Unfortunately, my long-standing chef, Rob, of 12 years is leaving soon for a new life. And another chef with two years experience goes too, wanting a shorter commute. We wish them well. But the hospitality world is chronically short of staff, as you may have heard. And I can’t immediately replace them.
It is imperative, that dishes of the same high-quality leave the kitchen, no question. The only answer for us, is to reduce the number of menus. And there is now a bit less choice of dishes.
We still cater for a wide range of tastes, but specific vegetarian menus are not offered, sorry. The tasting menu is still available but you must book that in advance. If vegetarians give us some notice, we’ll prepare dishes specially for them. Also, lunch will only be on Sundays (not Friday/Saturday as before).
Best efforts will be maintained to accommodate food allergies, with notice of course. And I can assure you that the quality of the ingredients will be as high as ever. Our standards will always be maintained, as you would expect.
Susan and I hope you will understand our situation. And note, you might not see so much of Susan. She will be helping me in the kitchen. Nadia will oversee the restaurant service. We welcome her back, after a spell at the Chester Grosvenor, as manager of their starred Michelin restaurant.
Hopefully these menu adaptions will only be for the winter months, and by the spring we will again have a full team in the kitchen, and be back to normal.
Meanwhile, we assure you of our best attention, at all times.
THE RESTAURANT
sits in rural North Wales, near Chester, Llangollen and Wrexham. We are serious about our cooking, being well-rated in the ‘Good Food Guide’.
offer you the relaxed comforts of a quality hotel, but with an essential family friendliness. We’re not a hotel, but a restaurant-with-rooms… thirteen delightful rooms, looking out over the hills. Bryan cooks your breakfast!
In November Susan and I will have been here for 19 years. Once again, we are holding our Anniversary Dinner, hosted by Igor Andronov, our wine consultant. He has chosen a wide selection of wines from round the World to accompany the dishes.
Over the past 19 years we have many ups and downs. We are proud to have been rated as one of the best UK restaurants, and holding a Michelin star for 10 years. Our wine list has received many awards. And somehow, we survived a pandemic.
We do have rooms available from £190 for bed and breakfast. The wine dinner is £160 per person.
If you cannot make this occasion, Susan and I would love to see you at Tyddyn Llan during our twentieth year.
ANNIVERSARY WINE DINNER MENU: £160 INCLUDING WINES
Canapés
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Dressed langoustine with fennel, avocado and radish salad PECORINO 'COLLINE PESCARESI' 2018 Azienda Agricola Contesa, Abruzzo, Italy
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Griddled scallops, cauliflower purée, pancetta, caper and raisin dressing PINOT GRIS 'SABLES ET GALETS' 2019 Cave de Turckheim, Turckheim, Alsace, France
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Vincisgrassi ‘Franco Taruschio’ 18th century pasta dish with ceps and truffles ROSSO CONERO 'ALBERTO SERENELLI' 2016 Monte Schiavo, Marche, Italy
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Wild bass with laverbread beurre blanc CIRCLE OF LIFE WHITE 2016 Waterkloof Wines, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Goosnargh duck breast and duck faggot, confit potato, cider and apples CLINE 'LODI' ZINFANDEL 2020 Cline Cellars, Sonoma, California, USA
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Welsh rarebit CHINON 'L'ARPENTY' 2016 Francis et Françoise Desbourdes, Panzoult, Chinon, Loire Valley, France
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Chocolate marquise
The small print
Rates include tax (VAT). There is no service charge on room and breakfast charges. An optional 10% service charge will be added to ALL food and drink charges. For guests on standard 'dinner, B & B', and walking break the dinner element is £65.00 per person per dinner. We will add £6.50 per person to cover this. Also, any drinks and menu upgrade charges will have 10% added. For guests on a seasonal tasting menu deal we allow £75 for dinner. Friday gourmet menu: £85. For Sunday Supper package rates, we set the dinner element at £35.00 per person.
Child in room: £30 / £10 cot per night, doggie stay: £10 per night.
Check in from: 3.00pm., check out by: 12.00 noon. In exceptional circumstances, we may need to change the room you booked. In which case we will upgrade whenever possible.
