Cioni Bistro 6 Cliff Parade, Penarth CF64 5BP

"Went there on Mother’s Day and ordered mixed grills and ham sandwich and chips. Our son had nuggets and chips all the food was grim. My 82 year old father in law was with me or I would have complained sandwich was dry,nuggets soggy inside and you get a much better mixed grill from weatherspoons. If you under the age of 70 avoid like the plague."

"Hot chocolates we had tasted more like hot milk. The chocolate desert was a bit dry, paid about £11 for 2 hot drinks and a cake, not a bad place though."

"Rude, grumpy and unaccommodating! Myself, my partner and two year old daughter went for a walk around the area/ played in the park. It was a very busy, cold, crisp bank holidays. We bought a takeaway coffee from the new cafe next door and later went here for food. We walked in with empty coffee cups - not to litter as their bins were full. We were soon ‘welcomed’ by a very rude chef, who had been told we’d walked in with cups from elsewhere. He told us we were not welcome with takeaway cups from next door and to leave!! He wouldn’t let us explain why we had them and that we were there to order more coffees/ drinks and food. This was somewhere I used to love visiting throughout my childhood - but one very poor experience and I will not be returning. The cafe next door is far friendlier and couldn’t do more for us!!"

"food is good lovely surroundings suitable for all ages as there is a playpark for kids right outside unfortunately menu has somewhat changed ie chips are now french fries which a lot of people do not like,i know i cant stand them and burgers are served in a dry roll with no onions to go with them,cant stand burgers with no onions"

"Edit: Following our second trip here I must change my review slightly due to the idiotic rule of no ice-cream cones on the cafe, even though they sell them. Just to clarify my wife and I along with our two year old & mother inlaw popped in for a Coffee and cake. After making an order of £20 plus my wife asked of we could have an ice-cream cone for our kid. A straight out no and stated can only have a cone if you are outside. Only in a dish inside..Soo my wife asked for the manager only to be told the same. Now for the silly bit. My kid prefers the wafer cone to the ice-cream itself. We asked can we have a wafer on its own. The answer was no. Seriously you can't bend your rules slightly? Anyway we ended up having ice-cream in a dish and picking the cone up on the way out. This place has had a nice revamp. Decor is very nice. Nice choice of food here and it taste good. We had a cheese & onion toastie and a fresh pizza. They have a great choice of ice-cream also. Prices are reasonable, though I didn't get some of the price differences between pizzas. They seem inconsistent. Anyway.. Good views of the sea and there's a really good park next door for the kids. Lots of free parking also with toilets."