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Nº 797 in 1625 in Cardiff

Nº 86 of 179 British in Cardiff

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Always great. Thanks to Jess and Ben

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Lorrraine Larcombe . 2024-11-01

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Food was amazing. Amazing service from a lady called Jess. Would definitely go back again

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Callum Obrien . 2024-11-01

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Fantastic food . Ben and Jess were very friendly. Would always recommend

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Emily Hill . 2024-11-01

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Amazing place to eat. Food is stunning and service is second to none. Lush atmosphere

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Bex Widdicombe . 2024-10-29

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Came with my friend this evening having not booked but were gladly welcomed into the restaurant. Food was great and both Maddie and Jess were on it when it came to service, brill!

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Owain Jones . 2024-10-29

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Maddie and Jess were really attentive, great service, lovely food. Really nice evening all round.

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Katie Shorten . 2024-10-29

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Service was excellent by Maddie, really enjoyed our meal

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Danae Roberts . 2024-10-29

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I had the buttermilk chicken burger and it was the best burger I’ve ever had, the staff are beyond lovely and it has such a good cosy atmosphere. I brought my puppy with me and they were all so kind to her. Couldn’t recommend enough

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E. W . 2024-10-27

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Great food thanks to Sophie and Sarah

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Alan Bayliss . 2024-10-26

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Love coming here. Will be back soon.

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Kath Williams . 2024-10-26

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Fantastic food and service as always!

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Sarah Ward . 2024-10-25

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We ate from the Wine & Dine menu and the food was cooked perfectly. The staff (Ash & Lili) were attentiveness the service quick.

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Zoe Whitaker . 2024-10-25

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Great lunch and service today thanks to Ash, Jess & Abby

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Ceri Thomas . 2024-10-25

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Thanks to Ash who made our visit memorable

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Karen Arkle . 2024-10-25

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Despite having a function on staff and chefs were helpful and efficient.

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Francis Dolan . 2024-10-23

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I had an amazing meal! The food was absolutely delicious. The service was just as impressive - Ash and Sarah were incredibly attentive, making sure everything was perfect throughout the evening. Their warm and friendly attitude really elevated the experience. Can’t wait to return!

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Patsy . 2024-10-23

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Had a lovely meal and was served by very friendly staff, thanks to Ash, Fran, Sarah and Soph.

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Liz Turner . 2024-10-22

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Lovely service off Ben, Sophie and Gemma today, all lovely staff and a credit to your company 10/10

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Dai Davies . 2024-10-22

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A favourite for groups! Thank you as always for a great time.

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Tara Peters . 2024-10-22

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Lovely food and atmosphere really good service

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sally richards . 2024-10-21

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Lovely service from our server Maddie when we visited last week. Very nice food . Lovely venue

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Fitness with Emily . 2024-10-21

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Ash and Maddie were attentive and very friendly.

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Nadine Edey . 2024-10-20

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Lovely for a family roast dinner x

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Stuart Muir . 2024-10-20

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Very pleasant atmosphere, friendly staff. Highly recommend.

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Jake Allman . 2024-10-20

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Beautiful food as always excellent servers particularly ash and maddie recommend

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Nicola Riddiford . 2024-10-20

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Lovely food and great service by Ash and Maddie

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Nia Edwards . 2024-10-20

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Best roast dinner around Cardiff. Friendly service. Lots of choice. They cater very well for allergies too. Cauliflower cheese and gravy is GF. Never have any issues eating here. Roasts are around £17-22pp.

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Olivia anderson . 2024-10-20

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Great Sunday Meal. Thanks to Ash & Maddie for making the experience lovely!

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Mark Pearson . 2024-10-20

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Recently visited after organising a meal for my parents' Golden wedding anniversary. Easy to book, helpful staff, great service and tasty food. Nothing was too much trouble. Thank you very much 😊

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Lisa Morgan . 2024-10-19

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All 3 courses cooked to perfection, especially the rump. Of lamb. Service by Fran and Sophie was courteous, friendly and professional. Highly recommended.

