Review The Goytre Arms - Pontypool

Must place to go if you're looking for good food and service. Could not fault it. I've marked down the atmosphere purely because the pub emptied around 8pm and was very quiet which was a shame. It seems like people are just using pubs now just to eat in so I encourage people to keep the pub industry alive by spending a bit more time in them to drink and socialise and not just to eat in

Absolutely stunning meal fairplay I had the steak n ale pie tasted amazing hubby had steak said that tasted good aswell . Service was great nice and relaxing atmosphere, we will definitely go back and most definitely recommend thankyou 😊

Good clean spacious pub. Friendly staff. Didn't get to see the drinks at the bar as we had table service, but moretti was on tap so I'd guess decent selection. The burger I had was one of the best I've had in a while, and the cheesy garlic bread was delightful. Thanks guys.

Julian and Emma and so welcoming and warm. Really made me feel special. Loved the food, am taking the family back there for a Sunday roast soon.

Great family pub. The food quality is within par of other local establishments, quality vs price. If ur in the area and want a reasonable meal, you won't regret it.

Good food, friendly staff, all around nice pub

Went there for lunch today, and being honest I must say that the food was delicious. I had the beef curry, with chips and rice. A very generous portion with copious amounts of beef !. Decor very nice and cleanliness not an issue. The only reason I'm not giving 5 stars is that it was a little cold in there, but I can understand why with today's energy costs !. The only other observation was that there was a TV screen showing the starters, specials and desserts menu. It was placed on a wall right above a table where customers were eating. It didn't feel right looking at the screen and I'd imagine those customers felt uncomfortable thinking they were being watched. It needs to be placed in a more strategic area. Would definitely go again.

Fantastic meals in lovely surroundings with friendly staff we've been twice for Sunday dinner and would definitely recommend

Lovely Sunday lunch with the family we enjoyed it so much we go out there a lot for Sunday lunch, and julian and his staff are very good and helpfu. Thank you Julian. Sonia white

first time dining here and was fair to say was stunning staff were welcoming and freindly very well accomadating Toilets were clean touchless tap with a airforce hand dryer so was really pleased will be returning soon.

Great service, lovely food however, mushrooms had a strange taste and smell to them so were'nt eaten.

The food tasted amazing and the drinks was fresh and bubbly, alcoholic and non. The homemade beef burger I had was so full of flavour. I haven’t tasted a beef burger like that before I really enjoyed it 10/10 to the chef for all our food on the table. The chips are cooked perfectly crunchy shell and fluffy inside. The young girl who looked after us/took our orders was welcoming and made an effort to talk to us, made us customers feel welcomed. The pricing of the pub for food and drinks I think was brilliant.

Great customer service from all staff bar&waiting ,food was lovely competitively priced ,too full for desert!! But choice was very tempting so will definitely return.And kids had play outside after burn off some energy lol.Thanks all .😉

18 of us booked for a birthday party, and to be honest the food was good and delivered hot so we all ate together no one sat waiting for food, not one of our group had a complaint we all enjoyed the night, and the price was very good aswell, all in all a place we would go back to anytime with pleasure

Sunday lunch was outstanding, best I've had in a long time

Really nice pub. Good garden, really nice inside. I'll definitely be going back.

