Truffles has stood at 46 High Street in Ross-on-Wye since Richard and Hayley Mayo opened it as newlyweds in 2003. A cheese counter cut to order, close to a hundred ciders down the cellar, cakes baked at the back and a larder that runs from the Wye Valley to the Mediterranean. Walk in for one thing, walk out with a basket.
British and Continental cheese cut to order on the wire, from whole truckles rather than pre-packed. Herefordshire makes alongside a Delice de Cremiers and a deep Continental run. Ask and we will cut you a piece to taste.
cut to orderClose to a hundred ciders and perries from around twenty suppliers, Herefordshire led, alongside craft beers, lagers and a wide range of flavoured gins. The wine cellar sits over the road at number five.
~100 ciders, ~20 makersCakes, quiches, sausage rolls, seasonal soups and tarts made in the kitchen behind the shop, with sandwiches and salad boxes built to order. The bread comes from Peter Cook, the award-winning local baker.
own-baked dailySpanish Jamon de Trevelez, Italian risottos and pasta, olive oils, olives, sundried tomatoes and preserves, sat next to the local produce that the deli was built on. One item in, a basketful out.
local & Continental
THE CHEESE WIRE · CUT FROM THE TRUCKLE
The cheese counter is the part of the shop people come back for. British and Continental, cut to order on the wire from whole truckles, so you get the piece you want at the size you want, not a shrink-wrapped block off a shelf. Tell us whether you lean to a crumbly Wye Valley cheddar or a soft Delice de Cremiers, and we will hand you a sliver to try first.
Richard and Hayley Mayo opened Truffles on the High Street in 2003, newlyweds who shared a passion for good food. It started around local cheese and produce, then grew, year by year, into local wines, ciders and beers, a kitchen baking at the back, and a Continental larder. Over twenty years later they are still behind the counter, and at the end of 2024 took a second shop at number five so the deli, the wine cellar and the cafe could each have room to breathe.
TRUFFLES · THE WINE CELLAR · SINCE 2003
“No better cider does the world supply, than grows along thy borders, gentle Wye.”Edward Davies, 1796 · the verse on the shop wall
It is why the cellar leans Herefordshire. Close to a hundred ciders and perries, from around twenty makers within reach of the river.
The fun of the larder is the story behind the jar. Take the Jamon de Trevelez, cured in the highest village in Spain, almost fifteen hundred metres up. The thin mountain air and the wind mean it needs less salt than a lowland ham, which leaves it noticeably sweeter. That is the kind of thing we like to be able to tell you about what you are buying.
THE LARDER · LOCAL TO MEDITERRANEAN
Putting a cheese board together, building a hamper, or just want a sandwich made up for when you get here. Send us a note and we will reply between counter shifts. For anything large, a phone call to the deli is quickest.
Yes. The counter is cut to order on the wire from whole truckles, British and Continental. Tell us what you like and we will hand you a piece before you commit to a wedge.
Close to a hundred ciders and perries from around twenty suppliers, with Herefordshire well represented, plus craft beers, lagers and a range of flavoured gins. The wine cellar is over at number five.
The cakes, quiches, sausage rolls, soups and tarts are baked in our kitchen at the back. The bread comes from Peter Cook, the award-winning baker just along the way.
Yes, made to order from the deli counter, sandwiches and salad boxes both. There is seating inside and out in the courtyard at the back if you would rather sit.
46 High Street, in the heart of Ross, a few doors from the Market House. Monday to Friday 9 to 5, Saturday 8:30 to 5:30, closed Sundays.
We are at 46 High Street, in the heart of Ross, a few doors from the 17th-century Market House and below the spire of St Mary's. There is seating inside and a courtyard at the back if you would rather sit with a coffee and a slice of cake.