The Angel Hotel is coining it! It must be if it can afford to have seven persons waiting on just…read moreeight people in the restaurant. More about that later. The Angel Hotel is a former Georgian coaching-inn, now rated three AA stars. It has 32 en-suite guest rooms, plus a Lodge at nearby Abergavenny Castle. The restaurant has an AA rosette, with an award-winning wine list. The Foxhunter Bar has an open fire, original wood panelling from the early 1900's, and interesting old paintings of Abergavenny.There's a good range of beers like The Reverend James and London Pride, plus guest beers, and a half-dozen wines by the glass. Special mention must be made of their superb Afternoon Teas, with scones, cakes and pastries, served from 3.00 - 5.30pm, with is proper bone china and linen. For £6.00 you may have tea or coffee with a small selection of cakes, or freshly-baked scones with jam and cream. For £9.80 you get the pastries plus a selection of sandwiches:Black Mountain smoked salmon, Marinated cucumber and cream cheese, Home-cooked ham, and Egg mayonnaise with cress. Weighing in at £14.80 is the Champagne Tea: copious amounts of all the above plus champagne. The Angel has been awarded membership of the prestigious UK Tea Guild and for 2008 an 'Award of Excellence'. The Angel is one of only six hotels outside of London to have achieved this accolade. The Tea Menu runs to about 6 pages and is a really good read, describing with great affection the wide choice of leaf teas available. The hotel claims currently to be refurbishing their bedrooms. If you intend to stay there, make absolutely certain you ask for, and get, a refurbished room, because the older ones are shabby and unkempt. And the restaurant? Some seriously good food, much of it sourced locally. For Lunch expect £20 per head, Dinner double it; plus wine, from an excellent list containing several by the glass and half-a-dozen half-bottles. The room is L-shaped and the staff, whenever I wanted them, always seemed to be 'round the corner' out of view; and I counted SEVEN of them. Perhaps they were expecting a big lunchtime, but it didn't materialise. They reminded me of the proverbial London Buses - you wait for ages and then 2 or 3 came round the corner simultaneously. But no real complaints - better to have than not to have!

My friend and her family go here for afternoon tea and champagne if someone's done well. Very Jilly…read moreCooper i always think. Anyway i'm not a fan, i went with once and thought it was filled with pretentious idiots who talk to loudly, eat too fast and behave like well, idiots. Now, to me, it's as if the Angel is desperately trying to be something it's not, much like Abergavenny itself. I'm told the rooms are lovely but expensive. I'm told the food is lovely, but expensive, I'm told the place is lovely, but...you guessed it, expensive! So, you can imagine my surprise when i found out everything was not lovely but still expensive. Right on the corner of the High Street The Angel isn't even that pretty. I'm aware many people take their vows down here and i had a sneaky peak at the wedding prices and be Jesus! it's probably cheaper and more fun to fly your whole wedding party (vicar and all) to Vegas than it is to get married here. All in all for people who like to think their posh. Not moi!

The family took me to this pub as it's pretty local to them, great beer choices and great array of…read morechips to chose from. We did not have a meal due to the time, however the menu appeared to have lots of tasty options. This place is perfect for family and friends as they have two separate and large gardens, with one especially designed for kids. The parking lot is spacious so this is great for large groups as well if you plan to be outside. Inside has a pub side and dining side. Hope to be back again soon.

This is the local pub where you go if you want to meet the locals. Or if you want to have a great…read moremeal and a pint at affordable prices. Its noisy and dogs are allowed in. We like dogs so no problem for us there. We started off with a tapa, pork belly with black pudding and poched apple. Absolutely delicious but way too much, even for a full starter. The apples were sweet, as was the pork, with a crunchy skin. For mains we ordered the pie of the day, but they didn't have them. So we settled for the salmon with seaweed with blinis. Good choice! Never had such tasty salmon. Only the seaweed salad was bland. I would have served it with wacame or something. They gave us the tapa for free bc we couldnt have pie. All in all a great experience, socialising with the locals and great food.