Aqua Beach Bar . Restaurant in Gwynedd

I rarely write reviews but after today felt compelled to do so. We were sat at 1145 and informed kitchen wouldn't be open until 12. Not a problem, we then had a member of staff come over and inform us the kitchen wouldn't open until 1215. Stil not a problem. By 1230 we were chasing down a staff member to be served. We ordered drinks whilst we waited and waited 25 minutes for the hot ones. They did inform us there would be a wait but we didn't expect 25 minutes. By 1330 the food still hadn't arrived, I have worked in restaurants for years so I understand being busy. Our garlic bread and bread and olives arrived finally after an hour, our mains then turned up at least 20 minutes later after us chasing them and being scolded for asking - they were also the incorrect food and when we pointed this out we were berated and told it was our fault. The younger staff were apologetic but the older gentleman shocked us with how utterly rude his behaviour was. We asked to speak to the manager and was informed it was him. We told him we would not be paying for the food and would pay for the drinks and the two kids' meals and starters. We are frequent visitors to the area and own property near by and we will not be returning and will be telling others to avoid. We understand demand and the kitchen running late but rudeness should not be tolerated.

Sits on the edge of the beach, a perfect setting, watching the world go by. While enjoying a nice snack or meal. Great food and service. Ice cream parlour. Nice clean restroom. Have a nice beer looking across the beach to the sea. Well spent 2 hours, recommend stop.

Love this place, very hard to beat the location on a nice sunny day, the food is ok, service is ok, during busy periods you may have to queue to get in, and the service may be a little slow, but on a nice sunny day and if you're not in a rush, who cares!!

Lovely cafe, right on the beach. Can get busy, but the food is fantastic, and gluten free options available. Staff helpful and friendly. Dog friendly too.

We had a fantastic meal here as a family. The most perfect outlook over the beach. We enjoy their weekend evening Tapas menu. Food was great and was good to see it was sensibly priced, considering their beach front location. Really really enjoyed it!

Great food, great service, fantastic location. Dogs welcome.

Awesome place. Highly recommended

A little wait but fresh food just cooked excellent

Great food, not your normal "beach bar". But great food means it might take a while for it to come. Be patient, it's worth the wait.

Ideal young family beach, sea depth is shallow, sandy beach with car park. The Aqua bar has glass all around to protect from any wind. Great view across the bay to Snowdonia. Open until 8pm most days with tapas served from 6.

Really disappointed with our visit yesterday. Arrived at 11.45am. Took over 45 mins for someone to take order then an hour wait for food. Just felt really unorganised despite plenty of staff. Shame as such a lovely setting.

Nice beach bar - very clean and well organised- we didn’t dine in, but the food selection looked great. We got filled rolls, drinks and snacks from the ice cream kiosk , which had a great selection of flavours. The selection of rolls was very limited, but tasty and freshly made to order. All in all - was impressed.

A lovely weekend in Wales and enjoyed a breakfast, Lunch, Tapas and ice cream here, everything was perfect. Welcoming staff, an all round great place to visit 😊

This restaurant is truly remarkable, with a friendly and attentive staff. Although it can get quite crowded, I kindly suggest you exercise patience, as the delectable cuisine and breathtaking view of the beach make it well worth the wait.

Good location . Little over priced but its where you are. Friendly staff nice food.

What a lovely spot this is. Good beers on tap and pretty decent food. We sat here for 3 hours, drank beer and chatted to other people. What a sun trap it was; loved it. Very special place. Spot on thank you

Very disappointing, the menu reads better than reality, not brilliant food, p a I n f u l l y slow service 80 mins for king prawns and a burger, gets very rowdy when busy, shame its superb location.

Perfect location right on the beach. Only came for breakfast twice and ice cream once so can't comment on dinner/drinks, but it's nice food and at £10 for the full Welsh and £4.50 for pancakes I'd say decent value :) dog friendly and very friendly staff too

Right on the beach, loos nearby and some parking, beautiful beach

Seafood Platter ......Absolutely 💯%....NO

Went for ice cream and coffee today, made our ice cream straight away, stood there for ages waiting for a white coffee we ordered, started eating ice cream as melting, asked how long the coffee will be as wanted to sit on the beach with it, finally coffee came, ice cream half eaten, sat on beach and opened lid and got black coffee! Had to walk back and ask for milk, this is bad customer service, you shouldn't be serving ice cream first if your going to have to wait in a queue for coffee in the kitchen. I was the only person in the queue so can't put it down to being too busy!

