The UglyMug Cafe

The Ugly Mug Cafe occupies a corner unit on Beaufort Square in central Chepstow, a few minutes from the castle. It is a family-run café serving hot food until mid-afternoon alongside coffee, cakes and tray bakes for the rest of the day. The menu includes a gluten-free selection alongside the usual breakfast and lunch dishes, and the kitchen will adapt orders where it can. Dogs are welcome inside, and there is a steady trade of locals dropping in between errands as much as visitors passing through on foot from the town's shopping streets. It opens seven days a week from morning until mid-afternoon. The name and the mismatched crockery on the tables give it an informal, unpretentious feel that regulars have come to expect.