The Aubrey Arms — Restaurant in Wales

Just home from my husband’s birthday meal out which i booked 3 days ago as our family was down from Scotland visiting. Was told only the marquee was available when I phoned so I booked it. Arrived at 5:50, table booked for 6pm. Strong smell of cannabis all around the car park, even my son commented. Marquee was cold and dingy, squelching wet carpet, mildew spots on the walls, freezing metal furniture, no heating or atmosphere but thought I’d give it a chance. It was also set up for a baby shower for around 20 people which we weren’t informed of! I wouldn’t have booked it if I knew at the time of booking. Very loud once the party arrived, couldn’t relax, noisy, not what I wanted for my husband’s birthday meal. Had to ask for menus, no urgency, ordered food and waited over an hour for our food to come (had to go and ask how long it’d be). A group of 6 people came in about 20 minutes after us and complained about their table (which was next to ours) and they were immediately taken inside the restaurant (which was meant to be fully booked). I asked to be moved inside but was told sorry it’s full. Food came, one chips short, had to ask for them, no offer of salt, vinegar or sauces. My burger should have came with sweet chilli sauce and garlic Mayo but neither came. I did mention it to the waiter but still it never came. We ate inside the restaurant 3 days ago and it was nice, what a difference. We booked again because it was a nice night. Anyone in the marquee is forgotten about, definitely not a nice experience to eat. Avoid the marquee ! It needs developing and money spent to make it enjoyable experience. Disappointed to say the least!! Can’t see us going back...

I was looking forward to trying the Aubrey as I’d never been here before and I had heard decent things about it. Honestly the worst burger I’ve ever had. I ordered a buttermilk chicken burger and I’m just really disappointed. The burger was smothered in cheese which I understand some people enjoy, the bacon was really fatty and the chicken burger, I personally wouldn’t say it was a buttermilk chicken burger at all. Basic breaded chicken breast which I would never had ordered if I had known.

My daughter had chicken nuggets and chips but you can’t really mess that up. My mum had the sea bass with prawns and chorizo which she’s had before and enjoyed. This time she said it was swimming the onions so much she couldn’t taste the fish. My grandfather had steak which in fairness, looked really nice. He said the peppercorn sauce was very bland.

The best meal was my grandmothers which was the ham and parsley sauce. Ham looked stunning but unfortunately, was transformed into parsley soup by how much sauce there was. I would have brought this up to a server but unfortunately, not one person came to check is everything was okay. We ended up waiting for our plates to be taken nearly 40 minutes after finishing in a not particularly busy period.

When they finally came, we explained that we weren’t happy with the food and were told it’s definitely a buttermilk coating that they buy. My mum mentioned about the seabass when paying as was told there’s 2 head chefs depending on what day you come, the food can be different. Which okay, yeah, I get that but there should still be some consistency. I understand how our experience might be the minority but I can’t say I’ll...

The Aubrey Armed and deranged!

After leaving the warmth of Asda I found myself wondering along the road in a heavy fog. A proper peasouper. Reminded me of the time I lived in London during the 1880s. I definitely wasn't in Whitechaple though. Definitely, 100% wasn't there in April 1888... I was on holidays. I have an alibi. I'm not Jack the Ripper. Pinky swear.

Anyway... I digress. As I wondered up the road I found a cosy little pub. The Aubery Arms. I walked in through the door and was greeted warmly by the server. I sat down by a window, view was less than inspiring. I mean seeing three women dressed in "Sports Direct Best" fighting over half eaten kebab in a 'Home Bargains' car park was entertaining (in the same way a live colonoscopy is entertaining. You watch but your slightly confused and a little aroused).

I looked at the menu and ordered the Calamary starter and the Pork and Prawn curry.

I also ordered a delicious pint of ice cold beer. The beer was crisp and beautiful. Really hit the spot. All was going well until my starter arrived.

The calamari, lord have mercy. They were chewy and the batter was raw. I could have used it to restring my sling shot. I could have used it as a rubber band. I could have tied the pieces together and used it as a bungee rope!!! No thank you!

Then the pork curry arrived. Like that song says "You ain't seen nothing yet!". Whoever devised the idea of using cider braised pork on a prawn curry needs their head examined. Awful. The flavour was like nothing I've ever eaten and nothing I ever want to eat again.

Aubrey Arms 1.5/5 (the 1.5 is because the beer was cold)

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