The Moody Cow Farm Shop & Welsh Bistro — Restaurant in Wales

Visited here with a party of 13, all ranges of ages who had gathered to celebrate with a family evening meal for an 88th birthday.

This is a large place which was busy so a challenging time for the staff.

We were pre-booked with two weeks notice so to find we were placed on two different tables back to back in the bar area was not only surprising but also very disappointing. The larger table had bench seating which was not only uncomfortable but meant a backwards climb to get out or having to ask multiple people to move.

It would have been easy enough for the establishment to have made room for us elsewhere, a little thought and effort is all it required, especially considering the number in the party and the large bill we paid.

There was a large choice of areas and table configurations within the space so it was something straightforward to do if staff could have been bothered, and I am removing a service star because of that.

The bar area was busy with people who seemed to have drank a few too many and insisted on dropping loud F bombs (we had children with us) and they had a large dog which random noisy people seemed to want to congregate around to pet.

My food was nice, Welsh rarebit followed by Lasagne. Others were disappointed with aspects of their dishes. Coleslaw too dry and pavlova rock hard etc Bar: good lagers and quick service but beer options were poor - their just wasn't any. If you wanted Doombar for example it was only available alcohol free from a bottle and was like flat coke mixed with treacle.

Gents toilet was small and awkward if more than a couple of patrons were using it, and for such a large place this could be a problem?

On the whole 2 stars, hope this feedback is appreciated by the...

We first visited The Moody Cow in 2019 whilst on holiday and absolutely loved it! They served us the best onion bhaji I've ever tasted. We found ourselves on a brief couple of days away in the same area this week (June 2023) and knew we HAD to go back. We were not disappointed!!! We were incredibly impressed on our first visit at not only the beautiful food but the lovely atmosphere and friendly staff and it was reinforced at our second visit. We this time had our dog with us and checked before we went in if he would be welcome and were told 'absolutely!' 🙂. We were very quickly seated by a lovely member of staff and our orders were taken. The food and drinks were served very quickly and presented beautifully. As we expected, the taste was incredible! Stunning fresh produce had very obviously been used and we thoroughly enjoyed our meals. What we didn't check out was the new addition since our last visit the moody calf....as we didn't have our son with us this time.... but from what we saw on the outside it looks gorgeous!

If anyone is coming to this gorgeous part of Wales you need to visit the Moody Cow.... its a little gem! It goes without saying the food is stunning, (the farm shop sells gorgeous produce too) the surroundings inside and outside are also beautiful but really what makes this place very special and makes us want to go back is the atmosphere there. The staff are so very friendly from the moment you step over the door, nothing is too much trouble and they truly make you feel at home. You can tell that the owners of this establishment have put their heart and soul into this place, their love and attention oozes from the walls, furniture and fittings. Visit The Moody Cow you will absolutely not be...

Will never go back here again. 12 of us had a family birthday meal at 6pm on a Saturday night. Disappointed as soon as we walked in. Our table was positioned near the bar, there were many people there who had been watching Wales play rugby on the TV, the were very loud and drunk but that wasn't the pubs fault so we carried on to order our food. I personally had a T-bone steak, which was awful, asked for medium rare, outside was charred and burnt and inside was rare, the steak had a lot of fat and sinews especially around the bone, both daughters had burger that was also charred and very dry, wife also had a burger but hers was OK. My pudding was sticky toffee pudding and custard, the custard came in a little jug to share with another, I poured the custard on my pudding and it was cold, as in just out the carton cold, so told the waitress that there was cold custard on my cake and she took it back, 5 minutes later the same cake had the same custard on it and had simply been microwaved until the toffee on the cake had crystallised solid and could not be eaten. It was busy there so could put this experience down to a one off, even sort of excusable. But the thing that we all agreed on why we would never go back was the number of dogs in the restaurant and bar area, obviously the dogs had 'accidents' which the waitresses cleaned up, the same waitresses serving the food, every now again a dog would bark setting off the other dogs to a...