Block&Barrel

Block&Barrel

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Hours
Sun
12:00 - 19:00
Mon
10:30 - 22:00
Tue
10:30 - 22:00
Wed
10:30 - 22:00
Thu
10:30 - 22:00
Fri
10:30 - 22:00
Sat
10:30 - 22:00
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About
Welcome to Block&Barrel – a contemporary casual dining steak and gourmet burger restaurant in the heart of Haverfordwest. We are local and we like to eat local. In 2015 our butcher shop won the prestigious award of Best Butcher in Wales, and since then the business has gone from strength to strength. Our dream has always been to open our own restaurant, selling the best quality meat Wales has to offer at great value prices for local people in our hometown. We focus on the experience - the casual atmosphere of a local pub coupled with deliciously fresh local food. We collaborate with local craft brewers for our exquisite beers and to add a little something special to our sauces and toppings.
CUISINES
American, Steakhouse, Bar, British
Special Diets
Vegetarian friendly, Vegan options, Gluten free options
Meals
Lunch, Dinner, Drinks
FEATURES
Reservations, Seating, Highchairs Available, Serves Alcohol, Full Bar, Table Service
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4.5
4.5 of 5 bubbles177 reviews
Excellent
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Very good
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Average
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Poor
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Terrible
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Fran H
Johnston58 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2024 family
Our usual takeaway wasn’t open, so we took a chance on Block & Barrel, and have to say, we weren’t disappointed! The food arrived in good time, freshly cooked & piping hot. The quality of the local produce was top notch and the portions were generous and tasty. The son (10yo) made the ultimate statement “I think this burger might be better than McDonalds”. We have won at parenting, thanks to Block & Barrel!
Written 21 October 2024
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Florence W
3 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2024 couples
This spot was originally a favourite of mine and my partners, we hadn't been since i was pregnant and this time we brought our daughter. The place is quiet, nicely decorated and has a very good sized menu. Definitely something to suit all tastes. My partner whose an extremely fussy eater was very happy with his food, which says something. Only one lady was on staff- Pauline. She let us in early (they'd closed for half an hour) and not only cooked our food, brought our drinks out and tallied our bill, but she was lovely about our two year old walking around and pointing at things. She was smiley, sweet and brought the food out quickly. The chefs chilli was delicious too. In fact she was so lovely, we gave her a tip. I've gone several times for the amazing food, but I'd go a million times for Pauline. Her service was impeccable!
Written 30 January 2024
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DevonHare
363 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2022 none
Perfect steaks, lovely service. The steaks were perfectly cooked and DELICIOUS, it's nice to get a steak cooked the way you have asked for a change and not cremated. Service was great, friendly and good humoured. Wine list good and reasoanbly priced. All in all, spot on!
Written 9 August 2022
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Caitlin S
1 contribution
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2024 family
Ordered for our Wedding Anniversary dinner online for 5:45 pm. 6 pm comes and no sign of our food - rang the restaurant and told they hadn't got our order (but money was already being taken out of our account) because the computer needed refreshing - came through then and told us they could deliver our food in another hour. Had to refuse this as we were sharing our food with our 1 year old and would need to be getting him to bed by then. So ended up running to the chip shop instead
Written 7 October 2024
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Passport68542864360
1 contribution
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2024 family
Very disappointed. We visited the place some weeks before during the day for a coffee and cake. We looked through the evening menu and based on that we thought we'd come back for an evening meal. So last night was a big let down. Turned up with two hungry kids and my wife. My wife and i decided to go for the Chateaubriand steak which we were disappointed to be told would take a minimum of one hour to prepare and it felt like they were discouraging us to have it as it was a complicated dish to prepare. If it's that problematic then why have it on the menu, they charge enough for it. No way could we all wait that long so we ordered a basic steak meal so we could all get fed quicker, kids were moaning as usual due to the lack of signal and wifi. Anyway the food still took over an hour to arrive and by that time the kids had drove me mad. The place was not busy either. The waitressing staff were miserable too. After dinner the kids ordered dessert. Two slabs of basic lemon sponge for £5.95 each! Totally seen off there. I recommend just going here for a coffee and cake.
