The Cottage in Carmarthenshire

Friendly staff, food was okay, toilets were absolutely awful and the smell was god awful! Think the place needs to be checked and how they past inspection I will never know! 🤷‍♀️ sticky tables!! Food is over priced for what you’re getting, you would think they would have a clean environment…right? I will not be coming back!!!

Friendly local pub, but need to spray tables to stop them being sticky 😂. I always thought it looked like a OAP cafe/Restaurant until someone told me it was a pub. I think the outside show make it clearer lol

Came back here after years of not visiting Ammanford (used to live here). Can’t believe the ladies toilets still haven’t been changed/fixed, still in a dingy state and locks/toilet seats broken. Good atmosphere in the evenings, gets very busy. Music is loud, not for everyone.

Great pub good beer . But the music is too loud you can't have a conversation with friends 🙃

Great food and drink, just a bit on the expensive side.

Strangely, having booked a table, when we arrived the waitress proceeded to ask people sat at a table to move so that we could sit there. We sat down at the newly vacated sticky table. We felt a bit awkward, feeling them watching us after that. Generally, the meal was ok apart from my pie being ice cold in the middle. I sent it back and received a fresh hot meal, however, by the time it arrived the rest of my family had finished theirs. It is a town centre pub and we should have expected a degree of noise but this was something else. Everyone shouting to be heard over the people next to them who were in turn shouting. I don’t think we will be going again.

When drink is bellow 20% volume should be 50ml as single not 25ml. Over charged.... not good bar work

Food was ok not as good as last time I went

We had food there, it was without doubt the worst Steak i have ever had. Plus side the service was good. Might be back for a beer, i will never eat here again.

The person who served us for the first two courses was excellent. Was very professional and caring. We ordered four starters consisting of three dishes, two of which were prawn cocktail, the prawns were chewy not soft and tender. I assume they were overcooked. I ordered medium to well steak for my main course, you could have soled a shoes with it. Our earlier course server came over and apologised but was finishing for the evening but another server would be taking over. OK, we ordered or desserts which included Belgium waffles. When they arrived they were so hard to be almost inedible. And finally, the Facebook infamous toilets didn’t fail to disappoint. Only one cubicle in the Ladies had a lock, the one with the lock, inevitably, was not very clean. In the gents, the single cubicle a) didn’t have a lock and b) had no toilet paper. Other than we had a good night, until the children arrived around 8..30pm then the noise was such that we couldn’t hold a conversation.

Brilliant service from Bella. Unfortunately that’s the only light in a rather drab offering of very average food - the age old problem of the discrepancy between the delights offered on the menu and the crushing reality that the Chef can’t cook a decent steak. Not a meal I will care to remember.

I'm giving 5 starts as its a nice pub that everyone collects to on the weekend. The only issue is £4.50 pints which we'd only find normal in Cardiff. If it wasn't for the friday/Saturday night appeal they couldn't charge close to this

Decent pub quiz, foods okay at best. Decor feels so so old!! Service is average. Lucky there are no real competitors for now

Wouldn't have food there again my chicken was overcooked and dry

Popped in on a whim because we were staying down the road. Really good portions, at a very reasonable price. Staff were friendly and meal was fab. Only downside was there was quite a long wait for food, but we did go in on quiz night so that might be why!

Staff seem fairly grumpy, toilets have been dingy for years now despite changing once or twice. The pub itself is beautiful, and drinks were served to a high standard (quickly, not flat or watery etc).

An excellent meal good staff but the restaurant very cold. If you don’t mind sitting in a cold room to eat a meal ok. It did spoil the experience

Pub quiz was a blast! Lovely staff behind the counter

Disappointing service, first forgot to come back to take our order, then food took over 20mins to be served with the excuse the chicken is cooked to order !! Would not return

It should be a minus how that place stays open when it's so grim toilets are a disgrace food cold service is good but everything else let's it down ..yuk I fi...

Visited here this evening for a meal with friends. Was greeted by male with long hair who’s customer service was unprofessional to say the least. No please, thank you or a smile! No locks on the doors in the dirty toilets. Will not call here again. Disgraceful service!

There was a new barmaid and she was brilliant. Very friendly! Food was lush too.

Stinking toilets at the start of the night. I don't think the carpets haven't been cleaned since I last visited back in the late 80's, our feet were sticking to the floor

Stopped in here completely on a whim. Absolutely picked the right place! Staff were amazing and so friendly and the food was greatly priced and delicious 😌

Excellent Freindly service whilst visiting yesterday health and hygiene visited gave five stars for cleanliness the owner deserves the five stars her and the team work hard to please all who visit excellent still great staff but it could do with a good clean

Depends what you're looking for. If it's cheap then this is the place. Could do with a complete over haul

Excellent food for a good price

I visited on a Friday afternoon in February 2022. It was busy, but had no problems finding a small table for me and my pal. Good choice of beers, and the staff were friendly and efficient.

