Fredwell Bistro in The Vale of Glamorgan

Very disappointing experience overall… Worst was the food we ordered, my wife and I had the halloumi cheese and red peppers in white baguettes… The rolls were hard and stale plus the halloumi was frozen wrapped in bread crumbs tasting nothing like the real cheese and the peppers were so small they were almost none exsistant…

Very disappointed with the breakfast, the beans were awful, tasted more like beans in a tomato pasta sauce. The bacon was smoked which it didn’t state on the menu, the poached egg was hard, also it was all piled on top of each other on a small plate. The cafe only 1/3 full when we visited but our table was full of crumbs, no spoons given with the coffees, no sugar on the table, no condiments or sauce offered with the breakfast. All in all it was distinctly lacking in all areas.

Good food but we were given the wrong items by the time we drove home it was pointless driving back to the other side of Barry to rectify the issue. We were served by a young man who was very new and really needs to have some more allergen training before he kills someone. I asked for plant based garlic and herb dip due to an egg intolerance, which is not serious for me but it could be for someone who has an allergy, he asked me if I wanted the big tub of garlic and herb dip which I questioned and he confirmed it was plant based which I found odd because I had never heard of Dominos also doing the plant based garlic and herb dip in the large pot. When he handed the dip over we could see immediately that it was not plant based, we explained it contains egg therefore it's not plant based. He said he wasn't aware of that and then gave us 4 tubs of the actual plant based garlic and herb dip.

Two friends and I visited here, and the food was excellent, and service was speedy. However we found the staff to be fairly passive aggressive and abrasive. We went up to the counter after finishing our lunch to order some tea and have a little cake for desert and instead they just told us our total of the bill and seemed annoyed/frustrated when we wanted to order more things. Would definitely visit again as the food we had was excellent, was just a shame about that staffs attitudes, I would usually put this down to a bad day, but after reading many other reviews this seems to be a common occurrence

Really lovely hot chocolate and the cakes are delicious with a very good portion and really affordable prices. Looking forward to our next visit.