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Angel Hotel
The Angel offers a choice of eating options, from an informal meal in front of the log fire in the bar, to the sophisticated restaurant with its crisp white linen and attentive service, to a romantic dinner in the candle-lit courtyard. The menu makes the most of local produce - the roast lamb is tender and succulent - and there's an excellent wine list.
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Bayleaf
Abergavenny's best curry house, the Bayleaf specialises in Northern Indian and Bangladeshi cuisine, with dishes such as gustaba (a hot and sour lamb curry) and aam achari chicken (cooked in mango chutney).
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Bear Hotel
A fine old coaching inn with low-ceilinged rooms, stone fireplaces, blackened timber beams and antique furniture, the Bear serves top quality bar meals as well as having a more formal restaurant. The menu ranges from heart-warming home cooking (sausages and mash with onion gravy, faggots with peas and chips) to the finest black beef steaks and Welsh seafood. The Bear is in Crickhowell, 6.5 miles west of Abergavenny.
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Coffee #1
Wales' answer to Starbucks is a cosy nook of dark wood, brown leather and chilled music, and offers an extensive menu of organic and Fairtrade espresso, cappuccino and latte.
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Foxhunter
An old Victorian pub with flagstone floors and wood-burning stoves that's been given an elegant contemporary makeover, the Foxhunter brings an adventurous approach to fresh, seasonal produce with dishes such as sautéed duck liver and foie gras on toasted brioche, brown trout with beurre blanc , sorrel and wild garlic, and (in season) deep-fried wild elvers (baby eels from the River Wye) with wild garlic mayonnaise.
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Hardwick
The Hardwick is a traditional pub-style restaurant with old stone fireplace, low ceiling beams and terracotta floor tiles. The combination of an ex-Walnut Tree chef and a gloriously unpretentious menu, from leek and potato soup to corned beef hash to juicy roast pork with perfect, crisp cracklingi, make for a delightful dining experience.
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La Brasseria
This lively little bistro has a warm, sunny Mediterranean vibe, with a French-inspired menu that includes the likes of garlic mushrooms, roast duck (with chunky, home-made chips), and roast sea bream.
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Nantyffin Cider Mill
One of the pioneers of fine dining in South Wales, this 16th-century drovers' inn takes great pride in using local produce (much of it from a farm just 5 miles down the road). The dining room is a stylish blend of bare stone, exposed roof beams, designer chairs and white table linen, while simple, unfussy dishes such as confit of lamb with garlic and rosemary sauce, or rib-eye steak with tarragon butter, allow the quality of the food to shine through.
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Trading Post
Housed in a 16th-century town house that was formerly the Cow Inn (check out the carved cow's heads on the outside), the Trading Post is a pleasantly old-fashioned café serving a wide range of teas and coffees as well as a bistro menu of light meals.
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Walnut Tree Inn
Established by Franco Taruschio in 1963, the legendary Walnut Tree Inn remains one of Wales' finest restaurants. The produce is Welsh but the cuisine is Italian, with dishes such as crab tart, roast gnocchi with wild mushrooms, pan-fried sea bass with plum sauce, and shoulder of lamb roasted to pink and juicy perfection.
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