The Rising Sun Inn in Abersychan is a lovely cottage style inn. The car park was full so our expectations were high. The sun was shining so we ventured into the bar to get some drinks to take to the garden. The landlady was the first member of staff we saw – she was rude in her manner and would look more professional if she were wearing a uniform. All the other staff was friendly and polite. We were taken to our table in the restaurant area – the first thing I noticed was that the carpet was dirty and obviously hadn’t been cleaned from the night before. There were dried peas and remnants of chips and crumbs. Our starters came I had the butternut squash soup which was really nice. My partner had breaded garlic mushrooms – she said they were really greasy and you could see the oil running out of them as she put her fork in. One of them actually had so much oil in them that they burnt her mouth!
Our main meals came; I had the pork and my partner the chicken! These were accompanied by tasteless vegetables, tasteless gravy and the meat was dry and bland. The Yorkshire puddings looked homemade but they were dry and also bland!
The dessert was nice... coffee and chocolate cake – obviously not homemade because I’ve seen it in other restaurants.
It’s fair to say we won’t be visiting again!
Which is a shame because it's a gorgeous pub!
Rualex
Have been to this pub many times with my parents-in-law. Very good food, good service and the staff are all very friendly. Would highly recommend it to anyone. Need to get there on the early side for lunch as the car park is not very big!