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D V Evans . 2024-10-19

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Amazing food .... top notch service.. atmosphere that on point

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blaine miles . 2024-10-19

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The most delicious Harrisa lamb ever!

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Jo Williams . 2024-10-19

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Prawns and steak were great, Gemma was a lovely waitress very attentive and smiley!

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Georgia Dargie . 2024-10-19

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Warn friendly atmosphere . Excellent service from Fran and Sophie.

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Rob Jones . 2024-10-18

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Wonderful food in a lovely venue! Maddie provided excellent service, and it all made for a great experience 😊

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Meg Davies . 2024-10-18

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ash, & soph fantastic staff, very knowledgeable about allergies , put us all at ease , stunning food amazing staff . thank you

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jon Davies . 2024-10-17

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Love the food here and Ash and Soph couldn’t do more for us!

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Celyn Evans . 2024-10-17

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Ashley and Sophie were excellent, thank you! 🤩

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julie toozer . 2024-10-17

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Lovely pub on the Cardiff outskirts. Excellent food and great service from Ash. We will be heading back soon.

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J C . 2024-10-17

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Very nice food and good service

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Chris Larkin . 2024-10-17

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Lovely bar area. Restaurant lovely but a bit cold. Food- great Sunday lunch only let down was the Parsnips. Hubby also had the chicken pie which was delicious! Lovely mocktails. Sticky toffee pudding delightful with a ginger and rum twist! Excellent service. Very attentive and friendly. We were served by maddie

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louise T . 2024-10-13

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Great service, friendly staff, food was absolutely fantastic! Great awareness around allergens too! Would recommend to anyone :) lovely setting and decor inside too

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Megan Perris . 2024-10-12

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Met up with friends for a nice meal. Very dog friendly place, with bar treats for well behaved puppies. Good friendly staff, prompt service. Worth a repeat visit.

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Carcharodon . 2024-10-11

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Ash and Sophie were really attentive and lovely! Perfect food and service

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Emma Adams . 2024-10-10

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We ordered our main at the bar and the barman asked us to pay. Which we did, our food arrived quickly. My husband had cod & chips he said it was great and a good size portion. I ordered the Vegan stew, which was really tasty but the portion size for £17 wouldn’t have filled a child it was very small. We then noticed that both of our meals were on the fixed price two courses for £18.95. So we asked for two desserts, we were told that we couldn’t do that as we had already paid. Our argument was why didn’t the barman tell us about this deal when he handed us the menu. Nothing mentioned to us, so he would not agree to us ordering a desert for the meal offer. We left feeling let down, the owner just didn’t care. Although my husband left full, I came home hungry and had to make a sandwich. Totally disappointed, and let down. Hence only 3 stars.

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Susan Wass . 2024-10-09

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The staff are very welcoming and food, super tasty! My family and I were saying we've never had a bad meal here, it's always consistent! Particularly enjoyed the sea food and wine :)

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Sioned Murphy . 2024-10-04

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Our daughter visited from Oxford and we took her to the Old Cottage for her birthday lunch. Big mistake! The Sunday lunch was served on stone cold plates, meaning the food was half cold when it arrived. I ordered the duo of beef. It was £21.50 and for that price I expected more than one slice of beef and what can only be described as a sample from an autopsy! It was a piece of fat, together with ventricles and no sign of any meat at all. I felt sick just looking at it and asked for it to be replaced. My husband chose the trio of meats, which consisted of a piece of bony chicken with hardly any meat, a very fatty piece of pork, again with only a little meat and one slice of thin beef. All the food was cold and I couldn't eat mine as I was still feeling nauseous after the sight of my 'meat'. We were sat in the bar area, as we'd taken our dogs with us, which meant we had to pay for our meal up front. If we'd paid after eating, we would have refused to pay in full. The quality of the food was so, so poor. It makes me very angry when you go out for a special occasion and it's ruined by shoddiness and poor quality food. Warming the plates is basic stuff, who wants to eat their Sunday roast cold. At £21.50 per head I expected some decent meat on my plate, I was absolutely shocked at the poor quality we were served. We felt robbed and won't be returning.

