Based on 367 opinions finded in 3 websites
Based on 367 opinions finded in 3 websites
Nº 256 in 362 in Neath Port Talbot
Nº 42 of 56 British in Neath Port Talbot
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We went for an evening meal on a Saturday night. The bar downstairs was busy as there was live music. We were offered the choice of where to eat and plumped for the upstairs restaurant. The owners served us. We had the Pate for starters, a 10oz ribeye steak with a red wine and stilton sauce, Dauphinois potatoes and vegetables. We followed this up by sharing a piece of delicious cheesecake. The service we received was absolutely excellent as was the food. It was all beautifully cooked and presented and very very tasty. The meal wasn't cheap by any means but the price reflected the quality. The restaurant is quite sizeable and very well decorated in a modern but rustic way using a lot of reclaimed materials, if that makes sense. If you find yourself in need of a tasty meal in relaxing surroundings take a trip to Crynant near Neath and give this place a go.
Graham S . 2024-09-01
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Such a beautiful pub with AMAZING views, the owners was so lovely and welcoming. Let our little girl play with the chickens and put them away also for our dogs. Cant wait to come back to Wales and when we do we will 100% be coming to the Gradon. Prices's was great couldn't believe the price difference from where we live. Would recommend everyone to come here.
Jasmine Farrow . 2024-08-31
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Tried to get in on a lovely Tuesday night appeared to be a lot of underage innocent young girls and boys drinking alcohol didn’t appreciate a side of spew from Cellans drink in my carvery going to repot to the police in a minute now x
Jack Omalley . 2024-08-27
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only stopped in for a pint while passing but great atmosphere, friendly locals
Neil Desmier . 2024-06-18
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Avoid Avoid Avoid.. honestly I have no words for this pub... I booked in advance I was told it was going to be very busy. When we got there there was no one downstairs in the pub and two large tables upstairs. We sat down and were given the menu, the prices were not the same as on the website sadly. We order starter which was lovely which made us excited for the main meal. We then waited 40 mintues for the main meal whereby we both had steaks, honestly for the price it was not worth it they were so small and there was totally no taste and the chips were cold and dry very disappointing. We then ordered dessert and waited 40 minutes at this point I asked the manager how long it was going to be as we waited 40 mintues the manager totally shouted at me and stated can't you see we are busy but there was only two other tables there was no sorry it was just shouting I asked if I could cancel the dessert to I was told no and it was coming, I then waited another 10 mintues before it arrived. As it arrived the manager came again with poor attitude and stated your bill I will explain to you however I had not even been given a spoon to eat my dessert the manager was so rude and I have never been spoken to or treated like this in a pub so I would say Avoid. It was high in price for the quality of food and the appalling service from the manager.
LJones . 2024-05-09
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Beautiful building. Very cosy and special. You don't see well-thought-out traditional style pubs like this very often these days. Reasonably priced drinks. Very good homemade food. Real log fire. Just a shame about the early closing time. Will definitely be back. A local gem!
Bethan Morris . 2024-04-25
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Lovely village pub with such friendly welcoming staff. Lovely snug area with log burner. The food is absolutely delicious too, recommend the steak and ale pie!
Sarah Simons . 2024-04-24
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Love the food very fresh staff friendly may be priced a bit high
carole maloney . 2024-01-10
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Best Sunday roast I think I've ever had.
matthe quick . 2023-12-06
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I was walking down to the toilet when a young boy called me a silly man and that I looked stupid I was deeply offended this child should be fired
Dream49085915499 . 2023-11-15
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Great food and very friendly service. Highly recommended.
Philip Jones . 2023-10-15
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Excellent service and staff friendly. Beef dinner very nice and biscoff sundae was delicious. Little bit pricey but overall nice food and service.
Leese321 . 2023-08-30
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Very Good food, selection of home cooked pub classics or al a carte, you wont be disappointed, its a very nice place, nice people and good selection of food and drinks, well worth a visit.
Jason Griffiths . 2023-06-16
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Staying locally on holiday we went to the Gradon two nights consecutively. Firstly the service is immaculate, in particular from Nicola who was on the ball with every detail. The food is very decent and varied with a 'Meal and a Drink' option offering excellent value at about £14-15; that makes the meal less than a tenner! The steak & ale pie is delicious and the chicken curry is wonderful. Fabulous choice of drinks, especially the full Thatcher's cider range on draught. Desserts are fantastic with a variety of sponges with either custard or ice cream. First night we had in total four drinks (two large wines / two pints), two main courses and two desserts, all for under £25 a head. That's exceptional for the quality that was delivered. Don't miss out if you're in the area.
