We are CLOSED again due to the national lockdown of Wales which was recently announced by the Welsh government. The lockdown is due to finish on 9 November, so hopefully we will be able to reopen on 10 November. We had been open since mid-August, with the restrictions listed below. And this format has worked well. Susan, Carol and I hope to encourage you to stay and eat with us over the winter months so that we will remain in business in 2021. Thank you.
As well as our Dinner B&B rates, our rooms are now offered on an accommodation-only basis, priced to encourage you to stay longer with us. Note, if want to stay more than one night, then please do not use online booking, but phone us, 01490 440264.
You’ll have the choice of a light breakfast served in your room (£14 per guest) or the full works served in the dining room (£25 per guest).
The whole ethos and culture at Tyddyn Llan are based on wrap-around hospitality. So we’ve had to retrain our teams on how to take extra special care from a distance and how to be ‘stand-offish’ with a smile.
We’ve re-thought the whole guest journey and yes, we’ve had to embrace some dreaded technology to reduce touch points. We’ve had to add a few too many signs, rules, and notices for our liking, and lots of behind-the-scenes cleaning regimes. But we’ve kept a sense of fun through it all, keeping it real and holding on to the essential feel that is Tyddyn Llan.
Don’t expect full PPE in the hotel. However, we’re confident you will find a sensible, user-ready, scrupulously clean approach that will keep everyone safe, happy and relaxed.
Hospitality is ultimately about the warmth of human connection and interaction. But things are going to look a little different and become the new normal for a while. Although we may appear ‘cool’ with the social distancing measures in place, our welcome is as ‘warm’ as ever!
We want to reassure our guests, team members and suppliers that we have taken every measure possible to keep everyone safe, but also want to ensure we don’t lose the essence of what we love to do every day.
Our team will be happy to answer any questions but below we offer some useful information…
What if the situation changes again or I need to cancel my stay at short notice?
We recognise that it’s very hard for anyone to make firm commitments for anything at the moment but we will give you our commitment to be understanding in all scenarios connected to Covid-19.
What new cleaning routines has the Hotel introduced since Covid-19?
We’ve always had a rigorous cleaning and hygiene routine. However, our fabulous housekeeping team are stepping it up a notch and you’ll see continuous cleaning around ‘touch points’- door knobs, handles, in the loos. etc. in the main areas of the hotel.
We’ve implemented a ‘deep cleaning’ process for bedrooms using the recommended hospital-grade cleaning materials. Once a room is fully ‘guest ready’ it will have a cleaning seal of approval attached to the door giving reassurance of its squeaky cleanliness.
We’ve all become more familiar with regular hand washing etc. Our teams both front and back of house are all adhering to this, before, during and after their shifts. And to complement this we’ll have hand sanitiser available around the hotel for both team and guests to use.
How will you ensure social distancing in the restaurants and around the hotel?
The guest experience will look a little different but we hope we’ve made it simple and easy to follow.
Firstly, we politely ask you to use one of the hand sanitisers at the entrance to the hotel prior to entering or indeed touching a door handle. We’ve limited our guest capacities and restaurant spaces and introduced one-way flows to the first floor and where possible around the hotel to ensure a more relaxed approach to social distancing.
We don’t want to appear stand-offish… but we will back away and maintain the 2m social distancing rule… even though we may wish to give you a welcome hug when you arrive!
We’ll drop you an email prior to arrival to get as much information on how you would like to relax during your stay with us to limit face to face interaction. We’ll ask all those things regarding the time you’re likely to arrive, confirm your table reservation time, allergies, etc. So many questions but it means we’ll be all ready for you.
Check in – we’ll maintain social distancing throughout – one of our team will meet you and take you straight to your room.
In room – we won’t make a fuss, just let you settle in – we’re always at the end of the phone if you need anything.
Dinner – our dinner service time will start at 6.30pm so that we can stagger all the bookings every 15 minutes, to ensure we can space guests in accordance with social distancing. Residents will need to book, and please be understanding if your preferred time is not available. We will have disposable wine list of our house selection to choose from in the restaurant, but if you fancy something more special we will ask you to look at our comprehensive list on line and pre-order from your room. We will also ask you to pour your own wine and water too but be on hand if you need anything!
As our rooms will be sold as accommodation only (unless as part of a package), we will offer a light breakfast delivered to your room (or in the dining room at an allocated time). A full cooked breakfast will be available in the dining room only. Breakfast service times will be extended to 10.30am to allow for relaxed spacing (and more of a lie-in) with all food pre-chosen in your room before you come down.
We’ve tried to think of everything to keep everyone safe and comfortable. So during your stay we will encourage guests to use their bedroom loo rather than the public facilities. Hope you understand.
How do I know the team looking after me are not ill?
We are nothing without our wonderful team and their well-being is our top priority, therefore, we have implemented necessary health checks prior to looking after guests each day – from kitchen porter, to reception, to back of house teams.
This includes temperature checks and regular ‘wellbeing’ chats to make sure everyone is happy and healthy to come to work. No team member with symptoms will be expected to work. Face masks will also be used where necessary to keep both guests and team members safe and comfortable.
