In the know
- Our favourite rooms
- Three rooms all individually designed; we like Oliver, probably the sexiest thanks to a double bath with views of the countryside. Phoebe only has a shower, and Otis has Venetian glass furniture and a slipper bath.
- Packing tips
- Walking boots; a good book to curl up with by the fire; elasticated waistband as you’re bound to overeat.
Current offers
- Smith card offer
- A complimentary bottle of house wine or 20 per cent off your first night's evening meal
- Current special offer
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The Drawing Room
Wales, United Kingdom[view map]
- Style
- Dainty gastro-boutique
- Setting
- The rolling fields of Powys
In the two tiny sage-green front rooms, a crackling fire, traditional antiques and porcelain trinkets lend an elegant French atmosphere to this Welsh gem. A brass bedpan stuffed with new slippers suggests this is a place intended to relax. And the food is out of this world at this husband-and-wife-run establishment:she makes the pastries, breads and starters; he tends to the main courses. The bedrooms are très Elle Deco: Venetian glass, stylish fabrics, contemporary chintz wallpaper, roll-top baths.
Need to know
- Rooms
- Three doubles.
- Rates
- £80–£100 a room a night, including breakfast and taxes.
- Check-out
- 11am, though this is flexible subject to availability; earliest check-in, 3pm.
- Facilities
- CD/DVD library. In rooms: flatscreen TV, CD/DVD player, Laura Ashley beds, Penhaligons toiletries.
- Also
- Non-smoking throughout. They have a lovely private dining area so it's popular with triple-daters, who book all three bedrooms and then enjoy their own private dinner party.
Food & drink
- Hotel restaurant
- Award-winning modern British cooking using Welsh produce – own-cured salmon with lemon and dill, rump of Welsh lamb with gratin potatoes – care of chef Colin Dawson. Breakfast includes fresh fruit, home-made muesli, scrambled egg with cured salmon and caviar, duck egg with wild mushrooms, and the full Welsh.
- Last orders
- Dinner is served till 9pm.
- Room service
- Drinks only, served in the rooms until 11pm.
- Hotel bar
- Drinks served in the lounge until 11pm.
Also worth knowing
- Children
- This hotel is better suited to couples - leave the children at home!
Smith Members offer
A complimentary bottle of house wine or 20 per cent off your first night's evening meal
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The Drawing Room
Cwmbach
Newbridge-on-Wye
Builth Wells
Powys
LD2 3RT