All reservations must be confirmed with a valid credit/debit card. A deposit of £50 per person is required as guarantee against the booking. Please be advised that this payment is strictly non refundable. We reserve the right to charge 100% of the accommodation rate if cancellation is made within SEVEN DAYS prior to the arrival date. We respectfully remind guests that a reservation constitutes a contract between themselves and Tyddyn Llan. For your own peace of mind, we recommend that you take out travel insurance to indemnify you for any unforeseen circumstances.
Rooms are available on two rates, B&B and Dinner, B&B. VAT is included.
The small print
Rates include tax (VAT). There is no service charge on room and breakfast charges. An optional 10% service charge will be added to ALL food and drink charges.*
Child in room: £30 / £10 cot per night.
Doggie stay: £10 per night.
Check in from: 4.00pm., check out by: 11.00am. In exceptional circumstances, we may need to change the room you booked.
All reservations must be confirmed with a valid credit/debit card. A deposit of £50 per person is required as guarantee against the booking. Please be advised that this payment is generally non-refundable but transferable. However, if you or us are under lockdown, or you personally are under imposed Covid restrictions, we will be happy to refund deposits paid.
We reserve the right to charge 100% of the accommodation rate if we judge the notice and nature of cancellation is unreasonable. We respectfully remind guests that a reservation constitutes a contract between themselves and Tyddyn Llan.
* The dinner element of 'Dinner, B&B', which is £75, is subject to an optional 10% service charge of £7.50 per person, per night. Likewise, a £30 optional charge will be added to the walking break (dinners are valued at £300).
DINNER MENU: £75
Salad of salt baked beetroot, buffalo Mozzarella, wilted radicchio and pomegranate
Dressed crab and langoustine with avocado salsa, fennel and radish salad
Risotto of leeks and Autumn truffles
Ox cheek macaroni
Parfait of foie gras and chicken livers, onion chutney
Loch Fyne smoked salmon terrine, horseradish cream and cucumber salad
Griddled scallops, cauliflower purée, pancetta, caper and raisin dressing
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Fillet or Rib eye of aged Welsh Black beef au poivre (served with a choice of chips or gratin dauphinois; green salad or seasonal vegetables)
Goosnargh duck breast and duck faggot, confit potato, cider and apples
Fillet of venison with goat’s cheese gnocchi, port and juniper sauce, wild mushrooms
Calves’ liver, onion gravy, bacon and sage
Partridge with zampone, lentils and hispi cabbage, sarladaise potato
Roast turbot, Coco de Paimpol, Morteau sausage and grain mustard sauce
John Dory with leek mash, crab sauce
Wild bass with laverbread beurre blanc
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Selection of seven British farmhouse cheese from Neal’s Yard dairy (or as a tasting of seven cheeses before or after pudding, £15 supplement, perfect for sharing)
Chocolate marquise, caramel ice cream
Plum soup with blackberries and cinnamon ice cream
Pecan tart, honeycomb ice cream, crème fraiche
Black figs poached in brandy, with Earl Grey ice cream
Whimberry crème brûlée, with whimberry sorbet
Tiramisù
Poached pear in red wine, stilton ice cream and candied walnuts
Rum and raisin ice cream with honeycomb
Selection of ice creams: cinnamon, vanilla, caramel or honeycomb
Whimberry, clementine or apple sorbet
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Three courses: £75
Two courses (including main course): £65
Two starters: £50
Eight-course tasting menu £95 (for the whole table)
Nespresso: espresso, cappuccino or americano Illy: cafetière coffee teas and infusions with petits fours: £6.50
Optional service charge: 10%
SUNDAY LUNCH MENU: FROM £38
Sweetcorn soup with salsa fresca
Pumpkin soup
Salad of salt baked beetroot, buffalo Mozzarella, wilted radicchio and pomegranate
Loch Fyne smoked salmon terrine with cucumber salad and horseradish cream
Parfait of duck livers and foie gras with onion chutney
Griddled scallops, cauliflower purée, pancetta, caper and raisin dressing +£9
Dressed crab and langoustine with fennel, avocado and radish salad +£9
Ox cheek macaroni
Risotto of leeks and Autumn truffles
Spinach and ricotta pancake, tomato and basil sauce
