Category Archives: Llandudno

RAOB Club Llandudno

Llandudno:

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It’s technically a club, but seems to operate as a de facto pub; we were signed in as guests.

The RAOB is an odd thing; a philanthropic association that follows a freemason-like structure.

That didn’t concern us; we were just after a quiet drink in a crowded town, and this place delivered. “Foul or abusive language” is banned on site, but they let me in anyway. Cheap beer, great staff, nice atmosphere, with only one well-oiled customer spoiling it a little with lack of distancing and queuing for the bogs, at which I broke the language rule :-).

The Cross Keys

Llandudno:

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We dropped in here on our way back to our holiday let. On the face it seemed to have sensible covid precautions: track & trace, sanitizer, distancing, table service but then when we sat down, the slightly-too-close fruit machine became an issue with the bloke playing it shouting over us and bringing his mates over. We moved table, and then observed other customers entering without track & trace, standing at the bar, shouting, while the staff did nothing.

Besides that, nothing special. Keg beer. Noisy TV.

Revisit: The Albert

Llandudno.

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We really didn’t take to this last time, but we found it much, much better on this trip. We think a somewhat unwelcoming barman soured it last time.

Anyway, this was the nearest pub to our holiday flat for the week, so we parked the car and dropped in. Friendly, decent beer, excellent covid precautions, nice atmosphere, and, later in the week, excellent food. Goes to show that impressions can change drastically.

The Cottage Loaf

LLandudno:

Pub on the site of an old bakery in the middle of town; it looks old, but it was built around 1980 with a lot of reclaimed material.

Sister pub to The Erskine Arms and the same things are evident: slightly posh pub food (which was again excellent), extensive real ale choice, friendly staff. Again, there was a noticeable food bias, but you could just come for a drink- several people were.