| Down the Mumbles yesterday 20:21 - Aug 12 with 4327 views | Flashberryjack |
Me and the missus took advantage of the lovely weather yesterday, and decided to risk a visit to Castlemare restaurant for a light lunch.
There were plenty of people about, but to be fair, everyone was socially distancing and being very respectful of it.
What a fantastic place to have lunch, sat there eating a nice meal with a pint of cold Peroni overlooking Bracelet bay, absolutely stunning, something we would have been doing on the holiday we didn't have this year.
I know it's been said many times, but we really don't appreciate the beauty of our country.
To round off a really lovely day, we decided to stop at the Old Havana on the way back home for a couple of cocktails (wife had taken over driving duties).
3 cocktails for £10, what a f*cking rip off, the alcohol content was zero, I thought I'd be clever and tried to go to the bar and order another, so I could watch them making it, but of course due to corvid virus I wasn't allowed to.
The robbing tw*ts....anyone else had the similar experience there ? |  |
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| Down the Mumbles yesterday on 21:11 - Aug 12 with 3783 views | fbreath |
Not been to Old Havana but they are crap at answering emails for reservations. Emailed them as per their website instructions, had auto response saying they take 24 hours to respond. Two days later no reply. Tried ring about 10 times at different times of the day but no answer. Emailed again, same auto reply email one week later and no reply from either email.
I only persisted because friend and his wife were keen to go there.
Restaurants complain about no shows but this is just crap customer service.
They can stick their Havana where the sun don’t shine.
But I agree we have some wonderful beauty spots close by. |  |
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| Down the Mumbles yesterday on 21:19 - Aug 12 with 3773 views | Flashberryjack |
| Down the Mumbles yesterday on 21:11 - Aug 12 by fbreath |
Not been to Old Havana but they are crap at answering emails for reservations. Emailed them as per their website instructions, had auto response saying they take 24 hours to respond. Two days later no reply. Tried ring about 10 times at different times of the day but no answer. Emailed again, same auto reply email one week later and no reply from either email.
I only persisted because friend and his wife were keen to go there.
Restaurants complain about no shows but this is just crap customer service.
They can stick their Havana where the sun don’t shine.
But I agree we have some wonderful beauty spots close by. |
Tell you friend not to bother, unless they like non-alcohol cocktails at £4.50 a chuck. | |
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| Down the Mumbles yesterday on 22:13 - Aug 12 with 3711 views | pikeypaul |
Your Peroni was near to £6 wasn’t it? |  |
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| Down the Mumbles yesterday on 06:05 - Aug 13 with 3642 views | jackal |
| Down the Mumbles yesterday on 22:13 - Aug 12 by pikeypaul |
Your Peroni was near to £6 wasn’t it? |
Pre- match Peroni at Frankie and Benny's is a similar price. Plastic glass too. |  | | |
| Down the Mumbles yesterday on 11:20 - Aug 13 with 3531 views | KGriz16 |
| Down the Mumbles yesterday on 06:05 - Aug 13 by jackal |
Pre- match Peroni at Frankie and Benny's is a similar price. Plastic glass too. |
Peroni in a plastic glass, what an insult! |  | | |
| Down the Mumbles yesterday on 20:00 - Aug 13 with 3392 views | Flashberryjack |
| Down the Mumbles yesterday on 22:13 - Aug 12 by pikeypaul |
Your Peroni was near to £6 wasn’t it? |
Yes it was, £5.60 to be exact, but considering the beautiful view I was drinking it in, and the fact it was only the one pint and not a piss up, it's around the price I would have expected to pay.
I've paid similar for a pint in some pretty grotty little hotels/bars that serve warm flat larger, so no big deal to paying £5.60 for a nice cool Peroni drank in such wonderful surroundings.
