Travellers Rest Restaurant in Powys

We enjoyed a very tasty Christmas turkey lunch here yesterday, 3rd December 2024. Great little cafe, delicious food, friendly staff and great service. A little gem of a place...👌😊

Nice enough but it really doesn't feel like a cafe, sat in a room with no atmosphere or interaction.

Our first time here this morning. From the minute we walked in we was welcomed and seated. All staff were welcoming. Myself and fiancé ordered a full English, food was lovely not one fault and clear plates. I had a cappuccino which was tasty and perfect. We were approached and asked if everything was okay during our meal. We paid with cash and left a tip as we were very pleased. We will definitely be attending again on our next stay.

Lovely little restaurant in Llanidloes. Booked for Sunday lunch. Both had roast lamb, it was all perfectly cooked and deliciously tasty. We both chose spotted dick with custard for dessert and that too was delicious. The service was spot on and food was piping hot as was our latte coffees too. Very nice restaurant, highly recommend.

Tasty breakfast, friendly efficient service. Good local advice about other venues. Clean premises which is well run.

We stumbled across this place on a stop on a long drive, and I’m absolutely delighted that we did - what a little gem! The place doesn’t look very prepossessing from outside, although inside is bright, clean and airy. It’s the food that I was most impressed with, though. The two other people that I was with got the breakfast, which they were very pleased with – huge plateful, lovely bacon, all in all really nice. I struck gold though with the roast of the day, which today was beef. The massive plateful of food arrived and I thought I would have to pass it over to one of the others to finish off, but it was so lovely, that I crammed every little bit of it in (and it’s 7 hours later and I still haven’t eaten anything else :-D ) The beef was genuinely some of the best meat that I’ve had in a roast dinner – really beautifully cooked, no gristle or fat on it, and really tasty. I was offered extra gravy, which I took, and also on the plate were three different lots of vegetables, two types of potato, and a Yorkshire pudding. The vegetables were cooked exactly right – sometimes when you get a roast dinner the vegetables are watery and overcooked, and these were exactly the opposite. The staff were lovely, it was extremely reasonably priced for what you get, and they had plenty of choice on the menu. Unfortunately, it’s going to be another 12 months or so until I’m passing that way again, but I’m definitely going to pop in when I do – I wish it were nearer to me, and I recommend it to everybody if you’re passing :-)

We stopped here on a whim as a break on a long drive, and I’m absolutely delighted that we did - what a little gem! The place doesn’t look very prepossessing from outside, although inside is bright, clean and airy. It’s the food that I was most impressed with, though. The two other people that I was with got the breakfast, which they were very pleased with – huge plateful, lovely bacon, all in all really nice. I struck gold though with the roast of the day, which today was beef. The massive plateful of food arrived and I thought I would have to pass it over to one of the others to finish off, but it was so lovely, that I crammed every little bit of it in (and it’s 7 hours later and I still haven’t eaten anything else :-D ) The beef was genuinely some of the best meat that I’ve had in a roast dinner – really beautifully cooked, no gristle or fat on it, and really tasty. I was offered extra gravy, which I took, and also on the plate were three different lots of vegetables, two types of potato, and a Yorkshire pudding. The vegetables were cooked exactly right – sometimes when you get a roast dinner the vegetables are watery and overcooked, and these were exactly the opposite. Unfortunately, it’s going to be another 12 months or so until I’m passing that way again, but I’m definitely going to pop in when I do – I wish it were nearer to me, and I recommend it to everybody if you’re passing :-)

Very familiar place, with very good service, good food and good price

What a lovely Sunday lunch today at this busy place. We hadn't booked & luckily got a table -all others were either occupied or reserved- the service was friendly, efficient and we didn't wait long. The Sunday lunch was so tasty, with a choice of meat, piping hot & plentyful..young pleasant waitresses all on the ball in a chatty & friendly manner. A lovely filling meal . We need another visit to taste one of the good looking desserts - our lovely lunch filled us up.

