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Relax in the museum’s Oriel Restaurant, situated on the lower ground floor of the Museum, which serves hot and cold lunches, snacks, cakes and hot and cold drinks. The cafe is family-friendly and provides children’s sandwich boxes and children’s meals. There’s also a coffee shop in the main hall serving a variety of home-made cakes, sandwiches and drinks - a great spot from which to enjoy the grandeur of the building.
www.museum.wales/cardiff/visit/food-drink
There are lots of opportunities for a bite to eat at St Fagans. Y Gegin is the newly opened restaurant where you can enjoy a delicious meal or just relax with a beverage and a cake. You can also order a picnic box from here to enjoy on site (must pre-booked). Enjoy traditional fish and chips at Pysgodyn or enjoy a selection of light lunches and cakes in the Gweithdy Café. Traditional afternoon teas are available at the Gwalia Tea Room, served on vintage crockery of course, and at the Castle Buttery there’s a small café serving a selection of beverages as well as sandwiches and cakes. If you want something to take home with you why not pick up a fresh loaf of bread from Popty Derwen Bakehouse.
www.museum.wales/stfagans/visit/food-drink/
With fresh quality produce and warm local charm, this Victorian indoor market is the beating heart of Cardiff and offers a unique shopping experience. Cardiff Market is an impressive Victorian structure and under one great glass roof you will find a wealth of products ranging from pots and pans to bread and butter, and from nuts and bolts to rock and roll.
www.cardiffcouncilproperty.com/cardiff-market/
Can anything beat the taste of a simple, freshly baked, crumbly, buttery Welshcake? Handmade in small batches, from the best natural ingredients and cooked in the traditional way, on a cast iron griddle!
Penderyn Distillery produces award-winning single malt whiskies and spirits in the foothills of the magnificent Brecon Beacons in south Wales. Visit the award-winning Visitor Centre and Shop, take a tour of the distillery or even join a masterclass.
Llanerch Vineyard offers a unique and tranquil experience nestling in 22 acres of beautiful countryside in the Vale of Glamorgan. Enjoy the award-winning restaurant, take a tour of the vineyard or take part in the cookery school.
Enjoy home cooked food and a chat at the Miner’s Canteen which is open all year (except January) serving a range of hot and cold food, snacks, selection of homemade cakes, drinks and treats. A dedicated children’s menu is also available.
A family run cheese company based in Blaenavon offering with tasting sessions for individuals and small groups. The Taste Wales package offers a meet and greet with tea/coffee, business presentation, cheese tasting, tour of the production and retail site and a three course Taste Wales lunch.
The Chocolate House is housed at the Mining Experience in Rhondda Heritage Park. Anne and Elizabeth sell their award-winning chocolates from a traditional shop within the museum and offer bespoke workshops and luxury experiences. They also run Caffee Bracchi on site and offer afternoon tea.
Enjoy fresh cakes, hot food and drinks in the Café at the Blaenavon World Heritage Centre. The views up and across the Valley are fabulous and can be enjoyed in all weathers. How many cafes offer a view of a mine, churchyard and Welsh miners' houses all at the same time? On sunny days you can sit out in the grounds on benches or at picnic tables.
www.visitblaenavon.co.uk/en/VisitBlaenavon/ThingsToDo/The-Heritage-Tea-Rooms
In the heart of the Welsh Valleys you’ll find the charming Little Crown Inn, situated on the site of the old Elled Level drift mine. The restaurant offers a mouth-watering selection of locally sourced, home cooked food, seven days a week.
