Mariners. Haverfordwest.

In the Early 20th Century, the then Proprietor Mr Mortimer Thomas found it necessary to cement render the frontage of the Hotel. He decided to add "Establish in 1625" to the Hotel Mariners facelift, thus making it the oldest Hotel in town. This he did on the assumption his friends and customers could not prove him wrong, as no date is recorded of building the Mariners.

I fell for it. The windows were a touch rattly during the night but I made the generous assumption they were nearly 400 years old.

Once checked in it was bar food which sounded fast and fingerfood but in fact it was a real menu just served in the bar. I opted for Cawl which I was told was a local soup folowed by roast of the day which was beef. Oh and a pint of Old Phoenix bitter.

Cawl was good. Welsh lamb and vegetable soup supplied with bread, butter and a slice of cheese. Not quite sure what to do with the cheese (like first time I met fish soup in France and had to take a masterclass from the teenage waitress about what to do with the garlic, the mayonnaise, the bread etc etc). So I chopped up the cheese and added it to the cawl.

Roast beef was also good. Nice chunky slices with lots of different potatoes & veg. Horse radish supplied without needing to ask (top marks).

You can always tell the quality of a breakfast by the sausages and unfortunately here we were towards the cardboard end of the scale.

Overall bed, breakfast & evening meal with unlimited wifi was just over £90 which you can't grumble at.