The best restaurants serving British food in St. Mary Powys Mid Wales

IT WAS NOT TERRIBLE BUT . . . . . . having checked their website before leaving Cheltenham to check that the café was open that day and driven 50+ miles it was very annoying and disappointing to find it was CLOSED. The gentleman mowing the front lawn (possibly the owner or manager) replied to my disappointment saying "Oh, yes, I must get around to changing it (the website)".

I had a flat white and an espresso here, both of which I found a bit underwhelming. Firstly, the espresso had absolutely no crema. It seems like they were using very old beans. It tasted extremely bitter to the point of being undrinkable. Sadly, the flat white was not far behind. Too much air was added to the milk, leaving big bubbles in it as opposed to microfoam. I don't think the barista had much training on using the machine (though, hopefully, she will improve over time!)

Just walked past the newly refurbished hotel, which officially opens tomorrow and we stopped to look inside. We were welcomed by a manager of a sister hotel with such a warm greeting who invited us in for a tour. Well what a transformation and I have to say this is a place that is really needed in Brecon. Every room we saw and sumptuous new restaurant were impressively decorated From the welcome we had I am so looking forward to visiting the Castle for drinks and a meal

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.

Fairly basic room but just what we needed, would have liked a fridge though. Breakfast was lovely, really accommodating of vegans and service was ace