Marine Boathouse in East Lindsey

Bloody good carvery, friendly staff, decent pub.

Very tasty carvery, lovely staff

Went here for a sunday carvery we went in for 12 o'clock thinking it would be fresh and hot so disappointed sat down to eat it and noticed the cauliflower was black it was moldy and black all the way through it put me off eating any more on my plate then on the table next to us the man got up with a long hair that was on his plate we left didn't want to course a scene so just walked out don't think we will be going again

Visited here yesterday whilst on holiday but unfortunately not very impressed with the hygiene at all. The girl serving on the till looked so ill she really should not have been working! She was coughing everywhere, then handling our drinks and no apology or cleaning her hands what so ever. I later saw her serving up ice-cream and handling food which is even worse. Absolutely shocking behaviour that this employee is being permitted to work around food & drink when she clearly has a cold/covid/flu. If you are in the area this week avoid!!! The guy serving on the bar wasn't much better either, he was also coughing and spluttering everywhere. Absolutely disgusting. As for the carvery, this is very misleading. Prices outside say from '£5.50' but no prices on the menu inside. Turns out its actually £10 per person and its very mediocre. Only 1 choice of meat and the potatoes were dry and hard and watery gravy. No one serving for ages either so lots of standing waiting around. I will say the pork, stuffing and Yorkshire puddings were nice, but as for the rest of it and the value for money its very poor. Defintely would not visit again, their lack of consideration for customers health is extremely off putting. I have contacted them privately to voice concerns.

We have been coming to Butlin’s for years as a family, we’ve always visited this venue when we come. We’ve never had a problem with it, however this year we have visited and unfortantly we were very dissapointed, the food price compare to what you get is shocking I don’t know if prices has changed but the quality hasn’t got any better for the price. We had 2 young children and had to buy 1 adult breakfast for £6.50 because they didn’t have a kids option then we had to pay £3.75 for 1 sausage 1 egg and 1 peice of bacon for our other picky child. The pop was very over priced £4.60 for 1 glass of Pepsi, which didn’t taste the best. We then had to pay separate for our toast for our breakfast which was 1.50 for 2 slices meaning we had payed around £45 for our small family, we know prices has gone up and we don’t mind paying however it was dissapointing to know that the breakfast we had bought called ‘the big breakfast ‘ for £8.99 we then had to pay an extra £1.50 on top for the toast! I just think they need to rethink the prices… Maybe add a kids small plate ? Also include toast with the big breakfast ? Also the tea pots are tiny! was a half cup of tea. Staff were lovely and it was really clean just dissapointed about the food/menu.

Ridiculous a coke and a j20 9 pounds don't come here robbing you!!

Very good pub excellent food and beer and lovely atmosphere

We only had the nachos to share as we were tired from a long drive. We waited about 40mins, it was almost cold & somewhat congealed. The sour cream was tartar sauce! We were hungry so ate it all, except the tartar sauce. Will not be going back. Staff were friendly, atmosphere was odd. Loud vulgar women, quiet families, couples, groups of mates.

Was so looking forward to a roast dinner but never again waited 15 mins to be served it was a Thursday and not busy . The meat was so dry, roast potato's so hard , mash cold and carrots dry, so disappointing . Says outside from £5.50 but over double that.

Had a breakfast Saturday which was beautiful so went Sunday for carvery was OK but have had better

Do not eat at this place carvery was the worst I've had ever meat was dry potatoes rick hard even it was a new lot brought out if you want broken teeth then enjoy but place was really no good and price on outside carvery from 5.95 but when you paid it was 12.00 not posted anywhere or sign saying price won't go here again and I'm just letting people know it is no good then carvery was disgusting

To start of with the woman who served us over charged me by £1something then when the food come my mums salad looked mouldy the yorkshire pudding was oily and the steak didn't come with the mushroom ,onion ring, tomato it was advertised with on the picture won't be returning very expensive for the quality

Food was hot, tasty and plenty of it The decoration was cool and animatronics were fun

Good food friendly staff. Even brought some trimmings over for our dog..

Went in for breakfast, was a good price, nice and hot, would go again.

The food was vile, cold, greasy, staff was not friendly at all. Would never go back in there again.

