El gordo’s seafood and grill in Newport

After several days of hotel breakfast we decided to stop in here on our way out of town. Breakfast was as expected. The portions were large. Service was good. One difference from other breakfast places is you could get a piece of coffee cake instead of toast or biscuit with your meal and it was quite good. I ended up bringing it home because I was already too full after eating the other parts of my meal.

Six of us, three couples visited on a Friday evening The service was good by UK standards. My issue and why I would not return is that the place is billed as a smokehouse yet my full rack of pork ribs did not show any signs of being near a smoker ie no pink ring, no bark. They were mushy and tasteless. Thank goodness for the bbq sauce to dip them in.

The food was freezing cold chicken was very dry and tough . The delivery driver was extremely rude . I had to walk 5 minute in the pouring rain to get my order because he wasn’t following any direct I was giving him

I had a lovely chicken burger and wings with a great customer service. I recommend this place to everyone in Newport. 🌟🌟

Sunday lunch wasn’t quite as good as what I would have expected. Ordered the roast beef dinner and although all the trimmings were tasty the pile of beef on the plate looked very unappetising. (They also forgot the Yorkshire pudding!!). Couldn’t eat the meat so asked if it could be wrapped so that I could take it home for my dog. The Waiter refused on health and safety grounds. Ridiculous! Celtic Manor you need to up your game.