The Olympia in Blaenau Gwent

Used to be ok .. today left with unfinished drinks. Thatchers cider sour and Merlot tainted..our food was disappointing too lasagne. Hot one end cold the other. And missus fish and chips..the fish was so small Nemo wouldn't find it.. Edit ..great improvement on today's visit..

Came here with my friends for a nice afternoon but turned out to be not a very good experience. My mini warm cookie dough sandwich came rock hard (my friend also ordered the same and said the same) then my friend ordered a 11” pizza that was not even 11” and then my other friend got a 8” pizza that was about 6”. Friend bought a cookie crunch which came good.

Food warm building cold. Air conditioning blowing cold air. Spoiled the experience of having breakfast with friends. Did complain to the staff no reason given why the system wasn't working correctly.

Awful service and even worse food! All our breakfasts came out cold amd missing items but everyone was so hungry they eat it anyway My sons fruit took so long I gave him my cold breakfast and when it did come it had ice cream on it (at 10am) take into account my child is dairy free as he has CMPA Sent the fruit back not even an apology from the staff at this point just awww OK Over 20 mins later a new fruit bowl came out once everyone had finished eating even my son so at this point. I had eat nothing. I told the waiter I did not want this now as everyone was ready to leave at this point. Made a complaint to the manager who again diddnt seem to care much a quick sorry and refund of the fruit is all she could offer. At least it beats the time before when we waited over 2 hours and never recieved our food. Will not be going there again. Its a shame really because we visit merthyr one all the time and it's fantastic, great atmosphere, great service and great food and drinks.

Normally like going here but Sunday was Awful parter had to send hers back and my burger was nearly cold

Quality atmosphere and a packed house..

As my food came to the table all the girls with me said it smelt a bit funny but I have no sense of smell so I tasted it an it tasted awful like something was off, I ordered just a dish of chips then which cost an extra £4,95 my meal cost £12.95 n didn't even offer any kind of refund

Looked online for good local ish Wetherspoons and this came up. Did not disappoint. Good service, good food, clean and tidy. Thanks!

Great pub and very friendly staff. quick efficient service. will be back when in this neck of the woods.

Had a great time here today! Brilliant atmosphere and the staff were super friendly, service was 5 star! Thank you

What can I say, my husband and I visit this wetherspoons on a regular occasion. It’s the cleanest, friendliest and most welcoming Wetherspoons we have visited (and we have been to most of them) The food is always piping hot and cooked perfectly. This addition to the area has help bring footfall to Tredegar for other businesses and is a great meeting place for anytime day or night. Well done Team Olympia 🙌

Great staff, service and atmosphere! Highly recommend.

Fabulous place. Food drink and atmosphere brilliant. Staff are amazing ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I have to be honest, I'm really not a Weatherspoons fan but when I'm wrong I'll say I am. The Olympia really surprised me. My friend arranged for us to meet there and I had massive reservations, I need not have. The atmosphere, food and staff was fantastic. It was very welcoming, clean tables and fast service. It was lovely to see people happy in their work. Excellent value for money but for me the cleanliness, ambience and therefore the staff are what made it such a great experience. I will return.

Fab place to eat and drink. Staff are friendly Would definitely visit again

This was my 2nd visit the this pub, you can't go wrong with Wetherspoons food, and of course the drinks. The Olympia has excellent service by friendly staff, excellent food served quickly.

Been coming here for years. What a beautiful pub! Welcoming staff, lovely atmosphere and a very nice beer garden. Absolutely no complaints.

I would 100% recommend weatherspoons (especially this one) The service is absolutely amazing, all the staff are well dressed and well mannered. This is by far the most amazingly serviced weatherspoons i have entered in a while. The service is lovely and fast so also amazing for a quick stop in on the job. All in all i would come back here over any other weatherspoons.

Service was brilliant we were made to feel very welcome the atmosphere was very relaxed and the manager Rachel was very accommodating nothing was to much trouble for her. We had a great time and will be back again soon.

The atmosphere at the establishment is second to none. It is a wonderful spoons to visit. Everyone is so helpful and pleasant. The variety of drinks on offer is brilliant especially the variety of bristish drinks

What can I say. Fantastic service from everyone that was there. The bar and kitchen service was so quick and everything was no hassle.

Brillant food service & atmospher, stafff caring & friendly

Best pub in Blaenau Gwent. Friendly staff with a lovely manager. Would highly recommend to anyone.

Hands down the best weatherspoons in the area. Lovely building, great food, superb service. Highly reccomend.

Very nice Wetherspoons. Good quality and great value.

Wonderful place to eat, friendly and knowledgeable staff. Ruth served me and she was very helpful. Best spoons in the area!

