A friendly, independent cafe that serves top notch grub…read more We found this place online and decided to pay them a visit as the burgers sounded good - we weren't disappointed! One of the best burgers I've had in a long time. Served with a choice of either fries or chunky wedges (think roast potato wedges and you'll get the idea). The cafe makes its own hot sauces and strawberry jams, all of which you should try if you get a chance as they're all scrumptious. You can even buy jars of the sauces to take home. Service is warm & friendly and you're made to feel incredibly welcome the second you walk in the door to the moment you leave. If you're on the lookout for something a bit more genuine and satisfying than what the nearby commercial chains can offer this is the place!

Went here with sister for lunch. We parked at top of Stow hill and walked down. Lovely and quirky…read morelittle place as you walk in. Lots of choices on the menu and specials. My and my sister both had Welsh rarebit with a side of chips. It was so tasty. Will defo be going back. Great service too

Very calm atmosphere, relaxed. Pre-planned menus and al la carte available…read more Have visited on a number of occasions and always found the quality of the food good and freshly prepared. Well looked after.

It`s amazing, great food, great service, great decoration.It's a very well rounded restaurant, with…read morespace for groups, couples and everything in between. I would recommend going here without a second's thought. Personally I really look forward to going here and I hope you come here and fall in love with it just like me. Totally worth it.

After a family funeral the previous day in Wales, we were tired and hungry and we stopped here on…read moreour way back travelling on the M4. It was recently refurbished and is clean, stylish and the owners were very welcoming. The food was fantastic - very tasty and reasonably priced. Much better than a motorway service station! Come off the M4 at junction 24 and head down the A48 towards the M48 (towards the old severn bridge) and it is a few miles down the road on the right. You can then go over the old bridge and rejoin the M4 - result!

Absolutely beautiful food and relaxed friendly atmosphere. My first choice to dine every time. Food…read moreis reasonably priced.once you've tasted your food you'd think they had Gordon Ramsey kept hostage in the kitchen! Lol. I personally would b prepared to pay more than what they charge its that good. Outstanding !! :))))

Amazing! Lovely dark academia/ alchemy atmosphere. The food is the best I've had in Wales! Not to…read moremention the super cool interactive alchemist /molecular style drinks. Love this vibe and delicious food.

A great stop for some amazingly unique drinks! The atmosphere was fabulous, and the super friendly…read more staff took their time to recommend some great choices! A must stop if you enjoy a good cocktail, or two!

I agree with the previous review that it has the potential for a four star rating. Quirky place and…read morenice decor. The cherry bakewell cocktails were very tasty but I was so annoyed at how much ice is used to make the half full pitchers up to the top. Also at how few alcohol measures are added. £22.95 per pitcher and only 4 shots of alcohol and each pitcher is for 6 people do less than a measure per person. I liked the lighting and mirror collection. The bar staff were very polite and helpful.

After coming here a few more times I'm more than happy to give Drago Lounge 5 stars. To be honest,…read morethey're more of a 4.5 stars, but I'm happy enough to bump them to 5 based on their excellent customer service and great atmosphere. Refer to my last review for comments on the atmosphere. ~ Customer Service: Excellent! The bar staff is amazing and very friendly and easy to chat with. From the first day I introduced my friends to this place the staff have made my friends feel very welcome and now they're obsessed with coming here! It always feels great to be the one to introduce a place your friends end up loving. They're also great with recommending drinks. ~ Drinks: I haven't eaten here since my first breakfast, but the drinks are delicious. I especially enjoy the "Spiced Apple Pie" - incredibly yummy. I normally don't go for alcoholic drinks (don't really like the taste) but the ones at Drago Lounge are terrific. --- I gave 3 stars for the food last time but if you don't treat this as a "restaurant" as such, I'm sure that you'll love this place. It's a great place to hang out with an awesome atmosphere. Fantastic spot in Friars Walk!

Stayed in one of the Hunters Lodges. Pricey but a great place to throw a party with sauna and hot…read moretub and open plan layout. Friendly drivers take you between lodges and main resort. Our family made good use of the pool, gym, golf and children's activities. Dined at Olive Tree restaurant but Deliveroo will deliver takeaway to the lodges as an alternative.

