LLandudno:
Quiet pub in a quiet street. Pleasant enough, decent beer, staff, and locals, but too many sofas (too low for me these days!). Seemed to be something of a local’s pub. 3 ales on offer.
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The Palladium
LLandudno:
A ‘spoons. A spoons in a very grand building, and on a grand scale, but still a ‘spoons, so you know what you’ll get: the standard food menu (albeit with some nice-looking Welsh additions), cheap, decentish wine and beer.
As it happened, the beer was great, the food as per usual, and the staff pleasant. You could do worse.
Revisit: The Queen Victoria
Nothing much has changed- I didn’t have to get my beer changed this time though. Staff great, food great, beer fine, still potentially busy.
The King’s Head
Llandudno:
We’ve been here before- many times, but it’s never got blogged before. It’s right by the Great Orme Tramway station, and supposedly Llandudno’s oldest pub, dating from before the town was a resort. Traditional inside, a real fire, great food, and OK beer (beer was in good condition, but was Greene King). Pop quiz on Tuesdays (we came last…). Another pub in Llandudno that gets very crowded at busy times.
Ocean’s Bar
Llandudno Pier:
I love pier bars. Hell, I love piers, and I like drinking, so it’s a good combination, and as they go (often fairly terrible, to be fair), this isn’t bad, in a smallish pavillion at the end of the pier. No ale, but bearable lager. No toilets either- or at least, they’re a short walk across the boards, which is a bit cold in November. Great views over the sea and the Orme, and it was handy to await the firework display.
The Yacht
Pensarn, near Abergele:
A lunchtime stop, picked for the big adjacent car park, A55 proximity, and good reviews.
Two rooms- a bar with locals and a lounge with tourists having lunch. Very pleasant staff, and not a bad place to stop. Guinness and wine went down without complaint from my companions; no ale, but I was driving anyway. Decent food at a good price.