The Three Horseshoes in The Vale of Glamorgan

Denise and àaren great landlords. Good family feel to this great pub. Rachel is a brilliant bar lady and she makes sure noone misbehaves. Good live music on Fridays and Huw does a cracking karoke

Great traditional pub on the village square

Great service at the three horse shoes, usually busy on the weekends which makes a great atmosphere

The old fella's pub of choice, they serve Directors a good strong beer. Dog friendly and lovely staff, Recommend.

Extremely friendly makes everyone feel welcome an excellent community pub.

Warm and friendly atmosphere, very helpful barperson.

I really enjoyed this pub. It has a real pubby feel to it. Great place to go watch the football

Everything a village pub should be in these hard times ⏲️

Great local pub with good atmosphere

Fabulous little gem of a place . Open Mic nights are on Wednesday with the Fabulous Tony Morley. However the drinks are expensive. Welcoming staff greet you with a smile and a chat

Great atmosphere for rugby or a night out

Excellent pub service with a smile. Nice beer garden at back all covered over so even if it rains still dry.

We are here twice this week and stayed onsite at Smithys Barn. Fantastic service and delicious food, nothing was too much trouble, spotless accommodation and will defniatly be returning again soon. You always here about bad reviews, Darren and his staff here working there socks off and deserve a real pat on the back 👏👏👏👏

We had a great time Three Horseshoes.when come back to Wales we will call in for a drink 🍷

Great pub and beer garden but could do with some IPA's/Pale Ales - even just one local ale would be great and make it 5*!

Fantastic service and extremely friendly staff...a really lovely pub.

Quite simply the best pub in dinas powys

Fantastic out of town pub with welcoming staff, excellent food, large car park, great lager and regularly puts on events. Recommended!!

It's such a brilliant atmosphere.

Entertainment was good but unfriendly and very laddish

A good traditional friendly family pub, no cooked foods. Be aware no Disabled Toilet.

Awesome little village pub! Landlady, landlord and staff are something special! Definitely worth a visit or 10 x

Great Pub, great people, great staff and great BEER.

Great food and a great atmosphere if you're there for a late night of drinking and karaoke. Not easy parking but you can park close by behind the star inn which is another village pub just across the road.

Brilliant night of playing poker the crowd on a Thursday night are great

Night out drink with work can't think of any where better to go

This is a local pub for local people. :-) Nice & friendly, good beer.

An historic pub with a good atmosphere, within a vibrant village near Barry . Live entertainment on a Friday in the bar area

Locals kind of place, cards were the big thing when I dropped in. Bar staff friendly prices reasonable...

Unfriendly staff & regular customers very rude. Would not recommend.

We visited between Christmas and New Year, all 28 of us!, well all I can say is BRILLIANT!, reasonably priced drinks, great food and indoor soft play to keep the kids amused,the staff worked like mad to ensure we had a nice time,we are returning in February, can't wait.

Me and my partner have been here a few times absolutely lovely lovely atmosphere and I also like you have the option to to eat in the kids play area highly recommend chicken curry

Visited the Three House shoes to catch up with family members and enjoy a few drinks. On arrival we were greeted by very friendly staff who helped us select drinks and put football on the TV for the younger members of the family. We stayed for at least 2 hours and found a pleasant atmosphere, comfortable surroundings and fantastic staff. I fully recommend this lovely traditional venue.

Lovely warm atmosphere, friendly staff and good prices

We go over there often but they had the live music out the lounge, good music, good staff & good atmosphere

Great night.Chance to listen to talented musicians

Brilliant open Mic night first class! !

Love this place. Dog friendly. Good staff and great beer.

Visit was for a quiet family dinner, and was surprised by the lack of children. Maybe they were in another part or even the play area. Mega sized portions, so you won't go away hungry. Too big for me. Couldn't manage a desert having had to leave some of the delicious steak pie. Very reasonably priced - Friday evening visit and expected crowds, but pleasantly surprised. Everybody happy. A restaurant I will visit again.

Best watering hole in Dinas Powys and the landlady is a diamond xxx

We go to the Three Horseshoes on a Saturday (now and again) for a drink and the Karaoke. Good atmosphere!!

This place is spectacular and the birth of the bench boys.

