Sir Samuel Romilly in The Vale of Glamorgan - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

Food same usual standard all good and service speedy and pleasant

We meet every 6 week at weather spoons in Barry myself and my friend both had steaks and we both. Have had really bad stomach cramps and using the loo a lot i have tried to ring with no joy

Great breakfast at a good price, Staff were friendly and helpful. Can't beat a breakfast with a beer 😎🍻

After my years, knowledge of hospitality. Going to various weatherspoons. This is just the cream of the lot. Not only excellence the staff give naturally. But, food,perfect when brought to the table. Taste, presentation, cleanliness. Shrewsbury is the lowest experience where staff rudeness is not condoned. Drug usage on site. Security. But staff. Are they at Shrewsbury, complacent to weatherspoons allowing this poor performance. Then I go to Barry, Gwent. This Weatherspoons. Is an excellence. Staff are so lovely. Thank you.

Bar and waiting staff were very polite food was good quality, the door staff on the other hand were bloody rude, I tried to take my 4 year old daughter and her friend to the toilets, and 3 door staff approached me and said "what do you think your doing get away from the the toilets" I tried to explain that my daughter was using the toilet, and i was just waiting for her, but they continued to raise their voices, as my daughter came out, no apology just walked off

Just wanted to pass on a special thanks to Jake, Ruby and the rest of the team in here. I’ve been down visiting from Glasgow, and genuinely could not have been made to feel more welcome. Great bar with a great layout and atmosphere. Clean and the beer garden is absolutely gorgeous. Thanks folks, it’s been a pleasure!

We came to the restaurant as a family of four to have something to eat and drink. There was no staff at the entrance, so we assumed there was free seating and found a table ourselves. The decision fell on the place that was least dirty. A waitress and a waiter who passed us a few minutes apart didn't even glance at us. At some point we got tired of waiting and decided to leave again. The place gave us a dingy impression. The floor was sticky and the tables were inadequately cleaned, if at all. If we assume that hygiene is the same in the kitchen, the removal was perhaps better for our health. Maybe this pub is good for people who want to get drunk cheaply. Everyone else should give it a wide berth.

There's no better place to unwind, relax and enjoy a meal and drink

Ex cinema. Wetherspoons have done a good job repurposing the building. Sometimes loud and busy. Sometimes not enough staff to keep up with custom and clearing tables. Drinks are still quite cheap and selection is huge. In general okay.

Just visit for a drink and chat this time, typical spoons

It's a spoons lots of choice reasonably priced

Good food 😋 and lovely atmosphere.

This is a great spoons. Busy and loud at night but the service is unwavering the standard of the food and drink is superb and the place is actually clean and tidy and was on all of our visits. We had dinner on a Friday night which was the Ramen Bowl and they are superb and we had 2 breakfast. Great value, great pub. Looking forward to returning.

Really decent Wetherspoons, good fast service, plenty of seating and really nice seating by the windows.

As always at a Wetherspoon, we had a great meal without any fuss.

Cold food bacon too well done, eggs like rubber toast under cooked

Voor de lunch had ik nog een adres nodig en daarom ging ik naar The Sir Samuel Romily in Barry. Ik koos voor een sirloin steak met jacked patatoes. Zoals gebruikelijk bij Wetherspoon werd het vlot geserveerd en smaakte prima.

Very impressed, ordered from the table and drinks were within a few minutes. The food was very nice, we had breakfasts and it was reasonably priced. Coffee was great and £1.56 for refillable.

Great breakfast. So good we went back the next day. Lovely atmosphere. Good service. Very clean toilets. Nice outside area on a sunny day. Thank you.

Great place down the road from our hotel. Service was so quick. The food was hot and tasty, the coffee free flowing. You can't beat it for brekky.

