Gower Inn Reviews Summary

Atmosphere & Setting

Pros:

• "The pub has a lovely atmosphere and is clean and welcoming."
• "Always lovely and a good atmosphere in a beautiful setting."
• "Arrived Sunday night week before Christmas and was greeted with a warm inviting atmosphere, live music, family friendly."
• "It has a good atmosphere and location is great."
• "Very nice decor inside and a great atmosphere for lunch time."
• "The ambience and mellow music were nice."
• "Lovely pub, nice calm atmosphere and a couple of good vegan options."

Cons:

• "Very disappointing experience at the Gower Inn. Wednesday evening, very quiet, plenty of staff who couldn’t have cared less about the customers."
• "There was no atmosphere. No music."
• "In terms of the atmosphere, it was on the cold side inside."
• "Food was bland and no atmospheres."
• "What a shame. One of the most iconic pubs on the Gower, if not in the country being run into the ground by the current management."
• "Overall wouldn’t return based upon his unwelcoming demeanour."
• "The staff were chatting together on the bar when we walked in and seemed ‘bothered’ to show us our table."

Service & Staff

Pros:

• "Took, family and dog. Excellent service, helpful staff, lovely food, dog friendly and definitely visit again."
• "Pleasant staff doing their best to explain the good Covid guidelines, lending itself to an enjoyable relaxed and safe environment."
• "Staff were so pleasant in all areas and quick to serve have a chat."
• "The staff are polite and friendly."
• "Staff very friendly and helpful and catered to the dog also."
• "The staff are phenomenal. Rushed off their feet but always with a smile and always helpful."
• "Staff were very friendly and attentive."

Cons:

• "Just not a very helpful bar lady, so we didn't even buy a drink and left."
• "The duty manager's attitude really wound up our group."
• "Service was pretty awful. Stood at the bar for about 15 mins waiting to order and staff didn't look at us once."
• "The guy behind the bar couldn't be bothered to be helpful."
• "The waiter (oldish bloke) and the young male manager have no people skills and very bad attitude."
• "Rude staff. Turned away International visitors at 20.35pm and verbally belittled them."
• "Appalling service at the bar, 4 members of staff all desperately trying to ignore my presence while I waited to be served."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Really enjoyed my meal and so did my companions."
• "The food was very good and selection on menu good."
• "The set evening menu was incredibly reasonable - two courses for £9.99, and big portions."
• "Visited for food, the meals were exceptional."
• "Food was really delicious."
• "The food arrived quickly, was very reasonably priced and was delicious."
• "Food was first class."

Cons:

• "The food was pretty rubbish. Dry, cold, bland."
• "The curry had very little meat and the world’s smallest naan."
• "The naan with the tikka was ridiculous, was more like a cookie."
• "The chicken goujons which initially served incorrectly but were replaced with ones that literally green and the worst my daughter had ever tasted."
• "Food was decent apart from the lasagne which contains almost no mince meat and no lasagne sheets, basically a hot gloopy and tasteless sauce in a bowl."
• "Food was below average pub grub."
• "The food is God awful."

Parking & Accessibility

Pros:

• "Having free car parking and pet friendly areas is great."
• "The carpark had an ANPR camera; you put your number plate in and get four hours free parking."
• "A good size car park, which is pay and display, but if you're using the pub facilities you use the machine inside and get extra time parking for free."
• "Parking is free if you validate your car in the pub."
• "Free (limited by time) car park for patrons."
• "Parking is chargeable but you get 3 hours complimentary if you enter your registration in the pub."
• "Loads of parking space too."

Cons:

• "Parking situation/signs is deliberately confusing."
• "Quite possibly the most confusing pub signage I have ever tried to follow."
• "We have received a £100 fine for not paying a parking fee."
• "Also parking ticket was given for free parking there for customers."
• "Never going here again. Stopped here 4 times over the summer and Autumn. Paid for food and drinks that were fine. Just received 2 letters requesting £160.00 each for parking."
• "ANPR companies are notorious. Frustrating, I would not have come here if I had known this in advance."
• "To top it off I parked in their car park for 40mins and got a car parking ticket."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "The set evening menu was incredibly reasonable - two courses for £9.99, and big portions."
• "The meal was lovely. It was nice to have Rekorderlig on draft."
• "Good value of ££."
• "Quality of what was available was good, as was value - can’t fault that."
• "The £6 lunch menu is great value."
• "They have a great value Lunch menu with £6 main courses."
• "Friendly, quick service and excellent value for money with the £6 lunch menu."

Cons:

• "Spent £50 on lunch and it was horrible."
• "Prices are a little high in my opinion for the quantity of food you receive."
• "Drinks are super expensive too."
• "Food not so nice at all. Rump steak a small amount of chips 2 onion rings no salad or even peas for nearly £15!!!"
• "For the price we paid for the meals we had I was expecting better."
• "This was very annoying as we had paid £2 for car park then told they don't refund!"
• "Ordered food, waited just shy of an hour and a half for an acceptable meal but not worthy of either the wait or the cost charged against it."