I took my mum here last Friday (20th September) for an end of holiday treat on me. Sadly the experience was awful. The two young staff were too busy serving drinks. When we did get served the beef hadn't been cooked through properly (my mother wouldn't eat it), sadly I did and suffered for it the following morning. The roast potatoes were over done to the point of nothing inside them. My poor mother, I won't be taking her to this place again. Thankfully a local chef put us on to another place in Skegness. So next year we will have a place to eat a proper lunch. Andrew

Everytime I come on holiday to Skegness the Marine Boat House was one my favourite places to go to for the carvery. However I visited the place last week in September 2024 while on holiday and it's really gone downhill. The staff just seemed rude and lacked any kind of customer service skills. I didn't appreciate one of the staff members who seemed to have bad cough that was coughing all over the carvery. A lot of the tables hadn't been cleaned either with plates and glasses just left on them. As for the carvery the meat was fine but it lacked choice in veg. The place has one positive at least it's dog friendly.

Never seen a carvery like it in my life. Dry, bland and very unappetising. We stood staring in disbelief for a minute and then walked out.

On holiday and just popped in here to see about a carvery with my family. On seeing how horrendous the carvery looked we instantly left. The meat looked green, and the veg looked cold and hard.

I walked in,looked at the carvery and turned around and walked out

I am disappointed in this place no staff communication, plus when using a meat knife, I thought it was for just one meat they cut and use another knifes for the other two meats but no. They only use one meat knife for all 3 meats. Food was disgusting, beef wasn't sliced it was shredded, they put peas and sweetcorn together plus not asking people if they have any allergies. The server went and got refills for the carvery, when she came back she didn't wash her hands. The hygiene is no existence and they don't clean their tables off. DEFINITELY AVOID AT ALL COST

Cheap and cheerful breakfast. It filled a hole, but no wow.

Carvery, well, not really. It was awful. The Yorkshire puddings were dry and very hard, to the extent of not being able to cut through them. The roast potatoes were even worse. They were old, rock hard and, the one that I managed to get my knife through was tasteless. As for the lump of stuffing given. It was like a brick that I couldn't bite into when I picked it up with my fingers (only done this as my knife and fork would do anything). Very, very poor show. I should have looked around first to notice the plates that were left around with wasted food on them. Don't think I'll be eating here again. Definitely, would not recommend the carvery.

Very good food nice people and good service and good value for money.

Took the family for carvery Sunday 1st Sept late afternoon. The turkey and gammon was tasteless and dry. The veg was dry and obviously had been on the heat along time and not freshened or replenished. We usually go often but won't eat again If we do. Bar staff was attentive as usual and as always rushed.

Popped in with my daughter & grandchildren who had come to visit us in our newly brought caravan. They loved it xx

Great bar which is elevated from street level and windows all the way around. Great to people watch.

Food was dreadful.Staff are terribly rude. Avoid at all costs. Needs to be shut down.

Food was not up to there usual standard. Prices have increased. Waiting time was awful. Will not be returning

Lovely pub also dog friendly. Didn't eat but food looked good

Went there for a carvery yesterday afternoon absolutely disgusting worst one I have ever had it was all dry and only just warm,staff seemed to be very busy but was not a lot of people there,they said said fresh meat is coming down went I went up about half hour later they couldn’t find it then someone shouted it’s underneath the counter very nasty

Excellent Sunday Carvery, Very clean, extremely friendly and welcoming Highly recommend

Ordered a cocktail drink, said would bring it over, 10 mins later, had to ask where it was, as the was delivering food....said he would get right on it ..... Then had to come and ask me what it was that I ordered again......cheeseburger was dry and no salad on the plate at all.... I wasn't impressed, would have got one star, saved as they had live football on and it seemed reasonably clean.

Went in for 3 carverys that cost £50. My sons meal was hardly cooked. The staff were rude and not helpful. Dirty tables, floors and windows. Would definitely recommend to NOT spend your money or time here.

What a dive !!!!! It was minging

The carvery was very unappetising and the service was shocking, took ages to get our food and then it was taken to the wrong table.

Absolutely shocking carvery. Meat dry, stuffing and roasties like rubber. Vege dry.

Decent size family pub but could be a whole lot better in my opinion. We went in for breakfast which was quite expensive and not the nicest. It is always busy though with some great entertainment. Maybe I just caught them on a bad day.

20 min wait at the bar to be served, wasn't even that busy. Then 30 mins for food to come out which was very expensive but very mediocre food. Paid 8.99 for a breakfast not to come with toast. Bacon sandwich and sausage sandwich also ordered. Very disappointed overall

Well what can I say . we spent £43 on breakfasts and drinks. Buffet Breakfast thats planted up for you, its £8.99 it's poor quality bacon and the sausages was the worst I've ever tested! beans and tomatoes was cold . Coke was flat, plus if you have toast it's extra! when I told them about it they didn't seem interested at all I can honestly say avoid this place without doubt i will never go here agin

Smells abit weird had a bad pint got a double vodka in a pint glass. Will admit when complained did add another double to it. Bar staff abit useless. Do serve food bit didn't eat there went sizzlers in stead.

