The Old Printing Office in Carmarthenshire

😎l had a quote written on rice paper framed here, it was a difficult ask. Time was taken to make sure that l would be happy with the end result, frame, border ect. The finished result was truly amazing, perfect. The framing business is tucked in behind a gift shop which has the most amazing selection of gifts for every occasion. Amazing place. Highly recommended 😎.

Great picture framing. Good advice too to choose frames.

Great, quirky little cafe/restaurant situated at the back of a lovely little shop. Great food & Service. fab kids meal offers!

They have a wide variety of cakes, a wider variety of milkshakes. The staff are very helpful and kind and a great place for family

We always visit this lovely cafe when on our way to wales. The food is delicious. On this occasion I had butternut squash dhall and my husband had beef brisket. As always both were delicious - wish we lived nearer we would definitely eat here every weekend then!

This was the latest of several visits over the past few years, when driving through Llandovery. Coffee and cake always flavoursome. Savoury dishes looked fresh, and other customers shared positive comments. Staff were full of smiles and helpfulness, and service was quick. The business also includes a well-stocked gift and homeware shop, with clothing ranges. I shall return!

Fabulous little shop, selling gifts jewelry etc and a lovely little cafe to the back of the shop selling lovely coffees and tasty snacks. Definately worth a visit.

Such a refreshing change to find a cafe tucked away with such an imaginative menu. We had a superb lunch in the sunny garden, waited on by friendly staff. Hat's off you guys, we will definitely be back for a return visit!

This is a lovely little cafe with a quiet peaceful garden at the back where dogs are welcome. The coffee was really good and good choice of cakes. There's a shop here selling lots of interesting things as well.

Visited on a journey through. The space was well appointed and there were interesting things to see as you go through the shop to the cafe. The toilets were not in the cleanest state as the sweets in a bowl - in the toilet area! were spread around the sink, which I cleaned up in order to wash my hands. The coffee was the most bitter coffee I had tasted and I have only given 3 stars as the girl offered us additional milk and hot water to dilute the taste she really tried to make our refreshments pleasant.

Great food , friendly service and they laugh at Steve's jokes!

A lovely place to have coffee and shop nice atmosphere polite staff would definitely go back , And next time have a hot meal just had coffee and cake 😋

Thanks to trip advisor we came across this little gem ! We had the crumpets which was delicious!! It was topped with spinach cream and bacon , so yummy ! We then had a piece of freshly baked maple cake ! The staff were really friendly , and helpful . We will definitely visit when passing through again !

Lovely hidden secret cafe! Tucked away at the back of a fabulous gift shop (also a wonderful find!) this quirky little coffee shop sells decent coffee and home made cakes/food at reasonable prices. Definitely worth a visit if you are in the vicinity.

Really nice little coffee place.

Another great cafe with friendly staff and fantastic cakes: & the owner (or at least, the master cake-maker!) being a world record holder too! thanks!

Lovely shop with some very nice art and presents. The coffee is excellent and the cakes are to die for.

The Old Printing Office in Llandovery is a mix of shop with craft type products with a cafe and garden to the rear. Much bigger than it looks from the outside. The menu is cafe style with a special line in crumpets with toppings. The glass roof let’s lots of light into the main cafe area. We both opted for the broccoli and almond soup. It was a generous portion with granary or sour dough bread. The latte was good as well. A pleasant place to drop in for a light bite.

Was brilliant, now it appears that it's trying to become a snooty vegetarian cafe.

Café review: good wholesome food, lovely staff. Toys/games so great to visit with the family too.

Beautiful food and very friendly staff. The garden is fantastic for children and they are also allow dogs in garden, so our 2 labs were happy and children loved playing in garden and using their own little picnic bench.

We have stopped of here several times now en route to Pembrokeshire. The staff are always welcoming and friendly & although dogs are not allowed inside the cafe there are tables in the garden, some of them under cover (blankets have been offered on colder days!) The lunchtime food is freshly made & delicious & there’s a nice selection of cakes.The toilet is very spacious & accessible with baby changing facilities.

