The Talisman in Blaenau Gwent

Friendly people but the place looked tired. Needs an overhaul.

Pierre always welcomes us, a lovely man. Never eaten here so cannot comment but good for sport and music

Warm friendly atmosphere, selection of drinks.

Typical olde worldy valleys pub. Good pint of Guinness. If you like traditional yesterday pub- pop in.

Me and partner really enjoyed r day out x

Good choice of beers and the staff freindly

Great afternoon out with my boy to watch the football

This place is okay but it's too expensive they charged me £1.80 for a can of coke I came in here because my bus was cancelled the locals in the pub were friendly and staff were very nice in this respectable pub

Great atmosphere for drinks in a friendly manner

Clean tidy. Good price's. Good food as well

Great pub. Landlord is cool and polite

Visited with friends fir pre drinks before cinema. Bad choice!Found the place very unsociable, bar staff rude. Requested to change 3 Coors as tasted not right, barman made such a fuss! Definitely not right! Will not visit again. Seems to prefer "regulars" who are obviously used to bad beer!

So so, think I wos over charged for my drink,

A very friendly and clean place to visit.

Great club in town. Very good hospitality by staff and owner. I was there for christening party on Sat 21 Aug . Thank you.

Old Speckled Hen and 6X about the best I've tasted here.

On my visit with my daughter and boyfriend as we waited for a bus right next to the pub. The area we sat was very clean bright with comfortable social distancing a and other measures where in force. The people friendly barman polite and friendly prices vary reasonable would recommend a visit

Traditional Welsh pub, serving coffee all day perfect for a good catch up with a good friend. Spot on location on the town square with access to the high street and central bus station, friendly staff who are happy to help

Nice pub in Brynmawr town centre just off the main square. Good selection of real ales & ciders served by friendly waiting staff to comply with the COVID rules (Nov 2020). Dogs & children are welcome in the comfortable room near the bar. Will definitely walk to town to support this pub again.

Nice, welcoming pub. Quiet areas available.

ate here a couple of times,, had a long wait both times. the food is good as is the service but the wait for it is unacceptable so unfortunately we wont be back

Slovak pub. The barmaid was on her first day so things were not perfect. The menu was restricted because of heavy weekend trade. We had good standard pub fare which was good value for money. Good service. They are doing their best.

Best cook dinner iv had beautiful

Good service and good drinks to

Nice pub nice landlord and landlady good choice of drinks

Brilliant. Friendly local pub. Excellent meals.

Chilled vibe. Friendly. Really good food!

Lovely food & staff really enjoyed our stay

Outstanding pub and fun bar staff, needs to sell bottles of Sambuca.

Pierre and Marilyn are great hosts. Good food, great atmosphere. Enjoyable evening...

Lovely atmosphere and food and music

We popped in for a pint before going to the cinema. Nice to see an old traditional pub doing well. We got chatting will a local, and were made very welcome. Good pint of real ale. We will go back again in the next few weeks for a meal and to go and see the local Jam Night. On a Sunday evening ever two weeks I believe. I’ve lived all my life in the nearby town but have never been in the Talisman before, but will call in there again. Mike

It's a pub, it sells drinks, and food (which I'm told is nice). All the facilities you need and free WiFi for the youngsters and their gadgets. Nice and clean but still with that nice pub smell. What can I say, its a pub. 👍

Stopped at the Talisman for a meal with friends Fantastic food one of the best pub meals I've had - Pierre cooks great food - recommended!

Had a Christmas party here for a small group. Food was outstanding and a good price. Really nice atmosphere. Couldn't have asked for more 😁

Nice pub where you can eat and drink before you go to the movie!

Traditional friendly pub in centre of town right next to bus station and in front of taxi parking looking at the Brynmawr Cinema .Good food and a Christmas menu serving real ales in a popular pub.There is a separate restaurant side you can book for private functions with its own bar served by Piere and staff..a regular for us.

Mine Host Pierre is a very amiable guy and is trying very hard to bring something different to this traditional pub in the form Jam nights,book club,Sky Sporting events...Food specials along side his traditional food which includes a stunning pub lunch...

Had sunday lunch here with family ..food was beautiful ..2 things need improving Service was too slow booked table for 12.30 ordered ..waited 40 mins for our starters ( only us there mind ) . then another long drawn out wait for dinner ..same for desert ..in total was there from 12.30 till 3.15 that's how long they took to serve all 3 meals !!!! My daughter in law had no boiled potatoes on her plate ...and not enough veg for two but they were happy to give us more So for us it was the snail pace service that let them down ..for just a family of 6 adults and 3 babies ..and no none else there except us and the fact we booked ..let them down ..

Whilst travelling on my own to this area, I popped in to the Talisman for a drink and sit down. I was given a very warm welcome by Pierre who made me feel at ease instantly. I was included in conversations with local customers and generally made to feel welcome in the area. I would definitely recommend this pub and will be going back, I hope, very soon. Thank you Pierre.

called in here because not lot choice of real ale in town had bass on was ok but not great havent felt need go back since

called in with friend on a Friday night was busy but not crowded had few pints draught bass which were fine no other choice real ale thou

Good home cooked pub grub reasonably priced. Staff very friendly - free glass of fizz for booking a meal. Will definitely go back. Ideally located to combine a cinema visit.

Family Sunday lunch on 7th Feb. Food was amazing,absolutely piping hot choice of roasts,lamb,beef,pork etc lovely roast potatoes & Yorkshire pud,masses of boiled spuds, all veg in tureens, cauliflower,broccoli, carrots,peas etc. Service was A1,6 of us for lunch served within 10 mins, staff very helpful, extra gravy&mint sauce as needed! great value only £7-75 plus desert or starters at £2-00 each. Would thoroughly recommend to all as a good venue.