Calver Neighbourhood Bar Reviews Summary

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "Welcoming staff."
• "Lovely atmosphere staff very helpful and pleasant good range of drinks."
• "Staff were friendly."
• "Really friendly staff, will definitely be back."
• "Staff really great, friendly and attentive."
• "The service was friendly and efficient."
• "Great service from very friendly staff."

Cons:

• "The staff service was awful and I would never go back!"
• "The service is a bit overbearing and they have some really weird rules for tables."
• "We waited over 45 minutes for food the restaurant was not that busy on arrival so not sure why service was slow."
• "Service very slow - 10 mins to take initial drink order, another 10 for drinks to arrive."
• "Terrible service."
• "The food is always good here but the service can be a bit spotty sometimes."
• "We booked a table at Calvers to find a nice looking pub, the staff were friendly but absolutely useless."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Take away fish and chips, was more expensive than other chip shops but very good."
• "Their sharing veggie platter was one of the best I’ve had in a while… Their muscles were cooked to perfection and teriyaki salmon was divine!"
• "The food was SO nice. The corn ribs are amazing!"
• "Had rum and miso King Prawns which were so delicious and unique."
• "Food was amazing and homemade."
• "All four of us had the fish and chips and we all agreed that it was probably the best fish and chips we had ever had."
• "Food was beautiful I had the squid followed by gnocchi both perfect."

Cons:

• "The food is average because it is poorly cooked."
• "Food was terrible - chicken wings over battered, not crispy. Burger so dry it was sent back with no point replacing."
• "Our meals were not of best quality, served just above warm towards hot."
• "Unfortunately, the food was not great at all and a bit of a let down really. The burgers were dry and tasteless and the burger meat did not taste nice at all."
• "The goulash was basically a watery beef stew with barely a taste of paprika, or any other seasoning."
• "Calamari small portion and over cooked."
• "I can honestly say some of the worst food I have ever eaten."

Ambience and Location

Pros:

• "Great place, had a really nice brunch with family."
• "For a smaller venue it packs one heck of an atmospheric punch!"
• "Plenty of parking opposite, and very close to the sea."
• "A lovely place to have a meal - friendly staff, great ambience."
• "Nice shabby chic environment, right next to the Pavilion and the seafront."
• "One of our favourite places when at the coast.... Great atmosphere."
• "Lovely atmosphere."

Cons:

• "The place was overcrowded, with no regard for covid precautions."
• "There is only one toilet for so there is normally a wait to use the toilet."
• "Others are chatting on their phones loudly."
• "Sadly, dogs still allowed. It is an odd choice with people eating."
• "Firstly the acoustics were really bad we could not hear each other talk."
• "Not over the moon about dog from another table mooching around our feet."
• "The clientele are basically people who are using it as an office or have come in with their dogs for a coffee."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Good food at sensible prices."
• "Help out to eat out brought our bill down to £35 which tbh i would of happily paid the original price it was that good."
• "Reasonably priced for such great quality food."
• "Food and drinks are a very reasonable price."
• "It was a bit expensive for a burger and chips, but they were really quite tasty."
• "Food for the kids is great too!!!and that was very good value for money!!!"
• "ONE GLASS OF NON ALCHOHOL BEER 5.10£(VERY EXPENSIVE).FISH AND CHIPS 17£(decent)"

Cons:

• "The pricing is made worse because of portion size."
• "Very nice food, though the price of the sirloin steak was a bit steep for the portion size."
• "Overall the portions are small."
• "Food portion size is very small and over priced."
• "The burger was small and came with a small bowl of warm chips - not great for £14."
• "starters over priced very small portion."
• "Prices are toppish."