The Royal Standard Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Outstanding food, visited a few times."
• "Loved the food, the souflaki was delicious home made tzatziki greek salad olives and bread."
• "The fish and chips are sooooo good, lovely crispy batter on the fish and homemade tartare sauce was perfect."
• "Food was excellent."
• "The food was fantastic, would highly recommend the mussels and the seafood platter which was a special that day 😊"
• "Wow the food was amazing please If you decide to eat here just embrace the Greek food on offer made by the resident Greek chef."
• "The food is excellent. We all had sea food platters which were very well presented and wonderfully tasting with lobster crab prawns shrimps mackerel octopus squid and white bait along with salad and chips."

Cons:

• "Not sure this place wants to offer takeaway option if it’s honest with itself."
• "it could have been a touch hotter"
• "The food was not good. One of our chicken burgers was overdone and very dry."
• "The soup was very salty & no taste of ginger or carrot."
• "The salad was just a few green leaves with a few pieces of green spring onion tops, no other salad vegetables not what we would call a main course salad."
• "Food was tasteless, Moussaka was under seasoned and looked over cooked and burnt It wasn’t edible."
• "Nice pub with nice food BUT there where 4 (!) hairs in the main course (schrimps Greek style)."

Service

Pros:

• "All staff are very welcoming."
• "Staff very friendly and attentive and the food was amazing."
• "Service polite and friendly."
• "Great service. Great atmosphere and great food."
• "Staff were fabulously helpful and friendly."
• "Service was amazing and they definitely take dietary requirements seriously, doing what they can to accommodate and substitute."
• "The service is always excellent and welcoming."

Cons:

• "Beware - as a group of 6 we walked out of the pub when we saw the barman blowing on our drinks to remove some froth."
• "The staff just wanted to put the cash in my hand and get rid of me."
• "Some staff were clueless and were not suitable for food/service sector."
• "Sadly the service wasn’t good, they forgot us and we were served after everyone else who arrived after us."
• "The staff are a bit unpleasant also they don’t have table service and the prices are a bit too high."
• "When we told the staff both waiters did not react, did not excuse and just walked away."
• "I went to the bar with the dish and was told they were not interested in doing anything about it! Without even looking at the dish."

Atmosphere & Location

Pros:

• "The atmosphere was really nice."
• "If the weather is good take the seats by the wall facing the sea"
• "A lovely, traditional pub on the seafront."
• "This pub has a great location in the area of the Cob."
• "Seafront located quaint bistro bar with a simple menu, and good service"
• "Location and charm: 10/10 - Situated off Lyme Regis beach with excellent views out to sea."
• "Great location with the sea view."

Cons:

• "Pool table as you walk into the pub made the pub very noisy and lots of swearing so not really suitable for children."
• "Only serving drinks outside despite the restaurant now almost empty inside and the temperature outside very chilly."
• "Although outdoor area is nice, it lacks beach/seaview of other pubs in area."
• "A little chilly being right on the seafront."
• "Unpleasant odour inside."
• "Neaby parking can be a challenge during busy holiday periods."
• "Okay so there are some pretty graphic stained glass window scenes inside so maybe warn small kids first or try to avoid sitting next to them."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Absolutely delicious, very reasonably priced and we ate the lot."
• "Good fair prices."
• "Amazing prices too."
• "Very good value for money"
• "The food is very reasonably priced given the quality and portion sizes!"
• "Price is very reasonable."
• "Reasonably priced for a sea view setting."

Cons:

• "Fairly average pub food - overpriced but okay!"
• "food quite expensive for what it is"
• "Not good value for money."
• "Overpriced for what you got."
• "For £8 a total rip-off."
• "Shame it's a Palmer's pub though, with London prices."
• "But not worth the hassle and over-priced."

Hygiene & Cleanliness

Pros:

• "All the facilities are modern and well cleaned."
• "Lovely pub, open fire, friendly and helpful staff, clean loos and a relaxed atmosphere."
• "clean loos"

Cons:

• "Just too many dogs, with food being served I don't think this is very hygienic."
• "Hygiene is very hap hazard and getting served forget it terrible."
• "One incidence of 'off' seafood is forgivable but our latest visit was spoiled by a portion of mussels being served which stank so bad."