Fab little bar & restaurant on a stunning beach. Lovely views

Ordered 2 coffees, 1 x latte and 1x iced coffee, the iced coffee was a warm coffee with 3 ice cubes, which were disappearing quickly...I took it back and told them that it wasn't an iced coffee...the reply was "there was a lot in there" I replied " there were only 3 cubes " " yes" he replied, "I always put 3 in" .... So if you order an iced coffee, tell them you'd like ice with it....very disappointed

We had really high hopes for this place as it’s in such a great location. We ordered some iced oat lattes to takeaway and they were really nice so we decided to go and have some food before we headed home. The service was friendly but fairly slow and poor quality - we waited a while for a table to be cleared and cleaned, but it was not very clean when we sat down. We ordered the vegan sharing platter which was £18 - fine if it’s plentiful or has high quality produce. The falafel has never met or heard of a falafel, they were 6 of the cheapest, smallest pre-bought sweet potato and red pepper bites (just say that on the menu), a very thick hummus which was actually okay, one tiny flat bread cut into 6 - not enough for the hummus, some olives and sundried tomatoes (these were fine) and a salad your nan would make you (iceberg lettuce, one slice of cucumber, one quarter of tomato and some red onion. Please let me know how to share a slice of cucumber between three. Our two year old was still asking for dinner after eating it because it was so stingy! I did raise the issue on payment, but the response was fairly awkward and unaware of how to deal with feedback. For two sparkling waters, chips and a disappointing sharing platter the “that’s just £28 please” after my feedback was fairly poor. Will probably go back, but only for drinks and the location.

I've been coming to Llanbedrog my whole life and have seen this place go from ice cream shop to Aqua Bar and now an overpriced and quite frankly pretty poor 'restaurant'. The wait is FAR too long, the food burnt or poorly made (I had seafood in my goats cheese salad) and upon pointing out the issues we experienced, we were greeted with a lack of recognition and care (they asked if we enjoyed our meal which had already been described as dreadful). Spend your money elsewhere, plenty of nice places to eat in the village and nearby!

Enjoyed the fact it was near the beach. The staff however were not tuned in to each table that came in.

Excellent location Great staff Visited out of season, can imagine it is very busy in Summer

Superb bowl of soup. Friendly service and a sea view.

Breakfast served until 11. We got there just 2 minutes before and were told we couldn't have it. Said we'd have coffee, sat for 5 minutes before anyone approached and had to ask passing waitress for 2 coffees. After 10 minutes, asked where they were, this was while we watched people being served Breakfast. Asked where our coffee was and told there were other coffee orders before ours, not that we could see, not that busy. Seemed more interested in cleaning tables. We had to leave. this is the third time this has happened at this cafe, out of season and not busy. We will definitely not go again. Had a lovely lunch at Plas Glyn Wyddw, served within 15 minutes of ordering. Lesson learned . Very poor service

Ordered two coffees and the scone with jam and cream, expecting something homemade or from a local cake shop and a reasonable size. What we got was a cheap supermarket tiny scone from a pack of 6! The clotted cream and Jam and Butter clearly far too much for the puny scone which was bland and like an Asda Essentials cheap make. Won’t be going back.

Went in for a quick drink and olives. After waiting over 45 mins we left without them. Didn't seem particularly busy but the service was soooo slow. Wife also got a takeaway coffee which was just about warm at best.

Only popped in for some takeaway drinks. Watched it take 2 people over 10 mins to be make 2 teas and 2 coffees. Luke warm at best. Latte was warmed milk and then topped up with lukewarm water. Not exactly how you make a latte. For some reason a thermometer was required to measure the temperature of the teas ? Glad we decided against having lunch there if a simple brew was a challenge. Looking at previous reviews it was the right decision.

