Good Hotel Guide Review
‘An absolute gem!’ wrote a reader, of this ‘stunning country house’, the former home of the Armstrong-Jones family, with views to the Menai Strait and Snowdonia on the doorstep. It is promoted from the Shortlist with a nod from an inspector. ‘Part 17th-century, mostly Victorian’, it stands in ‘attractive grounds at the end of a potholed drive’ and is ‘full of family and royal memorabilia’. Bedrooms vary from the ‘compact’ Butler’s Room, ‘reached by steep stairs’, to four-poster Princess Margaret, with a bathroom TV, an ice bucket for the fizz. ‘Lady Armstrong-Jones was my favourite, in gentle greys and yellows, with a four-poster, countryside views’, a ‘tiny’ bathroom. Guests are encouraged to gather for drinks in the sitting room, with grand piano, open fire, a cacophony of competing patterns, before dinner in the Gun Room, cooked by Daniel ap Geraint, served by white-gloved waiters. Perhaps wild mushroom risotto, pickled celeriac, crispy sage, truffle oil; braised pork cheek, malted cauliflower, apple and caper; ‘excellent’ sirloin of Welsh beef. Breakfast was the proverbial curate’s egg, but ‘the hits outweigh the misses’. (Tom Challinor, and others)
Hotel details
Address
Bontnewydd
Caernarfon
Gwynedd
LL54 7YF
Wales
Telephone
01286 830214
Bedrooms
10, 1 on ground floor.
Open
all year except Christmas, restaurant closed Sun, Mon.
Facilities
drawing room, restaurant, private dining room, free Wi-Fi, in-room TV (Freeview), civil wedding licence, 15-acre grounds, parking.
Background music
in drawing room and dining room.
Children
over-12s welcomed.
Dogs
small, well-behaved dogs allowed in 2 bedrooms, by arrangement (£15 per night).
Credit cards
Amex, MC, Visa.
Prices
per room B&B £99–£199. Set dinner £36–£46.
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