Great pub & Great food, Ruth served us she was very friendly and made us feel very welcome. I would definitely recommend a visit 🙂

Had to delete my last review as was just praising the breakfast but Zack deserves the review more. Everytime we come in he makes sure we are happy and has helped us get a better seat so my wife could work off her laptop. He's always cleaning and I've watched him make sure others are also happy. He makes us feel more welcome and love the fact he's passionate about his work. Just heard he's leaving soon we will miss his excellent service

Great place, cheap for what you get, enjoyed our drink and meal out😄

Went on a Wednesday night, good pub quiz!

The olympia is one of the best *spoons* iv been to, great friendly staff and lovely food, highly recommend the vindaloo off the curry club menu

Lovely pub to have a catch up with friends. Good food, great drink selection and the staff are bloody fab. 🥰

I enjoy chillaxing with friends Staff are so helping and welcoming

In this new year, Wetherspoons has stepped up their menu by adding a few new items. I saw the Ramen noodle bowl and decided to give it a try. It did not disappoint. I would compare it with Wagamama‘s Without overcharging for a bowl of noodles. I would definitely recommend.

Called in for lunch .. food came to the table in around 10 mins . Boneless chicken.. usually good , however the chicken turned out to be " Luke warm " at best .. some of the chips were undercooked ( almost raw) shame , nice pub. Not exactly " fancy " food .. least you'd expect is for it to be hot when it arrives? 🙈👎...."gluen for punishment? .went for lunch yesterday as opposed Abergavenny.( Festival on in castle) ..... ultimate burger looked great ... Sadly was virtually stone cold 👎...will stick to Abergavenny branch

As with other spoons ive visited,the food is awful.its dry and warmed up.ok its cheap but not tasty.i refused it.i ate 1 chip and gave it back.the waitress didnt offer a replacement or if i wanted to see a manager.so i finished my drink and left.i wont be going back.avoid it if possible.

It's what you would expect for a Wetherspoons. Sadly the food was cold and not very exciting. Staff were fine. Didn't really see many staff members as you can order from the table with a QR code.

Weekend breakfast with my family.. nice place.. seems cleaner and less crowded than other Spoons venues. I had the pancakes, bacon and maple syrup.. 😁

It is a great place to eat and have a nice time

Great food, swift service, great atmosphere

Had a fantastic meal with the grand children. Staff were extremely friendly and excellent with the boys. Highly recommend this place.

Beer SA terrible. Steak over cooked could tap your shoes with it. No peas no garnish. Wish I'd had a sandwich at home. Don't have a Steak. Bloody awful 😖

Nice Wetherspoons in an old cinema building.

Very disappointed my steak and 8 chips was not very nice the steak was like rubber my wife had pasta Alfredo it was so stodgy she could not eat it. It will be our last time.

Visited this establishment on the 30/12/2023 for breakfast with the. Family all I can say what a diabolical breakfast for the price ,rationing went out in the war ,the amount of beans in the bowl was unbelievable,1 scoop I asked for a bigger portion and the boy serving returned with a similar portion as first, on my plate was 1 slice of bread , something that resembled scrambled egg ,1 scabby piece of bacon well cooked ,burnt offering I asked for the manager who never appeared so I just asked for my money back ,let's just say I won't be returning to this establishment for breakfast in the future there are far better establishments in the town who do a much better value breakfast i left with no food utterly disgusting experience.The photos on the menu are edited as it. Looks like nothing what you get on your plate .I would definitely recommend going to other cafes in the town .There is a much better cafe a bit further up with the near enough same price breakfast but you get way more and better quality food .

What can I say? It's a witherspoon. The staff are brilliant. but the atmosphere it's basically mcdonald's of the pub world.

Good food great prices lovely spacious room friendly staff

Took residents from work for a meal to Tredegar. Staff were brilliant Ruth and Zac went above and beyond.

Very nice food, fast service and value for money.

Verclean, with decent food. Staff friendly and helpful. Always kept clean.

Table service very slow. Had to collect our own order in the end - disappointed by this experience!

Normal spoons occasionally ales the half chicken was always my favourite curries are good too avoid lasagne or things probably frozen as was still cold in middle when served

Usually the food is really nice here, was very disappointed with our last visit, the table was not cleared until we were ready to place our order and then it was not wiped down not happy at all. Needs to work on staff customer service also.

Lots of tables reserved, but no one sitting on them. Couldn't find anywhere for our party of 8 to sit and have food, so we left and went across the road to the Tredegar Arms.

Great whetherspoons lovely Cosy atmosphere , staff are fantastic and really friendly and polite and helpful spotlessly clean toilets and my kids said the hot chocolate is banging lol , highly recommended 😀

Cold food had to be returned, only a handful of people waiting by bar,one young lad serving drinks took 15 minutes to get a pint, other staff in background just chatting away to each other , felt sorry for the boy serving drinks absolutely no urgency at all with the staff there some of the staff taking the food to the tables look like they could fall asleep standing up

Ordered egg Benedict & sides, eggs were cold & over done, black pudding was like a hockey puck, food was sent back twice. Very poor food quality.