Discover the secrets to crafting real ale at Rhymney Brewery, next door to Big Pit National Coal Museum. Enjoy a tour and tasting. Children are welcome
Bedwellty House and Park is a wonderfully vibrant and historic Grade II listed venue, hosting a diverse range of celebration events and family activities. The house is located in beautiful Tredegar Park where you can wander through the beautiful gardens and enjoy an afternoon tea in the orchid-house tea rooms.
www.bedwelltyhouseandpark.co.uk/dining/
Riverside Market is the original Cardiff Farmers' Market and can be found weekly opposite Principality Stadium. The market is widely recognised as one of the key food attractions in the Welsh capital, for local residents and visitors alike. The Market follows the bank of the River Taff and is a showcase for some of the best food producers in Wales as well as a key part of the Riverside community.
www.riversidemarket.org.uk/riversidemarket
This vintage-style tea-room is located at the southern end of Bute Park. Inside you can relax and indulge in the pleasure of taking tea in elegant surroundings or sit outside on the terrace area with lovely views over the river Taff. Indulge in a ‘high tea’ or some wonderful cakes baked daily on-site.
Loving Welsh Food is the first and only company offering food tours in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan. They create delicious, different and entertaining days out showcasing Welsh food and drink and provide an insight into Wales’ food heritage, its people, culture and traditions. You’ll also learn a few words of Welsh along the way.
Hallets is a family run cider making business based at Blaengawney Farm, Caerphilly, overlooking the foothills of the Brecon Beacons. It was one of the first cider makers in the UK to borrow techniques from the wine making industry, which gives their cider a distinctly clear and bright range of flavours.
Founded back in 2012, Tiny Rebel have won many awards including being the only Welsh brewery and the youngest to win Champion Beer of Britain. With a huge range of beers from core ranges to seasonal one-offs, there is something for everyone. Book a real-life tour of the Tiny Rebel brewery or try their virtual tour offering a great opportunity to learn all about the site. You can also enjoy the product in Tiny Rebel Newport pub!
Glyndwr Vineyard is the oldest and largest established vineyard in Wales. The bottle label depicts the Welsh Prince, Owain Glyndwr, riding into battle with Carreg Cennen Castle in the background and the wines are evocative of that bold and romantic period of Welsh history. The vineyard is open on certain days only and vineyard tour vouchers are available.
Unwind after you explore the exhibitions at the Waterfront Café at the heart of the museum. Choose from freshly-made rolls and toasted sandwiches or indulge in a wide range of home cooked meals from the menu. There’s also a selection of cakes including Bara Brith, or you can opt for locally made ice-cream in a wide range of flavours. Vegetarian, dietary and children’s options also available.
www.museum.wales/swansea/visit/food-drink
Drop into Swansea Market, the largest indoor market in Wales, for a tasty bite to eat. Pick up some fresh local meat, veg or seafood, including the local delicacies of cockles and laverbread. Or maybe you'd prefer sweet treats with Welshcakes available straight from the griddle. This award winning, historic market offers both tourists and residents a unique shopping experience.
The Italian influence in Swansea goes back more than a century and the most iconic ice cream shop in Swansea is Joe’s Ice Cream Parlour on St Helen's Road. Its distinctive flavour has been a favourite with generations of Swansea residents and visitors alike.
Oyster Wharf Mumbles is a stunning waterfront development located on the beautiful natural sweep of Swansea Bay. With a range of sophisticated restaurants there’s plenty of choice of where to eat.
Positioned on the cliff tops of award-winning Rhossili Bay, the Bay Bistro is a bustling spot for tourists and locals. With great food, great coffee and an atmosphere to match, it’s the go-to-place for delicious food after a long walk, surf or to warm your toes from the cold outside. Serving classic breakfasts to fresh salads, sandwiches, buddah bowls, lamb burgers and incredible coffee.
Carmarthen Indoor Market is a brilliant place to pick up a picnic or savour some of Carmarthenshire and the broader regions' flavours. Fresh veg, artisan cheese, bakers, butchers and cold meats, jams and pickles, cakes and Welsh whiskey, gin and liqueurs.
www.carmarthenshire.gov.wales/home/council-services/markets/carmarthen-market/
After exploring the weft and weave of the wool museum, unwind in the cosy café at its heart. Choose from freshly-made rolls and toasted sandwiches or enjoy a wide range of delicious home cooked meals from the menu. There’s also a selection of cakes including Bara Brith and mouth-watering homemade Welsh-cakes.
