Food and wine to satisfy a desire, not just meet a need.
Our aa rosette-rated food is fine and flavoursome, the ingredients fresh and, as the seasons allow, sourced locally.
Food and wine are abiding passions, excellence and affordability guiding principles. Our AA Rosette-rated food is fine and flavoursome, the ingredients fresh and, as the seasons allow, sourced locally. The oak panelled dining room is elegant and just a little bit grand, the tables finished with fresh flowers, pressed linen napkins in silver rings, fine china and heavy Sheffield steel cutlery.
Impeccable, unhurried service lends every mealtime the right sense of occasion. Our taste in wine is adventurous and approachable, with our list providing much more than you might imagine possible from a modest hotel on the sleepy outer reaches of Britain.
We source the best and freshest ingredients we can find locally and then prepare them simply and sympathetically. Of course we make sure our food looks appetising, but we care more about delivering great flavours than fussy presentation and fancy descriptions. After all, great food speaks for itself. Daily deliveries bring fresh fish from Mermaid Seafoods here in Llandudno, cheeses from Blas Ar Fwyd in Llanrwst and meat from the Conwy Valley.
For its combination of quality, range and sheer value for money, our wine list has few equals. Too many hotels and restaurants today apply a mark-up on wines that borders on cynical and greedy. Here we deliver outstanding quality at sensible prices, ensuring the truly excellent wines are affordable and that the affordable wines are truly excellent. Through suppliers such as Yapp Brothers in Wiltshire, Adnams of Southwold and Blas ar Wîn here in North Wales, we’ve concentrated on the characterful and intriguing, often less celebrated but always outstanding.
The Dunoon Wine Club, aka The Celtic Vintellectuals was launched in 2009. Throughout the year, Rhys will put various mixed case selections that will put you in touch some of our best growers, such as Alain Graillot, Andre Vatan and the Queen of Condrieu, Christine Vernay.
You can order from us and have cases delivered to your home or collect them from the hotel next time you visit. You can also order a case of the wine you particularly love from the hotel list (although you would need to order a minimum of 12 bottles). If you are interested in joining, please fill out the form below and we can keep you updated with what is on offer.