The Checkers - Powys

The food at Checkers was definitely 5/5 . The flavours and experience were superb. We had booked via their website and had only gone as I had been given £40 in vouchers by my work colleagues. There was nowhere to indicate on the site that we had vouchers but as we knew they would hardly cover the bill we didn’t worry. Also the voucher was bought from them so had been paid for in advance and was still in date. After a brilliant meal we went to pay and used our voucher. £168 £40) We were told off in a curt manner but they did grudgingly take the voucher. It left a sour taste on what should have been an excellent experience.

I had the pleasure of having a tasting menu lunch today and inspired to write about the Outstanding food from the canapés to coffee. It was beautifully presented and superb staff a real joy. Thank you for the warm welcome and log fire.

THIS IN OUR FIRST VISIT TO MONTGOMERY SINCE THE NEW TEAM TOOK OVER AND THE FOOD WAS JUST AS DELICIOUS AND INTERESTING AS BEFORE AND THE HOSPITALITY WAS CHARMING AND FAULTLESS. A TASTING MENU EXCITED THE TASTE BUDS ON EVERY COURSE. FROM DELICATE SCALLOPS THROUGH PLAICE ON A RISOTTO BED, VIA SUMPTUOUS VEAL, TO SOFT LOCAL CHEESE WITH A HONEY TRUFFLE GARNISH AND A CHOCOLATE EXPLOSION IN THE MOUTH, DINNER WAS AS GOOD AS IT GETS AND WELL WORTH THE JOURNEY. CHECKERS IS BACK AND SO WILL WE.

An outstanding lunch at this lovely restaurant in the beautiful town of Montgomery, I was lucky enough to be my daughters guest and she had been very lucky to win this generous prize. The setting was relaxed and homely, the food was so tasty and so creatively presented it was almost a shame to tuck in, but glad i did as my tastebuds were certainly delighted, the wine was delicious too. Thank you so much for looking after us so well. I wish you much luck and success and will certainly be back for some future treats.

My partner and I had a memorable anniversary meal and were lucky enough to stay over too. The room (Daisy was lovely very comfortable and relaxing. Thoughtful touches of delicious Welsh cakes and fresh milk on arriving. The bathroom was well supplied with gorgeous Bramley products which were a pleasure to use. Our eight course tasting menu was superb. We particularly enjoyed the wine pairings which were very thoughtful and each complemented its food very well. We enjoyed hearing about the wine also from the female owner. All eight courses were lovely we particularly enjoyed the “snacks” for course one, the plaice with laverbread risotto for course four and the “lemon” which was course six, which was a refreshing and refined version of lemon posset. We arrived hungry and ready for our eight courses, but felt overfaced by the end, and my partner had to sadly retire at the cheese round her loss as this was a delicious slice of local blue cheese which ended the meal perfectly. We had a couple of miseries on the table next to us who seemed determined to find fault with everything, but we were largely able to ignore them! A real treat and we also thought the food was incredibly good value. Would go back for high days and holidays, and invest in elasticated waist trousers :