The Gadlys Arms in Rhondda Cynon Taf

Great restaurant, lovely homely atmosphere, fabulous food and personal service from the owners. Used to be a lot busier so glad we could get back there. A real quiet gem.

Had a lovely welcome. Lovely food. I had the Chinese chicken curry. It was really tasty and a very good portion with rice and chips. Will definately go back.

Called on chance as we were going shopping in Aberdare later, lovely older world pub, landlords choice of background music, but ever song was a good sing a long. Had to ask if they were open as we were the only ones there, we had a good chat with the landlord.,hes charming once you break through and really knowledgable, particularly on history of the valley's. Our food was fabulous.,i had sizzling steak, cooked perfectly my partner had pork chops again perfectly cooked. The chips were great, although frozen they were lovely and crispy on the outside and fluffy inside. All in all we really enjoyed our visit and are already planning to return on a Saturday evening for a meal and few drinks and a taxi home. Thank you for a wonderful afternoon

Spot on. Lovely soup. Good hand pull. Great view. Top notch barman - friendly, helpful, good local knowledge, especially history and the coastal path. The waitress had a technique for cleaning the tables better than any other I have noticed. And then there was the most unusual ‘ Gents’. We shall be back.

Sorry to say but had a really awful Sunday roast here. The turkey tasted and smelt mouldy and was clearly not freshly cooked and came out lukewarm at best. The vegetables were salty and we only had one roast potato and a frozen yorkshire pudding. Could have done a lot better at home. Was very disappointed as visited on recommendation. We will not be back I'm afraid.

Amazing home cooked Sunday lunch for mothers day, food is always amazing here and welcome from staff is always so friendly and welcoming, thank you 😊

After a complaint about our meal, the manager disregarded our concerns and was rude and unprofessional. Please don’t waste your time and money.

Attended this evening for family meal ,and food and service was amazing as always, amazing home cooked food I had the lasagne was delicious, the owners and bar staff are brilliant 👏

We've just come back from an evening meal at the Gadlys Arms and we throughouly enjoyed ourselves! Beautiful food, the deserts were stunning and a lovely warm, cosy atmosphere. We'd never been before but went on a recommendation from my parents. So glad we found this hidden gem! Can't wait to go back for a Sunday lunch, thank you!

Have had many splendid Sunday roasts at this establishment over the years so decided to go there for my parents 60th anniversary.. mistake.. the small mixed grill I had was terrible and swimming in grease from the very undercooked mushrooms and onions, the pork chop tasted tainted, the lamb chop incinerated, and the bacon barely cooked. The chips were soggy frozen French fries and the sausage was cooked for so long that what was inside disintegrated. My parents steak looked ok but came with chips when jacket spuds were ordered, the chicken curry was tasteless and bland.. I'm putting it down to them possibly having to let the chef go because of the covid plandemic, either that or the owner (who was cheffing) cooks a banging Sunday roast but cant cook anything else very well. I was very disappointed with the food to say the least on this occasion.

I attended the Gadlys Arms last week for the first time in over 28 years and it still hasn't changed. The land lord and land lady were both amazing and the food superb. You are both two wonderful people and I am so pleased that I came to you last week. I have to return back home to Cornwall for sometime due to the Lockdown, but am so looking forward for when I can come back up. I wish you both well in the meantime and hope you can ride this Corona issue out so that life can be as normal as possible for you as soonest. Keep up your excellent work. Will miss you. Mark Richards

We have visited this place for many family occasions over the years. It could do with a lick of paint on the ceilings to help brighten it up. Food quality was below average. French fry’s served with main meals. Where’s the home cooked chips?? Chicken tikka tasted like it was cooked from a jar. The customer service however was very friendly and welcoming. This place is like visiting your grans. foods not the best but feels like home.

Visited the Gadlys 14/03 with my family and had a lovely meal. There is a wider selection of meals here than most pub/restaurants and plenty of specials to choose from (including fresh fish specials). The owner and staff were all very helpful. The drinks were also good quality. We will return.

Me and my husband go here regular always welcomed and have lovely food. With a cosy atmosphere. Thank you.

Only ones in but the food was really nice. Steak cooked exactly the way I asked fir it and real chips. Landlady a bit frosty at first but then she warmed up a bit and we had a good conversation around them selling the place after many years there. All in all a lovely meal.

absolutely stunning food, really enjoyed, will definitely come again. cooked perfectly. lovely atmosphere, really nice staff, really polite. Thankyou!

