Address: 31 Main St, Solva, Haverfordwest SA62 6UT, United Kingdom
Phone: +441437720013
Rating: 4.2
based on 210 reviews.
Staff and Service
Pros:
"Staff helpful, locals always friendly too."
"Extremely helpful and polite staff, accommodated 14 of us at very short notice."
"The service was nothing less than excellent, so friendly, efficiency and attentive."
"Staff super friendly! Allows dogs."
"We were served by the Equally Lovely Sarah, she was friendly with a great sense of humour, a hard worker very attentive to the needs of the many customers that day."
"The staff were very helpful and the environment was clean and modern."
"Staff were friendly and welcoming even though we turned up a few hours before our booking, they said no problem!"
Cons:
"Utter shambles, tried to eat here for the first two days of the holiday... upon going inside we were told ‘oh no we haven’t enough staff in to do food again’."
"The guy behind the bar was morose!!! Never once cracked a smile."
"Younger staff are fairly unfriendly and not very welcoming."
"The staff found it funny... the manager couldn't really be bothered."
"One member of staff was incredibly rude and unhelpful regarding gluten free options."
"Rude staff, while I was waiting at the bar they looked at me from down the bar, but didn't serve me."
"The staff were incredibly rude and unapologetic and argued the point with us and told me I was wrong about the food I had ordered."
Food Quality
Pros:
"Food was nice but hugely let down by the above issues."
"Friendly staff. Delicious food."
"The food was fantastic and excellent value for money."
"Our food was delicious and excellent value for money."
"The beer and lunch food we had was brilliant and a good price."
"Food quickly served and of a good standard at a good price."
"The food was very tasty and the portions were good too."
Cons:
"Thai Green Chicken curry comprised of 5 minuscule pieces of chicken and then bulked up with potatoes - dry no liquid."
"Curry was dry, fish and chips were vile, not sure what fish it was but definitely not cod!!!!"
"The chips were cold, and the fish was not cooked properly."
"The food is really not great at all. All awful and frozen, microwaved, dry."
"Second meal was pork chop - totally overcooked till dry and tasteless."
"The main meals were such a disappointment... it was dry, bland and had hardly any sauce."
"The seafood sharer... it was all freezer food. Not a single fresh item on the plate."
Ambiance and Cleanliness
Pros:
"Great pub/inn/restaurant that is extremely dog-friendly."
"Good atmosphere."
"Lovely atmosphere."
"One of those places you instantly feel at home in."
"Little Gem of a pub. Great setting sat outside in sunshine."
"Traditional yet spacious quayside pub in picturesque Solva."
"The Harbour Inn is in a beautiful location. Has plenty of outdoor seating and is dog friendly!"
Cons:
"Unfortunately the table felt sticky all over which wasn't very pleasant."
"Shame about the gambling machine and paint colour as it makes it feel a little cold."
"The only criticism I have is that a member of staff swore in front of us."
"If you value your eyesight and sense of smell, don’t visit the toilet facilities, you’ll wish you’d gone blind and lost your smell abilities, nothing short of disgusting and shocking for a Brains bar."
"All the tables are very sticky and the paintwork upstairs is quite bad."
"The place itself feels a bit tired and in need of investment."
"The ladies / disabled toilets were clean but the amount of mould spores near the toilet, anyone with asthma or breathing problems would find this a difficult environment."
Value and Pricing
Pros:
"Good location next to the harbour, friendly staff, good value food especially the children's meals which come with refillable cups of drink instead of single use plastic bottles."
"Take advantage of their drinks offers 2xdouble gin and large tonic £9 excellent."
"They have realistic prices and good food menu."
"Beautiful surroundings, great prices."
"For 4 of us main meal with drinks was £60. Seemed like good value."
"Great for pub grub. Good value for money."
"Good value meals. Fish was fresh."
Cons:
"The food was ok but we spent £40 on two drinks and two ok Sunday dinners whilst on holiday."
"Having to pay to park."
"We ordered the 200 ml Prosecco advertised at the the table for £6.75 per bottle only to be charged £8.25."
"Food was a little on the steeper side in terms of cost for pub grub but it was nice food so can't really complain."
"40 pound for 3 awful cooked small roasts."
"Waited half hour for roast which is advertised as carvery."
"Went last year and food was good, so we went again this year and food was awful, the both of us had burgers and literally the bun was 2x as big as the meat."