Written 15 August 2024
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Louise Williams
Firstly I’m sorry that you have felt the need to respond to our lovely restaurant as you have . It’s always such a disappointment when we have such a disappointing review but more so disappointing when the review is a rant because you have been unable to understand cooking processes. What I will do though is to ensure readers of this review totally understand factual information. You state you attended with two hungry children and you ordered a chateaubriand medium to well. I was working the kitchen that night and wanted to ensure that you were aware that given what you ordered along side having children with you that you were aware that you’d ordered a large sharing steak and normal cooking time of this at medium rare takes 45 minutes due to the process of cooking such steak. In no way were you discouraged you were provided with information to make an informed decision . You were given time to consider this and then make an alternative choice should you wish . It is certainly not a complicated dish however we are talking about a steak that weighs over 20oz! You also make reference to the price to ensured other people who read your review get a full picture, yes it is £75 for a steak I can only describe as massive with sides , sauces and a lovely bottle of wine. So in the grand scheme I’d say £37.50 per person for such a meal or as you say “charge enough for it “ is not that costly given what you receive. In regards to signal and wifi as you can appreciate that is beyond our control however we have lots of card games for children within the restaurant to offer families family time to interact whilst waiting we also have wifi codes on boards around the restaurant. You also state the meal took over an hour ? Again factually incorrect, you may ask how do we know this , each ticket that lands in the kitchen has a time it has been sent up ! Also factually incorrect is the fact you say we were not even that busy we seat around 25 /30 people downstairs and the bookings tell us otherwise! It was a Thursday after the county show and I would totally disagree that we “were not even that busy “ I’ll next address the waitressing staff , Maria is the most friendly person and your comments feel like you’re just picking faults ! I’d like to say that Maria had so many compliments that evening , as she always does for her wonderful front of house skills , so shame on you thankfully as the owner I know Maria’s capabilities otherwise I could have been questioning someone job! Desserts , so you say basic lemon sponge cake ! For the readers let’s make this clear on one hand you say stick your selling coffee and cake which I must say is totally offensive then you say our cake is basic ! I’d like to advise you our cakes are home made daily . The cakes you had were ordered with Chocolate orange custard so we will leave that up to the people reading this to consider if that’s basic and also compare prices with other places. So finally it’s not often we will respond to reviews however in this instance I feel it is totally in-factual and damming to a small family run buisness and if I’m honest I’m not sure if you’re looking for a free meal . But here’s how it is : if you want a decent meal that’s not fast food , cooked fresh then we are the place , I mean our steaks won’t come out instantly, you may ask yourself why ? Well the answer is because we cook everything fresh to order no microwave used !! Also we cannot be responsible for children driving you mad , I’m sorry but children will be children .
Written 30 August 2024
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Madeline S
1 contribution
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2024 family
Quite disappointed with our experience. Expected to have a special meal for an eve on our holiday, the inside was quite dark & not the same vibe as pictured through media! Poor service as staff got our drink wrong the first time after ordering pouring the wtonf wine, then forgot to put chips on our child’s meal when it came. Lady was quite rude when we brought this up. The salad on the kids meal came with slices of red onion and covered in parsley? Steak was very nice and the chips but wouldn’t recommend a visit unfortunately.
Written 11 August 2024
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Julie
Barnsley10 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Sept 2022 friends
We were travelling home and want wanted a substantial breakfast. One place we tried only did light breakfasts and they suggested Block and Barrell based in the reputation of Haverfordwest. The decor and furniture was lovely . The service and food was horrendous. The table we sat at was sticky in part so when we placed the order we asked for it to be cleaned . We had to ask a second time when the food arrived. 2 of us asked for poached eggs on toast with advacado . The other a sausage and egg sandwich . The poached eggs came on the cheapest white bread without butter and were rock solid . I took my eggs back and asked for them to be redone … when eventually they came again they were not cooked and the egg white was almost clear .. what sort of chef cannot poach an egg ? Advacado was inedible. My friend with the sandwich had to get up to ask for Brown sauce for sandwich. There was absolutely no customer service and no smiles from the staff serving . The coffee was weak Never again. ..
Written 4 October 2022
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Lewis May
67 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Sept 2022 friends
Visited their restaurant in Narberth after having great service in the Haverfordwest restaurant. £8.50 for loaded fries is fine as it sounded delicious. What’s not fine is waiting 45 minutes for the food to arrive. We each ordered the same. In total, 3 BBQ chicken loaded fries. We had to pick the kids up from school and be gone by 2:45 so we arrived at 1:30 thinking we had plenty of time for a light quick lunch. We went inside to ask how much longer our food was going to take as we had waited for over half an hour and the table behind us arrived and ordered a while after us but there food had arrived. We were told “Oh… what did you order?” As if our order had been forgotten about. Then coincidentally our food arrived a minute later. Cold. And extremely soggy cold chips that were swimming in BBQ sauce. The blonde lady serving us had an attitude where she literally dumped our food in front of us with our cutlery and walked off. No apology for the wait, no smile and didn’t ask if we needed anything like sauces or even if we wanted more drinks. She had a miserable attitude and face and I think she needs to be bought up on her serving skills. It’s such a shame as we heard such good things about this restaurant and wanted somewhere nice for lunch but left disappointed. The atmosphere of the restaurant was nice, with a nice outdoor seating area that is in the sun and the menu does have a lot of options available for everyone.