Really lovely little coffee shop. The glass roof lets in tons of natural light so even on rainy days it feels like you're sitting outside...except you're warm and dry and cozy. The drinks are great but the home made cakes and slices....absolute heaven. Best date and ginger cake I've ever had (and by a country mile). So good I'm happy to drive the 50 mile round trip to have it again. Lovely staff who are happy to go the extra mile and the prices....super reasonable. Great place

Very cute cafe at the back of a store. It's super clean, very cute and has a covered glass roof so it feels like you're sitting outside even on a rainy day.

Really nice location with a garden too. Shade and sunshine on offer. Delicious menu and kids choices. Had mackerel pâté for mum, pulled beef brisket for me and cucumber and cream cheese for the kids. All were delicious. Served by polite and helpful staff 😍

Smaller, quirky establishment. The food is delicious, whether you are a vegetarian, or not. It's great value and plentiful. Cakes are delicious, there's even a little shop and chocolatier too. Extremely hard to fault. I guess if you are a larger group you might struggle to find space, but that's it really

Delicious! Celeriac and apple soup, one of my favourite combos but don’t see it enough and the celeriac and apple season is just coming to an end ... we squeezed it in!

Hidden away behind a gift shop this little Cafe is a gem! I only had sourdough bread with caramelized onion and cheese topping and a rocket salad but it was delicious! Nice staff too!

In the town for a weekend break. As ever consult TA for options. Agree with all the positives. Recommended !

Excellent vegetarian meals, great choice. The value and service is outstanding. A must visit.

Try the spinach and bacon crumpets!

Cafe is brilliant, best coffee outside our house, beef brisket in a bun is moist and very tasty, and the bara brith is excellent. We'll worth a visit.

Delicious food, friendly service

We travel from Swansea once a month to shop in llandovery we stop at this cafe its absolutely fantastic

We called in here for lunch as Llandovery made a convenient break when travelling from home to the Pembrokeshire coast and were very pleased that TA proved it's worth yet again. The cafe is a surprisingly light and modern conversion of an old courtyard and we enjoyed the savoury crumpets and a veggie dish of butternut hash. We were so impressed that we visited again on the way back for some excellent celeriac and apple soup. The food was a bit slow in arriving on the second occasion but maybe they were just a bit stretched on the day. We liked the friendly service and atmosphere and would certainly come again.

Nice cosy place with decent coffee and fair selection of cafe style foods.

Really quite surprised to find such a pleasant place for lunch in Llandovery. Interesting, good-value home-cooked food and a very pleasant set of staff. Thoroughly recommended

Excellent breakfast and wonderful coffee in attractive surroundings. Highly recommended for quality service and food

Fantastic coffee, it was the best homemade crumpet and scrambled egg, I have ever had. when I am visiting in llandovery I try and go every day! Very friendly staff, thanks.

Great coffee, yummy cakes and a lovely, friendly atmosphere. And the shop has a wonderful selection of gifts. Plus, should you ever need a picture framed, this is the place for you.

This place is worth making a detour for. we only found it by accident, but will certainly be back. Friendly service, excellent coffee & cakes & great value. from the look of the menu, we regretted that we had to press on & couldn't come back for lunch, but we will be back.

This has to be one of my favourite places in Llandovery. It's a perfect place for gifts and little bits. Beautifully curated collections of things that make you want to buy the whole shop! The cafe is excellent with a wide variety of items and so tasty too. Was a little confused why the menu was only written on the wall, but its a very small thing.

Excellent vegetarian menu. Tasty ,colourful and fresh. Polite friendly staff.

We have visited the Old Printing Office on quite a few occasions for lunch and it really is an oasis of properly prepared food in an otherwise bland desert of tired pubs and unimaginative restaurants.

Welcoming friendly place. Stopped for a coffee. Just very nice. Entrance is through a packed to the brim gift shop. Entrance not accessible to wheelchair users. Just far too much piled up.

Called in to Llandovery as a short stop off on the way to a pub stay further up the valley. Went in to the shop and found this in the courtyard which was covered (atrium). Decided to have a light lunch. Nice pulled pork burger and a pea and mint fritter stack. Very nice. Staff friendly and good service. Will use again when next in the area

Fantastic food, coffee, service and environment. A great selection of homemade cakes and cooked food. Lovely light eats menu and if I could I would eat here every day.

