Address: Oxwich Beach, Swansea, SA3 1LS, United Kingdom
Phone: +441792278277
Rating: 4.7
based on 130 reviews.
Food Quality
Pros:
"The food is stunning, down to every last detail (we had the 8 course taster menu)."
"The Beach House's taster menus are a palate of textures and colours and an explosion of superb condensed flavours."
"Delicious flavours in all courses."
"The food was everything you expect from a Michelin star restaurant."
"Food's definitely worth the price, very experimental and creative cooking that you would be hard pressed to find somewhere else."
"The food was fantastic.. Every single morsel was sublime."
"The food is absolutely delicious."
Cons:
"It was essentially a very expensive rich tea finger with a bit of canned whipped cream on top."
"The lemon sole main course was the size of a starter."
"Even for haute cuisine I thought the portion size was a bit mean, particularly for the price."
"The food choices seemed good but when they came out they seemed lacking in flavour."
"The mains were definitely disappointing, or maybe it's us not understanding it."
"The only reasons for not giving 5 stars was the squash starter was a bit bland (poor choice of squash?) and the bisque with the Turbot needed a bit more depth of flavour for this standard of cooking."
"The bread was interesting, but just conceptually: the taste and the texture was actually very weird."
Service
Pros:
"The staff were friendly, very professional and totally en pointe!"
"Everything was relaxed, but professional and efficient."
"The staff were incredible and all knew their stuff about the menu and different courses."
"The waiting staff are very professional, courteous and knowledgeable."
"The staff were exemplary...attentive but not overly so."
"All the staff were friendly and knowledgeable about their produce."
"The staff were charming and pleasingly attentive."
Cons:
"I'm totally frustrated and annoyed that after weeks of them dithering about this year's Christmas Day booking they finally emailed out today the 4th of December 2020 to cancel all our booking."
"Unfortunately some staff and the front of house where snooty and made the atmosphere unfriendly towards the end of meal with a clear difference in attitude towards different clientele."
"The tempo of the service was strange. We felt rushed in some parts & abandoned in others."
"Though we booked the table weeks in advance, we were sat in the corner with a view of the wall."
"Serving silverware on to the table seemed slightly off - I would have rather it served on a napkin."
"Woman in question was very abrupt & they couldn't usher us out the door quick enough."
"We were left in reception for a long time to be greeted."
Atmosphere & Location
Pros:
"Location is nice - right on the beach and by a car park."
"The location breathtaking."
"An amazing dining experience in an amazing setting!"
"Beautiful beachfront location is a plus."
"This is a really nice restaurant with a spectacular location overlooking the beach."
"If you want fine dining with a view to savour over Oxwich Bay, this is the place."
"Beautiful location for this amazing restaurant."
Cons:
"Food looks great but clientele don't like you staring at them eating through the windows."
"Lots of seats are sat with no view of the beautiful location."
"Our table had no view as it was not a window table and thus no rolling waves for us."
"Got the impression they wanted to pick and choose their customers!"
"For non-meat eaters, selection is slightly more limited."
"But portions were very small and we left hungry."
"I barely got through the door and was greeted by a very rude staff member."
Value
Pros:
"Distinguished wine flites were best value."
"Wine selection was great and not too expensive."
"The food is outstanding - as you'd expect, so good in fact that it still seemed good value at £70/head - with drinks before, 3 courses & one of cheaper bottles of wine."
"Service charge not included and entirely optional, but service was first class."
"The food and menu devised by the team of chef’s led by Howells Griffith was incredible."
"Without a shadow of a doubt I had the most tender beef ever here."
"The food is stunning, down to every last detail."
Cons:
"I do feel this is rather steep especially given the portions."
"It is expensive, we had a bit of a shock paying £6 to park and it looks like we paid £4 for what we thought was tap water."
"Not cheap, came to £200 for three of us."
"At £79 pp for 3 lunch courses it was over priced and a considerable increase to previous visits."
"Some dishes vastly over priced, eg cheese board, which really doesn't have any chef skills!"
"£6 Charge to park at restaurant."
"Parking is easy but remember its not owned by the restaurant so there is a £5 charge."