THE multi-award winning Clytha Arms is a lovely pub cum restaurant some six miles from Abergavenny.
The food is, one the whole, very good but on the expensive side.
The service was friendly but lacked a bit of finesse.
Ordering from the lounge, we were shown to our table as my entree was being brought from the kitchen.
My partner then had to wait a few minutes for her starter to be brought to the table.
I had the asparagus and crayfish with pine nut dressing (£8.50) to start which was fine, fresh and nicely presented.
My partner had no complaints with her mixed grill of shellfish (£11.95).
For main my fillet of beef and morel mushrooms in filo pastry (£22) was excellent with a lovely rich sauce.
Again my partner's grilled lobster and garlic and herbs (£23) was mouth-watering.
But there was a downside - the vegetables served with the meal were very disappointingly bland.
With a few drinks - I had a lovely pint of draught cider - the bill for two courses came to £70.30.
It was an enjoyable evening but it could easily have been so much better.
Iwan Davies
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