Howards Restaurant in Powys

Staff very pleasant : good pretty bad . Vegetable soup tasted like nothing at all , it was so bland , like baby food . My dad’s BLT sandwich was sadly inedible . Chips stone cold . Won’t bother again .

We haven't had a meal here for a couple of years. Meals are now served at the table which is much more convenient than pushing a tray along the counter. Even though the place was very busy we didn't have to wait long before the food was served. Both meals were very good. It is certainly a place we will visit again.

How can this organisation consistently dish up rubbish meals. As it’s such a lovely location, we thought we would try this place again after having a very poor visit sometime ago. Cod and chips more like batter and chips, hardly any fish and what there was poor quality. Veggie burger, rock hard on the outside and a squidgy green something or the other on the inside, impossible to eat in a bun. Total waste of money

Visiting today, once again it was an absolute pleasure to eat in the restaurant, the staff are so helpful efficient and kind. We were served by Jo who was an absolute star, she was so efficient at sorting out my Dairy Free diet, she was amazing. looking forward to my next visit, and another meal! Regards to you all, Jackie!

Called in for breakfast,had the eggs benedict, service was efficient ,but breakfast was decidedly odd,eggs well cooked,toast barely cooked and the hollandaise had a sweet note to it which was hardly palatable,not nice at all.Big thumbs down,Shame

My friends and I visited Charlie's today and stopped for lunch. The food was beautiful. Three of us had fish finger sandwiches and the fourth a ploughman's. The sandwiches were delicious as were the chips they were served with. The ploughman's was massive, so much so we asked for a box to take it home. All the staff were amazing and were so attentive especially when there was a delay with one of the meals. One of the ladies even took photos for us. We can't wait to make a return visit.

After a couple of hours browsing the new Spring plants my sister and I decided on a light lunch. We both ordered the fish finger sandwich and tea for two. Although it was reasonably quiet when we ordered, we had long finished our drinks before our food arrived. To say it was disappointing was an understatement. Two, tough overcooked fishfingers presented between two pieces of very dry bread. A scraping of something green which I assumed was tartare sauce flicked across one slice of bread, and a waterlogged salad which looked like it had been dropped into dishwater, scooped out with a slotted spoon and splatted from a distance onto the plate. Three slices of soggy cucumber, half a slice of tomato which looked like it had seen better days, and a miserable excuse for some lettuce which looked like it should be on the compost heap! Oh and lets not forget the handful of cold, cardboard like chips. We won't be lunching there again. How can anyone make such a mess of making a sandwich?

This restaurant used to be good, I have been there a number of times in the past but sadly in more recent times it seems to have gone downhill. The menu had no gluten free options marked, so I guess no gluten free sandwich or toast is available, also there used to be a chicken and chips meal but this is no longer available. My partner ordered fish and chips with peas, only got about 10 chips, he also felt unwell later in the day which is unusual for him and he could only put it down to the meal. The meals arrived without much of a wait. My baked potato was mediocre, seemed like a reheated one, semi-firm, like a waxy texture, little taste to it. Pot of grated cheese from a catering packet, salad OK but some of it was just a thick stub of stalk from the bottom of the lettuce with some tiny bits of leaf on it. Both meals were really underwhelming. I asked about gluten free cakes or biscuits, there was gluten free brownie or carrot cake, no other gf options like biscuits, seriously how hard is it to have some packets of gluten free biscuits at a busy cafe where both locals and visitors go, not everyone wants cakes. I asked about decaff filter coffee but the only decaff option was instant! The staff were friendly enough but when a lady ordering before me asked if they could maker her a plain chicken sandwich because of her dietary issues she was told no, all the sandwiches were pre-made. We tried the brownies, not impressed with these either, solid clay-like texture and not much flavour at all, really not pleasant. I wouldn't recommend the restaurant any more for these reasons.

Good Service, Reasonably Priced. Very busy, but tables were kept clean. Coffee and Walnut Cake was excellent.

We have visited twice in the last few weeks once for lunch and once for dinner and on both occasions have been served cold food cold vegetables cold chips which clearly have been sitting for ages. £33 for 3 sandwiches , 3 drinks and 2 bowls of cold chips We tend to give places a second chance but we will not be returning!

