Denbighshire

Denbighshire bietet malerische Landschaften und historische Stätten. Zu den traditionellen Gerichten gehören Welsh Rarebit, Bara Brith und regionales Lamm, die einen echten Einblick in das kulinarische Erbe von Wales bieten.

The Red Lion Inn

The Red Lion Inn

4 Ffordd Talargoch, LL19 8LA, Denbighshire, United Kingdom

Pub • Steak • Welsh • British


"Visited Sat 23rd Dec 23, first thing to say is young lady behind the bar and young waitress serving us were eabsolutely lovely. Ordered a rump steak for myself and Mexican chicken burger for my wife. My steak arrived and was so tough not only could I not eat it, I couldn’t even cut it with a steak knife! The onion rings were so overcooked they shattered when I cut into them, peppercorn sauce was obviously from a packet and full of MSG, chips were delicious! When the older “head waitress” asked if everything was ok I said no it wasn’t, that my steak was tough as old boots, she said wasn’t it cooked to my liking and i showed her you couldn’t cut it with a steak knife, she offered to “change it” I said no thanks I didn’t want to wait for a replacement to be cooked. I have eaten hundreds of steaks, I know rump is not the tenderest of cuts but should at least be edible. She said she would let the chef know. I’m sure this lady is an institution in the place but obviously not employed for her sunny disposition, scintillating personality or people skills in general! Anyway I left 90% of my meal. My wife chicken burger thing was tasteless and had the consistency of cardboard! The prices were very reasonable but obviously achieved by using poor quality ingredients and management who care little about customer satisfaction. When my wife went to pay our bill, there was no apology or reduction, in fact throughout the whole process we never heard the word “ sorry” although disgusted with the “head waitress’s attitude, having had a particularly stressful week at work, she couldn’t be bothered haggling so paid the bill in full and left. We will never visit again and actively discourage anyone else from doing so."

The Chainbridge

The Chainbridge

Berwyn Rd, LL20 8BH, Denbighshire, United Kingdom

Vegan • British • Breakfast • Vegetarian


"We stayed in the Chainbridge suite for one night. We arrived at the reception at 1420 on a Saturday afternoon, we were told we could only check in from 1500hrs. We asked if they had a 'left luggage ' area, the lady behind reception pointed to some bags behind her and said 'here, but I 'm getting boxed in '. We kept hold of our bags. We decided to have a bite to eat whilst waiting for our room, unfortunately the restaurant closes at 1430 and doesn 't reopen until 1800, I asked if they had sandwiches (or anything else) we could buy, a member of staff told me I could buy crisps behind the bar or 'if I was feeling adventurous I could go in to the town '; the town is 2 miles away. We got in to a queue to check in at 1500, when we eventually got to our room it was fantastic with great views. As we were celebrating our 1st wedding anniversary I went to the Bar to get some fizz, I was told it is not possible to charge things to your room. The restaurant is open for evening meals between 1800 1945. Breakfast is 0800 1000, lunch 1200 1430. Outside of these times there is no provision for food except crisps ie no room service, no vending machines, no sandwiches Breakfast was OK, but it was quite small. I suggested to my wife that given how strict they were on not bending the check in time we could probably expect a knock on the door if we hadn 't vacated by exactly 1100hrs. I was wrong, at exactly 1100hrs a member of staff opened our door with a pass key and walked in without so much as a cursory knock, she announced check out was 1100hrs. We were about to walk out of the room but we still thought the behaviour was not right. We found the staff to be friendly and polite, even the lady who came in to our room without knocking had a polite manner. I think the hotel lacks something; the intransigent check in policy, the restricted restaurant times and the lack of ability to charge things to your room give the impression of being a little outdated not in a good way."

Bertie's At Ruthin Castle

Bertie's At Ruthin Castle

Castle Street, LL15 2NU, Denbighshire, United Kingdom

Sushi • Cafés • Mexican • Asiatic


"Went for afternoon tea with my wife, using an 'experience ' voucher from a well known site, costing £35.99 absolute disaster! The description said 'sit down in the sophisticated dining room and tuck into a section of finger sandwiches, tantalising cakes, pastries, macarons and scones with clotted cream and jam. You won 't want this afternoon to end! ' Trust me, we could not get out of their quick enough and go and find somewhere to get something to eat. The sophisticated dining room was a large, cold room with only a couple of other diners, sticky wooden tables, with no table cloths, just a flimsy paper napkin and a knife and fork. We ordered a coffee and a tea, which came in the smallest teapot, I have ever seen. Later in the meal, when we asked for another drink, we were told that was extra and were charged another £5.70. The food was nothing like as described or pictured on the website. A sad looking selection of sandwiches four quarters each of thin sliced bread one containing a very small piece of processed ham, a second mashed up egg, third was some sort of fish, not sure if it was salmon or tuna; and finally some sort of green leaf with something wet on top it looked like the sandwich had been made days earlier and then sat upon! No pastries or macarons but the two scones with clotted cream and two little pots of jam were OK, however the remaining small cakes were dreadful, none of them were fresh there were two eclairs that were inedible, either the cream or chocolate was off and they were very dry; two little red velvet cakes, which again were dry and horrible; and finally two small pieces of carrot cake that were the least objectionable but again very dry. When we told the waitress the eclairs, she said she would tell the chef but no offer of an alternative. True, it was an unforgettable experience, but not in the way we had expected! We have had afternoon teas in top hotels, pubs, cafes and well known garden centres and nothing came close to being as bad as this meal. Needless to say we will never return and would strongly advise caution if anyone is thinking of going here."