Stephen H . 2023-05-22
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We booked this place for a family birthday Sunday lunch after looking at their website. We booked over the phone for 11 of us and travelled the 16 miles from Swansea. When the waitress handed us the menus we were shocked to see that the prices had jumped from the website prices of 12.95 to £17.95 per adult and from £7.95 to 9.95 per child. £5 increase for adults and £2 for children. When we asked the manager she said that the website prices were old old prices. We told her that we weren't told this when we phoned to make the booking, her reply was 'we don't tell people'. After explaining how far we had travelled and that we couldn't afford those prices she said she would take £2 off each adult. We simply couldn't afford to pay what they were asking and left. Very disappointed by their false advertising, be aware before you book this place.
Trek635769 . 2023-03-12
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We booked this place for a family birthday Sunday lunch after looking at their website. We booked over the phone for 11 of us and travelled the 16 miles from Swansea. When the waitress handed us the menus we were shocked to see that the prices had jumped from the website prices of 12.95 to £17.95 per adult and from £7.95 to 9.95 per child. £5 increase for adults and £2 for children. When we asked the manager she said that the website prices were old old prices. We told her that we weren't told this when we phoned to make the booking, her reply was 'we don't tell people'. After explaining how far we had travelled and that we couldn't afford those prices she said she would take £2 off each adult. We simply couldn't afford to pay what they were asking and left. Very disappointed by their false advertising, be aware before you book this place
Sarah . 2023-03-12
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They do a wonderful sunday dinner, plenty of veg and the beef melted in my mouth. The home made gravy is stunning. And they do a stunning vegatable soup which i buy 2 at a time to take home. Will be returning for a takeaway sunday dinner of my 2 helpings of vegatable soup
Sam Willyeo . 2023-03-09
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I have to give full credit to The Gradon. My sister and I called for Sunday lunch on the way to visit my mum in Abercrave. We chose the Lamb Dinner as it said 'local'. But before that I had the garlic mushroom starter, which was so tasty and flavoured, quite different to garlic mushrooms I normally have elsewhere. Sister really appreciated the prawn salad sauce being served separately. The dinners were fantastic with massive proper yorkshires, an obviously home-cookied roastie, and gravy off the serving plate dripped on with no airs or graces. The meat was beautiful. The vegetable selection was more than plentiful for two and a gravy boat on top. The young staff, three on duty were really attentive and were taking going around everyone seeing to their needs in their stride. They were so friendly and nothing was any trouble. There is an air of 'no rushing' about things, which was absolutely no flaw for us, but just be aware it isn't a slam-bang affair, the pace and atmosphere is very relaxed and chilled so if that's what you're looking for, you won't go wrong here. I want to come back and have the normal menu, I felt so well looked after and served high quality food.
W2426PHmd . 2023-02-28
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I like this place because it shares my Surname!!
George Gradon . 2023-02-09
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Poor service. Had to ask for menu and ask for bill twice. False advertising online for an early bird menu as there wasn't one. Main course was served in a dish, meal was only OK, walls were semi painted. Will not be going back
lesley anne jones . 2022-10-25
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Staff were lovely, the atmosphere is great and food was tasty. Portions are great as well. Only negative for me was the lack of veg with my meal. It said it came with seasonal veg but all I got was loads of peas. A friend had the steak & it was amazing. Just melted but he was also hoping for more veg.
Shelly M (Arc Of Colour) . 2022-10-21
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Sunday dinner review. Terrible food veg portions were small don't think the meat had even seen a field, expensive and waited 45 minutes to get served. Will be avoiding in the future.
Dean Wheelhouse . 2022-08-21
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Fantastic pub. Lots of parking and plenty of room inside and outside. Beautiful building with comfy seating areas and proper tables to sit at. Always very clean. The staff are very friendly and there's a good choice of food and drinks at good prices. It's a family friendly pub - including dogs. It has a restaurant upstairs which we will be eating in the very near future. It's a very welcoming place.
Tarnya Fisher . 2022-07-13
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Food was lovely big portions and the staff was excellent and prices were really good and the car park is just outside the door. .
Ray Baylis . 2022-05-06
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Very nice food worth a try for Sunday lunch
Benny Seymour . 2022-04-04
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Very expensive for drinks. Nice place but to expensive.
Diane Sutton . 2022-03-14
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Fantastic country Pub Suberp Staff All home made food My coach broke down today and the Staff were all out of this world Looked after us all Tony
Tony . 2022-02-12
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Great food and a lovely welcome.
