Gadlys Arms — Restaurant in Wales

AVOID AT ALL COST!!! Honestly I’ve just had the absolute worst eating experience I’ve ever had in a restaurant!!! It’s my mother’s birthday and I decided to take her for a meal as she’s been very ill for the last few weeks and I wanted to get her out, and we thought we’d try the gadlys as we hadn’t been there for years!!! When we first arrived the landlady was welcoming, but my mother didn’t like The BBQ ribs she had as a starter, they were terrible, all you could taste was fat and oil and when my mother told the landlady she didn’t like them our service completely changed, she said to my mother “well your the first one to not like them” very rudely and walked away, my mother wasn’t trying to be awkward or anything but they really were inedible, I tried a little bit and it was like a lump of fat on a bone. But from that point on we were made to feel completely unwelcome, then the male owner came from the kitchen with the woman landlady and we overheard him talking about us and what he said completely floored us, he said “well if she doesn’t like it, she can go somewhere else” I’m sorry but that is completely unexceptable!!! They didnt even come to our table during our main to see if everything was ok and even though we wanted something else we didn’t ask because we felt we couldn’t anymore!!! I ordered deep fried chicken for starters expecting it to be like a kfc chicken but when it came it was just chicken strips in breadcrumbs, something you could get from Iceland, then fish and chips for main, the fish was bland and the batter oily, the chips were hard, my grandmother had pate for starters which she really enjoyed actually and steak and ale pie for mains which the pastry lid was completely burnt, it’s really disgraceful that they felt it was ok to even bring that from the kitchen, but again we felt we couldn’t say we weren’t happy about it because of how they had reacted to my mother saying it about the starter!!! We felt so unwelcome by that point that We got 2 desserts to go because we couldn’t wait to get out of there, the chocolate fudge cake and apple tart, they were ok but in all honestly I’ve had better from Asda, Also we had my 6 year old brother with us and when the landlady came to our table to clear the plates he tried to speak to her about ice-cream and she didn’t even answer him that’s how completely ignorant she was!!! Also the deco is completely horrible and the really old fashioned music they play over and over in there was really depressing, boring and loud, and all the landlord and landlady did was argue with each other!!! But everything aside, the bad food, the horrible deco, and depressing music, it was the disgusting service and the horrible landlady and landlord that will make it so that they will never never have our...

Hard to rate it really as it's barely ever open. I've heard a few not so great things from people who've gone there but as for my visit there.... Impossible.

I was local to the area for a while and went by this pub many many many many many (plus many more many's) times. Never open in the day, I've never seen anyone in the beer garden (it doesn't look like anyone has for years) and have only ever seen it open sometimes after 6pm. According to their Google opening times, that's when they open but it's not always the case.

It doesn't look very inviting at all. Plenty of paint falling off and it doesn't seem well looked after. 3/5 food hygiene rating which I suppose isn't too bad.

So I guess there you have it. A pub that is in quite a built up area but for some strange reason only opens for supposedly 3 hours a day according to Google (6pm-9pm) but often doesn't so might be a wasted journey. No idea what the drinks are like (I doubt they sell many pints opening so infrequently, so unless they are pouring a lot of beer away, it may not be the freshest).

It's a strange one to me, perhaps the owners are happy with things as they are with low footfall and just making a few quid off meals (which from the photos on here don't look too bad) every other evening. A shame really as it's a pub not a restaurant (that doesn't mean they aren't allowed to do meals by the way) and with being in such a built up area, a lick of paint and consistent, longer opening times within the boundaries of their licence terms would turn it into a pretty decent pub and...

Would not even give this hole a 1 star. A group of 12 of us went for a birthday. Was told they couldnt cater for more than 12 as it was so "busy" . But we were the only ones there. My niece had bbq ribs and wigletts. Absolutely smothered in bbq sauce to disguise the lumps of fat underneath. It was totally disgusting. She took it back to say she couldnt eat it only ti be told" well you will have to pay for it" I had chicken curry. It came and looked really appetizing . then there was a strong smell of vinegar. I cut a piece of chicken up and ate it. Very dry and no nice. I smelt the chicken and the only way i can describe the smell was stale urine!!!! I took it back and the landlady said "oh for god sake. What now" explained that the chicken was off. I was called a liar. To this point the so called chef came out! Started shouting and being totally out of order. Made me feel like i was in the wrong. I went back to the table and sat down. Could not believe what i had been told. Then both the landlady and cheg came and wanted to know how everyone elses food was. Out of 12 meals. Only 2 could actually say that thrirs was ok. If you are thinking of going here i would avoid!!!! E.H.O have been contactef reguarding this matter. Save yourself a journey and go else where. We will definitely not be returning. We have family gatherings there 3 times a year. Not any more. Avoid by...