Lucie's Guidebook

Lucie
Lucie's Guidebook

Food scene

An independent wine merchants where you can chat away about wine with the owners. They have a beautiful courtyard where you can enjoy wine, local ales as well as a small menu of light Mediterranean plates. Great atmosphere and we would thoroughly recommend Chester’s. You can buy wine to take home too.
Chesters Wine Merchants
46 Cross St
An independent wine merchants where you can chat away about wine with the owners. They have a beautiful courtyard where you can enjoy wine, local ales as well as a small menu of light Mediterranean plates. Great atmosphere and we would thoroughly recommend Chester’s. You can buy wine to take home too.
You can walk to the Sugarloaf vineyard, which sells the wine they produce, having a great selection of whites, reds, blush and sparkling. You can sit and enjoy the glorious views of the Blorenge mountain, as well as buy their wine and a selection of other bits and pieces to take home. They also serve cheese and meat platters, and cakes.
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Sugarloaf Vineyards
Pentre Lane
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You can walk to the Sugarloaf vineyard, which sells the wine they produce, having a great selection of whites, reds, blush and sparkling. You can sit and enjoy the glorious views of the Blorenge mountain, as well as buy their wine and a selection of other bits and pieces to take home. They also serve cheese and meat platters, and cakes.
Delicious, mostly vegetarian menu and delicious vegan cakes. If you can get your hands on one of their famous ‘cruffins’ you’ll be winning.
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Bean & Bread
36 Lion St
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Delicious, mostly vegetarian menu and delicious vegan cakes. If you can get your hands on one of their famous ‘cruffins’ you’ll be winning.
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The Art Shop & Chapel
Market Street
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Entirely Vegetarian (mainly vegan) menu and coffee house. This is also a lovely shop and treatment rooms too.
Little green refills
9 Market Street
Entirely Vegetarian (mainly vegan) menu and coffee house. This is also a lovely shop and treatment rooms too.
Cosy cafe, home cooked food and homemade cakes.
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Cwtch Cafe
58 Cross St
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Cosy cafe, home cooked food and homemade cakes.
A well stocked deli with locally sourced products, serving great food including cheese and meat platters, you can take these platters away too, to enjoy as a picnic.
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Madame Fromage
21 Castle Arcade
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A well stocked deli with locally sourced products, serving great food including cheese and meat platters, you can take these platters away too, to enjoy as a picnic.
With a secret garden out back, they serves a small selection of food including delicious homemade cakes and lunches.
Fig Tree Espresso
15 Nevill St
With a secret garden out back, they serves a small selection of food including delicious homemade cakes and lunches.
An independent family owned and run Italian with a great atmosphere.
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Pizzorante
Market Street
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An independent family owned and run Italian with a great atmosphere.
A busy Italian restaurant with seating out the front. They also offer take away.
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Casa Bianca
51 Frogmore St
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A busy Italian restaurant with seating out the front. They also offer take away.
A lovely restaurant for a special occasion, the gaff specialises in ‘small plates’.
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The Gaff
Unit 4 Lion St
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A lovely restaurant for a special occasion, the gaff specialises in ‘small plates’.
A tiny restaurant, but the sushi is great. They also do take away.
Sushi House
A tiny restaurant, but the sushi is great. They also do take away.
Famous for its award winning Afternoon teas, the angel serves food and drink, with a lovely courtyard in the summer.
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The Angel Hotel
15 Cross St
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Famous for its award winning Afternoon teas, the angel serves food and drink, with a lovely courtyard in the summer.
A well known and renowned Mitchelin starred restaurant.
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The Walnut Tree
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A well known and renowned Mitchelin starred restaurant.
Owned and run by renowned chef Stephen Terry.
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The Hardwick
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Owned and run by renowned chef Stephen Terry.
A 10 minute drive away. The Clytha serves great Welsh food including great seafood, tapas and a great Sunday roast. There is a lovely circular walk here too.
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The Clytha Arms
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A 10 minute drive away. The Clytha serves great Welsh food including great seafood, tapas and a great Sunday roast. There is a lovely circular walk here too.
A good stop if you’re walking too.
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The Crown Pantygelli
Old Hereford Road
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A good stop if you’re walking too.
Great Indian and Nepalese food, they also serve great breakfasts and lunches
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Regency 59
59-60 Cross St
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Great Indian and Nepalese food, they also serve great breakfasts and lunches
This is about 300 yards from the apartment
Fire & Fork
This is about 300 yards from the apartment

Pubs

Located in St Johns square, there is often live music and a great buzz outside in the summer. They serve food too. Walking distance.
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Kings Arms Hotel
29 Nevill St
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Located in St Johns square, there is often live music and a great buzz outside in the summer. They serve food too. Walking distance.
A pretty drive away, the hunters moon serves great food.
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The Hunters Moon Inn
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A pretty drive away, the hunters moon serves great food.
A short drive away in country lanes, this is a very small and quiet but lovely pub with homemade food.
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The Goose & Cuckoo Inn
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A short drive away in country lanes, this is a very small and quiet but lovely pub with homemade food.

