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As a non local, there is not much choice for any type of food outlet in Llan Wells ....very busy, but served quick.. singerpore fried rice ,curry sauce half decent. Plain chow mein good 👍

Food was edible but average. Large breakfast was missing black pudding, mushrooms and hash brown. These could be purchased as an extra but for me should form part of the meal. I'd rather have one less egg and pay extra for a full breakfast. My toast was burnt but my wife's had barely touched the toaster. Eggs were and sausages were overcooked. I suspect the sausages had been sat in the bain marie for some time. Also, the beans were running into the tinned tomatoes - they need separating. No Could be really nice with just a little attention to detail. Price was a little high for the quality of the produce. Doubt I'll use again.

We were on a long drive and picked Llandrindod as our lunch stop. Chose Portland for its proximity to our one-hour parking space. Windows looked like they needed a wipe and the lobby a bit tired but we hadn't long. HOWEVER! The interior was beautifully clean and cosy, and many tables already taken even though it was early for lunchtime, so it's obviously popular. Decent WC, too. We had lovely sandwiches. Very reasonable prices, quick service although clearly fresh food not ready made, and the staff are friendly. Please note, cash only (or was that day).

Christmas lunch 2023, £90 per head. Utter disappointment and a truly Fawlty Towers-esque experience. We had to laugh as it was Christmas Day but it was really awful. No one in reception, sign saying go to the bar. No one in the bar, eventually found a passing member of staff and we were directed to where Christmas lunch was happening. Through a door with a large sign saying ‘toilets’ past a kitchen set up and into what I assume is their banqueting space. We managed to catch someone’s eye and rather than being shown to our table we were waved in the general direction and had to please ourselves. After ten minutes of just sitting there I had to get up and ask a nearby waitress to take our drinks order. She seemed a little bit surprised we wanted drinks… Eventually some drinks arrived but it would take four more times asking for some water for the table before it came. Starters came out eventually and were fine. We then thought it would be nice to have some wine…. Me- could we have some wine please? Waitress- ……….. Me- do you have a wine list? Waitress- …..not really a wine list no…… what were you thinking of……. Me- maybe some white wine? Nice and dry? Maybe something from New Zealand? Waitress- erm…. I think we have a Pinot?? I don’t know about wine, I’m the wedding planner….. Me- ok let’s try the Pinot… Screw top of Italian Pinot Grigio plonked on the table and three glasses plonked down upside down….. By this point we really needed the wine! Mains were served, plated turkey dinner. We wait patiently for the dish of veg seen in the middle of all the other tables. It doesn’t arrive. I catch the eye of the waitress and enquire…. In her words ‘hmmm, they have run out of veg and there’s no more. I’m not sure what the plan is….’ No apology, nil, nada. Not five mins later we see veg sailing out to other tablets. At this point not even the wine is enough to soothe and we managed to ask the only sensible member of staff in the place, who magics up some veg asap. I could go on but I won’t. What the experience lacked in terms of service, it make up for in sheer comedy value but was daylight robbery for what we actually had. Hey ho! Update- very kindly the venue read my review and got back to me directly without me having to chase. They kindly refunded the cost of a bottle of wine and £15 per head. To be clear, the food was fine, I think we expected a little more for the price though, maybe a glass of fizz on arrival, coffee and petit fours after the meal etc. Kelly was fab on the day and when replying. The rest of the service was poor as described as above.

A sunny Saturday evening and no restaurants in town had any space, so our only option was the chippy. Well how fortunate we were. The food was brilliant, well cooked and great tasting batter on the thick cod portions, delicious chips and mushy peas just as they should be. Helpful friendly staff advised us of an idyllic spot to sit and eat our order on the old bridge over the river. It was a delight to sit over the river and savour our evening meal out of the paper . If we are in the area again we will not hesitate to go back for seconds, keep up the great work guys! Best wishes for continued success, John and Caroline

Very helpful and friendly staff, excellent gluten free cake, an new extra coffee machine would be a helpful addition, so that more than one cup of coffee can be made at a time.

