Cockleshell in Swansea

Attended here yesterday for a meal with my mother and daughter. I have given the star purely for how kind and polite Emily our server was and the chef serving the food was super helpful. The deserts were also very good and the turkey was tastyThat's all the positives I could give because I have spent the night in the most intensive pain I have ever experienced (and I've been through labour)I was the only one to have a prawn cocktail. And the only one to have spent the night expelling the contents of my stomach while wishing for death.The food quality was really poor and evidently something wasn't quite right with the prawns.I won't be returning :(

Visited the carvery today with my wife. The food was amazing as usual, but the main reason for this review was our waiter, Ethan. He was very attentive, polite, and was happy to engage in conversation instead of making us feel like we needed to hurry up and finish our meal. A very pleasant young man, and a credit to your staff. Thank you Ethan!

Good experience, friendly staff able to seat us in a quiet area to allow for children with additional needs. The food was good it would have been 5 stars had the chef taken more interest other than saying "don't know wasn't here when it was made" after being asked about dairy products due to allergies. Other than this all good and the take the blue light card which is a plus on the money side

Simon, our carver, was beyond excellent. He came from behind the counter and brought my delicious roast beef dinner over to my table after adding condiments. I am disabled and wheelchair bound.

Had lovely Sunday carvery. Choice of 4 meats (can have them all) giant Yorkshire pudding, a big range of fresh veg (peas, carrot, cabbage, cauliflower cheese, roast potatoes, mashed potatoes, stuffing, swede).Sat by the door with a wheelchair user, and the door was open so a bit cold but the customers were queuing to get in, it's so lovely and the pub was full. Good dessert options too but I was too full for one. Lovely staff, clean toilets, sheltered smoking area, big free car park.

As usual, the food was delicious and great value for the money. Apart from front of house, the staff were amazing. Front of house was abrupt, she was not welcoming, and was not wearing a mask. Whilst I understand she is probably exempt, front of house is not an ideal place for her.

Called here today spot of lunch. Amazing food. Carving staff brilliant and also waiter Ethan. He couldn't do enough for us. We will be back - soon. Highly recommended and Covid safe.

Fantastic service, and very accommodating to a special request for seating. Food was brilliant, especially for the price. The meat was a little bit fatty, but again, for the price, you can't complain.

Booked ahead and the booking system is automated which worked really well. As usual it's a good deal here with 4 choices of meat and plenty of vegetables but disappointedly the roast potatoes weren't great. Bit rubbery. The hot lamps are hot, which is great, but probably not for the potatoes. However everything else was fine. Our waitress was lovely and attentive too.

We took a chance and visited the Cockleshell on the off chance they could fit us in for food.The welcome was really good, after a short wait to check availability due to not allowing walk-ins due to how busy they were with bookings, we were offered a table, amazing.First of all, order drinks at the bar, this is where we met the amazing Ethan. Ethan was attentive and professional but still very very friendly, we also paid for our carvery at the bar.The time came to join the queue for our food, it’s incredible how busy they were, the queue soon disappeared.Our turn came, one of the chefs was so funny, even had angel wings to raise people’s spirits, didn’t get his name, sorry.The food was lovely and very soon there were 2 empty plates and 2 very satisfied customers.Before we left, Ethan appeared to clear our table, again, he was very friendly and attentive, if only all places had an Ethan.Thanks guys for a lovely experience this evening.