RESTAURANT REVIEWS
Each issue we review a selection of Vale restaurants.
VALE When it comes to Sunday lunch, then If you pop down to Vida in Porthcawl
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you really are spoilt for choice. The for a spot of retail therapy, you can
Bear in Cowbridge gets recommended round off the visit with a stroll around
you’ll be glad you did to us a lot, as does the The New Red the corner to Beales – in our opinion,
Lion Inn in Pendoylan (evening meals one of the best fish and chip shops in
There’s no better time to frequent are superb there too). Illtud’s in the county. Their haddock is to die for.
your local restaurant or eatery than Llantwit Major offers excellent roasts
now. Yes, times are tough but we and you can take a nice stroll along Finally, if afternoon tea and
all need a treat now and again and Llantwit beach afterwards. scrumptious cakes makes your taste
a meal out with your loved ones, buds tingle, The Blue Pelican Café at
family or friends never fails to hit For the caffeine collectors out there, Hamptons in Penarth is a must visit (see
all the right endorphin fuelled Vanilla on the High Street in Barry page 20), as is The Linen Cupboard
buttons. Here are a few options does superb latté’s and cappuccinos in Cowbridge, (see page 36).
we’ve tried or had recommended. (and great breakfasts). They also do
tapas in the evenings on a Friday and Forget the credit crunch – it’s time for
If it’s midweek lunch you’re looking for, Saturday. Talking about tapas, don’t lunch. Book a table today and give
then the newly refurbished Oscar’s on forget Bar 44 in Cowbridge or yourselves a real treat!
Cowbridge High Street is one to try if Tempus Fugit in Southerndown –
you haven’t already. If curry is your both are fab. Back to coffee (and food),
thing, then curry night at The Star Inn, Ocho Lounge in Penarth has a great If you’ve had a great meal or a
Wick is having rave reviews but make atmosphere too – we always seem to fantastic time at a Vale eatery we’d
sure you book as it is very popular. end up having meetings there. love to hear about it.
Farthing’s in Cowbridge also never
disappoints along with their fab deli. The Gallery in Cowbridge (opposite Recommendations really help our local
And thinking about deli’s, Foxy’s Deli Havana and High Society) prepares businesses so whether it was a great
in Penarth is popular with locals as is excellent pizzas and are now also coffee, fabulous meal or just simply
Thyme Out in Dinas Powys and Food offering frozen home-made meals to good service, let us know.
For Thought on Barry’s High Street. take away and they do great coffee.
NEWPORT Needless to say, for a restaurant of this
The Crown
caliber, the mood of the room was just
right and the service was impeccable.
at Celtic Manor We took the time to ask other diners
over a drink what they thought of the
If you only do one thing this experience. A couple who dine out
season, then treat yourself and once a month said “superb”, a table of
your loved one to an overnight’s four “we came for an anniversary and
stay at the Celtic Manor Resort. we were really made a fuss of. We can’t
wait for another birthday!” and a table
My husband and I managed a sneaky of six said “We’re from a dining club
break at this five star resort recently and our experience this evening has
and as soon as we arrived and were been unforgettable. We must try The
shown to our beautifully appointed, Crown at Whitebrook”.
spotlessly clean double room, the
stresses of the day (and previous few When my husband and I are next in
months!) began to ebb away. need of another stress reliever and
pampering evening, The Celtic Manor
I must admit I do enjoy little touches of Part of unwinding for us is being able will be on our list.
style and that’s just what you get at the to lounge around and read magazines
Celtic Manor. Fluffy white robes and which we did until dinner. Having
slippers, a bowl of fresh fruit and even eaten at the Michelin starred Crown at
a freshly made doughnut with pouring Whitebrook, we were already of the
cream, set us up nicely in readiness for culinary skills of executive chef James
our evening meal at the hotel’s three Sommerin, and were equally impressed
AA rosette restaurant, recently awarded with head chef Tim McDougall’s
for its culinary excellence. delivery at the resort. Who wouldn’t be
with foie gras poached in port, fig
“We’re from a dining
wafer and wine reduction to start, roast
monkfish loin with cheek poached in The Celtic Manor Resort
club and our experience
red wine, wild mushrooms and gratin Coldra Woods, The Usk Valley
potato for mains and bitter chocolate Newport NP18 1HQ
this evening has been mousse, basil sorbet and orange for 01633 413000
dessert. Each course was interspersed www.celtic-manor.com
unforgettable.” with delicious appetizers.
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