Absolutely appalling place. My wife, my twelve year old son and I had not eaten as we had been travelling all day. For convenience, we decided to visit the Wetherspoon pub in Barry for our evening meal and a drink. We found a vacant table (of which there were many.) Table 23 which was about five metres from the bar. We took around five to ten minutes to decide on our meal and drink choices. I went to the bar and tried to place our order. At this point, there was no problem and i ordered the food. I was just going through the drinks and asked for a mineral water for my young son, when the lady taking the order asked if any of our party were under aged eighteen. I told her that my son was and she then said that she could not serve us as my son is under eighteen. I was absolutely outraged and complained strongly. She told me that children were not allowed in the pub, i think she said after 8.30. The time was not even 8.30pm anyway. The staff also had a clear view of us when we entered the pub and sat down. Nothing was said at that point. I would have still been annoyed if it had, but they let us sit there and said nothing, then took the bulk of the order at the bar. Even if this is their policy (which i find outrageous, bizarre and discriminatory to children and families,) they must have noticed us and had ample opportunity to say something, rather than wasting our time and denying us a meal when we were hungry. I thought the UK had grown out of this backward attitude decades ago re children going in pubs and restaurants with family. I asked to speak to the manager and briefly complained to her. She also said that because we would be in the pub after 8.30, then we would be in breach of their rule. A rule, which i might add, appears to be unwritten anywhere i could find on their notices. We checked the front door and windows and there was no mention of children not being allowed to eat after a given time. And even if there was any notice, it's still an absolute outrage. We left the pub. My young son was very upset and in tears. My deaf partner and i were very upset too. It created a difficulty in me explaining to her what had happened. I'm not sure how your Wetherspoons system works, but i really think the staff in the pub need to do a lot better. Even if that is their unfathomable and crazy rule, they should adopt a more flexible and inclusive approach to customer service. As a result of this incident, i'm unlikely to be taking my family to a Wetherspoons pubs ever again. I sent in a complaint, but as yet, it has not been acknowledged. A sad state of affairs that they would see a weary family go hungry.

Absolutely appalling place. My wife, my twelve year old son and I had not eaten as we had been travelling all day. For convenience, we decided to visit the Wetherspoon pub in Barry for our evening meal and a drink. We found a vacant table (of which there were many.) Table 23 which was about five metres from the bar. We took around five to ten minutes to decide on our meal and drink choices. I went to the bar and tried to place our order. At this point, there was no problem and i ordered the food. I was just going through the drinks and asked for a mineral water for my young son, when the lady taking the order asked if any of our party were under aged eighteen. I told her that my son was and she then said that she could not serve us as my son is under eighteen. I was absolutely outraged and complained strongly. She told me that children were not allowed in the pub, i think she said after 8.30. The time was not even 8.30pm anyway. The staff also had a clear view of us when we entered the pub and sat down. Nothing was said at that point. I would have still been annoyed if it had, but they let us sit there and said nothing, then took the bulk of the order at the bar. Even if this is their policy (which i find outrageous, bizarre and discriminatory to children and families,) they must have noticed us and had ample opportunity to say something, rather than wasting our time and denying us a meal when we were hungry. I thought the UK had grown out of this backward attitude decades ago re children going in pubs and restaurants with family. I asked to speak to the manager and briefly complained to her. She also said that because we would be in the pub after 8.30, then we would be in breach of their rule. A rule, which i might add, appears to be unwritten anywhere i could find on their notices. We checked the front door and windows and there was no mention of children not being allowed to eat after a given time. And even if there was any notice, it's still an absolute outrage. We left the pub. My young son was very upset and in tears. My deaf partner and i were very upset too. It created a difficulty in me explaining to her what had happened. I'm not sure how your Wetherspoons system works, but i really think the staff in the pub need to do a lot better. Even if that is their unfathomable and crazy rule, they should adopt a more flexible and inclusive approach to customer service. As a result of this incident, i'm unlikely to be taking my family to a Wetherspoons pubs ever again. I sent in a complaint, but as yet, it has not been acknowledged. A sad state of affairs that they would see a weary family go hungry.

Excellent experience we had, customer service was awesome. Our daughter likes the cheesy tomato pasta, chef mistook for spaghetti bolognese but got rectified straight away. Other than that the food was great, beer selection and prices are the most reasonable across all others chains of pubs. We love Wetherspoon!

Just went for a drink , old peculiar on draught was a pleasant surprise . A bottle of lovely Villa Maria sauvignon at just over £14 was a bit expensive at the side of Asda but it is a pub after all

Popped in for a cheeky drink as it's only a six minute walk from Gwen's house used in Gavin & Stacey. That hill is steep!!!! Nice pub. Lots of quiet areas to sit. Family friendly & prices were the norm for Wetherspoons. Number 60 for us hence the photo of the table number.

Went to order gammon only 2 left by 7.45 so had steak. Ordered rare . It came cremated and was grossly.

Magnificent old building looking good

Busy place but fun and usual Weather spoons extensive menu

Meeting place for a trip aesy. Staff lovely, breakfast and service great. Happy days xx.

Standard spoons looks bigger inside than expected

Cheap drink and food, very large pub, lovely toilets, smoking shelter out the back, open 8am for breakfast, which was lovely. Next to train station and round the corner from our hotel. Very convenient

Great pub and great staff, Emily was a great asset to the establishment, prompt service and good food, hopefully be back again.