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Roast sirloin of Welsh Black beef with Yorkshire pudding
Duck confit and duck faggot, parsley root purée, cider and apple sauce
Rump of local lamb with shallot and thyme purée
Braised venison in port with oranges, creamed polenta
Fillet of plaice with leek mash, crab sauce
Roast turbot, Coco de Paimpol, Morteau sausage and grain mustard sauce +£9
Wild bass with laverbread beurre blanc +£9
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Chocolate marquise with caramel ice cream
Tiramisù
Plum soup with blackberries and cinnamon ice cream
Whimberry crème brûlée, whimberry sorbet
Poached black figs in brandy with Earl Grey ice cream
Poached pear in red wine, Stilton ice cream and candied walnuts
Rum and raisin ice cream with honeycomb
Selection of ice creams: cinnamon, vanilla, earl grey or honeycomb
Whimberry, clementine or apple sorbet
Selection of four Neal’s Yard Dairy farmhouse cheeses or a selection of seven cheeses +£5
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Two courses: £38, Three courses: £45
Nespresso: espresso, cappuccino or americano Illy: cafetière coffee Teas and infusions with petits fours: £6.50
Optional service charge: 10%
FULL BREAKFAST MENU
Freshly squeezed orange or grapefruit juice
Boxford Farm apple juice
Pink grapefruit segments or orange segments or both
Compôte of prunes, apricots and figs
Seasonal soft fruits
with Llaeth y Llan Welsh organic yoghurt
Special K, Corn Flakes, Weetabix or Muesli
Homemade granola
Full or skimmed Welsh milk
Porridge with cream
Teas, infusions (please ask for our list)
Nespresso espresso, cappuccino or americano
Illy cafetière coffee
Hot chocolate
Croissants or pain au chocolat
Toasted homemade breads, white, wholemeal or sourdough
Grilled local dry cured Welsh back bacon, rare breed pork sausage, black pudding, laverbread cake, grilled vine tomatoes, sautéed Paris mushrooms, free-range farm eggs: fried, boiled, poached or scrambled
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Loch Fyne smoked salmon and scrambled eggs
Smoked haddock with poached eggs
Laverbread in an overcoat with smoked salmon
or streaky bacon
Plain omelette
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Please be understanding if certain items are not available
WALKING PACKAGE
Stay with us for a ‘get away from it all’ break and enjoy walking the beautiful mountain range of the Berwyns. A two night break includes two nights dinner, bed and full cooked breakfast, packed lunch one day. And one afternoon: tea/coffee, shortbread, bara brith to revive you from your walking day. Plus six walking guides to map your days with easy, moderate and strenuous walks to choose from, including my favourite one to the Stone Circle. For the more adventurous walkers we can arrange transport to Pistyll Rhaeadr waterfalls from where you can make the glorious eight mile walk over the top of the Berwyn Mountain back to Tyddyn Llan building up a great appetite for dinner. A two-day break in a standard room is £590, a large room £690, and in a best room £760, Wednesday to Sunday. Rates are per room for two persons sharing.
The small print
Rates include tax (VAT). There is no service charge on room and breakfast charges. An optional 10% service charge will be added to ALL food and drink charges.*
Child in room: £30 / £10 cot per night.
Doggie stay: £10 per night.
Check in from: 4.00pm., check out by: 11.00am. In exceptional circumstances, we may need to change the room you booked.
All reservations must be confirmed with a valid credit/debit card. A deposit of £50 per person is required as guarantee against the booking. Please be advised that this payment is generally non-refundable but transferable. However, if you or us are under lockdown, or you personally are under imposed Covid restrictions, we will be happy to refund deposits paid.
We reserve the right to charge 100% of the accommodation rate if we judge the notice and nature of cancellation is unreasonable. We respectfully remind guests that a reservation constitutes a contract between themselves and Tyddyn Llan.
* The dinner element of 'Dinner, B&B', which is £75, is subject to an optional 10% service charge of £7.50 per person, per night. Likewise, a £30 optional charge will be added to the walking break (dinners are valued at £300).
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