As for the Old Havana, that's not only a rip off, but selling alcoholic cocktails that don't contain alcohol is illegal I'd have thought. | |
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| Down the Mumbles yesterday on 22:34 - Aug 13 with 3302 views | pikeypaul |
| Down the Mumbles yesterday on 20:00 - Aug 13 by Flashberryjack |
Yes it was, £5.60 to be exact, but considering the beautiful view I was drinking it in, and the fact it was only the one pint and not a piss up, it's around the price I would have expected to pay.
I've paid similar for a pint in some pretty grotty little hotels/bars that serve warm flat larger, so no big deal to paying £5.60 for a nice cool Peroni drank in such wonderful surroundings.
As for the Old Havana, that's not only a rip off, but selling alcoholic cocktails that don't contain alcohol is illegal I'd have thought. |
It would have been the same price if it were a “piss up”
I agree it’s a great spot, in some ways I prefer it on a windy winters day
looking down and across towards the lighthouse at the waves crashing in.
Sitting inside there has never interested me so seldom have more than 2 pints there before moving on.
Heard today The Pilot does not intend to open until at least Christmas which is a shame.
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| Down the Mumbles yesterday on 21:19 - Aug 20 with 2973 views | jack_lord |
My wife and myself were the first couple to have their wedding reception at Catellmare.
Location chosen on merit and my love of the former Neptunes. |  |
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| Down the Mumbles yesterday on 21:24 - Aug 20 with 2967 views | Flashberryjack |
| Down the Mumbles yesterday on 21:19 - Aug 20 by jack_lord |
My wife and myself were the first couple to have their wedding reception at Catellmare.
Location chosen on merit and my love of the former Neptunes. |
Fantastic venue choice, did it all go well ? | |
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| Down the Mumbles yesterday on 21:35 - Aug 20 with 2952 views | jack_lord |
| Down the Mumbles yesterday on 21:24 - Aug 20 by Flashberryjack |
Fantastic venue choice, did it all go well ? |
It was 19 years and two days ago. Yes it was great and the cafe gave my wife a round of applause in the evening when we briefly left to get changed. | |
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| Down the Mumbles yesterday on 21:44 - Aug 20 with 2943 views | Flashberryjack |
| Down the Mumbles yesterday on 21:35 - Aug 20 by jack_lord |
It was 19 years and two days ago. Yes it was great and the cafe gave my wife a round of applause in the evening when we briefly left to get changed. |
Belated happy anniversary mate. | |
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| Down the Mumbles yesterday on 22:06 - Aug 20 with 2926 views | jack_lord |
| Down the Mumbles yesterday on 21:44 - Aug 20 by Flashberryjack |
Belated happy anniversary mate. |
Thank you - we had a very special anniversary | |
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| Down the Mumbles yesterday on 15:26 - Aug 21 with 2794 views | Professor |
Lovely little typo there FBJ-made me chuckle- Corvid Virus. A virus of crows.
You may have found the source.
Pleased you had a nice day. |  | | |
| Down the Mumbles yesterday on 21:26 - Aug 21 with 2682 views | Flashberryjack |
| Down the Mumbles yesterday on 15:26 - Aug 21 by Professor |
Lovely little typo there FBJ-made me chuckle- Corvid Virus. A virus of crows.
You may have found the source.
Pleased you had a nice day. |
You haven't heard of the corvid virus hitting Mumbles, the crows are dropping like bloody flies mun.
Call yourself a professor. | |
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| Down the Mumbles yesterday on 23:46 - Aug 21 with 2649 views | Professor |
| Down the Mumbles yesterday on 21:26 - Aug 21 by Flashberryjack |
You haven't heard of the corvid virus hitting Mumbles, the crows are dropping like bloody flies mun.