Stopped in Llandovery on the way to Pembrokeshire. Checked TripAdvisor for lunch suggestions and decided on this place. Food was lovely, staff were friendly, cafe is nice and clean. There is even a little play den for young children. Really liked the relaxed atmosphere too. Oh and the crumpets are devine!

Decided to stop for lunch. Staff were pleasant. Food was lovely I had the fritter stack and hubby had home made crumpets with bacon and spinach. Overall nice lunch in a pleasant environment. Would return.

Drove to Llandovery to visit here as it looks lovely and Trip Advisor said open, only to find it closed 🤨 left disappointed 😔

we enjoyed a super lunch. One had a great quiche ( very generous portion) and the other, pulled beef with salad. Delightful staff and a great place to sit in the atrium especially when sun shining. They also make a lovely cappuccino.

Great place to sit and have coffee and cake and chat with friends. Also sells gifts and souvenirs. Good quality coffees and teas.

An absolute gem in the heart of Llandovery. Excellent coffee, tasty home-cooked food with all kinds of dietary requirements catered for (including, what must be, the most delicious home-made crumpets in the world!), charming surroundings, pretty garden seating area, friendly and caring staff ... WOW folks, this is SO much more than a cafe and we urge to you visit soon. Cannot recommend The Old Printing Office highly enough, we'll definitely be going again!

We were in the area, and sought this place out as it is shown as the #1 restaurant in the town. It's clean and pleasant enough, and the staff are very nice, but we were somewhat underwhelmed by the food. The vegetable and chorizo casserole had hardly any chorizo in it and was very bland; it came with a large quantity of rice, so I'm not sure why it was served with bread as well - I'd rather have had some salad instead of extra starch. By contrast, the pulled beef was over spicy, and came with salad and enough coleslaw to feed about four people! There were no desserts, but some quite nice cakes. Overall, it wasn't a bad meal, but was nothing memorable and rather expensive for what it was.

Found this on TripAdvisor and the praise for it was no exaggeration. Friendly and efficient service in a pleasant atmosphere, dining inside and out.Imaginative and original salads and quiches to die for!

The small, cosy cafe at The Old Printing office is a really wonderful place for lunch. The menu includes a selection of homemade crumpets with a variety of toppings. They are stunningly yummy! The staff are frindly and really helpful, the place is light and bright and there is even a small courtyard area. The cakes are gorgeous too. Excellent value and the pea fritters with haloumi are simply the business!

Tucked away behind a gift shop this little cafe is a delightful place with friendly staff. There's a small garden area with seating & dogs are allowed to go through the cafe if you wish to sit in the garden eith your pooch. Be aware that there's no grass (it's astro turf!!)....

Lovely cafe light and airy with good selection of food and drinks and a nice atmosphere. Cakes especially good!

Spent a lovely afternoon in brilliant sunshine having cakes and teas in the rear garden. Cannot recommend it too highly. Staff charming and prices very reasonably.

Been back a few times now, lovely place to sit, enjoy a coffee and relax.Friendly service and reasonable prices.

A reasonably priced, Welsh Gift shop. It sells soaps, bags, children's toys, Welsh cook books, chocolates and a good range of greetings cards. It also has an attached clothes department. At the back is a gem of a café with of good choice of well cooked food and cakes. You can have a very tasty lunch here with moderate sized portions, chosen from a blackboard. It will also service a morning or afternoon, tea and cake trip. In good weather, you can sit in the garden terrace.

Had the home made crumpets with bacon, spinach and parmesan, absolutely delicious savoury meal, plenty of it and shared with husband, still enough. Also previously had the pork casserole and the asparagus quiche, everything was lovely but the crumpets shone out. Very nice cakes and coffee too. Lunch is between 12 and 3pm, but will do crumpets outside those hours, worth going just for those. Closed on Tuesdays so beware. This is our new go to place, delicious!!

Delicious carrot and coriander soup with sour dough bread. Decent portion size and pretty good value. Friendly staff and great service.