We are frequent visitors, and it’s my favourite place locally. It is disappointing to me when I read other’s comments, because you have to tolerate delays when it’s very busy, and there are signs advising people that food can take time to be prepared. Every meal is home made, always delicious and the menu is very well planned. Great drinks selection too, thank you Aqua team

Such a beautiful lunch spot, and normally a firm favourite of ours however after this latest experience we will not be rushing back. Upon arrival we were shown to our table quite quickly and had our orders taken promptly. We then waited 20 minutes for our drinks to arrive, and waited a further hour for our lunch to arrive. Our food arrived all luke warm with elements missing, extremely disappointing and definitely not worth the wait. We were not informed about the wait on food whatsoever, and no apology was made by the waiters when our food finally arrived. It was almost impossible to get the attention of any of the staff, as all they seemed to be concerned about was squeezing more and more people into the restaurant - despite clearly being unable to cope with the amount of custom. We were only able to get one round of drinks due to lack of service. And when we finally complained to a waiter regarding our experience, he stared blankly at us, did not apologise and rudely asked if we were paying card or cash. We noticed a number of other tables around us with similar complaints regarding the food and service. Won’t be returning any time soon.

Expected it to be busy, seated after a short wait and orders taken quickly. Ordered and advised I had an allergy - no problem so far. Drinks arrived within 10 minutes. Food arrived after an hour and a half after chasing with the waiter. My food had the food I’m allergic to, so requested another, 5 mins later food arrived back to me, but had clearly been rummaged through to remove and then brought back to me. Sent back again and was then offered something else, everyone had nearly finished eating so I didn’t bother. Also hair in two other members of family food. Waiting staff were lovely, but I will never return. Some tables just gave up and left after waiting over an hour and a half for food.

The clue is in the name it's a beach bar, and good it is. Service was quick and polite. The views are excellent. We just had drinks but they were good and hot and good quality. We would go again. It's not posh but good.

3 visit to Llanbedrog and the first time this bar/cafe has been open. We've always just missed the season. It was the first place we visited on the first morning. It was fairly chilly, but the staff did everything to make us welcome and comfortable. Very dog friendly, what we did really like was the dogs on floor rule, fair play and very good. Love dogs but don't want to sit or eat off dog left overs. We called back later in the week for drinks. Staff were super. Friendly and happy to chat, made the visit memorable. We will definitely be back.

I love the coast. Nay, I adore it. Despite living on island, my nearest coast is an hour's drive away. Whilst holidaying in this particular corner of North Wales, I was looking up beaches on Google Maps I could take my dog to and came across super nearby Traeth Llanbedrog. The Aqua Beach Bar, as it turns out, is a real find! Located quite literally JUST up from the beach (the aforementioned Traeth Llanbedrog) and just downhill of a National Trust car park, this taverna is cosy, atmospheric and serves up fantastic food. You enter the café over a tiny flat bridge that sits atop the little river trickling down to the sea. You can choose to sit inside or outside and they've got you covered for a little bit of extra warmth with some heaters you can turn on and off. The service was always very smiling and welcoming, and the food was really REALLY good. You get an incredible view of the beach, even better when the tide is in. Also, very important to me, it is dog friendly and even has a little doggy menu. I went with my wife, her mother who is in a wheelchair and the dog; and we all had a great time. In fact, we went twice. For lunch as well as breakfast. For lunch, I enjoyed the Trio of Fish. At breakfast I had the pancakes with syrup and fruit. Lovely. So yes... dog friendly, disabled friendly, premier location and top notch food. What more can you ask for?

Great spot, good food very reasonably priced.

Arrived for breakfast - seated quickly - service excellent - tables clean inc floors and all condiments available. Decent pricing. Wouldn’t return for breakfast due to the following: undercooked egg, overcooked bacon, anaemic mushrooms, sausage thick skin and chewy. Would def return due to views to beach and service but would try lunch next time.

Staff, as always, pleasant and helpful. DOG FRIENDLY.

Beautiful beach cafe with clean loos. Dog friendly and very welcoming, if a little chilly because though covered, the eating area is outdoors. We are well for a fair price and enjoyed the experience.

I'll be honest I have no opinion on the food however the black americano is unfortunately disgusting, however everything else us amazing, definitely recommend going as its next too the beach!

Well where do I start. The waiter was possibly the most rude. Depressing. Nasty man Iv ever come across. He was rude right from the start. I went over at the end and politely asked him if this is where I pay and I apologised as he was eating he actually rolled his eyes at me and grabbed the bill. For this I’ll never return. It is mine and other customers hard earned money that keeps him in his job. I did tell him he is in the wrong job if you can’t deal with the public work else were.

Decent food and drinks in a beautiful location.

Dropped in for a drink and snack. Food was excellent and my mussels were fresh.

I love This place! We visited it last year and it was still as good. Great views overlooking the beach. Amazing fish and chips. Lovely staff too. Just great

Ordered the Trio of fish and really enjoyed it.

