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The Restaurant Guide for Wine Lovers
The Castle of Brecon
73/100 - Brecon, Powys
- Modern British and Welsh
- By the glass
- mid-range
- Beta
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The Castle of Brecon is a Welsh hotel dining room with a wide, crowd-pleasing menu and a wine list organised to make matching easy. Its programme is well-structured and unusually generous by the glass, with low-alcohol options and Champagne to the top, though the sweet and fortified end is thin for the cheese and puddings. It will suit a mixed table who want to drink flexibly and well around a broad menu without hunting for a special bottle.