1star. we ordered chips got burned rock hard chips instead and when the landlady put the chips on the table her elbow rubbed onto my fork. music was terrible 80s remixes of nursery rhymes surprisingly that was the best part. When time machines are made I will go back in time and stop myself from going there. When I got my sausages and mash the mash was ok but it had cold hard lumps in it. And all of it except for the peas was covered in terrible gravy. my brother had two sausages I had three and my great aunty had four I think you were supposed to have three but this day the cook was really lazy.my grandmother had cod with a side of plastic when whe lost are apertite we told the landlady and her excuse was that the cook forgot his glasses but he never forgot his glasses before and he will never do it again to get us to come again (that won't happen) I never got to see him bye I bet he doesn't wear glasses and she made it up incase we see him my dad's fish was half cooked and my aunt had sword fish and lost her apertite as soon as we found the plastic and didn't stop staring at it. And the boys toilets were over cleaned and there was soap all over the floor and the toilet door was a sliding door but it didn't have a lock so people can walk in when you're on the toilet worst place to eat in the universe.

Took my family for a birthday meal because it’s a lovely old pub but the food was revolting. My fish was like grey rubber and my mother actually had a strip of plastic in her food!!!! When we told the woman serving, she said “I’m sorry the chef hasn’t got his glasses on”. This same woman was incredibly rude when she took our order. A member of my family asked what the pork chops came with and the woman cut her off and said curtly “if you let me speak, I’ll tell you”I will never be going back here. Obviously. You have been warned.

We were attending an athletic meet in Aberdare and googled this pub. We arrived and were seated. It was a Sunday so main menu was limited. I had the lamb dinner which was really good. My wife has the gammon which was swimming in grease and my daughter had chicken nuggets. The nuggets were hard and were replaced with only a dish full of hard chips between both meals. £27 and most of the food was sent back. Lovely pub and great atmosphere but food could be better.

yet again a good sunday lunch with a choice of meats and veg at a reasonable price, BUT the icing on the cake was , as other customers told me , that you could get as much GRAVY as you liked , just ask the waitress .

As always the food service and welcome are 2nd to none brilliant a must be place to take visitors to the area.

Visited in the 30th December2018, Excellentd great service & great atmosphere would highly recommend

Visited here again on Christmas eve and as usual food, welcome and atmoshre superb. Long may they continue

Went the gadlys arms on Christmas Eve and had a lovely welcome. The hosts were great and made our visit a lovely experience. Highly recommend

Avoid by all costs. 12 meals ordered. Only 2 were acually worh paying for. I ordered chicken curry. It was gone off. I asked all my family to smell the chicken as i couldnt belive it was so bad. It smelt of a dirty nappy. I was basically called a liar by both the landlady and chef!!! Absolutely appalling!!!! I took a piece of the chicken which is now in my freezer to be tested. E.H.O. have been contacted. Im just thankful im bot ill after eating a piece of the chicken.

Th visited the Gadlys for the first the first time and was pleasantly surprised to see a well kept traditional pub. Apart from the .com bar area there's a restaurant as conservatory. Good choice of beers etc. As we went !ate afternoon if was quiet, so we were able to chat with the landlord and landlady who have had the in for over 40years.

Went to the GADLYS last night, spur of the moment idea for a birthday, lovely warm welcome, great surroundings too. \food was superb, I ordered spare ribs as a starter and wow they were huge, four huge ribs, plenty meat,loads of sauce, wasn't expecting that lol, main was roast thick sliced belly pork, salad, peas and gorgeous chips, I was stuffed, the other meals were equally as good, cheese topped gammon steak, sirloin steak, perfectly cooked, the whole menu looked interesting so we will definitely return, I want to eat my way through it. Thanks folks, lovely evening.

We came here to celebrate a meal for my grandparents wedding anniversary on a Friday evening. The restaurant/bar area was dead.

Would never go here again , out of date salad cream by nearly 2 years, I had put this on my food , make sure if n e one goes there to check , this has really turned me sick, the waiter apologized n the land lady offered a few quid off , which i declined, i couldn't get out of there quick enough

Had a lovely family meal at Gadlys arms on Saturday! Service and food was great and at reasonable prices! Please keep using your local pubs!

