The best restaurants in Wales

I stumbled upon Nicholls while exploring Abergavenny, and what a delightful find! This charming café offers a warm, welcoming atmosphere and truly delicious homemade food. Everything tasted fresh and lovingly prepared—especially the cakes, which are absolutely worth saving room for! The staff were friendly and attentive, making the whole experience feel personal and relaxed. Whether you’re after a hearty lunch or a coffee and a sweet treat, Nicholls is a must-visit. I’ll definitely be back next time I’m in town!

Excellent place for study , amazing customer service and food is immaculate ✨ definitely coming here again

Very good vegetarian food and reasonably priced too. Plenty of room upstairs

Fresh fish, tasty chips. They even opened up after closing for the evening! Best fish and chips I’ve had in a while.

Great location. Great vibes. Great friendly and happy staff. Great food.

Bwoah, Good day chaps, I write Sir Google today to review this fine establishment. Firstly I must say the food was rather scrumptious but the service was merely satisfactory. Secondly I must say the atmosphere was splendid with the F1 on, Sadly Max triumphed again. Finally I must say overall The Bryn-Y-Mor is a fine establishment for an evening out. Good day chaps.

We took a spontaneous trip to Pembroke to check out the castle and ended up staying the night—so glad we did! The location was spot-on, the room was clean, and the host was really welcoming. All the staff were lovely and helpful. The food was great and breakfast hit the spot. Just a perfect little stopover—would definitely stay again!

Fresh cakes,great tasting coffee. Fantastic service, friendly staff.

This is a hidden gem, lovely food and the best staff ever! So welcoming, would definitely recommend!

One of the best Italian food I ever had in the UK. Highly recommend!

Wonderful food and drinks. Excellent service as always. Warm and friendly atmosphere and great value for money. Highly recommend!

Very friendly staff and lovely fish and chips. (free fork too!)

I wanted to feel like we had found a place to go and continue to go but unfortunately we didn’t really feel welcome. At first we were greeted by a lady behind the bar who was lovely and welcoming and I have no complaints about her. However, when it came to ordering our food the waitress approached and asked if we were ready to order, at that point we hadn’t even looked at the menu. We asked if we could have 5 more minutes to look at the menu, we were trying to settle and occupy a 2 year old and a 10 year old before deciding what we wanted. The waitress looked disgruntled and said yes okay but we need the table by 19:15, we had booked the table for 5 and arrived 10 minutes before. My partner said to the waitress that we would definitely be gone by then because we have a 2 year old to settle. This did annoy me and if it wasn’t for the fact that my children were there and were hungry I would have left. I think she realised how rude it was because she did apologise and say sorry for rushing us. I appreciated the apology but I hope there is a lesson learned here. I know it’s just a job to them but I do think there should be a level of consideration and understanding of other people’s circumstances. We have recently moved to the area and our young children are also settling into their new surroundings, I just hope that another family doesn’t have to feel the way we initially felt. I’m sure the waitress reflecting on the situation wouldn’t have wanted us to feel this way and the free ice cream did help slightly however, we won’t be returning. I know from the level of detail I’ve provided that they will know the exact customer that has posted this review and I hope they think next time before rushing a customer with young children.

Wow, estoy muy decepcionado de haber escuchado cosas tan buenas sobre este lugar y nos lo recomendaron los amigos que estábamos visitando, pero tuvimos que irnos después del estado del lugar. No soy de los que odian en una empresa que tiene personal joven que trabaja allí ya que todos éramos jóvenes una vez, pero este lugar estaba fuera de control, parecía un área de juegos para niños. Las bebidas eran sabrosas, pero el servicio era tan pobre que esperamos más de 30 minutos para nuestras bebidas, el personal parecía estar demasiado concentrado en cotillear y tomarse fotos en los teléfonos en lugar de servir a la gente, las mesas no se estaban despejando dejando. la construcción de vasos en todas partes que hizo que todo el ambiente fuera desordenado; me puse de cabeza una mujer hacer una pregunta sobre las bebidas de Pascua que tenían en oferta, ya que tenía alergias o una intolerancia, el muchacho no sabía la respuesta, así que fue a preguntar al “gerente” que también dijo que no sabía y que lo mejor era no obtener las bebidas, ya que no estaba seguro de los ingredientes, seguramente como gerente que debe saber lo que había en los productos que su empresa está vendiendo! Realmente decepcionado por nuestra visita, ya que habíamos escuchado cosas tan buenas, esperemos que para la próxima vez que vengamos el propietario ha tenido una renovación del personal a las personas que son conscientes de que están en un entorno de trabajo no un club social!

i am absolutley appalled with the service, one of the employees with ginger hair was stood right infront of me eating chips with no gloves behind the counter and didnt wash her hands before preparing my food, i have no problem with employees eating while on shift however id rather it not be done right infront of my face from MY food that i had to take home, additionally, i ordered a tub of irish curry sauce, im quite a germaphobe so i like to watch my food be made and im glad i did because when she was potting it up a bit dribbled down the side of the tub and she proceeded to lick it off her finger in the middle of preparing my food feel this is highly unacceptable this chippy has gone out of control. i was going to make a complaint then and there however i wanted other customers to be aware and all the workers completely dismissed me, not even sparring a glance at me, i will not be returning and will be telling family and friends