For something a little different visit Wrights Food Emporium. It is situated in a wonderful old pub in the village of Llanarthne in the Towy Valley and has a tea-room, restaurant and shop.
Call in to Ginhaus to smell the loaves being baked, taste samples of delicious cheeses, marvel at the impressive selection of gins or just to find locally sourced artisan produced food for a picnic treat and a real taste of Wales.
Run by four young brothers, this seasonal pop-up venue is the hottest ticket in town on summer nights. Pizzas pumping from two wood-fired ovens and a buzzing atmosphere all set under a candlelit tepee in a hidden riverside courtyard: what more could you ask for? Food stops at 9pm, 5pm on Sunday.
Best known for its tempting and flavoursome gelato made from Welsh organic milk and Welsh organic double cream, this is a must-stop shop on a visit to west Wales. It is also home of the “ultimate cider sorbet” and stocks a wide range artisan ciders, spirits and craft ales. Tasting events are held throughout the year
An award-winning farm shop and grill with a huge selection of local food and drink from the finest Welsh suppliers.
Enjoy a the experience of eating at the top of Wales’ tallest building, the Grape & Olive, at the Meridian Tower. With the best views in south Wales overlooking Swansea Bay right along to Mumbles Pier and back over the city and down the coast – it’s perfect for special occasions.
www.sabrain.com/pubs-and-hotels/south-wales/swansea/grape-olive-swansea
Residential and non-residential cookery holidays, including chocolate and truffle making, an introduction to patisserie, tapas, family baking and children's cookery.
Fish, forage and feast in this wonderful food experience on the Welsh coast. Fish for European saltwater bass on the magical Pembrokeshire coast with a qualified saltwater angling guide, learn to forage sustainably and responsibly along one of the most beautiful stretches of coastline in the world and feast on unique food inspired by the Welsh landscape.
www.fishingandforagingwales.co.uk
Caws Cenarth has been made at the farm in Lancych since 1986 and includes the famous Perl Wen and Perl Las cheese. Visit the dairy, watch the cheese being made and enjoy tasting the cheese on a tour.
Caws Teifi is made at an organic family-run farm producing award-winning artisan cheeses since 1982. The cheese is made from locally sourced raw milk. There’s a farm shop on-site and they have a programme of events throughout the year.
Wild mushroom safaris in the woods of Wales. Wales has the ideal climate for wild mushrooms and Fungi Forays offers guided foraging trips looking for edible mushrooms. Your foraging day ends with a mushroom-based meal plus a preserving and tasting session in a converted 17th century milking parlour.
Located minutes from the coast, Deli Delights offer half day and full day workshops, master classes and residential cookery courses, which include accommodation. Choose from a range of subjects, including an introduction to patisserie, chocolate and truffle making, savoury bakes and Welsh bakes.
Experience award winning, traditional oak smoked fish, meats and cheese and enjoy a tour of the smokery, with demonstrations and tutored tastings (available for up to 12 people on Wednesdays from March to September at 11:00am. Private tours can be arranged at other times on request)
The Ffowntan café serves a variety of refreshments from sandwiches and home-made soup to cakes, treats and hot meals. Everything is made locally or on site and all using the finest ingredients and Welsh produce where possible. There is a dedicated children's menu and lunch boxes are available. Picnic tables are available outside the cafe.
Renowned as the climber’s café with a great atmosphere and generous portions, Pete’s Eats is a must-stop on a trip to Llanberis. The café has a great range of vegetarian meals as well as mixed grills, bacon sandwiches and huge mugs of tea and coffee!
Cadwaladers ice cream story began in 1927, when the family made and sold their secret recipe vanilla ice cream from the window of the Criccieth general store. Nowadays the recipe is still a closely guarded secret with the same creamy unique taste. Although Cadwaladers began in north Wales, their shops are now available throughout the country - so don’t miss this delicious taste of Wales. (Locations include Criccieth, Betws y Coed, Porthmadog, Tenby, Porthcawl, Mermaid Quay Cardiff, Barry Island)
Pant Du Vineyard and Orchard is located on the slopes of the Nantlle Valley, Snowdonia and includes a cafe and a small on-site shop where you can buy Pant Du wine, cider and apple juice. With views of Snowdon and the surrounding mountains, you’ll find a great choice of home-cooked hot and cold meals on the menu, as well as a selection of children’s meals and delicious home-made cakes. Afternoon teas are also available.