Had lunch there last Monday, both had the crumpets, not cheap but very enjoyable and tasty. Staff explained there would be quite a wait as they were busy which was helpful

My wife and I stayed two nights in Llandovery and after quickly seeing the highlights of the town (which didn’t take long) decided to find somewhere for a cup of tea and slice of cake.

My fiancé and I stopped at The Old Printing Office for a late breakfast while staying at the nearby Erwlon Campsite.

Great little gem of a cafe - great coffee and super friendly staff, good food... A must stop location. Very nice vibe and a tad different.

Really good find. Busy little place, staff friendly, food cooked fresh, was worth the wait! Very tasty!

Found this place by chance and what a great lunch. Great menu catering for vegetarian. Quirky cafe with lovely atmosphere and friendly service.

We stopped for lunch in this classy coffee shop and we weren't disappointed. The menu was interesting and unusual and we both chose the sweet potato, carrot and coconut milk soup. It was delicious.It was also clean, and not overpriced with polite and efficient service. What's not to love?

In the area for a week on holiday. Visited today, loved it so much we’d like to go back later in the week. Lovely service, cozy atmosphere and DELICIOUS cakes we had the lemon cake with elderflower mascarpone frosting and the chocolate, coffee and hazelnut cake. So so good. Best cafe cake I’ve had (and I’ve eaten a lot!!). We went mid afternoon, so it was nice and quiet and we could sit and read our books. We’ll be back before we go home to Sussex!

The Old Printing Office is a great place for gifts and the cafe at the back provides an excellent menu....

Great welcome. Hot chocolate perfect. Lemon drizzle cake good. Snack foods and cake. Entrance is through a shop.

Excellent fresh food. Friendly, helpful staff and a lovely shop that sells a variety of interesting items plus a clothes shop.

It's easy to miss this little gem but keep looking. The food is to die for, interesting decor and charmimg...

Delicious lunch and friendly staff

A thoroughly charming little cafe with first rate food. I would travel a long way for their homemade crumpets with...

Always bought here lived in Llandovery for 28 years

Tucked away at the back of the shop is this gem of a place. Good coffee and interesting snacks/lunches. We...

I stopped here with one of our B&B; guests. We had a lovely lunch, the staff were very friendly and...

Stopped in to window shop the goods, some lovely stuff but, decided to have a coffee as well. Good call,...

We enjoyed good cappuccinos and home made bara brith and sticky ginger and date cake. When we looked at the...

this bistro has a warm friendly atmosphere and serves a good range of well cooked basic Welsh / English dishes, including pulled pork, burgers, salads and some very tasty desserts and cakes. They serve their own range of coffees and you can buy bags of their ground coffee from the waitress.

What a find, fantastic coffee, and all the food looked and tasted fantastic.

There is a wide selection of quality items on offer. There is a good stationery section. The handmade chocolates look nice but I haven't tried any. I liked the china goods on offer, especially the Portmeirion and they also have a nice selection of resin figures. My wife enjoyed the clothing section which included Sea Salt. The café had a nice ambience and the home made crumpets were lovely. Well worth a visit.

Stumbled across this place quite by accident, on a long day trip from our campsite to the Dan Yr Ogof caves, when my 8 year old needed a loo stop. Came in from the west and parked up, and soon found this place. We were instantly attracted by the pleasant exterior - entrance is through an interesting shop.

Lovely friendly service and a very welcome and unusual menu suitable for gluten intolerant and vegetarians.

The Old Printing Office looks like a gift shop at first but opens up into an enclosed courtyard. The menu is varied and imaginative serving a range of healthy food. They specialise in home made crumpets but don't serve them at lunch

The decor is absolutely fabulous with print and typography elements adorning the walls. There is a wonderful glass lantern ceiling that lets light flood in to the contemporary setting. As it was a sunny day, we were offered seats in the garden which was out of the wind and sat next to a beautiful climbing hydrangea that was in full flower.As vegetarians we were spoilt for choice which a great selection of main meals that were all home made and developed by the owner. My partner had a cauliflower Tabboulleh with halloumi that had a delicate and refreshing flavour and I went for the fennel,courgette and feta quiche with a side salad and home made bread. The pastry was made of spelt flour and was every bit as good as normal pastry just a lot healthier.The portions were very generous and with the addition of two wonderful lattes and a lump of home-made apple cake for desert set us up for the afternoon.The meal came to just over £20, which was well worth it for great food, in a great setting and served by great staff.This is an absolute gem of a cafe and I only wish we'd discovered it sooner. If you are in Llandovery or nearby, definitely head to The Old Printing Office at the back of a fab gift shop / boutique.