Just traveling through on way to Bangor, had to stop for some sustenance. A substantial full breakfast, plenty of tea. And a very pleasant waitress. Recommend 👍

.breakfast perfectly cooked to our specifications .. very good coffee.. quick service with a smile. Extra bonus, on all three visits, waitresses very beautiful. I write as an 85 y.o.woman not a lecherous old man!

Absolutely fantastic place to eat or drink. Service was 10/10 and the food was even better. Will be visiting again.

Best Sunday roast dinner I’ve tasted in a very long time ,looked good ,Welsh Lamb and Beef was tender and tasted FANTASTIC ,with lovely traditional vegetables cooked to perfection, what I would describe as real old fashion farm house cooking at it’s best. A credit to kitchen staff and waitresses and to local farmers and suppliers.

Good food and good service in a local cafe however I feel the place over charges massively for the food and drink. Roast dinner is way too expensive for the quality and portion of the meal. If prices were more reasonable it would be a 5 star from me.

What an amazing breakfast, we’ve been here a few times now for breakfast and they are always fantastic. The staff are super friendly and helpful so what more could you want.

Thanks to all staff for a delicious Christmas Dinner today. Food was piping hot and all veg was fresh. Staff always friendly and helpful.

Early start on Friday so stopped here for breakfast and so glad we did, breakfast for 10 people all serviced quickly and hot. Pity its not closer to home, definitely recommended.

I went in last Sunday 29th October, ordered 2 children's roast dinner, I wanted vegetables with veggie gravy, they said that they only had chicken or beef gravy, OMG you don't put chicken or beef gravy over vegetables for a vegetarian!! So I ordered scampi and chips. They also said that we had to wait for 30 minutes, and when our meals came we had to eat it in 20 minutes because someone else wanted our table!! OMG bearing in mind I had a 1 year old to feed as well as myself, how on earth can you finish your food within 20 minutes!! FLIPPING RIDICULOUS!! I won't be going there again!!!!!

Excellent stop off for a bacon cob and good coffee at reasonable prices

After an awful reception from the Red Lion next door where my wife and I had booked Sunday lunch we went to this little gem. The reception we received was lovely , the Lunch excellent and great value , the cafe clean . It was a great experience and thanks to the lovely two staff we even had an exc pudding each. I highly recommend this place

Had a latte and a cheese sandwich. Never seen so much cheese in a sandwich before. It was very nice on brown seeded bread.

Had a beautiful piping hot roast beef dinner with fresh vegetables. Beef melted in mouth. Service friendly & good.

Basic food, the kind found in other restaurants in plenty of other towns. Nothing special but tasted nice. No salad available at all, with any of the meals. The roast was just pressed meat. Also I believe from other people that they only take cash in this day and age! Apologies if cards are taken, but our meal was paid for by friends who use cash anyway. The toilets are not disabled friendly as they are up some steep upstairs. We had booked a table for lunch but when we got there, no reserved sign was on any of the tables. It's a good job it wasn't full. I wouldn't go back there or recommend them to others.

Had breakfast here before a day of motorcycling. A very tasty breakfast with good service. Only small improvement could be using butchers sausages rather than catering sausages but other than that great.

Lovely friendly family café. Food was exceptional. ! Hubby had the all day Breakfast. I had the Roast Dinner, mine was Beef on that day. Quick polite waitress. Clean and good clean toilets. 5*. Well worth a visit.

Lovely place to grab a bite to eat. The service was excellent, and the food was tasty. Thank you.

I stop here when on my way to visit my sister, ❤️😊

Lovely food and pleasant service

Lovely hot breakfast , ambient surrounding good coffee

Excellent little cafe with friendly staff and fresh cooked food.

Friendly clean and delicious .tasty hot and loads of different veg.bread and butter pudding out of this world.

Very nice meal, good value for money

Best cup of tea had for a long while!

