Llys Meddyg Restaurant, Newport

It is such a treat to sit in a wooden booth in Llys Meddyg’s beautiful ‘Secret Garden’ and enjoy the relaxed boho atmosphere while sipping an unusual cocktail. The menu champions local foraged ingredients from shores and hedgerows. Incredible fresh ingredients from passionate local producers, prepared simply on the wood fired oven and chargrill. Celebrating what is in season and nurturing the senses this place is really special.

Tides, Newport

Fantastic fish restaurant, fishmonger, Kitchen and Wine Bar. Enjoy oysters and champagne sitting in the sunshine! Lunch menu, gluten free and vegetarian friendly. The £50 set evening menu is a real treat for the taste buds with locally caught seafood served beautifully and imaginatively.

The Ferry Inn, St Dogmaels

Always  a relaxed evening out with good food and friendly service. Located on the edge of the River Teifi, offering extraordinary estuary and countryside views, which can be seen from multiple outside terraces and restaurant dining areas. Everyone is welcome: couples, families, dogs, muddy boots, etc!

Excellent gastropub fare in a casual, relaxed atmosphere.

Bara Menyn Bakehouse, Cardigan

The lovely crew at Barn Menyn make the best pizza in town.  Run by the Wild family their freshly made sourdough based pizza is to die for.  Their bread is exceptional too, and their croissant and pain au chocolat.  Heck, try one of everything.  Open Thursday to Saturday you need to arrive promptly at opening during the Summer to have a choice.  When it’s gone it’s gone.  Take away only.

The Yacht Club Cafe, Fishguard

This picturesque cafe serves the best crab and lobster rolls as well as fresh mackerel and salads.   Sit outside quayside and watch the kids crabbing if the weather is fine. Open 10am – 4pm every day during the Summer months.  Park in the small car park set beside the road rather than on the quay itself.

Mannucci’s Italian Restaurant in Cardigan

Lots of pasta, pizza and all things Italian.  Very well cooked and well served.  Good selection of wines, beers, alcoholic and non-alcoholic cocktails.  Very friendly and helpful.  Emma particularly recommends the gluten free pizza…

Ultra Comida, Narberth

There’s a wonderfully good tapas bar in Narberth.  Strange but true!   A tempting menu of authentic food served in a great, slightly loud, atmosphere at the back of the Spanish Deli on Narberth High Street.   You can’t book for lunch so arrive either very early or (more Spanish) really late to avoid the queues especially in the Summer.

Crwst, Cardigan

We just love this artisan café, cool enough to be in Bristol or Cardiff and in a spacious ex car showroom! Run by local entrepreneurs and loved by locals. Open for brunch and lunch, coffee and cakes, bread, welsh spreads and edible gifts, the best sourdough loaves, doughnuts and Portuguese tarts we have ever tasted! We buy their Honey Butter to give to friends as a local souvenir.

Yr Hen Print Works, Cardigan

This is a lovely, newly converted, restaurant with small plates/tapas style and great cocktails.  The food is delicious and service is good.  Can work out pricey if you have a hungry family! Cool interiors and garden seating too.  Open Tuesday to Saturday 4.30-11pm

The White Hart Community Inn

We are very lucky to have this excellent community pub in St Dogmaels.  Head here if you fancy a drink and a genuinely home made, locally sourced organic meal – all very reasonable priced and supporting the community.  Currently servicing for on Sundays and Wednesdays with a choice of vegetarian or not. Check their website for menus and times.

Pizza Tipi, Cardigan

Started by 4 brothers and their band of merry friends, now run by a motley crew of young locals. Serves Stonebake handmade pizzas, breads, delicious apertisers & sweets. Great coffee, welsh craft beers and wine. Eat in a covered huge Tipi or in booths along the river Teifi. Lovely atmosphere in pretty riverside courtyard. Fun for families. Open June – Sept outdoor dining by the river.

The Shed, Porthgain

You couldn’t ask for a more dramatic setting than The Shed at Porthgain and the Fish & Chips are famously delicious.  The menu is simple and well cooked –  all local and fresh.  There are only a few tables so if you’d like to sit inside you need to book ahead.  Fish & Chips can be eaten on the tales outside along with other food from the cafe.  There are lovely walks in both directions – we like to walk to The Blue Lagoon and back before lunch – see our favourite walks…

The Really Wild Emporium, St David’s

The Really Wild Emporium is situated in the centre of historic St Davids, the UK’s smallest city, at the heart of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park.  The Really wild restaurant specialises in creating menus that showcase wonderful, locally-grown ingredients, wild plants and Pembrokeshire’s marine algae, in every dish.  They cater for vegetarians, vegans and meat eaters and for those with individual dietary requirements.

Sustainability and environmental awareness are at the centre of everything that they do, including their interior design!  With rustic bare floor boards, original stained glass windows, quirky lighting and corrugated iron counter, they have created an intimate, rustic restaurant in a welcoming space to relax and enjoy a really wild meal….

Druidstone Hotel, Broadhaven

We just love a visit to the legendary Druidstone Hotel for a special meal.  It’s a way away from us here at Cwm Connell but a meal or a drink makes sense as part of a visit to South Pembs.  The hotel has a faded glory but the food still shines bright and it’s all in a location second to none.  Epic.  The view from our dinner table was so spectacular that you’ll find a complete lack of food photos here….

Bocs Du Cardigan

Bocs Du started life in a van serving delicious food right on The Parrog by the Boat Club in Newport.  All grown up now and resettled into Cardigan.  Choose from Hake burgers, Regular burgers or Haloumi wraps.  Great fries.  Open Thursday to Sunday.

Crwst Café, Poppit Sands

Just 10 minutes drive from Cwm Connell, by the entrance to Poppit Sands, this café is a ‘sit in’ or’ take away’ offering fantastic coffee, ice cream, sandwiches, pizza slices and cakes made fresh every morning and brought from Crwst in Cardigan.

Think double scooped Conti’s ice cream, brioche doughnuts, delicious filled rolls and Bay Coffee Roasters plus sustainable beach toys for children and dogs.

Penrallt Garden Centre Cafe, Moylegrove

It is a lovely walk to the garden centre by the footpath or along the back entrance and past the viewpoint. There is ample seating both indoors and out, and a dedicated Canine Cafe seating area which is always popular.

Lovely cooked breakfast & lunch, delicious cakes and coffee. Plants and gifts to browse while you are here and an outside play area Takeaways.

The Canteen, Newport

Fantastic Pizza with the best Gluten Free and Vegan Pizza’s we have ever tasted. Mackerel and Goats Cheese Pizza’s! Also, great salads, desserts and craft beers. We love to order ahead and take our Pizzas to Newport Sands or to the Parog (the beach the town side of Newport) to watch the sunset over the bay.

Mor Ffein Fish & Chips, St Dogmaels

Very handy for our guests just 10 minutes drive away. Lush fish and chips, sausage, chicken, pie or lobster and chips if you are lucky! We often get take-aways from here and you can sit in as well if you like. There are lots of extras: sauces, mushy peas, coleslaw, pickled eggs and home made tartar sauce!

The Golden Lion Pub, Newport

Located in one of the most attractive villages in North Pembrokeshire, The Golden Lion lies within the shelter of the Preseli Hills and only minutes, on foot, from Newport Bay with its estuary and wide sandy beach. This 17th Century pub has a relaxed restaurant, cosy bar, spacious garden area and a marquee in the summer. Lovely local and seasonal food which caters for GF, vegetarians and vegans too.