Closed for the day. Back tomorrow at 8.

Godric's Café

A proper breakfast, fresh bakes and good coffee at The Hostelrie in Goodrich, near Ross-on-Wye. Three minutes from the castle, on the Wye Valley Walk.

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A flat white and a slice of lemon drizzle on an outdoor table at Godric's, with a glass jar of yellow wildflowers and the warm sandstone of the building behind.
On the counter Pastries Scones, jam & clotted cream Cake of the day Gluten-free & dairy-free options daily
A slate counter laid with croissants, an almond frangipane tart, brownies, a cinnamon bun and slices of layered cake.
Breakfast & bakes

Breakfast until 11:30, lunch from noon.

From £3.50 for a pastry, sit-in or takeaway.

Scones from the counter. Eggs on toast, beans, granola, bacon baps from the kitchen. Vegetarian and vegan versions on most things, ask at the counter. On Sunday, last orders for breakfast are at 10:30. Cookies and croissants are always on the counter.

Cake and coffee all day. Ask at the counter about hot food.

Full menu
Cake & coffee
A rhubarb and almond tart, the rhubarb in pink batons across golden custard.

From the counter

  • Rhubarb & almond tart£4.20
  • Basque cheesecake£4.50
  • Lemon drizzle£3.80
  • Croissant, plain or almond£3.20
  • Scone, jam & clotted cream£3.80
  • Brownie£3.20

A short list, baked by Aimee. Gluten-free and dairy-free options daily, ask at the counter.

Cocktails and a Mother Root ginger bottle on a sandstone wall in dappled sunlight.

From the bar

  • Espresso£2.40
  • Flat white£3.20
  • Cappuccino£3.20
  • Latte£3.40
  • Tea (English, Earl Grey, peppermint, green)£2.80
  • Hot chocolate£3.40

Properly pulled espresso. Oat, soy and almond milk on request. Coffee until 3.

Breakfast, bakes & drinks: the full menu
Visiting

Whoever you are, come on in.

Parents with prams, walkers in muddy boots, paddlers off the river, anyone passing the castle. There's a seat.

Dogs welcome

Inside, outside, muddy or otherwise. Water bowl by the door, takeaway cups for the trail.

Kids and prams

Smaller plates on request, room for the buggy.

Garden and seating

Picnic tables under the pergola, plenty of space inside, the river a hedge away.

Free wifi

Ask at the counter for the password.

Card and cash

Tap to pay or notes and coins, both fine. No service charge.

Free parking

Free, on site. Pull straight in off the road.

Walks, directions & questions
The Hostelrie at Goodrich, an 1830s stone building with a small spire, gothic-arched windows and stone tracery.
The building

It's older than it looks. Or younger, depending how you count.

The Hostelrie was built in 1830 by Sir Samuel Meyrick, an antiquary who collected armour. He hired Edward Blore, the architect of Buckingham Palace, to make it look like it had been there for six hundred years. It worked. Stone walls, low ceilings, a small spire, proper gothic windows.

The name is older still. Before it was Goodrich, the village was called Godric's Castle. We borrowed it.

What's inside it now is a working café. Blue-rim plates, a counter that sells out by lunch, and a kettle that's always on.

The garden

Picnic tables, the river over the hedge.

Picnic tables under a wooden pergola, a clipped hedge, and a stone planter of herbs in the foreground.
A galvanised pail of fresh herbs against the sandstone wall: chives in flower, mint, sage, rosemary, thyme.
A row of summer aperitifs on a sandstone wall in dappled sunlight, with sprigs of rosemary.
Rooms from 26 October

Eight rooms upstairs.

Eight rooms upstairs open on 26 October 2026, with breakfast downstairs in the café in the morning.

Leave us your email and we'll write when bookings open. Once. No marketing.

The upper floor of The Hostelrie, where the eight bedrooms open in October 2026.
Find us

Goodrich, Herefordshire. On the Wye Valley Walk.

Hours Monday to Saturday, 9 to 3
Sunday, 9 to 10:30 From Monday 19 October we open at 8.
Address The Hostelrie, Goodrich Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire HR9 6HX
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Phone 01600 890241 Or just walk in. We don't take bookings.
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An illustrated map of Goodrich. The Hostelrie at the centre with Godric's Café marked by a star, Goodrich Castle on the hill to the north up Castle Lane, St Giles' Church to the west with a dashed footpath leading to the cafe, the B4229 heading west under a small road bridge, and Kerne Bridge over the River Wye to the south with a canoe launch underneath.

Not to scale. Find us anyway.

From the castle

Walk down Castle Lane to the main road, turn right at the bottom of the hill. We're the stone building with the spire.

3 minutes on foot

From the Wye Valley Walk

Coming through Goodrich, the spire of St Giles' is your marker. The footpath drops into the village and we're on the corner. Five minutes from the church.

5 minutes from St Giles'

From Kerne Bridge

Pull out at the canoe launch and walk up the lane. Quiet road, takes about fifteen minutes uphill. Coffee at the top.

15 minutes uphill

From the car park

Plenty of free parking on site. Pull straight in off the road.

Right there