Tafarn-Y-Phoenix Reviews Summary

Category: Pub Llanelli

Address: Gorslas, Cross Hands, Llanelli, SA14 7LA, United Kingdom

Phone: +441269844438

Rating: 4.0
based on 216 reviews.

Customer Service

Pros:

  • "Thank you for all of your hard work in making everyone feel so welcome and also safe with all of the measures you have put in, it’s very much appreciated."
  • "Fantastic venue with a good pub menu, and extremely helpful and polite staff."
  • "Special mention to Lisa and Lewis for their exceptional customer care."
  • "Friendly servers all over."
  • "Service from the staff was great really welcoming and helpful."
  • "The staff were friendly and helpful from the minute I arrived."
  • "Staff were amazing could not be more helpful nothing too much trouble for them."

Cons:

  • "she told my husband he could not stand to drink his pint and that he could not go over to see our grandson who is only 2 months old."
  • "not made to feel welcome."
  • "The plates were not cleared and nobody asked how it was so I left."
  • "They couldn’t even be bothered to clear our table."
  • "Staff Lisa and Joanne were extremely rude and raised voice at me to get out of the pub."
  • "The waiter was incredibly rude, arguing with us saying the wait wasn't that long and we're sat too far away, implying it's our fault."
  • "Uninterested female staff with bad manners."

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "Delicious food friendly and polite staff."
  • "Steak and ale pie came with chips and peas. It was hot and delicious."
  • "Food was really good value for money and delicious, steak cooked to perfection."
  • "The food was to die for!"
  • "For once I enjoyed my food which I found out was cooked by Joe."
  • "Food was cooked to perfection and gave us a nice corner table for our special night."
  • "Lovely food here everyone enjoys this place, lovely atmosphere."

Cons:

  • "Most of the menu was out of stock the ciders flat, the chips are frozen and hard as pavement."
  • "Food cold, overcooked, tasteless and unappealing."
  • "Not many meals on the menu were actually available."
  • "I would hardly call the food edible I couldn't eat it."
  • "The steak 'medium to well' was bright pink and stone cold."
  • "The meal was disgusting, starter was jackets with cheese and bacon, they were dry and tasteless no butter on them."
  • "Mixed grille was inedible - Steak was ‘blue’ and cold in the middle when ordered ‘Medium’."

Atmosphere & Cleanliness

Pros:

  • "We were a couple with a visitor and decided to try this pub out on the off chance given that we were in the area. We arrived midday Sunday 12th June and were warmly welcomed."
  • "Lovely beer garden and play area. Good value for money."
  • "The place is fantastic with a friendly atmosphere."
  • "The new décor is quite lovely and the standard of food is now on a much higher level than before."
  • "Good aesthetic to the place as well being seated by the fireplace was a lush treat taking me back to childhood sitting around an open fireplace."
  • "Clean & modern pub, especially compared to the old Union Tavern!"
  • "All was clean!"

Cons:

  • "Inside it's a bit tired, could do with a make over."
  • "The interior is very tired and again needs a good clean and a window cleaner."
  • "Not the warmest of places."
  • "The car park is full of rubbish in amongst the parked cars."
  • "Garden is awful has broken tables - napkins, sauce packets & cigarette buts everywhere."
  • "Toilets awful! Terrible smell, possibly drains as it smelt the same on both times I went in!"
  • "Toilets were smelly and filthy."

Management & Staff

Pros:

  • "Need a good manager to run the place."
  • "They always do their best to ensure we have a table in a quieter area as we have a very autistic grandson."
  • "They really do care for the customers and that is something so hard to find these days."
  • "Absolutely nothing was too much trouble for the manager Alex and the chef Patrick."
  • "The Manager informed me of the various activities that the pub now has such as live music every other Fridays etc."
  • "They seem to have a happy team and the new manager seemed to be leading by example and getting stuck in."
  • "The new landlady couldn't do enough."

Cons:

  • "we will not be going back again."
  • "I would not give it one star but it would not let me post it."
  • "Poor service and the food isn't even that good."
  • "I used to be a fan of the Phoenix but after my last couple of visits I don't think I'll be going back."
  • "So basically if you want to be served expensive cheap food and pay £80.00 pounds for the privilege. This is your place."
  • "The manager’s response was to contact the head office, which we did after leaving, they logged a complaint and promised to contact us, to which they haven’t bothered."
  • "Visiting on the opening day we expected changes to a local pub, however what we didn’t expect was the rude and unwelcoming attitude of what we were lead to believe was the ‘manager’."

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