Red Cow Inn Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Everything was delicious and above expectations."
• "The food was great value for money."
• "The meals were absolutely lovely. Had the lasagne and my friends got the steak and ale pie. Would highly recommend either."
• "The food was excellent- tasty, generous and well prepared."
• "The food items although individually cooked nicely."
• "The curry was a huge hit and my burger was one of the best ever."
• "Huge portions of proper home cooked meals, really tasty."

Cons:

• "This is hands down the worst food I’ve ever had in a pub."
• "Food was average. I had ordered a jacket potato which had just been nuked in the microwave and was like lava."
• "Food was actually terrible, gammon was like the underside of an elephants foot."
• "Unfortunately the food was pretty bad. The 'katsu' curry was about as far from a katsu' as you can get."
• "Literally served us happy shopper food from the local shop."
• "If I could give zero I would ..just ordered the chicken and ribs combo..the salad, bland, chicken..no seasoning, not even salt and pepper."
• "The nachos are pathetic, cheap, weak and tasteless chips, tinned chilli con carne."

Service

Pros:

• "Great service, very friendly, really good veggie and vegan menu."
• "Staff are extremely welcoming and friendly."
• "Waitressing staff very courteous and helpful."
• "The staff were working really hard and were always polite."
• "Service top notch."
• "The staff were very friendly and helpful. Well worth a visit."
• "Very friendly and welcoming service."

Cons:

• "The worst place I’ve even been in my entire life for food, the seating area was grubby, the wait for our food was unbelievable."
• "Qued for 20mins to order food, only 5 people in front of me but the single barman was serving people sitting at the bar."
• "Great location but terrible service, never found such an angry unwelcoming host."
• "Food took 40mins to arrive and then no knives and forks came out before we finished."
• "Poor service! Was shown to a table but took 15 minutes for someone to come ask for our drinks."
• "We visited here for dinner and drinks, the waitress told us to find a table and she'd be over in 5 mins, we waited around 30 mins but no one came over."
• "Very bad experience & customer service."

Ambiance & Location

Pros:

• "Located in a nice place if it is sunny then you will love it when you sit out."
• "Fabulous pub and restaurant in beautiful village with great views."
• "Beautiful little spot to enjoy lunch."
• "Outside seating with sun shades and great views."
• "Lovely old pub, decent food at a good price and friendly staff."
• "A good old fashioned pub inside and a nice seating area at the front."
• "Lovely traditional and homely Welsh pub with proper delicious pub grub and a real roaring fire!"

Cons:

• "Beware though, signal is not great here and their WiFi struggles as well."
• "We sat upstairs and it was quite warm and the windows didn't open so something to bear in mind!"
• "Car park is pretty small so you may struggle to find a space to be prepared to take on the hill."
• "However there was no soap in the women's bathroom so that was annoying."
• "The pub was fine but the toilet had no toilet paper and I’m not sure what’s going on with the lock."
• "Been here a few times but tonight was very disappointing, sent food back as jacket potato freezing, waited ages for menus, staff tried their best, ABSOLUTELY FREEZING there."
• "Beware the Naughty Corner and dodgy wifi!"

Value

Pros:

• "Prices of food and drink was very reasonable."
• "So friendly and welcoming. Reasonably priced for Ale and a roaring fire."
• "The price was very reasonable."
• "Great food with fantastic prices!"
• "Affordable prices for some great food."
• "Service was fabulous. Prices of food and drink was very reasonable."
• "Very cheap bought main meal and drinks for four adults and three children all for £55."

Cons:

• "Only stopped here briefly for coffee, which wasn't very wonderful, but that was reflected in price."
• "Only took cash though which could have been an issue."
• "Good food at great prices. The chips are fab. But you have to wait forever to get served at Bar."
• "If you are not from Wales, there is nothing to do there, because even a cup of coffee will not sell, a strange or maybe wrong attitude towards tourists."
• "The owner is so ungrateful that people come and help him after the pandemic. he was laughing at few of the customers!!! A disgrace."
• "Been here a few times but tonight was very disappointing, sent food back as jacket potato freezing, waited ages for menus, staff tried their best, ABSOLUTELY FREEZING there."
• "My partner ordered a chicken madras which was very sweet, straight out of a jar and just added spices to it we think."