Refresh in The Vale of Glamorgan

Used the cafe for the first time and will definitely be the last. 3 star hygiene should be a 1 ! Loose dog running around the kitchen, then the loose dog came up to my 2 year old sniffing her food. Desperately in need of a deep clean. Oil definitely needs changing, the smell was burning my eyes; hence the awful Chips. Oil must be very dirty, scampi was hard and crispy. Very expensive & poor value; the plates couldn’t get any smaller. On top of this terrible experience with the dreadful food, I’ve never come across such rude miserable staff. Would definitely not recommend. In desperate need of a visit from a health and hygiene officer. Only wish I’d taken photos

A disappointing experience. Place was not overly busy but stood for 10 mins at counter before someone actually spoke to me. Ordered bacon and Brie panini which took around 30 mins! We asked where food was and told it was being plated up which took another 10 minutes! When arrived, it tasted fine but a bit overpriced for the lack of effort put into it. Coffee had well been finished by the time it arrived. The staff were non communicative and lacked total enthusiasm which reflected in the whole atmosphere of the cafe. Will still use the park but definitely not the cafe!

£4.45 for a diabolical cheese toasty made with cheap white bread, no butter or spread, a basic cheese slice and two very thin slices of tomato. Cooked on a brevil toaster or similar. I say cooked but it was soggy and bland and didn’t taste like toast. Highw

I've been a regular patron of this cafe several times a week for many years. I was getting disappointed with it until very recently when things turned around. The warm atmosphere, friendly welcome and excellent toasted bacon butties have returned.... with gusto!! It seems its under new management and have had an increase of staff. The place is cleaner, happier and the smell of bacon cooking makes mine and my dog's noses twitch. Oh and they seem to be more dog friendly too. The staff seem happier, the new lady manager goes the extra mile when she's passing through the seating area, always smiling and I think the staff are happy working alongside her too as they are mostly all very attentive , and happy to serve. I see there have been a few changes to layout, then changed back again but I'm happy to support the changes as I can see the idea behind change is to aim for customer satisfaction. Well done manager for motivating the staff and well done staff for being keen to do a great job. I speak with several other regular customers daily... and I get the impression they all feel the way I do, its becoming an even friendlier place to come to see wildlife whilst eating breakfast and drinking coffee.... long may it continue

The Cafe has been our Monday ‘home’ for a number of years and have always been friendly and accommodating. It is set in the beautiful Cosmeston Country Park but is always clean and tidy. It’s a ‘no nonsense’ cafe with good coffee, what more do you want?

Very expensive kids sausage and chips meal. Stated on the menu the it came with sausages though only came with one sausage and very few chips for £5.49, when this was questioned the manager confirmed it was one, which didn't satisfy a 7 year old

This is a really nice cafe in a nice area. The coffee and food was really nice and enjoyable. The prices are reasonable. Staff are friendly and helpful. Would recommend

Overlooking the reed beds and Cosmeston lake. Nice looking cakes. We had scampi and chips. Piping hot. Miserable boy serving.