Boutique hotels
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Escape
- Style
- Boutique bed and breakfast
- Setting
- Between mountain and beach
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Ffynnon
- Style
- Glamorous Gothic
- Setting
- Snug in Snowdonia
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Fronlas
- Style
- Eco-friendly Edwardian elegance
- Setting
- Green and gold Brecon Beacons
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Holm House
- Style
- Deco-fuelled modernity
- Setting
- Penarth's Victorian seafront
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Llety Bodfor
- Style
- Boutique bed and breakfast
- Setting
- Hills at the back, sea to the front
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The Drawing Room
- Style
- Dainty gastro-boutique
- Setting
- The rolling fields of Powys
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The Grove Narberth
- Style
- Romantic country pile
- Setting
- Pembrokeshire hillside hollow
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The New White Lion
- Style
- Impeccable low-key glamour
- Setting
- Little town of Llandovery
Self-catering properties
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Longshore House
- Style
- Stylish stone house
- Setting
- Dylan Thomas’s Laugharne
Wales Eating, drinking and dancing
We've picked out some of our favourite Welsh cafés, bars, gastropubs and restaurants. See more listings in the individual guides for Brecon Beacons, Cardigan Bay, Carmarthen Bay and Vale of Glamorgan.
Restaurants
(+44 (0)1654 767215)
Penhelig Arms
The fish is fresh and the wine are well-chosen at this bar and restaurant on Terrace Road, Aberdovey, where the restaurant is starchyish, and the bar more cramped – in a very fun way.
(+44 (0)1497 820841)
The Black Lion
Located on Lion Street in Hay-on-Wye, this pub has a traditional atmosphere and a dedicated approach to its craft, priding itself on good British produce and its own ales.
(+44 (0)1982 552493)
The Drawing Room
Set in Cwmbach, Newbridge-on-Wye, near Builth Wells, this elegant and modish restaurant with rooms, for a lunch that you'll talk about for the rest of the day.
(+44 (0)1874 620111)
The Griffin
A gastro pioneer in these parts, this pub at Felin Fach, near Brecon is a pink-walled landmark with an impeccable reputation for its very, very good lunches and suppers.
(+44 (0)1545 570755)
The Harbourmaster
For something contemporary head to Harbour Lane, Aberaeron for a stylish bar and restaurant serving excellent modern Welsh cuisine alongside delicious tapas.
(+44 (0)1654 702941)
The Wynnstay Arms
This pub on Maengwyn Street in Machynlleth has country-comfortable dining rooms and a seriously talented chef organising the menu.
Bars
(+44 (0)1873 810212)
Nantyffin Cider Mill Inn
This place on Brecon Road, near Crickhowell is a popular old inn serving good trad food.
(+44 (0)1597 860204)
Red Lion
This local in Llanfan Fawr, near Llandrinod Wells is a 12th-century pub serving real ales.
(+44 (0)1600 750235)
The Bell at Skenfrith
This wonderful pub has award-winning, locally sourced menus.
(+44 (0)1981 510616)
The Bull’s Head
This place at Craswall, near Hay-on-Wye is a proper old pub with local beers and ciders, and an expert chef turning out homemade pies.
(+44 (0)1591 610264)
The Drovers Rest
Standing by a bridge over the river in Llanwrtyd Wells, this is a great place to try bara brith with Caerphilly cheese or a delicious rarebit.
