Beach House Restaurant — Restaurant in Wales

We came here for a birthday celebration and both got the 8 course taster menu. We have been here before for the 8 course taster before and absolutely loved it, but it was much less busy and therefore service was last time was genuinely outstanding, timed to perfection, tables cleaned after every course, and were given time to ask questions and give feedback on the dishes. This time was much busier. The service was still great, but it lost a lot of charm due to how busy they were, often explaining the dishes and hurriedly walking off, not cleaning tables in between courses, and often not asking if we had enjoyed the previous dish. This was a bit disappointing as we knew how fantastic our experience was last time and it did lose the charm/touch. The dishes were really mixed- last time I enjoyed every course bar one. This time there were a few average courses and a few incredible dishes. The meal starts with some hors d’oeuvres and their really tasty lavarbread-bread rolls. Similarly to last time, the first course was a crab puree with lime flavouring- I didn’t like this dish last time and I really didn’t enjoy it this time either (before anyone says I could have had it replaced- dishes change all of the time and they do not provide an overview). The lobster dish was also not our favourite- the lobster itself was gorgeous, but was unfortunately on a quite bitty tart base and covered in a sauce which took away from the lobster flavour. We felt we would have enjoyed the lobster more if the lobster could speak for itself. The tomato dish was probably the most surprising dish of all- what a delight! This is what I feel the beach house brands itself on- making simple ingredients taste amazing. The freshness of the tomato and micro herbs were fantastic and presented beautifully. On to our favourite, and the best dish I have ever had at a restaurant, the lamb. It was absolutely unbelievable- melt in the mouth and was the star of the show. It was served with the crispy fatty piece of the lamp which was gorgeous. The sweetbread dish was spectacular- meaty, bite, fatty, really flavoursome. We both would have liked more meat dishes overall, but we understand it was seasonal and so we had more seafood than meat. The strawberry palate cleanser was very vibrant, fresh, and was a lovely cool and punchy addition. Paired with a pudding wine really transformed it, so we would definitely advise going with what the servers recommend and the sparkling pudding wine. The star of the show (besides the lamb) is the soufflé. We have not stopped speaking about this soufflé since we last came in May 2024. It is the best pudding we have had. Creamy, soft, cinnamony, and the cooling tea flavoured ice cream work so well. Same as last time, we went for the additional cheese board. While delicious, we were a bit disappointed that the cheeses largely had not changed despite the server saying they had, although we enjoyed it nonetheless. We shared a bottle of New Zealand Sauvignon blanc, and a quart of Spanish red wine. As well as having two glasses of pudding wine each and two martinis. In addition to the service taking some of the charm away, we felt like the beach house really lost its touch when we realised we had been charged £4 a go for water- £8 in total for what was tap water (we didn’t ask for bottled)! We spent over £400 at this restaurant, including cocktails, and basically two bottles of wine, and were left with a bad taste in our mouth realising they had charged us for simply having water which they refilled when it got empty and then charged us for. This was very cheap and put a dampener on the meal as the elegant touch was lost. Overall, this is a fantastic place, but we have had a very good experience here and also a very okay experience. We likely won’t be coming here for the taster menu again and will move on to other restaurants for this, but we will come back to try their standard dinner/lunch service. When you dine at a Michelin star restaurant and pay a significant amount of money, you want to...

If this had been, say, 40-50 GBP per person, it'd be a great experience. But for 94 GBP per person, plus drinks, it was rather disappointing. The wine selection was... fine. A little too much emphasis on overly-harsh French wines for my tastes, but fine. We ordered the a la carte menu - and came on a Friday specifically because we did not want to have the tasting menu, we like to actually choose our food - and so were mildly annoyed that they didn't show us the food menu until we had ordered drinks, and then promptly snatched the wine menu away; like most people, I think, we like to choose wines that will complement our food, which is impossible if we can't see the food menu! We then had to chase down a waiter to get to see the wine menu again, despite having clearly told our waiter we wanted to "start with" our stated drinks. We both ordered the 'Isle of Wight Tomato' starter (which from the menu description sounded like a spin on caprese salad -cheese, pine nuts, basil, balsamic and consomme - but which transpired to be a fairly gross pastry thing full of raw onion which may have seen a tomato once in its life, accompanied by a ball of cheese made to look like a tomato. Blech). I'm sure some people love that kind of thing, but raw onion is a VERY strong flavour to not mention in the descriptor, we never would have ordered it if we'd known. The lamb & halibut mains were both good, though the lamb was so fatty it felt like I was eating pure fat cap rather than actual meat (1 small strip of lamb belly, 1 small strip of lamb loin), and the desserts were both good. The amuse-bouches brought out were... OK. The lavabread-bread was tasty but unremarkable; the weird goo with mushrooms and something crunchy was kind of unpleasant. The chocolate truffles were very tasty. Overall, the food was good, but some odd choices were made, and it just wasn't worth the price - nothing to write home about and certainly not worth a...

Very rarely I put 1 star but in this specific case I can't avoid to do it. My wife gave me this dinner as a birthday gift and we went there with a lot of expectations. We're somehow used to Michelin star restaurants and were thrilled to try Beach House because of its concept and its location. The location is nice, but the restaurant itself, the decoration, the furniture, is not at all what I'd expect from a Michelin Star restaurant, also if the concept is "rustic". The restaurant manager was very nice and professional but, in my opinion, she was not dressed appropriately, with too much cleavage for a restaurant of this level. Then, the food. The bread was interesting, but just conceptually: the taste and the texture was actually very weird. Starters were ok, not out of this world but we appreciated the pigs cheek. The mains were definitely disappointing, or maybe it's us not understanding it. The deer was not enough cooked and we did not get the reason for using cocoa. The spring chicken was a disaster. Well presented, it arrived on the table with a lot of hype but it wasnt what we expected. Also, we did not like, not at all, the toasted pine. Monkfish was ok, but, again, this is a Michelin star restaurant and you can't present a caviar sauce so bland. Desserts, unfortunately, were a real disaster. I don't know what is the problem but they seemed to lack the basic of high level Pastry culture. The predessert ice cream is not an ice cream (texture is terrible), nor a pre dessert. The passionfruit curd, besides than being very weird to be served in a restaurant in Wales in winter, was basically impossible to taste, since everything, in terms of flavour, was covered by the coconut. I will be back, we will be back, and try this place again since I am sure it can grow but right now I can't say we enjoyed our dinner at...