The Cross House Inn in Carmarthenshire

Didn't eat here, although interesting food truck outside. Barman clearly enjoying his job and lots of locals celebrating a local rugby day

Friendly place with a quaint food stall outside...worth a visit

Arrived Thursday 12.10. Advertised as open....closed...in a busy town!!!!

Street food shack just in the grist of it. Lovely lady serving well prepared and tasty food. Worth axdto for lunch.

Stopped off for a drink lovely friendly place

Stopped at The Grist Street Food, outside the Cross House Inn after a walk around the area. Burger, wraps etc were all delicious and cooked fresh to order. Grist Burger Stack in particular was perfecto.

Proper pub, full of proper locals... wonderful.

Great little local pub full of characters and fun which many pub chains lack.

We really shouldn't have walked into this pub. The welcome was very similar to Slaughtered Lamb in American Werewolf! The patrons and the barman looked at us in a way that very much suggested we shouldn't be there. We asked about food, which we discovered that they don't serve, and felt so uncomfortable that we left before we even ordered a drink. Enter at your own risk.

Great welcome good beer landlord A1

Welcome was friendly and great atmosphere

Welcoming pub. Just a friendly nice pub with great staff. Toilets immaculate. Very very clean. Parking outside free rather than in the charging car park near the castle.

Great beer. Great atmosphere. Central location in Laugharne

Great atmosphere and friendly locals

Absolutely brilliant pub. Full of local characters. We were made to feel very welcome. Great Jukebox. Brilliant pool table which my husband loved. Amazing Hot Chocolate with Welsh (Bailey's) It tasted BETTER than Bailey's. Must make sure I buy a bottle before I leave at the end of our holiday. I love Laugharne & fell in Love with it back in the summer of 1996..... I definitely recommend this pub, a real gem in the heart ♥ of the village. Plus meeting 'Sparkle' ✨️ the gorgeous friendly dog 🐾🐾

Loved it there everybody was friendly will call in again

Lovely village pub, friendliest staff, decent prices. 2 min walk from where were staying, will definitely be back. Didnt really know where we going and came into this pib, dogs are welcomed which was great for us and everyone was so welcoming.

Friendly local traditional pub .

Good food , good beer, nice place to sit and pass the time a while

We only stayed for a beer, as we had planned lunch elsewhere. Modern decor, toilets spotless, nicely furnished bar area, chatty barstaff, and locals use it and are friendly to visitors. We will visit again next time in Laugharne.

Good atmosphere and friendly staff

Fantastic barman so funny love this place

Lovely clean pub with Sky and BT sports. Drinks reasonably priced.

It was a shame that there was no food as we would have eaten here. The bar staff/ landlord were so welcoming as were the other locals to holiday makers. They gave us a couple of hillarious evenings even though we struggled with a very strong welsh dialect at times! We had some great evenings and would thoroughly recommend anyone who would like a relaxed evening in a welsh pub to go there! Great fun and we will have some fun memories to take home with us. we will definitely visit again next year!

This is a great pub in the middle of village with very friendly staff

Good place to socialise lovely staff and a good pint.

Very friendly staff an people great juke box and good pint 👍😁x

Love this place but was a little cold there

Pub was cold customers and staff very friendly

Big sign saying no food available... Missed opportunity as the square was busy. Not very welcoming so decided to go elsewhere.

Great facilities, pool table and nice place to sit outside

Called in for a quick drink earlier with a friend to remember Haydn Reed

Tidy Pub Local Clientele .well worth a visit

Visited with my wife and dog. Very modern inside which doesn’t match the outside but a nice place with friendly staff and you can bring your dog. Note that the sign in the door says they don’t do food anymore.

Popped in for after dinner drinks as had good reviews. Unfotunately the bar had no character at all. Table sticky, barmaid busy with the locals. Had one drink then left. On plus side the drinks were cheap and the outside seating would be lovely in summer or daytime. Would return to try outdoor area but not otherwise.

Lovely pub. Friendly staff. Kid friendly. Was playing pool with my son at 9pm (as we was on holiday)

A very welcoming pub with excellent outdoor seating with views of the castle. Good selection of drinks. Very inexpensive. Friendly staff. At the time of our visit (first week of June) no hot food was available, just sandwiches. The pub hosts the local rugby team so feels a bit like a sports bar with pool table, sport on large TVs etc. but non the worst for that.