Had a trip to Barry and decided upon stopping for lunch as we wandered around. The Sammy Romilly honed into view as we strolled, minding our own business. A Wetherspoons pub and as such we could have scripted what it would look before we ambled through the door. A sea of tables, the odd booth, an utterly dreadful carpet and the menus standing and laying around the pub like soldiers on parade who have lost the will to live. A fourteen mile route march to the toilets, staff in varying degrees of bewilderment/annoyance/indifference, etc. And we were right. We ordered a curry and a burger, not on the same plate. They duly arrived, at the same time, on separate plates. The curry was delicious, so my wife tells me. The burger was quite nice, so I told my wife. We enjoyed the meal and decided Barry has one of the more enjoyable Wetherspoons to pass through.

The best Wetherspoons around. The staff are absolutely amazing.

Love my wednesday morning breakfast in weatherspoons

Good selection of beers on tap, friendly and helpful staff.

Great atmosphere good prices great destination

Ok to eat and drink here if you suffer from hearing loss.

I'm sure it's very nice but not my kind of place. Too many people, too much noise and difficult to get to the bar.

Really enjoyable family get together. But on occasion it get so loud that you cannot hear conversations.

Good fast and friendly service. Great location from where we were staying. Food could have done with being a bit hotter

Good food never had a poor meal meal there. Friendly and helpful staff

I feel this venue is too big for the staff to manage especially for food we ordered our meal at the bar, it turned up 40 minutes later lukewarm, so sorry to say we will not be returning, it's a shame as the other weatherspoons pubs we have visited have always been good.

Good selection of beer and ciders. Food is really good for the price.

Only had chicken bites and a couple of pints of real ale, stout. Really nice pub to be in. Staff very friendly

Probably one of best wetherspoons been to. Good staff, great prices and amazing building. Used to be a cinema.

I am a frequent visitor of this particular Wetherspoons. I visit when it’s quiet or busy and I must say the staff handle every situation amazingly. The pub manager Nathan is very helpful and knowledgeable, on all of the products that are sold, especially the ale and is very helpful when needed. A rather young manager who I have learnt is called Emily is always welcoming and can never do enough for anyone. All of the managers work hard, and it can be acknowledged that the team is in good hands. I recommend this pub too many Ale drinkers as they have a large variety and are part of the good beer guide, but I would happily bring my family to this establishment, knowing that they will be treated with respect and their every need will be met.

Cheap and cheerful, big breakfast was good value, I'd certainly go again

One of my favourite Wetherspoons

Very clean and spotless Pub, food was served in a timely manner and helpful staff when served at the bar. My husband is disabled, so during our visit, we needed to use the access lift which wasn’t working. I spoke to a lovely young lady, I didn’t quite catch her name, but she was quite petite with short blonde hair and a fringe. Who helped us and fix the problem in no time. would happily return again

Bar staff are rude, managers were passive aggressive but drinks are cheap and the atmosphere was just mid

Excellent food and drinks. Great service and helpful staff. It's always good to see food and drinks not being overpriced.

It’s a spoons … we knew what to expect food drink wise( our food was actually good and good value drinks) the bar staff however… so rude .. go to the bar to be treated with yeah , so give the drink order , and nothing but that the price and done , no customer service skills whatsoever and this is from 3 different staff, one of them looked managerial, the person that bought our food was very polite, but our dirty plates sat with us for over an hour. Main gripe was the miserable bar staff, if you don’t like your job , move on

Decent pub with good food. 3 plates was slightly disappointing compared to other wheterspoons with smaller portion sizes.

Went there to use WiFi for work, was quiet enough to work. Able to have as much coffee as wanted for only £1.25. Staff friendly.

Ok but would rather pay more for a better sized meal.had to have a kebab to go home with as I was still hungry after my meal

Good place for family and friends to visit. Prices reasonable, had food here...it arrived within 10mins..Impressive! Pop along and see for yourselves 🤗

Good atmosphere and food friendly staff

Just had a meal with the wife, two meals with drink less than £16. Better than a chip shop but not as good as the Ritz.

It's a spoons so what do you expect?

Lunchtime visit : Cheese and tomato panni and chips-quite nice. Pleasant staff.

On the phone asking what time they would be open till today and the lady on the phone didn’t hang the phone up and the comments made were disgusting . I was waiting for a time they be closed I never hung the phone up and the words where “ okay just hag up then “: and “ it’s just rude “ that is not the right customer service skills that I wanna hear over the phone. I didn’t even know that she was speaking to me it’s just very unprofessional .

I love going to the Wetherspoons in Barry Great atmosphere, lovely staff delicious food Highly recommended to others

Pros - relatively cheap, open when other places are shut, lovely building, quick service Cons - limited vegan choices, not even a dessert option, the soya milk tastes awful, noisy most of the time, tables can be dirty

Nice, tidy pub. Lots of space. Pizza could've had some more toppings but all okay

Great place for breakfast and a decent coffee.

Good drinks at a reasonable price

Best meal I have had in a long time, I have paid twice as much for the same meal at other restaurants and the meal at the Sir Samuel Romilly was twice as nice, will definitely go again.