All round not good. Went in for a carvery, meat was dry. Barely no greens to go with it. Gravy was cold. No mash potatoes, no cauliflower and cheese. Spent roughly 10 minutes standing at the bar waiting to be served (no one but me at the bar). Staff have no rush in them and just casually swan around yapping.

Just stopped in for food then place was clean with plenty of seats, the staff were chirpy and very polite the food (2x new yorker burgers) took it's time which to me means it's being freshly cooked and we weren't disappointed it was definitely freshly cooked and hot, it tasted delicious and I was absolutely stuffed to the brim at the end Well recommended A***

Went for carvery as only place still serving late on Sunday afternoon. Tables were filthy and had to ask twice for table to be cleaned. Sign outside said £5.50, turns out that is child price under 12. Adult £12.99. Meat variety was good, enjoyed the carrots although the rest of our party didn't. Gammon was very nice but other meats were very dry. Everything over cooked. Parsnips like rock, roast potatoes tasted like they had been cooked in old oil. Yorkshires although huge were tasteless. No mash, peas or cauliflower cheese. My son couldn't eat his meal and got his money back. The rest of us ate what we could. Certainly will not be returning. Toilets disgusting 😫😫

Awful food. Dirty tables. Expensive. Carvery was advertised £5.50 that is child price under 12. Adult £12.99. Will never ever return. It is a rip-off. Everything over cooked and fried in old oil. Toilets disgusting as well. Whole experience was disgusting. Over £60 wasted.

Avoid! 3 of us had a carvery everything dried up potatoes rock hard tasted very bland,the meat didn't even carve into slices all shredded,the stuffing was that hard you could smash a window with it best tasting thing was the mint sauce very disappointing and also get horrible smells of drain which is very off putting

The worst carvery iv ever had. Everyone was asking for a refund. Because i wrapped the meat up for the dog i couldn’t get a refund. The food is inedible.

Ordered lunch at 11.40am, still waiting at 12.40. When enquiring the delay, they had taken over £50 for the food but not put the order to the kitchen. Half hearted apology given with refund, no other alternatives offered.

Visited 19/8 at 11.30am. Order from the lunch menu and was told would be a bit of a wait and would start cooking it at 11.55am. At 12.45 no sign of food, when querying it they had not even put the food order through. Spent over £50 on food and a further £50 on drinks. Minimal apology at all from them.

Visited tonight with wife awful experience had fish chips and mushy peas absolutely disgusting food cold chips Rock hard mushy peas like cement wife ordered chicken wrap with no cheese when meal arrived about half an hour later wife's chicken was in a roll she complained that it was wrap she ordered waited about 20 minutes till wrap arrived loaded with cheese been here 5 days and is worst place we have eaten absolutely disgusting place to eat horrible wish I was able to give zero stars

Food was not good carvery cold meat over cooked and chips greasy

Service was a tad slow. Waited 40 minutes or so for food to arrive. But the quality of the food made up for it. Lovely steak!

The carvery is awful. Please don't waste your money. You have been warned.

Book for a friend's birthday meal and no table set when we got there very disappointed food not good for money 😕

Absolutely brilliant service. The young girl on the door was very helpful polite and friendly. So was mark the barman. Food was amazing definitely value for money

Great breakfast but check the cutlery thats my only issue

Alright carvery, nowhere near enough selection. Would’ve liked mash at the bare minimum. No turkey either so I had the pork but that was lovely to be fair. Great atmosphere and friendly staff but I would be lying if I said I was satisfied after my meal.

love this place staff are polite helpfull always good music on clean friendly place no issue

Lovely place. Great caramel latte and breakfast.

We came here for the first time yesterday 11.08.24 for a meal there was me and my family ordered food for me my partner and my 2 year daughter and we had to wait hour or mabye longer the staff we very rude when asking about the food to see where it was the communication was terrible and when the food did come it was disgusting so 100% will NOT being coming back here again

Very nice fish and chips. Fish was juicy, tasty and crispy on the outside. The portion was large, prices are affordable. The only downside was the waiting time. I may try the roast next time.

