The Halfway House — Restaurant in Wales

I was fortunate enough for some friends to recommend this place last Sunday. It was easily the best Sunday lunch I've eaten anywhere in my adult life. You can tell this place takes its meat & butchery seriously.

Started off with the black pudding bon bons, they don't sound like something to get excited about, but let me tell you... They were special. Crunchy coating with black pudding The consistency of melted chocolate inside. God damn... They were memorable. The peppercorn sauce that came with them was excellent too.

I ordered the lamb dinner with 1 of every extra. In fact each of us at the table ordered a cauli cheese, which in hindsight was a mistake... The portion sizes were gigantic! The lamb was as good as any I've ever eaten. I'm not sure if it was locally sourced but I assume it was. The portion of meat is really generous! I'm a big lad and I was very happy.

Let's move onto the pigs in blankets. Again, what would normally be a standard Sunday roast extra was elevated by the quality of the meat. Proper bangin' bangers.

Veg on a Sunday dinner is normally overcooked and boiled to death. Not here. The vegetables were expertly cooked and very well seasoned.

It wouldn't be a Sunday roast if you didn't have roasties... These were about as good as you can get, crunchy coating, well seasoned with herbs and and a soft fluffy inside. I'm really glad I got extra...

A novel (and stand out) thing was how they served gravy in a milk bottle. It wasn't mega practical but it didn't matter at all. Just like the peppercorn sauce this wasn't just any old packet gravy. These guys know how to make a PROPER gravy. One that anyones nan would be proud to serve to their family.

I live over an hour away and ever since I ate here all I can think about is coming back and bringing my whole family with me. Heck, I'm tempted to come back every single Sunday for the rest of my life.

Keep it up! I'll be back again soon!

Edit: Went back the following week and the Sunday dinner was significantly worse than the time before. The roast potatoes were soft, brown on the inside and clearly not the same type as the previous week. To be brutally honest they tasted like rotten potatoes. Not only that they had none of the herbs and seasoning they had the week before which made them so special. The lamb was cooked to death and the vegetables werent give the same care and attention either.

It was a genuine shame, considering that I had travelled over an hour to bring my family.

One saving grace was that the chef made a special effort to put the black pudding bonbons back on especially for us (on my request). The service was also very good.

As a result... we won't be making the effort to return, it's too far for us to hedge our bets on a meal that might be good.

Consistency is so important, the cooks need to maintain better standards to keep...

Booked Easter afternoon tea as a birthday celebration- wish I hadn’t bothered! Service was honestly shocking- greeted to a number of tables that still had half eaten afternoon tea on them (that should have been our warning!).

We had to wait quite a while for our afternoons to be delivered to the table- no explanation of what each item was. Presentation was awful, it was quite literally mayonnaise overload. We weren’t even given plates to have our afternoon tea and ended up giving up trying to get some. Mismatching tableware which is something that you don’t expect from afternoon tea.

The food was honestly inedible- I thought it was a dairylea slice in the brioche! The worst thing is that they gave the vegetarian option a tuna sandwich. The chocolate mousse was honestly disgusting. We weren’t asked for refills for our tea or coffee and no one asked if we enjoyed our food, considering we left most of it.

Wish we weren’t so polite and ended up paying for it because it was such a waste and a real downer to what should have been a lovely birthday treat!

The only redeeming part was the coffee and the lovely male bar staff who greeted us initially. £17.50 for a nice of cup of coffee! Would avoid this place unless they improve massively. Really disappointed as wanted to support a local business but left with a very bitter taste! (Not just from the...

The Halfway House has always been a diamond in the ruff, having recently changed owners this little diamond is slowly being polished into something special.

This cosy, warm and welcoming pub is starting to become the go to spot for the Sunday dinner aficionados. I think given a little more time we would be on to something real special and I feel I'm not the only thinking this as they seem to be booking up fast every week. Thankfully they have now got a website up and running where you can book a table hassle free.

Right... onto the dinner itself.

I chose the braised beef brisket this comes with crispy fragrant garlic and thyme roast potatoes, a buttery melt in your mouth mash potato, fresh seasonal greens a crunchy fluffy home cooked Yorkshire pudding, earthy roast vegetables and the star of the show the homemade rich pan gravy that turns a 5 star dinner into a 10.

The staff were friendly and attentive always checking to see if everything is okay or if we needed anything...

I have a few bookings for the next couple of weeks and cannot wait to try everything they have to offer.

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