Vivian Arms in Swansea

not a very nice place, it says dog friendly but only allowed in one part of the place, they dont provide water for the dogs for health and safety reason, and also the landlady admitted she hates dogs and would ban them if she could

Love the Vivs, bar staff are always very friendly, and the new landlord has put loads of effort into making the pub back into a great place to be. Wednesday music quiz is a great laugh

really welcoming, nice food, drink and workers. well run pub

Fantastic pub,great music and karaoke on weekends,landlords and staff first class

Love the live entertainment. Keep it up Marstons!

Another great night at The Vivs last....We often call up on a Friday night as we can walk and are never disappointed by the live music that is on offer....Good beer ,great atmosphere.....Charlie and Christine Hewitt....Sketty

Amazing food.. Amazing pint.. Amazing staff

Absolutely fantastic, new chef knows what he is doing, food outstanding, friendly staff, I will be back. Heard Sunday lunch is awesome too.

Friday night's are just so chilled. Great music and friendly atmosphere. Lots of 80s and 90s stuff playing live and all 'having a laff. Some dad, grampa, granny dancing but all good fun. Nice place to relax weekdays

Music , quiz second to none. Patrick and Gee give a great variety of questions and the bar staff are always happy to help!

Great pub,good service,I would recommend

Fantastic pub great music great staff good place to be on the weekend

A love a pub that still does live music! Good vibes all around!

Lovely pub with fantastic staff and landlord , top class entertainment and good selection of beers and wines. Great for any occasion , will definelty be back 🍺🍺

Really friendly, very accommodating when we wanted food that wasn't on the menu. Thank you!

A lovely cozy pub with great atmosphere, friendly and helpful staff and a great selection of local ales

Great place for an evening pint or a spotof lunch

Fantastic pub with friendly staff and a great range of real ales and music nights

A fun night out to be had in this friendly pub, especially karaoke on Saturday night!

Great local pub fantastic entertainment helping our community to connect and have fun very attentive and friendly staff good selection of drinks and decent food

Fantastic bar with amazing live music!

Wonderful quiz night with varied general knowledge questions and a fun 'Play Your Cards Right' game at the end. Definitely be back.

I used to go to this pub all of the time but recently it's gone downhill. The bar staff are lovely but there's never enough of them on which means it takes ages to get served. There's also no guarantee of food as the chef quits every second week and even when there is an option to order food there are no vegetarian options. As a result of the above, the vast majority of the regulars (I.e., the people who made the pub fun) no longer go in. Save yourself the hassle and just head down to Uplands.

Fantastic pub with tasty beer! Great that there's a working piano

I travelled to Wales with work, happened to stop here. It was a very welcoming pub.

Great local. Paddy's music quiz is great....just please don't do karaoke during big footie games!

Great food and drink. Would recommend. The service and choice of drink was great. Lovely games and outside area. Lovely atmosphere and friendly staff.

Lovely local pub, good beer and nice place to spend an evening

Great pub great beer and felt very welcome

Warm welcome fantastic food great staff

Fantastic atmosphere, brilliant karaoke! It’s exactly what a pub should be. Truly a rare gem.

Lush venue! Drinks are great! Can’t wait for karaoke!!! Landlord is gorgeous

Lovely atmosphere, drinks are a great price. Loved the live band! Best looking landlord in sketty

Fantastic atmosphere. Great welcome.

Great experience, lovely staff and great beer

Just called at the Vivian Arms Sketty for Sunday Lunch. I have to say that Jackie's home made roasts and gravy are to die for. Large portions and fresh veg, just like your mam made. Will definitely return.

Friendly service, good food and great drink

Absolutely fantastic entertainment amazing live bands and really good food

Called in to see old friends for the weekend and had a wonderful meals and a Sunday lunch, everything was great, staff were great, helpful 😊 Locals were friendly, great atmosphere. Look forward to visiting again soon

Great pub. Smashing live music and karaoke. Steve is a fantastic host. Great beer and good food.

Great pub great bands on Fridays great service

Perfect place for a pub classic. Menu is absolutely banging, a proper Welsh pub ❤️

Visiting the area to see family and spent a weekend evening at the Vivian Arms. Food brilliant, service fantastic and atmosphere and Live music!!! Will most certainly be visiting again. Thank you for the 5 star hospitality.

What a great place....loved the live entertainment...good food...real atmosphere about the place...a refreshing change from football on all the TV you get in most pubs today....well done to all the staff...See you again on our next trip....

Welcoming, value for money and a great pint...Best part live music!! Xx

Had a great time with the family, food was delicious, great atmosphere too. We really enjoyed the pub quiz. Would highly recommend

Just had Sunday lunch here and it was delicious. The gravy was homemade the roast potatoes were cooked in beef fat and the beef was cooked to perfection. Served with a nice selection of veg. The staff were really welcoming and friendly and there was an all round great atmosphere. Will definitely be coming here again!