Visited this week food was really good service was excellent nothing was a problem for the staff. Can't really understand the negative reviews I have read about this restaurant maybe it is disgruntled ex staff as mentioned in other reviews

After ordering a steak meal in what was practically an empty restaurant Saturday afternoon a plate arrived with a very undercooked chuck of tendon with some meat,

We visited again this week and once again the food was great, the service excellent so I am a little baffled by some of the hostile reviews, especially the one person who keeps saying to Avoid, is this a disgruntled former employee by any chance as from our experience as regular customers this bears no resemblance to the restaurant we know.

God knows how this place is still going? Even the chef has gone, (trago mills) so he made the great escape lol, same decor, same music, proberly the same horrible food, no wonder a lot of regulars have gone else where, its closed most of the time nowadays ive been told, (by someone who works there, ) so if you like dodgy decor or the old, old music this is the place for you.

always lovely background music being played. (70's) There is a covered area out the garden for meals as well as eating indoors in the restaurant area or the lounge, I don't eat desserts but there is a good selection of well priced desserts.Our total bill was £15 including two drinks

Visited tonight for a birthday meal, the food was very poor but highly priced as if is a gourmet place! My son wasted most of his as it was inedible! We eat out regularly and must say this is the worst place we ever eaten, we certainly won’t be back!!!!

Have been here for both Sunday lunch and mid week lunch. Excellent food, good service and friendlt atmosphere. Woud recommend to everyone.

Went today for a bit of food and a beer with our Very hyperactive 2 year old. Lovely pub, nice food and lovely large doubles. Can’t wait for the summer to take advantage of the beer garden.

We have been to the Gadlys quite a few times and never once have we been disappointed with the service or the meals would recommend it to anyone.

After reading bad reviews was sceptical but friends asked us to join them for lunch.

Had lunch here today with friends. Fish was freshly cooked and lovely home made desserts. Staff was friendly and attentive to our needs. Will return again soon.

Visited with my partner on Black Friday and was very pleased. We have been here before for Sunday lunch but never a evening meal.

We used to go to the Gadlys Arm on a weekly basis and the food has always been exceptional the patrons however are extremely rude and lately we have had several occasions where we have been really disappointed by the experiance here I.e turning up for a booked sunday lunch with friends where they happily took our money for drinks and then told us that they had no veg left for the dinners. Then today we called to check our boxing day booking and they have forgotten to book us in and now they will not even honour the time they told us needless to say we will no longer be going to the Gadlys.

I am all for using local small businesses and would never criticise unless I absolutely felt necessary but the whole three course meal we ate here was a disaster. The meats didn't seem cooked enough and the dessert was hard as though it had been sitting there for days!

Good food , cosy atmosphere ,well worth the money. Pity it doesn't have a better food hygiene rating.

Had Sunday lunch here and it was lovely the garlic mushrooms for starters are plentiful and a nice salad to go with it.

We arrived on a Friday evening, asked the barman if we could have a table has we hadn’t booked, he said, sit anywhere.. The chef/landlord came out of the kitchen and made it quite clear that he was doing us a favour by serving us....

My family ate here last night and I have to say not only was the meal fantastic but the staff we also. We were made to feel very welcome from the start and the landlady spent time with us making sure we were happy, she stood talking us through the menu, explaining that we could change things if we wished and even set a challenge for my brother in law, that if he ate all his chicken wings and ribs including his starter then he would be the first person to do so. When the ribbs arrived we all fell about laughing as we could see why (the ribbs were huge, like half a cow huge). Needless to say he failed. Every meal was delicious and servied perfectly. The Chef even came over to make sure we were happy. A very nice touch.

Greeted by very friendly staff ,given a choice of seats and shown the specials board and menus in good time .meals arrived quickly but only downside is we would have preferred homemade chips instead of frozen

A popular place for the locals, so recommended to book a table before you go on the weekend. Food is of a decent quality, although in my personal opinion they put too much salad on your plate when ordering certain meals ie. Steak and chips. You do get plenty of chips though! Staff are pleasant and helpful.

