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The Whitebrook
Whitebrook, Monmouthshire
Tucked away amid woodlands in the Wye valley, Chris and Kirsty Harrod's restaurant-with-rooms is lauded for Chris's extraordinary tasting menus of locally sourced, home-grown and foraged ingredients.
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In the Wye valley, birthplace of British tourism, Chris and Kirsty Harrod's ‘very special’ restaurant with rooms, tucked away in rural seclusion, should be on every foodie’s tourist map. The bedrooms are tastefully designed, with smart bathrooms and views over the woodlands that yield flora for your plate. The larger ones have a king-or super-king-size bed, a double-ended bath and walk-in shower. Smaller rooms have a double bed, a bath with shower over. One room has a stone wet room. This is not a B&B; you come to dine on Chris’s tasting menu, composed of locally sourced, home grown and foraged ingredients, for which he holds both a Michelin star and a Michelin green star for sustainable gastronomy. Depending on the day’s pickings, this might include plaice cooked in Jack by the hedge butter, brown shrimps, hop shoots; hogget, young leeks, garlic purée, turnips, ramsons; blueberries, violet parfait, lemon thyme sorbet, rose jelly. ‘At various times the menu utilised three types of garlic, three-cornered garlic, elephant garlic and ramsons,’ wrote a reader. ‘The cheese board (extra) was also of a good standard… The wine waiter was friendly and informative.’ (FT, HMB)
Hotel Details
Address
Whitebrook, Monmouthshire, NP25 4TX, Wales
Telephone
Bedroom
8.
Openings
all year, except 24 Dec (rooms), 25/26 Dec, 1 Jan, 2 weeks in Jan, dinner and rooms Thurs–Sun, lunch Fri– Sun.
Background Music
in restaurant and lounge.
Children
all ages welcomed, only over-16s at dinner.
Dogs
only guide dogs allowed.
Prices
D,B&B doubles from £440. Set-price lunch 3-courses £56; 9-course dinner £130.
Facilities
lounge/bar, restaurant (veg menu), in-room TV, terrace, 1/2-acre garden, restaurant and women's toilet wheelchair accessible (not adapted).
Location
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