The Darran, Risca is a vibrant pub at the top of Risca. Join us for all your dining needs, a drink with friends, or even just a quiet afternoon coffee.
Standing at the top of Risca since 1800, the Darran is the oldest remaining public house in the village. Having undergone several cosmetic changes, leading to its current guise, our pub today is a home to fresh, prepared to order food, coupled with a varied range of drinks.
We cater for all occasions, from business lunches to family parties and everything in between.
We have plenty of on site parking and offer a warm welcome to groups of any size.
Our upstairs dining area is ideal for groups of up to 50 people, with buffet catering or formal dining options available to suit individual needs. We also welcome guests with special dietary requirements.
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Lovely little chain pub. Very friendly staff. Excellent service. Food hygiene rating 5 which is well deserved as the place is immaculate including toilets. Poor choice for vegetarians and the choice for vegans is vegetarian without the dairy! No alternative milks.
It was our staff work do and there were 11 of us. We arrived at 7:30pm. We left WITHOUT getting served our food at 9:40!!!!! Kept saying nearly done, we are serving it now.... 30 minutes later...NOTHING! Disgusting!!We even had 2 gluten free people and a diabetic, which they never contacted us beforehand to accommodate us! They took my name and number to get a manager to contact us. NO MANAGER THERE! 2 bar/waitresses. and 2 trainee Chefs! We should never have been served if service and staffing was not adequate! We should have been told there were issues 30 minutes in so that we could have made the choice to leave and go somewhere else, but they did not and kept us there on a string for over 2 hours! I have left my name and number and still have had no contact or compensation for this appalling visit! 11 Free meals please and even then do I want to go back anyway?! EMBARASSING!
Average food, terribly poor service from staff. I get its a busy time of year but doesn’t hurt to crack a smile or look you like actually care about your customers having an enjoyable time whilst dining with you. Not to mention it was freezing cold. When it’s 3 degrees outside, you’d expect to eat in a place that can put the heating on for their customers…didn’t even to take my coat off it was the cold. Will not be returning anytime soon.
Everything about this restaurant was great. The place was clean and smelled good. The staff and the greeter was very nice. Our waiter kelsey was awesome, she went above and beyond and made everyone laugh all evening! the staff also worked as a team in bringing and cleaning up our food. The food was fresh and awesome. Then we also had dessert and that was really good as well. Great atmosphere with really nice people.
Very pleasant waiting staff. Quick service. Tasty food at a good price. The peas and steak pie could have been warmer. Very good scampi and burger and chips. Very clean toilets and good parking outside. A good variety of seating arrangements.
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Opening Times
| Mon | 12:00 – 23:00 |
| Tue | 12:00 – 23:00 |
| Wed | 12:00 – 23:00 |
| Thur | 12:00 – 23:00 |
| Fri | 12:00 – 23:00 |
| Sat | 12:00 – 00:00 |
| Sun | 12:00 – 22:30 |
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Risca, Newport, NP11