Starling Cloud - Aberystwyth

This restaurant is part of the Marstons chain, but there is no specific vegan menu and the options for vegans are limited, with just a curry and a salad availab... read more This restaurant is part of the Marstons chain, but there is no specific vegan menu and the options for vegans are limited, with just a curry and a salad available.

While this restaurant is part of the Marstons chain, it lacks a dedicated vegan menu and only offers a limited selection of vegan options, such as a curry and a... read more While this restaurant is part of the Marstons chain, it lacks a dedicated vegan menu and only offers a limited selection of vegan options, such as a curry and a salad.

3 stars seems suitable for my experience here. The hotel side is a bit smelly with bad A/C. The breakfast was ok, if a little bland. But totally suitable for wh... read more 3 stars seems suitable for my experience here. The hotel side is a bit smelly with bad A/C. The breakfast was ok, if a little bland. But totally suitable for what you pay. Would stay again if in the area Price per person: £10–20 Food: 3 Service: 3 Atmosphere: 3

I don 't understand how this place has such great reviews. We stopped by today with 4 and the dogs on a late Sunday lunch unplanned visit where we had tried a f... read more I don 't understand how this place has such great reviews. We stopped by today with 4 and the dogs on a late Sunday lunch unplanned visit where we had tried a few places and been turned away due to them being busy, this was our last option before heading home and cooking something up for ourselves- I wish we had just opted for this instead. We stood by the doorway waiting to be sat for much too long, to the point where we decided to sit ourselves. Only then did someone take note of us and direct us towards the area where dogs were allowed. I 'm all for dog areas in restaurants but we were sat about as far away from anyone in the corner by the toilets on a wonky, decrepit table. The restaurant was freezing and we kept our coats on. We were given menus and were all starving so started making our decision as to what to eat. One of our party was Gluten Free, and we weren 't asked about this or given any guidance to this at all at the start, on initial glance, it appeared that the menu had very limited options in this area. I tried to order online but it was very confusing as to what was available. Sunday roasts had stopped serving at 1430 hours which wasn 't advertised earlier. We went to the bar to order instead and were very disappointed to be told now that half the menu wasn 't actually available, there was no grilled options, no speciality pie options and several other dishes unavailable. At this point, we all had to make a new decision as to what we would like as everything we had chosen was not available. We wished that someone had told us this before we sat down, although we likely would have just left if that was the case. We made our orders and sat back down. It was at least 30 mins until our food arrived. When it did, the quality of the food was absolutely shocking. The hunters chicken was almost inedible, it was so thin even with the breadcrumbs, it was burnt around the edges, so dry, the very limited amount of BBQ sauce had clearly been microwaved onto the awful breaded thin chicken. The lettuce was brown and wilting. The chips on all our plates were cold, and the skin on fries had black off potato bits in them. The mash that came with the pie was not even a full potato portion and was awful quality, likely also microwaved. The whole experience was not pleasant at all and extremely overpriced for what it was. Not once did anyone come and ask us how our food was and we had waited so long and paid so much, that we decided to eat what we could of it. The lady at the till was sweet and regrettable about the limited menu on ordering. And we did not wish to complain to her, as we had already seen another customer kicking off just prior to ordering and making quite a scene with her. So we decided to just leave without saying goodbye. Honestly would warn anyone about going here, it was one of the worst restaurant experiences I have ever had. Price per person: £20–30 Food: 1 Service: 2 Atmosphere: 1

Had pre booked shown to table and given menus. waiter came to take drinks order, these were delivered promptly. Waiter then came to take the food order and aske... read more Had pre booked shown to table and given menus. waiter came to take drinks order, these were delivered promptly. Waiter then came to take the food order and asked if we had been told what was not available, which we hadn't. He then told us that there were no items from the grill menu available, not flat breads plus a couple of other items, in essence a very limited menu. This was very disappointing, we then had to rechoose meals as we had both selected something from the now nir available items. The waiter was very apologetic and pleasant, this probably stopped us hoing elsewhere. We should have been advised of this issue as soon as we arrived and as we had pre booked we could of been contacted. Very disappointed and think it is very poor that there were so many items not available. Would think twice about booking here again. Price per person: £20–30 Food: 3 Service: 3 Atmosphere: 3