Absolutely shocking!!!!! We went for a Sunday dinner as we were all hungry and ready to eat. We went to the top floor and ordered. The options were very limited!! No veg just carrots that were really dry, meat wasn’t greatly cooked, the beef was far too salty. The roast potato’s were so dry. Another thing was the tables are far too close together so couldn’t pull chair out much to sit down.The only thing I enjoyed was the large Pepsi max!! I will definitely not be returning or recommending it to anyone!!!

Nice staff but didn't reckon much to the food and drinks are pricey

Great service and excellent quality

Popped in for a drink staff friendly and polite.

Nice pub in the Centre of Skegness. Good disabled access with a lift to all floors. The place was clean and the staff were welcoming. £4.20 for a bottle of corona. It had plenty of seats available when I visited. It looks like they have entertainment in the evening but can’t confirm as I visited in the daytime. Nice atmosphere and pleasant surroundings. I did pop in to see when MC Wratey was next playing as he’s someone I’ve always wanted to see.

I do not recommend the restaurant, I waited 45 minutes for fish and chips, and finally I asked to return my money. The employees were moving very slowly and seemed bothered when I placed the order, plus the juice and beer glasses didn't seem to be cleaned. So I don't recommend it

Chips undercooked - half cup coffee! - no bread arrived... Then had to asked where our peas were.. only to be served cold peas!!🙄.. what a joke ...Not waiters fault but really wished we gone to first choice next door!!!

Okay for a drink stop, service was excellent. Pub did smell a little stale though

Breakfast is over priced £6.50 for that, sausages are cheap ones This didn't include toast or a drink.

The food needs looking at I had a lasagne and it wasn't good,very dry and burnt

I Took my wife and grand daughter in for a carvery. The upstairs carvery and bar had young staff and a manager that took ages to serve the people waiting to order .Then the carvery queue was building up and customers getting frustrated with the wait T The staff were still not serving for a good 15 minutes , eventually a young lady appeared and started to start to carve the meats which was obvious that she not slicing the meat properly or the knife was blunt and all the meats she carved broke up just like pulled pork. the meats we had was dry tasteless. Roasts potato’s dry, carrots dry. We started to eat but it was so awful I stopped complained to the young female duty manager. I showed her the quality of the food we’re were served . She agreed to refund two out of the three carvery’s, but not my wife’s, because she had started to eat the Yorkshire pudding but nothing else. It’s the worst expensive carvery experience I have ever had, customer experience we had was not good and whilst we sat at our table we heard two other customers complaining I I won’t be going back,, or recommending it my friends or family.

Food was nice, nothing fancy, not too expensive though ≈£50 for breakfast for 5 with (soft) drinks. Atmosphere isn't anything special (but it's a pub at breakfast so can't expect too much) staff are nice and friendly, service is quick. Would return.

Nice place good views out of the windows. Plenty of seating. We had fish chips n curry sauce. Very over priced. Chips were old re cooked. Fish was over cooked and dry curry sauce was like water and very spicy. Wasn't worth what we paid. Ended up wishing we had gone to chippy on the other corner. Won't be going again. Didn't take picture wished I had. Portions were small.

The food was absolutely terrible, I had fish and chips and the wife had a carvery, the fish and chips were the worst I had in all my life, the carvery the wife had was disgusting, the staff serving at the bar were rude, arrogant and pig ignorant. I advice anybody contemplating going there to give it a wide berth and try elsewhere. In finishing even the dog wouldn't eat the left overs and that says it all

Carvery not very nice, many people had left their food

Loved it here Elvis on Sunday afternoon and a excellent Sunday lunch and a good selection of beers

Did want carvery bit time we came they were sold out . Have deliahious burger . Chips and cocktails

Was absolutely shocking, the staff was very rude, the food was dry and poor. Would not recommend to anyone, had to go elsewhere as was disgusting..go across the road to polite friendly, really nice food at half the cost. Unfortunately if there was a 0 star would of choose 100%

We thought this would be a safe place to eat. However, a £40 bill dry over cooked fish and a bad stomach for 3 days.

The worst carvery I've ever had.. The meat they couldn't carve it disintegrated. The roast spuds were rock hard. The veg was mush.. Apart from the roast turnips which were rock hard.. The Yorkshire puds weren't crispy they were chewy. The gravy was more like thick sludge.. But I will say the horseradish sauce was great.. Out of a sachet of course.. The girl who tried to carve the meat obviously didn't want to be there. Ignorant.. I would thoroughly recommend never eating the carvery.. But I'm not going to visit this place again for the remainder of my holiday..