Andy Betts . 2022-01-25
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Sunday lunch impeccable service well presented meal hot plates really tasty food don't know how they do it for the price will use regularly as just moved house near by
Colin Zavala . 2021-12-26
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Brilliant value for money great food and the girls service hot plates absolutely first class met the owner who is also the chef good man we will be back!!!!!
Colin Z . 2021-12-19
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Brilliant food nice place to eat
William Jones . 2021-12-05
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Excellent meal and very good value for money.
Christine Checketts . 2021-11-21
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Great food. Really good value. Definitely be back if I'm in the area
Ian Vandersluys . 2021-10-31
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lovely fresh food and not rushed at all
Debbie Llewellyn Evans . 2021-10-26
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A top class village pub, with a restaurant that serves quality food with a full range menu. Tasty and affordable food, warm welcome and a great atmosphere. Staff are always happy to help. Great place, definitely return.
Alun Jenkins . 2021-10-17
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Had not visited the Gradon for a decade and had forgotten what a lovely spacious setting the upstairs restaurant was. We booked a family table for 12, the staff were very helpful and both the dinner and afters were top notch. We have done a few Sunday buffets recently and whilst these are usually cheaper, the quality here far surpassed them. There was a generous serving of your meat of choice and all the veg was freshly cooked to perfection, with an ample amount provided to the table. The cauliflower cheese was a particular treat and the gravy was fantastic. I was paying which usually gives me little indigestion, but on this occasion, I complimented myself on a good choice of venue. It won't be another 10 years before our return.
rugereight . 2021-09-27
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This is a fantastic place to eat, lots of choice, great beers and wines, well priced. Great for a family night out.
Andy Jenkins . 2021-09-21
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Friendly staff. Great food. Large beer garden. A great place for socialising events. Favourite local.
888seram . 2021-09-06
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We had a quick lunch here. Fresh and very tasty. Highly recommend.
Lesna Shah . 2021-08-27
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Lovely food been coming here for a few years now would recommend.
TheSmadga . 2021-08-23
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Waited 30 mins to pick up a take away Sunday roast, despite turning up when told. No one manning downstairs bar, just a bell to ring hoping someone may hear your call. Food was acceptable, but not worth the wait.
Neal Steer . 2021-08-22
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Always a beautiful meal here. We had Sunday lunch. Plenty of everything. Meat and extras arrive on a plate a vegetables are served in dishes for you to help yourself. Offers available for 1 course, 2 courses or three courses. Currently there is a delivery service available but I am not sure how long that will run for. Very friendly, welcoming and efficient staff.
773bethanw . 2021-08-01
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Lovely couple of hours with my family ❤❤
Tracey Pickett . 2021-07-23
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Very expensive for what you had
Gillian Williams . 2021-07-15
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Although welcome dogs, it did not feel welcoming. Had to sit in the bar area & listen to fowl language from loud locals who made us feel very uncomfortable. Table mats were sticky, had to ask for clean mat. Cutlery was a fork, had to ask for a knife. Gin & tonic was presented in a half pint glass, no ice or lemon. The lasagne looked like a pile of vomit with the side salad being a couple of leaves with large tomatoes. I am Welsh & my partner English, the locals made me feel feel uncomfortable, he felt intimidated, they made us both feel we were in their local pub & shouldn’t be there. Would not recommend this place at all.
339LindaB339 . 2021-07-12
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Service was excellent and food fantastic as usual👌
Teresa Gruna . 2021-07-08
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Lovely sunday dinners Had 2 nice pints of stella Staff were very good
David Lloyd . 2021-07-05
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Great food and staff. Good menu choices.
Jackie Minett . 2021-06-18
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Friendly staff and a fabulous Sunday dinner definitely recommend
Colin Roberts . 2021-06-06
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We stopped for a beautiful Christmas lunch, the baked brie starter was delicious. Proper home cooking, excellent service in gorgeous surroundings.
Jessica Williams . 2021-04-07
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The takeaways the gradon are doing at the moment are exceptional. The curry meal is great quality and value
Rob Thomlinson . 2021-01-02
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Just came across this pub by chance. We had the home made steak and ale pie... Amazing! 👌Warm and friendly service too!
