The Park — Restaurant in Wales

I know this local "haunt" very well, but not been there for a couple of years. Interesting place - known as a "scoring" zone (not Soccer) if you know what I mean. Service was not geared to the casual client, guest or tourista, but more suited to the frequent casual and heavy drinkers in the evenings and weekends. "It's a local's local for local people - and there's nothing for the likes of you other lot here!!!" I would get served in about 15 to 20 mins, local's locals service in 1 to 3 mins. But it is what it is. Beer was always perfect cellar temperature, lagers cold and refreshing so the beverages were top notch and the range of beers excellent. The reason I gave this 2 of 5 stars were for the reasons above - huge problem with any local bar, and the fact it's very edgy and iffy as bars go. It just has that atmosphere that if I visited in uniform, half the bar would run out the back door or jump through windows. Photos of half eaten pizza and cheese fries with close-ups of glasses of beer says it all. ...

I would give it less than 1 star if I could. The place allows anyone and everyone to drink and then drive themselves home, that’s clearly not safe. They don’t tell people to be quiet and don’t keep the place, surroundings and atmosphere under control. For example, at 10:20pm, everyone from that pub is shouting and screaming, while still drinking as much as possible (and yes that IS under the pub staff’s control). You can hear the place from streets away, and if you use common knowledge and the tiniest bit of empathy, you’d understand how irritating, tiring and irresponsible that...

My local and favourite pub in Barry. Always a warm welcome, friendly staff who get to know everyone’s name and always ask how you are. They also have great events with something going on most weeks whether is live bands, karaoke, quiz, etc. as well as showing all the sport. They’ve had a recent refurb and it looks amazing. This pub has something for everyone - proper pub atmosphere at the front with a quiet bar at the back and function/pool room upstairs. Gorgeous, large beer garden out the back for the summer months. 10/10 would recommend! In my eyes, the...