Dynevor Arms Pub - Rhondda Cynon Taf

Lovely local pub, didn’t eat but looked really nice. Could be really lovely, but..! The barmaid was very grumpy and offered no conversation, smiles, welcome nor any ‘hospitality’ quality of the ale was great, bar area could do with a lot of attention ‘warmth and welcome feeling, almost like the forgotten part of the pub! Will try again but hopefully the new landlords will make the bar area seating more warm and friendly!

Mary and Neil have turned the Dynevor Arms into the best pub and restaurant in South Wales. They are great supporters of the village and the village loves them. Neil is a great chef who cooks everything fresh, no Popty Ping just fresh ingredients. Neil is also supplying London Pride the best beer in Britain (along with Bass. The beer and the pipes are kept in tip top condition. We used to travel top Bath (Crystal Palace Chiswick (Pride Brewery , Paddington Station (Bishop and Bear and St Albans (Garibaldi to get a decent pint of Pride, now we can walk to the pub in Groesfaen. He has also had a panel of wine tasters to chose a delicious Rioja. Mary is a wonderful hostess, so now we have the perfect pub. If there are any of you out there who actually appreciate good real ale you should make a pilgrimage to the Dyn, and go home by taxi.

2 course Christmas meal £24 APPALLING Lunchtime today with friends . Very bad quality , tasteless , overcooked. Gravy like water.

Luckily we called in as the lunchtime rush had just calmed down. Decided to share a starter, to leave room for a dessert, Garlic mushrooms on a ciabatta roll were absolutely delicious. On the specials board were King Prawns in sauce, glad we chose as they were fabulous tasting and the sauce the best I have tasted so different from the standard sauces usually served with King Prawns. Again we chose the smashed burger which again was fantastic. Sadly however the portions were so big once again no room left for dessert, next time perhaps we'll start with dessert and work backwards as looking around the desserts served looked great. Service as always was great and look forward to our next visit .

Extremely disappointing Sunday lunch. Inedible dry meat. Hard roast potatoes. Poor quality vegetables. Booking was 3pm .. guessing we had the remnants of what at one time May have been a decent Sunday lunch