The indoor children's play area was awful. Went as soon as they opened......so you would think it had been cleaned. Dried up baked beans and peas on the floor in various places among the seating area. Sugar wrappers on floor. One of my children almost ate a peanut that they picked up from the floor. The netting that prevents children from falling off the climbing equipment was torn, patched up and in some places very very dangerous. Sticky tables, chairs and highchairs. Toilet area hadn't been cleaned either with toilet tissue all over the floor, plug holes blocked with tissue, dirty tissue all around the sink area. Put me off eating there! with a lovely large area for children to play but totally neglected. Such a shame.

Excellent service kids enjoyed every minute big indoor/ outdoor play. Staff can't do enough for you. Food lovely cooked fresh everything made in site even the puddings

Took ages to get served, full of old men commenting on my misses! Pub looks likes my grandmothers living room! Avoid avoid avoid!

This pub does not do food,its a clean friendly village pub with good beer and company.Are the negative reviews malicious or do people truly not know what location they have been to?

The three horse shoes is a drinks only pub. Darts board. Tv in rooms. There is not a restaurant or hotel. Someone has revued the wrong location. Could be Moulton in the Vale of Glamorgan.

Decent pint. Happy for dogs to be let in

What a GEM,had a fantastic lunch at this newly opened restaurant/pub.like that they've left a an area for people who just want a drink,dartboard too,how nice. Staff were excellent (Megan and Alex) Friendly and efficient. You must go and try the food, I had a fillet steak Cooked to perfection my husband had a chicken skewer/ so much flavour.,puddings too - yummy, flatmbed bananas oh my!! A beautifully decorated and tasteful venue. We wish the new owners all the luck and welll done !! !!

We had the pleasure of staying in the The Three Horseshoes over this weekend, honestly we loved it! Can't wait to go back. Lovely sized room (four people) absolutely spotless, good sized bathroom and beds!! Plenty of towels, we did ask for more which were provided straight away no fuss at all. The WiFi was a bit spotty but it didn't bother me but appreciate others may not be happy. Staff were really lovely and the breakfasts (included in the room price) were brilliant, scrambled eggs, were the best I've ever had! We also had lunch and two dinners in the pub, trust me the food was really really nice, the puddings heavenly!! The only negative for me was no lock on the bathroom door. Neither were their locks in the downstairs loo's in the pub! Could do with a 'please knock' sign :-) They have an inside soft play area good for kids up to at least 12 and an outdoor play area, the kids thought it was the best place ever!!!!! Absolutely lovely weekend shame we couldn't thank the owners as they had gone to an event. Would definitely go back and would highly recommend.

The Three Horseshoes in Dinas Powys is a family run PUB with no kitchen to serve food. The reviews listed here are confusing it with a 3U's pub at Moulton near Barry. This is clear from a menu in one of the photographs of a table of food. VISITORS TO THIS THREE HORSESHOES should not expect food, good or bad.

A family get together with the wife's family Nice enough meal although not outstanding, but decent value.Nice and clean tables - the staff were polite and friendly.Decent size car park though

Food was pretty good but on a very empty looking day we waited about an hour. Deals on food are good and if you go on certain nights you can get a bargain. Meet with friends here for drinks and its a good enough place for that!

What a find! They serve food all day. I had pork medallions with cider sauce served on a bed of ... wait for it red cabbage. They staff were level. Well done to the chef. What a lovely old building.

I note with concern that people comment on the bad food and service at the Three Horse shoes having been a regular customer for more years than I can mention. I am deeply hurt. Firstly it is a well run village family pub Not a restaurant it does not serve Food only good old fashion beer. With a very friendly family atmosphere. I think the comments must be relating to the Cross Keys Next door which is a common mistake .

Kareoke on Saturday, mixed age public If anything a bit to small

Not sure why this place has gained so many negative reviews. We stopped here midway through a long drive and were really happy we did. The barmaid was lovely, as were our drinks, and it was cheap compared to a lot of other places. The pub itself was spacious, clean and comfy with lots of parking and outdoor seating. Unlikely to be in the area again but we'd definitely stop if we were.

spot on burgers and fries, and great beers. the service is wonderful, and friendly. the prices are great too, midrange, but always a special, which makes it a must visit. we couldn't go wrong with the three horseshoes.

I don't know where the previous reviewers went , but it wasn't The Three Horseshoes in Dinas Powys. This pub is NOT a restaurant, and hasn't served meals for years.....It is purely an Ale House, and has been for to my knowledge for 50 odd years.....They probably went to the Cross Keys, which is immediately next door ...Enough said about that.I would suggest your so called "reviewers" get their facts right, and look at the signs above the door before commenting.As an aside there is no Specsavers in Dinas Powys , mores the pity, as by the sounds of things, they could have made a couple of bob.