Visited 'The Gad' with friends recently to find a 'specials' menu on the table. All the dishes were exotic and in spicy sauces. Went for the Seafood with noodles in a Red Thai curry sauce. Wow, what a meal! It cost £8.95 but should have been priced closer to £14.00. It was packed with green lipped mussels, king prawns, clams and other fish, as well as tomatoes, red pepper and a fiery sauce. It was very hot a zingy. The accompanying plate of noodles was huge and mixed with beansprouts, beautifully cooked in a light oil. He also served up prawn crackers and to cool us down after the 'fire' he served a dish of yoghurt. An amazing meal for the price of some people's starters! Enjoyed the evening, the service and the sixties music. This place deserves far more custom. It knocks spots off most of the local competition; maybe his food is too adventurous for the average local, who knows?

always have a nice meal here, with friendly staff, and nice wines. the wife and i enjoy theatmosphere, which enables us to talk and catch up on the days events. we do recommend you try this excellent place to eat mid week when it's a little quieter.

I can honestly say that I have eaten in many different types of places. From top class restaurants to pubs and cafes, but I've never had a worse meal than this. The steak was inedible. The starter looked as though it was bought prepackaged from Iceland! Don't waste your money here. Avoid it like the plague!

Had a beautiful meal tonight at the gadlys arms for our wedding anniversary. Been eating there for 10 years and always had exceptional food and service. Food is always cooked to order and boiling hot. Menu offers great choice with meals to suit all budgets. Staff will do everything they can to ensure you are happy with your meal, I asked for the head to be removed from my fish, this was no problem at all. You are always greeted with a huge welcome and thanked when you leave. Really cannot understand why anyone would not give this place 5+ stars. Will definitely be visiting again and recommending to friends and family.

I haven't visited here for probably 9 years and it has changed a bit and I'm glad. People whinge about pubs closing big chains blah blah blah well this is a traditional pub and it's nice to see it still going and very well supported. We visited on a Sunday and the food was great and the team a little inexperienced but nothing a little training can't sort out. There's not many places worth going to on a Sunday as I always feel let down as I'd rather go to mums lol but the gadlys is definitely worth a visit on a Sunday may it keep going and continue to be well supported.

food very bad lot of it was microwave not prepaired very well chip were un eatable very disappointing our complaints were not taken just made up some silly coments will not be going there again

Where do i start the place is outdated, horrible food and horrible owners, there rude, they shout at there staff, a lot of requlairs have stopped going to this place, people who have been going there for years.

I thought the gammon I had was dried out by being over cooked and did not come with the usual side of onion rings but what surprised us all was the fact that they charge for tap water even when you have booked in for a meal.

Have visited here on several occasion since under new management. Lunch and dinners and for large family gatherings.Nice pub. Not a great menu selection, but prices and very reasonable and not bad service. Clean and nicely decorated.Worth a visit.

Nice feel to the place. A good "Traditional pub/Restaurant" - not like some of these so called bistro pubs!!!Nice bar and restaurant area.Has a continental feel to the food area.Food was extremely fresh, huge portions, and well cooked. Starters were being big.Nice atmosphere.Good value re Food.Food from steaks, huge range of fish dishes, curry to normal pub dishes.Nice owners, and staff.X4 with starters, mains, coffees £40We enjoyed and would visit again without question if in the area.Keep up the good food.9/10

We go to the gadlys arms most Sundays for our dinner, it is good value for money. Friendly staff. I enjoy the lamb dinner. The only down side is when 4 of us go there isn't really enough cabbage or potato for 4 of us otherwise everything else is great.

Called in on way back from collecting my daughter from Swansea University to break the journey. Friendly staff, quick service and good food, just what we required. Definitely call in again.

Always great food and drink. Friendly staff and great menu choice. Good wine list at very sensible prices

Had Sunday dinner there. Had really old depressing music played too loudly throughout meal. Still had Christmas decor out in April. Food was okay. Will not be returning.

It has been a good restaurant for over 20 years but the last few years it's gone shocking. Prawn cocktail starter was a bowl of cheap fish mix swimming in water then our main was a total mess. We drank up and left after paying

Arrived at 6.30 with my wife, table for 2 treat after a hectic week. Was Greeted with sit anywhere you like and not shown to a table, get your own drink at the bar and have to leave the meal while getting further drinks, empty glass ignored by staff who just stood there doing nothing, landlady was like a stern headmistress who stated "excuse me"! When I needed assistance with the menus, hardly finished my starter and my wife was still eating hers when there was an attempt to clear away the dishes. Left at 7.20 and couldn't wait to get out of that atmosphere. you could cut the tension with a knife. Never go there again. Shame

We were a party of eleven, the food was nice and plentiful. Everyone enjoyed their meal and the service was good. It was extremely busy the weekend we were there, so maybe book a table in advance.

