Bryn Williams at Porth Eirias in Conwy

#colwynbay Straight in 10/10 👜 handbag restaurant review for all the food today especially the ‘perfect’ Baked Alaska 👏👏This is one of our favourite restaurants. Check out the open kitchen it’s immaculate. Love the fab views overlooking the sea. Love the vibe in here very relaxing. Well trained and informed staff all in uniform and kitchen staff and chefs in clean whites. There is also a cafe to the side for walk ins from the beach. Great to walk or cycle along the coastline outside the restaurant. Highly recommend you try here for breakfast/lunch/afternoon tea and dinner 😁 We will be back.

#colwynbay Straight in 10/10 👜 handbag restaurant review for all the food today especially the ‘perfect’ Baked Alaska 👏👏This is one of our favourite restaurants. Check out the open kitchen it’s immaculate. Love the fab views overlooking the sea. Love the vibe in here very relaxing. Well trained and informed staff all in uniform and kitchen staff and chefs in clean whites. There is also a cafe to the side for walk ins from the beach. Great to walk or cycle along the coastline outside the restaurant. Highly recommend you try here for breakfast/lunch/afternoon tea and dinner 😁 We will be back. Good Luck with your new restaurant in June at theatre Clwyd

Second visit here and it was lovely.Sat by the window which has a great view. Food delicious especially the rice pudding with Yorkshire rhubarb and nuts, a second bowl would have gone down a treat!! Great service and friendly staff.

If only it was dog friendly 🐶🙄😢

Really dry bacon and black pudding, dry sourdough...it felt all just bland and dry. Didn't really enjoy breakfast for the price, it wasn't worth it Nice setting

Gorgeous food, lovely atmosphere, and attentive, knowledgeable, and welcoming staff. We were in the area for a weekend away, but I'd travel back just to come here for lunch again.

What a mediocre experience! We had for starters Squid, Roast Prawns and one other which I can’t remember, which sums the experience up. For mains we had whole plaice which was under cooked and fish pie for two which was completely overpowered by the Smoked Haddock and also lacking in sauce. The worst component of this dish was MUSHROOMS ! I’ve yet to see a Fish Pie recipe containing mushrooms especially as they add absolutely nothing to the dish. We travelled 108 miles because of the chefs reputation only to be served food we could have cooked better at home. The one highlight was the staff did their best but the overall experience was well below par.

Had an 8.30 booking on a Saturday night as could not get in any earlier. We were a party of 4, arrived a few minutes early and had a drink at the bar before being seated at our table which was ready on time. We all had 3 courses which were enjoyed by all. A little disappointed with the overall service as we had to get the attention of the waiting staff during our meal to order more drinks. Overall a pleasant experience, reasonably priced and excellent quality food but a little let down by lack lustre service and very overpriced drinks.

Great atmosphere, lovely location, have been satisfied every single time I've been. Will really be looking forward to going to the Theatr Clwyd restaurant when it opens.

Food and service was excellent the down side was very expensive and portions small on the main course. Afternoon tea was the same, unfortunately there was not enough sandwiches but adequate cakes.

Warm, friendly, informed staff. Small menu of great food. It would be a challenge to top the location, nestled in the middle of a Sandy bay. Bryn was happy to talk about the honey he had gathered from his home and how they might use it.

The food is excellent although slightly small portions and the atmosphere in the restaurant in the evenings is lovely looking across the bay. The service however needs some improvement. I counted five smashed/dropped trays during the evening and the main waiter/manager I saw flipping the middle finger at someone possibly to kitchen staff. Nothing major, just not what you expect from somewhere like this. The other waiting on and bar staff were great, attentive and pleasant. I'd be happy to go back for the food and views, just hope the service picks up a bit.

We enjoyed a delicious Christmas lunch with fabulous service and a lovely atmosphere.

Food was good. Nice ambience. Friendly staff.

Seen this place a few times passing and it looks an interesting place to visit, so the other day after a good walk from the Little Orme along the seafront,we called in to the cafe side.There where two cheese baguettes on display which we bought along with two teas served in paper cups - quite normal these days.The bill was on the steep side costing over £14 and sat against a long bench type structure to have them but on opening the baguettes, we couldn't believe how hard they were and probably would have broken some teeth.Checking the sell by dates revealed one was out of date whilst the other had to be eaten that day,so presumably these would have been prepared some days previously. My partner took them back and they didn't have anymore fresh ones and offered a refund but that couldn't be done unless authorised by the manager who did come over eventually but you got the impression he wasn't happy about doing it.One of the chefs( there are many) came over to inspect them and it looked like he was trying to dispute the quality of the things. You felt an atmosphere was developing and we left shortly afterwards and will not be back.

