Yr Ieuan Ap Iago - JD Wetherspoon — Restaurant in Wales

When it comes to spoons, cheap is one of the main factors. You know what to expect each time. Typically there are a good selection of ales available and food is cheap but cheerful. Some spoons have a bit of character due to the former building it encompasses.

The yr leuan ap iago (yes, I have no idea how to say it either), is admittedly one of the worst Weatherspoons I've ever been in. It's very dull and the main seating area feels like one of those party halls we all hated being dragged along to for some family gathering when we were kids.

Ales are hit and miss. According to bar staff, people in the area prefer lagers to ales and so the selection is almost always poor (1, maybe 2 guest ales on tap). The app is usually never properly updated so it will show ales available which aren't on when you get there (normally it won't show any guest ales so visiting is a case of fingers crossed but usually ends in disappointment). One of the managers said they had reduced the price of guest ales to £1.99 in order to get more people drinking ales (ales are a love hate thing, reducing the price by 20p just isn't going to make everyone put down their lagers and switch).

People aren't too friendly there. Contrary to a lot of Weatherspoons I've been in where the regulars just get on with their own thing, I've encountered a few here needlessly gobbing off at me for no real reason whatsoever. People barge in at the bar, staff are often too few and it's a long wait for a pint and when finally getting served, it just feels so bland being there that phones, laptops, tablets or even going through the Weatherspoons magazine is an essential.

Food is ok, the usual. Everything else such as coffee and soft drinks are as you expect.

If you live local, no doubt you will be nodding at my comments. If you don't, then either give Aberdare a miss entirely or if you really have to go to the Yr Ap wotsit, try and sit in the little 'snug' bit (instantly to the left as you come in) to be shut away from the...

I visit here quite often whether it's for a meal or just a coffee. The free refill tea/coffee are great value for money and wouldn't go anywhere else. However on this particular occasion 7/1/19. I visited with my daughter and husband for breakfast. I ordered scrambled egg on toast (disappointed that they don't do wholemeal bread). My family ordered two full breakfasts with extra bacon. My meal came, the egg didn't resemble scrambled egg looked like omelette chopped up. Must have been cooked wrong. I didn't complain and ate it as I was hungry. I'd long finished my food and their breakfast still hadn't arrived. After 10 mins I asked the young girl who took meals to the next table. She went to check and came back and asked us what we had ordered. She went to get them and brought them back straightaway. They had obviously been sat there being kept warm all the time. Eggs were hard, grilled tomato dried out and no extra bacon on the plate. Mentioned the Bacon to the waitress she brought it to the table. Didn't want to complain again about the meals being dried out as didn't have time to wait again as the time was almost up on the car and didn't want a fine. A very disappointing experience this time. It won't stop us visiting again though as the hot drinks...

Recently had meal up here and it was ok Ordered large mixed grill but was missing an egg, the meat portions wasn’t to overly cooked but as an amazing man with an amazing appetite I was disappointed by the size on them. Didn’t like the lamb sausage, or the onion rings or peas and the chips wasn’t much cooked either. My steak was chewy and ham burnt, the lamb chop was tiny and I was missing the chicken portion part but the pork was lovely.. Mr brewer was a brilliant person man that brought food to us, although he did seem annoyed when I used to the app to order a pint of wine. But nonetheless he brought it to the table and swished his long beard round with such aplom I thought vedalsasoon were filming an add On the hole it was ok On the hole it repeated on me badddd

Bad point 89 year old men in all 78’s were smashing down the vodkas. I don’t normally give a rats but it was 9 o’clock on the sabbath Old Brain Potter will be doing wheelys in his grave.... if he was dead...

Old women throat punched me by the deal or...