Harbour Inn, Solvaback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Visited on a sunny summer afternoon and found this to be unremarkable, but pleasant. Still a Brains pub, they serve a number of their beers and the one I had, Revd James was well kept.
This is situated on the harbour at Solva, a pretty place and is a good place to have a beer.
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Quick lunchtime visit last week and the place was deserted. Had a very nice pint of Brain's 'Bread of Heaven' and sat in front of the fire. I imagine it's very busy in the Summer and probably to be avoided at busy times, but a great location and good outside area to watch the sun go down.
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My Revd James was pretty good, but they served off milk with my missus coffee,
The service seemed to lack any real care.
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Location is lovely, service so-so, but the beer (Rev. James) and food were both pretty good.
The dining area on the right as you enter lacked atmosphere (at lunchtime) - the more traditional, cosy room on the left was much more appealing.
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Still the same, pleasant enough but the other two pubs in Solva have more atmosphere. Food OK but staff very indifferent. No smoking area except outside the front door which is a bit iffy in rain and wind. Brains still in control...and the mild is still keg but hey who cares.
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I have been going to the harbour inn for about 17 years or more, and I love the place...it's location in out of this world, the beer is good, the staff have always been friendly, the food is always good...especially the sunday carvery!!! It has something to offer all ages. The harbour inn is quite simply a good honest pub! As for the mad mild drinker (see below)...if all you want out of life is a pint of mild, buy your own and drink at home instead of critising pubs if they don't sell mild!! If mild drinkers are generally like you, it's probably just aswell mild has had its day!
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A popular pub in a quaint little village now popular with the English incomers. The English landlord is friendly enough and having enquired as to whether Brains cask conditioned Dark MILD was still brewed by Brains he commented it still was and last year it had sold like �hot cakes.� So why change it for the usual keg variety?
The draught Bass has now gone (although I am MILD drinker, draught Bass is a drinkable alternative), to be replaced by the Brains Rev James and a guest bitter � �Land of My Fathers�. The trendies seem to like this stuff so long as the beer has a suitable title. I don�t think they bother with the taste and they�d probably drink petrol if it came on a hand pull with a posh sounding label � Milford Haven Old Olefin Special perhaps.
Still as keg milds go the Brains dark is reasonably drinkable. The food is pretty good and the onion gravy with the bangers & mash was a real treat.
Tried a pint of standard Brains Bitter (research purposes only). As expected tasted just like the ghastly John Smith�s. I�ll stick to MILD, PORTER and occasional Bass.
Some points then for a friendly gaffer and no exploitation of Eastern European cheap labour.
Remember the motto: NO MILD WALK OUT
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Very pleasant large pub at waters edge by car park. Large food area. Real log fire in winter. Curry nights on Friday. Real ale (Brains) available. Rumoured to get v.busy in summer.
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