On a Sunny day great place to have breakfast peaceful views

Great place, scenic views over the beach. Relaxed and casual. Food was excellent.

Great location, just off the beach and they serve ice cream if you're just looking for that light refreshment. We stopped in for an evening meal and the food was good but the service was a little slow. When we sat down I think a large group had just left so maybe they'd been busy and need to give colleagues a break? Unfortunately whilst waiting for food we overheard one table send their food back as undercooked and the table behind us were told "We're sorry but we missread the order and made you the wrong starter". They were fine with whatever it was they had made, but it doesn't paint them in a good light Our waiter was a bit snappy (oh well, everyone has bad days) but in the end we left without dessert because they never bothered to bring the promised menus Overall, our food was good but I'd think twice before taking my family back, purely based off what we witnessed with other customers

Great spot by the beach, but unfortunately the service lets the place down. We were served our drinks straight away but waited 45 minutes for the food. Strange one really because there were plenty of staff about and it wasn’t full when we got there. No manager about so probably don’t have one or have an owner who relies on custom because of the location. Food was ok - trio of fish and mussels. We will return to this beach but will take our own food and drink next time.

Great little bar / cafe. Young staff who are busy, but friendly. Good food, reasonably priced. Recommended.

Fabulous spot with lovely views and tasty food Highly recommend a visit 😎

Great bar on the beach nice food

Fairly nice place, brilliant views

Simply great little spot. We managed to sit in the front seating area with an open view of the bay. Staff are so friendly. Decent menu.... Great walks back towards Abers over the big hill (Mynydd Tir-y-cwmwd). Love it

Went in for a beer or 2, told we had to wait for a table. This was unexpected as from memory there is a come and go bar, after waiting for a table for 15 mins we finally got seated, after been seated for 20 min with nothing ordered I decided to find the bar myself and at the same time found why you couldn't sit it there any longer, basically it was being used as a dumping ground! This place used to be amazing but can't help saying its lost the spark over the past years. On a positive note the beer was decent. I really hope they can turn it around back to its former years.

We visited this afternoon on a lovely sunny day , the young man who looked after us and took our order , cleaned the tables and served the drinks and food was amazing 👍everything was very good the drinks and food served with enthusiasm and was of good quality. Well dune to you a very pleasant experience 👍👍🕺

Clearly very busy when we arrived. Staff looked stressed and miserable. 2 teas arrived almost cold, without teaspoons. Fish and chips arrived later, looked wonderful, however were flat cold. After requesting the bill we were asked if everything was ok, to which we replied ‘it was flat cold’. Response, to our dismay was ‘hope we will see you guys again soon.’ NOT LIKELY!

This could be so good but the poor service and mediocre food were a real let down. Everyone seems to be working hard but really inefficiently took ages to order, then we got the wrong drinks ( they mixed the tables up ). Some of the breakfast was good ( Pancakes and Fruit ) and some of it would have been good had it been served when it was cooked feather than served cold (Poached Egg, Salmon and Egg). The “coffee” was hopelessly weak and Gregg’s or McDonald’s would do them much better. 2 stars because the view is brilliant but everything else was poor.

Breakfast is served until 11am. After arriving at 10.30, then waiting 10 mins for a table, we were told breakfast had stopped being served and the next food orders were not until 12. When queried, it was explained that breakfast orders were until 10.55. Having...

Fabulous location but slow service and felt a bit ignored .. Food was ok nothing special really Been here many times and it’s never been any different with the service Dog friendly which is a bonus !

Called in for a coffee, I decided to have an americano with a touch of hot milk. Coffee came 15 mins later and was awful!!! At first I thought they had made a mistake and given me tea!!!! However there was a very faint smell/taste...

Great location, very pleasant service staff. Waited almost an hour for a Chicken & Bacon Melt Panini which was nicely presented. However a very tiny amount of diced Chicken and bacon, BBQ sauce overpowered any other flavour. I think if your Menu reads Chicken and...

I’m not usually one for writing bad reviews but the food was terrible. The mussels were off (and stank so I don’t know how nobody in the kitchen noticed), and the crab in the seafood platter tasted disgusting. The rest of the food was edible...

I have been coming here for years and it is much the same…The service is terrible, always a long wait to place an order (it was nearly empty this time and we only wanted a drink!) and the tables weren’t wiped meaning there were quite...

