Disappointing food. Eggs were awful, cheap sausages, mushrooms rubbery and tasteless, and bacon fatty. Felt ill after a few bites. Staff were lovely - shame about the food.
Really enjoy coming here. The food is out of outstanding, and my son can sometimes be a fussy eater, but he loves the food here, usually clears his plate. Staff are always welcoming and friendly
A small but casual cafe with a lovely selection of tasty food, drinks and dessert. A bit expensive but you can get your money's worth. I do enjoy visiting there for lunch on a shopping trip, I always leave with a full belly!
The Hide Out cafè, made me want to run and hide! As some of my long time readers are fully aware I am an ancient and wise wizard! The magical force of the universe is strong in my LeCox (my magic wand), and I use my magic to supplement my income. So I set up my magic stall on the high street outside of Aberafon, I was dressed to impress and amaze. Fur coat. Diamond studded platform heels. A top hat so large it was capable of holding not only my large and mighty head but 3 pigeons, 4 geese, a tamed lion cub and a fully grown ostrich called Nigel (haven't worked out what I'm going to use him for yet). I was flaunting my wares, preforming miracles and doing my magic tricks. This on the whole was not too difficult given most of the people who stopped were smack heads so checked out I could have dangled my keys infront of them and they would have been amazed! I decided to stop after doing the classic "I've got your nose joke" turned violent... barely got out with my life... What was I to do now? I'd earned a little scratch, so I decided to go for lunch! That's when I spotted the Hide Out Cafe and thought, perfect! Some hot taste food! My fingers were numb from the bitter February weather. I climbed the stairs and arrived at the establishment. Clean and tidy on first inspection. I sat at a table and was surprised by how weirdly sticky it was. Stickier than Sticky Steve the Sticky Sweet Maker. I ordered my meal. Poached egg on toast. The hide out brunch (or something vaguely along those lines) a black coffee and for dessert a Welsh Cake and Lemon Drizzle cake. My food arrived in good time and the waitress was very friendly. However the food wasn't up to much in all honesty. I'll start with the poached eggs on toast... As I gazed down onto the plate before me. The eggs looked like... um... how to put this... a pair of flopily dopilies on a piece of toast... a pair of jaundiced eyeballs... I have no idea. Just look at the photo, you'll see what I mean... (A little advice for you Hide Out, if you put poached eggs on a menu, don't use a Microwave poacher) Then my brunch. Again chef Mike was very busy. The sausages were so hot I literally had a nose bleed! The eggs were under cooked. They had been steamed I suspect but not well. The top of the egg was very slimy, raw, and this is not a joke, the egg was so slimy it slid across my plate as I tried to cut it! I remarked "It's alive! IT'S ALIVE!!!" as it attempted the great escape from my plate! The beans were decent quality and tasted good. The doorstop toast again spot on. Bacon lovely thick rashers. Chips were chips, frozen and deep fried in vegetable oil. Nothing too note worthy. My desert, the Welsh cake was soooo dry. It crumbled and turned to dust before my very eyes. They were stale. I know we were close to the beach but I expect the sand to be on the shore and not take the form of a Welsh cake! The lemon drizzle cake was decent. Tea and coffee again decent. Warm and wet. I paid my bill and left. I walked outside and pulled my trusted canoe from my top hat and jumped into the river. In a scene identical to the charge of the light brigade (except instead of horse back it's a canoe, and in a river, and in Wales, and I didn't have a saber, or a gun, or a military uniform... other than that it was identical) I moved on to my next destination! The Hide Out 2.5/5 (learn to cook a decent egg!!! It's not that hard!)
First time. Had the hideout avocado. Good value for money. Bacon and Eggs very nice. Avocado and needed some seasoning. Would prefer Mushrooms fried vs steamed. Would prefer the sourdough toasted. Coffee good. Worth another visit, will ask for changes next time.
Good environment Happy with every meal I've had there strongly suggest people to go very lovely place.
Nice place fair price for coffee and a cake other food looked good as well.pleasant staff will go again when in Port Talbot.
A small but casual cafe with a lovely selection of tasty food and drinks. A bit expensive but you can get your money's worth. I do enjoy visiting there for lunch on a shopping trip.
A great hidden gem the walk up there doesn't look very inviting however it was one of the nicest looking friendliest places I have been for a long time and the food was incredible and reasonably priced.
Had scampi peas chips and coffee for lunch - the lady serving was lovely, very friendly and helpful. The food was ok nothing out of the ordinary but decent value . The coffee similar- it didn’t stand out . I’d go again if stuck but don’t think I’d rush back .
Hide Out is located at 11b Heilbronn Way, Port Talbot SA13 1PB, UK
You can contact Hide Out at +44 1639 895164
You can find directions to Hide Out by following this map link