Beach House Bistro & Bar Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Absolutely superb 👌, the fish and chips were out of this world."
• "The food was excellently presented and had lots of flavour."
• "Scallops gorgeous. Fillet steak tasty."
• "The calamari was excellent; our mains were good with fried fish notable for its portion size."
• "The burgers were delightful."
• "The food is always very good and of good quality."
• "Excellent food everything was cooked to perfection."

Cons:

• "The fish was way over cooked and the batter was too crisp."
• "The actual patty lacked flavour and needed more salt."
• "The food however, is disgusting, three of us went, two had flat bread, What was it? You can't cut it, it was like deep fried biscuit, with a weird flavour."
• "The food was a let down though."
• "Avoid Sea food if don't want to get sick."
• "Even my miss cider was off."
• "I paid £16.50 for a burger that was dry, salty and certainly overcooked!!"

Service

Pros:

• "Food and drink excellent, service exemplary and ambience superb."
• "The staff were very attentive and friendly."
• "Absolutely incredible food and service."
• "Our server was attentive and made sure we were always seen to with a smile."
• "The staff are so lovely."
• "Very friendly, attentive staff."
• "The staff were efficient, friendly and helpful with advice around an allergy."

Cons:

• "Also waiters/waitresses bit unskilled (but friendly enough), serving wrong orders happened multiple times to our and adjust tables!"
• "The Waitress was really rude also, addressing me while not even acknowledging my partner and baby who was sitting at the table with me."
• "After being sat down 20 minutes late at a table not ready for us we were left for at least 10 minutes."
• "Receptionist was very abrupt."
• "Strange service from an overly familiar waiter with filthy fingernails."
• "The waitress came up to me 5 minutes before the time was up to remind me our time was running out fairly soon."
• "Service was a nightmare from start to finish, drinks were wrong, food was wrong, chips had hair in them and staff had little to no training."

Ambience & Location

Pros:

• "The location is great, right on the beach with stunning views."
• "The ambience, is amazing."
• "Great views out to sea."
• "The whole building has been recently renovated during the Pandemic and is lovely and modern but very relaxing too."
• "The ambience and location is fantastic perfectly positioned overlooking the Beach and pier."
• "Great to sit outside in the sunshine, as it's literally on the sea front with amazing views."
• "The restaurant with sea view was amazing and lovely."

Cons:

• "We were told when we were seated that the table was reserved for 1 hour, 15 minutes! Standard restaurants give you at least 2 hours."
• "The toilet sizes a joke... I can't even put one hand palm in there."
• "The table feels too small and cramped for more than 4."
• "The only downside was live music started and it was loud."
• "Sadly we were sat quite near to a very loud wedding party and had to shout to each other."
• "The music is that loud it ruins the atmosphere as you can't hear any conversations."
• "The music level was then INCREASED to the point we overheard fellow diners complain."

Value

Pros:

• "Pricing of alcohol and cocktails just right."
• "Food was very nice at a very reasonable price."
• "Well priced food and drink."
• "Food was excellent and very well priced."
• "The value and pricing is very worthwhile in my view... so very good for high quality food."
• "Nicely made pizzas with unusual toppings are great for a light lunch."
• "All topped off with amazing fish and chips."

Cons:

• "The cocktails were tasty but slightly pricey."
• "On the expensive side but taking into consideration we could not fault the place one single ickkle bit at all."
• "Wine is pricey!"
• "Little bit pricey for the drinks."
• "4 pound for a small hot chocolate is a bit steep."
• "Cost £62 for 2 to have 4 starters, 1 prosecco, coke and water. It's £££."
• "Prices are quite expensive but is to be expected and you don't mind with the quality of the drinks and the location being so beautiful."