The Atlantic Cafe Bar Reviews Summary

Staff Service

Pros:

• "The staff are friendly and happy to serve you."
• "Short staffed and busy - but staff remained happy and helpful."
• "Service was good. Young lady polite and efficient."
• "The two young girls who were serving us were super friendly, no faults from any of the staff and the atmosphere was really nice."
• "Really friendly staff, excellent food and great portions at sensible prices."
• "Lovely friendly helpful staff, we were stuck in Portreath in a torrential rain storm."
• "Everyone is polite and smiles."

Cons:

• "Very rude staff threw cutlery in front of me for six people after food arrived."
• "Lovely place, near a great beach, only one problem staff need to aware of customers who they have told to take a seat and leave them."
• "Says it welcomed people with dogs but didn't feel very welcome."
• "Shame the staff are too interested in chatting with each other as service is slow."
• "Service though is lacking and could need some clear leading by a senior staff member."
• "We were ignored by the staff, not given menu's, nobody even asked if we wanted a drink."
• "Service is terrible! 40 mins just to be served takeaway chips!"

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Well worth a visit we had the cod and chips it was absolutely beautiful freshly cooked."
• "Lovely fish and chips."
• "The fish is supremely fresh and nothing is too greasy."
• "Good selection of fish but also other cuisine as well."
• "Lovely fish. Crisp light batter."
• "Fish was awesome but chips were average."
• "Have battered ling and mackerel which both very light well drained batter."

Cons:

• "The food was really disappointing for the cost."
• "Really don't rate this place, ordered 1 fish 2 chips & 1 coffee the price was nearly £19 the batter was overdone the chips were barely warm like frozen chips not nice."
• "Most expensive fish and chips I've ever bought at £9.20 for cod and chips."
• "Please be aware that fish stated as GLUTEN FREE... is most definitely not gluten free."
• "The fresh crab sandwich didn't taste that fresh."
• "Really disappointing fish and chips... the fish was very bland, it was fresh and crispy bit literally tasted like nothing."
• "The fish was large but the batter not that nice."

Atmosphere & Cleanliness

Pros:

• "Great sun spot in the afternoon!"
• "Amazing place and perfect settings we were impressed with lunch and how quickly we were to get food."
• "Beautiful warm restaurant a perfect cosy atmosphere after a windy autumn walk on the beach with the dogs."
• "Love this place for a cosy lunch in winter or a refreshing ice cream in summer."
• "It's extremely clean, spacious and great menus."
• "The dining area is a very good size; plenty of tables and not too close together."
• "The atmosphere was really nice."

Cons:

• "Great views if only Portreath didn't think an ugly carpark was the most fitting adornment to their lovely beach."
• "Outside tables all dirty so sat inside."
• "The chair I sat on had a broken leg."
• "During our visit I watched a member of the serving staff let a customers dog lick his hand and then scratched his bum through the shorts he was wearing."
• "Service disaster young kids working...we sat down table wasn't even cleaned and food left on the floor."
• "Also, why are they serving using plastic cups. They should be using glass. Not at all environmental friendly."
• "The chips were reheated and some were more like crisps."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Great food at reasonable prices."
• "13.08.2022..fish and chips x 3..2 cocktails..wine..doonbar all for £50 Bargain! and all good."
• "The local sausages on the breakfast plate were beautiful."
• "The food is very simple but really tasty and at a very fair price."
• "£17.20 for two breakfasts and three coffee's was reasonable value for what we had."
• "Fantastic hot food and drinks served promptly really good prices as well which surprised me."
• "The best chips I have had in ages! Crisp on the outside and fluffy on the inside, plus piping hot."

Cons:

• "A tad on the expensive side, surroundings inside are good but just something missing to give it a warmth."
• "At £14 for the crab sandwich we expected a lot more crab."
• "We spent over £70 in this place all the prices have gone up which we could understand as we have all had a hard year during lockdown but with the disgusting behavior of the staff made the visit very disappointing it’s not value for money."
• "The only disappointment was the expensive car park which can be avoided if you are lucky to find some free parking nearby on the street."
• "Very limited menu...Overly priced poor quality food."
• "Expensive, £3.60 for a small cappuccino seems excessive."
• "Very expensive - probably due to location and people being willing to pay it."