Machynys Bar and Brasserie in Carmarthenshire

Hi, Writing on behalf of my daughter and son in law. It was truly awful. First course took an hour despite hardly anyone else there. Main corse included hair so was left uneaten. Free first course given as an apology, but still cost £60.00 for awful food. Avoid at all costs.

We attended the Italian night this evening. Absolutely amazing. Food was delicious , cocktails beautiful and staff were very professional and made the whole experience even better. Thank you all 🙂

Always loved this venue, visited saturday and asked for the df and gf BLT as per menu to be told the bread that is gf includes milk? A ridiculous state of affairs. This was a return visit prior to this enjoyed our visits, unfortunately we sent them an email, the response of which left us disappointed. We live in Nottingham and we're about to book tee times, we didn't.

Nice classy bar and restaurant I can always relax there

Great food, brilliant views, and bar staff were excellent

Meal for a party of 9. Ordered in advance, had to wait around 45 to an hour minutes for the pre order. Was OK for us as we chatted. Was happy to use the birthday cake we took with us. Where very helpfull on this front. Meals where a bit pricey and a little unseasoned. Table service was good in parts.

The standard of the venue has gone downhill. We attended as a group for an event paying £25 per person. We would expect for that more than one option and what was served was seriously below par. What we received was inedible by most of the group, including frozen nan and lack of condiments. Having to ask for the ban to be heated or at the minimum defrosted. When several members of the group have complained they have been met with hostility and excuses by staff, events team and management. They’ve cited “dietary needs” should have been raised, however I don’t believe edible food is a dietary need. Also when catering curry for a large group of people common sense should be that the curry shouldn’t be so spicy that most of the room can’t eat it. I would NOT recommend for any event.

Went 9 October for my birthday myself and daughter fantastic service excellent food staff so helpful and polite.Tsnk you do much

Sunday lunch was really poor, chewy roast potatoes, cold veg and cold gravy, stuffing rock hard, we complained butnothing was offered

Went for a coffee with a friend . Very good atmosphere and staff very friendly. We really enjoyed the time there.

Great venue for Brunch stunning views!

The food was outstanding, the service poor. I had to go twice to ask the waitresses to bring stuff. They brought the Sunday lunch with no veg. Had to go and ask. This is such a beautiful venue, hope the customer care improves!

Coffee good comfortable surroundings great view outside seating with view of golf course there is also a lift useful to us as we usually have a senior parent with us. Food wise we all had a lunch time sandwich which were ok.

We really like Machynys and its restaurant. For us it's often the place for celebrations. On this occasion, we just went for breakfast before our son was to go back off to university. My wife had pancakes with honey, compote and yoghurt. There were three small pancakes but just one more would have been spot on. She really enjoyed them. My son and I had Machynys breakfasts. Diced avocado and tomatoes on toast, poached eggs and Glamorgan sausage. Now I have always enjoyed the food here, but today was the exception. It was not enjoyable at all. One slice of toast had two undercooked poached eggs with runny clear whites. The avocado and tomatoes were not on the toast but to the side, and they basically consisted of cherry tomatoes, chopped avocado and loads of salad cream, or something similar. It wasn't particularly enjoyable at all, but I was so hungry I ate it. The sausage however was quite nice. Our first cup of coffee did come quite cold, but the second made up for it - that was hot. This place is lovely. Great surroundings and a nice atmosphere with very reasonable prices - and it's not at all expensive. It's just that today, my food was not at all good. I will return though, as I just expect this to be a blip, a bad food day.

Lovely food with stunning views of the golf course

Only called to purchase gift voucher

The food was average and not the standard that I thought it would be. Service was quite slow, despite the restaurant being quite quiet.

Enjoyable meal and relaxing atmosphere. Staff friendly and helpful.

Fantastic place, amazing food and drinks

Best goats cheese salad, gf and df blt. Amazing really, really nice place with great food.

The curry was lush. Amazing view and the staff are amazing.

Delicious food and excellent service.

Very disappointing meal this evening. 3 of us ordered short rib of beef and after waiting an hour it was tough and inedible. Waitress took it back and gave us menus to choose replacement meals - but didn’t come back to take order! Eventually after being asked another waitress took our order and replacement meals arrived two hours after we originally ordered. Manager couldn’t be bothered to come and apologise. Free drinks didn’t compensate for a ruined evening - and embarrassing for our hosts.