Fron Goch is a family run garden centre and award-winning restaurant and café
serving breakfasts, hot lunches, homemade soups, baguettes and a glut of cakes and coffee including afternoon tea. Also located on site is Hooton’s Homegrown Farm shop.
www.frongoch-gardencentre.co.uk
Named after the stretch of the Menai Strait between the Britannia Bridge and the Menai Bridge which is notably difficult to navigate, the Swellies Café is a lovely waterside location with fantastic coffee and deliciously simple rustic food in the village of Y Felinheli, near Bangor.
www.the-swellies.business.site
A range of experiences are on offer within the natural outdoor environment of the Snowdonia National Park. The relaxing and enjoyable ‘hands on’ skills include foraging, butchery, knife skills and bushcraft cooking.
Located in picturesque Nefyn, experience Pen Llyn’s own independent brewery tour or browse in the brewery shop and tap room.
Discover what makes Halen Môn Sea Salt the world's finest seasoning with a behind-the-scenes tour of the saltcote and visitor centre which lasts 60 minutes and ends with a salt tasting. There is a gift shop on site and pop-up café outside overlooking the Menai Strait.
Melin Llynnon (Llynnon Mill) is a flour mill located on the outskirts of the village of Llanddeusant on Anglesey and the only surviving working windmill in Wales. Enjoy one of the owner / baker’s extraordinary cakes in the mill café or pick up a bar of Siocled (chocolate) or bottle of Melin Llynnon gin in the shop.
The Anglesey Chocolate Farm is situated on the Foel Farm site where you can see the expert chocolatier make delicious chocolates in the chocolate workshop. The shop offers a wonderful selection of hand-made chocolates from classic continental chocolates, pralines, fondants and chocolate liqueurs to chocolate novelties such as beautifully moulded chocolate animals.
www.foelfarm.co.uk/chocolate-shop/
Aber Falls Distillery is located within a stone’s throw of Rhaeadr Fawr, the famous Aber Falls waterfall. The whisky is distilled, bottled and matured in the distillery, using specially crafted Welsh ingredients from the surrounding area. There’s also a premium range of small batch, handcrafted gins and liqueurs. The Visitor Centre is open for tours of the distillery.
Blas ar Fwyd is a Welsh Food Hub specialising in quality foods and drinks since 1988. Visit their shop on the high street in Llanrwst with a Deli and Wine Shop and Café Bar called Amser Da. The delicatessen serves a wide variety of produce including cheeses from goats, sheep and cows grazing naturally and freely on the hills of the Welsh uplands.
Set in the heart of the Conwy Valley the Bodnant Welsh Food Centre is a true culinary delight. Buy locally produced food in the farm shop including a butcher and bakery, eat at the Hayloft Restaurant or Furnace Tea Room or learn how to do it yourself at the Cookery or Wine School.
www.bodnant-welshfood.co.uk/food-and-drink
Tŷ Hyll, or the ‘Ugly House’, near Betws y Coed, is the Snowdonia Society’s flagship property offering nature and conservation activities for people of all ages, inspiring a love for nature and for Snowdonia’s wild beauty and heritage. Enjoy a delicious homemade cuppa and cakes in the cosy Honey Pot tea room, and learn more about the history of this unique cottage at the same time.
www.snowdonia-society.org.uk/about-ty-hyll/
Rhug Estate Farm Shop is an organic farm, farm shop, wholesaler & retail butcher, with cafe, takeaway and Drive Thru situated on the A5 in Corwen, the gateway to Snowdonia. Rhug stocks a wide range of products including organic meats, pastries, cheeses, beers, wines and spirits. It also has its own Rhug Estate Wild Beauty skincare collection and a wide range of other gift items.