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D “Houghlands” Houghland . 2024-09-30

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Service was a little slow, hot drinks were very late so taken off the bill. The fruit dessert we asked for without coconut ice cream the waitress that brought them over slammed the other dessert down in a rude manner. Original waitress was lovely. Alcoholic Drinks were very slow arriving. More gravy needed for the Sunday dinner, we requested more and took so long dinner was nearly finished. Joanna

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joanna Munro . 2024-09-30

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Lovely food & excellent friendly service in a relaxed, comfortable environment.

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Martin Unsworth . 2024-09-27

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Haven't been to this pub for years and sorry to say it's just as much of a disappointment as it was before. Overpriced for what it is (a pub) food is average and much better in the area for your money. Atmosphere quickly went from "chilled out venue" to "pretentious only playground" sorry guys but I'm not sure what you're tying to be? Staff were friendly and accommodating but that's the only positive.

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Lucy Harrington . 2024-09-21

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Food was okay. Service is a bit slow, and we had to go to the bar to order our food. Starters were nice but for the chicken pate there wasn’t enough bread. Main meals, we had the Gamon Steak and Eggs which was nicely cooked and the Steak sandwich. The steak was a bit chewy and the foccacia bread a bit stale.

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Pedro Freitas . 2024-09-20

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Food is really good and I love the decor. Service was good, but they had a lot to do and not enough staff from what I could see.

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Skippy West . 2024-09-16

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Varied menu, delicious food and great service, highly recommend

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Jane Williams . 2024-09-10

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Lovely meal and brilliant service from Abby & Joe thank you :)

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Rebel Jones . 2024-09-09

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Lovely place to eat, had the Sunday trio roast and the portion size was perfect. Lovely atmosphere and brilliant staff

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Rich Powell . 2024-09-09

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It was the worst meal ever, I had a fillet steak sandwich the bread was stale and the little steak I had had been cooked over and over, my husband had sausage and mash 3 dried up sausages with a spoonful of mash, we will never eat there again and I wouldn't recommend the place to anyone.

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Lynette Evans . 2024-09-09

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Excellent across the board. Staff are well-trained and knowledgeable. Prices are a little higher than the average gournet-pub but the very broad menu includes a lot of creativity and twists which lifts it well-above the bog-standard and predictable offerings of most other establishments of this type.

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Phillip Evans . 2024-09-07

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Lovely place, great food and staff.

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Mani Santos . 2024-09-02

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Absolutely lovely food and very welcoming staff. Dog friendly too. We will be back. UPDATE: Visited again today, had a lovely meal, great service again.

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Andrew Scott . 2024-08-27

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Tuesday night meal. Not busy. Advised it’s a birthday meal and quiet location requested. Meal ok. Location in general area. Argentinian Malbec Wine uncorked but cork not offered for inspection. Hot drinks (cappuccino and espresso) served well before desserts brought to table so went cold. Just poor attention to details. Tipped 15% regardless.

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Paul Bricknell . 2024-08-27

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Lovely young staff - very personable and added to the overall enjoyment of the lunch

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Dee Bailey . 2024-08-24

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We had not booked but were offered a table in the bar. The staff were efficient and friendly . The Sunday lunch was excellent: beef roast and an unususl fig and dolcelatte roast. Both were really enjoyed and the cauliflower cheese was delicious.

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Suzanne Homa . 2024-08-18

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Family had Sunday lunch at The Old Cottage. Everyone thought the food was excellent and the service very friendly and efficient. On a sunny afternoon the beer garden is a very pleasant spot. I envisage we will visit quite regularly going forward.

