Athletic Tavern in South Ayrshire

Had lunch here on a quiet Wednesday afternoon. Sits on a busy corner of the main street but once inside it opens into a bar area and good restaurant area and garden overlooking the river( and boatyard). Menu has a good selection of classic pub food. Took a little time for our meal to arrive but as is was freshly made this was not a problem. The boatyard burger was one of the best burgers I have had in years and my wife was delighted with the chicken pie with mash and fresh veg. The chef knows how to cook!! If you are in Girvan this place is worth a visit for the food and the view.

If I could give zero stars I would. Ordered at 19:02pm and got a notification from just eat saying there was a delay and it pushed the delivery time back to between 8:20 and 8:40 (we live a 20 min drive from the shop). Called at 8:50 to be told driver left the shop 15 minutes ago and should be about 5 mins away. 20 minutes later still no sign of the driver (trust me we watched every car that pulled in the street like a hawk because we were starving by this point) Called the shop again and the guy in the shop says the driver was at our door and no answer. Lies. Said he would call the driver again, then couple minutes later driver appears, when we asked if he had already knocked he said no, because he hadnt. Asked him to wait because by this point we were not going to be accepting a bag of cold food, only to be told rudely “im too busy, im not waiting about for you to check your food” and off he stomps food was of course cold and the dinner kebab that we asked (and paid) for the sauce to be seperate (because I cant take too much of the sauce on it) was covered in sauce. The chips and cheese were congealed also. The guy in the shop when we phoned back instead of listening properly just kept interrupting with his buts and excuses and no apology. AVOID. 2 hour wait for a meal to be left dissapointed and hungry. UPDATE AT MIDNIGHT: 2 minutes before midnight the owner had the nerve to call my other half and wake us both up to question why we had left a negative review on just eat stating that he has taken no responsibility for the beyond poor service. Absolute joke of an establishment. So not only have we waited hours for food which arrived after who knows how long in a car, had the driver be incredibly rude to us, the food arrive cold and inedible but we have also been rudely woken up by the shop owner phoning and questioning our leaving an honest review so that others dont face the same issue. Unbelievable.

Very quick and delicious food really good value for money

I have to give a massive thanks to these guys, we held a 30th party on Saturday 8th March over 10 miles away, communication throughout was spot on, they delivered and the food was amazing, we ordered pizza's ( assortment) even did a dairy free for us , chips , pakora, chicken nuggets and sauces, not one complaint from 60 guests, well done guys I would definitely recommend and we hope to return in the near future.

Both dishes (chicken with green peppers and black bean sauce; chicken and ham fried rice)were tasty, delicious and delivered quickly.