The Seabirds Inn Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "We ordered the gammon, seabass and salmon. All beautifully cooked and tasty."
• "Everything we had was excellent - chilli, beef pie - both chock full of steak and great textures and flavours."
• "all four of us had something different and all four of us rated our meal five stars, good quality ingredients cooked perfectly..."
• "Starters: Fish cakes starter and creamy mushroom starter are both full of flavour and expertly cooked."
• "The food absolutely delicious, would definitely have no hesitation in recommending the home baked ham salad, the fish pie, and apparently the lobster was to die for."
• "The chicken liver pate was superb and we especially enjoyed the fish dishes on offer for our main courses."
• "The haddock mornay, lasagne, pies and chilli were superb and the Bailey's cheesecake and the treacle and ginger tart were delicious."

Cons:

• "When the food arrived one and half hours later it was terrible. Pies covered in gravy."
• "Dessert was also bland and the majority was frozen and overpriced."
• "Roast dinner was truly awful! Dogs dinner comes to mind."
• "The food I was served was burnt and bland and definitely not worth the wait."
• "The chicken in the pie was like chewing rubber by the way."
• "Over cooked and tasteless, didn’t manage more than a mouthful."
• "The seabirds was terrible. The cottage pie was okay. Chicken and mushroom pie was horrendous, was like eating flip flops."

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "Staff very friendly and attentive."
• "Very accommodating staff and great food and drinks."
• "We felt welcomed from the door, and staff were friendly throughout our visit."
• "All the staff were polite and very smart made you feel welcome as though you were a regular nothing was too much trouble."
• "The staff couldn't have been more welcoming. They were so friendly and all fussed over our dogs."
• "Staff were very nice and friendly."
• "Staff were lovely and very attentive."

Cons:

• "Very rude n abrupt staff, threw the bill at us n said there you go as he walked past."
• "But today it was. The man behind the bar said he was the manager and decided not to accommodate me in anyway whatsoever to the point he was arrogant and frankly abusive towards me and my wife."
• "The man who stood at the door (I’m assuming he was bar manager) was very rude. He made us feel uncomfortable."
• "The two young members of staff were quite abrupt especially the girl who pretty much slammed our drinks down on the table."
• "Manager chucked place mats & cutlery on the table."
• "The man behind the bar said he was the manager and decided not to accommodate me in anyway whatsoever to the point he was arrogant and frankly abusive towards me and my wife."
• "All staff had a don’t care attitude. Will not recommend or visit again."

Value

Pros:

• "The portions were good and reasonably priced."
• "Also two course and a drink each we found it great value."
• "We ate from the two course menu and found it to be fantastic value."
• "Not too expensive and great value for money."
• "The menu is varied, reasonably priced and most importantly freshly cooked and very good sized portions."
• "Oh, very reasonable prices too – particularly given the quality."
• "prices for 'specials' very reasonable."

Cons:

• "£120 we were charged for this pub grub. I have been to many, many pubs/restaurants both here and abroad and The Seabirds is amongst the worst."
• "Was rather expensive for what we had.was over charged on the nachos it was £14.95 on the garden menu but was billed £16.95..."
• "Was quite expensive for what you got."
• "Over all the service was mediocre and expensive probably wouldn’t go back."
• "When the food came it was very greasy. Expensive for poor service and food was barely edible."
• "Was rather expensive for what we had...Then a rather rude long darked haired girl came out accusing us of not paying all our bill."
• "The roast potatoes were not as described... Soggy and, well just not crisp."

Ambiance and Decor

Pros:

• "The whole place seems to have moved outside. Large marquee for dining, plus a few other tables in the carpark and more in the garden."
• "Nice place, food absolutely spot on highly rated..."
• "The pub itself is clean and very well presented too."
• "The restaurant had such a pleasant atmosphere."
• "Me and my family have only been in a few times but every time we do the food is amazing and it has a very rustic but modern interior which makes it look very clean and presentable."
• "Gorgeous atmosphere, very homely and warm!"
• "Nice atmosphere and very pleasant pub."

Cons:

• "The restaurant is plain boring with no character."
• "It's so not worth the effort to write endless paragraphs about this place, but it seems from reading previous reviews if you catch it on a good day it's good, if you catch it on a not so good day it's dire."
• "Toilets are directly behind the bar and they are a joke to get in or close the door."
• "We arrived to find that our tables were not together which is ok, however they were at opposite angles to each other, meaning that 6 of the 16 would not be able to speak to the other 10."
• "Seated fine a little cramped where we were sitting on a long table 8 of us."