Address: 302 Church Rd, Kessingland, Lowestoft NR33 7RS, United Kingdom
Phone: +441502740245
Rating: 4.4
based on 150 reviews.
Atmosphere & Location
Pros:
"Relaxed atmosphere to enjoy the ambience with a pint or two!"
"Fairly extensive outside seating has been installed during the lock down. Sited on artificial grass this provides a convivial atmosphere and sea views."
"Nice pub right on the shore, not in the least 'stuck up'."
"Nice outdoor seating area with sea views, not allowed inside due to covid restrictions, but staff very friendly and service good."
"A lovely welcoming traditional pub with welcoming staff and wonderful plentiful food we have eaten here a few times and can't praise it enough."
"Nice view of the sea and a good partially covered outside seating area."
"Brilliant pub right on the beach with a great range of ales and ciders, decent simple food excellently prepared and served."
Cons:
"Poor live music which disturbs the peace of every caravan for miles around."
"The hospitality industry has been changed over the past year, having a landlord tell me that he will only serve regular and local people is a little patronising."
"Think this has changed hands since my last visit. Would drink here again but not eat. Staff quite abrupt too. Did not feel welcome."
"The room was cold, (door wide open) horse racing blasting out on the large screen TV, diner vaping on next table."
"Only able to park 2 of the 3 times we went so had to park on our site and walk up."
"Fly killers in window next to where you eat long hair not tied back cutlery dirty/soiled."
"Needs a good clean! Carpets like a 1970s seaside pub!"
Food & Drink
Pros:
"Staff were very welcoming and the Lurchers Stout was delicious."
"Food was excellent, very decent portions, served very quickly."
"Great range of beers and cider, quick food service with a good selection of classic pub grub, all served on a big plate."
"One of the best buffet I have ever had, i know good food with being a chef myself, and this was amazing hot and tasty plus you can eat as much as you want."
"The meal was delicious and made even better with the gluten free batter."
"Good pub grub and very generous portions, especially the sides."
"The food was amazing home cooked roast and sticky toffy pudding hubby had cheese cake all portions are so big."
Cons:
"This pub has always been really great... But went there this week and there was outside only dining. So we had food called street food. It was cold and tasteless."
"I didn't like the food we had the chicken burger and chips with onion rings and Salad the chicken wasn't cooks my husband had the burger one with bacon and that was not cooked."
"Little choice for veggies. Refused to serve ham egg and chips without the ham."
"Disappointed with the food quality, fish and chips with garden peas. Crinkle cut chips from the freezer and bulk standard supermarket frozen fish."
"Don’t bother if you are vegetarian. The only option was macaroni cheese which was tasteless."
"The heated frozen crinkle cut chips and the semi heated frozen veg was accompanied by the pie and gravy that was okay but on the whole was sub standard in quality and quantity."
"Food was sub-par. Definitely don't order the Mac and cheese as it was basically water and the pasta was not macaroni."
Service & Staff
Pros:
"Staff were great, really helpful and welcoming."
"All of the staff were great and delivered a top service."
"Great atmosphere, excellent selection of real ales, staff very engaging."
"Staff were great polite, professional and attentive."
"Friendly and attentive staff provide good table service. Well worth a visit."
Cons:
"Very unwelcoming pub with a discriminatory interpretation of the covid regulations."
"OK, but was a bit miffed when my bottle of cider wouldn't quite fit in my glass so barmaid discarded the bottle with a few sips in, rude."
"Bar staff are very unfriendly if you're not a local."
"The next night the land lord/ owner was there. He was rude, unhelpful, impolite, self opinionated, chauvinistic and generally a horrible person."
"What spoilt the visit was the rudeness of a female member of staff."
"Tried to book a table to be hung up on several times before being told basically to go somewhere else."
"After having a wonderful meal & service at The Waterfront- we called in this pub for a drink - Well, I have never come across such an unwelcoming rude Bar Person."
Dog-Friendliness
Pros:
"Dog friendly pub. Marked down due to some food on the floor around the outside tables."
"Great for dogs, families, food and drink - what more can you want."
"It's a dog friendly pub too."
"Dog friendly, people friendly, inexpensive and really helpful staff."
"Amazing dog friendly pub with friendly staff, good live music and sea views."
"Forgot to mention very dog friendly, and great situation."
"Was able to have our dog with us outside."
Cons:
"On holiday nearby called in for a couple of beers not impressed by the amount of dogs in a food establishment staff using E cigarettes behind the bar."
"Although OK the dogs were on leads perhaps a bit close to tables while the lads were chatting."
"Extremely rude and if you are not a local don't go there!"