Green Dragon, Monmouth

Located in Overmonnow opposite the famous fortified 13th century Monnow Bridge and the part Norman church of St Thomas the Martyr, this traditional free house has a striking exterior sporting a large green dragon. It takes its name from the coat of arms of the Herberts, one-time Earls of Pembrokshire and Chepstow. A well balanced menu offers the chance to enjoy tasty food in the comfortable surroundings of either the bar or lounge. While dining or supping note the unique plaster castings on the ceiling. There is a quote above the servery in the public bar, 'This bar is dedicated to those souls of other days, who made drinking a pleasure and achieved contentment long before capacity. Who, whatever they drank, enjoyed it, held it, and remained ... GENTLEMEN.' - a lesson to heed for some folk today perhaps? Answering the call of nature enables the visitor to admire in the gents' a superb comical cartoon collection, a lavatory of lampoonery, a similar 'cistern of comedy' is in the ladies'.