Little Crown Inn — Restaurant in Wales

A little gem of a venue, hidden the heart of a Welsh valley, steeped in coal mining and victorian industrial history. Lots to see and do in the local area, fabulous walks on the doorstep too.

Staff are very friendly and helpful.

Also there is a children's playarea and this looks to be well maintained. There also appears to be seating outside, perfect for warmer sunnier days.

As you enter the restaurant, you can see it's meticulously clean and well kept. Decor is modern and comfortable in style.

The toilets are very clean and well presented with a unique design and a nod to the local coal mining history of where the restaurant is located.

The bar is well stocked, offering drinks for all kinds of palates and budgets, including tea and coffee.

The food is absolutely divine, and the chef is very knowledgeable of the dishes he has designed. I visited on Valentines Day, where there was a choice to order from their exclusive valentines menu and the regular day to day menu. There are a lot of different choices to suit everyone's tastes and budgets.

The food is well designed, prepared with care and love, and I'd say the gentleman who prepared it most definitely has a passion and flare for his craft. He was more than happy to come to the table and describe the different dishes on offer and chat re options available.

There was also a specials menu too.

Overall, I would highly recommend this venue.

Also to added I visited a second time with friends.

The venue was again clean and staff friendly.

We chose from the light bites menu. This was equally prepared with love and meticulous detail. I had the ham and handmade chips option with peas and was equally as good as the more intricate dishes sampled previously.

Thank you to the chef and the service team who made both visits immensely enjoyable and relaxed. We will...

Unfortunately our visit here for food wasn't good. We had reserved a table for two, was seated straight away & food order taken. The wait for starters was slow & we noted others who arrived after us was served before us, normally this wouldn't have been a problem if we hadn't been waiting almost an hour. The waitress apologised for the delay. When the starters arrived presentation was good & food hot & tasty, although there was no salad garnish as described on the menu. Another 45 minute wait & the main course was served. We both had different chicken dishes, again presentation was good. Sadly the food was awful. Both chicken breasts were overcooked, dry & rubbery. The dauphonoise potato was the worst I've had. NO sauce, & very dry. I couldn't eat it. We explained to the waitress, who took our concerns to the chef. She returned to say "He will take your points on board"! Whilst paying at the bar we also raised our concerns about the poor meals served to a different lady. Her reply "oh, £72 please" No offer of a discount, complimentary drink or apology. I understand a reasonable wait for food to be prepared & served, and that at busy times this may take longer, however, when we visited there were a number of empty tables and other guests had already been served their food. I don'tike to leave bad reviews, however I feel this is honest...

Went for Sunday lunch table was originally for 4 but they did fit in 6 people so that was good. It was not very busy at our 2.30 booking but still waited ages to be served. We finally got served then out starters came out before the drinks. We had to ask 3 times for our drinks! Finally drinks come out when we are nearly finishing our starters. Starters was nice. Then for long wait for our Sunday lunch. What can I say what a disappointment rock hard veg, cauliflower in particular couldn't even get a folk through! Packet mix Yorkshire by the taste and texture and one miserable seemed either re-warmed or very poorly made roast potato, with 2 thin slices of beef. Anyway as we must be gluttons for punishment we waited for desserts, and waited we did. Caramel crunch Ice cream with no crunch you get the gist. Miserable young staff seem more life in a wet wipe. Shame as it's been done up lovely but the food is just not it for me or those I was with. Also there was something like 12 pounds over charged on the bill when we worked it out later but in a rush to leave we didn't check if it was a service charge if so we would of asked for it to be removed because there was no service. I've had better Toby carvery and that's...