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!
Offers shown are per room, for one night, two person occupancy. Late deals can only be booked by telephone, no email or online system. Rooms already booked may not be changed to late deal rates, sorry. Room upgrades may be possible with a supplement. There is no service charge and 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: 3.00pm., 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 non-refundable but is transferable. 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. For your own peace of mind, we recommend that you take out travel insurance to indemnify you for any unforeseen circumstances.
* The dinner element 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
Salt baked beetroot with buffalo Mozzarella and wilted radicchio
Dressed langoustine and crab with avocado salsa, fennel and radish salad
Parfait of chicken livers and foie gras, onion chutney
Loch Fyne smoked salmon terrine, cucumber salad and horseradish cream
Griddled scallops with cauliflower purée, caper and raisin dressing
Deep fried stuffed courgette flowers with tomato and basil sauce
Baked artichoke with wild mushrooms, poached egg, bacon and mustard
Calves’ sweetbreads with potato and olive cake, tartare sauce
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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, Port and whimberry sauce
Rack of local lamb with kofta and Provençal vegetables
Veal chop with morels and tarragon cream sauce
Roast grouse with bread sauce and game chips
Calves’ kidneys with bacon, mustard and sage
Roast turbot with coco beans and Morteau sausage, grain mustard 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)
St Emilion au chocolat, rum and raisin ice cream, honeycomb
Rum baba, crème Chantilly, vanilla ice cream
Blueberry tart
Baked cheesecake with poached black figs, hazelnut crumb
Tiramisù
Poached mirabelles in brandy with vanilla ice cream
Damson soup with blackberries and cinnamon ice cream
Strawberry and elderflower sorbet, peach or blackberry sorbet
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Three courses: £75
Two courses (including main course): £65
Two starters: £50
Eight-course tasting menu £95
Nespresso: espresso, cappuccino or americano Illy: cafetière coffee teas and infusions with petits fours: £6.50
Optional service charge: 10%
EIGHT-COURSE TASTING MENU: £95
Watercress soup
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Dressed langoustine and crab with fennel, avocado and radish salad
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Parfait of foie gras and chicken livers, onion chutney
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Griddled scallops with cauliflower purée, caper and raisin dressing
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Deep fried stuffed courgette flower, tomato and basil
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Wild bass with laverbread
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Goosnargh duck breast and duck faggot, Port and whimberry sauce
Rack of local lamb with kofta and Provençal vegetables
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St Emilion au chocolat, rum and raisin ice cream, honeycomb
Rum baba
Damson soup with cinnamon ice cream
Lemon tart
Selection of four British farmhouse cheese from Neal’s Yard Dairy (or as a tasting of seven cheeses before or after pudding £15 supplement, perfect for sharing)
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Wine match £48
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Nespresso: espresso, cappuccino or americano Illy: cafetière coffee teas and infusions with petits fours: £6.50
Optional service charge: 10%
THURSDAY/FRIDAY/SATURDAY LUNCH MENU: FROM £38
Watercress soup
Langoustine bisque with croûtons and rouille
Salad of salt baked beetroot, buffalo Mozzarella, wilted radicchio and pomegranate
Dressed langoustine and crab, avocado salsa, fennel and radish salad +£7
Baked artichoke with wild mushrooms, poached egg, mustard and bacon
Grilled local lobster from shell island with coriander, lime and ginger butter +£10
Griddled scallops with cauliflower purée, caper and raisin dressing +£7
Parfait of foie gras and chicken livers, onion chutney
Gratin of shellfish, leeks and saffron
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Ribeye steak of Welsh Black beef au poivre +£7 (served with a choice of chips, gratin dauphinois, green salad or seasonal vegetables)
Calves’ kidneys with mustard, bacon and sage
Duck confit, duck faggot with hispi cabbage, Port and whimberry sauce
Braised shoulder of local lamb Moroccan Style with couscous and harissa sauce
Roast turbot with coco beans, Morteau sausage, mustard sauce
Wild bass with laverbread beurre blanc
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Rum baba, Chantilly and vanilla ice cream
St Emilion au chocolat
Caramel tart
Poached mirabelles in brandy with vanilla ice cream
Baked cheesecake with poached black figs, hazelnut
Tiramisù
Damson soup with blackberries and cinnamon ice cream
Strawberry and elderflower sorbet or blackberry sorbet
Selection of four Neal’s Yard Dairy farmhouse cheeses
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Two courses £38 three courses £45 two starters £26
Nespresso: espresso, cappuccino or Americano Illy: cafetière coffee Teas and infusions with petits fours: £6.50
THREE-COURSE 'LOCAL LUNCH' MENU: £25
Note, this menu changes daily. Call 01490 440264 after 10.30am on the day for the exact dishes.