We visited the garden centre today which was amazing, then we decided to have some lunch in the café. When we got there and went to order we were told the wait time for the food would be around 20 minutes, which was alright with us. However, we ended up waiting near to an hour for our food as they had to cook the quiche fresh, at the point of ordering we were not told this at all! And when they only brought us 3 out of 4 dishes, the waitress told us that someone had dropped the quiche on the floor! Needless to say I wasn’t very happy at all after waiting an hour to eat and ending up not having anything at all!! One of my family members had the curry but it was extremely bland and tasteless! Highly disappointed today.

Fish and chips awful nice batter but where had the fish gone?! Most of the chips were little scrappy bits and inedible Previous visit had steak pie and as mentioned elsewhere they couldn’t make worse pastry if they had tried Ordered food just before 12 . It arrived after 12.30 Will not eat here again

Called for lunch today. The food was as always lovely although l thought the portions were unnecessarily large. Most chips in all 4 meals were too big and some were left. They have a weird method of ordering at the counter where they also put up people's hot drinks. This causes a long queue. We waited 45mins for our food after ordering. Could be much sliker.

Saturday the 22nd , when we had finished shopping we popped to the cafe for tea and cake, chocolate gattue look in impressive but it was horrible it was bone dry like compact sawdust the filling was a week mixture of l don't know what and a taste of salt from it. One bite was enough, crap food top prices we won't be dinning their again that for sure

Steak pie spoiled by cardboard masquerading as pastry. Difficult to describe- neither puff nor shortcrust. Couldn’t have made worse pastry if they had tried.

Howard's Restaurant always delivers excellent food at very reasonable prices. Very pleased that the majority of ingredients are locally sourced. Always worth a visit ✨️

The food was delicious I had the steak and kidney but it all looked great! The staff were friendly and helpful and we were served quickly. I can recommend Howard’s.I will be a regular visitor

We have been calling in at Charlie's for 15 years now and never disappoints. Everything under one roof and always something different to look at.

We went today for breakfast 11 of us! We had brilliant service the staff weee very helpful and the breakfast was all delicious! We had various meals from veggie to full English all was delicious with poached eggs and refil coffees Absolutely highly recommend Very reasonable too at £4.99 for a good sized breakfast Kind attentive staff too!

We regularly enjoyed breakfast here on a Sunday but our last visit left us really disappointed. Our first thought was how have they managed to keep the prices so reasonable? After ordering and receiving two full breakfasts we understood I think. The quality of the ingredients has gone downhill dramatically in our honest opinion. The sausages were burnt, dry and with very little texture / meat. The mushrooms instead of being lovely and fresh looked and tasted like those ones you get from a tin in brine, horrible. The only think that nice was the egg so that just about says it all. It is such a shame, we both agreed we'd sooner pay more and have the lovely breakfast they were renown for. Can't fault service, staff etc, just the food. We'll return but not until we know its improved. I have to say a few of the people in our village have also commented on this same issue. A real shame, they were the best.

I would not recommend at all, myself and my daughter visited. I went to the garden centre,the service was extreemly poor. I asked to speak to the emanager who was most unhelpful. I shop at lot here,but after my latest experience I won't bother.

Only one person on till with a long queue. Tables wiped but not clean Meal exceptionally salty. Normally average but very disappointed this visit. Doubtful if we will eat there again