Nice and clean Very helpful service But very overpriced I mean £1.80 for a can of coke I had full B/fast and to be honest in this review it was not that good Chips were overcooked , bacon was undercooked as was the egg and the sausage didn’t taste like pork or once cut open look like pork I’m sure they were having an off day as the -lace does get busy

Simple menu, well done. Really friendly, attentive staff and clean facilities. Couldn't fault it.

Great little kitchen to stop off on our long journey home. Staff were lovely, food was great. I had a Tuna mayo sandwich, husband had the lasagne which he loved. Kids had fish fingers, chips and beans - they probably could have shared though. Only thing missing was a babychange table, I was able to change my lad standing, but just something to note of you have a little baby. Lovely visit and would go back. X

Recently had a fully cooked breakfast . Really fresh and tasty , lovely staff. Highly recommended, will definitely visit again when in the area 👍.

Excellent value, friendly people

No frills about this place, just decent home-cooked food fairly priced. Roast dinner (on a Thursday) was the highlight although v. good lasagne appeared home-made too. Excellent and very pleasant service.

Looking for some breakfast and found this gem of a place. Great food and value & a lovely coffee

Clean, lovely place to eat,value for money well worth visiting

19 members of Aberaeron town angling club met for a cooked breakfast at 8 am , the food came out fast and hot , the service was great . Lovely clean cafe with very clean toilets too . The 2 young staff were very efficient fair play . Would definitely recommend.

Lovely breakfast cooked to order.

Fabulous breakfast, fast and efficient service and great staff. Nicely redecorated and furnished too.

Enjoyed a tasty breakfast before our off road bike day. We were in a hurry and they were very accomadating. The food wasn't fancy but tasted good. Coffee was great Cafe was smart and well presented

My wife and I stopped for breakfast, the food was beautiful , the full English was perfect, service was excellent and price was very good. Thanks to all involved.

Had a fantastic breakfast here today. A lovely cup of coffee. Would highly recommend and will definitely be making it a regular stop when passing.

It's a very cute and cozy place.

We stumbled across this restaurant by accident as there was no one else serving food in the town, but we are so glad we did. We were greeted with a warm welcome and shown to our table by a lovely young lady (blonde hair) we ordered Sunday lunch which was one of the freshest and tastiest we have had and it was only £8. I would highly recommend this little Welsh Gem. Thanks guys

An all day breakfast, including a delicious coffee, all for £8, bargain. Clean and tidy, with nice attention to detail. 👍

Great food, get what you pay for!

Tasty breakfast food, friendly service, good prices.

Excellent Christmas Dinner. Good value. Friendly service.

Had a lovely beef roast dinner today, food and service was excellent 😋😋👍👍

If you don't mind INSTANT COFFEE it's ok.

I understand they were short of staff when we called but the presentation of our toasted sandwich was awful, no bit of salad or crisps etc just two slices of shop bought brown sliced bread with ham and cheese. The cafe was clean and the staff were pleasant, dissapointed.

Great food, excellent service in a lovely little town

Cracking food. Great service been here many times would highly recommend. 👍

Excellent food yet again, lovely staff always ready to help

Lovely service. First time visit everything was just lovely will definitely go again.

Lovely food served with a smile.

Really friendly, but the last 3 breakfasts I've had have been really greasy and the bacon was burnt. Used to be a brilliant breakfast

Excellent good and friendly welcome

Great food. Really good value for money. Popular with locals and tourists alike. Highly recommended.

Good customer service and reasonably priced food as well, worth a visit!!

Evening meal was very nice and so was the continental breakfast. Cooked breakfast was terrible. Quorn sausage tasted terrible, bubble and squeak was dry, egg and baked beans were nice, hash brows had an odd green colour and were also dry. My partner said the bacon was not nice. I ended up leaving most of the cooked breakfast, which is strange for me. I wouldn't recommend the cooked food but I would recommend the continental. Everything else was nice. Clean and a nice atmosphere, friend/helpful staff

Absolutely awesome breakfast stop for any rally fan.

