Penney Farthing - Rhondda Cynon Taf

5 of us went for Mother’s Day lunch and we found everything to be fine okay the service for drinks were a bit slow but the food was fine and piping hot, beef very tender , lamb and pork also very good as other family members remarked no complaints whatsoever with the food , surroundings a bit dated but a really nice Sunday lunch

Terrible Sunday Lunch. Bland and tasteless. Frozen vegetables. Don’t think the stuffing ball had even been cooked and was absolutely tiny. Beef was very thickly cut and chewy. All just very stodgy and bland.

Went for Xmas lunch with friends, very disappointed with the lunch, cost £29.95, and for that I had pate, which was literally half a pack of pate which you’d buy in the supermarket the bread was nice) when lunch arrived it was a mound of mash potato with a soggy Yorkshire stuck on the top. The veg was practically non existent. I had literally two tiny and I really mean tiny) sprouts , 2 carrot batons, 4 green beans , 2 hard roasties, half a parsnip, tiny stuffing ball which I thought was a sprout to begin with . They did bring a bowl of peas. The gravy was tasteless and too thick. I couldn’t face the crumble then when it arrived. £7.80 for a glass of wine, it was the same wine Tesco sell for £7 for the bottle. Dec dated .

It’s nice enough meal nothing wrong just a bit bland nothing exciting. Great service fast and helpful. Was very loud in there that’s nothing to do with the establishment as it was busy and lay out was a bit dated.

So we went to celebrate a birthday for Sunday lunch, two Sunday’s ago.Arrived parked in car park. Went inside and I was surprised on the decor, very old fashioned, didn’t look as if much money had been spent on the place. The restaurant was a very big open plan room, reminded me a bit of an old fashioned ballroom in a hotel! Very very cold. Young girls serving with no clue what they needed to bring to the table, had to ask for mint sauce, apple sauce etc. A drink was ordered and asked without ice but was brought with ice. It was sent back. Food brought out at the same time, that was a positive. Little meat on our plates. Meat was placed on the plate with mash on top of it. Positive was the veg, ample veg brought out in separate dishes. All food was hot, also extra gravy brought out in jugs, which was also a positive. The food had little taste, the meat was over cooked, however mash and gravy was very nice. Felt that the dinner was slightly over priced by around £2 each. The place had no atmosphere and I had to keep my coat on until it got warmer when more people filled up the room. It was rather disappointing. I feel I’ve given a fair review with both positives and negatives mentioned. Won’t be returning. I very rarely go out for Sunday lunch and again I’ve been let down with the tasteless food and the cold and horrible decor of the room. Not great.