We really love coming to Howard's the food is good quality, great prices and the service was lovely, with short and fast moving que BUT a restaurant is not just about service and food, you have to actually be comfortable and the heat of this restaurant was ridiculous today🥵🥵🥵 How on earth anyone was in there I have no idea🤯 We opted just for a quick drink ( we were originally going for lunch but couldn't bare the temperature in there) . I'd promised my son a cake so we went in and just had a drink and my children both had a piece of cake. My sons cake (rockyroad) was melting as he ate it it was so hot! My mum couldn't finish her coffee before she could no longer bare the temperature and we had to leave. One door was open but provided next to no relief from the heat. With all the windows it was like sitting in a green house. I've not been to any eating establishment recently that doesn't have air conditioning on so customers are comfortable. If you dont have it, i think it would be worth your while installing it and quickly! I know of thre other ppl ive spoken to recently who have came to visit the store and were going to eat but decided not to due to the temperature of the restaurant. Surely it's in your interests to keep customers cool, they will be comfortable and spend more. It ruined the whole thing to be honest! In addition there were no ice creams🍦🥤 or milkshakes, frapes available, only pop or water for the children which was a shame especially in heat, I thought milkshakes and ice cream were a standard option for children in most cafes/ restaurants or even smoothies or slushies, something a bit exciting and soenthing to help keep them cool. I should add I know there were tables out side as even at 30 degrees it was cooler outside than Inside your sweltering restaurant but there's only 6 and only 3 were in the shade and all of them were taken. It's sad as we do love your restaurant and like visiting and even more so as we seem to get served quicker these days and the food is delicious 😋Please do something about the heat in there, the main shop was alot cooler you will be loosing a lot of custom , just like you lost ours yesterday!

I eat a fair few full breakfasts and for some reason it is very rare to get a perfect one as often it seems like some of the items have been pre cooked and the constituent parts just put together with each other to be served. All of the items here at Howard’s seemed freshly cooked at the same time and were piping hot. The quality of each ingredient was excellent with the sausages and bacon being particularly good. Well priced too. Decent surroundings, staff nice enough. Loads of parking. Would return.

On Monday we visited Coededinas nr Welsh pool in powys, we hadn't been before and loved the whole place, highlight for everyone was finding the cafe which was very busy at the time however we found our table and ordered food within a reasonable time considering the amount of people. We had some cakes while waiting for the min meal and the cakes were beautiful, home made chocolate cake was divine, then we had 4 lovely lunches from sandwiches to hot meals, portions were very generous and imo it wasn't that expensive for what we received. All staff were polite and well mannered and made the whole experience more enjoyable. Thank you to all involved we will most definitely come again and tell all our friends about the hidden gem that is Coededinas.

Went there for lunch and the staff were really friendly and the food was lovely and at a great price... I will definitely recommend to my friends and i'll be back again soon...

Last Sunday we experienced the worst Sunday lunches ever. These were the single most appalling excuses for a roast dinner we have ever seen or tasted. We really should have taken them back but were travelling and had to eat. The photos will show a...

I cannot speak highly enough of the staff, and the manager Phil who hosted my daughters 5th birthday party at Charlie Chuckles/Howards on Saturday. I had expected to queue for drinks etc. but the staff regularly came to see if there was anything they could...

Very confusing system, no direction for customers only serving roast lunches on Sunday + certain sandwiches but no signs displayed. Extremely slow service, menus on tables but not correct menus. Asked for the posh fish finger sandwich on display but they don't serve them on...

Really enjoyed our lunch here, i had cod and chips partner had the steak pie (best hes had in long time) grandchildren shared a sandwich and had delicious cakes for pudding.

Slow, slow, slow. Stood in a long queue going nowhere whilst one person slowly takes all orders, making tea etc in between. Food is usually OK when u finally get it. But probably not really worth the wait!

Very disappointed, people taking orders were not very quick , long wait for food. Food was tasteless ,poorly presented and could be called average at its best . Cafe was much emptier than when we last there pre Covid , we won’t go back.

Popped in for lunch on the way to the coast. Lots of choice of food and drink. Little one had the children chicken nugget meal and the portion was very generous. Soup of the day was very nice, again generous portion. Tried some cakes too...

Went with the family today to see Christmas decorations and decided to have a bite to eat and drink.....avoid this place at all cost service and food was beyond terrible and very pricy asked for money back on my mother's bacon bap freezing cold and...

Arrived with mum and aunty at 1pm. Not too busy, but post covid so table service in place . Shown to a bench type table not the greatest for older adults with walking sticks but sat down. No cushions for arthritic hips Told that someone...

Went here for breakfast today and we'll never again!! Had the smallest pot of tea for 2 ive ever seen, had to wait 30mins after order breakfast and had to ask where it was and when it came they missed off the swops. The lady...

