Kings Head Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "3 course meal - great portions and yummy food"
• "The steak burger was excellent, and you can really taste the quality of the meat."
• "Food was delicious and there was a good selection of ales."
• "Everything was beautifully cooked and the presentation was excellent."
• "The fish n chips was amazing."
• "Fabulous food and my dessert was a palette of disparate flavours, which complemented each other perfectly."
• "Had the most delicious lamb shank this evening at the King's Head; it melted in the mouth."

Cons:

• "The fish was so brown warmed up chips and bread was ciabata with loads of butter plonked in middle not nice at all sorry kings head!!"
• "Food wasn't very good, but the waitress was nice, so we didn't want to complain."
• "I ordered the fish n chips for £15 which was tasteless, u get better from local takeaway."
• "The burger was a decent size just a shame it was a little dry and not a great deal of flavour."
• "Garbage! Only received half a starter, 'Home Made Chips' are frozen fries, bacon was undercooked followed by split custard for desert."
• "Food was OK. I wouldn't say overly impressed but it was OK."
• "there is very little traditional British or traditional pub food available"

Service

Pros:

• "The staff were all friendly and attentive especially when taking orders outside and kept checking on all the tables regularly."
• "Service was great with friendly and attentive staff."
• "The staff and the service provided was faultless."
• "Staff cheerful and friendly.. Always go back when in llandudno."
• "Super quick service and friendly helpful staff."
• "Friendly and welcoming the service is second to none"
• "Superb... wonderful staff who were so welcoming and couldn't be more helpful."

Cons:

• "Bad managed i no it been hard with covid but should have staff who are experienced and need customer service."
• "Rang to ask if they were serving food, they said yes and there was space so we didn’t need to book. We arrived 45 minutes later to find out the kitchen is closed between 3-5pm."
• "Terrible service with a really bad attitude, waited half an hour for service"
• "Poor service, 4 of us just spent the best part of £100 on drinks, on the last round I forgot to double up on one gin drink, I went straight back to the bar, the waitress said no and her manager refused me the extra gin"
• "Very rude to English customers and unaccommodating. Only customers asked to pay in advance and not allowed to split the bill."
• "Only table service, sat outside, we were second group to sit down and the set up was very poor had kids serving other people coming in after us."
• "All good reviews for this place so we must have come on a bad day. Food lovely but I booked a table for 2 for 7pm. We got there and they had sat someone else there."

Atmosphere & Location

Pros:

• "Really beautiful pub, nice and cosy."
• "Local musicians playing some amazing tunes."
• "Live music available outside with no amplification so was able to hold a conversation throughout."
• "The atmosphere and service were excellent."
• "Brilliant pub in a great location."
• "Great beer garden right next to the great orme tramway."
• "Lively ambiance in a homely pub, friendly staff, and a beautiful part of the town."

Cons:

• "Whilst the location is fantastic the meal was disappointing."
• "Lovely pub but strange lay out for bands to play as some customers decided last night to exit straight through all the bands equipment even when the band was there about to play."
• "We were sat in a poky hole next to chain smokers."
• "Don't come here if you are a cigar smoker."
• "The only downfall is that there is no carpark and street parking is very tight."
• "Parking isn't the easiest and not wheelchair accessible is the only thing."
• "We had reserved a table but it was at the top of a small flight of stairs so other customers were continuously pushing past."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "The portions were generous, and the quality of the food deserves 5 stars."
• "Food and drinks were very reasonably priced £35 for 4 meals and 4 drinks!"
• "Luvly food and reasonable prices."
• "Good range of drinks and reasonably priced."
• "Food was really good and fairly priced for the quality of it."
• "Cracking little pub, friendly staff and an open fire on a stormy winters evening.... Good clean bar with a great choice of drinks."
• "easily the best place in Llandudno for a bite to eat."

Cons:

• "I know it’s Wales but in my opinion a bit overpriced for the area at around £5.00 for a pint of a ruby ale from Liverpool."
• "plus its expensive!!!"
• "It's not pricey unless you are only used to eating in Wetherspoons."
• "If you pay by card make sure you check what you have paid, because it cost me £32 for 2 pints of cider and 2 glasses of wine."
• "We had an evening meal, not a bad selection, which was very nice but quite expensive."
• "Place has changed since my last visit. Prices higher and number of choices on menu is smaller."
• "charge £2.50 why pick on the designated driver"

Pet-Friendliness

Pros:

• "We came here with our dog yesterday & sat outside."
• "Dogs welcome inside the pub and large seating area outside the front."
• "Nice friendly pub. Dog friendly."
• "Very enjoyable afternoon sitting outside in the beer garden, girls outside had it all under control (covid rules) and were very friendly."
• "Went here with our dog. It says dog friendly but our boy is a big lad! and sometimes we get funny looks. Not in here, they spoilt him rotten."
• "Its a great spot to watch the tram go by! & super dog friendly."
• "This lovely place provided large towels to dry your dog which I thought was very considerate of them."

Cons:

• "No cons mentioned regarding pet-friendliness."