Nice wetherspoons, food nice, service was reasonable considering how busy it was

In need of a breakfast on our way up to Snowdonia we stopped off. As with so many Witherspoon pubs it is in a beautiful building. The staff were friendly and my American breakfast was delicious

Food is brought in under ten minutes. Tables are always sticky and cutlery always dirty. You never feel valued here. If you want to be invisible then it's perfect here but if you'd like to be noticed as the perfect paying customer you are you'll probably feel hard done by. Sadly food is never ever freshly cooked. Shame

Just had breakfast, disgusting staff couldn't be bothered, mixed up order some cold fried egg bacon you could tap your shoes with. Shame on whoever thinks that's acceptable to serve as food . That's the last.

This place is like the black hole of Calcutta, probably due to that flea on an ameoba T. Martin not playing the electric bill. We order two of their 'Gormet sirloin steak from English and Irish farms' ha ha! What came was a disgusting piece of thin Hal hal meat from Jerkwater Farm in some Factory in some dive in God knows where. It had six chips, a poxy tomato/mushroom and all freezing cold! It was sent back immediately as it tasted disgusting! Three staff members were arguing over the so called meal! There was about 12 people in there on Saturday lunchtime, and now I know why! Since Covid Martin has closed many of his excuses for restaurants; do yourself a favour and close this dump. Cheap rubbish meals for normal restaurant prices nearly £30 for two dog meat steaks cooked by people pretending to be Chefs who need a receipie to make toast. Do yourself a favour and avoid this pit at all cost!

Had a good time there. The food I had was quite nice and the staff are friendly, someone always clearing tables. The quiz night Wednesday is good. Pitty, I lost

Excellent lunch today at The Olympia. Served at the bar by the deputy manager who was great. Food was fab, best fish I've had in ages. Service was quick and staff were marvellous. 12/10, will be back soon, thank you

Steak unfortunately tough and overcooked, jacket potato very dry indeed, tomato undercooked. Not enough condiments on table and upon asking for a basic condiment, I was told I had to go and find it myself from another table wherever I could, and if I couldn't find it then they've run out! Hopefully this was a one off but will definitely go again and increase my rating if they redeem themselves as they have a great selection of beverages and nice atmosphere, such a shame the food let them down on this occasion. Now they have a quiz night on a Wednesday evening with music (which I thought was not allowed in Wetherspoons), which brings down the atmosphere of dining out and takes up all the tables. Probably won't visit again.

went there with my boyfriend and his special needs dog and they were very welcoming we met the head chef and he was such a doll, food was to die for we had a wonderful mix grill the staff was lovely will recommend please come ❤️

Staff are lovely and helpful, but food below par even for a Wetherspoons.

Great drink deals…but underwhelming food and be careful how you order! So busy on a Saturday afternoon/evening. Make sure you take the menu with you when you order or you ll end up being overcharged! No apology or real customer service. I ll go elsewhere next time for food.

The food is covered in fat. The pop is Water down The men staff is right ignorant and arrogant. The paint is coming off the walls by the ceiling And the wood around the top of the roof is coming down as well. Sort it out or trading standards will be out.

We had drinks only on a Sunday afternoon. It was lovely to watch the Wimbledon men's final. Lovely atmosphere in the pub.

Always happy and friendly services

Good pub, good prices, clean and tidy environment. Will definitely be going back

Diabolical steak night. Food missing, cold food. Very poor

It a Weatherspoons. Food is hot. Beer is cold. Staff are excellent.

Went for breakfast on a Sunday it was a lovely breakfast fair play friendly staff will return

It's basically like one big hall. Very spacious. Although, there is an echo and nothing in the way to block sound, so you hear everyone's conversation. If there is a rowdy table, you are hearing it, although that actually might add to the atmosphere of a pub, for some. Everyone was nice, but if you get some 'lad(s)' there, I think it will ruin it Food was what I expected from Spoons and the staff were friendly. There were reserved tables, though, and quite a lot of them. You are forced into the center away from the best seats. I don't think I've ever seen reserved seats in Spoons before, but there are a lot of them here A free carpark is nearby, to stay for 24 hours. Quite a nice looking building and area, too

What a lovely spoons. Knocks spots off Blackwood for bar service.

Breakfast and dessert are very average, but easy to sort out hungry stomach with affordable price. Toilet is clean. Comfy spacious room.

One of the best Wetherspoons I've visited. Food has gone down-hill a bit since lockdown, portions much smaller and quality of some dishes not so good. However, I imagine this is the case with all branches. Staff are lovely, friendly, helpful and professional.

