Places to eat while self catering in the Wye Valley

Whilst enjoying your self catering accommodation be sure to visit some of the many different restaurants, inns and local eaterys that the Wye valley has to offer. You will find many picturesque villages dotted around the Wye Valley and Forest of Dean, many with local inns and restaurants for you to enjoy. Most are set in exhilarating surroundings where you will find a peaceful venue to relax and enjoy your food.

Classic English tea room with lots of character, features include a flagstone floor, exposed beams, and the cobbled lane outside. In the courtyard there is an old potato plough, and an antique stone butcher's table with a blood trough. It's like a step back in time.

Address: 1 Church Lane, Ledbury, HR8 1DL

Cuisine(s): English, British

Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £8.00, Dinner: N/A

An excellent pub with real food that has not become so grand that it has lost sight of its original roots. Try the steak and kidney pie with Guinness, the black pudding fritters with beetroot chutney, chargrilled chicken with Moroccan spices and chickpea puree or breast of pigeon with a wonderfully rich port wine sauce. The auguries are good, supported by the award of the Herefordshire Newcomer of the Year accolade in 2002. The wine list is still under revision, quality beers are already on the scene and a cider list is also planned. Decent French or Chilean House wines at £11 is a promising start.

Address: Sellack, Ross-on-Wye, HR9 6LX

Cuisine(s): European, Modern European

Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £24.00, Dinner: £36.00

The Stone Mill itself is the centre of the action at this lively small country house which caters for parties, residents or passers-by with equal skill. The place is a riot of exposed beams, and the Cider Mill is dated fifteenth century. The menu is constantly on the move but to give you an idea a typical menu could include confit of duck with herb gnocchi, half a dozen rock oysters with Tabasco and lemon, followed by wild sea bass with purple sprouting broccoli, or bollito misto which translates amazingly as duck, chicken, ham hock and sausage with vegetables and salsa.

Address: Steppes Farm Cottages, Rockfield, nr Monmouth, NP25 5SW

Cuisine(s): Modern British, Welsh

Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £18.00, Dinner: £42.00

A venue with real character, its rich history has seen it at one time under the ownership of Henry VIII as part of Jane Seymour's wedding dowry; a century later serving as Oliver Cromwell's headquarters in Gwent while latterly featuring in the T.S. Eliot poem 'Usk'. Retaining a wealth of historic features, including its original 16th century fireplaces, it is somewhere that you can sit down to while away an evening with fine drink and during those cold winter months enjoy the warmth and crackling sounds of a real open fire.

Address: Llangybi, nr Usk, NP15 1NP

Cuisine(s): Gastropub, Pub, British

Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £22.00, Dinner: £26.00

Lion Inn

Built in the late 16th century, the Lion Inn was originally a coaching inn, brew house and pig farm and after being meticulously repackaged much of its original features like the brewing cellar still remain and so do a number of outhouses. The emphasis lies on honouring long established traditions by serving quality food and real ales in an affable village atmosphere.

Address: Trellech, Monmouth, NP25 4PA

Cuisine(s): International, Vegetarian, Gastropub

Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £12.00, Dinner: £18.00

With so many choices of excellent places to eat in the Wye Valley, you will be spoilt for choice. The above are our favourites but be sure to explore some more, even let us have your feedback. If you are looking for cottage accommodation then take a look at some of our beautiful Wye Valley cottages.