I live very near the pub so my husband and I decided to go here for a quiet, child free night for our anniversary. What a mistake and one that I shall never make again. I wish we'd stayed home and eaten a micro meal. We ordered garlic mushrooms for starter...all I can say is yuck. Tinned mushrooms in a creamy sauce with raw, enormous pieces of garlic. The cook may as well have put in a bulb of garlic. When I complained to the young girl, she informed the owner (woman) who said that we should have informed them that we don't like a lot of garlic as chef uses a lot of garlic. What??? Why on earth would we order garlic mushrooms and tell them that we don't like a lot of garlic.Mains - I had chicken in a white wine and mustard sauce and my husband had steak. I could only taste mustard (overpowering) no taste of wine or any other flavour whatsoever. My husband had requested his steak to be "well done" it arrived red in the middle. Off putting to say the least. No desserts as we couldn't wait to leave. We were shocked to say the least at the prices for a small valleys pub. We'd payed less for a meal in Cardiff a few weeks prior. And that included two Childrens meals. Simply put...avoid at all costs. The food is not tasty, the welcome / atmosphere is not welcoming and they basically do not care if you complain and have answer for everything. I'm surprised the pub is still open. It's a shame as with a minor facelift, better cook and pleasant staff it could be a real gem.

Went for a meal as a new years eve treat it turned out to be a big mistake. Myself, partner and young son went for meal ordered gadlys grill for my partner, chicken for myself and fish fingers children's meal for my son. Food came and my partners meat was disgusting he said it tasted like fairy liquid. When I cut my sons fish fingers for him they were soaked in grease absolutely foul. Would not recommend!! I told girl who collected plates that we were disappointed and was told this would be feed back. When table bill came we hadn't received any compensation. Totally rubbish DO NOT GO THERE WASTE OF MONEY AND TIME

Food was bland and of poor quality. I'm not sure if the storage of the food was as it should be as it tasted tainted by other meat products. Service was ok and beer was ok. Won't return.

My wife and I have visited the Gadlys Arms many times and have never been disappointed with our food. All the staff are so friendly and go out of their way to please and tailor our food choice to our personal needs. Our meal this night was quickly delivered, plentyful and hot. We just love their gravy! I would encourage anyone to visit, enjoy fantastic food, wallow in the 'Old World' surroundings and appreciate good service.

Booked it last minute as there was no where else local available (know why now). The servers and bar staff were lovely although looked terrified of the landlady. Had them lined up as you came in and her tone with staff wasn't the most affectionate although she was pleasant enough with us. Food came quick enough and portions were huge. That's the plus. Side salads with food were strange and wilted, I had belly pork which wasn't fantastic but I picked at it. My husband had a burger. He ate most of it but at 1am he had the most horrendous diarrhoea and vomiting. He was severely ill all night and following day. It has a rating of 1 on the food hygiene and I wished I'd looked before I'd gone then. Never again

The place was packed we served quickly we didn't have to wait long and when the food came it was wonderful.Prices are reasonable and the staff were friendly and checked that every one was happy

i havent got off the bog since. terrible. although the place was cosy the meal was good size just tasted horrible and ive been ill all day today after it.

Terrible food.sent order back as food inedible.rice not drained.prawns not peeled.chips cooked on outside but hard inside.meal was a disappointment.all in all would never go to this restaurant again.second meal which was awful.plus my parents have recently had terrible Sunday lunches.didnt get charged for prawn curry but charged for everything else. Decided not to have desserts and cut birthday cake as we didn't want to waste anymore money. Won't be returning.

Had a lovely meal at The Gadlys Arms today. I had the steak and ale pie. The pie was lovely. It was a really generous portion and tasted great. My partner had the lunch time grill which also looked good. The meals were reasonable priced and I would definitely recommend this restaurant to others.

My first visit here will almost certainly be my last. The chips were awful tasteless, limp and probably been warmed from the afternoon. My niece who is a big fan of Italian food could barely touch the carbonara as it was over seasoned to the extreme. All in all very poor.