We popped in a couple of times during out weekend visit and found the pub very friendly with great beer and prices, will visit again

Always clean and tidy with a great selection of drinks. The staff were very friendly and helpful! Plus it’s the best pub to get the sun shine as the others don’t have out door sitting areas!

Excellent brilliant place to go

Barmaid busy chatting up drunks. Terrible tea and coffee...tea spoon sticky. Table wonky. Sky tv and pool table. Avoid.

Lovely little pub in the village just across from the main car park. Very please to staff as well had a great night watching the football over a few pints in here the other Saturday evening unfortunately Liverpool got beat as normal lol.

Lovely, modern place, very popular as was very busy, clean and plenty of seating inside and out, very friendly staff

Far to clinical... barstaff too busy on phones..very little interaction

Called there today as the sign outside claimed in big letters food served for dinner. When asked if they did food we're told very abruptly they didn't. I even said your sign outside said you did but was totally ignored

Nice friendly village pub . Dog friendly. Good food . Well worth a visit. Local rugby club . Great atmosphere

Mi esposa y yo visitamos la cruz casa en nuestra visita a Gales el año pasado y disfrutamos mucho así que pensamos volver para un café por la tarde este año. El personal era extremadamente servicial y muy amable, así que decidimos volver el mismo día por la tarde-noche para unos tragos. Una amplia variedad de bebidas, así que hay algo para todo el mundo. También me complace ver que ahora están sirviendo la comida. Sin duda volveré el próximo año.

Rude bar staff, service is terrible, don't know how to mix a drink!!! unless your 18 don't bother going there

Good beer and location, strangely the interior is not what you would expect from an old pub in Laugharne, it is quite modern and trendy with TV screens all over the place, but congenial anyway.

My wife and I visited this pub 3 years ago and had a lovely meal and drinks with our dogs, last year on our return we went to this pub again and were told it not opened for some reason this after 12:15hrs, so we went elsewhere, this year we returned again with our dogs, and thought we would try this pub again, and again the lady outside said at 12:30hrs the pub not opened yet, and then we see the sign also saying no food being served, shame really after having a good meal and drink and good chat with the locals few years ago, this place is never opened at the time it says, so obviously this pub must make so much money in the evening that it does not need to open at the time it says, mind you we did have a good time across the road in the Fountain nice welcome from management there and food was nice too, so in the end all the customers came to that pub and had a good time, Cheers Cross House.

Called in for a drink on the way home, eventually the bar staff decided to serve us, sat down at a table and then the music got turned up to full blast, too loud to talk, no atmosphere, ignorant staff and not very good beer,...

A primera vista puede parecer un poco rígido, pero el personal era acogedor y la cerveza era buena. Hay algunas fotos del rugby cap.

Gracias a todo el personal y clientes en la cruz casa por hacernos sentir tan bienvenidos. Dimos justo después de las 10:00 pm el viernes por la noche por una pinta, y eran una partida de ping pong de la cerveza. Jugamos hasta la medianoche, luego se trasladó a los tres marinos para tomar una copa.

¿Por qué debería denominarse este establecimiento 'El bar Moon"? Porque es totalmente carente de cualquier ambiente.

Fantástico hallazgo. Cálida bienvenida por parte de los terratenientes y los lugareños. Nos preocupa. no ser recibido, pero nos dijeron que él shephard (alemán) en softie. Pero chise menú encantador pizza casera que se derretía en la boca. Volveremos con todos 10 perros breve para sentarse afuera en el sol

Sunday lunch - yum yum yum!! Really really tasty and good size portions. Really friendly staff. A hidden gem of a Sunday lunch pub.

Booked a table for nine with the three family dogs in tow. Such a warm welcome, really friendly, laid back and nice to our dogs who quickly settled with biscuits and bowls of water offered by the pub. Immediately remarked that the whole place was spotless, spacious, with a lovely aroma of good food. We were given an area with plenty of room for us all. The food was a fine example of British Sunday home cooked dinner sourced from local Welsh produce and it really was delicious. Tip... Always ask what they have that's local. So soup was great and the mushrooms on toast just fab. We kept to local Turkey dinner with lashings of gravy, vegetables and all the trimmings. Simple and perfect. The flavours just come at you. Then the deserts were just perfect.What I love is that the food is light. I work all over the South, Midlands and East Anglia. Quite often food is heavy or fatty and just misses the mark. So now I've found this place we have decided that we will be coming here for all our family gatherings.

