The Angel Hotel is the grandest building on Cross Street, a Georgian coaching inn that's become the town's most considered hospitality address. Afternoon tea here is the proper version: tiered stands, Welsh produce, good sandwiches and the kind of room that earns the occasion.
It's not cheap and it isn't trying to be. For a celebration, a slow afternoon or arriving at Abergavenny with the intention of doing it right, this is the answer.