've ever seen!"
• "The food came quickly having been freshly prepared and was absolutely delicious and very filling."
• "Food was lovely though which is the only reason I am giving it 5 stars!"
• "The food was delicious."
• "Food was simply delicious."

Cons:

• "The food arrived, which wasn't hot, but hot enough."
• "Fine for a beer but avoid the food unless you like microwaved chicken burgers and melts cheese with unseasoned mince (lasagne)."
• "Our vegetarians were given chicken curries and the chicken curries were clearly poor quality ready meals."
• "The Vegetable Lasange was slimy, clearly microwaved."
• "The burger was pretty tasteless and it had a fair amount of gristle in it."
• "Fish was like cardboard and overcooked, chips were slightly underdone and tasted cheap."
• "The chips were limp and not nice, the gammon was unbelievably salty."

Atmosphere & Cleanliness

Pros:

• "Great place for chilled relaxing times with your family."
• "The open fire was lovely and very relaxing."
• "Always a pleasure to walk along the old and new Hunstanton beaches and finish off with some food and drink at the mariner!"
• "Lovely quaint setting and a lovely pub that is very much quintessentially British."
• "Great place to stop and eat. Dog and child friendly."
• "Stopped by for lunch whilst walking the beach, lovely surroundings, sat outside with the kids and dog, friendly bar staff, swift service, fresh food."
• "Food excellent, lovely atmosphere."

Cons:

• "Freezing cold in the dining room, great views though."
• "The toilets were terrible, messy and none of the taps worked."
• "Called in for an afternoon drink but sorry it lacked atmosphere."
• "Toilets stank toilet roll by in door sanitary towels all in toilets on show no one checked them once disgusting as there were children using facilities as myself."
• "The newer indoor seating area looks like a 1970s cafe."
• "Considering the size of the place, there weren't many tables and the ones that weren't occupied needed cleaning."
• "The facilities were grim - poo smeared on the walls. Just gross."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Very friendly, greeted by a lovely lady who gave us a card with 50% discount if we came again."
• "Super meal, great desserts and plenty of choice at good prices."
• "Worth a visit for good honest food at a fair price."
• "Represents reasonable value for money when the discount vouchers are used."
• "Good views of the sea and sunsets, good value if you use their 50% vouchers in the local papers."
• "Enjoyed one of their chicken burgers with homemade onion rings and coleslaw which was good value for money."
• "Friendly staff, good pub food at reasonable prices."

Cons:

• "The cost of a kids meal was way too high...! (£7!!)"
• "Over £15 seemed excessive for the quality we got."
• "But overpriced, £13 for a vegan fish and chips."
• "However food is expensive for what it is - oven chips and frozen peas should not be served at the prices charged."
• "The food is overpriced £14-16 for very standard pub food."
• "Not very impressed, had sausage and onion sandwich that comes with salad and crisps, very disappointing for seven pounds."
• "I just think that when you pay £35.50 for two burgers (with cheese) a pint of lager and a half lager, then it should be better than this."