The Bear Hotel in Powys

A very quaint, hotel and bar with many interesting facets. The staff were very friendly, attentive and accommodating. A small, intimate rear garden and nooks everywhere make for an old world experience. The mostly traditional food menu was well presented and delicious. A large choice of ales, wines and spirits along with quality coffee make this a perfect lunch or dinner spot. I loved it! Just be brave and drive through the small arch to access an ample rear car park and enjoy!

First visit to the Bear Hotel - recommended by friends. Luckily we booked a table as it proved to be a very busy day, but the food was fantastic (difficult to choose, but eventually decided on a starter followed by curry and Welsh beef), but had no room left for dessert - perhaps next time! Very characterful building and the toilets were amazing! Would recommend to others.

Love this place very much. Very old traditional coaching inn. Steeped in character. The staff are great very helpful and there’s plenty of choice on the menu. The food every time I’ve eaten in there has been superb. They champion locally sourced foods much like the rest of the places to eat in Crickhowell do. It’s great to see the local producers being supported.

We had a lovely meal in the splendid hotel. The lunch was excellent for meat, fish and vegetarian selection. Puddings were well received! Good selection of beer and wine. When in Crickhowell next this will be first on the list for lunch.

Had two nights here in May. Rooms exceptionally clean and well presented. Staff are lovely and couldn't help enough. Breakfast was delicious with lots of choice.Had dinner here one night too and it was lovely and priced well.I guess my only degative would be the noise from other rooms. I know this is an old building and a hard issue to rectify but I could hear people speaking next door and snoring. It made me tip toe round mu room scared to make a noise.

Food was great. Had a cracking night with my wife and children. Could be better with table service Has you need to go to the bar to order your meals Getting served at the bar was disappointing when people are just standing at bar drinking for this reason I would only give this place a 3 out of 5 stars After saying this we have booked again into the restaurant area hoping to have a better service

We booked an overnight stay in a “cosy “ double room aka tiny room with paper thin walls and a tiny shower room .We booked dinner in the bar and looked forward to a relaxing stay . After showering before dinner we noticed a very strong damp smell in the shower room. We opened the window and hoped it would get better.On return to the room later the smell was little there but not as bad. However, it got worse during the night . We were up and packed to get out of there by 7 am . We had breakfast and checked out. On check out I asked the receptionist if she would like to come to the room and I could let her see / smell the bathroom . She said no thanks for letting us know and she would sort it that day . When she handed me the bill … including the £121 to pay for the smelly room (and £79 we had spent on food and drinks the night before),I asked was there not going to be a discount or an offer of a future stay … she reluctantly took £31 off the room rate ! SO .. £90 for a smelly room !Food was nice …but room smelly and awful.

Beautiful place. Room was lovely and comfortable, had everything I needed and was spotless! Evening meal was great lots of choices, and breakfast was the same. All the staff were friendly and helpful. I would highly recommend

Superb Sunday Lunch! Lovely Menu to chose from...we had the prawn cocktail & waitbait. The roast beef was delicious (I was given the choice of how I liked it)...so, I had rare. The roast lamb was tasty & juicy and lots of it. The roast potatoes were spot on, the veg was plentiful including cauliflower cheese.Very attentive service by the staff who were very knowledgeable & helpful.We would of liked to stay longer with additional drinks in the Bar but currently Covid restrictions do not allow.We will be back for more soon 🙂 especially as it's a dog friendly Establishment. Lovely hotel.

2 night stay over New Years Eve. The hotel is in a great location with easy access to Brecon Beacons. Crickhowell is a charming little town. The room we stayed in (room 25) was dated and not modern as our upgrade stated. Bathroom was in need of upgrade with bath panel coming off and poor shower, no ventilation. I would not stay on this room again. The hotel however has a lovely pub we dined in breakfast, lunch and dinner where staff is super friendly. I feel the staff in the pub made our stay but overall experience of the hotel was just okay. My advice is go there for a drink and dinner and stay somewhere else.