Yr Ieuan ap Iago in Rhondda Cynon Taf

Whose idea was it to cancel xmas party here last year was enjoyed so much by kids and parents money raised for kids charity staff really great for all their hard work don't spoil xmas

the Christmas party/ activity day has been cancelled just 2 weeks before the event. We've bought tickets to see Santa for £5. Will there be refunds given? Im very unhappy and have a very sad child. Last year this event was so much fun and the staff usually make a really big effort to keep kids happy and amused and the amount raised for charity is amazing. Theres been no info given on why it's been cancelled or even if there'll be refunds given.

Every breakfast our table bought had an item missing. Also only had decaf tea.

Lovely place to eat and relax but rather too busy for me. Visited for a mid week dinner, around 12pm, was so busy at the time. Staff we fab in assisting

beer garden is lovely and staff are attentive. drinks are good and cheap like usual spoons and food is good. service can sometimes be slow but it is expected when it’s busy. staff are lovely and helpful, always tend to our needs. perfect place for a couple pints and a bit of food!

Just had a pint of Leffe (£4.22), service fine, it was half full on a Wednesday afternoon. Toilets tidy and clean, as usual for Wetherspoons.

Very clean and staff most welcoming - will visit again soon .

Loved it in here ! Lovely atmosphere & food was great has a large mixed grill & a pint of Stowford press for £15! great value for money!!

Ordered a pannini the same time as the rest of my family after waiting 25 minutes. Did niot arrive! Called waitress over to see where is was. They had obviously forgotten about it. It then arrived a few minutes later but was not what I was expecting. Did nit look anything like a pannini. Called manager over she said that's what all the pannini the weathespoons serve look like. Funny that as I've been in several and they don't look like baguettes to me. Though she continued to argue the fact even after me showing her a picture of them on the wetherspoons website!.

Ordered a pannini the same time as the rest of my family after waiting 25 minutes. Did niot arrive! Called waitress over to see where is was. They had obviously forgotten about it. It then arrived a few minutes later but was not what I was expecting. Did nit look anything like a pannini. Called manager over she said that's what all the pannini the weathespoons serve look like. Funny that as I've been in several and they don't look like baguettes to me. Though she continued to argue the fact even after me showing her a picture of them on the wetherspoons website!. Don't seem to be able to upload a photo but it looked like a baguette and was rock hard.

Nice place. Food ok and quite cheap.

The person who served my friend and I was really courteous and friendly when we were being served, but I was amazed that there were no other staff serving and helping this lady. So my complaint is that there should be more than 1 or 2 behind the bar to help the person that served us. She looked worn out serving everyone at the bar. Her name was Eleanor and she was so courteous, a credit as a Wetherspoon employee.

The App in Action! I had the amusing experience of ordering from the App when in full sight of the bar! The idea is to reduce congestion at the bar and app orders should be given priority! As I placed my order I watched as 6 people went to the bar and got served! I waited a further 5 minutes and chased up my order with one of the servers who kindly asked me to wait a minute whilst my beer was placed on the bar tantalising in sight (I was thirsty) waiting for another server to bring aforementioned beer to the table! In the end I cracked and said “can I just take it?” So much for technology 🦐

Every time I visit here it looks like a culinary bomb has gone off , no one clearing tables, wiping and sanitising them with an adequate wipe , These omissions in care are deeply damaging to this pub, as a grubby ill-mantained foodie pub is not a good or inviting look. Also ordered on app( due to how busy it was) for a quick pint ,waited 25 mins ,went to search for it only to be told ,we were really busy ! I should have joined the free for all que for the bar,I'd have been served more quickly I'm sure . In summery, lack of staff, and designated table cleaners churning over tables in a clean efficient way spoiled this good pub. Scrimping on staff is a false economy . Rant over !

Food has gone very bad and hardly anything to choose from

Very nice place to take your kids five stars from me

Met a few mates here recently. The two meals we had were freezing cold and sent back! They can even use a microwave to heat food! The person's coming out of the kitchen looked like rag bags, not chefs! Also some of the patrons were drunk, swearing and the Staff seemed oblivious to the matter. Would I go again never!

