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There are plenty of good places to eat and drink in this particular part of the Welsh Marches. This part of Wales and the borderlands around offer great restaurants, pubs and cafes. In Hay itself, in Broad Street, The Three Tuns is one of the best dining pubs in Britain, and Kilverts Inn is a famous pub in the centre of town, as is the Swan at Hay in Church Street or The Old Black Lion in Lion Street. The Baskeville Arms was once more famously known as "The Swan" in the diaries of Reverend Francis Kilvert from the late 1800s. Nestled in the village of Clyro, it's a mile from Hay.
Café Hay, attached to the Craft Centre Complex, is perfect for a good breakfast, freshly made cakes or a light lunch. Their Spanish omelette is very popular with regulars. The Granary in Broad Street is a very popular, bustling vegetarian venue for lunchtimes, and the food is good, filling and well-priced. Red Indigo is a well-thought-of Indian restaurant in Castle Street. As for tea rooms, Hay is the place to come for these: The Old Stables Tea Rooms is popular for its old-fashioned quaintness and great tea time fare; and Shepherd's is famous for its delicious locally made sheep's milk ice-cream and properly made coffee. The new cafe at Booths Bookshop also serves delicious lunches as well as teas, and you can lounge about in comfy chairs and peruse books whilst waiting for a table. There’s a children’s reading corner, too, which is great for rainy days.
Near the Old Schoolhouse, for a friendly cup of tea or a light lunch, Gilly’s in nearby Eardisley is hard to beat. Eardisley is a small village on the picturesque ‘Black and White’ trail with a useful post office and quirky second hand bookshop. The proprietor of Gilly’s is the sort of person who will rustle up a spare candle to make a birthday tea special; and you can stop in at the handy deli/bakery in Eardisley for supplies whilst there (deli closes at 1:30 on Sat).
If children’s play is important, there is a café cooking home-cooked food at Oak Church Farm Shop on the A438 Hereford Road near Bredwardine which has a nice outdoor play area where they can let off steam on the trampoline.
Castlefield Country Pub, a newly renovated pub on the road between Bredwardine and Hay, is ‘a find in the middle of nowhere’. Just at the foot of Merbach Common, it serves a range of bar food and ales and has a good view across the countryside.
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