The best restaurants in Powys Mid Wales

Called in for Sunday lunch whilst we were in the area and were not disappointed. The staff were very friendly, the place was clean but we had to wait a little while for our food to come to the table. I had the Sunday lunch, and what a plateful it was. They no longer have half a chicken but two chicken breast fillets instead which is much better than all the bones in half a chicken. We had refills of our tea and coffee cups and a free donut with our hot drinks too. Great value for money and will be calling in again.

what a great place to stay. owner pauline is so freindly and helpful. the accomodation is basic but fine. the bar in the evening is great fun. i would recomnend as a no frills but very good b&b.

The last time I had food from here was about 20 years ago, and it wasn't good. Despite living locally, it was bad enough for me to avoid it for all that time, and learn how to cook that cuisine myself. Surely they must have got better over the space of two decades and deserve another chance? The answer? No. They haven't. The "stir fried vegetables" showed no evidence of being stirred, or fried. Whilst at least retaining some texture, they seemed to have been warmed through (lightly poached?) in a rather bland gravy. The stir fried noodles were VERY greasy. The onions were not at all charred, and not even a hint of Wok Hei. Bland and seemed to lack ANY seasoning. In desperate need of white pepper, soy sauce & sesame oil. Egg fried rice. Greasy again, although not as much as the noodles. Again, no seasoning. Nothing in the way of soy sauce, oyster sauce or sesame oil. Really REALLY bland. I'd love to support a local business, but it looks like I'm still cooking my own Chinese food for the foreseeable future. I've been generous and given them a two. The food WAS at least edible, but really not good. It's a real shame, and I hope they read the detail I've given as being constructive criticism.

OMG I don't usually do reviews but having spoken to the little girl who was doing her homework while helping to run a genuine family business, one I have eaten at for over 4 years. I am moved to challenge some of the reviews. I come from Liverpool which has had the biggest and earliest Chinese community in the World, outside of China, until very recently. I therefore have eaten Chinese food my whole life and this is one of the BEST places you will EVER find. This Family can cook! The service is never less than lovely and EVERYTHING I have eaten EVERY TIME has been of the highest quality. Thank you guys for being in my little Welsh village! Much Love John Paul x

Very disappointing meal, ordered chips and egg for a quick lunch. Eggs were floating in grease on a plate that was far too hot to touh. Chips were dry and had obviously been kept under the hot light for too long. Had to search for clean cutlery and wipe it with napkin. The place was not very clean and seemed to be short staffed. Never again.

Debbie and all the staff have great smiles and great conversation to help start your day with a laugh and a joke. The breakfast is good too.

Our 2 children wanted fish and chips for dinner so we thought we would try frydays. The woman serving us poured salt and vinegar on the food despite us saying that the kids don't like vinegar and salt. She did redo the food but we incredibly aggressive about it... I will remind you that we said we dont want salt and vinegar but she ignored us... We got home before opening the food... and it wasn't food.. the chips were raw, the fish was raw and the batter was literally dripping off the fish. It is lucky we decided to playe it up for the children otherwise they may have started eating it without realising it was uncooked "food". I have reported them to the food standards agency but I advise everyone to stay away from this group of monsters... Truly appalling. If I could give a 0 rating I would...

So last night I decided to park in the Lay by in Llanidloes were the riverside cafe is so I can get up in the morning chill out enjoy a cooked breakfast get my trailer from RPF head back to the yard then go home after being away from home for two weeks anyway I got there at 2330 there was 4 lorrys in there so I parked up tidy with plenty of room I got up at 0800 went to order my breakfast and a cup of tea and was met with a barrage of abuse from the woman in the Cafe in front of every one saying I had been parked there since 1700 yesterday and the lay by was privately owned and to get from there 

Took our daughter out for an evening meal when she was home from uni. The restaurant was busy and the staff were struggling to cope. The food was average but a good portion size and came in a timely fashion. A little pricey overall. There was no website for this pub so I couldn't have a look at the menu before arriving . The car park was full of large pot in holes.

I had soup, it was leak and potato, didn't taste like either, the bowl of soup was half empty, only 1 piece of bread with it. In my opinion very poor won't be going back.

Very plane and bland. I wasn't impressed the sweet and sour sauce was just vinegar and the salt and pepper chicken was so dry I couldn't chew it. For the price you pay for the meal it's not worth it. I am very underwhelmed and won't be ordering from here again.

I am not sure if management has been changed or anything but quality of the food gone up in this place!

Lovely experience with my family the male bar staff were lovely and the young lady who served our food was so sweet. The food was so good wasn’t expecting it to be that nice we will be visiting again soon thank you for the lovely experience

Been a few times and normal leave happy. But unfortunately the last few times I've visited in the early hours of the morning I've been told the tills are updating and orders can't be taken for around 20 minutes. Obviously only a slight inconvenience but kind of defeats the object of being 24hours and wanting to grab a quick snack after work.

We booked here for a sunday dinner and it was beautiful very large portions, beautifully cooked and warm. Nice range of vegetables with even a creamy leek addition which was unexpected but lovely. My husband had the Black Forest gateau for afters and loved that also.