Ben P . 2020-10-15
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Friendly , lovely atmosphere, quiet, comfortable, locals and pub staff very welcoming
Tracy Fisher . 2020-09-11
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Very nice atmosphere and the meal was lovely
Sandra Baldwin . 2020-09-05
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Beautiful. Food abd staff amazing alun and Nicola will bend over back mwards 25 of us went for results meal and with all the restrictions they were fantastic
Emma Davies . 2020-08-30
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Amazing place. Excellent food, good prices, and incredible customer service. Highly recommended.
Luke Ash . 2020-08-26
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Great food served here, sadly there are alot of inexperienced young girls who work here often fail to acknowledge customers having made eye contact or walk off to attend to something without any conversation. Also on the last visit, despite pre-booking the use of a high chair there were none thus we were unable to eat.
Eamonn “Mekaneka” Burns . 2020-05-16
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Great pub food. Huge portions. Nice relaxed atmosphere.
Alan Henry . 2020-03-14
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Super lunch with family would highly recommend
Liz White . 2020-03-11
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Lovely Sunday lunch great prices as well.
David Lewis . 2020-02-09
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Lovely place, needed a table as a surprise visit. (I Live in Essex and my parents live in Crynant,) they had no idea we were driving down 230 miles to be with them for their 56th wedding anniversary on new years eve. The Gradon sorted us out a table right next to them and managed to keep it secret. We had a great evening and the hospitality was brilliant. Thank you so much
Md F . 2020-01-17
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We had Christmas lunch there and it was brilliant. You could cut the fillet steak with a butter knife and the stilton glaze was terrific. Service was second to none and the staff just want to spoil you.
lesvice2002 . 2019-12-29
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Amazing food. Amazing staff. Thank you guys for a lovely Xmas dinner. 😍
Marc Sweeney . 2019-12-26
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Top quality Xmas lunch with service to match. Would highly reccomend. The quality of the food and service exceeded expectations and nothing was to much trouble for the staff.
Moulemt . 2019-12-25
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The food was lovely and the staff were very friendly
Ray Baylis . 2019-12-22
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1 glass bottle of Coca-Cola = £ 2.75.
Peter Blackburn . 2019-12-01
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The most amazing welcome.....I've just moved to the village! Everyone is so friendly, the food and drinks are 10/10.....
J t . 2019-11-15
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The Best Sunday Lamb Lunch I have had in years. Just Superb Quality food good service and great Pub.
Roger M . 2019-09-27
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We had a lovely meal thank you.
Carole Ephgrave . 2019-08-30
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A nice village restaurant /bar. lovely meal we both had steak it was cooked exactly as we asked . Plenty of chips/potatoes nice side salad Desserts were also very tasty with generous potion sizes. The offers are good.we had a nice bottle of wine 2 10oz steaks for £25.00 on a Fri evening.
John W . 2019-08-21
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Exellent meal and very reasonably priced. We both had steak it was cooked perfect. Good size potions. Desserts were lovely. Service was good and in nice surroundings.
Vfr Jon . 2019-08-19
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Saturday evening and only two tables taken, not a good sign, the waitress was pleasant enough, ordered a rump steak medium rare with a stilton sauce, in fairness the steak was cooked as ordered, the stilton sauce had the appearance and consistency of warm milk, the last thing I would expect in a restaurant would be oven chips and onion rings, but that's what we were served, needless to say we won't be returning or recommending.
Maurice1001 . 2019-08-17
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Fabulous place to eat very friendly x
Clare Gibbs . 2019-07-21
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Lovely place, lovely food, great staff and a lovely ambiance.
Phill Davis (Phill) . 2019-07-12
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Food lovely staff very friendly.
Shirley Marsh . 2019-06-18
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Love coming to the Gradon when home visiting family. Such a lovely cosy family run restaurant great quality food and lovely atmosphere. Also try to go here for food when down from England
Laura Marsh . 2019-06-17
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Very friendly and the the staff excellent, food was excellent and plenty
Michelle Murphy . 2019-06-17
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Lovely food and beer, great service
le Gadge . 2019-06-07
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The food and service was very good.
BarrieAnita Griffiths . 2019-06-02
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Always a friendly and welcoming pub by everyone,good food and excellent service .
Kerry Fisher . 2019-05-29
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Really expensive round £16.30 for 2x double vodkas and a shandy!!! Shocking, also the pool table is slightly too high.
Kerri Austin . 2019-04-26
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Reasonably priced home cooked food for lunch
Adrienne Wood . 2019-04-15
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Great food lovely warm atmosphere.
Sarah . 2019-03-28
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THE LAST TIME MY FAMILY AND I WENT THERE IN 2018. POOR SERVICE NO SALAD ONLY THE DRAGS LEFT. GO SOMEWHERE ELSE. YNISCEDWYN ARMS YSTRADGYNLAIS.