Went on a Saturday night, gatecrashing our friends mother's birthday and the staff were more than helpful with 2 late arrivals. A pleasant place(the misses liked the music) with plenty of tables, we all had starters, which were big to say the least, onto the mains which we all typical pub grub fayre, fish, curry, steaks and chicken with 2 kids meals and all were huge, so big that although nicely cook my misses could only eat about a quarter of the fish. I had the steak(15oz) with bacon and cheese and tbh the cheese was a little overpowering but cooked spot on(med rare). Desserts were ordered (misses will always leave room for chocolate cake) and was very nice, on leaving a lot of the food other people were eating looked lovely and i would fancy. So we will be going back but this time without starters.

Went here on a Saturday evening.. the pub is in our local community have been several times before.. on this occasion meal was very nice and well worth a visit .. staff very friendly and any problems were soon resolved.. does get busy but there plenty of room.. there vast amount to choose from and especially the specials board there several fish options and good vegetarian options...

My wife and I visited the area to see an old family friend who has just moved to the Welsh valleys and is finding out about the local eateries. She took us here. The chef who I guess is also the owner was obviously of the old school, and when the staff were not busy the 3 or 4 of them were all expected to stand in a row at one end of the pub to be ready to help anyone. However this did not mean the service was all that fast, and there were times when the responses were a bit grumpy, for example when we asked to be moved away from a table next to a loudspeaker so we could actually hear each other. We only needed a main course each, as the portions were huge: in fact we left more than half of our chips even though they were very nicely cooked. My wife liked her Dover sole, but my Blue Mountain (a steak with blue cheese on top) was a bit on the gristly side, and the lumps of cheese were so huge that I scraped nearly all of them off and was still left with the cheese flavour overwhelming that of the beef. The peas were originally frozen, but cooked for so long that they were starting to turn mushy. The desserts in a display cabinet next to our table looked a bit plain: a rhubarb crumble, a plain cheesecake, a chocolate fudge gateau, and a couple of other items. A blackboard announced ice cream flavours were available. We asked, and was told there was vanilla; this could be had with either chocolate or raspberry sauce. Big choice, eh? That definitely confirmed we didn't need anything more to eat. Mind you, we had fun, and my pint of beer was OK. Oh, and it's not that cheap: main courses £12-16, for our choices at least.

Took some of my team out for a meal and they chose Gadlys.. I was dubious at first when we turned up.. but once inside there is a homley atmosphere. The staff were friendly and polite. There's lots of choice on the menu as well as fish board. The desserts are straight from the 70's with profiteroles and black forest gateaux.. all good home cooked food and very reasonable prices.

Visited the Gadlys Arms for evening meal with friend. ALWAYS excellent service and value for money. Jeff and Pam together with their excellent waiters are a credit to this restaurant.

We dine here most Sunday's for out dinner, it is cheap, good quality and family friendly. The do evening meals and have other lunch time menu's for during the week days.

My husband and I went here recently to this typical cottage style pub which is at the end of a narrow side street but with the bonus of plenty of car parking alongside. Inside there are three distinct seating areas with a central bar. The menu provides plenty of choices from just a sandwich to roast of the day which I always choose and that day I had lamb dinner which came with mashed potato, potch, peas, carrots, cabbage and gravy - delicious as always and for £5.50! Starters and desserts are also available.Service is quick and always polite following a warm welcome but best of all is the food which is always delicious and plentiful. Beside the lunchtime menu there is an evening menu displayed on the blackboard behind the chilled dessert display counter.Go - you will not be disappointed.

Having been to the Gaskets with a party of 16 we were impressed with the quality of the food, realistically priced, and all the meals arrived together. Very busy pub, not surprising given the food and service.

This used to be my "go too" place for sunday dinner because they could fit u in without booking a table. However all too often we had a bad meal and no longer go there.The portion size is very good but the way veg is cooked suggests veg has been boiled all together in a pot and to excess. There was often no taste to the veg. The meat was plentiful but again overcooked.The starter was always hit and miss soups were usually sour tasting or difficult to tell what it was. Prawn and Pate would be recommended.I can vouch for the rude, disrespectful and obnoxious way the owners speak to their long suffering staff. Suprised they have anyone working for them at all. The work staff are always friendly and polite.

