The Beachcomber Reviews Summary

Category: Pub Skegness

Address: Bungalow, Jacksons Cor, Ingoldmells, Skegness PE25 1JB, United Kingdom

Phone: +447904120385

Rating: 4.1
based on 177 reviews.

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "Lovely place to eat in Butlins, our meal was lovely, well cooked, hot and tasty."
  • "The full English was really nice, good quality food, and not greasy."
  • "Food portion sizes were big and really filling, cheap bear and amazing food."
  • "The vegetable curry was absolutely delicious plenty of spice πŸ₯΅ and the portion's Very generous."
  • "Food was good and nice to sit outside whilst the weather was good."
  • "Food was nice and portions were of a good size."
  • "The food is great good value the carvery is a definite 5 stars!"

Cons:

  • "Also ants were visible and climbing up my father's legs."
  • "When one of the plates arrived the chicken on the burger was pink inside but when raised with the manager they said we were wrong it wasn’t raw and was actually over cooked."
  • "Very expensive food which wasn't worth it when there's flies all over your food."
  • "Appalling food chef cooking carvery with her mask under her chin."
  • "Awful. Food was cold."
  • "The rice was sloppy (not sure how you can make it that way) and I wish I had complained at the time but we didn’t."
  • "Avoid the sunday carvery, meat was terribly dry, yorkshire pudding and roast potatoes rock hard and an overwhelming taste of salt probably enough to give you a hart attack!"

Service

Pros:

  • "Excellent service, staff friendly and attentive."
  • "Joel was fantastic. Polight and chatty."
  • "Staff very nice and welcoming."
  • "Staff are very friendly and helpful."
  • "Front of house staff were friendly and well mannered."
  • "Friendly staff behind and the bar and the waitress staff."
  • "All staff was friendly and couldn't do enough for you, service with a smile."

Cons:

  • "The place is empty and they're saying an hour wait on food."
  • "Some staff are painfully slow when serving."
  • "Was very disappointed staff rude and unhelpful, our meals came about 20 minutes after ordering but only 2 meals and had to wait another 20 minutes for the other 3 meals to come."
  • "Staff were miserable as sin too."
  • "Very poor service. It wasn't at all busy when we arrived at the restaurant. However, we still waited a very very long time."
  • "Absolutely shocking service, paid over Β£25 for 3 breakfasts, waited over 45 minutes to arrive at table with nobody notifying us of a wait."
  • "Service was very slow as too few staff were available for a modestly busy patronage."

Atmosphere & Location

Pros:

  • "On Seafront too so nice to sit and have a drink overlooking the beach and sea also bouncy castle and a few arcades for the kids."
  • "They had a live singer on which was good."
  • "Brilliant family/couples pub. Clean, great staff, lovely atmosphere."
  • "Lovely food and great atmosphere for family's or couples."
  • "Lovely place great staff which are very welcoming."
  • "Great bar, overlooking the beach there's food available, and parking nearby."
  • "The area is great πŸ‘"

Cons:

  • "The tables weren't cleaned as well as they could have been."
  • "From the outside of the beachcomber inn it looks very appealing to all, however once inside of the establishment it is clear to see the dull state of affairs that is the beachcomber."
  • "Big let down is the changing facilities."
  • "Chaotic pig market they had more drink over them than in them."
  • "Entertainment was good and a good set up outside but sadly the toilets left a lot to be desired."
  • "Sat trying to have a relaxing drink today with my 4 year old and the DJ was absolutely disgusting."
  • "A real shame this isn't a better run establishment. Situated in the heart of Butlins it should be a joy to visit but unfortunately it is badly run with rude staff and massive waiting lines for food and drink."

Value for Money

Pros:

  • "The prices here are very reasonable too."
  • "For a pub on butlins it was fairly reasonable price for the food and drinks."
  • "Considering the captive audience, was surprised to find that prices were reasonably fair."
  • "Nothing mind-blowing, but good value, especially for kids."
  • "The full prices are amazing, really well priced... so cheaper was amazing."
  • "Also not badly priced, I would definitely recommend this place 10/10"
  • "Food is spot on, freshly cooked, plentiful servings, friendly staff."

Cons:

  • "It’s expensive for where it is. Β£11.95 for a BBQ Chicken Wrap and Β£11.95 for Fish and Chips."
  • "The 2 for Β£12 +1 child's meal would have cost about Β£42 and we ended up paying Β£75."
  • "Β£4 for a large Coke! For that price I should have bought a beer and got drunk."
  • "Prices around butlins for food is all rip offs in my eyes for 4 of us (4 meals and 2 drinks each) it came to Β£71."
  • "The food was expensive even with the kids discount."
  • "Slightly more expensive than your typical family pub."
  • "Food over priced and it wasn't even nice."

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