Our normal stop off at Penygawse cafe was closed so we decided to give this a try instead of west end cafe. Took a very long time to order and get our meal. We had pulled pork in a BBQ sauce in a bun and salad. The pork was reheated which didn't agree with either of us and the sauce wasn't that nice. The only good bit was the bun and salad for £10!!! The kids portion it did say mini hot dog but wasn't quite expecting a small chipolata in a petit pan! The cafe is lovely but really wasn't impressed with the food. Coffee was good but milk was heated up too much for cappuchino

lovely shop but wasn't impressed by cafe food was re-heated pork and small portions for £10 and slow service, nice cafe but not a spot on Pengawse cafe which never fails to deliver lovely coffee and food every time.

Excellent cakes. Freshly baked wow cakes.Coffee good.The Accessible Toilet is decorated in a chequered black and white pattern. Very busy. For me as a Visually Impaired guest it was dreadful. There is no contrast. What is needed is at least a 40% contrast.. Paint it a neutral colour please. The RNIB will give you advice.

Chips did not appear on the menu. In fact the menu was deliciously different.Lunch companion a local frequent visitor had the crumpets, homemade and tasty as always. I had the cauliflower tabbouleh with grilled halloumi, delicious. I will return if only to try the beetroot hummus and flatbread. Service was very friendly and efficient. There is an outside patio area though we ate inside.One comment - when you eat inside the coffee machine, when in use, can make conversation impossible.

Stopped here on a trip to South Wales. I had heard how good the crumpets were. Not my definition of a crumpet more like a muffin you can buy in the UK and very stodgy. NOT to be confused with English muffins you get in the US which are delicious. Would have preferred a small green salad as don't normally eat bread but sadly nothing like that on the menu. We'll probably stop there again as it's a half way place on our journey but would choose something different next time or maybe even request a salad. The staff however were very pleasant but there was a long wait after placing our order which delayed our journey.

This is a great little place to have a coffee and cake, its a family run business and all the cakes are made on the premises and are delicious! I've visited on many occasions and have always felt very welcome and have never been disappointed!

A little welsh gem.You must try the welsh cakes whatever else you have.It is so easy to miss this place as it is buried inside a shop, but it is well worth seeking out if in the locality.Free parking close by.Reasonable prices.Friendly staff.Just do it

We were taking a leisurely look around a pretty little gift shop in Llandovery, the type of shop you go when you need inspiration for Christmas, when were heard chinking of china and smelt a very inviting aroma of coffee. This little coffee shop/tea room/cafe has been cleverly made in a covered courtyard so it's light and bright and so inviting. The menu is not enormous but has something for every taste, in fact we were a bit cross that we had eaten lunch as we really fancied some of the tasty offerings on the menu. We were only able to manage drinks and cakes, but what yummy ones they were. Homemade (I believe) and served swiftly by very polite young staff. This really was a good find and now we are spoilt for choice when we next visit Llandovery. We don't live far away but are seriously considering booking in somewhere for a long weekend so we can savour all the culinary delights of this area. Obviously very busy in summer but well worth a visit.

Cosy little tea room, with good value cup of tea and very friendly service. I always make a point of stopping here whenever I'm in Llandovery.

I often call in here for a coffee when in llandovery. It's bright airy and has a lovely feel to it. Homemade cakes fresh brewed coffee. Lovely staff nice clean loo's as well . The shop attached to it has a wonderful array of all sorts I find it impossible not purchase something. I have also used Mr Whitney the framer services they too are top notch

This restaurant is a real gem at the back of an interesting shop. Excellent service and value with a really interesting selection of home made dishes. Would certainly recommend.