Lovely cafe & open early on a Sunday. Wr both had a lovely breakfast & cuppa. Staff very pleasant & efficent

As we got there after 3PM there was no food so we had a cup of tea

Homely atmosphere, great food & service. Very enjoyable meal here with friendly staff & great prices!

Stopped here for our lunch on our way to north wales, the food was very good and the staff friendly, we did have to wait quite a while for the food to arrive which was surprising as it was not that busy, but overall was very nice.

Beautiful Sunday lunch. Simply presented but very very tasty.

Lovely Sunday roast. Good quality. Friendly staff. Will definitely be back.

My boyfriend and I had a lovely meal served by friendly and efficient staff. I had a Farmhouse Grill and he had lasagne and chips and salad. Both delicious 😊 The drinks were also good - yummy coffee for me and tea for him. Will be back soon!

Had an excellent (late) breakfast there. Good products, swift and friendly service and excellent value. Recommended.

Staff were lovely and helpful. Food was lovely and excellent value. Couple of snobby customers who were incredibly rude was the only reason I didn't give 5 stars

We came here at closing time not expecting much, to tell you the truth. What we found was excellent service and really nice basic food at great prices.

Great honest food and decent portions.

Passing through Llanidloes looking for some where to eat! Come across this cafe. Quick service, friendly staff and AMAZING food!!

A restaurant that serves a good menu which includes kids meals but they don't provide high chairs which is a shame.

Very helpful young lady who arranged for us to have a couple of lovely sausage baps plus hot drinks to go as we had our little dog with us.

Very welcoming restaurant. Delicious roast dinners just like mother used to make. Also a very good menu with a good choice of dishes. Staff are very friendly and efficient.

Great breakfast. Good service. Very tasty food.

Full English breakfast first thing Sunday morning - excellent!

Excellent food, hot and always 1st class lovely staff . Sunday waitresses are lovely and an asset to your business lovely place

We discovered this cafe when passing through Llanidloes. We were swiftly made welcome and given menus containing everything from full main meals to afternoon tea and cakes. We needed a light lunch so picked various toasted sandwiches and one mushrooms on toast. The food arrived piping hot and definitely tasty (with the ‘best dish’ award clearly won by the mushrooms on toast). Whilst the decor is a little tired, this is clearly a much-loved local cafe/restaurant with excellent home cooking and friendly staff. We’d definitely go there again if we’re in the area.

Called in here Bank holiday Sunday, myself, husband, 5 year old grandson and 2 year old grandson No baby chairs yet the menu caters for under 12s. No baby changing room. Had to change the toddler on the toilet floor!! Ordered 2 adult meals and asked for 2 x sausage, chips and beans for the kids. First child meal arrived. Then both adult meals. Waited for other child meal, nothing... So we asked, off the waitress went to find out after looking on her writing pad at the order. Few minutes later came and said there was a mix up and just doing the meal now! Poor boy was starving so had a fair bit of mine. There was no carton/bottle drinks just in a glass with a straw. At the end of the meal I asked for the child's meal knocking off to be told well he had it. I said yes after a wait and had to eat mine. She knocked half price off it. No signs up to say cash only. We weren't the only ones caught out. Another guy had to rush off and go to A bank machine. If it wasn't for the service and the lack of children's highchairs and changing room, I'd have given this a 5 star but don't feel it's justified!

Proper food in a great cafe, Staff nice too... Roast of the day lunch £6.99 great...right on the high street.

Excellent food excellent value very good service.

Came Upon Cafe By Chance My Husband Had A Bacon And Cheese Bap I Had A Sausage Bap Both Were Freshley Made And Hot. The Service Was Excellent Will Go There Again If In The Area

We had a lovely roast there last Saturday 30/7/17 very wholesome food and nice pleasant staff at a fair price , will call again

The food is home made and hot good service