Service is terribly slow!! 45 mins wait for them to plate a dinner that’s sitting in hot plates. This place is just ridiculously managed. Cancelled puddings as we didn’t want to wait another 45 mins for it. Staff mostly standing around….unhelpful miserable looking. Management needs...

Nice garden centre but don't bother with the coffee shop. Waited 5 minutes to be seated, despite them not being busy. Waiting staff lack any kind of customer service skills. The menu was extremely limited and over priced- £5 for a basic cheese sandwich. There...

The staff were wonderful today at coed y Dinas. Sandra and Steph from the plant section went above and beyond to help us with our purchases. We bought a massive plant and they helped get it into my vehicle. They were amazing thanks.

just short of £7 for a small jacket potato with 2 toppings in bowls next to it... no salad or anything else with it. Also took 40mins to get it.... there were people in there but not rammed, and in such a limited menu which...

We called here to look in the garden centre and gift shop. There is free parking and plenty of places. What an amazing place. Loads to look at and really worth a visit. We decided to have a bite to eat so visited the cafe....

We were asked to give contact details as we arrived and soon given a table for four. Of the four main courses, two were less than satisfactory as my steak pie wasn’t exactly served hot and the quiche was over cooked with very hard pastry....

Visited on Father’s Day and opted for the roast dinner (as there was no other option). Confirmed it was gluten free which we were assured it was. The food arrived about 45 minutes after ordering. I confirmed they had used the gluten free gravy, yes...

Since we moved here, we've visited this 'restaurant' 3 times. The first time it was just about acceptable in terms of service, quality and value. Second time, my wife ordered salmon and when it came it was cooked on the outside, and cold and raw...

Having been to this restaurant on several occasions before, we decided to drop in for a Sunday roast. How disappointed we were. Took 45 minutes for our food to arrive and when it did, what a waste. Food was poor, small portions, cold and swimming...

We were visiting the garden centre and decided to have coffee and a cake in the restaurant. I used my phone to do the QR Code check as required. We sanitised our hands thoroughly and waited to be seated. Even though I had done the...

Stopped for lunch. The restaurant was very busy and has COVID procedures in place. I waited about five minutes for a table; it was obvious that the staff were delivering to the tables and clearing and cleaning the tables as quickly as possible. There were...

Called for Sunday Lunch Food was excellent service was very poor. Orders seemed to be taken in random orders. Had to wait 25 minutes for order to be taken. One couple next to our table came in after us and had their food before we...

Waited 30minutes for someone to come to serve us before my partner went to ask at the counter. There was no menu just a toastie that cost £6 and a Sunday roast that looked like it was just lobbed on that plate. Waited another 40mins...

Stopped for lunch.The menu was quite small.The staff were friendly but the cheese sandwich lacked any flare.Totally ordinary white sliced bread grated cheese straight from a packet with a few crisps thrown in for good measure.Poor value at almost £5.

We visited for lunch and waited to be served we were ignored for about ten minutes. Eventually we were told the menu was very limited and everything was with chips apart from jacket potatoes, so we chose those. They had run out of beans and...

Suggest they serve a pot of water with a pot of tea. Very strong tea and not enough for 2 people. Very busy at lunchtime. The sjop is a nice place to visit

Lunchtime stop for a light bite only this is not possible here, a ten minute wait for service is compulsory it seems at the first queue only to be informed that a chip Butty was subject to a 40 min wait so decided to have...

I had the good fortune to find this wonderful restaurant within a beautiful garden centre at coed y Dinas. My family arrived quite late for Sunday lunch on Sunday. The resturant was so busy and we were looking forward to a Sunday lunch. We were...

Visited at lunchtime and as others have said there is a very strange queuing system, so we split up one night red ring baked potato’s from one queue and the other a cheese panini from the other. I didn’t think ordering a potato would be...

