Pen-y-Bont Inn — Restaurant in Wales

Went for the food and left with depression.

Alarm bells should have gone off when the first conversation you hear is between the staff and a customer about the joys of being CS gassed.

The guy who came to take our order seemed baffled that we wanted to order starters and mains but not have them come out together. His confusion could be explained by the fact he had worked 11 hours in his other job and wasn't supposed to be there. I'm not sure how I know he had worked 11 hours and wasn't supposed to be there, it might have something to do with the 15 times he mentioned it.

The starters came and they were nice, but then it went downhill fast. We ordered crispy sea bass with new potatoes and a beurre blanc sauce, turns out they didn't have any beurre blanc, we were offered chasseur sauce but opted to have it dry, next we were informed the chef "didn't trust the new potatoes" so we opted for champ and then it was delivered and the bass was as crispy as jelly. Of the 3 elements of the dish we got 0. Did I mention the waiter/barman had worked 11 hours in his other job and shouldn't have been there.

Meal 2, Bacon cheese burger with fries, the burger was good but the "Fries" were skin on chips, almost the size of wedges and barely cooked.

Meal 3 "Steak Pie and chips with veg"

This was delivered by the waiter/barman had worked 11 hours in his other job and shouldn't have been there. (Not sure if I mentioned that)

The chips looked suspiciously like the fries from the burger meal. They were cooked the same too. The veg was some tenderstem broccoli, which I'm convinced the waiter/barman started cooking before he worked 11 hours in his other job, did you know he wasn't supposed to be there?

The pie was unique, ⅔ of the steak was cooked just to the point of tender, you could call it tender adjacent. The other ⅓ was like chewing on a Wellington boot. It should have been put on to cook at the same time as the broccoli, by the waiter/barman had worked 11 hours in his other job and shouldn't have been there. Finally I don't think I've ever seen anyone mess up instant gravy, but I'm pretty sure they ration the granules and use the same...

Very limited Sunday menu. Only one veggie option! No lime cordial which seems an odd thing for a pub to run out of. No bottled fruit cider. Some on draughty though. Veggies arrived half way through the meal but were delicious so that was ok, if everything else had been ok too. However my beef was dry and over cooked. So dry that it was hard and impossible to cut. I left it all except one slice. We did complain and the waiter apologised however nothing knocked off the bill or offered. It looked as if it had not been kept under gravy properly while it was being kept warm. So not really a good value meal! Happy to pay these prices and more for quality food. Unfortunately this wasn’t up to the mark. I’d expect a manager or chef to speak to us after a complaint and as we had dessert there was plenty of time. It was very quiet on a Sunday lunchtime so that should really have given me a clue. However it was too late by then as we’d booked. Very...

Attached is a picture of the lamb roast dinner, very disappointing. 3 cold roast potatoes, a bit of mash and a few sheets of what looked like lamb you'd get out of a packet and put on a sandwich. Me and mum both ordered the same and they Brought a dish of a few veg for us to plate and share our selves instead of just putting them on the plate for us. The only nice part of the meal was the gravy, that actually tasted really nice. When we got the bill they had over charged us by 2 pounds for the roast dinners, which made me laugh. When queried, this was sorted out and we had £1 reduced from the bill. I Ordered a pint and it sat at the bar for a good 10-12 minutes before it got brought over to me. The restaurant is very nice looking and they have a large garden at the rear for eating and drinking aswell. I have to say all the roast dinners I saw looked the same aswell so I wouldn't recommend...