Station Cafe in Merthyr Tydfil

Really clean café, serving great value food, with friendly efficient staff. We had corned beef pie, gravy & chips, sausage & chips, cheese & potato pie, tea & milkshake. Cooked well (pies seemed homemade), and service good. Would recommend you call in when in the area.

The first time we've been here and it was lovely, the social distancing and mask wearing was also done properly, we had food and drink, great for the prices. We are definitely going back!

I am a local in Merthyr and do regular walks with a friend and enjoy a coffee on route. So with all cafes closed, I was reduced to a flask. Fortunately we found the local well known viazzanis open for take away also known as Station Cafe. A cafe from the Italians that emigrated to Wales many years ago and now run by the third generation family. The owner has taken the challenge providing take away snacks and coffee and prepared to prepare what ever you want available. Doing a fantastic job to keep the business alive as well. Coffee is the best in the area and Sandwiches, rolls, baguettes and much more beautifully prepared. He has complied very well with the social distancing with no more than 3 at a time in the Queue. Been an enjoyable weekly venture with a friend I escort as he is nearly blind. Been a life saver. Thanks to the owner and staff for providing during this unusual crisis. I highly recommend and look forward to the restaurant itself which I have used in the past. Sure I will be visiting more frequently in the future.

Viazzani's is a little gem, my parents took me there as a child in the 1950's. So many of the Welsh Bracchis are closing but this cafe is as good as ever. I had a lovely latte, fresh and hot, with a delicious chocolate eclair, the service quick and cheerful. At one time the entrance to Merthyr station (a Brunel original) used to be opposite but the vandals on Merthyr council allowed the station to be knocked down and replaced with a tatty Tesco. Typical Merthyr vandals.You must support a key part of Wales's heritage and enjoy a nice coffee.

Great food great hospitality cracking steam pie's. Coffee is fantastic. A warm welcome off staff everytime

Very friendly people, always smiling and cracking service. Did not wait long for our coffee and cup of tea. Would definitely come back.

This is a true valley's Italian cafe. What you see is what you get. It's clean, fast-serving, cafe -food, and it's owned by the original family who started it off. Although the railway station has moved, the Station Cafe is still there serving delicious cafe food and you can be sure of seeing the history of boxing around the walls of the cafe. Brilliant! Simply a cafe not trying to be anything else.

Very accesible venu to go for a meal and a cuppa as its situated right in the centre of Merthyr Tydfil, close to a railway station, bus station & parking facilities not far away..... Nice place to go for a cuppa & a sandwich affter a busy day shopping!

Been going here for 40 years...... Lovely familly run cafe and you are always served with a smile. Always popular and a part of Merthyr's fixtures and fittings....

Arrived at 2.15pm more than half of cafe area closed off and staff monosyllabic and not very helpful. They gave the impression they wanted to clear up and close. . Food very good.

Called in here for a lunch time break while on business in Merthyr with my sister. Ordered tuna melt panini's & pots of tea. Really superb panini, one of the best I've tasted in all fairness, served with a fresh crisp side salad. Large cafe, clean and well presented, so you may wi see why I've given it 3 stars? Well, for such a large venue, there is NO toilet facilities at all! Unbelievable for a place this size! It would benefit from reducing the size of the cafe & installing a loo - could be done in sure. 5 star panini, 5 star chef, but in this day & age, definitely should be a toilet. Sorry.

Called in for breakfast. No GF options and were looked at dull both by the woman serving us and the girl on the till, when we asked for a breakfast without toast or sausage. Totally confused them then by asking for a sausage bap. Roll was lovely and fresh but they hadn't even bothered to cut the sausages, just slapped them in the roll. Breakfast (hubby said) was ok but was swimming in tomato juice. Expensive too, compared to other similar options in Merthyr

We had been to Aberfan and were on our way North, so stopped off for a cuppa and a snack in Merthyr, and walking along spotted the Station cafe just off a main pedestrianised area, We were welcomed by the very friendly and helpful Mario and his staff , who seemed to be having a regular flow of customers, constantly cleaning tables and delivering steaming hot teas and frothy coffees alongside a range of snacks . Loved the boxing montage on the wall referring in part to Howard Winstone and some of the Viazzanis family I am guessing...Looks like it's in a time warp but works fine as it is.

Viazzani's Station Cafe Having watched a TV programme about Italian families in south Wales I was in the area so stopped in for a coffee. It's not really what I was expecting. My cappuccino was more like frothy coffee. The froth was how I like it with big bubbles, the milk was slightly overheated and the coffee taste mild. But my goodness a top caffeine hit. The décor is pretty well what I remember as Italian bars of my youth in London. This why I say at the crossroads - For Merthyr this is probably middle road. The entrance invites you with Walkers crisps and rows of Cadburys chocolates. The staff are just brilliant with a warm welcome, clean counters and furniture. But for a USP (unique selling point) I reckon they could push away the Costa and Neros of this world by being themselves - truly Italian. Dump the crisps and chocolates, push the biscotti and think of the local produce of Bardi. If you build it, they will come!

Delicious homemade pasta, filled rolls, steamed pies,hot-buttered toast, frothy coffee - whatever you order is wonderful! Always relaxed and friendly service - Mario & staff are never too busy for a chat!

I have been meaning to complement The station Cafe for a while , pop in quite regular for a coffee and a roll..Always friendly smiling service , very clean place and very reasonable prices ..Been running for years the same .....Highly recommend evry on to try it ...

had a late brekky one morning with work mates. Hot, and plenty on the plate. we all thoroughly enjoyed

Called in to the Station cafe after a morning's shopping and enjoyed a well earned coffee and a snack. Found the staff to be friendly and it was reasonably priced, with quite a central location & easily accessible when shopping