British, Modern Restaurants in Somerton
1. Home at Penarth
British, Modern restaurant in Penarth
1 Royal Buildings, Stanwell Road - CF64
“It’s great to be able to watch chef and his daughter Georgia cooking the meal” according to fans of James Sommerin and his family’s super-personal venue, which he runs with his wife and other daughters providing service and admin. It’s a surprise menu that’s subject to change – including the price – but as a rough estimate you may be in for £145 per person for eight courses. There are also cheaper options at lunch, including a Sunday lunch option with three courses for £55 per person.
2. Hiraeth
British, Modern restaurant in Cardiff
587 Cowbridge Road East - CF5
On the site of Nook (RIP), Andy Ashton & Lewis Dwyer moved their pop-up-turned-permanent restaurant to this Victoria Park site in late 2024, bringing with it an eight- or ten-course tasting menu for £70/£90 per person (with a three-course alternative available at lunch at £33 per person). It’s yet to generate a huge volume of feedback in our annual diners’ poll, but such as we have is very upbeat: “Like the name Hiraeth (which means longing) I long to return here and think of it often. Great menu, service and atmosphere led by a brilliant team doing great things!”. Top Tip – they do take drop-ins for a bite here (‘“if you’d just like a glass of wine & some ‘picky bits’ please pop in. We don’t take bookings for this but if we have a table available, you are welcome to it!”)
3. Puro
British, Modern restaurant in Clevedon
Rear of 32 - 34 Hill Road - BS21
PURO Restaurant & Bar is a modern venue for relaxed, yet sophisticated, eating and drinking.All our food is fresh, with a focus on well sourced ingredients, providing simple but quality, seasonal food. In addition to the food menu is a carefully selected wine list (...
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. Thomas by Tom Simmons
British, Modern restaurant in Cardiff
3-5 Pontcanna Street - CF11
The French-inspired cuisine is quite straightforward and likewise the relatively traditional decor at Tom Simmons’s ‘Restaurant & Bar’ in Pontcanna, whose shortish a la carte features dishes such as Beef Short Rib or Fish & Chips; and where the tasting menu for £85 per person might include Roasted Monkfish or Creedy Carver Duck Breast. For whatever reason, it inspired no feedback this year, although it was rated very good across the board in last year’s survey. Reports please!
6. Heaney’s
British, Modern restaurant in Cardiff
6-10 Romilly Crescent - CF11
Set up by GBM’s Tommy Heaney and partner Nikki in 2018, this hip and haute suburban venue is “a breath of fresh air in Cardiff”, where the “happy, bustling atmosphere” is at poles to fine-dining starchiness. The “dead good value” tasting menu is rounded out by decently priced set menus and a hearty Sunday lunch. This year’s worst report? “I stopped just short of awarding a ‘5’, but surely this is one of the best places to fine dine in Cardiff?”
7. Silures
British, Modern restaurant in Cardiff
55 Wellfield Road - CF24
2024 Review: Two former Gordon Ramsay and Galvin Bros staffers have joined forces to launch this ambitious restaurant and cocktail bar in the suburb of Roath. Its May 2023 debut occurred just as our annual diners’ poll was concluding – too late for feedback – but it aims to provide ‘something for everyone, whether you’re visiting post-dog-walk for a cocktail on our terrace or celebrating your 25th wedding anniversary’. The name? – as you probably know, the Silures were a powerful tribe of ancient Britain, occupying what is now south east Wales.
8. The Black Bear Inn
British, Modern restaurant in Usk
Bettws Newydd - NP15
Josh & Hannah Byrne are the duo behind this “beautiful” and “outstanding gastropub in the back of the Welsh beyond”, where the “small” and “great-value” menu has “something for everyone”, including superb “deep-fried oysters to start” – but famously no Sunday lunch, which the duo banished after decamping from Bristol to run it in 2018. Alas, the owners put the pub up for sale in May 2025, but there was still no sign of a regime change as we went to press, and they anticipate the sale process to take at least a year, so there’s still time to get in fast (like Times critic Giles Coren, who visited in summer 2025 and, as part of a hugely glowing review, praised its fava bean panisses [£5] for their “Michelin-level control and precision”).
9. Kindle
British, Modern restaurant in Cardiff
Sophia Gardens - CF11
2024 Review: “A great place for warm summer evenings” – Phill and Deb Lewis’s sustainably focused outdoors venue (sibling to Nook) is built around Sophia Gardens’ old Warden’s House and offers a menu of well-prepared dishes cooked over fire, complete with natural wines and blankets to keep the cold at bay. It’s rated on limited but highly enthusiastic feedback.
10. Cora
British, Modern restaurant in Cardiff
83 Pontcanna Street (above Milkwood) - CF11
2023 Review: “Tiny! Difficult to get a table but worth it” – ex-Hedone-chef Lee Skeet’s 12-seater above Pontcanna’s Milkwood opened in January 2022 following the success of his 40 Days, 40 Nights pop-up, and he serves a seasonal tasting menu, majoring in fish and seafood. Limited early feedback all says the food is good, although one reporter felt “I really wanted it to be great, but thought the food was a little muted”.
11. Uisce
British, Modern restaurant in Cardiff
4 Romilly Crescent - CF11
2024 Review: Next door to the more formal Heaney’s, this two year old spin-off (whose name means water in Gaelic) is a no-booking affair, serving small plates. Oysters are the speciality.
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