Very nice food and good value 👍

The food was great, fast service and great company, we had the Indian style curry

Was OK. Could do with more selection of beers

*Online order for takeaway, food only* I order was missing one starter and no meals came with coleslaw as advertised, chips weren’t triple cooked chips as advertised and burger had no sauce what do ever. Had to wait 30 mins after my collection time and that was after it was pushed back by 20 mins. Staff were very friendly but food was nothing short of awful. Hopefully you get a better experience if you eat in

I had the ultimate burger and it was ultimate. Was really tasty and the lager was nice and crisp to.

Place is nice and tidy food is good what I would say is I was once there and was very disheartened to see discrimination shown at the upmost a young chap had stuck some music he liked on the jukebox the music was turned off and the young man was told that it didn't fit in with there establishment and the mood the would like to set well dont have a jukebox then in my opinion he was belittled and only offered a refund when I spoke up

Absolutely stunning dinner everything cooked perfect , meat just melted in your mouth ! Highly recommended!!

Eaten here a few times, never had a bad meal. Service always good, and food very reasonably priced..

Lewis is the ONLY nice person working here, we are very disappointed with the customer service here, very disappointed

Very good food and drinks with friendly staff, very busy in the weekend with a lively social life. Highly recommended if in local area

Very good food and prompt service with a smile.

Its a very nice and friendly place to go and enjoy i loved every minute and will definitely go back again very soon

Excellent establishment food and beer excellent. Will call again

The food was excellent, really good quality and very reasonable prices.

Very quiet, friendly staff, will call again 🙂

Another lovely meal with friends at The Cottage.Was busy for Tuesday.but service was gd.thxs Darren and staff.

Friendly, great food. Would highly recommend

Lovely food, friendly service, would highly recommend.

Lovely food and drink, as always served by friendly staff

I was in the patchwork rose not cottage in

It does what a village pub is supposed to do

Decent pub nice atmosphere, small choice of ale, but I am being pedantic. Best pub in ammanford centre no doubt

Food was good but the heating was not on and even wearing jumpers we were cold. Service was slow (3 hours for 3 courses).

Good food choice great service plenty of room to sit to have your meal and large leather seats to relax if it's only afternoon tea or coffee you want.

Nice Pub . Friendly and helpful staff.

Was cozy. Good selection. Friendly staff

Very tasty food and well priced too

if you want a good quality,tasty- and excellent value for your money-bar meal,then look no further.Also very friendly service in a relaxing and comfortable atmoshere

friendly,comfortable,lovely atmosphere.Food is very reasonably priced-and very tasty/ good I'm a regular customer-and it never fails!

It's ok for a snack but if you want to relax and enjoy the food not the place to go due to noise from bar

The food in the cottage is decent and also very decently priced. It looks and feels like an average pub because with due respect that isn't anything particually remarkable about it appart from its bar. The best thing about the cottage is its night life. Since it is a restuarant by day the cottage would make for a good place to have sit down and have a few pints with your mate on a Saturday night right? Unfortunately no because the night in the cottage is plagued by music which is simply too loud resulting in everyone trying to talk over the music and by extension themselves. The venue you becomes pretty depressing pretty quickly if you don't already come there drunk. There is no real reason for the high volume either as the cottage does not have a dance floor of any kind. You are often bumping elbows with everyone so there is no room to dance even in the spaces between the tables.

Nice pub, shame about landlady rude and arrogant

Waited ages for our food. As there were only a handful of people in having a meal ( mid week lunch), we could not understand why it took 40 minutes to make 3 bar meals. Unfortunately the meals were just ok.

Great food, one of the best lasagne's & Pie we've had! Top marks, will be back...

Proper welsh pub in Ammanford - real welsh Wales

Had a carvery there on Sunday everything was really nice and tasty will have no problem recommending and will visit again,

The cottage is our go to family place to celebrate any occasion we love the place . Service and food is always fantastic and we have never ever had a bad meal or service from staff,waiter/ waitresses to Helen the owner . They can never do enough for us .we vary my mum to my babygrandaughter aged 17months . The cottage is very resonable priced and all meals no matter how big the group are always brought out together the chips are freshly made and not frozen as is in lots of places . They also do carverys on Sundays and we always have a table booked tat celebrate as a family Xmas dinner on Xmas Eve every year for the last 6 years .