Written 22 September 2022
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Chris R
Leeds8 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2021 none
We (2 of us) visited on a Thursday lunchtime for a 'quick' bite for lunch. We ordered snadwiches £7/8 with chips for an extra pound. Our drinks came fairly quickly, but the sandwiches took over half an hour. We weren't in a hurry, fortunately, but I was just on my way to ask where they were when they arrived. The staff didn't let us know that there were any delays or issues in the kitchen and there were no more than a dozen customers in the whole place (inside and out) including us. We weren't offered a choice of bread and we were surprised to see our slightly pricey sandwiches come out on bog-standard white sliced bread! Ingredients were standard sandwich stuff (a tuna mayo and a turkey and cranberry - in July, I know, but I chose it). I've no idea why this place scores so well. Must have been (another) off day...
Written 10 August 2021
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Ffi
Hi Chris I’m sorry that your experience with us was not what you expected. I can only apologise for the issues you had . We do are very best to get food out as quick as possible and I know the particular day in question we were short staffed. As you can imagine re opening after Covid had brought some challenges and I will be taking your feed back on board. I do hope that you will visit us again
Written 11 August 2021
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Jennalee
Milford Haven16 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2022 family
Absolutely beautiful food as always. The steaks are simply the best you will get, cooked to perfection, very tasty and presented superbly. The staff are all brilliant,very professional and creating the perfect ambiance. We would highly recommend to anyone. We shall be returning again. Best restaurant in Pembrokeshire. Cannot put into words how incredible the food tasted!
Written 31 July 2022
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CTaylor
Haverfordwest173 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2022 none
I booked quite last minute, same day for an evening meal and I'm so glad we came! We started with mozzarella dippers that were super crisp and melty (the sweet chilli dip was really good too) and delicious raspberry and honey mocktails. Then we both had 16oz T-bone steaks, perfectly cooked even though we didn't order the same done-ness. The sweet potato fries were particularly good as well. If we hadn't had dessert at home, we'd 100% have stayed longer, had another mocktail and tucked into the fabulous looking donuts and cakes. The restaurant is quite small, but it doesn't feel cramped at all. Just nice and cosy. The design is fab. There were only 2 front of house staff but we felt well attended to and didn't feel like we were waiting around. Both of the guys were really lovely too. We'll definitely be back!
Written 9 August 2022
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pumpkinfeet
1 contribution
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2022 none
Our second lunch at the Block & Barrel, we both had rump steak which was top quality and cooked superbly. Also great chips and great desserts: The kind of meal you remember. Staff were friendly, efficient and helpful. It was a cold December day and I didn't want to leave our dogs in the car, so asked if we could bring them in, and were told they have two dog-friendly tables (those nearest the door). Our two dogs were given a warm welcome. I assume the outdoor tables are also dog-friendly, though it was too cold for those today. Will definitely eat here again. Location is not exactly glam (though it is conveniently central, right by the Castle car park) but the place is nicely laid out inside and the food quality excellent.
Written 17 December 2022
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Chloe H
Southampton2 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2021 couples
We walked in and were greeted by 2 lovely ladies, the atmosphere is chill with music playing in the background. We had the chicken burger, lamb burger and cheeky chips and cannot recommend this place enough!! Everything was so flavourful and filling, you definitely get what you you pay for. This place needs to be bought down to Hampshire imminently or just the cheeky chips. You will not regret dining here!!
Written 5 August 2021
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Mari E
Lampeter2 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2022 couples
Visited Block&Barrel with my partner 5th July 2022. We were warmly welcomed instantly as we walked through the door and we were shown to a table. At that point I thought what a lovely place. We ordered drinks first of all. I had a mocktail which was lovely . We both ordered starters and mains. My partner enjoyed his nachos , and I enjoyed my garlic flat mushrooms and salad garnish . I was very happy at this point and was looking forward to the main . My partners came first with my decent side portion of fries, followed by my meal soon after . My partners chicken was very dry unfortunately, and the plate was too small so his chips were falling off the plate as he was trying to eat his chicken . My steak was cooked perfectly with a lovely peppercorn sauce . But the dauphinoise potatoes were swimming in oil . Was quite shocking. I wasn't asked how the meal was . I was only able to eat all the steak. Wasn't worth the price paid at all . We won't be returning .
Written 6 July 2022
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bluebird90
2 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2020 couples
Been here lots of times never had a problem. Tonight the food took over an hour and 20 mins for 2 meals, again I wasn't bothered but charging me £18 for a cheap cheap bottle of red when inwas specifically told wine wasn't over £14 max as there was no wine list. Totally let down by a local business who has never charged this much for wine. Hold your heads in shame
Written 10 August 2020
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