Local to us so we visit quite often for all sorts of things. The biggest turn off for us though is the awful piped Christmas muzak which is inescapable throughout the store from October onwards. It's bad enough at any time, but Charlie's start it earlier than anywhere else in Britain, so we try to avoid the place from October till mid January. The rest of the year they still insist on forcing their customers and staff to listen to the usual piped crap, but the Christmas period is just awful. They really need to wise up on this issue, surveys show that piped music is loathed by most people and it doesn't do anything for their sales. Oh, and they play it outside too, so you can even hear it while walking round the gardens of Powis Castle on the hillside above! Lovely!

The restaurant is lovely and clean and spacious. There are two queues, one for hot and then fir cold,you have to pay at each one,then rejoin the queue. I ordered a hot dog from the cold section and a few other items. I then had...

Came to the restaurant for afternoon tea and cake and friends catch up. Clean and friendly Perfect cuppa and choice of cake . Excellent

We called in to have a meal on the Thursday evening special from 4.30pm to 7.00pm. The restaurant was clean and tidy and the tables were laid ready for the restaurant service. We were greeted by a member of staff and offered a choice of table. The evening menu offers some staple favourites and something different each week so plenty of choice. We chose our mains (Beef Bourguignon) and a glass of water, other drinks are available including alcoholic beverages. Our meal arrived quite quickly and it tasted great. The dessert selection was very good and we chose a sticky toffee pudding and a spotted dick, both with custard. We finished off with a coffee. The staff were friendly and helpful and very attentive.

Love visiting Coed y Dinas (Charlie’s). Stopped by on route to Welshpool for a few days break. Been here loads of time with parents. Thought I would treat husband to brunch.Lots of choice. Fair prices. Hospitality poor. No please or thank you when we ordered so I was disappointed after raving to him and other people about coming here. Guess you should make your own mind up. Food just arrived incorrect whilst completing this too! Oh dear.

Called in for breakfast this morning....no one ahead of me in the queue ! Ordered 2 light breakfast and 1 tea 1 coffee ......drinks almost finished and cold by the time we received our breakfast 26minutes later .....found breakfast to be more greasy than usual .....disappointing

Just had a club sandwich, it was delicious as was my toasted panini, last week and hot dog week before that. Exce

Called in for breakfast. At Howard’s for breakfast there are two queues, if you want just a cup or tea and toast or a bacon roll you use one queue, if you want a cooked breakfast, which from the menu appeared to be a choice of just three options - either “full English”, a lighter version of the full English with reduced number of rashers, sausages etc, or scrambled eggs and smoked salmon, you use another queue. For a cooked breakfast the system is that you place your order and pay, you’re given flag with a number on it and you take this and your chosen drink to a table, and the food is then brought to you (by one young chap who was hardly Mr Speedy and kept having to return with problems with the orders).

this cafe was filthy. floor covered in food and litter, no attempt to brush it up be prepared for exceptionally long wait, half hour plus just for a panini!!

I visited today with my elderly mum and 2 of my daughters, the cafe was fairly busy but we managed to find a table quite easily. They have a very strange arrangement whereby you have to buy hot and cold food separately. This is quite time consuming when you want to order from both. My daughters queued for the hot food and I did the cold - they then came back to me to say that the jacket potatoes that they wanted weren’t available anymore, even though the board was still on show. As I watched it was then removed. They were also told that there were no chicken dishes available. I had to then leave my place in the queue so that I could go back to my mum who was seated at the table to get her to reselect. Back in the cold food queue, we were going to have panini only for the person in front of us to be told that there was a 30 minute wait for these, because of the time already taken we didn’t have time to wait so we went back to the hot food section and had to have whatever was available.

We regularly visit this restaurant for a bite to eat at weekends and have noticed over the last few months it has really gone down hill fast! The Sunday lunches are now just slipped on your plate with no care or attention, the cakes and bread are so dry you can hardly chew them and the paninis no longer come with crisps. The standard of the food has dropped significantly - we used to enjoy a bacon and Brie panini and the bacon used to be lovely and crispy - the last few times it had been nothing but fatty.

Called on way home from Powis Castle. Had a quick look around the garden centre then had a coffee and a toasted tea cake in the cafe. Very tasty and good prices. Would return.

Excellent breakfast. Staff were very helpful espicially Jo the team leader. Would eat here all the time.

