Cwmni Cacen Gri is small caffi in Betws-y_Coed which I wished we'd discovered earlier on our trip…read more It's located with a dozen other shops and restaurants next to the railway station. And they open at 7:30am (at least on the day when we needed some really good coffee before hitting the road). They also make heavenly Welsh cakes. As we walked in that morning we also bought a small bag of them for our trip. Warm and friendly people, great coffee, and great Welsh cakes. Highly recommended.

After our tour around the Conwy Castle, we had some time to walk through the quaint village…read more The storefront lures you in with the beautifully designed pastries and the freshness is obvious. The only dilemma you'll have is deciding what you'd like to take home. All of the pastries we tried were unbelievable!

Best bakery! A cup of coffee, and bakery goodness to walk the city streets. Excellent variety of…read morebakery goods, everything fresh. I recommend the Victoria sponge.

This is a shockingly complacent place, which seems to be surviving on its regular clientele of old…read moreladies. Maybe when we visited in July 2016, they were having an off day, but sadly I suspect not. We ordered, eventually, a cheese and tomato sandwich, two paninis and a jacket potato with tuna and mayonnaise. This, one would have thought, would be uncomplicated enough for mid-day in a town centre establishment. After some time (maybe 10 or so minutes), the cheese and tomato sandwich arrived. It was distinctly underwhelming, especially at £4.50. In addition, the waitress told us that all the paninis were 'frozen' and asked if we would like anything else (how it had taken so long to work this out is a question in itself). We opted for toasted sandwiches I think. Some while later, another person arrived to inform us that they had 'run out of potatoes'. I actually laughed. We asked for our money back and went to a bakery across the road (I forget the name of the place, but it was infinitely better - they actually seemed to want our custom and the food was far more palatable). Anyway, if you fancy paying quite a lot for a distinctly average drink and are in the mood for a game of 'order roulette' in downtown Prestatyn, The Courtyard is the place for you. Otherwise, it isn't.

While on a little road trip up the M6, we stopped in Stafford for some lunch. After lunch, I saw a…read morebakery glistening off in the distance, with windows steamed up from all the fresh baked goodness inside. This little bakery was jammed with all kinds of bread, pastries and cookies. I selected a sticky bun type of thing with raisins and currants as well as a chocolate chip cookie. Both were fantastic. If I could have eaten more, I would have ordered 1 of everything. It all looked very good. The service is excellent, with a bunch of ladies exuding classic English charm. Very pleasant and helpful.

Sandwiches, freshly baked bread, cream cakes, cakes, pies, pasties- you're kind of spoilt for…read morechoice really. Everything is made fresh every day, and every lunch time there is a queue out of the door. Service is pretty fast as it's over the high, goody-filled counter, but it's always polite. The BLT sandwiches are salty and full of awesome, the fresh cream cakes are hard to resist, and the custard slices are cut far more neatly than mine at home. I'm not particularly fond of the chocolate numbers myself, if I'm tempted, I go for the rhubarb and cherry slices (super moist), and things like the Belgian buns are pretty snazzy too. A couple of things worth noting are- They have a slicing machine- so if there's any loaves you want, but are only capable of cutting diagonal doorsteps at home, they can deal with it. If you want a hot sausage or bacon sandwich for example, you're possibly going to have a little wait as they like to cook things fresh. If you ring in advance, you can avoid standing in the corner by the fridge of drinks for a short while.

A good cafe in the main square. Either sit in or take away. As it is a bakery it is mainly pies,…read morepasties and cakes. The prices are good and the large pastie will easily feed two.

dearest cakes ive ever bought, i was about to say i dont want when she said how much but my wife…read morepassed he the cash, twice the price to any other cakes ive ever bought from a shop like this, no wonder they wasnt priced up in the window, they wasnt nice either,

Old fashioned cafe I had coffee which was not great my wife had tea which was Ok BUT the good thing…read moreis the cakes which were very good A warm & clean retreat from the unseasonal weather which was cold and wet. Better than the pub and better still the pies we took home for latter Not cheap but not ruined by a supermarket either

Fabulous 60th birthday cake received last weekend. Designed for myself and my husband with a rugby…read moreplayer and garden theme. The best cake we have ever tasted. So moist and full of flavour. Thank you so much.