Had food here as part of our spa day and was delicious. I'm gluten free and they adapted the meals I had chosen to suit my dietary needs. Really tasty food and great service

Great value.. Nice choice of cuisine

Food excellent. Service could do with a little gee-up. Enjoyed, will go back.

Perfect. Food and staff are outstanding

Nice location with good views of the Gower and the golf course nice and clean food was great and so was service reasonably priced would recommend

We visited Machynys for an afternoon of golf for my partner on the beautiful grounds whilst I had a massage and facial with Katy. She was so lovely, and the treatments one of the best I ever had whilst being incredibly reasonably priced. Had a drink at the bar upstairs afterwards and the view was just breathtaking. Came back for lunch at the Brasserie the following day and that was lovely too. What a gem to have discovered, can’t wait to come back.

Friend and I went to Machynys Golf club Llanelli for Easter lunch. Pleasantly surprised with Impressive location and delicious food. It was very enjoyable afternoon.

Booked for Sunday lunch, my husband's was cold, reheated in microwave. Mine was warm, beef tender, roast potatoes appeared to have been cooked days ago & warmed up. Parsnip couldn't cut through one end, too hard. Very disappointed with food, not exactly cheap. Expected better for such a lovely setting. Waitress was lovely & very apologetic, not her fault. We booked quite early, so food should have been piping hot & fresh.

Mothers day treat Fantastic food Fantastic staff All-around excellent

A very warm and calm environment

Good food, great atmosphere and just a very pleasant place to be. Relaxing with fantastic views.

Best 2 course Sunday lunch great place to sit relax Staff Fantastic. Conor loved your eye contact when having conversation with us and others. Makes a big change. Good on you. Would go back again and recommend. Thank you all.xxx

Lovely location but - My friends and I come here every month for brunch and usually the food is very good . However today it was poor - I don’t know if the chef has changed since last time …. Two of us ordered eggs Benedict - they had run out of muffins so the eggs were on toast ! The poached eggs were hard and the hollandaise sauce was vinegary . Not nice at all . Hopefully next month it will be better again !

Awful spa experience dirty rooms needs a good clean awful treatment walked out halfway through for a full refund one small jacuzzi for your whole spa experience and the so called relaxation room is like waiting in a dr surgery lights all on people back and fore constantly and the other relaxation room has music pumping through it ftom the gym worst experience we ever had would never return

Great place to have a meal,surroundings and staff first class

Thought it was a wonderful venue, very modern, clean, bright. We went on a very windy and rainy day, my wife and daughter were having a morning in the Spa and we ate in the bar area afterwards. I could not fault the staff in both friendliness and efficiency, there was a roaring log fire in the centre of the area. A great relaxing morning for us all.

Held a funeral reception at Machynys. Staff very helpful before, during and after the reception. Excellent quality food provided.

Very beautiful place to visit lovely staff 4 of us came abd had coffee & cake they even had dairy free apple pie with dairy free ice cream , staff are very friendly and Connor was extremly lovely and amazingly friendly

I visited this place today, the vegan apple pie and dairy free ice-cream also gluten free was absolutely delicious 😋 The flat white with oat milk was devine too. Whilst I was there, I checked out the menu, will definitely be visiting again to try the nut roast. The customer service was excellent!

It's a shame that the staff have their phones out, while behind the bar, and are more interested in that than serving customers. Usually, we have very chatty and polite staff. And shockingly, it was a maturer lady encouraging the youngsters . Only happened once, just had to mention it, as a request to review popped up.

The food continues to be very poor at this venue. Each time we visit it’s disappointing. On this occasion the burger was served in a black seeded bun which was unappealing and was dry and tasteless, served with chips and tiny pot of coleslaw! The lamb biryani was a greasy, unappealing lamb shank protruding from dry overcooked rice with a tiny pot of curry sauce on the side! The meal was truly awful and looked disgusting!! We were offered a doggie bag instead of something else. We live locally and would visit more often if the food was good. Owners of this venue, up your game as the venue itself is lovely with great views!!

Excellent food in a beautiful, comfortable atmosphere. The service was very good, staff were knowledgable and happy to help. All in all a great evening.

Disappointed! Burger and chips ordered. We ordered first so expected fresh cooked food. It came out looking old pre heated chips, see picture. No garnish No wow I came once before and prayed it was better. But it’s not. If you’re playing golf and fancy a bacon sandwich after they looked basic but ok. But please don’t go here expecting anything other than pre heated food. Nicest thing was the coleslaw but that was it. We went on a Saturday and it was busy, but not that busy to cook chips from fresh. The menu was very expensive for what it was. Such a disappointment for this venue as it could be amazing. Home cooked fresh meals with imagination is needed. I won’t be coming back again until new chef and menu that is worthy or such high prices.