Burgers and chips were poor. Burgers were just a patty in a bun with a bit of cheese, no's extras or sauce at all. Burger itself wasn't cooked well, felt very cheap quality.

Beautiful meal here, hunters chicken can recommend this... xxx

Friendly welcome and outstanding food cant fault it

Good value for money, portions are a good size, bit big for me but my husband finished the lot. Friendly staff and nice atmosphere.

Good for youngsters in the evening

Nice food, a nice atmosphere, all around quite a nice pub.

. Warm and friendly welcome from staff. Food was excellent quality and very efficient service and value. Thank you

Nice food. Staff friendly. Furniture and carpets need replacing

It’s been several years since we’ve been to this little business. There’s still plenty of car parks in town one directly behind the premises but a public car park with disabled bays. The place does still have lightning issues in doorways and slops. Which is unfortunate because the professional well trained staff were outstanding and very accommodating. I have sight and mobility issues. The all day breakfast and proper home made lasagne was outstanding and service was super fast which is just what we needed but all fresh. Will not hesitate to go again . Good value for money ideal for ladies who lunch. Loads of easy chairs chatting areas for coffee chats. No rush to get you from the table. Maybe not ideal for small children due to lighting could have crash with waitsers. Still excellent to how it once was. New staff have made a big difference. Enjoy

Was a warm day and we had the dog. A lovely lady bought out a tub of cold water with loads of ice cubes. Then another family turned up with 4 dogs and they bought some out for them too. Didnt have food but it looked delightful

Got a member of our party food wrong. Waitress was rude and cutlery was in a rusty pot on the table

Lovely food very friendly staff very relaxed

food is fantastic and staff are lovely .

Atmosphere is very homey. A great pub and the food is excellent!

Very very nice , with 1st class service

Worst b&b I have ever stayed at. Doesn't even deserve the one star.

Lovely pub but was let down with the food

Absolutely awful wild puppy's waffles and dogs has much better food and much better prices

Ate here a few weeks ago, always had a pleasant experience from other visits but this time round it was awful the food was cold we waited for 55 minutes for a bacon and Brie sandwich and a chicken club sandwich, must be just on a year since I last visited, looks like it could be under new ownership as before the place always looked well kept. Not now. Worn and tatty, the male toilets were horrendous. Although the staff were nice.

Called in when passing. Had read the reviews on Trip Advisor first. They are doing Christmas carvery . Excellent value . Tasty hot food, lovely choice. Good price and despite being a rainy midweek evening, the place was quite busy. Dessert menu looked lovely, unfortunatly we had no capacity left to try any. Staff were great too. Worth a visit.

Lovely food and reasonable price

Food has gone drastically downhill, wasn't nice at all

Food was delightful, staff is welcoming and friendly and the restaurant is cozy and comfortable

Welcoming atmosphere, good food, friendly staff. What more can you ask for.

Was served VERY SOUR/strange tasting orange juice which must have been well out of date!!! When I took it back I was told it's because a mix up in the order which meant a little soda water was added....I can handle the sour juice and exchange but can't stand LIAR'S!!!!!! NOT GOOD!

Nice staff but food was a bit tasteless

Good food. Close to home. Nice atmosphere.

Spot on. We drive from Swansea to eat here. Its beautiful. Service is spot on and it's reasonably priced. Lovely atmosphere and immaculately clean

Great relaxing atmosphere and very nice food

We stumbled accross this place today and we were so glad we did. Me and my friend and her 2 little ones were heading to a particular restaurant for a Sunday lunch only to find it was shut. As we were a fair distance from our home village we decided we would search down the Ammanford way... So I found the nearest restaurant serving a roast and the cottage was our closest option. We called and booked and headed straight there. We were seated straight away by the most friendliest staff who couldn't do enough... The place was so busy as well. The food was beautiful... Meat was outstanding, the gravy was so tasty and the cauliflower cheese was cooked perfect (not to soft). We will be going back

Really enjoyed our meal here was a bit of a wait but food was freshly cooked and tasted good. Staff were welcoming and polite :)

The food was OK. Service was slow and not fussed on the atmosphere. Only good thing was the waitress taking the order. She was the only polite member of staff.

The Cottage was recommended but was only okay. The restaurant is a bit dark on the inside. Sunday carvery is a decent quality although there seems to be a portion control on the roast potatoes and stuffing, which strangely is cut into small squares. Unfortunately, I wouldn’t rush back as there is so much choice with better quality available locally.

Decent pub, decent food. Good range of drinks and extensive menu.

Lovely food, service takes a while but quality is worth it