Just popped in for a pint, but very pleasant decor and surroundings. Good local beer, outside seating and dog friendly.

OK, bit more a bar than a pub type place, food is ok.

Good food, friendly staff and locals, good value for money, good selection, nice location. Family friendly.

Stayed in Laugharne for a week with my family and earlier this week we thought we would try out this pub for lunch as it displayed a big banner on the wall stating they were serving food. When I asked for a menu the young lady behind the bar apologised and said they were not serving food until later on in the day which baffled me as there was a large sign outside saying they were. An older lady sitting at the bar told me that it was because the chef had gone shopping. Very disappointed as I found it very unprofessional. When we asked if we could bring food over from the fish and chip shop opposite, we were told no as they serve food on their premises. Wouldn't return.

My partner, our close friends and I went to Laugharne for a few drinks and a meal. We chose The Cross House Inn as it looked very smart and clean from the outside. The welcoming was fabulous, young ladies behind the bar were extremely helpful, polite and had a good sense of humour. We decided to have a few glasses of wine down stairs (good and wide verity). Once we were ready for food we were seated upstairs straight away and got handed a menu. The menu included food for everyone's taste. My partner is gluten free, the waitress was very helpful, the food was brilliant and plenty of it. Compliments to the chef.

Went to the Cross House on Friday 5th August with friends, had a delightful 3 course meal, reasonably priced and freshly cooked. Waitress was absolutely fantastic, very polite and very professional. Will definitely go back as service and locals were outstanding, thank you Cross House.

We came on holiday locally and tried out this place for food and drinks. The staff were completely unwelcoming and blunt. No hello, or anything. One older lady working there one night was the most welcoming and a new man working there named Nick I think. The manager was very rude, completely unprofessional seriously he has no people skills. The food was ok actually but came out differently every night even if you ordered the same meal. Drinks were ok but after ordering two large wines both came out in different glasses and then when we went back to the bar for another large wine we were given two glasses of small wine because they had no large glasses left!! Ordered three lemonades, not one glass matched. Tables not exactly clean nor were glasses. The floor is disgusting, shoes get stuck to it...but it was the best place to eat in the village considering there's only one other option and that's got a very low food hygiene rating and a fish & chip shop which closes early.

Good choice of food & child friendly.Very busy when we arrived but we found a table & it did get quieter later.Friendly approachable staff

1 hour and still no starter at 1 hour 10 the starter arrived cold we were offered a free drink. I said no we wanted refund and left. Never ever had such bad service. This has really spoilt a great day

A limited menu but fresh ingredients and quick service . The pub is very clean and looks like it has been recently refurbished in a modern style . Football showing on two wide screen tv's . Not rushing back but fine a light lunch or supper .

Popped in for a pint with my other half.So disappointed. Had hoped for a cosy village pub what I got was 90's wine bar decor and no atmosphere. Unless you're 18 and like alcopops go to Browns.

Stayed in Laugharne last year and really loved the Cross House. Great food menu, great beer, great atmosphere, very friendly landlord and staff. Unfortunately, returning this year, we were much disappointed. You have to fight your way through the many smokers on the front door to get to the bar and inside, which used to be quite cool and chic, has now gone considerably downmarket. The clientele at the wooden tables at the front of the pub, appeared to have bought a load of cans from the shop over the road and were drinking them. They seemed to get by with a fairly limited vocabulary and a liberal use of expletives. Sadly, no longer a place to take the family. We went there intending to eat, but just didn't fancy it this year, so we can't comment on the food.

Friendly bar staff.modern premises. Good selection of ales.Our visit was mid week on March so a little quiet.

Yet another good pub in Laugharne, good choices of beers and coffees, friendly staff, spotlessly clean,all good.

Has changed hands since our first visit to Laugharne in Feb 2015. Returning in October for half term again, the service, and quality of food has gone downhill. Food cold. Waited ages for it and the whole establishment was run by young adults who either did not have an interest or had not been properly trained. We will not be returning when we visit Laugharne next week for Feb half term 2016

From the previous review you may be excused for thinking that this place is open for food. I went tonight to be told not open until March. Ignore this place

After a less than happy experience at Dylan's Boathouse (appalling customer service), we were delighted to be greeted with a friendly face, smart cafe and great coffee. Thanks

Externally a lovely old building. However it has been done up inside and now looks like any other town type restaurant.It was very noisy, with television on downstairs and 'over volumned' music upstairs.The staff seemed too rushed, and did not very smiley, or happy. Think they were rather stretched and stressed.The food was only average.In its favour though, its fish and chips were cheaper than the fish and chip shop over the road!