A group of us were served an excellent meal in a room to ourselves with a lovely fire, needed although it was April. The staff were accommodating and helpful which we really appreciated. Highly recommended

First time here and definitely the last. The place is ok and the waitress was nice but the food was inedible unholy filth! I actually felt dirty eating it. The menu appears to have been written by an illiterate child let loose with a red pen so we chose to give the "chocolate gnash" a miss.

Went with mum, 2 daughters for a birthday lunch. Felt it could of been cleaner, bit grubby under table and placemats needed a clean. We were served straight away but even though it wasn't busy we did have to wait quite a while for food that was nothing to rave about. Not great value for money. Don't think I'll be going back sadly :(

Went here because of the reviews and report in the Echo regarding the food and pub. Sorry in all honesty we found nothing to shout about . After standing at the bar and the gentleman behind not even inquiring why were there or could he help. Another group come in and went and stood just in front of us and a lady appeared and took them to their seats we then shuffled a few feet over and caught her eye and asked to be seated.All but one ordered the Sunday lunch and drinks order taken no problem at all and the service was good not many in at this point . Sunday dinner turned up lamb and beef were the mains and a curry for another in the group. The mint sauce and mango were put on the table before the meal but no gravy boat. Went to ask for the gravy boat but dinners turned up and swimming in gravy would be putting it mildly. Please why do some establishment drowned a meal in gravy . The paying guest should be putting this on as with the mint sauce etc and you should not have to send back your dish for that reason take note landlord / Chef. The dinner was nothing to raise the roof but Sunday roasts do vary from establishments. The veg frozen peas and a possible fresh parsnip well over done, the carrots were okay and roasties passable . Meat very thinly cut both beef and lamb and swimming in gravy. Put it this way could not see the lamb due to the gravy. Curry the rice was soggy but every thing else okay. The service we found good but noticed they were struggling as it started to fill up and a lady by us seemed to be ignored for to much time. Customers are there for a reason and their time is precious I hate seeing service pass customers whom are to polite to call out it should not happen.My advice buy gravy boats be more friendly every member of staff a hello costs nothing but goes along way . And quality not quantity does count when you charge £9+ for a meal we do expect today.Overall I would not go back again as there are plenty to choose from, the kiddies play area is the pull and bushiness must stem from that alot.

Like other recent reviewers I cannot understand how this establishment recently won an award for the best pub food in the Vale of Glamorgan. The whole atmosphere seems unwelcoming and the bar staff are particularly surly offering a very limited range of overpriced and nondescript beers. Ever the optimist I've eaten there on a couple of occasions. Firstly a Sunday lunch with a group of six. To be fair we were served quickly but the meat was thinly cut, dry and unappetising. On a second occasion on a weekday night I popped in for a quick refuel. The pork steak with sauce had evidently been precooked and then partly heated up and was most unpleasant in flavour and texture. The play barn is grimy and run by grumpy staff. The only good feature is the outside beer garden and play area which my children love and is the only reason I go near the place. If you like “out of the freezer into the fryer” catering then it is acceptable but I remain mystified as to how it acquired the recent award. Unfortunately the address given on TA is for a similarly named establishment in Dinas Powys – the reviews however quite obviously relate to The Three Horseshoes in Moulton. Perhaps TA staff can correct this.?

Having been a regular customer here many years ago, when it was run by the father and his sonsThese days I have heard it had gone down hill, but like a mug I tried it.I arrived just before lunch and struggled to find any staff, the place was open and no customersI was with my small son, and intended to use the soft play and have lunch later.Then found a miserable woman who informed me that the soft play was not open yet, even though I had just walked around it, and my boy was using it.I was about 15 min early and felt by her " I don't want you here attitude" I was willing to leaveHowever my boy got upset, so decided to stayThe play stuff was bogging, dusty unkept with bits of food in the areasThe smell in the place was disgusting tooFood wise? Don't botherMy boy had fish fingers and chipAnd no I didn't miss out the "S"He couldn't eat them, and hungry as I was neither could I !!!!Expensive and rubbishAvoid

Visited for Sunday lunch with the family. The place isn't quite sure what it wants to be...motel, country pub, soft play...First impressions, this place looks very unfinished and because of that wasn't a comfortable place. Poor choice of bar drinks. The menu was old-fashioned and very limited. Only one vegetarian option. Sunday roast was beef, lamb or chicken. We ordered beef and lamb. Poor quality and badly cooked thinly sliced meat, horrible new potatoes, soggy roast potato, thin gravy tasting of granules, baby carrots and peas, cabbage much hotter than rest of the food. I think they charged about £9 for this. Kids had sausage, beans and chips - standard. Desert was bought in (defrosted?) brownie...more sponge than brownie. Plus point, staff were friendly enough and quite attentive. Kids enjoyed the soft play area. The place was quite busy, I'm guessing it's because of the play area. If you want good food then you're spoilt for choice in this area, I wouldn't recommend this place.