Call yourself a professor. |
Corvids are pretty tough. West Nile Virus is one of the few things to really affect them. This is often thought to be a major threat- big problem in the US. Carried by mozzies. Can kill people and horses too. One that’s been on the watch list for a while. But unlike exciting flaviviruses we get a boring pandemic like coronavirus | | | |
| Down the Mumbles yesterday on 13:58 - Aug 22 with 2562 views | Flashberryjack |
| Down the Mumbles yesterday on 23:46 - Aug 21 by Professor |
Corvids are pretty tough. West Nile Virus is one of the few things to really affect them. This is often thought to be a major threat- big problem in the US. Carried by mozzies. Can kill people and horses too. One that’s been on the watch list for a while. But unlike exciting flaviviruses we get a boring pandemic like coronavirus |
I knew that. | |
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| Down the Mumbles yesterday on 14:09 - Aug 22 with 2556 views | Professor |
| Down the Mumbles yesterday on 13:58 - Aug 22 by Flashberryjack |
I knew that. |
That’s good. They are tough birds corvids. | | | |
| Down the Mumbles yesterday on 14:38 - Aug 22 with 2537 views | Flashberryjack |
| Down the Mumbles yesterday on 14:09 - Aug 22 by Professor |
That’s good. They are tough birds corvids. |
I've never eaten one, so I wouldn't know. | |
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| Down the Mumbles yesterday on 14:54 - Aug 22 with 2522 views | Professor |
| Down the Mumbles yesterday on 14:38 - Aug 22 by Flashberryjack |
I've never eaten one, so I wouldn't know. |
http://www.foodsofengland.co.uk/rookpie.htm
Very traditional. In England and Wales. Hence the ‘ four and twenty blackbirds bakes in a pie’
A couple of pubs still make it | | | |
| Down the Mumbles yesterday on 15:50 - Aug 22 with 2496 views | Flashberryjack |
Magpies | |
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| Down the Mumbles yesterday on 16:11 - Aug 22 with 2481 views | Swanjaxs |
I bet those pies are flying off shelf... |  |
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| Down the Mumbles yesterday on 21:51 - Oct 15 with 2103 views | Flashberryjack |
Just an update on my visit to the Old Havana, Swansea.
I put a post up on tripadvisor, complaining that there was very little or no alcohol in their cocktails.
This is the response I had, bear in mind, they do sell alcohol free "mocktails"and the 3 for £10 had no mention of lower alcohol content on the menu.
What do you reckon, rip off or not ?
Old Havana manager.
Hi there,
Thank you for taking the time to leave your feedback.
Our 3-4-£10 cocktails do have slightly lower alcohol content than a standard cocktail, this is due to us wanting to encourage responsible drinking and keep both our guests and our staff safe. All other cocktails across our menu contain the standard measure of alcohol that you would expect. [Post edited 15 Oct 2020 21:59]
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| Down the Mumbles yesterday on 23:17 - Oct 15 with 2043 views | Slugster664 |
| Down the Mumbles yesterday on 21:51 - Oct 15 by Flashberryjack |
Just an update on my visit to the Old Havana, Swansea.
I put a post up on tripadvisor, complaining that there was very little or no alcohol in their cocktails.
This is the response I had, bear in mind, they do sell alcohol free "mocktails"and the 3 for £10 had no mention of lower alcohol content on the menu.
What do you reckon, rip off or not ?
Old Havana manager.
Hi there,
Thank you for taking the time to leave your feedback.
Our 3-4-£10 cocktails do have slightly lower alcohol content than a standard cocktail, this is due to us wanting to encourage responsible drinking and keep both our guests and our staff safe. All other cocktails across our menu contain the standard measure of alcohol that you would expect. [Post edited 15 Oct 2020 21:59]
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That is why the minges go there, cos they can't hack the alcohol lol Stay away from there is my advice, full of poofs.
These types of places are heaving on Beaujolais Day type events, once a year drinkers who cause nowt but hassle to myself and others...unfortunately, this is society in 2020 🤨 |  |
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| Down the Mumbles yesterday on 06:24 - Oct 16 with 1981 views | 1983 |
Staying in is the new going out
Majestic wine 24 bottles of Peroni = £24
Happy days!
Just looked at old Havana on TA what an ugly looking place with loads of cheap beige looking food [Post edited 16 Oct 2020 6:29]
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