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A wonderful welcome, fabulous breakfast, lovely peaceful garden. Would highly recommend to anyone who loves great quality food and drink.

Thoroughly enjoyed our recent visits to The Ship Aground whilst staying in our bungalow in the area. As always, we received a warm welcome from Julian, Alison, the rest of the team and the locals, with the beer to its' usual high standard. The place was buzzing on the occasions we visited and I only wish that this pub was in Cardiff!! Looking forward to our next visit.

The Bothy Tea Room were an unexpected but pleasant surprise. Situated at the Colby Woodland Gardens, what set the tearooms apart from typical cafés at National Trust grounds was the array of loose leaf teas on the menu. There were some delightful-sounding herbal brews, of which we only time to try one, in addition to their black tea house blend. All teas and cakes were served in bone china, which made the tea-drinking experience truly decadent. There was a good freshly-baked cake selection too, which perfectly complemented their teas. For a tea and cake-focussed room, they had some surprisingly inventive bread rolls and baguettes, too. Service was polite and helpful, and the staff managed well during the busy time we visited. Located at the Colby Woodland Gardens, the location was perfect for lunch during the middle or at the end of a walk. It does become very busy during the middle of the day, though. There is a little indoor seating, with many more benches outside. We were delighted to have lunch and tea here, and would fully recommend it!

Gourmet food and a very comfortable stay in rooms that were luxurious and large. Only complaint was small portion sizes. Staff friendly and helpful though seemed short staffed.

Nice looking place BUT will not be recommending to friends/family. The absolute fuss of the staff and the silly rules with the bell and rope across the door to enter and exit the tea room are ridiculous. My brother had a toastie which was such a disappointment. £4.10 for paper thin bread with not much filling and no garnish on the plate. It literally looked like plain toast when they put the plate down on the table, not appealing to the eye at all. Then we got up to pay and the staff can see you through the kitchen door window but again you have to ring a bell for them to come out even though you can see them just standing one meter away just looking at you.

Booked a table for 2 for sunday lunch at 2pm. We were given a menu & we both chose the lamb, which we were told had sold out. Disappointing, but we opted for the beef. Our food was eventually served 50 mins later on cold plates followed by a tureen of vegetables 5mins after that , with a tiny jug of gravy ( to share!), which was also cold! We complained to the waiter who took both plates away to heat up, which took a further 5 mins & he brought them back one at a time, with extra jug of gravy. By which time the tureen of veg was also cold..but to be honest by then we had lost the will to live! But warmed up or cold, the meal wasnt good. While the beef was tasty, the roasties were like bullets, and the parsnips charred to a crisp & the vegetables were cold & tasteless. The mashed potato tasted & looked like it was from a packet. We did ask for the dessert menu, but since only 2 items were available, neither of which appealed to us, we paid the bill & left. As we made our way to the car park a man ,who was sat in the smoking shelter, asked if we had enjoyed our meal ( we think he was probably the landlord?!). My husband told him how how awful it had been, & all he said was "Aw..sorry bout that"! We will definitely not be returning or recommending this place to others.

This was our first visit and what a great find. Quiet, clean and most welcoming! Good 'cuppa' and coffee too! Will certainly visit again.

Nice food nice atmosphere went there with my wife in the evening of our friends bday excellent staff very friendly

We had our first meal here after arriving. Good take away menu, prompt. Good service. I had chilli which was great. I think they may also deliver but not sure.

First Visit and won’t be our last, Very welcoming and friendly. Dogs welcome and the landlady was lovely to our dog and other peoples dog. Food was outstanding all fresh ingredients and chips were very tasty not greasy. Meal we had was Gammon, egg, chips with side salad and peas. Gammon was super moist. Chicken in creamy mushroom sauce and chips. Chicken was super moist lovely sauce. 2 pints of cloudy cider Price was £41.50

Tues eve at gellifawr for an evening meal. Very limited choice but thankfully neither of us are fussy. We asked why there wasn't no music on and apparently speaker wasn't working which made things very quiet and awkward. The waiter was great, isaac, no faults at all, felt sorry for him if I'm honest. He offered us drinks, no lager :/. The meal then was very disappointing. Very greasy and small portions, no flavour. Tonight's bill was 47.. Last night's at a nearby pub was 26... No comparison. Last night's was 10x better. Very disapointed. 3/10

To be honest, whichever outlet of this chain you visit, the fudge is fabulous. Their entire business depends on this being so as fudge is their only product.

Lovely food ( not greasy) friendly staff, spotlessly clean. Relaxed atmosphere. Definitely recommend this place, ideal if your on a long journey.

This was our first time trying Kirin Palace as our usual Chinese is closed for a few weeks. Food took 90 minutes to arrive, and when it’s arrive it was luke warm and definitely not worth the wait. I asked for fried rice with no egg which they did for me but it was so bland. The salt and chilli chips were stale and tasted strange, neither salted or chilli, and the curry sauce had a strong clove and 5 space flavour. Only had a few forkfuls of each thing and threw the rest. Would not recommend and we’ll wait for Royal Dragon to reopen as we’ve never had a problem with them.