I’ve been here three times now and it’s the same every single time for food. The place is absolutely disgusting and THEE last time I go here for food. As soon as you walk in, dishes everywhere and tables not cleared or wiped down everytime, the food is terrible!!! I’ve had a super dry burger which felt and tasted like I was chewing rubber, chicken that was super dry and a caramel cake with custard that was harder than a brick where they completely burnt it. They have currently closed some Weatherspoons location and to be honest, it wouldn’t be a shame if this went either!!! The place is an absolute dive!!! Terrible customer service, food is disgusting and the place is extremely unhygienic with dishes piled up over filthy tables.

Visit mostly on weekday evenings, so it's generally quiet, relaxed atmosphere. One issue with ordering food is some of the tables don't have numbers on, but food is always served quick and is always hot.

Saturday and Sunday mornings are a nice for a coffee. Cheap price and also refilled. Occasionally had food which was good. Poached eggs (Eggs Benedict) were done well, slightly runny and went well with the hollandaise sauce.

I was in Aberdare and went the spoon there as good as all ways cheers

Good prices and great for a family meal.

Great prices on drink, food expensive. Toilets dirty and smelly especially the disability toilet downstairs.

It's a spoons... what more can you say

I took my parents out here ( wetherspoons Aberdare) on Tuesday midday and got to say it was a lovely atmosphere. I would like to thank a member of staff called Sacha who served us twice and fetched our order twice too very friendly and happy Member of staff she was. She looked after my parents too and had a nice chat to us whilst serving us Wetherspoons you need more staff like Sacha thank you

A great place to go in Aberdare

Usual spoons.good food unlimited tea coffee and cheap drinks.

When we come here it's always a nice warm place to come and eat out instead of having to cook and in my budget to we always seem To come for breakfast can't go wrong really used to also have a roast dinner on a Sunday but don't go here for the traditional roast any more they stopped the cooked dinner for some reason they stopped spoiling us so much, the staff always go above and beyond and the toilets get a 10 from len I'll give an extra star on review if they do the right thing and bring back the roast dinners again. 😀

Had a lovely breakfast. Opted for the American Breakfast and a coffee to wash it down. Lovely food. Lovely service.

I spewed everywhere like the exorcist

It's a spoons. Not much to be said really

Customers clearing there own tables because glasses everywhere, no staff cleaning and the place is filthy. Disappointed.

Food was by good and came quite quickly but was told the euros was going to be shown live but was not played on any of the tvs in here. Couldn’t hear myself thinking with all the people shouting over each other

Good food and drinks for the price. Friendly staff. Great if your with friends or family.

Food was delivered very quick after ordering. All food came out together and was hot. Lovely staff too.

At least 10 tables not cleaned for over 3 hours, glasses and plates not taken from tables. Seemed very understaffed .

Love the place Excellent food choice Excellent prices and free drink Excellent staff customer service Spoons a good one every time

Always friendly staff when we go there

Nice pub. However tables were left uncleared . We were in the pub for about 45 mins and the tables surrounding us had been vacated before we arrived but the empty glasses and dirty plates (with leftover food) were left uncleared the whole time we were in the pub.

Ordered a double cheeseburger with side of onion rings and a fish and chips with a pint of Pepsi Max and a pint of calling they bring the Pepsi Max and then bring out two plates of fish and chips. Speak to the waiter and ask politely and show on the app saying I’ve ordered a cheeseburger as well, even Scott in my face and then answers well I’ve cooked both now and I can’t refund you, was a bit terrible and the Pepsi was flat then charged a bit extra for the. Didn’t even offer to speak to a manager or correct the issue and I showed him the receipt from the app which did say Cheeseburger with onion rings and fish and chips not too orders of fish and chips.

Has to be the worst in the country, it was freezing, asked for help with the cold, too be told, Well I am not cold. Tables were disgusting, empty food plates piled high, also glasses piled high too, bar staff bringing drinks and meals out, not returning with any empty plates or glasses, as a local will not return.