One of my favourite Wetherspoons, staff always seem friendly and the food and drink always arrive quickly.

Brilliant food all around would highly recommend the app as well for table service.

Great place for food well presented and cooked well, coffee hot chocolate pay once drink as much as you can. Definitely recommend this place

Great value curry and helpful friendly staff

Great prices, great location. Let down by the quality of the Stella and Carling 😵

Nice spoons with free parking outside on a sunday bonus....

Fantastic staff and the good was excellent 👏 0

An old pub in Barry, nicely laid out with large bar. Probably a lot busier at certain times. Even so quite noisy from the punters. Food and drink good value, hot and arrived in very quick time using the app. Please with portion size .

Ate in the old bank vault. Clean and tidy and very friendly fast service. Chips a bit under cooked. J

Tables were awash with glassed in the evening. Breakfast was served cold

Barry witherspoons has gone down in my view. There is only one coffee machine and is always running out. Never a jug of milk when I get there always empty and not sure how long it's been standing there. Food prices have gone up and food is just OK but I do enjoy the curry's.

It was a busy Saturday evening due to rugby but very big pub with plenty of spoons choice to eat of course, love a good spoons

Came here on match day to see Wales play and the atmosphere was amazing. Even though understandably busy, the staff were brilliant and food was served with only minimal delay. Definitely will be going here again!

I'm not normally a fan of weatherspoons food but I had a very nice steak and was very surprised. I'm going back next week for another

Didn't have any food. Just a couple of beers with friends.

As a support member I was appalled at the lack of understanding of individual needs. Everyone has the same right to address a problem respectfully, the scenario was of a factual situation that made me not only concerned for vulnerable individuals but the lack of respect for human rights which has left me upset and frustrated. So here goes…… on a positive note myself and two individuals Looked forward to breakfast here, learning independence and the right to be socially acceptable by ordering and paying for their own choices. However as I observed…… both breakfast weren’t quite in order for example….. cold beans, bacon and eggs so over done they were hard to swallow, which was a physical problem for one member. Whilst I encouraged my supportive individuals respectfully identify the issues with staff, after many appreciative attempts to correct the errors the breakfast was fortunately completed. However when my supported individuals wanted to relay their experiences we were met by rude hostile manager named Amanda. She said my individuals were calling her a liar when no such word was said. She didn’t appreciate are feedback and eventually I politely suggested we leave as it was an upsetting site for both individuals who should be seen an heard equally in society. I personally feel sorry for the manager as my individuals have more respect and maturity then she’ll ever have. I’m willing to work with her on normal skills if she so chooses so

Great food and extremely reasonably priced, good service and atmosphere.

Best place for coffee £1.50 with refills.

Sat at a table which was still messy after last customers, but so was every other free table. Ask a member of staff if she could clean it, and was told she was busy at the moment but would get someone to do it, which was fair enough, but still not cleaned after 15min, so spotted a female manager clearing tables and asked very politely if we could have our table cleaned please, to which her reply was very rude "I'm doing the best I can you will have to wait". Now I know it can be busy but still a smile and politeness would have went a long way and not be made to feel like an inconvenience.

Cheap and cheerful, full of locals having a good time. Food mostly fantastic, with the very odd bad day

Been here about half a dozen times now, always busy nice friendly staff food always nice and hot, good choice on menu and fair prices recommend this place.

I visited here, earlier this year, the pub is much bigger than it looks , nice atmosphere, I had the vegetarian burger and wine , both were really good, decent food at a decent price in a nice area. Will go back again next time I’m in Barry.

Absolutely stunning looking pub inside. Place was packed and table service was quick and efficient. Food came piping hot and fast, added bonus it serves till 11pm which most spoons stop at 9 so made for an extra treat having food and drinks much later on than the usual cut off

Great food, friendly service, would highly recommend to all

There r better wetherspoons to eat at but it's an alright pub

The panina was supposed to be cheese and ham. It was so dry don't think even had butter on it. Couldn't even see or taste any cheese at all. Tiny bit of ham. Bone dry

Great place in the beautiful BarryBados excellent place to grab a cheap pint and cheap grub usually a good atmosphere for Wales' national sport of the egg shaped ball (rugby) would recommend this place. Bar staff friendly, loo's not too grubby all in all a decent place

The food is fast and cheap. Ideal for a quick bite to eat

Service was good, the American breakfast was yummy 😋 as don't serve it in Birmingham anymore so was a change from a fry up staff was friendly and went above and beyond

Banging breakfast highly recommend

Very interesting building. Great food and service.

Wetherspoons are always a safe choice when you're somewhere random in the UK on a Sunday afternoon: the food is not outstanding but the service is usually good and the menu is always the same. This one is not an exception but with the plus of a really great service!