Scenes of large groups gathering and people urinating in the streets may hamper the chances of pubs reopening in Wales.
As yet there is no confirmed date for when such venues will be able to reopen, but incidents in Swansea this weekend are unlikely to be looked on favourably by the Welsh government.
In the Killay neighbourhood, there were reports of people drunkenly urinating in pubic and abandoning any pretence of social distancing, Wales Online reports.
The owner of the pub the trouble is said to have centred around admitted his trial weekend reopening had "not turned out as we'd planned".
Pensioners were said to be scared to go shopping at the Co-op next door to the pub because of the numbers of people standing around drinking outside.
On Friday night, the area outside The Village Bar Cafe, which had opened for reduced hours so people could buy takeaway drinks, was packed.
One local resident, who wished to remain anonymous said he saw "no social distancing" while in Killay Square with his daughter at around 6pm on Friday, June 26.
"I was walking past Killay Square with my eight-year-old at around 5.50pm on Friday.
"There must have been hundreds of people talking and drinking beer," he said.
"Many of them were in their 50s and unlikely to be from the same family. There was no social distancing at all.
"It was quite a scary experience for my daughter. On a normal day during lockdown you'd see three or four people at the square max.
"I feel for the older people trying to get essentials at the Co-op. The queue for the shop, because of social distancing, backs onto the square."
Another resident said she saw men urinating on walls in the area and said "it was not very pleasant" for adults or children in the area.
Councillor for Killay South, Jeff Jones said he will be taking part in discussions with local businesses and PCSOs to see if anything more can be done to allow businesses to trade within coronavirus guidelines without impacting negatively on locals.
He said: "We have been inundated - absolutely inundated with complaints. They reopened a few weeks ago and there were problems from the start. The police have attended every week.
"The Village has confirmed it is operating within the guidelines. The issue is that with it, there are repercussions.
"There is still supposed to be social distancing, but people might be standing too close to each other.
"It is also the only bar in the area to have opened, so they may be getting customers from other venues.
"Killay is a lovely area with a very low level of crime. There are a lot of elderly people in the area and the last thing they want is to squeeze past lots of people who are drinking to get where they need to go.
"The other problem is, when there is drinking, people need to urinate.
"There are no public toilets open and people might instead urinate on the street. We understand that venues might need to operate so we will be discussing how we might be able to improve the situation."
Owner Mr Jenkins apologised to anyone who felt uncomfortable following the bar's opening despite their efforts to encourage social distancing and to keep disruption to a minimum.
The bar had been opening for three hours between 3pm and 6pm on Thursdays and Fridays and for four hours (11am to 3pm) on Saturday to prevent crowds and anti-social behaviour at night.
"[On Friday, June 26] we took the decision not to re-open as a take-away and have advised licensing.
"We are a small independent family business and it was not our intention to cause an adverse effect on our local community and we apologise to anyone who while using the precinct has felt uncomfortable," said Mr Jenkins.
"In addition to local authorities, we notified the owners of the precinct itself and local shop keepers - all were supportive as they recognised the benefit of having people use the precinct.
"We display clear signage regarding social distancing, advise everyone who purchases a drink to comply with this, regularly walk around the precinct to enforce distancing and clear away any mess.
"We provide bins for plastic containers and we clear away all debris after we have closed.
"Our customers were regulars who understand the conditions we are operating under, respect their local community and the people who they live next to, and although we have tried, unfortunately we can't continuously enforce social distancing."
South Wales Police has not commented on this specific incident, but said it has seen an increase in reports of antisocial behaviour in some areas across south Wales following the actions of those who have used the recent good weather and easing of Coronavirus restrictions as an excuse to ignore the Government legislation and guidance.
Chief Superintendent Andy Valentine said: “Such behaviour has a detrimental impact on the wider community and anti-social behaviour or criminality will not be tolerated."
