Groes

Pub Details

Address: Ty'n-y-groes

Wales

LL32 8TN

Telephone: (01492) 650545

Opening Times: Weekdays
12 - 3, 6.30 - 11

Location

Good Pub Guide Recommended

Lots of antiques, local beer, and lovely garden at this beamed northern Snowdonia hotel The characterfully timeless interior of this gracious old inn is kept spotless. Past the hot stove in the entrance area, its rambling, low-beamed and thick-walled rooms are nicely decorated with antique settles and an old sofa, old clocks, portraits, hats and tins hanging from the walls, and fresh flowers. A fine antique fireback is built into one wall, perhaps originally from the formidable fireplace in the back bar, which houses a collection of stone cats as well as cheerful winter log fires. You might find a harpist playing here on certain days. From the family's own Great Orme brewery, a couple of miles away, come Great Orme and Groes Ale (brewed for the pub), and several bottled Great Orme beers too, also 15 wines by the glass; piped music. There are several options for dining, including an airy conservatory and a smart white linen dining restaurant. The idyllic back garden has flower-filled hayracks and lovely verdant views, and there are more seats on a narrow flower-decked roadside terrace. Well equipped bedroom suites (some have terraces or balconies) have gorgeous views. They also rent out a well appointed wooden cabin, and a cottage in the historic centre of Conwy. Dogs are allowed in some bedrooms and in certain areas of the bar.

Good Pub Guide Food

Using local lamb, salmon and game, and herbs from the hotel garden, bar food includes sandwiches, crispy duck salad with cranberry marmalade dressing, garlic king prawns, caramelised red onion quiche, mushroom tagliatelle, chicken curry, sausage and mash, seafood pie, and fillet steak.