Reviews in Cardiff and South Wales

i love this place food is cheap i now go here once a week the food is the best I've tasted. the staff are great i cant say enough bout this place i always av the chicken tikka masala and the way they do it it tastes great cant recommend this place enough if u haven't been here u should try it best curry house in cardiff ive tried all the others and this place beats the competition hands down.

i used to like this place but i now find 2 doors up the rad hunni its far far better the staff have time 4 you in the kismet i allways feel they rush you to finish ur staters and the rad hunni they make the curry to ur likeing as i have chiken tikka massala done wiv a sweet tang to it its not to much trouble 4 these guys. and 6.95 4 course u cant go wrong.

Do not go there! Having been there very recently for their all you can eat Sunday buffet, a friend and I were treated very badly. We were told that we were greedy for taking more than 1 small plate between us for the chutney tray and when I took a clean plate for my main, I was questioned about this which I thought was extremely rude as this was simply hygienic. My friend felt so intimidated that she didnt even eat a main course. When we paid the bill and explained our thoughts, the staff were not very understanding or helpful.

The Amroth Arms has excellent home cooked local food. They are always welcoming with polite and helpful staff. You need to book on Saturday evenings and for Sunday lunch. The local Welsh Black Beef steaks from the grill are very good as is the local crab salad. Always very good value and quality.

great food, wonderful host and chef, always happy to please

Great food, great beer, great value. We were delighted to find Butterflies in Blanaevon via an obscure web reference but also recommended by Oakfield B & B where we were staying. The atmosphere was welcoming and the bar seems to be the best kept secret in the town. The service is fantastic and nothing was too much trouble. We thoroughly recommend a visit.

I am very disappointed in the management and security staff at Alfred’s bar & grill. On Friday 18th July 2008, I was having a quiet drink in the bar area downstairs with my friend. A female customer whom I did not know, pushed me off a bar stool from the back. Rather than start a confrontation, I seeked help from the bouncers and manageress on duty. Nothing was done! I was fobbed off even though I gave a full description and told them where the female was sitting. I felt it best to leave and it ruined an other wise lovely evening.

I made a reservation for 2 people to visit the Whitchurch branch of Zio Pin on a Friday night. On arrival we were "greeted" by a miserable girl at the bar who couldn't find our booking and looked like she'd rather be elsewhere. Her boss came over and said "it's not there, nothing I can do." Eventually he finds he's booked it in for the Saturday night. We would have accepted an apology but he wasn't at all sorry and didn't offer to make amends. I will not be returning to this restaurant and would not recommend it due to the rude attitude of the staff.

visited last year July 2007 for my boyfriends birthday. Lovely location great views. All of which spoilt by the service and the food. We ordered a steak and sea bass. Fish was lovely but the steak although asked fr medium was raw. We sent it back, all they did was burn the outside which left it tough. We complained when the manager asked us was everything ok, we also wrote our comments on the comments sheet leaving our phone numbers. Although the manager said he would deal with it and for us not to worry he would sort something nothing was ever done and we were expected to pay for the poorly cooked meal. As it was a birthday celebration we didn't want a scene so we have voted with our feet and won't go there again. We have also told everyone we know about our evening there. If the problem had been dealt with properly we may have gone back as the wine list is good and the location very pleasant. As a result of poor service we will never go there again and neither any of our friends. Big mistake as we eat out every week.

The problem with Toby Carvery in Newport is that when i went there i finished my food and then it took ages like 30 mins to come just to pick our plates up and to take our order for the desert !

If Indian restaurants were owned by Indians then you would notice what a proper curry tastes like, chicken is never boiled and then added to a sauce. Curries cooked in 5 mins not a real curry. Ask where the chef comes from first before you eat.

The food was OK, but service not great. Cold food not my favourite.

Has the potential to be a nice pub. For now, most locals seem to have drifted away. Bar attracts young and boisterous crowd. Lounge can be very quiet - and a bit depressing. There's an Indian restaurant upstairs: food OK, but lacking in atmosphere.

In a good spot below the road to Castell Coch. Well-run pub. Food inexpensive but usually pretty good. Popular stopping-off point with walkers and cyclists. Bar usually full of people watching sport.

Some of the best cooking around, mostly using local ingredients, which can rival any restaurant in South Wales.

This has now been pulled down

An utter dump. Awful food and the place is generally dirty and run down. NOT recommended.

Disguted!! Booked a double room for my wife and myself. On arriving we managed to get our keys, eventually, and we were shown to our room. When we booked we were told that they had a twin and a double room, we booked the double, we were also told that if we cancelled we would be charged £10 each. The room looked nothing like the room shown on their website, it was a twin room, and when we said about it the woman said that they would push the two single beds together. Pushing 2 single beds together in a very small pokey room does not make it a double. We refused the room as it was not worth anywhere near the £75 per night they were trying to charge us, we were told that we were just being picky and that we would still be charged by a jumped up member of staff. Bring back the old owners I say, and so do many others we have spoke to.