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Jon Beard . 2024-08-17

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Great little pub worth looking out for. Food was good - dishes came out a bit late but it was a busy evening so all good.

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P B . 2024-08-16

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very good tasty food. very good porting size, very enjoyable

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Danny Saffer . 2024-08-12

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Gorgeous country pub with pretty garden, Sunday lunch was probably one of the best I’ve had in many years, superb! Worth the money. Nice little walk in Cefn on Park which is directly behind the pub to burn off the extra calories. Highly recommended

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Jacqueline Mcdonnell . 2024-08-11

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Great food and service. Thanks to Ben and Sophie for immaculate service.

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Alexander Rice . 2024-08-08

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Lovely food. Lovely service. Will be visiting again.

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Adam Burtonshaw . 2024-08-07

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Lovely place, although a little pricey .

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Kelvin Jenkins . 2024-08-01

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Excellent value deal - wine and dine - and beautiful food. The only down side is that it was apparent staff didn't know we had booked that package and had not read my comments, noting it was my birthday and that we wanted a good table in the restaurant.

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Clive Yandall . 2024-07-30

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I had the fish and was told it had potatoes on the side . It can out with two small cubes of potatoes lurking under the fish. Was charged 4.50 for soda water! Will definitely not be going there again!

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000 000 . 2024-07-30

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Great food, good friendly staff, nice atmosphere

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DIY Dave . 2024-07-29

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This place is back with a bang - thank goodness! Had an awful experience with their food which put us off, on that occasion it was bad enough that I did complain. We popped back in for lunch after a dog walk recently the food was great! After a conversation with bar staff they had had am overhaul of kitchen staff. 100% worth it! Burger was fantastic and they have a great selection of alcohol, including Neck oil and asahi on tap. Beer garden is lovely and shady and dog friendly! So is the bar area.

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Ruth Rollings . 2024-07-28

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First timers and we will be back.

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John Rogers . 2024-07-24

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Lovely venue. Great food. Helpful staff, very accomodating sorting a birthday cake for my daughters birthday. Will definitely be back.

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Elaine Moseley . 2024-07-20

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We had a wonderful dinner here yesterday to celebrate my graduation! The staff were kind and accomodating and the food was so delicious. A brilliant menu with so many great choices. Would definitely recommend and come back again! Thank you.

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Hannah Rogers . 2024-07-19

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First of the staff were spot on fantastic.. the food not so impressed, had the beef sandwich and chicken,rocket and mozzarella sandwich both were not overly good, minimal beef in one and rocket was replaced with watercress and a few strands of mozzarella in the other.. expected more for the cost of what was a sandwich with fries..had evening food there before which was tidy.

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steveo Davies . 2024-07-17

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The pub is set in a lovely location. 9 of us had an early evening meal on Sunday. The food was lovely and everyone enjoyed their meal. The service was excellent. The atmosphere was very relaxed.. We would definitely come again.

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Christine Morse . 2024-07-15

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We visit the Cottage quite often, we have always enjoyed the delicious food and the pub has a very friendly and relaxed atmosphere. The staff are all really friendly and helpful especially Joseph who always has a smile. Would definitely recommend a visit.

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Julie Sheehan . 2024-07-06

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Ordered a cod and chips. Pretty sure it's not cod. And if it it's cod it's terrible. Minted peas have accusations of mint. Ordered a burger and added bacon for £1.50, tasted of burnt. Had to remove the bacon to make the burger palatable. Will never come here for food again. Overpriced and under quality.

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Gordon Price . 2024-07-05

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Lovely restaurant with lovely staff my server lily gave excellent service

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Francesca Everard . 2024-06-29

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Booked in advance, requesting a table with space for a pram. Ideally positioned in the restaurant. We all thoroughly enjoyed our meal. Waitress service was also very good.