Allan Morris . 2019-03-17
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Gorgeous food & reasonably priced. Restaurant is absolutely beautiful inside. Very friendly staff
Paula Smallridge . 2019-03-03
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Had a lovely meal in a gorgeous restaurant.Food was superb , plenty of variety on the menu. Staff are very friendly
Paula S . 2019-03-03
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The food is absolutely delicious, have never been disappointed at this restaurant. Good value for money and the service is superb!
Christine Baker . 2019-03-01
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Came here after being let down my another pub & this was the closest to it & so glad we did as they were accommodating especially when it they weren’t far off closing - the girl behind bar & taking order was lovely - there was few of us and all chose different and all meals come out together and was piping hot and nice - the place was clean and spotless - definitely be visiting again
03Chez . 2019-02-23
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What a waste of money. This is probably the worst place I’ve ever been. Food was bland and watery. The staff were pretty much non existent. Never again.
Emma_jaynelou . 2019-02-17
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Booked for Christmas Eve lunch as our usual treat. Restaurant room upstairs is a lovely room with open beams and interesting items on the walls showing the local farming heritage. Staff were friendly, pleasant and efficient. Food was FAB, we had the chicken curry (very tasty), the chicken and bacon stack (with lovely bbq sauce and ham rather than bacon) and the steak which was really tender. Didn't have dessert as we were too full. We were all really satisfied and love going there, we will definitely be back soon.
clarebearwatkins . 2019-01-16
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Always lovely food here. And alun and nicola are lovely
Lucyanne Williams . 2019-01-10
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Had evening. Meal Saturday night and was fantastic quality and value for money. Today returned for the Sunday lunch had the lamb so tender and tasty Heartily recommend if in the area.
Mark Huntington . 2019-01-06
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Lovely meal with friends. I really enjoyed my meal and the meals my friends had looked great. Plenty of chips and veg.
Helen Fowler . 2019-01-05
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Worst food I've ever tasted. Starter was mushroom served with a salad that was soaked in oil and Greece from the mushrooms. Beef dinner was terribl. Undercooked roast poataoes and tastless.dessert was not much better. Don't serve small glass of rose only large!!! Wouldn't recommend and certainly would not go back.
Mandy H . 2018-12-23
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We visited the Gradon on a quiet Tuesday night and it was dead. As we entered we were greeted by the one lady who was running the bar and also acting as waitress. After taking our seats in the empty restaurant we were dealt with well by the waitress and were also impressed by the surroundings.
beastoftonmawr . 2018-11-28
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First what lovely staff , party of 12 , Food served on time, plates warmed before being served food , staff couldn't do enough for you . The beef was melt in your mouth , veg cooked prefect definitely going back . All 12 of us would recommended Sunday lunch.
Cheryl D . 2018-11-02
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Excellent food, friendly staff, really nice place, perfect.
Mark Butler . 2018-10-03
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Very accomodating an child friendly
Joy Jenkins . 2018-09-07
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Lovely meal but just 1 member of staff on who was running around serving meals and drinks behind the bar. She was lovely and worked incredibly hard to make sure we all had what we needed.
Anne Long . 2018-09-06
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Excellent food and service although food did take evil to arrive even though we had pre-ordered
Alicia Davies . 2018-09-04
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We booked a family get together here for my aunt's 90th birthday and what a buffet they laid on !!! The staff could not do enough for you . The food was lovely a mixture of cold and hot including lovely hot cod goujons and tempura prawns! There was a lovely atmosphere and would like to thank Clive and his wonderful staff for a lovely afternoon.
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Been a lot recently . I’m amazed how much the prices have creeped up vs the portion size have reduced . Once it was a solid go to ! Now it’s a luxury when I’m rich but always then disappointed sadly , mostly service is good . I say mostly as was ignored this week by lady with short hair seating people
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TERRIBLE. Worst fish and chips we have had. Bought 4 large fish and two large chips for family lunch. All went in bin. The fish was mushy, like reconstituted cheap fish fingers, the batter was like eating a doughnut, so thick and heavy. The chips were scrappy, thin and hard with lots of black spots, inferior quality potatoes. Spent over 40.00 and all in bin. We have been here before, and left feedback for these owners, and previous ones, so have experienced the good quality food, and the latest were awful.
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When I checked in got a grumpy old lady mot very polite and kind of rude. A young lady took over and she was brilliant.