Y Polyn

It may look like an ordinary, albeit pretty, pub from the outside, but Maryann Wright & Susan Manson have made Y Polyn far from average. Wright is a self-taught cook with 15 years experience as chef/patron of the Four Seasons (just a few miles up the road) while classically trained Manson was head chef at a City livery company – the Worshipful Company of Innholders. Together they cook simple, gutsy food like rabbit terrine with peach & apricot chutney, fish pie, cassoulet & coq au vin, backed up by an excellent mid-value wine list. Their husbands, erstwhile editor of the AA Restaurant Guide Simon Wright & ex-AA inspector Mark Manson, run an enthusiastic front of house. The whole experience is considered very good value for money.