The best restaurants in Cantref Monmouthshire South Wales

Used to be excellent- no longer the case. Food was ok, the service was on a par with Basil Fawlty crossed with Julie Walters in the ‘2 Soups’ comedy sketch. We had booked a table for 4 on Saturday evening. We were taken to our table to find a different waitress had just taken 2 other people to it. They were told to move somewhere else by the guy showing us to the table. Everything was done properly with space between tables although the place was quite empty anyway. We placed our order with the waitress, who didn’t seem very competent. I questioned whether they had taken every order on the table. We checked and they said yes but then 15 minutes later came over to say they only had orders for 3 main courses. It took 3 attempts to get a wine list and 5 attempts to get some water. The waitress brought out the starters and said ‘I’m not sure what they are, but here you go’. A little training might be worthwhile. At some point a waitress brought us out 2 main courses of pork chops. We hadn’t ordered those so sent them away. The main course didn’t arrive for about an hour by which point they had apologised that they had forgotten us and offered free deserts on the house. After waiting ages for the plates to be cleared from the table and asking for the desert menu we gave up and went to the desk to pay as we thought it would take ages for them to bring it to the table. That in turn was eventful, they tried to give us the wrong bill for 2 different tables. In the end we just agreed to a bill that resembled some of the food we had eaten, paid and left. Total incompetence from start to finish, but well worth it if you want free table side entertainment.

Lovely hotel and very friendly welcoming team of staff. Room was Very clean with kettle and tea/coffee provided. Lovely shower and bathroom. Room a small and cosy but not really a problem. Large car park that also offers charging points if you need them. We didn’t use charging bays so no idea of cost etc. Had an evening meal both nights and food was very good and reasonably priced with a good selection on offer. Abergavenny town around 10 minute drive and walking probably 15-20 minutes. Overall, very nice stay.

Perfect setting, food was top notch, service and welcome was unbelievable, highly recommend.

Recently refurbished and Rebranded as "Fire & Fork" promising a " a traditional American barbecue experience". No Bread available before Starters. - Pork Burnt Ends - Mixture of under and over cooked chunks of pork in a sickly sweet, slightly spicy smoked sauce. Need something acidic to cut through all the fat came with "Texas "Toast", Stale slice of bloomer spread with an unidentifiable substance. Beef Cigars - Lovely shredded beef in a crispy pancake style roll with a rich, smoked Garlic Mayo. Mains - XL Short Ribs not available so both ordered the 10 Hour Smoked Brisket. Served as described on menu. No discernable smoked crust or flavour to the Brisket. No mustard available at this restaurant. No Napkins provided, asked twice, got some from another table. we dealt with our cutlery shortage similarly. No water provided when requested. Inexperience of the staff evident but more than made up for by their enthusiasm and wish to please. Two Starters, Two Mains, Three pints and a Short / Mixer - £92. Option to add tip to card payment. Cash tip direct to server. This place has lots of potential but needs to overcome teething problems before one will consider a return

We visited as a couple in March ‘24 and were blown away by this place. We returned recently with friends who were visiting the area and unfortunately I wish we’d taken them somewhere else. The menu has been stripped down to essentially burgers and a couple of other bits. “The works”, a platter of all sorts of BBQ bits and was amazing last time is no longer on the menu (although is still showing on the menu online!). Service was poor. Food took 45 minutes to come and when it did, our starters were served at the same time as our mains meaning that they were essentially side dishes. This was blamed on a new member of staff putting it all through at once. Me and a mate both ordered the bacon double cheeseburger and loaded fries. Both came with regular fries and had to be taken back and changed. We both said the burgers were poor. Buns and meat were dry and tasteless and just disintegrated. I had a big chunk of gristle in mine. They were both smothered in sickly sweet BBQ sauce. One of us had the flat iron steak which was poor quality and difficult to cut. My wife had belly pork which she said she couldn’t fault. Asked for salt & vinegar which never came. Staff weren’t that attentive and had to call a waitress over to order another round of drinks. Won’t be going back in a hurry given the choice available in Abergavenny.