The name says it all really. With friendly staff, excellent…read moreservice and good prices, its a must if your in the area. Gets busy at times so be prepared to wait but it is worth it.

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!

The Hot Pot is the best cafe in the Welsh Valleys, fantastic meals for a very reasonable price…read more Highly recommend this place.

Les Miserable... or at least he will be if he visits here…read more It was a rainy day and I found myself stumbling around the Welsh valleys. I was on the hunt for the dreaded Butterman. A strange monster claimed to lick the melted butter from freshly made toast. The swine! The fiend! The dry bread monster of Aberdare! After a camel back treck across the savannahs of the Brecon beacons and a short Canal journey down the new heads of the valley road I found myself taking a dump (the first one in three days) in Aberdare public toilets. Relieved, I found myself starving hungry and a short jaunt down the road from Les' Golden Kitchen. I arrived at the front door, plumes of cigarette smoke poured from two people; neigh smoke machines, beside the main entrance. As I approached I convinced myself Darth Vader was about to emerge from the smokey doorway. I battled through without my trusted penguin skin gas mask and sat at the table only to realise I'd fallen back in time to the 1980s. It was like stepping foot into an episode of 'Stranger Things'. The crumbling interior left alot to be desired. The waitress was very helpful and friendly. Staff were on the whole, pleasant. That was except for a man looking for Jean Valjean who threatened to bring Russel Crowe out if I didn't enjoy the food. So politely I nodded and said "I can hear the people sing, and they shall hear the rant of this angry man!" Food was nasty and frozen. I would say cheap as chips, but I feel you'll struggle to find cheaper nastier chips anywhere. Frozen piles of mush. Rancid instant gravy. All felt as if it was courtesy of Chef Mic... rowave. I paid my tab, tipped the staff as they were the only redeeming quality, and boarded my flying canal boat home. Les' Golden Kitchen 2/5

Lovely local town cafe providing good basic food products and value for money. Have used on…read morenumerous occasions on my walks into town.

The best place (and only place worth a visit) in Treorchy to have a Coffee and slice of cake. This…read morequirky little shop doubles up as a gift store and tea rooms, serving freshly baked cakes and scones. They also have a great collection of English and Wlesh birthday cards, cute muffin teapots and vintage style soda bar glasses for sale.

A nice little grotto for me on my walks. Very pleasant and efficient staff. Its the only coffee…read morebar on the retail patk , so its very popular, rare to see it empty. MC D on the outer edge,but Costa is a true coffee bar, it wins my vote.