After seeing that it had won an award in the local paper we thought we would go there and see what was happening.Our food was average pub food - certainly not award winning! the chilli was watery and lacking in flavour.I think that the play barn is the only reason that it is popular.

Deep in the Vale of Glamorgan this is a place you will want to return to.The owners have also built a good reputation for the mobile catering arm of the business called the Fourth Horseshoe caterers. Not the cheapest pub/restaurant but you get what you pay for, good food and good beer. They sell their own label beers as well as a good selection of beers and wines and the food is cooked to order with the sweets particularly appealing, you can also buy some lovely home cooked bread to take with you. For the young kids there is a fantastic indoor play area and for dry days an outside play area

I came to know about this place after seeing it on the internet and after visiting I thought the place was good for a young family, but a bit tatty in places.The positives about the place were the indoor play barn and the outside play areas; my children (3 and 6 years old) loved the place, and can't wait to go back. As the weather was sunny and dry, the children really enjoyed playing outside and there were plenty of wooden picnic tables scattered around for the parents to have food and drink whilst keeping a close eye on the children.The negatives we found were that the area for eating, by the indoor play barn was small (around 5 tables) and if busy I can imagine this would fill up quickly. The chairs we ended up using to eat from were old, tatty sofas that were very uncomfortable to eat from.However, the most important thing for us is that our children enjoy themselves and they did: if our children are happy, then we are happy.I would suggest you visit this website address: http://www.3horseshoespub.com/ for pics and more info.

Visited this place on the recommendation of a friend. Took my partner and the three children we have between us. The big draw for us was the play barn. Well all i can say is what a bitter and very expensive disappointment. When we walked through the door we were hit by the overwhelming stench of dog. I have owned dogs all my life so im not particully sensitive to the smell but this was definatley stomach turning. When we eventually found our way into the play barn, which we had to locate ourselves after being ignored by the bar staff in the main pub area (they weren't busy as we were the only people there). We were greeted by what looked to be a reasonable play frame but no more than four or five places for groups of people to sit. If the children had not seen the play frame we would have walked straight out again because of the smell but we reluctantly agreed to stay. The seating in the barn was old and broken & it was clearly an after thought when the barn was built. We ended up sitting upstairs because all the tables were full. A bit of advice, never go up there!!!! Its dark, dusty and the furniture was even worse. We managed to finally get chairs downstairs but our table was blocking a fire exit & my chair was on a significant slope. The place was very dirty with bits of old food on the floor and the dust was thick on most surfaces. You could tell that the boy who was serving behind the counter was not happy in his job. Having never visited there before, we were unsure of how the place worked, if we could eat in the barn etc, every question we asked was met with rolling eyes and short and snappy answers. We ordered our food, the kids had the eat & play deal which seemed reasonable, then we discovered they were charging £1.30 for a panda pop, bloody Scandalus!!!! I had the steak pie which was the worse thing i have ever eaten! It was burnt, stale and disgusting, im not even going to re-live the peas. When the unhappy young man came to clear our table i told him that it was the worst meal that i had ever had but he really didn't care. My partner had the prawns cocktail to start which in all fairness was ok but his main was another horror show with free hairs on the side. The kids meals were tiny & what seemed like a bargain, was actually false economy because they were all hungry soon after, lets just say we didn't stay for desserts! The meal, drinks and play came to over £40, for what we had, that price was ridiculous. Every time one of the kids needed the toilet we had to endure the foul odor of dog so we tried to keep visits to a minimum. I can honestly say that this place was horrid from start to finish and i could not recommend it to anyone. With a bit of investment, a good clean, new furniture and some form of odor control, im sure that this could be a nice family pub but currently, its the worst!!!! On a positive note, the kids thought that the play frame was ok & the bits of the outdoor play area which weren't either broken or blocked by safey tape were quite good.

