Hardens Guide to the Best Restaurants in Gwynedd
Hardens guides have spent 32 years compiling reviews of the best Gwynedd restaurants. On Hardens.com you'll find details and reviews of 8 restaurants in Gwynedd and our unique survey based approach to rating and reviewing Gwynedd restaurants gives you the best insight into the top restaurants in every area and of every type of cuisine.
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1. Portmeirion Hotel
British, Modern restaurant in Portmeirion
“An incredible setting in the remarkable village of Portmeirion” (built, over five decades, in Mediterranean style by the late Clough William-Ellis) adds to the occasion at this “delightfully situated hotel”, “with views across the estuary to the mountains”. Ratings are not yet back to the stellar highs of ten-plus years ago, but the food is well received, with “exceptional presentation” in particular. “Sunday lunch is particularly good”… “with a window seat, or outside if sunny, followed by a stroll through the gardens: what could be nicer!". Top Tip – “Superb afternoon tea. You will not need to eat again that day. An inventive spread of sandwiches, cakes and scones are beautifully presented; and a wide range of teas too”.
2. The Marram Grass
British, Modern restaurant in Newborough
White Lodge - LL61
2021 Review: “A lovely, warm dining environment and excellent tasting menu” is the main impression given by this well-known, slightly offbeat fixture: a converted shed in a caravan park, which in the evening offers three-course, five-course and seven-course menu options. There was also the odd letdown reported last year, however.
3. Dylan's Restaurant
Fish & seafood restaurant in Menai Bridge
St George's Road - LL59
All reports acknowledge the “great building and position” – a stylish modern structure with “terrific views over the Menai Straits” – at this waterside venue (with branches now in Criccieth and Llandudno) and there’s always a decent crowd here. But some diners feel there’s “always a slight disappointment” about the “very average” nosh: “I felt the accountants are in charge, not the chefs”.
4. Sosban & The Old Butcher's
British, Modern restaurant in Menai Bridge
1 High St, Menai Bridge - LL59
“Outstanding” or “good but overly pricey”? Both strands of thought are still evident in diner feedback on Stephen Stevens’ ambitious venue, in a converted butcher’s just over the Menai Bridge. Its renown has been boosted in recent times both by a Michelin star and four hard-to-win rosettes from the AA. It’s only open three nights per week, offering a ‘unique culinary journey’ for £175 per person.
5. The Bull Beaumaris
British, Modern restaurant in Beaumaris
Castle Street - LL58
2019 Review: The 15th-century Bull inn has been modernised in recent years, with young chef Andy Tabberner charged with producing a sophisticated modern menu. The results can be “a bit hit & miss, but more often hit than miss” – and the ratings are strong overall. (There’s also “lovely decor and outside area” in the cheaper ground floor brasserie).
6. Catch 22 Brasserie
restaurant in Valley
London Road - LL65
2022 Review: This large, family-run modern brasserie serves a well-received mix of standard dishes including burgers and pasta, with a choice of more unusual signature ‘Singapore-style’ curries. In fact, there doesn’t seem to be a catch at all.
7. Oyster Catcher
Fish & seafood restaurant in Rhosneigr
Maelog Lake - LL64
“An amazing location on the Isle of Anglesey” inspires nothing but good vibes at this striking looking, glass-walled destination, overlooking the dunes above Traeth Llydan beach, where “great seafood is served with panache”. “The entertainment offered by Valley RAF can add to the experience!” (the nearby airfield being home to No 4 Flying Training School, the UK’s centre for training fighter pilots).
8. The Jackdaw
British, Modern restaurant in Conwy
High Street - LL32
No reports yet on this ambitious 30-seater, which opened in autumn 2021 run by ex-Fat Duck chef Nick Rudge. In May 2022, though, Marina O’Loughlin from The Sunday Times made the trip to this “small room in a curiously gothic building (that was formerly Conwy’s cinema and bingo hall”), finding a “scene of buzz and busyness, full and welcoming” and food that “elicits a great sigh of relief”. Local ingredients make up dishes full of flourishes – not everything works, but she was “mollified by a riot of Welsh cheeses”. She concludes: “there’s no doubt that Rudge can cook. If he concentrated more on showcasing the innate quality of the spectacular Welsh produce he’s using and less on the likes of Great British Menu, he’d be unstoppable”.
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