Mr Wolfe’s review of The Clachan Inn
A Galloway village inn of the old school, with roaring fires and cooking that celebrates the local game and fish.
no. 93 of William Wolfe’s 100 best pubs
The Clachan Inn
St John’s Town of Dalry, Dumfries and Galloway
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near Brecon, Powys4. The Felin Fach GriffinWonderful to have a Welsh pub in the top five, and the plaudits are earned. Not pretty outside; food and setting are. Between the Brecon…A
Applecross, Wester Ross91. The Applecross InnOver the Bealach na Bà, the most thrilling road in Britain, to langoustines landed yards away. Worth every hairpin.B
Gullane, East Lothian92. The Bonnie BadgerTom Kitchin’s inn in golf country. Muirfield is down the road; this is where to celebrate, or commiserate, afterwards.G
Abergavenny, Monmouthshire94. The GaffA newcomer in Wales’s food capital. Bright, lively and very good value.H
Aberthin, Vale of Glamorgan95. The Hare & HoundsTom Watts-Jones cooks over fire in his home village. The finest pub in South Wales.I
Llansteffan, Carmarthenshire96. The Inn at the SticksA village inn above the Tywi estuary, with simple rooms and cooking that has the critics driving west.