Dave Jackson
08.03.2025
Went here with my wife, our 1st visit. Ordered from the three course
Weekend treat menu. I had Mushrooms, Sea Bass, apple cherry crumble all were spot on.
My wife however had a less than great experience.
Aperol spritz all soda very little proccecco
Halloumi sticks ordered with no mayo came with mayo but no chilli jam.
Main, ordered steak really well done no pink
Was pink so sent back, came back still pink so it was left. Not sending for a third go on the grill.
Was offered 20% off for the trouble, nice we thought, but it was taken off the full price not the amount due from the weekend menu.saved £4.00
We just left as it was clear they just didn't get it.
Shame as it is handy for our holiday home and are there every weekend.
Edit: Thank you, but I'll not bother.
To help you out though, the correct spritz is 3 parts Prosecco, 2 parts Aperol and a splash of soda. Slice of orange is a nice touch but probably too much to expect at the Lobster Pot.
nicola porter
07.03.2025
Came for tea tonight Friday as we're staying at south cliff and it's our sons 12th birthday. The food was lovely, my sons who had not been feeling too good was now bouncing off the walls after having paracetamol and ate a e course adults meal! The waiter whose name I think was nathan was fantastic, and even gave us a lovely discount. Will always return now thank you 😊
Melanie
05.03.2025
Food amazing, especially the chocolate melt in the middle pudding. We were waiting quite a while for both courses, but definitely worth waiting for.
Barry Franklin
03.03.2025
This was the second time we have stayed all ways very good will be back in may top place
Michael Wakefield
02.03.2025
Today we had 2 Sunday beef Sunday roasts. They were awful. The sirloin beef was overcooked. Very tough. Everything had a strange taste including potatoes and Yorkshire Pudding. Even the gravy tasted odd.
If the gravy had been ok I would have ordered some gravy for the Yorkshire Pudding. .However we were not even offered gravy for the Yorkshire Puddings
Honestly it surely can’t be this bad normally as it was fully booked.
Something must have been wrong tiday
Fay
02.03.2025
I came to lobster pot today with my partner been many times before today was very disappointing we popped in didn't book a table but they did get us one quite quickly thank you for that got to order food looking forward to Sunday lunch nothing left at 1 30 not good enough for me and then tried to order three more things nothing left not happy then ordered hunters chicken twice got one hunters chicken and burger not happy again it's Sunday guys people go out for Sunday lunch not to get one at 1 30 very wrong In my eyes might come back but not any time soon felt very sorry for staff because they where very good
phil Green
02.03.2025
I don’t do reviews often but thought been as we’ve been going for a few years, we sat down at around 1.35 pm on Sunday, but disappointed that we weren’t told that the Sunday Roast was all sold out ! Before we sat down 😟
No pies and hardly anything else on the menu. To me Sunday Roast should be available until at least 4pm and very popular pies shouldn’t run out at all😟
The staff were pleasant even though I wasn’t particularly happy and that’s not me normally tho I travelled 25 miles to get there.
I just hope that things can improve in future🫢
We will come back tho because it’s a lovely place and the food when it arrives is actually good.
Phil & Fay
Hollie Lloyd
02.03.2025
We waited 10 minutes for our drinks order and 90 minutes for our food to arrive. When it came, I was given the wrong burger. Despite planning to stay for dessert and a cocktail, after such a long wait we just wanted to eat and leave, and were actually about to give up and go seconds before the food finally arrived. We were offered complimentary drinks (and a 30% discount) for the trouble, but the waitress only waited for one of us to order before rushing off. Also, The table did not have the drinks menu when we arrived and had not been properly cleaned. Judging by lots of other recent reviews, this seems to be an ongoing issue and none of the responses from the company indicate a plan for improvement - just a “sorry, we usually have high standards” type thing. It seems very understaffed and poorly managed.
I hope that this review is properly taken into account, as it has a lovely atmosphere, friendly staff, good menu, and great gluten free menu. It’s just a shame that management seems to have been consistently letting the side down. If you have been out on a long beach/exploration day, I unfortunately wouldn’t recommend this place due to the unreliability of the service and the long wait you are likely to have.
Brian Gennoe
27.02.2025
Really friendly professional service and great food. Dog friendly and made to feel really welcome as soon as we entered.
Ste Parker
26.02.2025
Service was indifferent at best. Ordered at table as we had two dogs with us. Dessert took 30mins so I had to get up and ask for it. I was greeted with a look that said ‘ oh ok ‘, and then we were served dessert with our dinner plates still on the table; which we had to stack ourselves. I always carry cash for a tip. I still have it!
Steven Pugh
22.02.2025
Very accommodating. Food was good. Would recommend.
Julie Wood
15.04.2024
Update 6** now, loving the new menu. We had tea last night, 3 courses, lovely staff, food was excellent!!!, loving the Lobster Pot. We're local and visit with our 2 dogue de bordeaux. Always made welcome. Friendly, polite staff. Great service. Nicely cooked food. Good value for money.
Thomas
20.02.2025
Horrendous.
Super rude and argumentative waitress.
Food only warm and half missing.
(Medley of greens = soggy green beans. No peas, kale, mangetout etc.)
No lemon with the fish, which was described as pan fried, but came out soggy with wet, limp skin.
Wrong sauce on the hunters chicken, which the waitress also argued about!
It was clearly tomato sauce, not BBQ, but she was adamant that the menu said tomato. She also argued this with a different table.
When we mentioned our concerns, we just got a backlash of shockingly rude backchat from the waitress. We were speechless!
Soggy crumble which was barely 2 mouthful...and nearly £7!
The beer was room temperature and flat, not even cellar temp as cask ale should be... shocking from a Marstons owned pub.
Not even an apology from the waitress, just a pay your bill and go away attitude...all £140 of it!
Very expensive for poor quality food and drinks.
Claire Devoy
19.02.2025
Nice and quiet.
Food not so good
Price even worse quiet expensive
Gemma Smith
17.02.2025
Waited well over an hour for 6 Sunday roasts. Inconsistency with what was on the plate. The beef was not nice at all and we gave it to our dog. The staff were not at all bothered that we had waited so long and kept sending different people to say we were still waiting.
Debra Wood
17.02.2025
Waited 40 minutes for our meal even though it was quiet, not much choice and at 5pm on a Sunday only lamb left for a roast which is poor planning. Yorkshire practically flat, veg tasteless and watery. Cocktail in very small glass which did not reflect the price. Very disappointed all round.
Darren McHardy
17.02.2025
Pub was half full on a Monday night and took 70min to arrive from ordering for two meals, another 30 min wait for the dessert to arrive. Very poor atmosphere and average to poor food. Avoid
ryan wakefield
16.02.2025
visited the lobster pot on the 15th of February with my partner, the staff was very friendly, we both ordered the scampi which was served promptly but the portion sizes was shocking maybe 6 chips an egg cup of peas and maybe 6 scampi this cost us 13,99 each
Richard Shaw
14.02.2025
Average food, accommodating staff, a bit noisy
Dominika
10.02.2025
Beautiful interior and exterior, great location only a 10min walk from the beach, and a great price. Definitely recommend 😊
John Robson
09.02.2025
Just had two roast dinners and a sea bass. Very nice to be honest. A bit of a wait for food but worth waiting for
Jo Grainger
30.09.2024
Totally amazing. An awesome all rounder. Thank you.
helen tonks
08.02.2025
Lovely food and friendly staff. Great to have a place that’s dog friendly
Simon Long
07.02.2025
Excellent customer service, table service, vast choice of drinks, and menu selection.
Robert
06.02.2025
Great Staff, food is good though the portions are small.
