Atlantic Cafe in The Vale of Glamorgan

Atlantic Café in Barry has a reputation as a classic greasy spoon – popular among locals for its hearty breakfasts, builders’ tea, and big plates that promise to keep you full for hours. Unfortunately, my experience there fell far short of the café’s reputation. Right from the start, the service was disappointingly slow, with a 35-40 minute wait for food. During that time, other customers who arrived well after us were served first, which left us feeling overlooked and frustrated. The cutlery and teacup provided were noticeably dirty, which was off-putting. Adding to the discomfort, there was loud shouting and singing coming from the kitchen, which even led some customers to call out for the staff to tone it down. This atmosphere made the experience feel more about the staff than about the customers, and I felt out of place and uncomfortable throughout my visit. Adding to the chaos, the server was audibly complaining about their early start and workload, creating an atmosphere that was anything but inviting. The walls, too, weren’t well maintained, with food splatters visibly marking them. I wasn’t expecting fine dining, but I did hope for a clean, calm environment with friendly service and good, honest food. When my meal finally arrived, my jacket potato was missing its promised salad, which only added to the overall disappointment. I had hoped for a positive experience, but sadly, from start to finish, it was a letdown.

Brilliant place to eat friendly Staff and very attentive. Excellent food. Playground on site for families with children I've been twice now once for breakfast and yesterday for dinner cannot fault it. It's lovely and clean just a feel Good place to eat

The food here is very good, a no frills place but really good value and quality of food. Husband’s mixed grill was so big he couldn’t eat it all but the cat enjoyed the leftovers!

Had a great breakfast here . Very busy place with workers nearby . Food was cooked quick and we left full will definitely go back.

Atlantic now are open evenings for lovely steaks and other tasty evening meals. We had the chicken in batter to start with a BBQ dipping sauce, so crispy and a great portion too. The ribeye steak cooked medium rare was delicious, chips crispy and soft inside. Lovely house wine by the glass and a great selection of drinks. Really welcoming will be back soon! 👍

I bought 2 bacon and sausage rolls this morning and the 1 roll had mould!!! This should never happen. We won’t be returning!!!

Pop in regularly for a breakfast tray or baguette & a cuppa to go. Would highly recommend. Always lovely service.

Excellent food . Excellent prices . Excellent portions . Well cooked . Would definitely be returning . Best breakfast had a small one but plenty

Well where do I start I ordered 3 breakfast from here and it was breakfast if you could call it that iv ever had in my life, I pacifically asked for soft eggs preferably with no egg shell I'm them but they came with egg shell and hard as hell I don't know who the dupper chef is but they can't cook they want to stick to cleaning the toilets because they can't cook. The potatoes were soft and cold the only good thing was the orange in general the whole thing was rank never eating from here again

As good as my own home dinner. Top notch. Couldn't fault anything. Very tasty. Plenty of pork. So nice for £6.50 with a mug of tea. A very happy customer

When u order a bacon muchroom and onion baguette and u get this crap for £3.60 won’t b going back there

Myself and my colleagues got some breakfast rolls here today. Thought they were great! Very pleasant staff, short wait and hot tasty food. No more needs saying - Cant wait to come again :)

As always the best service ever and always pleased with my dinner , very reasonable prices and daily newspapers

Brilliant as always food served quickly great friendly staff. A credit the best cafe in the area . Enjoy the food .

Wait for ages for food to arrive Not cheep Greasy food Place stinks of fatty food, that sticks to your clothes Avoid

Have been before had full English,enjoyed it and coffee was delivered quickly,and good value for money.today thought go for the steak pie(home made,where hell)waited for a long time,and when it eventually turned up dismayed at the utter crap on my plate.Hate to be offensive so soldiered on,left most of the pie,murdered in the microwave,dry and extremely hard.chips a bit better,peas passable,gravy still have an awful tang in my mouth.Stick to what you can do full English.

this is predominantly a WORKING MANS CAFE and is superb.i called in for breakfast on friday after doing a collection on the docks,i had a medium breakfast with a cuppa and couldn't fault it.The place is clean the staff friendly and the food reasonably priced and well presented

Absolutely awful food ... sausages must have been cooked hours before, bacon was undercooked, egg was not cooked enough, I had to pick the slimy bits out. Tomato was gone off and black. The black pudding was dripping in fat. I asked for strong tea but when they came they were so milky that I had to ask for extra teabags, I was told that I should have asked for them to be strong. When I said that I did the girl was very rude stating that they were strong ... they were like hot water with milk and the teabag dipped in. I would not recommend this place at all.

Hidden away in the docks at Barry this little gem sits quietly. To set you up for the day there's nothing like a good hearty breakfast and this place doesn't fail to impress. There's a number of breakfasts to choose from and a good selection of other food too. The photo shows a medium breakfast. Thoroughly recommend this place to get you going in a morning.

Great food, nice atmosphere. Love the sliced potatoes with breakfast. Lots of parking too! Nice staff and owner.

Absolutely amazing bacon and egg baguette better than College sir gar Llanelli bacon. The service was amazing and despite being quiet.

Absolute load of rubbish overpriced swimming in grease boiled mushrooms really fatty bacon burnt black pudding hard eggs even when asked for soft won't be visiting again