Sand Dancer Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Food is great value for money, the chips are out of this world."
• "Food was great."
• "Food was absolutely delicious."
• "Food is very good and flavoursome."
• "The food was lovely, freshly prepared with vegetarian options available."
• "Food here is nice and the prices are fair."
• "One of my girls had an amazing steak - thick, juicy and red all the way through."

Cons:

• "Zero flexibility for those with allergies."
• "The coffee was very bitter, the burgers were barely edible."
• "the food is inedible"
• "The food was crap. The chips were burnt, greasy and raw, the fish (I ordered scampi) was swimming in grease."
• "Food was very disappointing too."
• "Food was very poor. Soggy chips and overcooked chicken burger."
• "The food was well below standard..substituted chips for the mash on my dinner n they charge extra for chips..veg was microwaved..partners starter had no flavour."

Service

Pros:

• "It made for a lovely afternoon, the staff were lovely and it's in a fab spot."
• "Very friendly staff. Love them. Even with mask you can see their smile."
• "This was a warm welcoming place.fantastic coffee and carrot cake only£3.40 well worth the money.Staff were very friendly and helpful, they provided bowl of dog water for my dog without me having to request one.Very dog friendly! A lovely end to a good dog walk."
• "The staff are sensible, clever and fun."
• "Nice welcome and lovely staff. Nothing too much trouble."
• "Smiley staff always happy to assist, tasty food, good selection of nibbles if you fancy a drink and gossip with a sea view."
• "The staff were really friendly and the food was really good."

Cons:

• "Always a drama, 3 times we have been, 1st time 5 staff members stood at till talking about xfactor, 6 customers waiting a good 5 min to get served."
• "The only let down is the staff sometimes come across as very uninterested in customers and could do with maybe smiling and paying more attention."
• "Nice day out spoilt by appalling service at bar just to get a drink (6 staff) 5 customers over 10 mins wait."
• "Tables weren't being.cleared for ages after diners left."
• "we had to wait an hour and a half for our starter, then an extra half hour for mains."
• "The staff didn’t seem to care if we were there or not, we had to sit in a freezing cold part of the restaurant as we had our dog with us, so cold we couldn’t take our coats off!"
• "Service is shocking. Waited almost 30 mins to be asked if we wanted a drink, staff were just walking past us with an empty table and ignoring us."

Atmosphere & Location

Pros:

• "We visit the sand Dancer a lot. Both my partner and myself love the atmosphere and the views of the beach but best of all the food is outstanding we don't mind travelling the 20 miles round trip to get there it's well worth it."
• "This is my favourite pub in South Shields, I met friends for lunch here Easter Sunday and it was really nice. I have found staff to be really friendly and helpful."
• "Live music was about to begin, good atmosphere etc."
• "Great atmosphere. Food really nice with a good variety. Great meeting place on the sea front. Live bands on regularly. Very good prices for both food and drink. Dog friendly. Big outside area for eating and drinking."
• "Lovely position looking onto the sea."
• "Nice establishment with sea views and homely atmosphere."
• "The outdoor seating area is really nice, and of course, the view alone is priceless 🖤"

Cons:

• "The place reeks of the smell of dogs."
• "Also very loud and vulgar group of young lad not even asked to calm down in a family orientated premises, a place to be avoided in my opinion."
• "The ladies toilets were confirmed to have no flooring, and were wet and dirty, plastic cups were provided instead of glass, at lunch time."
• "The whole place looks shabby, and they refused to serve cocktails."
• "On the arrival of the food the waitress said you can't sit here with the dogs you will have to move."
• "Very poor standard of cleanliness and the facilities overall are in desperate need of a complete overhaul."
• "The food was great really liked the menu and the group that night were very good. The only problem was the group setting up their equipment and continuously hearing one two... one two and music playing at the same time while trying to talk while having your meal."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Portion are massive. Good for the price. Taste lovely as well."
• "Called in here for lunch after walk along see front today, can not fault service or food both were very good, fish and chunky chips and drinks included for 20 pound great value for money thank you will defo be back."
• "We have just had an amazing Sunday lunch on our last visit, lovely tender beef and all the trimmings."
• "Food was amazing with good choices for two vegetarians."
• "Excellent service, comfortable seating and food amazing."
• "The price was very reasonable especially for being right on the seafront."
• "Party of 4 had starters, mains and dessert, have to say good value for money at £8.95 for main, £11.95 for main with starter or dessert and £14.95 for three courses."

Cons:

• "For £15 I got 13 mussels which were tiny too."
• "Got same amount of chicken as 1 chicken nugget!"
• "Nice food and generous portions but £10 for a burger and fries is expensive."
• "For £35, my friend and I ordered two original burgers as well as coffee... Unfortunately, we won't be back."
• "Food was ok, but relatively expensive."
• "Eaten here this evening, food good but portion size was rubbish for the money."
• "It's a shame the prices have shot up beyond even reasonable."