The Halfway House Inn Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The beer is good and the food is great."
• "Food was excellent."
• "The food was extremely delicious and generous."
• "Really tasty food at a fair price."
• "The food while not Michelin starred was tasty and there was lots of it."
• "Fantastic fish and chips!"
• "The food we had was lovely really good homemade quality food."

Cons:

• "The quality of the food seems to have nose-dived."
• "At £14.95 for fish, chips and peas I expected a little more than frozen chips."
• "The Caesar salad dressing was too garlicky for my taste."
• "The breakfast on offer wasn't up to standard."
• "The beef was practically raw, as were the green veg."
• "The food was awful. Has to be the worst fish and chips I have had the misfortune to eat."
• "Ordered mackerel pate which turned out to be far too salty."

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "Fab find of a pub great food and lovely staff went above and beyond to fit us in for food."
• "The staff were extremely happy and attentive."
• "Staff were very helpful and friendly."
• "Staff were always friendly and helpful during the stay."
• "Staff were extremely welcoming and attentive, even made a fuss of our dogs, which was lovely."
• "Service was good, staff were helpful."
• "Staff very friendly and overall was a great experience."

Cons:

• "We were met with such incredible rudeness."
• "REALLY rude and unfriendly."
• "Just the girls at the bar were not very friendly at all."
• "Truly awful service from one bar man in particular who appears to be the manager."
• "The lady who came to take our order couldn’t care less that this had happened."
• "We did complain but the waitress/server was not at all interested."
• "Staff were absolutely miserable and the younger girl with the glasses was incredibly rude with an awful attitude."

Accommodation

Pros:

• "Nice room nice little location."
• "The room was clean & very comfortable."
• "The room is very well furnished and fits in well to an old building where no wall or floor is straight."
• "Rooms were perfectly serviceable, not luxury but just what we wanted."
• "The room was so comfortable and the food was plentiful and tasty."
• "Bedroom was very clean and a wonderful shower in a very large bathroom."
• "Our room was lovely and comfortable and we thoroughly enjoyed staying here."

Cons:

• "The bath towels were fine if you happened to be a midget!!"
• "Mattress has stains and the mattress cover was dirty."
• "Stayed in room 5. Total nightmare."
• "The floors of the accommodation were not flat at all, things slid around on the dressing table."
• "Grimy carpet leading to tiredly decorated rooms."
• "The wall paper in the bedroom has black marks and looks generally drab."
• "The room we were in was quite noisy on a couple of occasions because of the beer tent that is situated right under the window."

Value

Pros:

• "Friendly, with good food, and real beer at a reasonable price."
• "Lovely pub serving great food at reasonable prices."
• "The accommodation was cheap, facilities were OK and the shower was powerful."
• "Great reasonably priced pub grub."
• "Comfortable rooms, great food and drink, all reasonably priced."
• "The food was good but not cheap."
• "You get quality AND quantity."

Cons:

• "It was not cheap but probably the going rate for a pub in such a location."
• "Sadly it was a few slices of ham so def didn't warrant the price!"
• "This room is not a deluxe room, at best it is a basic room and should not cost as much as it does, especially at this time of year."
• "Food not cheap but that's probably more to do with the cost of living crunch I'm guessing."
• "Overpriced 'deluxe' room."
• "The food was amazing."
• "Meals were just about edible, cold chips, overcooked fish etc."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Kingsands/Cawsand is a lovely area and we didn't use the car during our stay."
• "It's well worth a visit!"
• "Kingsand is a beautiful fishing village and our stop at the Halfway House really made our stay all the more memorable."
• "The atmosphere is great with quite a few tourists and locals creating a nice buzz."
• "A good atmosphere with occasional live music."
• "The atmosphere was very nice and friendly - a big fire going on what was a cold wet day."
• "Great bar in the heart of Kingsand, great blend of natives and holiday folk."

Cons:

• "Although noisy in the evenings but too be expected as it was a pub !"
• "Beautiful music, difficult to hold a conversation with my friends."
• "A truly disappointing experience in what should be a lovely pub in a beautiful part of the world."
• "Different people were being surly around me for breakfast."
• "The least welcoming pub in Cornwall I have EVER been in."
• "Pub entrance door constantly banging shut sending vibrations through our room deep into the early hours."
• "Terrible nights sleep, waste/water pipes to other rooms pass through this room, very noisy throughout the night."