Great draft beers, good service, nice atmosphere. Quiz nights and weekend music nights are great fun

Awesome night good food some good drinks great music and quiz night

Love the Vivs. Pool Table out back, great live bands and Kareoke every week and friendly efficient staff. Had many great meals here too. They even do a great pint too if i dont say so myself.

Great Local pub, couldn't have asked for better.

Amazing atmosphere, stunning food and amazing entertainment on weekends especially on a Friday with the bands. The staff are amazing and so lovely and friendly.

Cracking pub especially weekends with Steve the karaoke & bands 👌 Sunday lunch is also definitely worth a try as it's a proper nan's dinner,parking bit of an issue but apart from that it's a cracking pub with the new owners

Absolutely amazing karaoke amazing pub and staff made to feel so welcome my new pub x

Great pub and management,staff friendly and make you feel very welcome.great entertainment and quiz every week.

Fabulous Local Pub, good grub and really great atmosphere, highly recommend 👍

Great atmosphere, staff are lovely and a nice selection of drinks too

Amazing entertainment amazon atmosphere and amazing owners could ask for a better local

great friendly staff, great entertainment love it!

Lively, entertainment was good. A nice place to visit

Amazing, a very friendly and family run pub amazing atmospheric here with excellent entertainment put on weekly

Came down for the live music with my family and had a great time! The staff were lush aswell as the local patrons. Great time highly recommend!

Had incredible fun here when there was live music. The whole family had an absolute blast!!

Came in here with my partner for some food beautiful home cooked meals both very impressed with the service we had! Stayed for the karaoke and was a fantastic vibe within the pub everyone seemed happy! We got told about the quiz they hold every Sunday so we came back for a Sunday lunch and then back again in the evening for the quiz which was a good laugh. Throughly enjoyed and will be coming back!

This is a fabulous pub. The entertainment and atmosphere throughout the week is like no other pub around the area. Food is home cooked and delicious. Staff and customers are fun and welcoming.

Great pub and an even greater community. I always enjoy coming down for the entertainment nights, especially the live music on a Friday and the karaoke on a Saturday. Would recommend visiting and interacting with some of thr locals.

Great pub! entertainment on weekends, and good prices on drinks

Fantastic staff, friendly and helpful, tasty food and quality beer !!

Happiness is a cigar called Hamlet

Dear Sir / Madam. I have decided to contact you about the Abysmal way that myself and other patrons were treated last night. Last night the Vivian Arms held a karaoke night which was very packed, with the building being full to almost capacity, myself and my friends arrived just after 7 pm. From 7 pm my friends and I enjoyed our time at the pub, around 10:20 myself and a friend left to buy cigarettes from the local co-op which is less than a 2-minute walk. Upon trying to re-enter the pub we found that the outside doors were locked and a lock on the gate to the outside smoking area. While stood outside waiting for our friend to get the staff to unlock a door to let us in, we saw numerous patrons attempting to leave the building and getting frustrated that they could not leave. In addition to those patrons inside trying to get out members of the public who also wanted to get inside were unable to. after 10 or 15 minutes of waiting outside our friend was able to ask a member of staff (not regular bar staff) to open the fire exit and let us in, upon getting inside the member of staff demanded to know who I was as, after telling him and turning to him I saw him putting a lock on the fire exit. After finally getting inside the property and getting to our drinks which were in the beer garden, my friend who is normally very calm and collected, was very upset and worried about the fact the doors were locked and that every possible way of escape including the fire exits were locked. The friend who came outside with me had a panic attack, because of the claustrophobia and lack of care from the members of staff. After finishing our drinks we decided to go inside and grab our other friends who were playing pool oblivious to being locked inside a very crowded pub and lively pub. A man in all black with a very nasty attitude came by 2 or 3 minutes later to collect the glasses and slammed the doors to the beer garden telling us that "the beer garden is closed". My friend asked him what was going on and why the doors were locked, she was faced with open hostility and an aggravated attitude from this member of staff which subsequently sent her into another panic attack. I also asked the member of staff why the fire exits were closed and a lock on the outside gate was there only to be met with more hostility and the feeling this member of staff wanted a fight with anyone. When we all decided to leave the pub I checked with a member of staff who is usually pleasant and positive with us, about how we were meant to leave only to be told bluntly that "there is a man in a purple jumper who will let you out". After being told this the member of staff left before I could ask for any more clarification. Upon leaving I decided to let the group go first while I would leave last, some members of the group talked to a lovely member of staff who said that he was "told" to lock the door and to only let people out when they asked. After some positive conversation with this member of staff who has always been a wonderful to us, I noticed as he closed the door he locked the door with a key. All of this happened before 11 pm which is the end of your opening hours, I also want it to be known that as the designated driver I had not drunk or done anything that could alter my perception of what happened.

