Wax Watergate Bay Reviews Summary

Category: Restaurant Newquay

Address: Watergate Bay, TR8 4AB, United Kingdom

Phone: +441637860353

Rating: 4.3
based on 137 reviews.

Service

Pros:

  • "Service was good and friendly, lovely position with the view of Watergate Bay. 😊"
  • "Our drinks were promptly served."
  • "Had great friendly service and food arrived as quickly as I'd expect."
  • "Staff are lovely and all of it is dog friendly."
  • "Service friendly/excellent."
  • "The man who served us was lovely and very helpful."
  • "Very friendly staff."

Cons:

  • "No discount given for having to wait so long for food!"
  • "Kitchen Staffing problems? Very disappointed, waited an hour and a half for food, although given free drinks and sweets, would have preferred quicker service."
  • "They didn’t take it off the bill, never said anything, no apology, etc."
  • "No check to see how the meal was or staff passing so was unable to inform them of missing coleslaw."
  • "Food and service was abysmal."
  • "Service is quite slow here."
  • "Very poor service.. turned up and got seated with only one other table with customers there.. ordered food and drinks which was nothing more than a beer 2 bottles of cola and an orange juice.. then burgers and nachos.. was made to wait 20 minutes until I finally went up and asked for our drinks.. then after another half an hour the food we ordered was still not served whilst other customers that had turned up after us had there food served.. in the end we went and got a refund and left to go eat elsewhere."

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "I'm going to put it out there that this was the nicest burger I've ever had."
  • "The food is amazing! Lots of choice for vegans and meat eaters."
  • "Can probably say the best fish and chips I've ever had!"
  • "Food is great and the staff are lovely."
  • "The pizzas are great! We went back the next day as well."
  • "The food is spot on, we ended up eating here 5 times in one week, the whole family loved it."
  • "Food was delicious, fresh and excellent value compared to the rest of the options."

Cons:

  • "The children's meal? It was akin to charcoal."
  • "Below average food & small portions."
  • "The upstairs dining area looked tired."
  • "Food very expensive Β£15 for a burger, Β£10 for a BLT sandwich."
  • "The burgers were overcooked to the point of being tough and burnt, albeit still edible."
  • "The fish was average at best along with the rest of the food!"
  • "The quality of the food was of the poorest quality and 3 of us did not finish our meals."

Atmosphere & Location

Pros:

  • "Beautiful sunset views made our evening."
  • "Wonderful location."
  • "Yeah, good little pub/restaurant next to a great beach."
  • "Nice place for all the family and in such a stunning location, near to parking."
  • "Great location, nicely refurbished since it was 'The Phoenix', and still got a great range of beers and food."
  • "Great venue for food & drinks, gorgeous mocha coffee! Staff friendly & helpful. Lots of seating, fabulous view of Watergate Bay."
  • "Very friendly staff and good location."

Cons:

  • "And its not a kid friendly place"
  • "We found the outside dining area untidy with loud music."
  • "As the outside tables were fit for the dump with their chipboard inners showing through."
  • "Place looked slightly run down and dirty needing a clean."
  • "Smoking shouldn't be allowed where food is being served."
  • "Great place with a good view of the bay."
  • "Very very limited menu and very over priced drinks."

Value

Pros:

  • "Having 20% off loyalty card is great attraction too!"
  • "Prices were reasonable, had a pizza which was excellent."
  • "It is great value for money, and the sea view rooms are a steal compared to Watergate Hotel."
  • "Good food at reasonable prices."
  • "Quite empty when we went in due to bad weather and off season but staff were ace and food came out in decent time and a decent price."
  • "Great restaurant with great good value food, and to top it all the staff were really good and friendly."
  • "Food is always banging and isn't too expensive."

Cons:

  • "Fairly expensive for what it was."
  • "Seemed a bit expensive compared to other similar places."
  • "The beer slightly was over priced at Β£6 a pint."
  • "Quite expensive! Β£14 for fish and chips and Β£5 a pint."
  • "Food was nothing amazing and very overpriced for simple menu i.e burger and chips, pizzas etc."
  • "Cost of beer over the top. Β£16 for a burger bun with some meat."
  • "Overpriced and poor quality. Β£12 for a take away Indonesian curry that would have been disappointing if it had been a fiver."

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