We visited here on a family trip recently and were not impressed. Food came within about 5 minutes of ordering (never a good sign when you order a hot meal). The club sandwich was gross - it had tasted like it had just been pulled out of a fridge - even the toasted part was old and chewy (how hard can it be to freshly toast it?!) and the whole thing was really cold. A jacket potato was hard in the middle and sat on top of salad which was all brown and old on the underneath side - as though you're not going to see it when you put it on your fork! Kids meal was no better, with fish fingers which were cold in the middle and chips that tasted of old oil. All in all pretty foul food. Staff made no attempt to engage with me or the kids even though they were virtually empty. You get what you pay for though I suppose - we all ate for £20.
The decor is motel style circa 1990 with a nasty mix of cheap wood effect, white polystyrene ceiling, red walls and dashes of blue, and cheap tables and chairs. Needless to say it isn't a particularly pleasant place to sit and eat. Described by local signs as a service station (as it's on one of the main routes through Wales) this is a garage with a restaurant and a garden. As a stop off place it is convenient and the garden is good for the kids to blow off steam on a long journey (although it has no play area per se). For that, and that only, it gets two stars.
If we do the route again we'll definitely stop further on in Rhyadar or one of the roadside pubs. Icky. read more
