The experience begins when you walk through the door. The bar staff - James usually - welcomes you…read more Once refreshments are expertly doled out, including local beers that are always fresh, you are treated to a menu featuring the best local food purveyors can provide. The owners, Tim and Lynn bring their passion for food, wine and, most importantly, the experience of fine dining to everyone who they serve and meet.

Beautiful place, excellent choice of beers on tap and bottle not to mention the beautiful homemade…read moreburgers and soup. Delicious, well worth another visit.

OMG. Great, welcoming, comfy, delicious…read more Wanted to try so much off the menu we settled on 2 apps from standing and 2 apps from specials. OMG. Everything bright and fresh. Staff was extremely nice and accommodating. They know how to get to yes! Dessert to die for,

This restaurant has closed permanently and is now called "Small Plates". I haven't been to either…read morebut the other reviews were super so I didn't think it fair to drag down any reputation.

Fantastic food exceptional service superb decor just like a five star hotel restaurant will defo…read morereturn and recommend to all our friends a big thanks to Zac who was an excellent mine host. Keep it up and thanks for a wonderful experience

My girlfriend and I stayed at this amazing hotel for one night for a short stay, unfortunately we…read morewould not arrive until later at night but the hotel was more than accommodating and upon arrival were made to feel very welcome, the next day we were cooked a lovely breakfast. 10/10 ticked all the boxes and would recommend.

We stumbled across this place while driving the back roads. Good bar and great dinner. It's a…read morebeautiful place inside and out.

Seeking shelter from the storm, a particularly nasty one at that, we (literally) stumbled into…read moreRuthin Castle. Though freezing cold and covered with slushy mud, we were warmly welcomed by the host and offered safe accommodations if we chose to stay. We were given a tour of the castle, it's banquet hall, kitchen, the rooms, dungeon and even "the drowning pool"*. I was excited and even more so after they told us of the ghost that haunts the parapets. And though I was game to stay, I was over-ruled and we left after a brief lunch. Why did we decide to take our chances on the roads? Because this castle was "haunted" and two in our group were "scared to death" of staying! Hell, I wanted to look for the ghost, maybe swap some stories or share some make-up secrets. But nevertheless, we headed back out into the storm in a futile attempt to make it to London for an important meeting. What a mistake! We got halfway there when we were forced to overnight at a road-side dump before making into London the next day. We missed the banquets, marriages, gorgeous views and the chance to rub elbows with a ghost. I need to go back, perhaps in the spring. I know the ghost will wait. She's been doing that for hundreds of years. That's why I want to discover her make-up secrets and sell them on HSN. *a chamber filled with water and used to drown victims http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jb-JZPmiEOI P.S., I've requested the title be simply labeled "Ruthin Castle".

Two years ago I got married at Ruthin Castle and it has a special place in my heart. The castle and…read morethe grounds in which it is set are beautiful. The italian gardens and peacock filled lawns are glorious, especially in the middle of summer. I've eaten at the Castle on a number of occasions and the food has always been excellent. My one issue with Ruthin lies with the wedding planning service which was, at best, 'shoddy' from start to finish. We struggled along with them for over a year and had to get very senior staff members involved in order to resolve many of our issues. If I could rate this seperately the it would scrape a single star. Despite the problems in the build up we had an excellent day.