Hardens Guide to the Best Restaurants in Symonds Yat
Hardens guides have spent 33 years compiling reviews of the best Symonds Yat restaurants. On Hardens.com you'll find details and reviews of 11 restaurants in Symonds Yat and our unique survey based approach to rating and reviewing Symonds Yat restaurants gives you the best insight into the top restaurants in every area and of every type of cuisine.
Featured Symonds Yat Restaurants
1. The Walnut Tree
British, Modern restaurant in Llandewi Skirrid
Llanddewi Skirrid - NP7
“We’ve been coming for twenty years, and it remains fantastic!” This famous rural gastropub won fame in the 1970s (founded by Ann & Franco Taruschio) and celebrated chef Shaun Hill has been in charge of the kitchen for the last 15 years now. “The cuisine is not super-innovative”: “classic cooking of a high standard” that’s “just very dependable and hugely enjoyable” – “excellent local ingredients prepared with flair” and served alongside “a modestly marked-up wine list carefully chosen by someone who cares”. “Service can be a bit random” and one or two long-term fans feel it’s “living somewhat on a strong regular clientele who value it dearly”. But it remains in the top 100 most commented on restaurants in our annual diners’ poll outside London – an impressive feat for a chef who’s hit his 76th year. “Please don’t let him retire!”
2. The Wye Inn including Upstairs at The Wye
restaurant in Dymock
2 Broad Street - GL18
A traditional pub with a twist, The Wye Inn serves up nostalgic pub classics from award-winning chef Andrew Sheridan and his team. The Wye Inn has four unique dining areas including an outdoor Terrace with wood-fired pizza menu, and Upstairs @ The Wye Inn, a fine-dining offering serving an elegant tasting menu.
3. Verderers Court
restaurant in Coleford
The Speech House Hotel, Speech House Road - GL16
Verderers’ is our fine dining restaurant within The Speech House – from an intimate meal for two through to a private function for up to 50 people. Perfect if you’re looking for a more formal dining setting with a modern twist. The historic beamed Verderer&rs...
4. Clytha Arms
British, Modern restaurant in Abergavenny
Award winning pub & restaurant, just outside of Abergavenny. Set in its own large grounds,
The Clytha Arms is family run, warm & welcoming.
Wherever possible our ingredients are local & natural. We also cater for vegans & gluten free ...
5. Inn at Penallt
British, Modern restaurant in Penallt
The Inn at Penallt is a 17th Century traditional country Inn located in the Wye Valley with spectacular views of the Forest of Dean.The Inn was acquired by Chris & Bronwyn Boston in January 2016 after they realised that the Inn was an exceptional destination venue. ...
6. The Whitebrook, Restaurant with Rooms
British, Modern restaurant in Whitebrook
“Hidden in the Wye valley”, Chris and Kirsty Harrod’s “charming” restaurant with rooms is often hailed as “the Welsh version of Noma” – “lots of foraging and sustainability is in evidence and Chris will spend time talking you through ingredients and cooking methods”. Most diners “really love the ethos of using local seasonal produce to produce such delicious food” and “the absence of silly combinations to deliver a seriously well put-together menu, with reasonable wine pairings”. Its ratings slipped a fraction this year, as it struck the wrong note on the odd occasion. The tenor of most reports though? – “unique and certainly worth seeking out”. Top Tip – lovely terrace for a summer’s day.
7. Severn & Wye Smokery
Fish & seafood restaurant in Westbury-on-Severn
Chaxhill - GL14
2023 Review: “Fabulous fish and seafood dishes” led by “smoked platters and whole fish of the day” are on the menu at this “small restaurant” in an “interesting setting” – above Richard & Shirley Cook’s long-established smokery on the Severn estuary. “Everything is yummy – including the wonderful desserts.” There’s also a more conventional café in the yard, the Barn.
8. Castle House Restaurant
British, Modern restaurant in Hereford
Castle St - HR1
“A lovely setting – tucked away in a quiet-but-central location” beside the remains of Hereford’s castle moat adds to the joys of the Watkins family’s Grade II-listed Georgian hotel. Reports are limited, but all approve the cooking from Hungarian-born chef Gabor Katona (with much produce from the owners’ farm at Ballingham Hall, nearby).
9. The Burger Shop (A Rule of Tum)
Burgers, etc restaurant in Hereford
32 Aubrey Street - HR4
2023 Review: The first bricks-and-mortar venture from Hereford’s 10 year-old ‘A Rule of Tum’ hospitality group, this local hit serves “top burgers in a great atmosphere”, with a focus on locally produced beef and other produce. A branch in Worcester has followed.
10. The Bookshop
British, Modern restaurant in Hereford
33 Aubrey Street - HR4
2022 Review: A steak-led “relative newcomer” – named for the former use of these premises – where the main event graces a “short, meat-focused menu” that “clearly concentrates on what they are skilled at” (though there’s also praise for the “second-to-none” coffee and cakes). “Fantastic staff” and a “great ambience” round out its charms…“if you take clients they never fail to be impressed”.
11. The Black Bear Inn
British, Modern restaurant in Usk
Bettws Newydd - NP15
Josh & Hannah Byrne’s “remote country pub” punches way above its weight with a “small, exceptional menu that changes every day” of “innovative cuisine”, featuring “bold, delicious flavours” and “locally sourced ingredients, perfectly cooked”. Top Menu Tip – “the deep-fried oysters are a gem”… “even if you’re ambivalent about oysters!”
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