We called here today for lunch 2 of us 11.95 each for steak and ale pie chips and peas was absolutely disgusting the pie well what can I say me and my husband went on the hunt for meat did we find any no all gravy and supposedly pastry what a rip off sack the chef

Well we have used these year after year. However today we had a £40 bill for food and drink. The Fish was dry and over cooked grey in appearance, i were physically sick an hour after eating, such a dissapointment I won't be using again that's for sure

We recently went to this pub on a Sunday for a carvery. We went up to pay and get our ticket for the carvery, put our drinks down on the table and stood in the queue. We were in the queue for 40 minutes bearing in mind that there must have only been 15-20 people in front of us. Service was extremely slow and no sense of urgency to replenish any food. By the time we got back to the table the drinks were flat. not much selection of food on the carvery and were also all dry. All in all not a great experience.

Really nice bar and great decor. However toilets really smell! Look nice and clean so maybe something to look at.

Went here on 6th July 2024 board outside saying Carvery from £5.99 so friend and myself went in sat at a table , to which i had to wave over the waitress as table needed cleaning , i asked about Carvery and she said it was being served upstairs , so off we went and got a table then went to bar and ordered , to our horror it was £9.99 as £5.99 was the price of a childs meal !!!! i then made a comment about that was a ploy to get customers in then ? I ordered my £9.99 meal and asked for a boiled water with a slice of lemon , my bill came to £11.49 ??? They had charged me £1.50 for a god dam boiled water !!!! i questioned it and she went and got another lady (who was about to serve the carvery) who then said the price was based on a half pint cordial !!!!! I then said that i had never been charged anywhere for a water and only wanted it as i have to take medication before a meal , i cannot take it with fizzy, cordial or alcoholic drinks , she still proceeded to say that was the price full stop !!!! Don't get me wrong , i dont mind paying for the lemon but BOILED WATER !!!! Behave Marine Boathouse !!! Not any establishment has ever done that to me and may i add i am a local !!!!! I then told her it was disgusting and due to the board outside giving a bit of a false advert and it wasn't that nice of a carvery for price either i would not return or recommend to anyone . Yes we could of walked out and gone to a better place but we had paid by card and the hassle would of just been a nightmare so we stayed but we will not return and it was not just over the water really although that did not help . As we came out of the building low and behold the carvery board had been removed , so its your choice but as a local and of an older age, its appaulling how a place can do this just because maybe its the time of the season to rip customers off !!!!! NEVER AGAIN .

Very disappointed had to wait 50 mins for food then when the food when it arrived was luke warm staff never asked if everything was ok,£2.95 for a pot of tea I thought was a bit steep only 1 cup out of it won’t be visiting again

Absolutely dreadful food and long wait time even though it was pretty much empty . Food was practically inedible. Avoid at all costs I watched a waitress wiping crumbs off tables into her hands no cleaning cloth or spray then wipe her hands on her clothes 🤢 . Too many filthy tables .

Dunno how to write minging in the required 100 words. Advertised drinks in tap not available, one that was tasted dirty. They did swap it. Food was grim. Quantity over quality.

Awful, never again. Food was horrible, cheap and not very cheerful, stale bread - very very overpriced. Toilets were disgusting! Looked like they hadn't been cleaned in weeks not just days never going again, avoid 😡

First time here had a carvery it wasn't great parsnips and roast potatoes were so dry the middle was empty,only carrots as veg no greens,stuffing was like a rubber, gravy very runny, however the beef was lovely I wouldn't reccomend this meal sorry

Unfriendly staff, cold and not so good and overpriced carvery, the only thing positive on this visit is it is dog friendly.... This will be the first and the last visit to this pub.

Food was dreadful loads of noisy drunks making us feel uncomfortable

Good, nice brekkie, average prices for beer, however soft drink prices are similar to a pint of beer prices. 4.60 for a pint of diet coke, rip off.

Lovely place great staff and food

15 tables still need clearing and we have been her 2 hours

If you buy a cocktail ask how much alcohol is actually in the drink! First time in my life I have left a bar more sober than when i went in.

Carvery wasn't that great, ran out of pork so only had gammon and beef. They'd also ran out of potatoes so my £11 odd carvery consisted of beef, gammon, 1 Yorkshire pud and peas and carrots as that's all they had.

Was ok long wait for food only 2 med breakfasts.... staff we ok but I felt they could have been more friendly and helpful.. only small moan.