Caffi Siabod Reviews Summary

Atmosphere & Location

Pros:

• "The atmosphere of the cafe is very relaxed, with lots of seating inside and out, lots of parking and clean toilet facilities."
• "It's got that relaxed but positive atmosphere of lots of outdoor activities places."
• "Cafe is spacious, so plenty of room for rucksacks and dogs😀."
• "A very relaxed and friendly atmosphere, lovely photos and climbing related exhibits, and a full map on display for you to pore over where you've been, or where you're about to go."
• "Great to have somewhere that don't mind you leaving your car while you go for a walk."
• "Nice view from the front as well."
• "This place is perfect for locals and travellers situated perfectly in the heart of snowdonia only a footwalk away from lots of different ranges."

Cons:

• "However if you are wanting to charge your electric car, both times we came a car was slightly blocking access to the charging point."
• "The car park was packed and there were people parking on the road."
• "Sat outside on the picnic benches. great views, the downside outs it's right by the road side."
• "Some queuing system that makes no sense customers walk in and out into each other."
• "The toilet also needs attention, plenty of cobwebs and dust around fans (it was not 'one day' dust or dirt)."
• "Only criticism is my confusion with the toilets."
• "One minor thing was no hand soap in the toilet my family member used."

Staff & Service

Pros:

• "Staff are amazingly polite and helpful."
• "The staff here are very friendly and happy even during early morning."
• "Staff are friendly and polite."
• "The staff are all so friendly and accommodating."
• "The staff could not be more helpful with information about the surrounding area."
• "Very friendly staff, clean tables and cutlery."
• "The staff were very welcoming, pleasant and very helpful."

Cons:

• "The waitress bit his head off and said he should have thought about that before ordering the food. Incredibly rude and up for a fight."
• "No acknowledgment that a customer was even there while the bloke from behind the counter walked past me to chat to someone that was trying to leave."
• "Service was slow and our orders arrived at different times."
• "I didn't appreciate the waitress making me que back up for a coffee refill while my breakfast got cold."
• "On first entry it's clear this place is not good dirty plates on empty tables miserable staff."
• "Staff weren’t exactly rude but certainly weren’t 'warm and welcoming' and just made to feel like we were an inconvenience."
• "Incredibly rude staff."

Food & Drink

Pros:

• "Their food is great, the selection of cakes is always good."
• "The food is always very good, especially the homemade cakes."
• "They really are the most enormous and tasty scones, there's delicious cakes."
• "The food here is amazing I love the sausages and the coffee is pretty good too."
• "A small snack is really what most people consider a meal, it will taste great and you will leave feeling satisfied. All for reasonable price."
• "Amazing selection of cakes with scones the size of your head-i'd recommend sharing if you're not just back from a hefty romp in the hills like we were!"
• "The food was superb!!! Portions on the large size (but that doesn't bother me😊)."

Cons:

• "Friendly staff but awful brunch lunch with pre cooked dried out sausages, over cooked fried egg, poor excuse for chips and baked beans pored over everything / bar the crusty egg."
• "The cook, not a chef needs to learn how to make French toast correctly, a chainsaw is needed to get through it."
• "Awful brunch lunch with pre cooked dried out sausages, over cooked fried egg, poor excuse for chips and baked beans pored over everything / bar the crusty egg."
• "But... the Welsh rarebit we had there was the worst we ever had.... squeezy cheese running all over the plate off the toast..."
• "The cakes are amazing but drinks are very over-priced and not even good."
• "Honestly it was disgusting, its not French toast, more like an over cooked fried bread, no flavour, the bacon was like stips of rubber."
• "Sadly the toast came out still half bread like untoasted and was cold."

Value & Extras

Pros:

• "It's worth spending 5 mins looking in the soul of Snowdon photo gallery, we were so impressed with the photography we bought a snow covered panoramic view of the Snowdon horseshoe."
• "Overnight parking is £5 purchase from inside the cafe, great of you're camping near by or off on a night hike."
• "The service and food is superb. Excellent value!"
• "We thought it was good value also."
• "Good overall, quite cheap in price and probably the best option in the area."
• "A great café with a decent menu at reasonable prices."
• "Good food and lots of it for a very reasonable price."

Cons:

• "The prices seem a little high for the food you get."
• "The interior could, however, do with a redesign."
• "After waiting twenty minutes and still five others in front of her we left."
• "Overall however, the quality of the coffee and the food wasn't great and the prices weren't cheap either."
• "Lovely setting but food and prices leave a lot to be desired. Had a ploughman's which was very small and bread was stale."
• "We will not be revisiting because of his attitude."
• "Only marked down from 5 stars as toilets and parking aren't great."