A friendly pub atmosphere with fine dining quality food IMHO. There are many good fish & chip…read moreshops in New Quay but if you want a good full meal, come here. I think the first review was already spot on but I'd just like to give mine for further support of this great restaurant. Apparently it's quite a well known one as our lovely B&B hosts in Llandovery had recommended we come here after seeing the dolphins and we are happy to have followed his advice. The menu isn't huge but the selling point here is fresh seafood and prepared to honour their natural taste. My scampi loving boyfriend ordered the scampi meal and I had the very fresh (caught the same morning we were told but not the one we saw on our dolphin boating trip) New Quay European Lobster linguine and it was incredibly satisfactory. The lobster meat was sweet, bursting with lobster flavour and it was the perfect pasta dish and spicy even - a slight surprise given that my boyfriend told me that we would not find good food in Wales. I could have easily had a second serving of that tasty dish. Scampi was very good but Lobster and in Summer, Mackerel are the seafood choices to go for. On a gloomy rainy day, the delicious food can be enjoyed in their cozy and beautiful pub or on a sunny glorious day, if you're early enough, you can have your meal while overlooking the bay of New Quay which is a treat. At sunset it could easily be very romantic and for a very reasonable price.

This restaurant needs a review. My wife and I dined here on June 15 and enjoyed ourselves…read moreimmensely. The restaurant is charming and has an outside seating area which is overlooking the Bay - very romantic. The food is outstanding - I had a delicious Cod and the service is pleasant and personal. Strongly recommend dead for the food and atmosphere in a pleasant setting.

One of the best meals out I have had in a long time........mozzarella, tomatoes and balsamic…read morevinegar, cod fillet with mussels - not too fiddly, and a zingy lemon tart. Perfect presentation. Relaxed and cosy, attentive staff. I plan to eat my way through the menu....it's not just seafood by the way.

So very glad that my date brought me here! While it is a very intimate... and cozy restaurant, we…read morehad dinner with friends. Although, guys... if you happen to be on a date in Swansea and want some place to take your date, stop in here because she'll be impressed. While they are known for their seafood, if you are not a fan of seafood there are options for you as well! We were late for our reservation, but they still sat us. Not only were we there in a group, but there were couples, and even a few families, so it appears as though it is popular with a wide range of people. I shared a starter with my date... it was scallops with a side of laverbread. It was the first time I had laverbread and unfortunately I just didn't like it, but my date really seemed to enjoy it. The scallops were wonderful! Don't think I've ever had scallops so fresh. I ordered the salmon with a nicoise salad. The salmon was just done wonderfully... not overcooked at all. The nicoise salad... garnish... whatever it was, I was not as impressed with it. I did have the sauteed potatoes, which were wonderful as well! My date had the scallops, sea bass, and seafood parcel. I tasted the sea bass and it was even better than my salmon! For dessert, we had the trio of bread pudding, apple pie, and creme brulee... Skip the trio and go for the bread pudding. Out of the three it was the best and I had wished I had just ordered the bread pudding! The staff were very attentive and very patient with us... there was quite a bit of wine and bubbly flowing, so you can imagine that our table may have been a handful for them, but they handled it very well! I really enjoyed the food and the atmosphere (no, not just because of the wine and champagne...) and hope to go back and try some of the other dishes... and of course have more of that bread pudding!

Seafood and fresh fish dishes are a speciality here. Only eaten here a couple of times but had good…read morefood at fair prices.

Excellent! Service was great. Our waitresses were very attentive, knew the menu, and made great…read morerecommendations. The food was fabulous. The pan fried crispy duck was outstanding (so was the sticky toffee pudding!) My tablemates were equally satisfied with the baked cod and the pork belly. Highly recommended!