Local Food Supplies

Artisan bread, cakes and deli/food supplies. The angel bakery serves the famous angel hotel too.
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The Angel Bakery
50 Lower Castle St
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Artisan bread, cakes and deli/food supplies. The angel bakery serves the famous angel hotel too.
Tuesday is market day, Friday and Saturday run a general market too. Look out for a great cheese counter, eggs, local honey. Pick up fruit and veg and home baked breads and jams on other stalls. Check out the website for flea markets, craft fairs and artisan markets running on other days/monthly.
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Abergavenny Markt
61 Cross St
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Tuesday is market day, Friday and Saturday run a general market too. Look out for a great cheese counter, eggs, local honey. Pick up fruit and veg and home baked breads and jams on other stalls. Check out the website for flea markets, craft fairs and artisan markets running on other days/monthly.
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The Gaff
Unit 4 Lion St
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A local award winning brewing company of real ales, you can visit, see the brewing process and buy to take away. Whoosh is on tap in some local pubs and is recommended.
Untapped Brewing Company
A local award winning brewing company of real ales, you can visit, see the brewing process and buy to take away. Whoosh is on tap in some local pubs and is recommended.
Cheeses, meats, chutneys, local gins, homemade sausage rolls and quiches to take away or eat in.
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Madame Fromage
21 Castle Arcade
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Cheeses, meats, chutneys, local gins, homemade sausage rolls and quiches to take away or eat in.
Neil Powell Master Butchers - Abergavenny
3 Flannel Street

Activities

Walk the sugar loaf from the apartment. The Deri and the Rholben (my favourites) and at Mary’s vale also sit around the base of the sugar loaf, providing endless beautiful circular walks.
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Sugar Loaf
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Walk the sugar loaf from the apartment. The Deri and the Rholben (my favourites) and at Mary’s vale also sit around the base of the sugar loaf, providing endless beautiful circular walks.
Walk from the apartment or drive to a small car park in llanfoist to tackle this beautiful mountain. This mountain is a challenge to climb.
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Blorenge
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Walk from the apartment or drive to a small car park in llanfoist to tackle this beautiful mountain. This mountain is a challenge to climb.
Drive to the skirrid fawr car park (you’ll need £2) and walk straight to the top, for a focused walk/climb.
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Skirrid Fawr
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Drive to the skirrid fawr car park (you’ll need £2) and walk straight to the top, for a focused walk/climb.
River Usk
You can spend a few hours messing about on the canal or learning a new skill - you can hire canoes, canal boats, paddle boards and cycle boats
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Beacon Park Boats
Hillside Road
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You can spend a few hours messing about on the canal or learning a new skill - you can hire canoes, canal boats, paddle boards and cycle boats
Cafe, boat and canoe hire
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Goytre Wharf
Old Abergavenny Road
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Cafe, boat and canoe hire
Axis Paragliding and Paramotoring
35 Mount Street
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Llangorse-See
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Four Waterfalls Walk
Four Waterfalls Walk
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Linda Vista Gardens
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Tintern Abbey / Abaty Tyndryn
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Llanthony Abbey
Llanvihangel Crucorney
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Hay-on-Wye
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Crickhowell
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Flexi Soul Yoga
Standard Street
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Humble By Nature
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Abergavenny Baker
1 The Courtyard
Woodlands Farm Wales
Llanover Garden
A local, independent cinema, in walking distance.
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Baker Street Cinema
Baker Street
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A local, independent cinema, in walking distance.
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Borough Theatre
Cross Street
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Green Man Festival
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Abergavenny Food Festival
63 Frogmore St
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Take aways

Great Thai food. Eat in (BYO) or take away
They do great take away pizza
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Casa Bianca
51 Frogmore St
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They do great take away pizza
Boonta Too Thai Restaurant
22 Cross St
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Gurkha Corner Restaurant
10 Nevill St
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Kong's Restaurant
Lion Street
Cinnamon Tree
23A Cross St
Abergavenny Kebab House
35 Frogmore Street
Pick A Pizza
30 Cross Street
Sushi House