The Swallows Return, Goring By Sea - pub details
Address: Littlehampton Road, Goring By Sea, Worthing, West Sussex, BN12 6PB [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 27933) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
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: 3.3/10 (rated by 15 users)
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user reviews of the Swallows Return, Goring By Sea
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| got to be honest , the last time i went here it was dreadful ! Kept away since . Tried again last week as a friend wanted to go and there has been a bit of a turnaround. Good waitress service and it was full on a thursday . mind you a 25% discount may have contributed. In fairness I could not faulty the food , yes i did say that ! and my friend who is a food critic to say the least had nothing to complain about except a slightly wobbly table. Have decided to give a better rating but mind you this place has gone up and down like a yoyo ever since it opened. I am slightly relieved as it is such a nice place to go to. Oh I note now run by someone called Kerry who I worked out was a female ! Thats a good sign .. Will give it another go soon to make sure it was not another one off letsbefair - 21 Jan 2012 17:53 |
| Have to basically agree with other comments. No soap in the gents loos and a broken toilet seat are just lazy complacency. Set menu for a group booking was good value for £10 and they had an interesting choice of ales - Fuller's Summer Ale & Adnams Ghost ship reynedd - 7 Jul 2011 14:33 |
| I knew things were not fab here given friends comments but gave it another go. Firstly once of the main specials was all gone by 8pm, not told about this when we arrived. My guests were gutted and had to chose second best .The wine glasses served with the wine were dirty and the replacments the same . In fairness food was ok but the miserable staff just did not want to be there. The manager could be heard screaming at kitchen staff and I heard at least two crashes of dropped plates and cutlery. Oh yes, no loo roll in the toilet. This place needs to get its act together again . It is simple things that need attending to . The food takes nice and they have some great wines at decent prices. Get it sorted please!! letsbefair - 23 Jan 2011 11:14 |
| Went to Swallows Return a couple of weeks ago and decided to have a meal. Service from the waitress (if you can call it service) was appauling. Unable to communicate, clearly not bothered about customer service. My meat was tough, food cold and had been given a dirty spoon for desert. We have complained and funnily enough, heard nothing back. It is not the first time that we have had cause to complain about The Swallows Return. We even asked to see The Manager on the last occasion and he refused to come out to talk to us. No wonder the staff have a "don't care" attitude. We won't be going back and I've told all my friends not to bother. Lets hope they can ride the recession - alternatively, get another Manager in there who knows how to manage the team and keep them motivated. diamond190 - 5 Jul 2010 10:38 |
| This was my third visit to the Swallow’s Return and the worse. The food is overpriced as well as over cooked and the service at the bar is poor. The bar staff don’t acknowledge you waiting and let the customers ‘fight it out’ as to who is next to be served. My dialogue with a barman started with him calling me sir and ended with him calling me mate – I’m not that bothered, but choose one and stay with it. They also seem to serve with a miserable look on their face. For the meal, they ran out of spoons and we had to eat our desserts with soup spoons and the scoop of ice cream for my son was presented in what can only be described as a large 5mm thick glass goblet. It was filthy and I sent it back. It’s a shame as the location and the building are really good. If they can get the basics right, they could do much, much better. MrCP - 21 Jun 2010 10:04 |
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