Cardiff Road Fish Bar
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About Cardiff Road Fish Bar
On Cardiff Rd in Aberdare, Cardiff Road Fish Bar is a fish and chips takeaway cooked in beef dripping. The menu covers a Fish Meal and a Large Fish Lush, alongside sausage and a curry sauce and chips combination. Orders are placed and collected on a walk-in basis, with no reservations taken, and collection times can involve queuing at the counter. It opens Monday to Saturday and stays closed on Sundays. Delivery is handled through Just Eat.
Good to know
- ReservationsWalk-in only
- ParkingFree of charge street parking
- Good for kidsHas kids' menu
Reviews
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention fish and chips, cooked in beef dripping, curry sauce and chips and rude staff.
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention fish and chips, cooked in beef dripping, curry sauce and chips and rude staff.
Customer Review Summary
Chips cooked in beef dripping draw the most consistent praise, with reviewers repeatedly calling the portions great value and the cod tasty with just the right amount of batter. Several describe the food as delicious and worth the cost, even as one reviewer notes it isn't the cheapest fish and chips around. Close behind, complaints center on freshness and consistency: one reviewer found the chips cold and unfresh with the fish seeming pre-cooked, while another reported the sausage undercooked or possibly on the turn across their last two visits. Staff attitude is a recurring sore point too, with several reviewers describing rude or unwelcoming service, including one account of a specific staff member being horrible and rude, and another noting tension among staff that made waiting awkward. A few also flag that collection orders weren't ready on time and that delivery through a third party arrived an hour late or was cancelled outright.
Customer Review Summary
Chips cooked in beef dripping draw the most consistent praise, with reviewers repeatedly calling the portions great value and the cod tasty with just the right amount of batter. Several describe the food as delicious and worth the cost, even as one reviewer notes it isn't the cheapest fish and chips around. Close behind, complaints center on freshness and consistency: one reviewer found the chips cold and unfresh with the fish seeming pre-cooked, while another reported the sausage undercooked or possibly on the turn across their last two visits. Staff attitude is a recurring sore point too, with several reviewers describing rude or unwelcoming service, including one account of a specific staff member being horrible and rude, and another noting tension among staff that made waiting awkward. A few also flag that collection orders weren't ready on time and that delivery through a third party arrived an hour late or was cancelled outright.
Featured reviews
- Tomas Symonds
“The food is cooked in beef dripping and is absolutely delicious. There seems to be tension between some of the ladies working there and it can be awkward waiting in there but doesn't detract from the food being great.”
- Gray staffs
“I was disappointed with my experience at the Cardiff Road fish Bar .The food was acceptable, but the customer service let it down. The staff came across as rude, had poor manners, and didn't seem welcoming at all. Not once did anyone smile …”
- Jan Coles
““Chips were lovely as always and normally really enjoy the food from here, but unfortunately on the last two visits the sausage didn’t seem quite right — either undercooked or possibly on the turn. Hopefully just a one-off issue as everything else has always been ok”
- Happy K
“I don’t usually like leaving bad reviews, but I hope this helps the owner improve. I ordered fish and chips, and unfortunately the chips were cold and tasted unfresh, as if they had been cooked hours earlier and left sitting. I was also disappointed that the fish seemed pre-cooked rather than freshly made. Overall, a disappointing experience.”
- carwyn salvage
“don’t order from here, foods always cold the staff were horrible a woman with black hair was incredibly horrible and rude to me”
Hours
- Monday
- Tuesday
- Wednesday
- Thursday
- Friday
- Saturday
- Sunday
- Closed
Highlights
- Popular for popular for lunch
- Popular for popular for dinner
Amenities
- Free of charge street parking
- Offers delivery
- Offers takeaway
- Has kids' menu
- Casual
- On-site services available
Show more amenities
- Quick bite
- Dining options· 2
- Serves lunch
- Serves dinner
- Popular for· 2
- Popular for lunch
- Popular for dinner
Location
Restaurants near Cardiff Road Fish Bar
- Loaded dough4.9555.6 mi away£1–10Good for kidsReservations
gaucho pizza (flank steak), nutella cookies, pepperoni pizza
- Hot Wok4.3887.4 mi away£1–10
chicken balls, salt and pepper king prawns, chicken chow mein
- Rustico4.81888 mi away£10–20Good for kidsReservations
mushroom arancini, choose your pasta type, pistachio tiramisu
| Place | Rating | Distance | Price | Mentioned in reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff Road Fish Bar | 4.3372 | — | £10–20 | fish and chips, cooked in beef dripping, curry sauce and chips |
| Loaded doughGood for kids · Reservations | 4.955 | 5.6 mi away | £1–10 | gaucho pizza (flank steak), nutella cookies, pepperoni pizza |
| Hot Wok | 4.388 | 7.4 mi away | £1–10 | chicken balls, salt and pepper king prawns, chicken chow mein |
| RusticoGood for kids · Reservations | 4.8188 | 8 mi away | £10–20 | mushroom arancini, choose your pasta type, pistachio tiramisu |
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