We've visited the Three Horseshoes many times over the last 20 years, but we've been disappointed in its constant decline.Our last visit was the last straw, and we won't be visiting again.I ordered food, and due to the fact we were sitting in the pods outside, I was asked to pay before the meal. As I mentioned above, we are regular visitors here, and this just feels like they don't trust us.The meal we had, chicken vindaloo, beef dupiaza, gammon and chicken nuggets was very average, and made worse when a party of kids with 4 adults sat around us, disturbing our quite family night out.The waitress serving us dropped some chips while placing our meals, but didn't offer to replace them. We were never asked during or after the meal, if we were enjoying the meal. My wife was very unimpressed with the beef dupiaza. The general atmosphere of the place was dreadful,with my 13 year old daughter (and indeed, my wife) asking when can we leave! I certainly won't be visiting here again, at least for a few years, to see it it improves.

we stayed here as we had an early flight from cardiff airport at the end of our holiday. the room was first class with huge comfortable bed. staff really friendly and food could not be faulted.would stay again and recommend.

not only was the food small portions we had to wait about 45 minutes to an hour to be surved I think they use a laser beam to cut to meet the waitress was very pleasant as for the food I would give it to my dog I have been to this restaurant before and I did have a very nice meal but I can assure you I will not be taking my family that again

We visited The Three Horseshoes situated in Moulton near Barry, just after the turning for Amelia Trust Farm in the Five mile lane. We were a family of 5, 2 adults and 3 under 6's. It was a Friday afternoon, after school and we wanted to treat our daughter who's birthday it was. Its a lovely friendly well kept place, and upon arrival we went straight into the Jolly Barn which is a lovely indoor play area, where parents can relax on nice comfy leather settees, whilst the children play. We chose the play and eat deal, which for 5.75 includes unlimited play and a meal from the childrens menu. Our niece and daughter chose the chicken nuggets, whilst our son chose the pasta. I must say the childrens menu is fab, with all the usuals plus also chicken curry, roast dinner and pasta, for those who prefer something different to something with chips. For drinks we bought a very handy jug of squash, which helped keep costs down! Myself and my partner opted for the house chicken curry served with rice and chips, this was delicious hot and homemade and a good portion. Couldn't fault it at all, also some lovely dishes were offered on the specials menu:)which we intend to try on our next visit. My partner has a sweet tooth and seeing all the delightful looking puddings on display he chose a black cherry cheesecake and cream, it was a lovely portion and tasted homemade and absolutely divine! After the children purchased some sweets from the little tuck shop in the Jolly Barn we took our drinks and moved outside as it was a pleasant evening, and the children really enjoyed playing in the excellent well maintained castle and park. A lovely visit enjoyed by all, would highly recommend this hidden gem and looking forward to our next visit:)

This review is for the Three Horseshoes in Moulton near Barry.I am posting this review on behalf of two adults and a very switched on six year old boy.Our day started with the question where would you like to go? and the answer was somewere i haven't been before.After driving from Bristol zoo back to Barry we had to let our six year old nephew blow off some steam and give him some lunch, so after a short debate on where shall we take him to? the Three horse shoes sprang to mind straight away. This was the second place of the day that he had never been to after the zoo.Upon arrival he spotted the outside play area which impressed him quite a lot then we entered the pub and he spotted the indoor play area, then we knew we were on to a winner when he remarked this place is cool.Then into the bar and restaurant for some lunch, we chose a table and sat down and were pretty quickly brought two types of menus to choose from and our drink orders were taken.We browsed the menus and chose an old classic chicken korma with half and half for the adults and an old favourite of all six year olds chicken nuggets and chips.The drinks were brought to us very swiftly and we chatted whilst our meal was being freshly cooked, our food was brought to us with in a reasonable time and was piping hot, we thoroughly enjoyed our meal and our nephew said they were the best chicken nuggets ever. (we are on to a winner). Then after a short rest he was itching to go to the outside and play.Our visit only lasted just over one hour but was very enjoyable one, all of the staff that we delt with were very polite and made us feel very welcome.The tree horse shoes seems to cater for everyone from sole diners to family groups and if you have children that need to blow a bit of steam off then bring them here.We will return in the near future, thank you very much.

I have visited this pub many times over the years, unfortunately the quality of the food has deteriated over the years from being very good to just okService can vary depending on how busy they are, The dress code of the manager could be much improved from wandering around in shorts and flipflops in the winter.Nice location and good for families with children as there is an excellent indoor play area as well as an outdoor area

Lunch was somewhat dissappointing, the food was OK but nothing special, service again OK, but not quick. The atmosphere a bit noisy due to several groups and families with kids, not ideal for a relaxing meal.