New years eve menu.good choice. Well presented and tasty. really helpful and friendly staff.

I've had lunch here many times and enjoyed it but the roast today was very average. The plate was swimming in gravy, no jug offered. The roast potatoes were soft and everything was just warm enough. There was plenty of beef though a bit tasteless. 3 courses costs £29.95 plus £2 extra for the beef. My prawn cocktail was average and dessert fine but for £32 I expected a better meal. We were both hungry so ate our meal but ordinarily i would have sent the plate back. Such a shame as I like the atmosphere of the bar with its great views over the golf course. Just because it was a late lunch, 3pm ish, I still expect decent quality food. Need to try harder.

Lovely lunch here today.. it was busy but food came quickly and was tasty. Then had a spa treatment which was fantastic Very relaxing.

We came here for a 21st Birthday meal and were very disappointed. The waitress was very robotic and lacked warmth. Ordered the two course £35 menu. Starters arrived, one was stone cold. Waited nearly an hour for our mains. The food was substandard. Had to pay extra for sides and then they got the order wrong. Waitress leaned across us and asked us to pass a plate to the other side of the table. Only positive point was the senior waiter who was really friendly, professional and dealt with our complaints and apologised, giving us a reduced bill. Restaurant is very overpriced and they need to be more selective when employing staff.

Booked a table for 2. Shown to our table straight away. Drink order was taken. The drinks were brought to our table by a young girl who literally plonked them on the table & she definitely needed to put a smile on her face. The food itself very disappointing for what we paid. It was cold. The plates were stone cold. For £34.00 for 2 courses would have expected a lot more. Such a shame it once used to be a lovely place to go.

Excellent setting. Great staff. Food was freshly cooked so not quick.

Great atmosphere, comfortable and classy surroundings. Friendly staff. Lovely views.

Called into the bar area for a Sunday lunch - the food is decent but the prices have gone berserk - only an expensive xmas menu available & no bar menu - which probably explained why the place was practically deserted in mid December.

Great service from staff, they made an important occasion special

If it could go wrong it did go wrong. Rushed to order our food, long waits when having food and not everyone served the same time. Drinks and food wise. To top it off two meals were raw.

The meal was lovely but the sauce on the chicken could have had a thicker consistency.

I love it here and come often with my dog for a drink after a beach walk

Very disappointing. Sausage and bacon roll - one lonely little sausage and one small rasher of bacon, bland and completely overpriced. Service good however.

A little underwhelming. Size of portions a bit strange - starters quite large, mains a bit scanty. I had the truffle chicken and it tasted of very little except for the cream sauce, which had odd white lumps in it - maybe a thickening agent gone wrong, as the sauce was very thin. It was served 'with asparagus' which meant two spears, though well cooked, and gnocchi, which turned out to be badly fried, unseasoned, potato croquettes. A bland dish, which you will want to order sides with. Service good, though not particularly fast and we were never given a drinks menu, location stunning. Half the other guests were couples on dates, and although the food is a bit mediocre the setting, particularly around sunset, is wonderful.

Booked a spa afternoon which included a 2 course meal. The food was outstanding. Very tasty and good sized portions. Would highly recommend.

Delicious breakfast. Lovely view. Really friendly and helpful service. Clean tables, cutlery and crockery

Lovely atmosphere, friendly staff and great view.

Lovely location . Waitress was lovely too. Had our starter very promptly but had to wait ages for the main course and it wasn’t that busy ! Food nice but overpriced . The sea bass was cooked well and tasty but the sauce was totally...

A great meal with great views over the golf course, served by a very pleasant server. And I charged my car on their fast charger while I ate.

Great for a pint or coffee.. No good for food although expensive.. Also, the kitchen is on on odd hours.. I would suggest a dinner on nearby pubs and come down to Machynys for the pint :-)

Had a spa day and it was great, highly recommend

Booked table for four on line, day before we were due to dine two of our party had to cancel, after phoning several times to let them know we were unable to get a reply and unable to leave a message as the answer phone was full.

Outstanding views and food delicious service first class

Lovely place to eat. Food always delicious, although it would be nice to have a specials board to have a change as once you've gone through the menu, it's all the same again.

