Perch on Lancing Beach Reviews Summary

Atmosphere & Location

Pros:

• "Lovely place to stop, eat, or have a drink and enjoy the view of the sea, boarders, swimmers, and distant view of Brighton."
• "Great place on the seafront with great views."
• "This place is awesome! Situated directly on the beach, you can't help but feel happy here."
• "A truly lovely coastal cafe with a warm and welcoming atmosphere, attentive staff and great food."
• "Stunning seaview outlook not only from window seats, but most tables."
• "Lovely views of the sea."
• "A lovely environment overlooking the sea, what better place to have a stonebaked pizza!"

Cons:

• "Just to busy for me."
• "It was very busy but service for two drinks was a little slow."
• "Restaurant was busy so meant it was very noisy and it was difficult to chat to the group."
• "The place was very, very noisy."
• "Very crowded and particularly noisy. Difficult to hold a conversation."
• "It was very, very crowded & busy. Really crammed in."
• "Deafeningly noisy. Was hard to understand what the waitress was saying and conversation was out of the question."

Service

Pros:

• "The whole place felt warm and friendly."
• "The service is consistently warm and accommodating and the portions are ample."
• "Fantastic personal service from Dionne during a really busy and hot breakfast service!"
• "The staff are very nice and friendly and nothing is too much trouble."
• "The staff were attentive, professional and non pushy."
• "Staff are attentive, polite and happy!"
• "The staff at The Perch, Lancing, are exceptionally nice. They're professional, respectful, friendly and very kind."

Cons:

• "The only downside was that the poached eggs for everyone's plate were over cooked and hard...such a shame."
• "Steak was 50% grissle and undercooked, but chips were ok."
• "We waited over 45 minutes for our food."
• "Service was brilliant for the most part, let down by the waitress that cleared our table telling me to wave down another server for my bill."
• "Our waitress appeared after about 5 minutes. She was very young and unable to answer a question about how the payment of the bill works after a customer pays a £20 deposit."
• "Having pay a deposit for a booking for breakfast is also not great."
• "He was so rushed he didn’t take the time to ‘listen’ to me - he only ‘heard’ me."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Both the chicken burger and the beef burger were excellent, chips too."
• "The food was ace. I had the fish and chips which were so crispy and delicious."
• "Food was great. I had the drunken mussels, which were really tasty."
• "The food is outstanding, the very best in the area."
• "The food was delicious, as always, and good size portions that feel good value for money compared with other places."
• "The pizzas are amazing, good-sized, and tasted so good."
• "Delicious fish and chips. Genuinely some of the best chips we have had from a takeaway."

Cons:

• "Slightly off five stars only because the mussels were over cooked and too many broken shell fragments in it."
• "Breakfast unfortunately was very dry, bacon like leather and overcooked."
• "Unfortunately the mocha and cappucino drinks we ordered were just vile."
• "Cheesy chips were £4 and not very nice. Reheated chips."
• "Food looked good had the Sunday roast sharing platter but what a disappointment 😩 ‘roast beef’ was steak cooked on a griddle gammon was really stringy and dry,chicken dry roast potatoes were frozen and deep fried! Food wasn’t very hot.wouldn’t recommend."
• "Unfortunately on this occasion the mussels were awful (tiny, mostly cracked and not cleaned properly)."
• "Also I am a dog lover but there were more dogs than customers it seemed like and wet dog is not a nice smell when you are paying almost £20 for breakfast and coffee."