Address: Tintern Heights, Catbrook, Brockweir, Chepstow NP16 7NX, United Kingdom
Phone: +441291689566
Rating: 4.5
based on 178 reviews.
Cafe and Food
Pros:
"The friendly cafe serves great bacon baps and plenty of cakes/sandwiches to choose from!"
"The superb cafe, with delicious cakes and other treats."
"Coffee shop was great, especially the cakes."
"Best scones I have ever had! They were soft but did not crumble."
"The old ticket office, waiting room is a nice quaint cozy cafe with nice food and coffee."
"The cafe is wonderful, food really good and the staff are very pleasant and polite, extremely good value."
"Lovely place with good simple food and delicious tea."
Cons:
"Sandwiches were a bit disappointing / lacking in filling compared to the coffee shop in The Old Hare in the village."
"Cafe was a disappointment... over priced."
"The salad was bland, nothing special, literally just lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber and cheese."
"I found the prices bit steep for what they offer ( £5.90 for a panini?! )."
"Food was slow to arrive on our visit."
"Sadly this place has changed for the worse drastically mainly in the tea rooms."
"Drinks were very overpriced (with a bottle of Coca-Cola costing £2.50)."
Parking and Accessibility
Pros:
"First of all, plenty of parking, clean toilets lovely cafe with choice of food."
"Really nice place to visit. Good car parking on site, lovely tearoom also."
"Parking is chargeable here, but it is very reasonable."
"Reasonably priced parking at £4 for the day when we went."
"The staff are welcoming and helpful and there is a large car park which is £2 for 3 hours or £3 for all day."
"Parking ample and staff friendly."
"Parked in the Abbey carpark where we paid £3 for parking all day."
Cons:
"Didn't stop long due to parking fees and not knowing which machine worked."
"A great spot for coffee and snack, however a minimum 3 hr parking ticket will discourage short term visitors."
"Called in as we were passing, coffee shop was not open as it was before 10 am, the cost of parking was expensive we had a quick look around and decided not worth buying a ticket at that price."
"£2 minimum car park charge we thought excessive."
"Having to pay for parking was disappointing."
"You have to pay for parking."
"But very disappointed that the shop/cafe only accept card payments for purchases as my grandchildren had easter money that they wanted to spend and couldn't."
Attractions and Activities
Pros:
"A hidden gem on the bank of the River Wye, The Old Station at Tintern is just magical for grown ups and children alike."
"Wonderful carved wooden figures, great food and beverages at the café."
"You can take a walk through a train carriage which provides you with some history about the station."
"Fantastic play park for little ones (our boy is 2.5 - slide a sensible height), with a lovely cafe which serves delicious and unusual cakes."
"Great place to take the kids, nice parks and they loved the miniature railway ride too."
"It's a fantastic place to spend a few hours in natural beauty with lots to do for small children."
"A wonderfully picturesque area."
Cons:
"Being going here for 30 years now and slowly going downhill. No shop, nothing in the signal box, model steam group were not there on a Bank Holiday and very muddy."
"The other half is and old train converted into a gift shop but not the good type."
"Shame that the little train isn't run anymore I'd love to know why!"
"The signal box train carriages are still shut ☹️ so do bear this in mind if visiting."
"Note that the signal box art gallery and train carriage visitor centre are currently closed - I'm guessing this is due to Covid rather than permanent though."
"Our kids had outgrown the play area at 8, 10 and 11."
"Everything a bit old. There's a park for kids that was covered in leaves and spiderwebs when we visited."
Environment and Atmosphere
Pros:
"Lovely surroundings and quiet for a walk by the river wye."
"The views from the cafe and seating area across the valley are stunning as you look across at the ancient deciduous forest lined banks, hills and cliffs."
"If the sun is out, or just not raining, you can't beat this place for a great day out with young kids."
"Good exhibitions in the train carriages and lots of things of interest especially for children and parents alike."
"Large children's play area yet relaxing retreat away from the hustle and bustle."
"A wonderfully picturesque area."
"Had an afternoon walk in the bluebell woodland with my Mother and a pot of tea and a slab of scrummy cake out in the sunshine on the picnic benches - fab!"
Cons:
"Albeit a little muddy after the rains."
"Closing hours 4pm but at 3 o clock they were serving tea and coffee in paper cups instead of a tea pot and cup and saucer."
"The staff just wanted to close up and just to lazy to wash up after closing time, so not impressed."
"I think the day we visited it had been exceptionally busy on a hot day. Sadly there was little choice left for refreshments, most things had sold out."
"Hoping that we were going to be surprise we weren't we were greatest by someone who must have been the last in line for customer service skills."
"Even though hand dryer didn't work."
"Cafe was extremely disappointing. We used to come here a lot when we lived nearby and I'm really sad to see it's gone downhill."