We just went into Yr Ieuan Ap Iago for no other reason than to have a quick drink after a day of sightseeing around the area. Seemed like a pleasant enough place to rest our weary feet. So we rested our weary feet and we rested them until they were weary-free. We had a couple of lemonades while the blood briefly turned to pins and needles, then on to dull aching, steamed past cramp and on mercifully to the status of 'rested'. The food hurriedly passing us looked tempting but we made do with a couple of packets of McCoys, the Lord of all crisps to see us through. Aberdare's entry into the Wetherspoons cinematic universe was nice enough without being spectacular.

I ordered a steak medium with a jacket potato, the steak was well done, and the jacket potato was cold, a shame because the other customers were very friendly

Yesterday without any notice they cheerfully fed about 50 dancers on the @cardiffmorris valleys tour. They also asked us to dance and of course supplied a quantity of excellent beer.

Cardiff Morris and friends had been let down so needed meals for about 50 with hardly any notice. The staff rose to the challenge cheerfully and everyone was fed and enjoyed the excellent beer. It’s a big space and with a little table shifting we were welcomed to dance as well All in all a very enjoyable visit.

Understaffed as usual and the staff working there stroppy and aggressive.Lots of tables and areas of the Bar full of glasses.Dreadfull.

Lovely food and service yet again. The lunchtime deal is well worth going for!

Fab meals and fab service highly recommend

Great for walks, huge play park for kids and a useful cafe with toilets

More bar staff needed!! Don't think I'll be back, the staff that were there gave an unwelcome aura.

Always clean and the staff are friendly. Always a pleasure when coming here.

It's a Spoons you know, pretty much like any other one. Food is decent, good value for money, good service

Security guards attitude stinks. Told me n my friend to get out multiple times (only went in for food) as my friend didn’t have id was was about to leave the restaurant when a security guard was like “where’s your id” so I said my friend hasn’t got id so we are leaving then she continued to be like “get out then” whilst me and my friend was trying to be sound to her. Horrible person, no wonder people don’t like security guards. Stood there until we went even though we was getting our things to leave when she continued to say “get out then” honestly got on my nerves.

I had melted chicken (Hunters chicken) with a jacket the chicken was moist the bbq sauce was lovely and the jacket was fluffy really enjoyed it, service was fast and staff were friendly xx

Staff friendly even tho busy cheap drink and reasonable busy

Ordered steak and it was seasoned so much it just tasted of spice, couldn't taste meat and couldn't eat it. Worst meal in a wetherspoons ever. Partner had mixed grill that was lovely.

It'd a Weatherspoon so you know where you are. Food was alright, nachos were not very good but the wings were half decent. Service was alright

Always saying ice machine isn't working ??!! Really Good way for an easy day, because nobody stays long with warm drinks.

Had a lovely burger n chips - very tasty and good value for money. It included a drink. The refillable hot drinks are excellent value for money just £1.56. The hot chocolate is delicious!!

Did want Mediterranean salad but they didn't have any but enjoyed what we had

Stuff, friendly, and helpful food was nice. Bacon was cold

Unclean tables. No stirrers for tea.

A typical wetherspoons this one however a little tired and worn

Yet again only two persons serving for atleast 100 people Scruffy staff Beer choice not the best And to top it off vape city...piss poor tbh... .

Excellent service , great staff and food very good value

It's a normal weather spoons food not to bad good value for u buck

Myself and two guests had a nice meal at Wetherspoons Aberdare and the free refills of tea

We popped in on a really busy day as it was the lighting up of the Christmas lights so tables were not cleaned but a nice pub I must say.

Nathan was our server this afternoon and we felt he deserved his own review as he welcomed us with an amazing atmosphere took the time to understand our order although it was completed, and easily gave us everything we needed, he is an asset to your team!

Couldn't get served, only 1 member of staff serving on a Friday night, not good. Left without ordering

Waited by the bar for a long time to be served all the staff appeared to be talking in the glass wash area

Bit of a mess up with the food but it was resolved very quickly without any fuss. Very friendly staff here; one of the better whetherspoons in RCT.

Food wasn't up to standard like brecon and Abergavenny

-Vegan options for food and drink -I enjoyed a glass of vegan sauvignon blanc -Staff were helpful with regards to my vegan wine query -Atmosphere was meh -Cute family friendly section

Good food, great value. Friendly

Very nice place One of the better wetherspoons.