Pumpkin soup
Goujons of plaice with Thai dip
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Braised leg of Label Anglais chicken, potato pancake, wild mushrooms and tarragon
Salmon fish cakes with parsley sauce
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Chips, new potatoes, seasonal vegetables or green salad
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Damson soup with cinnamon ice cream
Strawberry and elderflower sorbet
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Three courses £25
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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
Bisque of langoustine with croûtons and rouille
Salt baked beetroot with buffalo Mozzarella, wilted red chicory and pomegranates
Parfait of foie gras and chicken livers, onion chutney
Deep fried courgette flowers with tomato and basil sauce
Dressed langoustine, avocado salsa, fennel and radish salad +£7
Loch Daurt salmon fish cake with parsley sauce
Gratin of shellfish, (mussels, lobster, langoustine and crab) with leeks, saffron and tomato
Calves’ sweetbreads with potato and olive cake, tartare sauce
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Roast sirloin of Welsh Black beef with Yorkshire pudding
Roast Huntsham Court Farm middle white pork loin and shoulder,
shallot and thyme purée
Duck confit with duck faggot, hispi cabbage, port and whimberry sauce
Calves’ kidneys with mustard, bacon and sage
Braised shoulder of local lamb Moroccan style, couscous and harissa sauce
Roast turbot with coco beans and Morteau sausage, mustard sauce
Wild bass with laverbread butter sauce
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St Emilion au chocolat, honeycomb, rum and raisin ice cream
Baked cheesecake, black figs and hazelnut crumb
Rum baba, crème Chantilly, vanilla ice cream
Damson soup with cinnamon ice cream
Lemon tart
Tiramisù
Poached mirabelles in brandy with vanilla ice cream
Strawberry and elderflower sorbet or blackberry sorbet
Selection of four Neal’s Yard Dairy farmhouse cheeses
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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: £25
Freshly squeezed orange or grapefruit juice
Pink grapefruit segments or orange segments or both
Compôte of prunes, apricots and figs
Seasonal fruits, soft fruits with Llaeth y Llan Welsh organic yoghurt
Charentais melon
Special K, Corn Flakes, Wheetabix 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
Bottled Llanllyr still and sparking water
Croissants
Toasted homemade breads, white or wholemeal
Homemade jams, lavender honey, lemon curd and Ludlow Food Centre marmalade
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Grilled local dry cured Welsh back bacon, rare breed pork sausage, black pudding, 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
LIGHT BREAKFAST MENU: £14.50
Freshly squeezed orange or grapefruit juice
Pink grapefruit segments or orange segments or both
Compôte of prunes, apricots and figs
Seasonal fruits, soft fruits, with Llaeth y Llan Welsh organic yoghurt
Charentais melon
Special K, Corn Flakes, Wheetabix 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
Bottled Llanllyr still and sparking water
Croissants
Toasted homemade breads, white or wholemeal
Homemade jams, lavender honey, lemon curd, and Ludlow Food Centre marmalade
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 £580, a large room £640, and in a best room £690, 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: 3.00pm., 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 non-refundable but is transferable. 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. For your own peace of mind, we recommend that you take out travel insurance to indemnify you for any unforeseen circumstances.
* The dinner element 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).
18TH ANNIVERSARY DINNER
DINNER SUNDAY 15 NOVEMBER
At the moment we are closed in national lockdown by the Welsh government. Hopefully it will end November 9th. We have our annual anniversary dinner planned for Sunday November 15th.
To be honest, six months ago I never thought I would be writing this, inviting you to celebrate with us our 18 years at Tyddyn Llan. If it was not for the hard work and dedication of Carol running the office and the help and understanding of Barclays and the Bank of Wales we would not be here now.
But we are, and intend to be for the next few years to come. So, let’s put the past few months behind us and have a great evening of food and excellent wines chosen by Simon Awdry of Liberty wines who will be hosting the diner.
The cost is £150 per person to include the wines and overnight accommodation available is from £110 room only or with full breakfast £150 per couple in a standard, £170 in a large and £190 in a best room.
During lockdown our office will be open 10.00am - 4.00pm. Susan and I hope you can join us.
ST. DAVID'S DINNER MENU: £95 INCLUDING WINES
Canapés Blanc de Blancs 2017, Raventós i Blanc, Cataluña, Spain
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Ballotine of foie gras with artichoke, hazelnut and French bean salad ‘Cuvée Chérie’ Demi-Sec, Nyetimber, Southern England
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Griddled scallops with cauliflower purée, caper and raisin dressing ‘Louro Do Bolo’ Valdeorras Godello 2019, Rafael Palacios, Galicia, Spain
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Roast turbot with coco beans, Morteau sausage and mustard ‘Bell’Assai’ Frappato di Vittoria 2018, Donnafugata, Sicily
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Fillet of Welsh Black beef ‘au poivre’ with shallots and wild mushrooms ‘Monk’ Itata Valley Cinsault 2018, Pedro Parra, Chile
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Grilled Crotin de Chavignol with tapenade Bourgogne Aligoté 2019, Domaine Perraud, Burgundy, France
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Chocolate marquise with caramel ice cream Classic Liqueur Rutherglen Topaque, Morris of Rutherglen, Victoria, Australia
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.
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