The Tavern on The Bay Reviews Summary

Location & Views

Pros:

• "The establishment is in a lovely location, directly overlooking the beach - as the name suggests!"
• "Absolutely stunning location. Right on the beach beautiful views."
• "Views overlooking Red Wharf bay are spectacular."
• "Great location, stunning views."
• "Beautiful views of the beach. When the tide is out, recommend walking here along the beach from Benllech."
• "The location is fantastic with an amazing view of the bay!"
• "Set with great views of the bay."

Cons:

• "The only slight issue for us was that it is not immediately obvious how to get there as you need to go through some security barriers that at first appear to be solely for the adjacent caravan park."
• "For non-residents, getting through the automated barriers in and out is not easy."
• "Bit of a faff getting in with barriers and intercoms, etc, but then it's part of a caravan site, so understandable."
• "Navigate through a static home site to reach the location, access to the car park through non-sensical barriers."
• "Nice location in a private park - a bit of a faff getting through security gates."
• "Also the drive up is a pain. Barriers are in operation but it takes a few goes for the call to go through and it says call not connected a few times."
• "It's also a massive pain getting in as there are multiple barriers and the road in is one way in some places."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Delicious food! I am always a bit sceptical when menus have a broad range of choice from seafood to thai curry to pizza but they did all of this so well."
• "The food OMG is the best food I've ever tasted."
• "The food was absolutely delicious, service from start to finish, faultless."
• "The Tavern Beef burger was the best one I've ever had!"
• "The food was incredible, and I highly recommend the chips!"
• "Food was beautiful, and full of taste."
• "Fantastic meal- best hake I have ever had."

Cons:

• "6 Chips with a Steak was enough to make you not go back & get ripped off for the prices they charge... Taste was ok & Servers were polite... but 6 chips with a Steak is simply outrageous."
• "Food was okay but a bit pricey for what is pub grub really."
• "The bouillabaisse was too concentrated and the content tasted and appeared different to that described."
• "Food was nice but wasn't very warm & vegetarian food was extremely small portion."
• "We had braised lamb which you would expect to be really succulent and tender, however it was chewy / fatty."
• "However the food was really poor. Had the chicken burger with fries (so well aware not the healthiest option) but you could see the fat dripping out of fries, onion rings etc."
• "The seafood platter was superb, everything cooked to perfection, nothing either over or under cooked."

Service

Pros:

• "Staff were very attentive and polite."
• "The service from the waitresses was excellent."
• "Very kind and professional waiters/chefs who look after you."
• "Our server was Coralie and she was fantastic and very attentive."
• "Staff friendly and attentive (Sophie)."
• "Beautiful view, service was excellent and very swift."
• "The staff were very friendly and we were served quickly."

Cons:

• "Really poor experience here! Was told we didn’t need to book outside as it was first come first served."
• "Greeted by a rude manager to be told there were no outside tables available."
• "The front of house staff member told us in no uncertain terms that there was absolutely no space for us."
• "A waiter said they would come out to take their order. They never returned."
• "We were then told by another member of staff that we could not order food as we were sat on the wrong side of the decking."
• "When I politely asked about the reserved signs a member of staff barked 'FOOD' at me and stared at me blankly. Rude."
• "The service and customer experience yesterday was frankly awful!"