Food was lovely and served promptly. Staff (notably Romuly) were friendly and helpful

Was down here Friday and loved the music almost as much as I loved the staff !

At Vivian arms this friday awesome music staff and beer

There for a wake, lovely buffet and attentive staff.

Used to be a great pub but in the last few months has become very unrealiable. Been the 4 times for food in as many weeks only to be told that they have stopped serving early. How is this a good way to run a pub? We even asked an hour before if they were serving. They said yes only to be told when we went to order that they has stopped. Used to have kareoke but that stopped. The atmosphere has taken a nosedive. I dk t recommend anymore unfortunately

Used to be a great pub but in the last few months has become very unrealiable. Been the 4 times for food in as many weeks only to be told that they have stopped serving early. How is this a good way to run a pub? We even asked an hour before if they were serving. They said yes only to be told when we went to order that they has stopped. Used to have kareoke but that stopped. The atmosphere has taken a nosedive. I dk t recommend anymore unfortunately

Get a clue how to run a pub It's not that difficult Taking part is a start

Thank you to Steve and all the staff at the Vivs for a wonderful evening celebrating my nieces Hen party last night. They made such an effort and it was so appreciated. All the food came out hot and beautifully cooked. I would highly recommend this place for a party 🎉

Went here last night didn't eat so can't really comment but the food coming out of the kitchen looked fab!! It was packed and the atmosphere was brilliant!!! Landlord and landlady couldn't do enough for us well done Jackie and Steve will definitely return...

Nice atmosphere, friendly and helpful bar staff and music and people not too loud. Although they were out of my first choice if food the second option was delicious.

We spent an evening at the Vivs to celebrate a retirement. We received a very warm welcome from the bar staff, chef and the landlord. The service was excellent, the food was cooked to perfection. We ordered Gammon, Hunters Chicken and Scampi. All meals were hot, the perfect sized portions. We would highly recommend The Viv’s and will definitely dine there again. Thank you to the chef who was keen to make sure we were happy with our meals.

Visited the vivian arms today for food and I must say I'm very impressed with the quality I will be returning the staff are very friendly and welcoming

Came for Mother’s Day meal but really disappointed with the lamb shank as it was freezing cold, rest of the dinner was nice but when bar staff asked how the dinner was there was no offer of refund, also they wouldn’t serve any chips for my kids, had to rush through our dinners to take them for a meal elsewhere!

Good beers at good prices. The bar staff are polite and chatty. I went on a Friday when a band was on, great atmosphere but it got very cramped.

Great pub, friendly customers and serves a spot on pint

Food was amazing really enjoyed and the all the staff where great Steve the manager was a really good laugh. Been coming here for years and the pubs definitely upgraded and much better atmosphere 🙌

Had a lovely meal, brillaint atmosphere afterwards with the quiz night.(wednesday) barstaff and landlords so friendly and welcoming, will deffinatly be back for more food and entertainment. Highly recommended 😃

Went for lunch today if you like your Sunday lunch piled up on a plate with vegetables over cooked and piled high with a yorkshire pudding on top with a thick gravy poured all over you might enjoy. Not for me and will not return.

Lovely atmosphere, really friendly staff , food was excellent all with good service and reasonably priced - we will be back !

Have to say really nice food, reasonably priced and top notch customer service will defo go again

Second time I've been in the last 4 weeks. First time they weren't doing food. This time. Waited 10 mins at the bar only to be told they not doing food AGAIN. The atmosphere was dead. Literally 6 people in there. I still gave it benefit of doubt, after what I heard about the place at Christmas. But quite frankly I think this place is heading for closer. Very sad.

Amazing atmosphere the band was good and entertaining got people up and dancing, friendly bar staff such a nice place to go food is good too

Lovely atmospher and food lovely friendly staff and landlords

Fantastic place all the people are very friendly 😀

I recently visited the vivs and was pleasantly surprised by the positive changes under the new management. The staff's friendliness and excellent service truly stood out, making for an enjoyable experience. The atmosphere is welcoming, and the overall vibe reflects the dedication of the new team. I highly recommend checking it out for a great time with good company.

Very friendly place with plenty of kind locals willing to conversate. Staff and new owners are super friendly and helpfull. Food was tasty and well priced. Im glad to see this place going up in quality with the new management. Great local pub and environment, will definitely be making a return :)

Friendly staff. Not a great drinks selection. Expensive for such a basic pub. Answer to my question, "What wine do you have please?", in all seriousness, was "red, white or rose"! The bistro in tycoch is much nicer. Sorry!

Popped in for a drink with friends and enjoyed taking part in a musical quiz

Only niped in to use toilet staff was welcomeing had chat 2 couple regulars if was goin out defo b a place I be all night

Brilliant pub - food first class- excellent entertainment - both staff and Landlord extremely helpful and accommodating - nothing too much trouble - probably our favourite local pub