The best restaurants in St. Mary's Monmouthshire South Wales

We were delighted to discover The Pantry yesterday. Although it was near closing time they happily accommodated 5 of us. Absolutely super food. The service was outstanding and the lady who served us was so very pleasant and convivial. We all throughly enjoyed the experience and would highly recommend it

Amazing quality sushi, always tastes so fresh. The staff are always happy to make the sushi in front of me, if it's not in the shelves as-well.

Excellent as always. Warm greeting as per usual, clean premises, lovely atmosphere, even on quieter nights. Been visiting for past 2-3 years mostly on and off as have another favourite and usually pay full price (which is reasonable to be fair, price wise) but took advantage of a recent significant discount in the past couple of weeks (stumbled upon chance). No grumble about the discount from the guys there, happy to honour without any issue or drop in quality, none whatsoever. Always well staffed, never needing to look for the waiters for service but at the same time they aren't all over you either, allowing you to sit and chill. Prices fair, service excellent and friendly, place looks the part and the food is excellent. Genuine review, don't know them personally and tbh don't normally leave reviews anywhere so there's a testament in itself. Go check um out and enjoy!

The venue itself is lovely, offering outstanding views of the river and a warm, welcoming atmosphere upon entry. The staff are friendly and attentive, with plenty of smiles, which adds to the overall experience. Unfortunately, the food falls short of expectations and feels overpriced for the quality provided. While I’m happy to pay more for good food, I expect it to deliver on flavor and value. The seafood pizza, which I’ve tried twice (hoping for improvement), was bland and rubbery, far from the standard I’ve enjoyed in other Italian restaurants or in Italy itself. My wife’s lamb shank was similarly underwhelming, lacking flavor. Desserts were another letdown—particularly the tiramisu, which was heavy on cream and light on the coffee-soaked biscuits, making it a far cry from the authentic Italian version. While the meatballs were enjoyable, the sauce was again bland, and the portion was unbalanced, with too much dry pasta and too few meatballs. Overall, while the venue is charming, the food lacks the freshness and vibrancy you’d expect from Italian cuisine. It’s a disappointing contrast to the beautiful setting.

can't praise them enough, the food was fantastic and delivered on time, thank you.

The food was delicious, the atmosphere was pleasant, the service was excellent. and Horatio Nelson also stayed in the building in 1802))

Great friendly customer service. Very attentive as I have various disabilities. The quality of coffee and cakes 🥮 were fantastic xXx

It's a lovely old traditional pub. Excellent breakfast, local sausage and bacon , cooked by landlord Dave! A little disappointed by the lack of any hand pull beers.

Handy place to soak up the beer from the night before, big breakfast and friendly service. There are not many of these types of caff's left with so many chains, cherish it.

Pub is stopped trading and not updated Google details so we went all the way there and it was shut. Very disappointing.

Very friendly and welcoming staff. We had ham salad and smoked salmon salad at £7.25 each which was very reasonable. Very generous portions of ham and salmon and nice mixed salad leaves with tomato and cucumber, and balsamic glaze. Then toasted tea cake and coffee, again very nice and delivered with a smile. Will definitely go here again.

Stopped for a coffee and piece of cake during Rememberence Sunday.All provided free with donations for Poppy Fund. Very friendly staff very clean. Menu looked good with nice selection.Will be visiting again

I have been to the Orange Crate on multiple occasions and have never had a bad experience. The wraps are delicious and the soups and the Cold War juice is my fave! Staff very friendly and great to have local.

Absolutely brilliant service very friendly staff amazing cooked breakfast and also couldn’t do enough to cater for my wife who is dairy intolerant Brilliant can’t praise it enough

We were on a coach holiday from North West England staying at Symmonds Yat. Chepstow was on the itinerary for a couple of hours stop.We were dropped off at the main bus station.We asked a local lady for a recommendation for a decent coffee / snack.She suggested a visit to The Palmer Centre cafe. What a fabulous little gem we found it to be. The place has a loving calm atmosphere, very clean and comfortable. The staff were excellent- friendly & welcoming to strangers ,waitress service a bonus. Food & drink excellent quality for a good price. plus outstanding washroom facilities. Would highly recommend to anyone who is visiting Chepstow to call in for a Palmer centre Cafe experience & give support to a worthwhile community facility