A lovely restaurant in a picturesque village location…read more We're a family of 4 Vegans and we ate at Y Sgwâr yesterday evening. We only booked a few hours in advance of our reservation but as the owner is Vegan herself they were not fazed in the slightest by our dietary requirements and we were given a number of options for each course when we arrived. Starters: We had the tomato tart and soup. Both were lovely and there was a choice of two Vegan soups which came with bread and dairy free spread. Main Course: We had the Thai vegetable green curry with a dhaal side and the pancake. The curry itself and the side of dhaal were great. Both really flavoursome and tasty. The pancake was fantastic and was served as a burrito with mushrooms, spinach, couscous and other delights inside. I had it with rice but you can have chips or rosemary & lemon potatoes instead. Dessert: Not that we had much room for dessert after the excellent starter and main course! We all had the chocolate cake was absolutely wonderful! Moist with lots of tasty chocolate icing on top. Apparently it's always Vegan too. They gave us the option of either whipped soya cream (which we chose) or sorbet to accompany it. There were also lots of Vegan wines marked clearly on the menu. All in all a super meal in a lovely environment, served by great staff. Highly recommended. We will be going back regularly.

Very good food and service but got fed up with hearing shouting from the kitchen, no need for itread more

My travel companion and I had dinner at Dylan's on a recent trip and loved it so much we returned…read morethe following evening! Dylan's is in a beautiful location directly on the water, and the atmosphere is elegant but relaxed. There's lots of inexpensive public parking at the nearby beach, so there's no need to worry about finding a place to park. The first night, I ordered the crispy sea bass tacos, and the quality of the sea bass was sensational. The next night, I had the herb and parmesan crusted hake fillet, which if anything was even more delicious. The hake was possibly the best fish I've ever eaten, and the creamy mustard leeks were spectacular. After a lot of heavy pub food while traveling in Wales, the light and refined food at Dylan's was a welcome change. The only thing that I didn't like quite as much was the dessert: I ordered the cinnamon churros, and while they were by no means bad, they just didn't wow me the way the rest of the meal had. Our servers both evening were friendly and knowledgeable about the menu. I also appreciated that Dylan's is open until 11:00 p.m., as many of the restaurants we ate at in Wales closed considerably earlier. If you're in Criccieth, I'd certainly recommend Dylan's!

Quick little stop to end a wonderful day at the beach. Food…read morewas resolute and tasty. The staff was friendly and the prices are up to par with a standard restaurant at a touristy place, but better. The view was awesome and romantic - take a hint boys.

It has been just over a year since we celebrated my birthday at this amazing restaurant. Local,…read moreperfectly presented, enough of each course to enjoy the creative genius of the chef, Hywel Griffith. It's better than the French Laundry in Napa for half the price. The location is remote but worth the trip. Just the laverbread bread alone made the meal perfect. And no foam, smoke, or tricks. The best restaurant in Wales. And the chef is in the kitchen.

You'd be tempted to think that beachside restaurants rely on their views, after all, the attraction…read moreinitially must be in the location. We were recommended this place by a very accomplished and successful chef, so it was never the view we were going for. Not that it's not a bonus of course - I mean, who doesn't want to sit and look out at a beautiful Welsh beach (and they do have some of the best in the world) when eating with friends and family? But in the evenings, it's just the sound of the waves and the food. So the food is really where it's at, as the Beach House has clearly built its superb reputation on that, not just its wonderful location. Such imagination here too. The amuse bouche was a little contrived and somehow didn't work for me, but I was still glowing from a superb Marmalade Martini so I let that one go. Starters of Oxtail ravioli and fresh mackerel were wonderful, delicate and incredibly fresh. Main courses of lamb and pork belly were beautifully presented and perfectly sized. The children's menu lacks imagination and doesn't reflect well on such an accomplished kitchen; but I suppose they are playing it safe so you have to forgive them for that. I made room for a Peach melba because the last time I had one it was probably shop bought back in the seventies, so I wanted to see what it was really meant to taste like. I can conclude that it was the perfect end to a very lovely meal. I'd love to have met the chef behind this place, Hywell Griffith - but after a Marmalade Martini and delicious bottle of Le Orme Barbera, I thought it best to pay my 'compliments to the chef' through his excellent and very chic manageress. Their website states: "We want all our guests to be happy" Well I think they've nailed that one. And that was without the view.

Wonderful small cafe and licensed bar linked to Barkworths Seafoods inside Market Hall…read more Superb fresh fish and platters with a small but great choice of wines. Highly recommended for lunch.

Best food I have had anywhere. Excellent service and well worth paying extra for as a very special…read moretreat.