The Banc — Restaurant in Wales

I have been coming to Knighton 2 or 3 times year for over 10 yrs, and am always on the look out for new places to try. Was told about The Banc from a friend who lives in the area. Booked a table for 5 on a Thursday evening. Arrived at the Banc, very well done out with plenty of the original features from the original old midland Bank (Hence the name ) Promptly greated by polite and friendly staff at the bar, shortly after shown to our reserved seats and told would be back shortly to take our drinks order. Had a look at a modern diverse menu- not to over the top with more than enough choices to suit most pallets. Waitress asked what drinks we would like, placed the order of numerous drinks again from a good choice and selection of beers/larger's and ciders as well as spirits and several cocktails. Drinks arrived very shortly after, and meals order taken. We chose the Banc platter (A mixed choice of cured meats and olives/pickles etc in tapas sauces style serving) as a shared starter and some breaded whitebait to share also. Rump steaks, a 6oz mixed Burger and Chicken goujons for my Grandson (6) with fires and sweet potato fries. Huge portion of breaded whitebait (Large whitebait too- not little tasteless fish, but large sized individually breaded fish) and a small dip/sauce of paprika aioli The Banc platter was divine. But you either love em or hate them - olives and pickles of different types several dips and several slices or various cured meats Steak's were cooked exactly as asked, 2 rare and 1 well done. Absolutely delicious very very good cut of meat seasoned to perfection. small tomatoes on the vine with plenty of flavor, Thin fries but crispy and extremely tasty, as well as my own sweet potato fries cooked in the same style, again perfectly cooked. Meal was perfect all round. After meal was finished one of the owners came over and introduced himself to us (I recognized him from a previous visit to another restaurant in the area) and he recognized me also. Had a interesting chat and complimented him on his new venture , and told him the food and venue was perfect. Defiantly call again over my week up in the area and look forward to trying something different on the menu . Highly recommend to anyone in the area or even not so close- well woth a drive to try out this new restaurant and hospitality of the new owners and stuff, Also live music on some weekends as well as other entertainment available here (I might pop along to one of...

After thinking about not putting a review on here I have decided that i will and I'll explain why I've given 3 stars for my families lunchtime visit today. We felt very welcome on arrival and sat and ordered food. Meals arrived and they were all looked to be of a pretty good standard or so we thought. My sons burger meal looked alright but being polite he managed most of his meal before announcing that half of his burger was burnt. Upon inspection of what he had left was very charred and well over done. We did point this out to the lady that collected the plates but at no point did she apologise, what she did say was that we could give it to the dog!(it wasn't even fit for the dog to eat). We did not want to make a fuss so just ordered coffee and carried on. Upon paying for the meal I did mention the overcooked burger to the gentleman who did apologise which was good of him. Hopefully it was a little hiccup in the kitchen as I mentioned the rest of the food and coffee that we had at the table was good. So please don't be put off going there, I would still visit it again if I am ever in...

Our party of 6 visited The Banc while staying just outside of Knighton for a hen party weekend. We were seated in the old vault which was a lovely and unique experience in itself, and also allowed us some privacy. The service we received was excellent, the staff were professional and took extra special care with our vast range of weird and wonderful dietary requests. The food was truly exceptional, cooked to perfection and greatly complimented by the range of wines and gins. It was also very reasonably priced for the high standards. Despite this establishment being 3 hours from my home, I will absolutely visit again and would highly recommend to people visiting the area who are looking for some great food in an even better atmosphere. I can’t thank the staff enough for making it so memorable and I’ll hopefully see you...