On this page you will find restaurants here in the village, in the villages around and in Caernarfon and Bangor

First, places in Llanberis itself, and the three best are the first:

• Y Bistro, on the High Street just about 100 yards from Plas Coch, is without doubt the best restaurant for many miles around. Starters are around the £5 mark, and a main course will cost you around £16, roughly. There are always excellent vegetarian items. Puddings and wine are always absolutely brilliant. Y Bistro is our favourite place for any special occasion. Needless to say, the restaurant has an excellent reputation among local people, as well as a string of awards from the Good Food Guide and others. Book ahead as far in advance as you can - though it's always worth enquiring at the last minute, as Danny and Nerys try their best to accommodate people if possible. 01286 871278
• Just opposite Y Bistro is the famous cafe of Pete's Eats - the best cafe we have ever found. As well as the usual cafe dishes such as fish and chips, mixed grills, lasagnes, and so on, Pete's Eats offers a variety of vegetarian and whole-food dishes. The cheese and spinach pie, made with filo pastry, is an excellent example of the classic Greek dish and is our personal favourite. Pete's is open all year, seven days a week, (except Christmas day and possibly one or two others) from 8.00am to 8.00pm.
• The 'Spice of Llanberis' Restaurant on the High Street at the North end of the village (just past Pete's Eats), serves a range of delicious Indian and Balti meals. We have been ourselves several times during 2006, and so have many of our guests. Everyone recommends it highly, though at busy times you may have to wait quite a while for a table. They are open later than most: from 5.00pm until around 10.00pm or later. 01286 871983
• Next door to us, the Dol Peris Hotel has been offering a restaurant service since November 2004. They now open Wednesday to Sunday nights, and offer everyday meals at very reasonable prices. 01286 870350
• Y Copa('The Summit') Restaurant has been closed for refurbishment and extension of the accommodation for the early part of 2006. At time of writing (July 2006) it has just re-opened as a significantly bigger enterprise altogether, and the first guests of ours who went there said that the food was excellent. About 50 metres away, across the road.
• We have a good fish and chip shop in the village- Seafresh Fish and Chips - on the High Street(take-away only). For the summer season 2006 they have started opening every day until around 10.00pm.

The other restaurants we can recommend are all beyond the village and suitable for a (short) drive or at the end of a day out. We know the following personally, and list them in order of distance rather than quality:

• First, for an pleasant meal in a traditional local pub, go to the Vaymol Arms in Nant Peris.This is not only the best pub in the near locality, but does very good meals as well. Particularly good for non-smokers is to eat in the 'Family Room' which is completely non-smoking.
• The other Vaynol Arms is in Pentir on the Bangor Road (about a 10-minute drive, serving extremely good food in a beautiful traditional pub. We have had lunch there and can thoroughly recommend it. Booking strongly advised as they are often full. 01248 362896
• About 2 miles out of the village along the Caernafon road, on the left-hand side and just at the beginning of Llanrug, the Glyntwrog does very good pub meals.
• Only a few minutes drive and a nice way to spend an evening. A bit further still, on the same road, is the Sopna Tandoori Restaurant. This is about three miles north of Llanberis. Prices are reasonable and the main menu had some excellent dishes. Telephone: 01286 678133

Finally, a few good restaurants in Caernarfon and Bangor:

There are many excellent places in Caernarfon. We can personally recommend the following as places we have eaten in and go back to:

• In Hole-in-the-Wall Street, just opposite the castle there is the excellent Stones Bistro doing good modern British food in a really comfortable atmosphere; on the same street is Molly's - a local favourite well worth a visit (01286 673238)
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• For a really modern experience serving good modern food, try Cofi Roc, on Y Maes (the main market square) 01286 673100
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• Also on Y Maes, there is the 'Honor' Restaurant, which has a really excellent Chinese cuisine. (01286 678778).

In Bangor, we know of two good ones personally. they are both on the upper end of the High Street (north of the Cathedral) .

• One is the Herbs Restaurantwhich started out as a vegetarian restaurant and still have a mostly vegetarian menu, though they do now include (mostly organic) meat dishes as well. We use it as a quick lunchtime cafe on Welsh-class days: Later in the day they do a similar menu which you can see on their website. The food is very good indeed and not expensive.
• The other is the 'Fat Cat', which is the original of small local chain, with a cafe-bar atmosphere. We have been there twice and really enjoyed ourselves. Again, good food but not expensive.

Finally (for now), a couple on Ynys Mon (Anglesey).

• Just across the Menai Bridge from Bangor, there is the Bridge Inn. This doubles as a pub and as an extremely good restaurant - you can eat in the bar or in the conservatory restaurant. A bit dearer than the above, but not very, and very good food. Phone 01248 716888.
• Close to the bridge in Dale Street, Porthaethwy (Menai bridge) is the Ruby Restaurant, which we visited for the first time in August 2006. We were extremely impressed with the very high quality of the food, and can recommend it unreservedly. A two-course a la carte meal for two, including a bottle of wine, cost us £60, or you can eat more cheaply if you choose from the specials (a shorter selection from the main menu).