The Swallows Return, Goring By Sea - pub details
Address: Littlehampton Road, Goring By Sea, Worthing, West Sussex, BN12 6PB [map] [gmap]
Tel: 08721 077 077 (ref 27933)
Goring-by-sea (1 mile), Angmering (1.7 miles), Durrington-on-sea (2 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Food served, Real ale
- Smoking area
Pub suggested by Biker on 14 Feb 2006
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> Current user rating: 2.7/10 (rated by 11 users)
> Local guide: West Sussex pub guide
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user reviews of the Swallows Return, Goring By Sea
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| This is a great location right on the southern slopes of Highdown Hill just outside Worthing and was, originally, a large square assembly of farm buildings. I said to my wife on several occasions in the past that this would make an excellent site for a Restaurant. Sure enough Vintage Inns (I believe) who are the current owners bought it and converted the site. Credit where credit where credit is due, they did an excellent job and even now, allowing for wear and tear, both the building and the atmosphere is excellent. See http://www.vintageinn.co.uk/theswallowsreturnferring/ However, I will not be going back for some time. After a break of some time we returned last week and were again disappointed. Quite simply this is a great opportunity thrown away. The food if the first problem and would describe it simply as “fodder”. The menus deteriorated and were simplified rapidly from its opening. The second issue is that the service is diabolical because they are so understaffed. Don’t get me wrong, the staff themselves (the few that exist) are excellent, very friendly and truly seem to try hard. There is no surly attitude or anything to offend a customer but they are understaffed. I am led to believe the manager is also of the same nature and was struck by the respect that the staff seemed to show for their efforts. It’s the simple fact that there are not enough people to serve. To sum up. For a cold night by a fire or for a summer evening, if you have the time, then go and have a drink otherwise there are plenty of better places around to eat at. Bad Bunny BadBunney - 8 Feb 2010 14:05 |
| A group of 8 of us went last Friday. Lights above our table didn't work, but only table of size available. Crispy Lemon Chicken was bland and tastless, both ribeye and rump steaks were chewy, scampy was soggy . The only dish that would be chosen again was the burger which got a rating of 7/10. Staff were friendly and plentiful, about the only plus! Boozo - 24 Aug 2009 14:51 |
| Took my girlfriend here once. Ordered a bottle of wine and a couple of meals. When the waitress came to our table she handed us two filthy wineglasses. I complained so she went to find another two glasses, which were just as dirty. When I wrote a complaint to the Manager the next day, he responded in writing by saying his dish-washer had been audited by an "independent Food Hygiene Agency" - wow! The food itself was okay but certainly nothing special. de101 - 13 Jun 2009 15:16 |
| Cheap beer, reasonable priced food too. Middle of nowhere so most people have to drive to it. I wouldnt go there for a load of drinks, but nice place to eat and have a couple. decanted - 19 Feb 2009 15:46 |
| Nice pub. Seems mostly for dinners and people driving as not residential. Had spitfire, landlord and harveys £2.40 - £2.80 of good quality garyrealaledrinker - 11 Feb 2009 16:04 |
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