Stopped of for lunch but before 12 so went for a sandwich. Had the most humongous club sandwich I’ve ever seen delicious! My daughter had a “chip butty” AMAZING huge door steps of bread with real butter buried under a huge pile of chips, great value for money. A small wait but well worth it-same again next time!

We popped for tea as they do a special until 7pm, there are about 3 choices of starters and 6 mains, we each choose a different main and they were all lovely, the only issue we had was it took 50 mins to get our food which wouldn't have been a problem if our 3 year old wasn't so grumpy. We didn't try puddings as needed to get Ms Grumpy home.

Not impressed, the staff weren't really interested, the children's meals took an age, but our slices of cake were large and tasty. The free wi-fi keeps logging you out, may have worked better if I'd signed up for the e-mail selling.

Are customer service standards slipping? After being told our meals would be cooked to order when they did arrive they gave the distinct impression that they had been waiting around for some time.

The steak and ale pie is nothing compared to what it used to be, practically no meat... continued poor choice, long wait with minimal veg portions. We will no longer be visiting.

decided to eat here as didnt want to start trying to find somewhere else late in the day, ordered a fishfinger sandwich, side order of chips, not bad but nothing special for the price..everything is self service with those annoying sachets of everything..

The staff are always exceptionally warm and helpful. Very friendly and accommodating. They clear plates / tables quickly and ensure that they are clean. One member of staff was cleaning high chairs after use today - good to see!

Lovely food & good value for money. The queue can be a little slow going though. Clean & tidy with plenty of seating

Came to browse the store and wanted something quick to eat with my friends. i was greeted by a lady who seemed she wanted out of there. Same seemed to be with the rest of the staff. Coffee was okay, but my panini was bland and cold. My friends faggots were grisley. Not returning.

Never crossed my mind about the Thursday evening menu here until I happened by, simply because I see it as a garden centre for cake & tea.

This is the first negative review I have ever written. £3.99 for a tiny portion of cake, £2.99 for a tray bake the size of a Jaffa Cake. They have reduced the size of their cake portions since our last visit just before Christmas. My husbands Coffee with Soya milk was cold. Won't be eating there again. Would have complained but they were very busy.

Regular visotor for morning coffee. Usually have Capuccino/Mocha or similar. Seems the quality has gone downhill and the quantity of coffee in the drink has gone downhill. Tasted like slightly flavoured hot water gave us both a nauseous reaction. Glad to get home for a decent cuppa. Quite a wait at the counter as the till operator appeared to be serving as well

We called in to the cafe for a pot of tea and tea cake , however my husband ordered the teas and asked “Do you have a teacake? The lady behind the server contemplated her reply and after thoughtful contemplation replied “NO”

Lunch was popular, lots of people, but disappointing. I had a baked potato but this was very dry I don't like the way there are 2 different areas for ordering food ( 1 for cake and 1 for hot meals). This means you need to queue twice for a cake and a coke; poorly designed.

Arrived just seven minutes after the cut off for breakfast! Bad timing! The breakfast menu looked good. However, the bacon, brie and cranberry panini was a pretty good replacement! Tasty food!

Howards serves a great breakfast, raning from a full Farmhouse to Eggs Benedict. Lunches are goid portions of fresh food and the cakes are yummy too. Top all tgat with goid coffee and tea in pots that dont drip...it’s a winner. Prices are on ooint, giving great value for money.

Just had lunch of faggots and mash, food itself was OK BUT I WAITED OVER 15 MINUTES AT THE CHECKOUT. Result - COLD FOOD.

Thursday night meals have greatly improved along with the service. A very nice young lad served us and he was very helpful and polite. Food was very nice and tasty (hunters chicken).

Went for a browse and while we were their decided to have lunch.

I've had breakfast here many times and it's very good. I've also had lunch several times and each time just seems to get worse. Very average food and poor service. Having watched the operation (had plenty of time) I'd say that the kitchen staff need training and supervision and the same for FOH staff. Having managed plenty of people in the area over the years I know it can be like "herding cats" but if you want your customers to have a better experience, then it needs to be done. After the summer tourists go home I'll bet lunch is a quiet affair. Sad because Charlie's is a good draw and is generally busy. Check out the Derwen or Dobbies and see what they do different. I'll be back for breakfast but that's it sorry to say.

