Love the hotel, the room and walking around the village. Sitting in front of the fire in the…read moreevening and just relaxing. We visited last year and had issue with the restaurant breakfast. Last year my eggs royal were served cold and by the time I could get the servers attention it was too late to order something else and his comment "you didn't have to pay for breakfast so what's the issue" This year we went down earlier and again I looked forward to trying eggs Royal. Again they came out barely warm. This time I chased down the manager and got a different breakfast. Last year we had room 2 in the hotel. Loved that it was a corner room so we had water front and village view. This year room 1. Just as lovely but no river view. Also they've done away with the free slippers being embroidered with the logo. Yes they still have slippers but they are unadorned. I know I know sounds petty but they were such a nice touch. We were there for the food and art festival again but not the hotels fault, the wind storm closed it down for Saturday. Sunday it was opened. Another less than stellar interaction was from the "guards" at the entrance. We had to check out Sunday and we were given a lift to the car park and went to enter the fair. We were supposed to get a plastic shopping bag but the guard refused saying the driver got two bags for the man in an orange coat. Hubby was wearing an orange coat but we didn't get bags from driver. They argued that we must have put the bags away and just wanted more. I don't steal and don't like being accused of stealing a silly bag. We checked the car and there were no bags. We managed to get a single bag grudgingly I know I know again petty but it does add up to be annoying.

The Good The Bad and The Ugly…read more The Good This was a bucket list wish trip. We've been wanting to get to see Portmeirion for 30 years and this was the year!!! We booked a room in the hotel and it included breakfast and we decided against having dinner there because as luck would have it the yearly Christmas craft and food festival was going on at the grounds. We enjoyed the fair and in the evening we sat in front of one of the fires. Husband reading and me knitting. Wonderful relaxing visit. The public rooms were old world gracious and cozy. The bar had a nice selection of drinks to enjoy. Our room was beautiful and we had two windows. One over the river and one up to the village. It was cold and rainy during our visit but believe it or not we came for this weather, being from Florida we kind of miss the cold. The Bad First morning breakfast was a full Welsh breakfast and was good but the second day, the last day and the one we will remember was horrible. I got the salmon eggs Benedict and husband an omelette. His breakfast came out steaming, mine - I almost had to chip off the ice. Okay there wasn't ice on my eggs but there was not a degree of warmth over room temperature and the room was cold. Couldn't catch the eye of a server. They were too busy cleaning up getting the room set for lunch. I had one bite of my eggs and pushed them aside. I went to fix my cup of tea and there was only two sugar cubes in the sugar bowl. What???? Thank goodness the table next to us was empty so we just swapped out. No salt and pepper on the table either. You would think the servers would notice that the food hasn't been eaten and ask about it. The Ugly Finally got the attention of our server. I told him my eggs were cold and inedible and if he had checked on us it could have been corrected during breakfast hours. (Breakfast was over by the way). He then got snippy and said there is no check because breakfast is included in the room. What the heck??? Just wish our last memory was better. Would i return?. That's a good question. The facility is beautiful, the room was great. Walking around the village was interesting but leaving hungry wasn't how I wanted to end our trip. Honestly if breakfast service is any indication of meals there I'm glad we didn't spring for dinner.

We had lunch here today. There were 5 of us and everything turned out perfect. The desert was good…read moretoo! We will definitely be back. Probably the best food we've had this trip.

What a stunning location! Set in the Welsh countryside, this hotel is housed in a building that was…read moreoriginally built in the 1500s! The rooms are nice and comfortable, particularly the bed. I liked that the bathroom has a bathtub - was exactly what I felt like after a long day of travelling. The check in process is simple and the staff are lovely and polite. The restaurant has a great menu and the food is very good. The rooms and the hotel are a whole was very clean and well presented. I would certainly stay there again.

Oh the Lion. I really liked this place at first. Nice beers and not too pricey. Not a dark…read moreatmosphere. Pretty quiet place, on the small side, but a few tvs tunes to news and pop entertainment. The issue I had was staff. The barman the night I went could not have been less than interested in serving me and/or taking my money. Fine- not everyone needs to be my best friend. But it continued on during the night and that's annoying. He also started turning over chairs about 10:50 when they close at 11. Also not usually a big deal but there aren't many tables in there and I feel the could have not tried to kick us out in a passive aggressive way. Finally, the barman didn't even wait until my companion and I were both out of the door before making fun of that fact that we were Americans- which I funny because I am, but my companion is not only Welsh but lived in this tiny town. Won't spend my money there again.

Recommend this hotel for the views and easy walk into town. Up on a hill. Has a nice breakfast and…read morea large lounge with bar, fireplace, games, movies, and music. Rooms aren't tiny!

From the owner: The Bae Abermaw restaurant is open to both residents and non residents for evening meals. The…read morerestaurant is open from Tuesday until Saturday evening sittings starting at 6:30pm and the last sitting being 8:30pm. Our restaurant overlooks the wonderful Barmouth Bay, with spectacular views of the Mawddach Estuary.

Very nice room, excellent food, a nice pint of Purple Moose and a very warm welcome from Alun. 1…read moreminute from the beach and very peaceful when we were there (October 2010). We'll be back.

We only went for Sunday lunch so I can't comment on the bedrooms. However the grounds are lovely…read morewith a smart outdoor heated pool and great views out to sea. There is a large bar area where you can have a drink before being taking through to the dining room. There are two sittings for lunch and booking is strongly recommended as it's popular and has a lot of regular customers. The dining room itself is bright but full of classic old brown furniture. The meal is buffet style so good value I think and quite relaxed. The desserts especially were brilliant, so much choice! Go through and help yourself to coffee in the comfortable lounge area. They have a high chair so can accommodate small children and also a table tennis table for the older ones:)