The Lifeboat Tavern Reviews Summary

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "What lovely people so welcoming."
• "Service good considering Covid."
• "Very friendly young staff. Very organised."
• "Bar staff very friendly and welcoming."
• "Staff really friendly and helpful."
• "Staff gave a warm welcome and seated us quickly."
• "Staff so helpful and will go the extra mile."

Cons:

• "Man at the door was extremely rude and unfriendly."
• "Staff were rude and told us to our faces they hated making cocktails."
• "One member of staff asked for ID AFTER we had our drinks and was being very awkward and impolite about the situation."
• "The man and woman serving were visibly and verbally annoyed at us ordering drinks."
• "Horrible, unfriendly, arrogant staff."
• "Rude staff, unaccommodating and sly."
• "Staff/waiter were really rude."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food in here was really nice and it was good value for money as well."
• "Food was delicious and the portions are huge!"
• "Absolutely gorgeous food. So much scampi!!!!!! Can’t recommend enough."
• "Great cocktails and the food was lovely too."
• "Fantastic crab sandwich, very generous helping of crab."
• "We enjoyed the burrito and the steak and we have the sausage children's meal. Very happy with meal on all accounts."
• "Food was gorgeous."

Cons:

• "The worst I have ever experienced."
• "The fish looked super impressive but batter was soggy on the bottom very greasy, the fish still had skin on and bones, and was really quite tasteless."
• "Food nothing special."
• "Ordered nachos, nice simple food. Came burnt!!! How do you burn nachos!!?"
• "The burger made lay by food vans look like Michelin star establishments."
• "Disgusting food my daughter had a fly in her food."
• "Terrible food! Me and my wife had bad gastric issues after having tower burgers!"

Atmosphere and Decor

Pros:

• "Lovely place, quite compact though."
• "Decor and atmosphere are very unique!"
• "Nice quirky pub serving both food and drink."
• "The atmosphere was friendly, staff were mostly smiley & we felt welcome there."
• "Lovely atmosphere, good music playing."
• "Amazing atmosphere."
• "Great atmosphere."

Cons:

• "The only thing that lets the restaurant down is the toilets."
• "The layout is cramped with too many seats for the size of the pub."
• "Very claustrophobic when busy. Not suitable for pushchairs anywhere. No space."
• "It's always busy, which can be annoying if you're unfortunate enough to be sat near all the foot fall."
• "Sadly the downstairs seated section had rather a bad toilet smell wafting through."
• "The pub looks nice, and the bar is great for a photo. However, there was a terrible smell of blocked drains or sheep manure."
• "It's okay, all a little cramped inside."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "The food in here was really nice and it was good value for money as well."
• "Make sure you're hungry when you come here... portions are massive great quality food."
• "Quite affordable price too."
• "Excellent value for money."
• "Very reasonable price."
• "Reasonably priced food in an otherwise expensive seaside resort town."
• "The food was tasty, nicely presented & good value."

Cons:

• "Couldn’t use card payment under £10."
• "Also £11 for one cocktail is silly."
• "The drinks are really expensive, 13 pounds for one cocktail!!!!"
• "Scandalous! £20 for two take away cocktails they're taking the Mick."
• "3 adults & 1 kids meal, 3 bottles of coke and a pint of coke for £72!!! Definitely not worth the money."
• "Wouldn't recommend the cocktails as they're expensive and you don't get what you pay for."
• "Pricey; £26 for 2 run of the mill, garnish deprived cocktails."

Payment and Accessibility

Pros:

• "The Tavern is in the town centre so you don't have to go far then which is nice."
• "Nice to see dogs welcome out the beer garden which has lights and heating."
• "Outdoor seating front and back and allows dogs."
• "Cheap 2 pint jugs of beer on the Wednesday we were there."
• "They serve cocktails, reasonably priced."
• "Friendly staff, they even had a few board games in the corner for anyone to play with."
• "Good drink selection, friendly staff and a bar made out of half an old, wooden, lifeboat."

Cons:

• "We turned up to have prep ghost tour drinks on a horrendously rainy night with 2 dogs to be told that we were only allowed to sit outside."
• "Don't allow dogs in so one star."
• "Asked at the bar where dogs allowed on site and was told dogs are allowed anywhere... to be told by another staff member that dogs are not allowed inside and we had to move."
• "The only real downside was they don’t accept card payment and most of the atm’s were empty."
• "They do not accept cards."
• "They accept only cash and the crowd was a bit loud and very casual/many kids."
• "Just watch out when you pay for drinks at the bar as one bar man tilts the card machine away from your sight."