Good food at a very reasonable price.

Quick services and cheep to get drunk 🤟😈

I had a breakfast yesterday morning, no hash brown the bacon tasted like last night's steak beans were luke warm! Never eating there again.

Don't know what's happened to this place , although not at all expensive. They can't even get toast right

Quick cheap and always somewhere to sit .

It’s always good to pop into a Wetherspoons

Nice cheap tidy food and cheap larger' friendly staff'

The food is so up and down, but its not even day by day it's meal by meal, what I mean by this is one side of the family could have a nice dinner and the other half could be stone cold and not what they ordered. The inconsistency is incredible. Cheap and cheerful, it is spoons after all. Staff are not bad, not the worst spoons staff I've encountered.

Myself and two guests had a nice meal at Wetherspoons Aberdare and the free refills of tea, coffee and chocolate are a nice touch. It was quite busy when we were there but the service was great, the staff were friendly and efficient, We didn't have to wait long for our food. It was an enjoyable visit and good value for money.

Food was poor but cheap, coffee machines weren't working, no pancakes at breakfast time. Only seemed to be one staff member on duty doing everything, but she worked non stop with a smile and happy word for everyone.

It's a wetherspoons, an average one at that. Beers are cheap and it's where people gather.

When it comes to spoons, cheap is one of the main factors. You know what to expect each time. Typically there are a good selection of ales available and food is cheap but cheerful. Some spoons have a bit of character due to the former building it encompasses. The yr leuan ap iago (yes, I have no idea how to say it either), is admittedly one of the worst Weatherspoons I've ever been in. It's very dull and the main seating area feels like one of those party halls we all hated being dragged along to for some family gathering when we were kids. Ales are hit and miss. According to bar staff, people in the area prefer lagers to ales and so the selection is almost always poor (1, maybe 2 guest ales on tap). The app is usually never properly updated so it will show ales available which aren't on when you get there (normally it won't show any guest ales so visiting is a case of fingers crossed but usually ends in disappointment). One of the managers said they had reduced the price of guest ales to £1.99 in order to get more people drinking ales (ales are a love hate thing, reducing the price by 20p just isn't going to make everyone put down their lagers and switch). People aren't too friendly there. Contrary to a lot of Weatherspoons I've been in where the regulars just get on with their own thing, I've encountered a few here needlessly gobbing off at me for no real reason whatsoever. People barge in at the bar, staff are often too few and it's a long wait for a pint and when finally getting served, it just feels so bland being there that phones, laptops, tablets or even going through the Weatherspoons magazine is an essential. Food is ok, the usual. Everything else such as coffee and soft drinks are as you expect. If you live local, no doubt you will be nodding at my comments. If you don't, then either give Aberdare a miss entirely or if you really have to go to the Yr Ap wotsit, try and sit in the little 'snug' bit (instantly to the left as you come in) to be shut away from the rest of the pub.

Veryyy lively atmosphere, a little too loud. Food was good but let down in places. Five bean chilli on jacket potato was cold, garlic bread was undercooked and super greasy. Chicken strips and loaded chips were great though so made up well!!

Amazing place with prices that make you want to cry with relief.

Apart from barmaid forgetting my Guinness ok. Some elderly people said they had dinner there everyday.

You know what your getting, food is very reasonable, always nice & hot, quick service & friendly staff. Visit every Wed, 52 weeks a year minimum. Excellent.

Probably the worst traditional breakfast I've ever had in a Weatherspoon unless one likes over cooked eggs and lukewarm baked beans. Same for the egg sausage muffin 😩

Dirty tables, not enough staff. Drinks arrived well after the meal.

Never had the meal we wanted, staff rude.

Great spot for some food and a night out

Weather terrible witherspoons our savour dried out back up track soaked again

Food weatherspoons standard. I had fried breakfast and a coffee. Breakfast nice, apart from sausages, bit dry. Staff nice and pleasant. Atmosphere was mainly locals vibe.

A nice brekky ready for a day of drinking in Cardiff and 2 bottles of efes (ready for holibobs) to wash it down

Tables full if loud, abusive drinkers on a Tuesday evening. The cheap prices attract the worse type of people.