Called in for a drink after a long walk. Good beer very friendly bar staff. The Pub is very nicely furnished in side and also has nice tables to sit out side.

On a return visit to Laugharne we were interested to see a new look Cross Inn - totally remodeled both outside and inside - very impressive. The meals were very good but the waiting time was excessive bearing in mind that there seemed to be only another two tables occupied before us and they were on their main courses when we arrived.There was a similar long wait between the starters and main courses. The standard of food was very good apart from the peas with the fish being cool for the one of the 4 of us who chose fish. There was no wine list but a verbal choice of a couple of reds and whites was given on request. Some attention to staff training and efficiency could prove worthwhile to change a good experience into an excellent one!!

Stopped of for a pint after a long walk with the dog. We sat outside and were kindly told we could take the dog inside if we preferred.Beautifully clean loos (I like a spotless toilet), fast bar service, and lovely views outside.

Spent the night in this lovely village but our hotel s chef had gone sick ( yearly festival picking a new prootreeve) We were hungary we decided to try The Cross House Inn as they had a party of 20 in upstairs there was no way the chef could do this ,I explained just a snack the bartender was so rude and obnoxious.

Beautifully presented modern interior which was a complete surprise !A hidden gem of a restaurant upstairs overlooking the village with high quality and well priced food we ate here twice on our trip and enjoyed both visits.Compliments to the chef and the owner ..!

Nicely appointed, little choice of food, which was cold when served. We didn't visit again & wouldn't in the future

We have eaten here before and the F and C have been good, but today it was horrible! Batter was mushy instead of crisp. We felt quite ill afterwards.Must say we like the pub normally, especially the beer from Cornwall, served at good temperature.Like the decor

This place was recommended by a tatooed man in the Coop. In terms of the food I have to agree with him that it is both good quality, well cooked and nicely presented. Prices are also very reasonable. Staff are very pleasant and helpful. The decor and ambiance, however, is not to my taste. I felt I might be in Marbella or even Benidorm, rather than a quaint Welsh fishing village. No doubt this is a bonus for some, but it is not for me.

Surprisingly modern and trendy inside, this old pub has a lively downstairs bar area and a good sized first floor restaurant area. The food is 'pub grub' but with a good choice and well done. Pity the chips were of the frozen variety, rather than 'home made' frites, but the rump steak was excellent. Starters were large and good quality.

Having read so many good reviews about The Cross Inn we decided on a visit and to our dismay were really disappointed. Amongst the meals were three steaks asked to be cooked rare, medium rare, and medium all came out blue (less than rare) sending one back 3 times produced no better a result. My son who is a chef spoke to the staff and restaurant manager, who is also the chef, to be met with a blank expression and the claim that he didn't know how we wanted it cooking even though we had ordered it so. But worst of all my daughter in law's salad garnish came served with a live caterpillar in it which of course completely ruined the evening. Our waitress couldn't have been nicer and treated our complaints with the seriousness they warrented although another one literally threw her plate under her nose after the third return without asking if it was now satisfactory.We left the pub only having paid for our drinks which in a reputable establishment and under the circumstances would have been complimentary but having seen the 'restaurant manager' we were not surprised. All in all not a good night for a family treat and as everywhere closes and stops serving food at 9pm we went back to our accommodation and had cheese sandwiches.I envy all the people who have visited The Cross Inn and had good times but our recommendation is use the chip shop opposite but then that was closed by 9pm too.

On holiday with my family. Decided the place looked nice so we booked a table. At the start very polite staff and got us to our table. Order taken 3 steaks gammon and kids meal all 3 steaks marked down by the waitress how to be cooked. Meals came no steak knives had to ask had to ask for sauces also whilst having a steak ment to be medium but came out blur so sent it back. Came back to us and was still really rare just out side cooked a little more so sent Bk again to b brought back again and just put down in front of us and walked away. Meal still not correct and still rare. Whilst this going on my partner had the the gammon chips peas and salad and a ****BIG LIVE CATAPILLER**** just sitting there smiling up at us eating our salad. All 3 of the steaks were cooked wrong not 1 was how any were asked at all. I took my mother's to the kitchen and asked the chefs if they needed a hand with cooking the food as they are clearly incapable of doing things right and the chef (ALSO THE RESTAURANT MANAGER AND HEAD CHEF) asked well how do u want it cooking as we don't no rudely. Clearly not got a clue how to run a restaurant as salads are not wash to get rid of dirt or CATAPILLERS NO APOLOGIES for any of it. Did not pay will not go Bk. Complete joke...

