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:

• Easily the best restaurant in the area is Bwyta'r Copa (The Peak Restaurant), on the High Street clsoe to Plas Coch and within easy reach of the mountain railway and other attractions. We ourselves have been there several times, as have lots of our guests. The universal opinion is that the food is of a quality to match any you will find in the UK, with a relaxed atmosphere conducive to a thouroughly enjoyable evening. A typical main course costs between £12 and £16: a three-course dinner would be around £25 per head not including wine. Excellent value for an excellent evening. Open Wednesday to Sunday from 7pm until 9.30 pm. Phone 01286 872777 to book.
• New owners at the Padarn Lake Hotel, very close to the house, are making an excellent effort in the restaurant and we have enjoyed eating there ourselves - good value meals in a comfortable and relaxed restaurant area.
• Further up the High Street 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. We have enjoyed good food there, 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 87198
• Another possiblity is the Gwynedd Hotel/Bar. You can eat formally in the restaurant, or have a meal in the bar with your drink.
• We have a very good fish and chip shop in the village- Seafresh Fish and Chips - on the High Street. Open every day until around 10.00pm. There is an area at the back of the shop where you can eat your fish and chips if you wish.

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:

• Very good, with an excellent local reputation, is the Vaynol Arms in Pentir on the Bangor Road (about a 10-minute drive), serving extremely good food in a beautiful traditional pub. We have eaten there several times and can thoroughly recommend it. Booking strongly advised as they are often full. 01248 362896
• You can get a pleasant pub meal in another traditional local pub, by going to the next village of Nant Peris, coincidentally also called the Vaynol Arms.
• 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.
• A bit further still, on the same road, is the Sopna Tandoori Restaurant. This is about three miles north of Llanberis. This restaurant has gone from strength to strength, and in 2007 won the Wales national Curry House of the year award - the first time any restaurant outside Cardiff has taken the prize. Telephone: 01286 678133

Finally, a few good restaurants in Caernarfon and Bangor:

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

• Fu's Chinese Restaurant is part of the 'Doc Fictoria' (Victoria Dock) complex and does very good food indeed
• On Y Maes, (the main twon square) there is the 'Honor' Restaurant, which also does good Chinese cuisine. (01286 678778).
• Within the original town walls is Molly's restaurant. Small, intimate and very good.
• We haven't been to the 'Black Boy' Inn yet, but it is often recommended - a very old builing in the heart of the original walled town.

In Bangor, we know of two good ones personally. they are both on

• The first 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.
• For lunctime food try Herbs Restaurant which started out as a vegetarian restaurant and still has a mostly vegetarian menu, though they do now include (mostly organic) meat dishes as well. We used to use it as a quick lunchtime cafe on Welsh-class days.

Finally (for now), one 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.