This relaxed town-centre hotel-cum-pub sports a single L-shaped bar from which extends a large side-room for busy times. An air of reassuring continuity pervades here where panels above the bar announce the Beaufort Hotel circa 1650, giving a clue to its longevity. A wide range of simple bar meals (sandwiches, baguettes, toasties, jacket potatoes, omelettes, grills, fish, curries, vegetarian, main plates, kids list, Sunday lunch and puddings) is supplemented by a separate restaurant with daily-changing menu. Handy for Chepstow station, the Beaufort makes a good venue for pre- or post-Offa's Dyke thirst-slaking; the national footpath's southern end is just across the border in England. Fax: (01291) 627389.