Fantastic home cooked food here. Its a bit pricey but the service is good and the breakfasts are…read morehuge. It filled up with school children when I was there but, its a big place with more seats outside.

I think this is the best cafe in the town and it's certainly got the most choice. You find a table…read moreand then order at the counter, telling them where you're sitting, and they bring it over when it's ready. There are many hot meals and light snacks available, including baguettes and toasties, burgers (including a delicious vegetarian spicy beany) and omelettes. There are different coffees too, cakes and Italian ice cream in wonderful flavours. The staff seem quite pleasant and helpful. The cafe is quite long with tables going to the far end of the long room. There are steps part way along but the front part of the shop (at street level) is accessible to everyone. There are plastic tablecloths and the decor is a bit jaded but clean, with attractive pictures on the walls, and plants here and there. My only criticism would be that the cutlery (which you collect yourself from a tray) was a bit smeary. Not actually dirty I don't think (I hope not) but probably washed but not rinsed from the soapy water). I gave ours a good wipe with a napkin before we used it!

Straight forward cafe with light snacks and meals. Tea,coffee & cold drinks. Great friendly…read moreatmosphere with many regular diners and homely feeling.

Anne's Pantry is a nice community feel cafe that is at the bottom of Merthyr Tydfil town centre…read more The staff at Anne's are great and service you as quickly as possible. The staff never rush you for your seats even if they are bust, so you can stay there as long as you would like and enjoy what you have ordered. The staff also give friendly chat every now and again, and you feel welcome. They offer refershments such as pastires and side orders with plenty of tea, coffee, soft drinks, milkshakes and hot chocolates that they can offer you, a great cafe and would reccommend to anyone.

Nice quiet cafe at the bottom of town, good prices, somewhere to sit after a good old shop! :)read more

This lovely little cafe is a great place to rest tired legs when shopping in Pontypool. The prices…read moreare reasonable and you get some lovely home cooked food to eat in or take out. The menu offers traditional cafe choices; burgers, omelettes, fish and chips, lasagne etc along with filled rolls and desserts. This place is definately no frills decor-wise but it makes a lovely change from generic chain cafes and you can certainly tell that it's a family run business with a lot of heart put in. The bread and butter pudding is excellent and I'm always asked to bring back several portions worth for my friends and family.

Right in the centre of Llanishen village, the Coffee Lounge is without a doubt better than you…read moreaverage coffee shop!. Light and airy, with small tables, a number of sofas, and an outdoor eating area for those sunny days (which are here at last)! They have an excellent selection of homemade cakes, as well as pastries, sandwiches, crisps, and soft drinks, all of which can be for take away as well as eat in. The atmosphere really is great! As i sipped my cappuccino, Frank Sinatra crooned mellowly in the background. One little corner of the shop had shelves with jars of old fashioned sweets (which are the best kind of sweets in my opinion). Ornaments are showcased in glass fronted cabinets. A community noticeboard detailing local events as well as copies of todays newspapers seemed very popular. There is a steady stream of customers, but you can generally get a table with little bother!

I'm so saddened to be writing this review but I feel I have to in order to save anyone the…read moredisappointment I've had. I used to be a solid regular of the coffee lounge as I'm retired and living in the village, visiting at least 2-3 times a week. About a year ago, the owners decided to divorce and the husband continued to run it and I suddenly realised where all the skill had been! The homemade cakes stopped immediately, the fair trade coffee and products were replaced by sainsbury's basics but still advertised as fair trade!! (I wheedled it out of the young waitress there before she finished due to poor treatment). All in all its just terrible now, which makes us very sad here in the village. The owner doesn't live in the village (from up in Pontypridd) and has no care for his regulars or locals. The opening times are totally unreliable now and seem to be purely on his whim. I was in the shop just last week having just been served my lunch at 12:00 and he flicked the sign to closed on the door and refused to serve anyone else with no apology just attitude! When my latte was made too cold by the new waiter, I returned it and asked for another one. He took the late with no apology and litterally threw it in the sink in the kitchen. I think he thinks that just because he steps into the kitchen that we can't hear anything out in the shop! But I've often been sitting on the sofa and heard him mutter 'fuck off' in response to a customer request or having a temper tantrum and slamming plates around!! If he's not behaving such, the he spends his time on his phone texting whilst his underpaid staff are working hard to keep up with orders and taking the flack from customers for his lack of stock! I felt very sad and defensive of his staff, in particular Sue who supported him constantly during his strife, doing her job and the cooking to help. He paid her nothing but minimum wage and would cut her hours when he couldn't be bothered to come in. Sue is loved in the village and to be completely honest I timed my trips to the coffee shop ONLY on the days when she was working! We all wanted her to buy it but whilst he was allowing her to build a business plan he sold it to another Pontypridd boy who also owns a fish and chip shop. So I doubt it will be better. I feel bad for the lad who's bought it as if he's paid for goodwill, the current owner has driven his customer base into the ground and to be perfectly honest I don't want to sound snobby, but we don't want another rough owner here, we want someone who loves the village to own shops here like the card shop and the florist. Don't waste your time, go five minutes to the next village and eat at Snails in Rhiwbina - that's where I eat now a days despite it being a bus trip and I won't be frequenting the next owner either. A former fish shop owner from the valleys in Llanishen? No thank you!

A lovely cafe. This is where a lot of bikers meet up on sunny days,especially sat and Sun…read more Food is good but a bit overpriced. Always clean and staff always helpfull to.

Great meeting place for bikers on rideout. There's a big car park opposite the cafe where everyone…read moremeets. The cafe serves tea and coffee at £1.20 each and to be fair its filter coffee so it's not bad at all. If you on a mid Wales rideout this place is perfect for a stop off. I didn't eat, but they do a Sunday carvery and they certainly were stacking the plates high. The food really did look good quality.

I like some aspects and dislike others.. You cant get salad…read morecream at all in this place so I always take my own for my salads. The best parts are the toasted fruit loaf, and the toasted sandwiches, the downfall is the soup is not hot enough and always needs a little salt and pepper, the prices are way too high and is not opened Sunday. which to me is silly as this is a heritage town with views of the castle opposite yet they close on a busy Sunday. I think the prices need to come down slightly, and more people will go in, but with greggs opening up next door and taking a majority of the rolls pasties and hot take away drinks off them I can see them starting to struggle.

The food is lovely and fresh, the best rolls ever with great fillings. They are not skimpy on…read morefilling either,no cheating here and they use real butter. The Glanmors cafe is lovely like the old traditional t houses the staff wear little hats and aprons. And tea comes in an individual pot with extra water if you need it. A lovely place not posh just lovely and very clean and tidy.

The best ham salad sandwiches. Thick bread, real ham (not that watery, plastic stuff) and delicious…read moresalad. Its bigger than you would think with extra seating at the back, its got a cosy feel just like a country kitchen!! The food is home made and they do take away aswell. A friendly service with good prices.

This is a really friendly place to eat with great food and a great atmosphere. It is quite small…read morebut I think that it makes it more homely. All the food is homemade and smells beautiful. My favorites are the thick wedges of toast and they do some fantastic salads and sandwiches. They have a large range of items from roast dinners, lasagne to sandwiches and salads. They also have a takeaway service if you don't have time to stop or there are no free tables. If you are in the Tonypandy area I can stongly recomend the Country Kitchen.