Franco's Reviews Summary

Category: Fish & chips restaurant

Address: The Princess Margaret Way, Port Talbot, SA12 6QW, United Kingdom

Phone: +441639881202

Rating: 4.1
based on 353 reviews.

Service

Pros:

  • "Served by cheerful and competent staff."
  • "Extremely helpful, polite and pleasant staff."
  • "Staff were brilliant, couldn't have been any more accommodating."
  • "Great service very polite staff, food was quick tasty and very filling."
  • "The staff were friendly and welcoming. 15 of us walked in for food after a 10-mile hike across the Aberavon coastal path and dunes."
  • "The staff are so very friendly."
  • "Very friendly staff and a great selection of food including Veggie options."

Cons:

  • "After taking our order it took them 25 minutes to bring our drinks to the table."
  • "Drinks order taken, drinks took ages to arrive, when they did arrive the beers were warm, they hadn't put any in the fridge."
  • "Had to call waitress 4 times to get service..."
  • "Waiting 40 mins to order, ordered, girl taking the orders was lovely, could not fault her at all! Then waiting ANOTHER 30 mins for our food."
  • "So went in for breakfast was not told about a wait after an hour of waiting... terrible experience."
  • "Took 1h 15 to get a bag of chips.. and the women was so rude... why take orders when they can't cope with them."
  • "When asked how much longer is the wait the young girls attitude was poor."

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "Food was absolutely lovely here along with the service."
  • "Came in on a cold afternoon and we had a large teacake, custard slice, brownie, ice cream, and two hot chocolates between the two of us and grandson. Excellent service, great food and drink at a very fair price... really enjoyable."
  • "Absolutely fantastic I have celiac disease so need gluten free have not been able to have fish and chips for years but they have dedicated gluten free fryer."
  • "Food is always hot and generous portions."
  • "Amazing food especially cod and chips with mushy peas."
  • "The food was great and the portions were brilliant."
  • "Best fish and chips I have had so far! Taste, texture, quality, generous portion."

Cons:

  • "The entire meal had been microwaved. The spaghetti was incredibly dry and sticky."
  • "Chips had probably sat in warmer too long."
  • "I opened my box to find a very dark brown fish, obviously fried twice, I broke it open to find the fish inedible dry and frankly just tasted of grease."
  • "The food was terrible. Beef burgers ordered must have been cooked and kept warm for ages."
  • "Fish so greasy it could not be eaten and pie stone cold."
  • "The batter was crisp but too thick and rather greasy and a lot of the chips were clumped together, hadn't been cut through properly, so slightly undercooked."
  • "Very disappointed with the food we had from the takeaway area today. The chips were greasy and stuck together in a clump in the tray, and the fish was undercooked and had a slimy texture."

Value for Money

Pros:

  • "Came in on a cold afternoon and we had a large teacake, custard slice, brownie, ice cream, and two hot chocolates between the two of us and grandson. Excellent service, great food and drink at a very fair price... really enjoyable."
  • "Popped in for some lunch today. As always, great service, good value and really tasty food."
  • "The food is beautiful, good quality and well presented, not to mention reasonably priced."
  • "Love this place! Outstanding views, good really reasonable and of a high standard."
  • "The food is beautiful, good quality and well presented, not to mention reasonably priced."
  • "The main meals are lovely and good value."
  • "A family style restaurant, dog and children friendly. Portions generous - we had a great burger, a scampi dish and a large plate of risotto..."

Cons:

  • "Fish and chips ok but not great also pricey."
  • "Fish and chips and a pot of tea for two £30.70 just an ordinary sea side cafe taking advantage of the idiots who are prepared to be taking for a ride."
  • "Nice meal, but at £45 for a chicken salad, fish and chips and 2x kids meals it was very expensive."
  • "For a bag of chips, sausage, fishcake 2 pops and 3 teas I thought £21 was quite expensive for a takeaway!"
  • "The only minus was that it was quite expensive for a chip shop meal and for that reason, I doubt we will return, at least not for a while."
  • "Fish and chip takeaway is now eye-wateringly expensive. £8.80 for fish, £2.80 for small chips."
  • "Nearly £8 for 1 bag of (small) chips, 2 sausages and a diet coke...just so expensive."

Ambiance & Cleanliness

Pros:

  • "Comfy cafe style restaurant inside with great views out to sea."
  • "Beautiful place to have food and drinks. The views of the sea are outstanding on a clear day."
  • "This was our first visit to this light and airy restaurant we sat in the window with an amazing view across Swansea Bay to Mumbles."
  • "The atmosphere is also beautiful. It feels like you're on a beach."
  • "Great views over the beach."
  • "Great location with lovely views over the bay at the window seats."
  • "The panoramic view from the restaurant over Swansea bay is stunning, even on a grey day!"

Cons:

  • "Looked unpromising from the outside."
  • "Main issue we had was the number of dogs the restaurant allowed in. They were everywhere (we counted 10 while we were there)."
  • "The toilets also didn't flush very well and was in need of a deep clean."
  • "The floors were slippery with sand that should have been cleaned up."
  • "There are a lot of families with squealing children which unfortunately for me and my friend does not work."
  • "I like dogs and don't mind them in restaurants but I don't agree with dogs sitting on chairs and paws on tables."
  • "The restaurant was also lovely, modern and clean."

Customer Service

Pros:

  • "The staff were extremely friendly and helpful."
  • "The staff were so helpful and helped me on my way to the hospital. Honestly, I have never seen customer service like this."
  • "The service by, in particular, 2 of your staff who in my mind are the very best service staff that I've come across in my 70+ years ...namely Valentina and Sandra ... absolutely first class."
  • "The staff are brilliant, so friendly, accommodating and have a sense of humour."
  • "Visited today with our V large German Shepherd. Staff were brilliant, couldn't have been any more accommodating."
  • "Excellent friendly service. In fact, this equals the very best service that I've had in any restaurant for a very long time."
  • "Also sat in the restaurant earlier for a glass of wine and our dogs were welcome."

Cons:

  • "Appalled by the lack of mask wearing by staff."
  • "Visited today and was appalled by the lack of mask wearing by staff... I left the restaurant in tears."
  • "The staff were extremely rude to customers."
  • "Member of staff was stroking dogs and letting them lock her hands; then didn't wash her hands!!!"
  • "Staff just standing doing absolutely nothing will never come hear again terrible experience."
  • "I challenged the manager who said she can't force the staff to wear masks."
  • "Terrible rude management to local guests. We probably would have spent around £50. Sadly due to bad very poor hospitality we took our business elsewhere."

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