The Ocean Cafe Bar & Restaurant Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Food was excellent! Soup of the day, ocean fish pie and hunters chicken. All big portions."
• "Fantastic family Sunday lunch."
• "The food was excellent and all the meals were presented well."
• "Excellent steaming hot soup with warm crusty bread."
• "We can say best fish we ever eat. Batter is so crispy and light. And portion is so huge."
• "Food was delicious - challenge you to finish the cod & chips."
• "Had fantastic breakfast there too. Can highly recommend."

Cons:

• "The worst coffee I had here."
• "Food inedible (we left it all - family of four £30 for a sandwich and drink each)."
• "A portion of mushy peas was an extra £3!"
• "The fish and chips was total vomit!"
• "Food was poor, no catch of the day at a seafood restaurant 10m from the beach."
• "Cod and chips soaked in grease and coffee that was cold."
• "The fish was dry to the point of being burnt."

Service

Pros:

• "Staff lovely and friendly, Rachel our waitress was polite and very helpful."
• "Good hearty food and good service. We had nice fresh baguette sandwiches and chips."
• "The service was excellent and the waitress was very attentive and ensured that we had everything we required."
• "Staff were very friendly and helpful."
• "Staff where all extremely friendly and welcoming. Take the pitstop when you're in Pembrokeshire to enjoy the sunset!"
• "Lovely restaurant, staff were attentive and efficient (especially Rachel)."
• "Very friendly staff. Reasonable prices and lovely atmosphere."

Cons:

• "Staff did not greet us. Had to sort out our own table arrangements."
• "Managers son was in charge and was completely incompetent."
• "Staff need to learn customer service slamming items down."
• "Found them quite rude and unhelpful, especially considering the price."
• "Very poor service. The waitress was very abrupt."
• "I also noticed staff didn't respond to politeness and smiles."
• "The manager was incredibly rude and arrogant."

Location & Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Brilliant location on the sea front in a cosy atmosphere."
• "Lovely seafront cafe with a good choice of reasonably priced meals."
• "Watched the charity shield final with my family. Absolutely fabulous atmosphere and food and drink."
• "Love this place the owners can't do enough for you, fab place, great views of the sea and great pub grub, lobster being the favourite."
• "Great place right on the beach front."
• "Outside sitting area in the good weather is great for watching the tide and sunset."
• "Absolutely lovely place right across the beach."

Cons:

• "It may be something difficult for them to handle but the many little flies about were quite unpleasant."
• "The bar area was very busy and noisy."
• "Messy.... boxes and clutter everywhere."
• "Nice location right next to Broadhaven beach but it felt a little plain inside."
• "Shame the day we went was too wet otherwise the view would have been a lot better."
• "They need to give the eating area a good clean, windows are dirty and there are dead flies all over the window sills."
• "However, the fish was tasteless and full of bones and the chips were done in the oven and were dry/powdery."

Value

Pros:

• "Good cream scones, cakes etc. Nice coffee. Cheaper place for fish and chips etc than most near by."
• "The food was lovely and reasonably priced."
• "The food was relatively cheap however mine and my partner's breakfast wasn't of the best quality (slightly burnt toast etc) however I think it matched up to the price."
• "Very reasonable prices and good quality food."
• "Not amazingly cheap but still good prices."
• "Superb view on the bay and the food is good. Portions are big at a competitive price."
• "The food's alright but definitely not worthy of the price."

Cons:

• "A portion of mushy peas was an extra £3!"
• "The prices are on the high side (£18 for catch of the day, £12 for fish and chips)."
• "The most expensive fish and chip takeaway I have had."
• "We were very disappointed in a meal that cost £39.90 with two drinks."
• "It was expensive + no real effort in the serving."
• "Overpriced, lacked freshness and didn't have many dishes on the menu."
• "Fish and chips a bit pricey the fish was juicy but oil it was cooked in left acrid taste in the mouth."