The Courthouse

We picked The Courthouse because it was supposed to be the oldest pub in Caerphilyl and the fact that their garden had a fantastic view towards Caephilyl Castle.

Food

As it was Sunday, we went for the Traditional Sunday Roast (2 courses £6.49), and chose the Roast Beef, Yorkshire Pudding, Roast Potatoes & Gravy option. This came on an extremely small plate, so it was impossible to cut anything. The gravy tasted of nothing, and the roast beef was a bit tough. The Yorkshire pudding was nowhere near as nice as the one from Katie’s Tea Room, but was much better than the one at The Old Explorer. The Pea & Ham Soup came as the entrée, and was a little salty, but otherwise quite bland. The 8 oz Beef Burger (£4.69) - two 4oz beef burgers, served with barbeque sauce was yet again, on the bland side. The chips were uninspiring, although they were quite generous with the servings.

Rating - 4

Atmosphere

Inside, the pub is quite large, but we, like everyone else, decided to sit outside in the beer garden to enjoy the sunshine and warm weather and also to admire the view. Being outside, things were a bit dirty, but otherwise, nothing can beat it on a warm sunny day like today.

Rating - 2.5

Service

I didn’t expect very much from the pub, but the waiter who delivered our meals to the table actually told us off because I had gone shopping at Tesco in the 15 minutes it took us to wait for the food, and was displaying my haul at the table. He said that we weren’t allowed to eat food that had been bought from outside in the beer garden. He should really check before blaming people, and as he was delivering our meal, didn’t he think that we had ordered our lunch from the restaurant already? Plus, why would we want to eat the snacks we got for lunch?

Rating - 0

C-factor

Bland food, impressive setting, rude service equals a no.

Rating - 0

Brownie Points - 6.5

Info

Cardiff Road
Caerphilly
Wales
CF83 1FN
Phone +44 (0) 29 2088 8120