Visited here on a Saturday evening as a party of five. The service was very slow but the food was of a decent standard. In short, every item we ordered had between 55p and £2 added to their menu price with an additional 10% on top. Unfortunately we didn't realise this until leaving and would've had every right to refuse to pay the prices that weren't advertised. Please see below for the long version of my review... On receiving the bill for the meal we realised the total amount was incorrect (£10 more) and queried this with the waiter. The waiter stated that he had added on 10% and said "this is what we do now" and then walked away. When we were about to pay for the meal, the waiter saw we wanted to pay by card and said it was cash only..this was not made clear on entering the restaurant or when we made our order. We didn't have cash so had to leave the restaurant and walk to the closest cash point 5 minutes down the road. On leaving the restaurant we checked the menu we were given on leaving and realised not only had 10% been added to the bill but all of our dishes had between 55p and £2 added to their menu price. I understand prices have risen for everyone but this seemed like a sneaky tactic and we would've had every right to refuse to pay the additional cost for the meal.

Went for breakfast as a treat with the wife and kids. Absolutely great. The service was top notch with friendly staff and a welcoming atmosphere. The breakfast was brilliant, cooked perfectly and lovely ingredients, with proper butchers bacon and sausages and the best vine tomatoes I’ve ever had. Well recommended, and a treaty breakfast here is now likely going to turn into a family tradition.

We visited this restaurant last night. We arrived and had the jovial waiter. We placed our order for the food and for the wine and a non alcoholic beer. The starter arrived lots of Olives but no balsamic vinegar. The starters went and then came the main meal, still no wine or drinks arrived. Then another waitress asked if we would like a drink and we said we had ordered wine, I will chase it, it still never came. Then the waiter came over asking if we would like to order some drinks, we said we had he said what and we said no 8 for the wine, we were told it was out of stock, so we had another choice. The res wine eventually arrived cold. The steak was not cooked how I had asked, covered in a gravy and I asked for a steak knife and the waiter just changed one knife for another the same. I did ask the waiter what was the gravy and he had no idea

See reviews for New Inn, same ownership, Dirty rooms, terrible food. I would not stay here for free.

The staff are so friendly, accommodating and patient. The room's are basic but what more do you need. I have a 4 month old I had left at home with his dad, so I had to pump my breast milk and rather than throw away the milk they stored it in the freezer for me and even gave me frozen packs to travel home with. My milk was still frozen solid so nice that they did this for me. All the weekend activities were planned from Merlins, call of the wild and they were on time, really well planned and the team were fun and helpful, we all enjoyed the absailing, rock climbing and gorge walking and this was a group of 16 hung over girls. Thanks for a lovely stay. The village is lovely also. Very memorable stay and would recommend. 😀

Always a great vibe, super friendly/helpful staff. I often go there to watch the sport and they have lots of screens showing different games.

Travelled from south wales on our only child free weekend to recieve a terrible service! Arrived at 3:30 and the hot tub was freezing cold from the moment we got there! Tried to blame us for taking the lid off that it wasnt warm! Bed was unmade with no bottom sheet. Did not recieve an email with terms and conditions about bbq’s on the grass which id say having signs for people to see no bbq’s on the grass would be more obvious! Tried to fine us 100£ for the grass and 200£ for leaves being in the hot tub when i dont understand how you can avoid that if your in the hot tub most of the day/night with trees surrounding your pod! Just another excuse! We didn’t get the chance to use the hot tub! Filled us with excuses from the moment we got there promised the hot tub would be warm by 9 and then it went to theyll empty and refill with warm water instead, but that didnt happen! Also ignored any repsonsibility to answer our questions on when the hot tub would be useable! Could have saved ourselves £120 and stayed at home in our garden! Our third stay there and thats our thanks! Would not recommend or return!

I had a flat white and an espresso here, both of which I found a bit underwhelming. Firstly, the espresso had absolutely no crema. It seems like they were using very old beans. It tasted extremely bitter to the point of being undrinkable. Sadly, the flat white was not far behind. Too much air was added to the milk, leaving big bubbles in it as opposed to microfoam. I don't think the barista had much training on using the machine (though, hopefully, she will improve over time!)