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.

My partner and I went here for a nice meal out. I had the fish which was sole it was just awful with a white runny sauce and no taste. To be fair they offered me another dish, I had the lamb which was okay but both dishes had no seasoning and was tasteless. Not worth the extortionate prices that are charged

Absolutely shocking if you are expecting a home delivery, waited 30mins before they decided to cancel my , I gave them the benefit of the doubt when they did it a few months back, now it's happened again

Absolutely disgusting. Not even worth 1 star. Food arrived over 1 hour late. Rang to track order, women absolutely clueless. Meat undercooked and a slobbery mess. Fries were stone cold. £35 worth of food ended up in the bin. Vile!

A relaxed ambience and attentive staff. Expectations were high with a £78 set menu (3 courses). We both had the pork belly to start which was very tasty and succulent. I had a sirloin and my husband a rump steak for main. These were very disappointing. The sirloin was extremely tough and chewy - almost inedible. I swapped for my husbands rump as this was less chewy but still far from an acceptable standard for the cost of the menu. Very poor quality meat - as it appeared to be cooked as requested (medium rare) - but so hard. My husband had the cheeseboard for dessert - nothing special, akin to what you’d pay £7/8 for in a pub. I had the pavlova which was very nice - but again, didn’t really reflect the cost. Overall a very disappointing experience. £185 for the two menus and two Heineken beers. Extortionate - hugely overpriced for the food served.