The Watering Hole Reviews Summary

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "Staff friendly and helpful, with a great atmosphere."
• "The service was fast and friendly."
• "Manager and staff extremely helpful and friendly even letting us decorate our table."
• "The staff were really friendly and helpful and there was a great cross section of people in the bar chilling out."
• "Really friendly staff, you can bring the dog!"
• "Staff were smiling and willing and polite, all busy clearing, checking and making sure things ran smoothly."
• "Staff always happy, friendly and attentive."

Cons:

• "Service was very average, you order at the bar and get a buzzer which goes off and you collect at the collection point."
• "Slightly humourless staff that didn't seem interested."
• "4 stars for service as the bar area can be quite chaotic and you can wait a long time for drinks if bar staff don't realize you have been waiting a while."
• "Staff didn't seem very happy, and were border line rude, on my last 2 visits."
• "Staff were very helpful, except for the barman that served us who was very grumpy."
• "Service was the worse I've had anywhere along with attitude of staff."
• "Twice I've been at the bar when it's not busy and been overlooked by the same staff member who then chatted to customer/friend."

Location and Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Stunning location, only negative thing would be it's incredibly overpriced for food."
• "Great pub, great food and great location."
• "Amazing atmosphere, went on a sunny evening looking out on the beach with a chill in the air, live music in the background."
• "A fabulous place to have a drink and something to eat, right on the beach."
• "Fantastic location, it doesn't get much better than a cafe actually on the beach with amazing views."
• "It's a bar on the beach........the atmosphere and views are unrivalled."
• "You cannot bear the atmosphere of this bar and the opportunity to have dinner outside and watch the sun go down is spectacular!"

Cons:

• "S hole more like — absolutely covered in litter and plastic."
• "No parking on site."
• "Great location but my review is to comment on the plastic 'glasses' in use. I have no problem with these but it's such a shame that they're single use ones."
• "A fair bit of beach rubbish and plastics in the outdoor seating area and the place looks really tired and could do with a bit of spit and polish."
• "Location is stunning even if it was pouring down in rain, and that's where the whole place stops."
• "To access the venue you have to walk across the beach front, it is the only way."
• "Didn't feel that comfortable having a drink to be honest. The dirt isn't just your average sand and dust, it was big thick clumps on the walls, the floors, all over."

Food and Drink

Pros:

• "Plenty going on, good bar service and we'll reasonable prices."
• "Really delicious food right on the beach. My sister and I had the Nachos and and cheeseburgers and they were both truly excellent."
• "Food is very good with reasonable prices."
• "Their food has always been excellent."
• "Food was delicious."
• "The prawns were good."
• "Great food, lovely beach location. Prices very good too."

Cons:

• "Must be one of the saddest burgers I have ever come across."
• "Personally I didn't enjoy the food I got a hot dog which had a really weird taste to it and my son hated his burger."
• "Food is shocking and over priced, steak burger is just a frozen one from supermarket no delight to it thrown together."
• "Slow service and ridiculously over priced drinks served in little plastic cups."
• "Drinks are very expensive too, £5 for a pint of shandy!"
• "Food and drinks massively overpriced... Burger dry with no sauce, Chips with cheese were so cold that not a single piece of the cheese had melted and overall food was cold."
• "Food and drinks are not cheap."

Cleanliness and Maintenance

Pros:

• "The pub is maintained to a high standard and thoughtfully caters for dogs as well as humans."
• "Lovely lovely staff and the place was spotless considering how many people were there and it being on the beach."
• "Clean environment inside & out with staff walking round with black bags picking up rubbish."
• "Toilets are outside but were easily accessible and clean."
• "Clean toilets also accessed outside."
• "A good choice of beers & lagers, soft drinks & Bar-B-Q style food/snacks are on offer at reasonable prices."
• "It's been really busy while I've been here and not had to wait more than 5 mins after ordering a drink! Really, really efficient!"

Cons:

• "I then ventured to the toilet and OMG I wish that I had not bothered the smell and the cleanliness was disgusting there was poo on some of the seats and they looked like they had not been cleaned in weeks."
• "Menu seems limited, the food was ok but inside needed a good clean... Staff didn't seem interested in making the inside presentable, too busy chatting with each other."
• "Lots of flies in windows, decor and furnishings have seen better days."
• "However, personally, we would not go again, this place is very unclean and I certainly wouldn't have food from there."
• "The toilets where awful they smelt an the floor was shockingly dirty."
• "0* for the toilets- reminded me of festival toilet vibes...not great."
• "The place is a little run down and needs some tlc, toilets are out of soap and a bit dirty."