Called in for breakfast, nice friendly staff, there is a menu to suit most people’s tastes, we both ordered the squashed avocado and eggs on toast, yummy. It is dog friendly, with great views, highly recommended.

Shocking customer service been a few times we were with friends and the bar man just slammed our drinks down and walked away, trying to get served for more drinks was appalling, staff miserable didn't stay for food we went elsewhere, get a grip of...

Ok, I don’t like writing bad reviews but my partner bought a bottle of wine. They gave us the wrong wine which was £40 a bottle. Yes, I should have checked when pouring the wine but I didn’t know, the wine should have been (£28)....

Went for breakfast. Very good, served promptly and nice friendly service. I full Welsh breakfast ( top notch), avocado and smoked salmon on taste ( went done very well) and pancakes with bacon. Will definitely go again for breakfast. Dog friendly. Shame they closed the...

Beautiful setting overlooking the sea. The staff were friendly when we had contact with them but there was a very long wait to be seated and to be served despite there seemingly being lots of staff and lots of free tables.

We visited this beach bar last September and as we were back in the area thought we would try again. It was a hot day and after sitting on the beach with our dog we thought a cold drink and some shade would be just...

Very slow service. Waited ages to be sat down and then waited over 20mins for our order to be taken. When we queried with the waitress we got a short curt reply. No apology. We left and took our business and money elsewhere.

It looks great - right next to the beach but very frustrating that none of the street signs tell you that it closes at 6pm - surprising for a bar!

It's a fabulous location, but the quality of food and level of service, is very, very poor. We waited around 15mins to get a table (which is fine) but then waited around 30 to get a coffee, and it was about 90 mins from ordering...

A very nice beach bar right on the beach with overhead cover and heating should you need it. Fantastic views and a good atmosphere, didn't try any food because it was getting near closing (6pm) but it looked really good. Next time I'll go earlier and stay an hour or two.

Great bar with a relaxed chilled out vibe

Lovely spot by the beach, service great. I had the home made quiche and would recommend it. Dog friendly which is what you need when on holiday, they even have a separate Doggy Menu 🐕

Great for breakfast or post beach cocktail. Dog and child friendly. Decent value.

Lovely beach bar, right on the beach. Great food and service, friendly staff, good dog facilities too.

Lovely food, service and location.

Comfortable and clean with really good food. Would definitely recommend this cafe

Great location and friendly welcoming staff. Breakfast was delicious. Can't wait to go back. They also made our dog Bella very welcome.

A very well planned bar and restaurant, large glass panels to offer shelter but take advantage of the stunning surroundings. Situated on the beach for easy access. Good food and drinks at very reasonable prices. Well worth a visit

Great little beach bar. Excellent service, lovely staff.

Long wait to be served. But worth waiting with the view.

Brilliant place. Friendly couple running it. Imagine its manic in the Summer months. Going back in September

Nice food, nice place right by the beach entrance

Very good location, and nice service.

Beach bar at Llanbedrog Beach with a good range of food & drink at reasonable prices

WOW!!!!! Great value for money, tasted amazing and the staff....outstanding..will definitely go back...again and again...

Good service, great ice cream and coffees. Excellent location with heaters and glass screening allowing views of the beach and keeping warm.

Amazing place on llanbedrog beach. Llanbedrog near Pwllheli on the Llŷn peninsula is a long stretch of sandy coast with colourful beach huts, ideal for families. The village is renowned for its mile-long beach, the most sheltered in North Wales, most of which is managed by the National Trust. Llanbedrog Beach, which is now owned by the National Trust, is a safe and sandy beach and very popular during the summer months. A dog friendly beach to your right as you go down the slip, to the left you will need your dog on lead past the beach huts. Beach Bar serving homecooked food to eat in or take away from mid March until 31st October. The bar restaurant is perched above Llanbedrog beach which in itself is simply stunning. Sit back, relax and just admire the view over the sea towards Snowdonia.

Amazing views from a lovely, dog friendly cafe. The food was amazing and the staff great

The aqua is great the service was very good nice people sat in the sun brilliant

This is in a brilliant spot. Great views and a good selection of drinks. We also had cakes which were nice. Try a local gin and tonic or go for an ocean colada.

Beautiful views!! Lovely place to eat and it's right on the beach perfect location definitely visit again!!

We love visiting Aqua. Been many times for breakfast and lunch. Always very pleased with quality of food. Staff always helpful and polite. Can’t wait for our next visit.

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