Had a lovely Sunday dinner. Loads of meat cooked perfectly. My partner had steak instead which she enjoyed but said nothing special. Overall we were pleased and would go back again. Staff very friendly.only complaint really was we had a pint of lager and it was not very cold.

We paid a surprise visit to our Mither who lives in Aberdare and went to The Gadlys for lunch. We've been before and always enjoy it. Good food, ranging from curry to salad to fish and chips. Good value and good portions. A very enjoyable lunch.

I found the place very welcoming and it was a very good pub meal but lacked the finishing touches to be classed as a restaurant , although the prices were more restaurant than pub

Went here for a family meal gathering freindly atmophere very reasonable priced fab surroundings cheerfull staff thank you all

We arrived at this pub that we took our Aunt to for her 97th birthday. Everyone was very friendly and had a good chat to the landlady. We felt comfortable. The menu was amazing with so much choice it was hard to choose a dish. I had king prawns in sweet and sour sauce with noodles. I have never had a dish with so many prawns, it was so tasty my sister had a huge fish which was from Vietnam, she loved it and Aunty stuck with traditional fish and chips, again beautiful and a large fish that filled the plate. The bill was amazing too, so reasonable, will definitely go back next time we visit Aberdare. I need to work my way through the menu.

Have heard some good reports of the food here but the food we had (Plaice and Prawns / Gammon) were very average, bordering on bland. Fairly cheap, so I guess you get what you pay for.

We ordered two beef dinners it was served in about 5 minutes. Not very high quality at all beef was tough and cold, did not have a very nice tang to it. Basic vegetables, mashed potatoes, cabbage, peas and carrots. The gravy was the best part. We ordered hot chocolate fudge cake with cream for dessert, it was definitely stale could not finish it. Have previously had a bar meal there and lasagne was okay but the chips were tasteless. Wont be returning.

Don't go there,OK the price is except able.,but I had a beef dinner,meat was tough,and the veg I think must have been cooked yesterday and heated up via a microwave.Not except ableLady in my company had the gammon,the gammon was more fat and not eatable.only thing that she could eat was the jacket potatoe.To be fair,this was our second visit,on the first visit the food was except able.But today,means we won't take the risk of retuning to this establishment.

Went on Friday evening for a friends birthday.Staff were very friendly and polite.. Garlic mushrooms were fine. Have had nicer but we're still good, and the pate was plentiful. Gammon was cooked well and salad was filling. Everyone had a pleasant evening although T bone steaks were very sinewy. Think they should complain to supplier or buy elsewhere. Would go again.Pub is oldy worldy, but I like this sometimes in a pub.didnt give 5 cos of the steaks.

Called here Tuesday 16th Feb 2016, fantastic meal and service as usual. If you do visit here I highly recommend you try the garlic mushroom pepper pot as a starter, Absolutely beautiful. A warm, cosy, comfortable pub. We had our fussy four year old granddaughter with us, but the staff put he right, she enjoyed the evening too.

Visited for a meal which was by far the worst meal I'd ever been served. The level of cleanliness was completely unacceptable, but the most appalling thing by far is the attitude and rudeness of the owners. I picked up on the way the staff were spoke to and I am utterly shocked that people of that nature hold a steady business. Horrible food, horrible people.

My family and I went out for lunch and ordered fish and chips and pies. The fish was still dripping with oil and was very greasy not enjoyable at all. I do not expect to come back again

Massive plates poor food, the owners are rude, God knows how they are still going, so many staff have come and gone over the years, the place needs a re-vamp, especially a lick of paint.

Five of us went on Friday and as soon as we walked in I knew it was going to be enjoyable. There is a very welcoming warm atmosphere, the pub is roomy and well decorated. We had booked in advance and were shown to our table straight away. The staff were lovely, nothing was too much trouble, good service. The food was very yummy, we had a mixture of calamari and garlic mushrooms between us to start. Huge portions, I couldn't eat all mine, maybe a bit too much for a starter. Also the calamari came with chilli sauce dip and not tartare sauce, an odd combination, I asked for tartare and got it with a chipmunk of fresh lemon too. Mains were also nice, lots of choice and an amazing specials board, we had a big dish of chips but the general consensus was that they were not all that nice. All in all, a brilliant night out with good food and flowing wine. Not too expensive and good value for money. We would definitely return, probably for Sunday lunch next time.