An zwei Tagen nacheinander haben wir hier etwas getrunken. Die Bedienung war freundlich und die Toiletten sehr sauber. Auch die Preise für die Getränke sind im tieferen Bereich angesetzt. Alles in allem eine erfreuliche Erfahrung!

The staff are an asset to this place they are warm and welcoming. I love that dogs are welcome and offered treats. Children are also catered for which is fab. The food is honest pub grub. The menu could have more choice all in all it was pleasant.

We went to The Cross House while on our break in Laugharne, we had ribs and a burger which were nice the staff were friendly and they were dog friendly too.

No frills menu good honest food a delight to eat along with great service and beers no problem will return next year

Nice clean, modern pub, friendly staff and customers. Nice food too, Steak cooked perfectly for me, was very hot inside despite windows being open, large screen TVs on walls if you can't bear to miss something.Pub situated in corner of courtyard. Nice clean building. Seating / dining area outside as well. Lovely village

Was down for a short visit to Laugharne and visited the pub a few times staff and customers very friendly and made our holiday thanks Kinaird and Jill

In Grist Square in the township of Laugharne, this pub looks old from the outside but is surprisingly modern inside.Friendly welcome and good service and good food.

We had a couple of meals here when on holiday at Laugharne, and both times enjoyed delicious food and the affordable price. Friendly waitresses and a comfortable setting.

Whilst staying nearby in Laugharne Park we visited the Cross House Inn for an evening meal. Although the menu is limited, there is sufficient choice of mains and desserts. The service was friendly and efficient, the food was excellent and the prices reasonable. It has recently been refurbished and the decor is good.

When you walk into this Inn it is quite a surprise as the whole place looks modern and certainly some money has been spent on the decor. The evening menu is not the largest and it certainly didn't help that on the evening we visited we were given the menus and when the waitress asked for our order the first three meals we requested were not available (it was only 1915!) Would it not have made sense to tell us that they had an even more limited menu when we sat down! The meals that arrived were distinctly average - we had four different meals and not one of them was worthy of any praise. All our wine glasses also had to be changed as they were not clean. Maybe they were having a bad night but bad night or not they need to keep their standards up. We visited here because of the praise from other Trip Advisor reviews but we were not impressed. We would probably return for a drink but would certainly not rush back for food!

Just been in Laugharne for a week and visited on a number of occasions.The food is excellent, so are the drinks on offer, but most of all, the service is absolutely superb.Andy is a great host and extremely helpful, but all of his staff are a great credit to him, each and every one of them.The Cross House Inn is a must visit in Laugharne - and it's dog friendly too.

We were staying nearby and popped in for a drink but so enjoyed the atmosphere and felt so welcome that we returned later that week for a meal - which proved to be so good that we immediately booked a table for another nights meal. This proved to be as good as the first and we definately recommend giving this restaurant a go.

I have always wanted to see Dylan Thomas's boathouse so we headed to Laugharne for the evening. Upon setting off i checked trip advisor to seek out somewhere to eat later that evening and after that the Cross House was high on our list. We had a wander around and sampled the pubs sorted out or digs for the evening then headed to the Cross House for food. What can I say!! Neither myself or my partner wanted starters but i wanted some goats cheese, I asked the main man could i have some goats cheese with my garlic bread and after clarifying how i wanted it, it was at the table with our main meals. I had the 5oz steak but wanted it as a meal not as a burger so again the boss sorted it. My partner had the hunters chicken. The food was delicious, great portions and very accommodating. We both had desserts also and they were very tasty. A lovely fresh and airy pub, comfortable and welcoming. I did say that if garlic bread with goats cheese ends up on the menu I want a cut of the profits haha.

While staying in nearby Pendine we found this little gem after our original plan to go to the Carpenters arms was scuppered as it was shut!! Just drive on another couple of miles into the village and you will find this place opposite the castle. We only intended to stay for a a few drinks but the menu looked great and was extremley reasonably priced. Portion sizes were excellent, food well cooked and served in good time. The service was excellent and the atmosphere great, what more is there to say? I would highly recommend this place.