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.

Staff outstandingly friendly and helpful, even though it was very busy. Food great too.

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 booked this as a large group, having high hopes for an 18th birthday celebration. Only wish that previous reviews had been read earlier, as clearly service over the last month or so seems to be a problem.. We had pre ordered food, and given this, we would have expected the food to arrive promptly and with no issues. Nearly all, had ordered either the Christmas dinner or turkey burger off the festive menu. The burgers arrived, and people had nearly finished these before the side orders of fries had arrived. Christmas dinners arrived cold and needed to be sent back to be reheated. Food Food at best would be described as average. Just not what you would expect of somewhere where you pay good money, especially when menu choices have been sent in advance. Clearly the restaurant struggled to cope with our large group of 24, although I believe that there was only one other couple in at the time, and maybe need to think twice about taking group bookings if this poses a problem. Plus points, we were compensated for the wait on food and this was discounted accordingly. It's a lovely cosy pub, well decorated especially this time of year. Just shows how social media can market things to sell, shame in reality that the experience was far different.