The best restaurants in Cowbridge The Vale of Glamorgan South East

Looking for a poorly cooked breakfast that is terrible value for money? Well look no further as this is the place to visit! Made with authentic value/essential/saver supermarket produce, the hash browns are lovingly made to be soggy and wet, accompanied with a generous tablespoon of succulent cold baked beans, skinny warm bread masquerading as toast and a rasher of the finest cheap bacon known to humanity (50% rind guaranteed!) complete the culinary annihilation. But that's not all.. PLUS, ABSOLUTELY FREE OF CHARGE.. lashings of egg shell, strategically placed within the breakfast, (subject to availability but do suspect this is indefinitely). Staff too busy on phones and chatting to one another to be concerned about any concerns, unless the concerns are what to wear or who to date on Saturday night, then the attention to detail is second to none. But seriously, a very, very poor experience and would definitely NOT recommend to anyone!!

Good quiz night fantastic side area with pool table 👌 😎

First and last time for us. Special fried rice was not fried like a boiled mess, not much meat. Chow mein was dry no beansprouts just greasy noodles. Spare ribs sauce wasn't great meat was dry. Attempted to be cooked by someone who cant cook. I feel ripped off. The only plus was the complimentary prawn crackers.

I keep giving this place a second chance, but the disappointment continues. Nothing wrong with the food, in fact its usually very good, but service is poor. The 'kids' serving try their best, are polite and courteous enough, but the current crew do seem out of their depth. My main issue is the time it takes from placing your order to actually receiving your meal. On my last visit there were three serving front of house and two behind the fryer, who appeared to be having a jolly old time. It took 20 minutes to get my of double pie and chips and I just wonder exactly how difficult can that be? There were only 3 other cusomers in the shop, we weren't waiting for a fresh batch of chips. My order was taken reasonably quickly, as was payment, so I suppose once you've paid, you either have to patiently wait and set frustration aside, or ask for your money back. On another note I can't recall another chippy where you pay before your food is actually prepared. Perhaps people have ordered in the past, got fed up and left without their food. Maybe that's where up front payment comes from? I thought chip shops were classed as fast food outlets, well not in Cowbridge. So come on Cowbridge Fish Bar, just how long can it take 5 people (with only 3 customers in the shop), to serve up two portions of pie and chips? Whilst waiting, another customer ordered a tray of chips and gravy about 10 minutes before I left. Not sure exactly how long that transaction took to complete, but he was still there when I eventually left. The 'system' seems to be set up strictly to benefit the owner and to the detriment of customers. Or is it just that priority is given to online orders? If that's the case perhaps customers could refer to a numerical queuing system just like phoning your docter. By the way online orders were picked during my 20 minute stint. Its such a shame because the quality of food has a lot going for it. I'll try againg soon and report any changes or otherwise! Spud Basher.

Nice, friendly pub. Lots of choice of beers, good staff.

Zara was brilliant, so welcoming and helpful throughout. The food was excellent, the menu innovative and varied, the cube restaurant off the courtyard was comfortable and we were pleased it was all so dog friendly. Thank you

I was with a friend and we both chose the same thing Croque Madam on October 7. Was a lovely day and a super location so we sat outside. I ordered my CM without mozzarella cheese. My friends CM arrived all nice and toasted but mine was pale and smeared on the top with bechamel sauce which gave it a soggy top and didn’t even look toasted. I looked inside mine and managed to eat some of the bottom bread and a few of the mushrooms but the whole thing didn’t have any flavour. The chef had even forgotten to add Dijon mustard to mine, I knew this as my B sauce was pure white and my friends was yellow. Never seen two of the same dishes look so different and wasn’t to do with the mozzarella. I could hardly eat it so returned the enclosed plate to the she lady who had served us but she was now sitting comfortably on a nice chair on her phone. I explained the above to her, no offer of a refund or part refund, she could see i had hardly eaten anything she just said she would tell the chef. Shocking to pay and leave hungry.

As a self confessed coffee snob, I like to think I know a good coffee when I taste one. I have to say, the Cortado at NINETYSIX was the best coffee I’ve had in a long long time, locally or anywhere for that matter. The atmosphere was relaxed and the table service, yes, table service; was prompt and polite. A comfortable and relaxing experience. PS - You must try the homemade carrot cake!!

Most disappointing Sunday dinner ever. The vegetarian option that was supposed to be a Pearl Barley and nut crochette was a sloppy tasteless pile of unseasoned pearl barely with about 1 nut. This was served with 3 tiny roast potatoes and root vegetables that were mostly onions. No other veg unless you want to pay £4 extra. I paid £4 extra for cauliflower cheese that was curdled. £18 quid and I left hungry. Even ordering drinks was poor, the batmaid couldn't find the till button for a half pint, so suggested we'll have to have and pay for a pint instead! From beginning to end we were only half an hour as the atmosphere was so lacking, we ate our meal and left straight away. Passing three staff on the way out, not a single acknowledgement. Won't be back.