Not quite sure about Howards Restaurant. I sang it's praise to a friend, what a fantastic steak & ale pie with proper shortcrust pastry, the best around. Only to be served what I describe as a stew with a piece of puff pastry, to represent a lid. I refused the dish and was really disappointed.

Visited Coed y Dinas and saw sandwich board advertising menu available in restaurant (CAFE) and decided to eat there. Overpriced, tasteless and peppery pumpkin soup £4-50 per serving, and tea served in a small coffee cup. Asked for meal that was on display board at the entrance to the garden centre, to be told only available on Thursday, also time was 1-30 and another customer told only two servings of one particular meal available. More staff than customers and self service at waitress service prices. better value and choice at Morrisons supermarket and pleasant staff plus orders taken and meal brought to table freshly cooked and hot. Only stayed for soup and travelled later to Morrisons for a hot freshly cooked meal and a respectable cup of tea and coffee. Must say that 2 servings of soup plus roll, cup of tea and cup of coffee cost more than 2 cooked meals plus dessert and tea and coffee at Morrisons.

Howard's Restaurant is part of a great shopping experience. Animal and working equipment in one building and ladies wear, kitchen and home wear, furniture and furnishings, outdoor clothing, toys, pet supplies, garden supplies and garden furniture in the summer with a great Christmas display from October on, craft items, food items shop and more:- not forgetting the restaurant. Once you've had a good look round and spent your fill, sit and relax as you look out over the mid Wales countryside. I've stopped for tea and Apple pie today which has got me ready to carry on driving.

Love this place so much and the food its great, just wish the service was a bit better.

If travelling in the Welshpool area, I always stop off at Howard’s restaurant in the Coed Y Dinas shopping complex for breakfast.

We call in most Sunday mornings after Church for a Cappaccino, Toasted Teacake and read the Sunday papers. Aways well patronised with plenty of families adding to the friendly hubub. It has become quite a ritual after several years and it really sets us up for the day and miss it when we are called away.

I was informed about Howard's Restaurant last week and about the Thursday evening meal so we decided to give it a try. We have eaten at this particular location once before when visiting the garden centre at lunch time. We were met by a pleasant gentleman shown to a table and informed about the menu. All three of use decided to have the rump steak and all the trimmings (7.99) Followed by two servings of apple pie and one strawberry charlotte russe.The main course was well cooked, the veg were pretty basic, but you get that in most pubs these days quite enjoyable. I always judge apple pies on my mothers and this one was gluten my wife is gluten so having a dessert is quite rare for her.The pie was huge with piping hot custard quite enjoyable, but sadly not as good as my mothers there again nothing is. For the price and the pleasant surroundings the attentive staff I would visit again It is well worth a visit for you tea and there is not that many in the garden centre.

This place is so handy for me as it's opposite to where I get my car serviced. Today was car service day so why not start the day with a breakfast ! Full English for me and loved it ! Proper tasty sausages and thick bacon, beans, mushrooms, hash brown, egg, black pudding and 2 slices of toast with a large coffee all for under £6 ! This is better value than the supermarkets and better quality too. All I need now is a comfy sofa to fall into :-)

What could be nicer than ample parking, a great shopping experience and a lovely restaurant offering good value, delicious home made food. If you arrive early you can enjoy a wholesome breakfast, followed by snacks until lunch is served at noon. The choice is wide, with specials and old favourites on offer. Try the tasty quiche or Welsh beef and ale pie. You won't be disappointed and , no doubt, will return again and again.

A lovely meal at Howard’s tonight late on Thursday with waitress service ( well done to Lucy who was great)

Well what a experience! Visited coedyddinas lastweek,we are local people who have visited on many many times!

We often visit Charlie's for a mooch and a coffee stop on the way home from Wales. We decided to have a main meal of steak pie today. I was pleasantly surprised it was very tasty and the steak lean and tender. Bit of a wait at checkout as the cashier had to keep leaving us to replenish cutlery. Staff friendly and helpful.