Name: The Forge Lodge & Restaurant
Address: St Clears, Carmarthen SA33 4NA, UK, Saint Clears, Saint Clears, Saint Clears, SA33 4NA, United Kingdom
Rating: 8

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Myself and a colleague stayed at the Forge Motel for one night after performing a firework display for a wedding at nearby Slebech Estate.

I booked 2 rooms over the phone, and they were very good for our purposes, as we arrive back very late.

Both rooms had double beds, en-suite facilities - tea and coffee making facilities - water, the usual things - a basic room with everything you need, large enough - with a tv and plenty of storage too. The beds were great.

We had breakfast the next morning for which you pay separately from the Motel side of the business. 
Ordered 2 large breakfasts, which were absolutely massive! 
We had been out all day and evening the day before with no proper food, and we could not manage to eat all of our breakfast!

On the whole a great place, much better value than Premier and Travelodge, probably less than half the cost of the local ones for the same size room. 

Plus you can literally park outside your room depending what size room you have.

And the breakfasts were something else. no need for an all you can eat service here, as you will struggle to eat the normal one.

The staff were all very good - smiling, pleasant mannered and attentive without being intrusive.

Excellent place and we shall return when we have further work this way.



Excellent - loved the place and the food.

Only stayed overnight in room 11 very run down and dated, the bathroom has a strong urine smell witch  made me nauseous  could be the drainage in the shower but wasn’t going to check. Tv so small you need binoculars to watch there was also 40 beer cans empty left in the wardrobe so it shows that cleaning is not top of their list of tasks ,Only up side the food is good and the breakfast was lovely so hats off to restaurant staff.

Sorry but never again.

I’m not sure where all the good reviews have come from as my stay was not very good at all. 
The positives are that the bedding is clean and the family rooms do have 2 double beds in. The shower and toilet works. I think the god ends there. Actually not true - I found the staff to be friendly, but not genuine. They are  also happy to deceive you and just blow it off like it’s nothing. 
We stayed here in an emergency as we had no water and needed somewhere that was close to the kids schools. The other accommodation in st clears has availability and was much cheaper, but we chose this as it had a pool and sauna. 
When we arrived we were not at all told that neither of these worked (we A even get to see any of them) 
The rooms smell musty and damp… and have clearly not been used much as it isn’t cleaned that well… woodlouse everywhere! The side table has lamps on each one… but no walk socket to plug them in to which was weird. It’s like it’s staffed for a photograph but not for function. 
Had they had some morals to be honest about the facilities available I probably wouldn’t be annoyed enough to leave this review. We also ate there … mixed review on that. It’s basic pub fayre… but there pizzas are nothing more than Asda pizzas but with a larger price. They looked quite gross really. My chips for my gammon were on the other hand absolutely delicious. There is a lack of consistency throughout.  I don’t really understand how a place like that can cover their bills… oh yes I do … by lying to customers and overcharging for their rooms with the promise of facilities that they don’t have. I don’t think businesses with that model should be supported. Think long and hard about if they are with paying for. There are other hotels nearby. Better and offer value and have standards to live up to.

Avoid or be dissapointed

What can I say. My wife and I were visiting the area as we were looking to move here and we’re visiting properties. This was an ideal base and the large icing on the cake was the service we received from all the staff and the really good food. The staff could not do enough to cater for our  unusual eating habits due to our medical conditions.  I would totally recommend a stop if passing for a great meal or like us if you need accommodation as well.

Great place to stay or have a meal

Rooms nice and clean. Staff friendly and helpful.  Food fantastic.  Very good over all. Only small criticism thing is that the sauna  wasn’t on and we couldn’t figure out how to put it on but over all 9,5 out of 10.

Great 

Absolutely out of this world food with great portions and the service from all the staff was brilliant everyone had smiles and nothing was too much trouble if you love great tasting Good quality food get yourself down to the forge now, you won't regret it

Stopped off for food

Having been customers at this restaurant for a number of years we thought we would take our children for a nice meal.  

Our order was taken with efficiency, two gammons were ordered highlighting one must NOT have egg on it.  Second with no pineapple , simple request we thought.  They had no pizza for our children but they were happy to order something else.  
The first to arrive was the small gammon with a side of salad. However it had an egg on it, even though it was clearly stated that egg was a no go.  When the other gammon and the children meal arrived we pointed out the error and an apology was given.  
The layout of this restaurant is such that you can see the chefs cooking and what goes on in the kitchen.  I watched the gammon going back and the chef who clearly just took the egg off.   This was after me saying that as egg had touched the meat then the meal would need to be changed. LIE NUMBER 1 — the server ( who later identified herself to be the assistant manager) stated it was a new meal!   I informed her what I had just seen the chef do and again the food was taken back.  
Then low and behold the same plate was brought back , this time with the excuse that it was a new meal and the other gammon had gone to a man sitting in the bar.  There was one man sat in the bar at this point, but they didn’t bet on my partner checking what he was eating. HE WASN’T eating anything !  That is LIE NUMBER TWO!! 

By this point it had been explained that eating this egg could have a negative effect on the health of my partner who is unable to eat egg, I also went on to inform them that should he become ill then they would be deemed responsible!   Again the meal was taken back with a promise to cook an entire meal.  Mine and the children’s meals had been sitting on the table for over 5 minutes at this point and were were just sick of the lies.   We asked for the order to be taken away and that were certainly would not be paying for it.  
I offered to pay for the drinks and she said she would have to seek advice from a colleague!   This was strange considering she was supposed to be management. A further wait where she could be seen asking the chef what she should do.  We left after been told that there was no charge for the drinks or the meal. 

Now ordinarily we wouldn’t have complained, we want to continue to support a local business but on this occasion we had to.  Lied to twice which in the end she admitted to doing! 

Before anyone from the Firehouse decides to respond negatively to my review, we did immediately bring it to the attention of your staff and it is not a new chef. Lorne has worked there for years!   I have seen the responses that other customer had received from Firehouse after negative review!! 
Feel free to invite us to discuss our experience with the actual manager however we will not eat at this place again.  Local business is important in this climate and I am afraid our custom has been lost and our previous high recommendations will now not be made again.

Quite happy to poison customers and lie about it TWICE!

As locals we booked to use the pool, £25 for private hire for one hour or longer if there are no bookings after. The pool itself is lovely a little cold but was told next time they will turn the heat up a little for us, the changing rooms are ok could do with extra cleaning but not too bad, I’m fussy 😆 we also had breakfast in the restaurant which my husband and kids loved and really enjoyed, I found the food a little greasy but again I’m fussy and don’t really like fried food, the staff are lovely go and above and beyond, we booked the pool to
Come again next week and as we only live 10 mins away we will prob return most weeks now during the summer x

It has been a while since I have been to the Forge now Firehouse Restaurant. The place itself had not changed, nor had the very friendly welcome by the staff and the very relaxed atmosphere.  
The food was great as was the desert
I will be stopping here again on my way back into Pembrokeshire

Dinner in the restaurant

We enjoyed a fabulous one night stay here to allow us to visit family in Carmarthen and The Dinosaur Park in Tenby.
Our Room (number 5) was roomy, airy but cosy and spotlessly clean. Immaculate white bedding and towels included.
We dined in the restaurant and were looked after by "Mariane". She was lovely and an asset to the company. She took time to chat and take our orders, we weren't rushed and she was so lovely to our 8 year old Son who struck up conversion.
She mentioned she was new and learning the ropes, but we feel she didn't need any supervision or observation......She was awesome!
Pool and sauna were a welcome bonus and once again, immaculately presented.
Will definitely be back.....probably monthly!

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