Now when you first enter there is obviously the wow factor and everything looks nice. But I think…read morethe biggest letdown is the Price, I stayed in one of the lodges,(lodge 6 to be exact) and it was over about £1,300 A NIGHT which is outrageous but I mean it is considered a 5 star resort however in the actual lodge it wasn't the best.:very small garden,dead flies on the bed,shower door was broken and filthy and even the power plug Exploded! However room service did come and help us replace it. But if it was a 5 star resort! Then it shouldn't have been broken in the first place! In the lodge and all around the hotel there are shuttles you can order (free of charge) to take you anywhere and I guess that is nice. Because it cost so much a night it won't really be possible to stay a long time which leads to the next problem. Because of all the other people staying there it is really difficult to get into activities because you have to book them a day in advance and the app is quite faulty and buggy to even get a chance to book it and because you can barely stay there long. I came into here expecting to experience the 5 star experience and that I would try do do every activity but the sheer lack of time that you stay there it is incredibly difficult to do 4 activities out of the tens of ones it has to offer! In the evenings you can go for a fancy meal but some of them are outrageously expensive! I came here on a family reunion and for our evening meal we went to a buffet called The Olive Tree. In the buffet section you have a wide variety of foods and if you want chips I would recommend you don't have them unless you want your mouth to be filled with potato that is basically uncooked! They were flopping about and so delicate they were all squished and broken in the actual tub. So as a conclusion I think I have enjoyed staying here but the other factors have brought it down it wasn't as unexpected for a 5 star resort.

Great service and brilliant staff, food always good…read more always looking forward to returning

This place is CLOSED permanently, but has been replaced with "Maple and Bacon". Good full…read morebreakfasts and we recommend it.

Should you ever find yourself in Newport, Wales - and there's absolutely no reason to think you…read moreshould unless you live there or are lost - then you will find a lunchtime trip to Ridgeway Bar and Kitchen a wholly satisfying affair. We stopped here on the way from London to Pembrokeshire. It's half way and it was lunchtime and call us mad but we weren't fancying the Little Chef. A quick look online had some bizarre suggestions for good places to eat just off the M4 including a Mcdonalds and a service station where you could buy sandwiches. We needed to dig deeper. Eventually we found a write up for a small place in the Newport suburbs which didn't sound grim. The write up did it a disservice. It's an excellent place. Nestled on a residential road with bungalows and rhodedendrums everywhere, you wonder how anyone but a local would ever know about this place. Perhaps that's all they need because the place full when we got there. It's a bar/restaurant which has been done out in a sort of American pantry style, lots of whitewashed wood, all bright and airy. The menu is full of good classics, calamari, smoked mackerel pate, ham hock etc, and there's a grill section with burgers and steaks. If you ordered two courses in the right combination you could get a lunchtime deal of £12. Cue finding the most expensive things available on that deal. I had hanger steak, the missus had a fish medley and Stanley had the usual. It's fair to say my steak was nothing short of excellent. Full of flavour as that cut always is, but with the added charcoal grill charred criss cross. Very satisfying. Crispy fluffy chips accompanied and so did a juicy field mushroom and tasty grilled tomato. I chose a bernaise sauce which was unctuous and tasty, with the nice sharp vinegar reduction. The only bit of nit picking was that it wasn't quite warm enough. Didn't stop me mopping up the lot. A simple dish executed to perfection. The fish plate was a similar story. Small chunks of battered cod done perfectly, some very tasty calamari, a trout pate and some good bread to spread it on. Great stuff. Stanley's hamburger was juicy and tasty and the bun had a good glaze but was satisfyingly doughy. Buoyed by the superb mains and encouraged by the lunchtime deal we ordered a brownie and an apple crumble. Both were stupidly tasty and moreish which was lucky because the portions were generous in the extreme. It occurred to us that the people here are concentrating on keeping the food simple but executing it perfectly. Nothing is worse than a simple dish done badly. Nothing better than a simple dish made with love and care. The service was wonderfully friendly, two bright and breezy sisters who were happy to stop and chat even though the place was packed. Newport may not be the most buzzy of places but the locals are lucky to have the Ridgeway Bar and Kitchen, as good a lunchtime stop off as anywhere 150 miles east up the M4. We'll be stopping here on the way back.

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Fantastic night out in breeze with a group of friends. £3.99 for 2 cocktails all night friendly…read morestaff and great music.

This was our first time at a Bill's. Upon entering, we were cheerfully greeted and promptly…read moreseated. The dining area had both chair and bench seating. Decorations on the walls gave it a cozy, home like feeling. Dinner service was provided by the very friendly wait staff. Before ordering, we were asked multiple times about any allergies and were offered a gluten free menu. Dinner consisted of Bill's Fish Pie and the 'Nduja & Burrata Meatballs. Both dishes came out steaming hot. The fish pie was hearty, with a thick layer of the mash potatoes. The cream sauce was rich, and made the dish wonderfully warm for a damp evening. The meatballs were simply amazing. The creaminess of the burrata mellowed the nduja seasoning.

The famous British traditional restaurant has always remembered a dish of Bill's, roast…read morecauliflower, which was eaten in the airport shop at that time, and tried another way of cauliflower for the first time, hoping to have more new menus.