Lasagne was fantastic! Great value for money & staff were lovely

“Thanks you made my Mum's day! (Great wheelchair access!).” (5 of 5 bubbles Pending Tripadvisor review) We were looking to take my Mother out for her birthday but my wife is vegan, and often there is nothing on the menu for her when we go for a pub meal and we needed wheelchair access for my Mother. We phoned up the day before and told a vegan option and access were not a problem. On arrival we found the staff had very helpfully provided ramps so moving Mum around was a lot easier and for this in particular I would like to say a huge thanks to all the staff... If you fancy a bit of pub grub and you need to use a chair you won't find a friendlier place than this! The pub is lovely and clean and very child friendly too...there is a play amenity behind the pub that seemed very popular. We arrived and were invited up into the Green Room where a table had been prepared for us. The staff were wonderfully attentive and very friendly. It was only after we ate we found out that Julian (who helped us) was the manager! Lovely chap who despite being under pressure took time to look after us. I'll be honest about the food. This is Great British Pub food not cordon bleu and is all the better for it, and it's really good value. My wife had Monmouthshire Bake and she said it was absolutely delicious. I had stuffed red pepper boats and they were scrumptious, stuffed with all sorts of goodies like cashew nuts and herbs. All served with big fat chips that I usually am not a fan of but here they were perfect. Mum had a roast lamb dinner with Yorkshire pud. We all agreed the portions were bang on and each meal was enjoyed thoroughly. (I never have desert but we pushed the boat out and had sticky toffee sponge pudding and custard after! We three really enjoyed the food so why not?) So thanks everyone my Mother had a lovely day and we will all be back again soon. Furthermore I really do recommend you give them a ring beforehand if you can. The level of service and friendliness was second to none. They went out of their way with the Chef to accommodate my vegan wife- so big thanks to the Chef too. I'd recommend this place to anybody. Give 'em a ring and pop in! See you there :)

I have been past here many, many times, but because we couldn't eat where we planned to, we ate here. And have to say, I'm really glad we stopped in. It has a lovely atmosphere, the food was great, the staff are really friendly and we look forward to returning again and trying the evening menu. Well worth a stop.

Had a T bone steak tonight couldn't cut the steak with knife let alone chew it. The onion rings were white and soggy, ordered 2 peppercorn sauces they brought out 1 and when I said we ordered 2 he said they had put them both in the same jug. In other places this would have been a portion for one the meal was terrible

Just had an amazing meal here both myself and husband thoroughly enjoyed it. Plenty of food and delish. Service was 5 star so friendly and welcoming. Will recommend to everyone and we will be back soon. Thank you .

Very nice pub with exceptional staff who like a joke and give excellent service , jean wanted a lime and soda but not too much lime and was presented with a soda water and a little jug of lime to add as much as she wanted, never seen that before 😎 Well done the Goytre Arms 👍🏻

The food was great fresh and to our liking The staff were attentive friendly and polite The setting was warm on a cold wind night Would recommend this pub to many And a plus it's dog friendly

Had a lovely meal, food was beautiful and very big portions . I was so full but did have room for a lovely desert a cherry and chocolate cheese cake it was delicious. Lovely service and reasonably priced. Will definetely return.

Had a lovely time and meal...celebrating mum's 70th birthday staff were fabulous and couldn't do enough for us thank you. X

If ever you want to organise a party/get together look no further than the The Goytre Arms. We had 1 on the weekend there and the staff couldnt do enough from organising the buffet and decorating the room, and making sure everyone was happy through out the night couldnt ask for more.Well done to all staff couldnt ask for better x

Had a lovely meal there this evening, we hadn't booked but thought we'd try our luck and so glad we did . Was seated at 715 and eating a lovely meal by 740 . A great experience, very friendly and welcoming, just a shame I couldn't fit in a dessert due to such a huge mixed grill I'd just had . Will definitely be back.

Just got back from afternoon tea at the Goytre arms with my mum.... It was awesome!! Excellent food and lovely service! Would defo recommend it!!

Great pub . great excellent quality food. great friendly and helpful staff definitely worth a visit

My partner and I went to this pub yesterday at around 4 p.m. We had a few games of pool and decided we would eat here as the atmosphere was very very welcoming, relaxed and warm. I am so glad we decided to eat here the food was outstanding, better than 10 out of 10. I cannot recommend highly enough. I had the steak and ale pie and my partner had the burger. We both tried each others as we couldn't believe how nice our individual meals were, and they both were stunning! I will come here again and again I have already recommended to some of my friends and family so we will probably be around next week fingers crossed. honestly worth the trip. I will be going on TripAdvisor and putting the same review as it really was outstanding and I'm a foodie so that's saying something! Lol. Brilliant.

Excellent food and friendly staff offering a great service! Will definitely be going back

We came last minute for a Sunday Roast, they were very accommodating, served within ten minutes of having our table, beautiful roast lamb, delightful dessert will definatley return - must remember to book next time.