One of the better wetherspoon pubs around .Cleaner friendlier more atmosphere than others.

Beautiful building but every Wetherspoon is the same, cheap and cheerful..

Standard Weatherspoons fare. Very good staff.

Very disappointing with staff who almost wanted to have a good argument rather than trying to appease us. Lasagne was still frozen, so they just took it away and scalded it in the microwave and handed me the hottest part of the plate with no napkin. I burnt the tips of my fingers and the waitress just laughed. I asked for her name and she said “what for? No I’m not telling you” and walked off. Manager then can up to our table (39) and rudely interrupted the conversation we were having as a family and said “have you got an issue with one of my staff members?!” I honestly couldn’t believe it! The desserts came out in very dirty bowls, they took them back and presented them back with just a swirl of ice cream and not a whole scoop like they used to serve. No chocolate sauce available so we asked for ice cream instead and again was given a scrapping of ice cream. The food took a long time to arrive from the starters, then the mains and then the desserts. Such a shame as we have been coming here for years since 2003 when my parents moved to Tredegar. I’m sorry to say though that this place has slowly been going down hill for years really. Even more of a shame as my father has been very poorly lately and it was his first outing in 18 months. He was so proud and dressed up in his best suit for the occasion. I can provide the names of the staff and more detail if you would like to contact me directly or privately. I’m not into publicly shaming individuals no matter how bad they were today. I hope the camera and sound recording devices your staff wear we’re working today so you can review the attitude of your staff. Some serious training needed here as they just don’t care whatsoever. Good points were the curry was good and the popadoms were better after I sent them back as they were like bitting a napkin. They came back crunchy as they should be.

Bardzo przyjemne miejsce (stare kino) ze smacznym jedzeniem w przestępnej cenie. Mila obsługa i szybki serwis

The best trio is nachos, chicken wings and ham and mushroom pizza. Add pint of Corona and you are in heaven 😎😁👌👌👌👌

I had a halloumi burger with chips. The bun was small and cheap, buts what you get at weatherspoons though, isn’t it? Hardly any salad in it, and it looked like it was done in a rush. The chips were alright though. I have found that the food is very hit and miss here, and overdone items will be sent out in the hope that we’ll just get with it. If we complain the attitude of some staff is a great big can’t be arsed, and that’s the consistent problem with this venue. They get away with it, and so will not up their game. We’re not asking for the Earth. Just some professionalism and a bit of effort. If you mess something up, don’t send it out. And if there’s a complaint, look a bit sorry and try to fix it the best way that you can. Not the easiest, cheapest way. Very poor.

Had a steak last night which was good but my onion rings were missing and I had the tiniest mushroom grilled to death, asked the guy who brought our meals about the onion rings and he shrugged said out of stock and just walked off. Went to the bar to ask why I’d been charged for them if there aren’t any and again I got a shrug and was told I could have extra mushroom instead which I agreed to as by now the rest of the meal was getting cold. The guy brought me a bowl with raw mushroom slices in it! My partner went back to the bar with these, by the time I got cooked mushrooms I’d finished my meal and there was no way I was going to eat them for fear of them having been spat on or worse.!Staff take no pride and seem like just being there is a massive inconvenience to them. To be fair I have had some nice meals here but there’s always some issue or another, usually items missing from the meal. Come on guys put a bit of effort in, it’s not difficult I’m not expecting Michelin stars it’d just be nice to have a basic meal without having to go back to the bar for something every time!

Helpful and polite staff appearing very busy keeping tables clean. Big screen TV. Very good atmosphere during visit and customers relaxed and pleasant. Establishment very clean and good food available.

Very friendly Very clean and always a fabulous service

Always great service and good real ales at great price. Food is good, curry always tasty and chicken wings crispy and good

Amazing food and the staff is always friendly :)

Friendly staff, great food, as fast as possible service, and all at great prices!!

Went out for lunch on a Sunday, there was 9 of us and staff was accommodating and arranged tables for us. We ordered food from the app, it came quickly and was lovely. Staff were pleasant and helpful.

Staff was brilliant had a good evening. 🍻

Curry club Naga chicken Vindaloo :- Cold greasy nan bread watery but tasty but neither hot nor hot Popadoms so bendy you could fold them up ! Nothing bad about it except the way it was delivered .

It's a spoons! Yeah OK for a pint or two but probably the worst for food. Had breakfast that was cold and had group members who ate in the evening and had same problem. On a plus Wednesday night quiz night is popular

Food wasn't bad but messy on the tables

A very friendly family pub. The service was very quick and the food was fantastic. Great customer service 😁

Delicious curry and a warm atmosphere, quiz was good fun 😁

Always have a great experience at The Olympia!