Golf course us superb! Spa treatments are great too. Food is hit and miss.

Popped in for a coffee very relaxing place

Excellent location and views. Can recommend kofta wraps. V tasty.

Last time we visited was in 2015 when I gave three stars but this time four, the ambience is very good overlooking the golf course. The service from the servers was excellent but a ‘tad’ slow in delivery of the food after ordering, prices remain...

45 mins wait for the main course. No salads on the menu. Chose Truffle chicken with gnocchi. It was as if the dish had been kept under the warming lights for 30 mins. The chicken breast was dry and tough, the gnocchi was burnt and...

Played golf on a superb golf course... a real gem of a course. Had food and drinks in the bar afterwards. The facilities here are outstanding Would like to give higher praise but didn't eat in the restaurant to sample its delight. Will be back to play golf fir sure

Idyllic golf course in a little town in west Wales called Llanelli. Well worth a knock and a beer

Fab food, surroundings and staff, cant fault it!

I attended the restaurant on a Saturday night we were a group of 15. When we arrived we had to ask to add another table because we were all squashed and couldn't move. Staff were very obliging. We had preordered our meals and to be...

Tasty breakfast with beautiful views of the estury. Lovely ambience. Fresh produce, not greasy. Great menu choice too.

Great service attentive but not overly. Witnessed beautiful sunset over dinner 2 courses were more than enough will be back

Went with a friend as she had birthday vouchers. Ordered a starter which took around an hour to be served. When the main eventually came my friend’s lamb shank was frozen on the inside. Not cheap either

My friend had vouchers bought as a birthday gift. We went along and ordered starters and main. The food took an hour to be served. The starter was good and my meal was ok, however, my friend ordered the lamb shank which was still frozen. Massive disappointment and if I’m honest overpriced for the quality

Lovely outlook over golf course. Delicious food with good service. Would highly recommend.

Have not been to Machynys Bar and Brasserie for quite a few years but was not disappointed. Seated straight away food was very good staff very pleasant spot on. You don't have to be a golfer to appreciate it.

Food was fantastic. Really fresh and well prepared. We both had the fish of the day and it was one of the nicest meals I’ve had in a long time. Great value for money. The lady who served us was great, really concerned about getting...

The golf course was in outstanding condition, the clubhouse/spa is also top drawer. Friendly staff right across the business, my only query is the fact they don’t have a reasonably priced post-round snack/ sandwich menu. Well worth a visit !!

A beautiful restaurant an fabulous spot. The vegan menu was practically non existent and very uninspired!!! The difference between the vegetarian and the vegan option is. 'Coleslaw or no coleslaw' We ended up not eating. Come on, there are millions of vegans out there. We...

Went for a spa day with some friends. Had the back neck and shoulder massage. I would say it was OK. Nothing spectacular. What ruined it for me, the girl carrying out the treatment kept yawning. Quite nice environment in the spa but not much...

Very disappointed with the roast. Wasn't bad by any standard. But for 25 quid I was expecting a bit more than frozen veg and aunt Bessie yorkies Such a shame the food doesn't match the quality of the location. Service was slow but staff were polite.

Lovely food, had to repeat to the waitress a couple of times though as not listening and dirty napkin brought to the table which was quickly rectified when she noticed

Lovely place food a bit expensive sign of the times. Service excellent

Fabulous day 👍 had the most amazing hot 🔥 stone full body massage. Looking forward to my next visit 😊👌

Maybe the best dining location in South Wales

Lovely staff. They were rushed off their feet. Gave great service. I had cod skewers with vegetable rice. The cod was lovely, but I don't think dry white rice with a spoonful of peas placed on top is vegetable rice. That's my only complaint.

Called in for coffees and drinks. Even though it was a grey dismal windy day. Place was buzzing

Great family lunch to celebrate a special birthday. Service was a little slow but to be fair it was really very busy. Staff were friendly and helpful. Food was fabulous and great atmosphere. Will definitely return.

Nice food, fantastic views towards the Estuary.

Wanted to treat my daughter who was home for the weekend for lunch so chose Machynys. We ordered our food and drinks promptly, then noticed people who had ordered after us were eating then left! It had been an hour since ordering, we were then...

Best vegetarian burger that I have ever tasted. Visited with a friend today & had a lovely afternoon. Friend had a vegetable curry & she said it was delicious too. Lovely sevice, nice atmosphere & very reasonably priced. Will definitely be visiting again.