The Beacons Guest House

Such lovely staff, warm and welcoming on arrival and during the 'pop-up' steak night on night one which we were invited to. They kindly catered to my request for a fillet steak, whilst not a great cut it was cooked well and the rest of meal delicious. Room was clean, bathroom sparkling! There are some decor issues (wallpaper peeling badly from the bedroom hall ceiling etc) but I understand from other reviews that the hotel is going through a refurb. Love the addition of the welsh cakes in the room! These were topped up on the second day too so was a tasty delight for driving home (though only for my room, not my friend's room). Parking! I have been to Brecon before and struggled to park so having a guest car park is what sealed the deal for the stay.

Breakfast selection is only laid out once. With the number of guests staying on the Sunday, the croissants were eaten by one table (only about 10 small croissants/pain au chocolat in total). When asked, we were informed they would not be topped up. We waited 27 mins for our breakfast order to be taken too. Small details like no salt on tables, no teaspoons for hot drinks, no water in coffee machine etc made it less than great experience. Given the cost of the stay, it wasn't value for money to have limited continental breakfast alongside the cooked. The cooked breakfast though, once it arrived, was delicious. I had smashed avocado with smoked salmon and poached eggs on sourdough, whilst the poached eggs were hard/jammy rather than runny it was overall very tasty! No hairdryer to be found in room 3, thankfully my friend had one in another room so could use that. Only two pillows on the bed too, which considering they thought I had booked the room for two people this would not have been enough as they were quite thin. Thankfully as only me in the room I could hog the lot.

Lovely and friendly staff, clean, comfortable rooms and tasty breakfasts. They were kindly very accommodating of my dietary needs, too.

There were little things that could have levelled up our experience - the cooked breakfast took AGES for understandable reasons, but if we were in a rush it would’ve been a challenge. There was no salt on the table so we had to go hunting for it (then ask), and the breakfast room ran out of things very quickly and took a while to replenish (or things had to be requested). It also took us a while to find someone to check in, and the process to check out wasn’t clear. Having said this, these are small things that absolutely didn’t take away from the lovely stay we had - more ‘even better ifs’.

Really friendly and welcoming staff ,great location ,property was well maintained spotless would recommend and will visit again

There is nothing you could find fault with great for bikers

Very friendly welcome, beautiful room

Would prefer beakers instead of cups, for my tea. Lol

Delicious breakfast, clean, and well organised.

Really great location & lovely breakfast Staff were friendly and no issue arranging late check in and out for us which was very kind

Our room (9) was on the small side but ok. The main issue that probably needs looking at is there is a slide door on the bathroom but it doesn’t close properly which makes it a bit awkward to use the bathroom. I wouldn’t stay in that room again but would happily return to a different one.

We really liked the Beacons Guest House. The owner and staff were very friendly. Free and easy accessible parking a big plus. Breakfast was very good and Brecon was a short and pleasant walk. Highly recommended!

What we expected, clean and comfy beds, staff pleasant and helpful. Breakfast lovely