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Gareth Jones . 2024-06-20

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I frequent the cottage often for a drink as it is my favourite pub in Cardiff. The staff are very friendly especially jess and Sophie. Food is good too.

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Roger Williams . 2024-06-20

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Communication dreadful. No responsibility taken by staff. Food fine I guess. Won’t be back

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Sara Jones . 2024-06-17

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Plates hot food gorgeous great service.

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Chelsea Salter . 2024-06-09

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Fantastic food definitely go again

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Darren Nightingale . 2024-06-07

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Lovely atmosphere, amazing staff, the only reason I gave a 4 is because the chicken was really dry like it was just air fried, had no taste at all and the sauce that came with it didnt go with it.Well the fillet steak and rump were excellent.Unfortunately the Sunday roast was finished at our arrival.

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Bonnie Matshona . 2024-06-07

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Absolutely Incredible roast and lovely surroundings. Sophie and the team were brilliant and were always on hand, despite how busy it was!

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Stuart Harris . 2024-06-03

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Nice pub with good food and drinks. Considering that most pubs in my city close their kitchen before 21, I was surprised that we could order food a little bit after that. Service was great and the atmosphere is nice too.

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Fernando Marcos Maciel . 2024-06-02

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Went for the Dirty Burger & Billionaire fries. Definitely one of the best burgers (top three) I have ever eaten. The fries were very nice too, but I'll stick with the regular ones when paired with the dirty burger next time, as the truffle mayo didn't really go with the beef dripping sauce that I smothered the burger bun with - my bad. We wanted to take a look at the dessert menu when we had finished our mains, but after waiting a good 15mins, I had to ask someone to see the menu. I guess they were busy in the other part of the restaurant. The staff were lovely & polite. Will certainly come here again for that dirty burger 🍔😋😜🥰

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R i c C . 2024-06-02

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Have had 2 meals here recently, lovely food and great beer garden

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Harry Holt . 2024-06-02

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Popped in for a drink, first visit and we'll impressed

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Brian Jenkins . 2024-05-22

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Ate lunch with friends here on 21st May. The sea bass was raved over by two of the group. I found the fish cakes from the lunch deal with poached egg very tasty. Our waitress, Lucy, couldn’t have been sweeter, or more helpful, and we can be fussy! Her first task was to turn the music down, then changed a food item after we’d ordered it. All done with a smile. Thank you Lucy! X

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Valerie Knight . 2024-05-22

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Had a lunch time meal about a month ago and very nice, thought we would give ( party of 4 ) the Sunday lunch a try. And so far this is the best we have been too , the girls serving Lucy and Anna were great and the food was fantastic plus reasonable prices. Would we come back again . Most definitely

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Steve Mears . 2024-05-19

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We had a fantastic meal at this lovely restaurant. The food was amazing (so good I started before taking photos lol) and service was brilliant would recommend

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Leighton The Steg . 2024-05-17

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My family had a really nice meal here this evening. Good choice of Sunday roasts, plus other stuff on offer for the kids. My only tiny quibble is I would have liked to have had the beef dinner with just the rib, no sirloin. Other than that it was great, and we'll certainly be returning at some point.

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James Odlum . 2024-05-12

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Music playlist here needs to be changed. Teen pop blasting out in the garden to a crowd of 50 / 60 year olds. Not really suitable for an ‘Old Cottage’ .

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James Kramer . 2024-05-12

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Highly recommend this pub and restaurant: great location and easy to access, the food is delicious and the service is very kind and attentive. Make sure to visit the park next door as well!

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Paul Béguelin . 2024-05-11

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Food was very good, staff were very accommodating as we arrived with only 5 mins left to get food, good atmosphere very friendly place overall.

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Mike C . 2024-05-11

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We visited here on a busy sunny Friday evening, the service was still great and the burger was incredible. The chocolate bomb for dessert is a high recommendation too. Would definitely recommend visiting here!

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Beth Wigglesworth . 2024-05-10

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