The best restaurants in St. Mary Powys Mid Wales

I Searched on Google for places open in Brecon at the time we were there, This looked good in images with a menu to suit us, so we went in, Almost immediately realised the menu I read on line with photos, was for food in packets pre made and warmed up not fresh prepared, Cold sausage panini cold bacon in paninis, cheese and mushroom on toast pre made, in a fridge wrapped in plastic packets did not scream quality, bit like costa food, all to be warmed up or re heated was not what I hoped or indeed bought, re heated bacon or re heated sausage did not inspire me. Instead, we had a coffee and a hot chocolate which were good, and a Croissant and Pan au Chocolate and were really only...OK. The building is interesting and full of character lovely in fact with a lot of effort with great design. But the lack of on premises prepared food of the type we went in to buy, the lack of cleanliness of building with dirty windows with cobwebs decorating the corners of where we sat, broken light fitting above us and others with many dead insects inside did little to impress. We felt like we interrupted the staff by ordering food, who were deep in conversation with each other when we came in and continued deep in conversation while we ordered. We were hungry and thirsty, so we had something to eat and drink to tide us over. Such a shame with a beautiful building nicely decorated full of style. Look like someone had made a lot of effort setting up this business but not day to day running of it. If in Brecon I would suggest looking around at others as there are many, as the online image of this did not match reality in many areas. Or at least on the day we visited. We a little later ate elsewhere in Brecon which was all fine. Maybe we just arrived on a bad day.

There was a piece of plastic in my food! Very cheap Morrisons tomato sauce and acidic tartar sauce in sachets, v undercooked chips and cheap mushy peas. Fish was decent size but that was all. Really poor for the rip off price of £30!! AVOID and spend your money elsewhere. ,

If you’re looking through previous reviews and think, ah we’ll give it a go… don’t! 😂 up there with the worst meal I’ve had in my life 😂

Absolutely amazing 👏, we visited last night to watch the darts (they can show the sky sports in this pub which is an added bonus). It is a local brecon pub which is amazing the staff and locals were all lovely and made the night even more enjoyable. A huge shout out to a loacl Joshua, staff rhys/reese, and shelly who were amazing and made us feel so welcome. Thank you to Joshua for putting the tv sound on when we were a bit shy at first to ask xxx and thank you, shelly and rhys/reese, for being amazing 👏 I highly recommend this place any day of the week 🥳❤️ we will be back in a few weeks and will always come in when we are in the area 😀

Arrived on a scorching hot day with the dog for brunch as we were visiting the area. Decided to sit outside in the shade, dog water available and when we went into order we were offered a doggy biscuit for the hound! Two locally sourced full English breakfasts, orange juice and americano coffee went down well. The staff were attentive and polite, the toilets were lovely. Overall I’m hard to please but would recommend!

.Bought 2 pasties just before closing time. Had one warmed up in the Microwave and it remained nice and crispy. The meat and vegetable filling were delicious. We shared an incredible apple and raspberry turnover. Would definitely return if in the area again

Booked a room & confirmed to then be emailed a day later it was cancelled. Telephoned to get a very arrogant receptionist who tried to lie to me about the reason. Not even the slightest apology for ruining my weekend. Shocking. If I had not spotted the email I would of travelled 150 miles for nothing!

Was staying in brecon for the weekend and came upon this pub as it was opposite where we were staying. Went in on a Sunday afternoon, as we wanted a Sunday lunch, but unfortunately they had finished doing their dinners, but informed me they were doing evening meals at 6pm so we booked for the evening. The food d was fabulous, had the lasagne, and for dessert we had the lemon and lime cheesecake, which was the best I have ever tasted, was informed it was homemade too. Friendly staff, and also dog friendly. Will definitely return, and make sure I book for the Sunday lunch, which is advisable, as the smell was delicious when you entered the premises. A gem of a pub.

Not regarding the store but the Store Manager (if that's what you can call her) She's extremely prejudice towards people who are neurodivergent. This may seem bias but ask yourself why do staff keep leaving? Is it because they are expected to start early and finish late but not paid for it? Or is it that, they don't give out breaks so when you ask, she'd shocked and hurt by the message regarding it? Or maybe it's the constant persistence in calling neurodivergent people sloe and saying that because of any issues with health at all, they aren't fit for the job. Your attitude is disgusting, you are a despicable person and I feel sorry for the staff you step on who work under you. You don't have staff because of you. You are the problem. You kept my partner on for the festival and as soon as it's not busy, you get rid of him. I can understand if he isn't fit for the job, but to bully his neurodivergence and constantly belittling and calling him slow?

Ordered the 3 meals for £14.95 chicken wings chicken strips chicken nuggets The portions were very small 5 small chicken nuggets chicken wings think there was 4/5 embarrassing, then no sauces came had to pay for 3 selected sauces £2.45 so £17.95 all in not great Waitress behind bar was rude again and signal for the app was horrendous Will be carful what I order next

Very basic. Confused about its identity. No contact tracing being carried out, first place we’ve encountered this issue so far. Didn’t have faith in the cleanliness. Things go downhill when you go downstairs. Graffiti everywhere and general feeling of grubbiness. Staff member pleasant enough but will not be returning.

Ordered chicken sheesh kebab with fries it cost £11.50. The kebab wasn’t even cooked fresh they took it out of a hot saucepan ready cooked Salad was minimal and the chips were processed and not fresh . Just horrible warmed up chips. This should’ve cost £5 not £11.50 how they charge so much money.

Clean and easy access for a snack, lunch or dinner, the Breakfast was very good and value for money - lots of parking

We went on a Monday hoping for a pasta dish or steak and all they had on the menu were pies or burgers no other options so be aware of that. Felt like they catfished us with the photos on here lol. I had bbq ribs (£15)off the specials menu which was very limited and they were very dry hardly any sauce on them but they did give a lot of ribs tbf. The chips tasted a little burned but the corn on the cob was lovely. Also the venison burgers are just a patty and sauce. The place was okay but if you are going to eat here just be warned that the menu is probably not going to look like the ones online and the pictures of all the different dishes probably won't be available. Place has a very lived in home feel. Also you had to go up to the bar to order but they don't allow you to pay until after you've had food which we thought was a little odd. Anyway, okay overall just don't expect a lot of variety.

We stayed here for bed and breakfast while enjoying walking in the National Park. Rooms are spacious and clean, if nt a little dated. Friendly service from staff and a fabulous breakfast. A nice chilled atmosphere to the hotel. All reasonably priced, and we look forward to returning again.