Saw this restaurant in the Michelin guide. Nice restaurant in a beautiful setting. Service was pretty busy during the breakfast. However, we didn't have to wait long for our orders to come. The members of staff were all nice and friendly, although we had to make an extra effort when we want grab their attention asking for the bill. All of them seem a bit disorganised. Taste, portions, and pricing of the food were reasonable. We enjoyed our breakfast experience with the beautiful view and went for a walk a long the beach after our meal. We struggled to find a sign about the parking charges, hopefully this could be sorted as we'd like to come back when we are in the area again.

Food was good but service and choice of beers was poor For our xmas event i was pleased to hear we'd be visiting Bryn's at Porth Eirias. The restaurant was full but pre-booked hence I guess this wasn't a surprise to the staff. We were on a pre selected menu which had a good choice and the food didn't disappoint. The portions could have been slightly bigger but taste is king and it was good. The issue we found was that the time between courses was long and some in our group had finished their courses before others had been served. Similar was true of getting drinks, due to the waiting it took us 3h to get through our three courses in which we were only asked twice if we were ok for drinks. Once at the start and then once just before our mains. TBH that wasn't a bad thing as their choice of beers were quite poor. It was good to see that they has welsh beers but they were quite plain and to have Wrexham export as the standard beer shows their more into the name than the taste. If Wrexham hasn't been taken over by hollywood you'd never choose that lager on taste. Also, the other options seemed to be ticking boxes like gluten free, etc.. If they want local beers they'd be much better served if they asked truly local breweries like Wild horse and Black cloak to provide them with more flavoursome options. I may go back to sample the food again but I hope they sort out their management / training and drinks selection before that.

Had a wonderful cooked breakfast on our way home from a fabulous weekend in Anglesey.

Absolutely lovely, lunch out today. My plaice was cooked to perfection. My husbands beef was also so tender and tasty.. my pistachio ice cream was the best ice cream I've ever tasted.Lovely relaxed atmosphere with very pleasant staff. Will be back soon. Diolch

Beautiful sea views, excellent drinks and service.....totally recommend

Exquisite food, the fish was super delicate and my wife's beef pie was delicious. Super good service. We had a very romantic meal here.

Really delicious food. The soda bread starter in particular was incredible! The goats cheese and calamari starters were great, and the monkfish main were delicious.

We had our dog with us, as there is covered seating outside we were able to enjoy the lovely sea food.

Great restaurant but my goodness the building is an eyesore. A hideous concrete scar on our coastline. Looks like a giant skip when seen from certain angles. Awful.

Enjoyed my bacon roll but I think a little costly

Booked to go here as it was in the Michelin Guide however felt it didn't really meet our expectations. Taste wise it was no better than average restaurant. Would not recommend the prawn starter, you have to peel it yourself however it wasn't cooked enough so the shell was hard to take off (the meat was cooked but just not to where the shell should naturally peel easily) and the sauce that came with it detracted from the taste of the prawns. The charcuterie is also so so. Wouldn't recommend The crab starter and main however was delightful. Monkfish was OK but the fishcake was so so. The dessert cheese was our first time having it and the waiter said it was similar to brie. Texture yes. Flavour no. Unfortunately it wasn't to our palate and I love majority of cheeses. As it was first time having I cant say if the cheese was meant to taste like that or it had sweated. Our main waiter was delightful however.

Busy cheerful atmosphere. Lemon Tea and Welsh cakes. Bit pricey.£11.

We were a party of 12 friends for lunch . I could not fault the food or the staff and the cocktails were great ! Diolch yn fawr .

We come here often as we know it's really good quality food, that said it's regularly not cooked well and we have to send things back, last time it was the squid which the chef agreed was under cooked/ raw. This time, the monkfish was undercooked and inedible, each time the chef agrees that it isn't cooked correctly - why can't it be right?

We eat here regularly as it's good quality food, that said it's not always cooked well, very regularly we have to send things back and there's always a half hearted apology, the 'chef' then pokes it around a bit and agreea it wasn't cooked right. Really at the price and attaching it's name to a Michelin recommended chef it should always be good each time and every time?

Very disappointed! we went for my husbands birthday. To eat, we shared fish pie which was really dry, more peas and potatoes than fish and tasted like it had been frozen! We all felt our meal was rushed to accommodate ‘walk-in’ customers. (3 courses within 1.5 hrs) When booked they said that they could provide a ‘birthday desert’ for my husband which comprised of 2 Welsh cakes on a large dinner plate. Not a memorable experience.

Welsh breakfast by the sea. Extensive menu, very popular place but the location is tops. Would definitely return and definitely recommend 👌 👍 👏

What a fabulous experience. We travel extensively and dine out frequently. The portion control allowed us to enjoy all three courses. The best baked Alaska ever. However, all the food was cooked perfectly. Thank you.

Walked in and Walked out!! We were waiting at the takeaway part and hung around to be served. The staff never greeted us. While waiting we noticed flys landing on the very expensive Baguettes on the counter. We decided at this point to leave and never to return.

Excellent late breakfast. I can highly recommend the delicious eggs royale. Prices were very reasonable, and the dishes were well presented. Fantastic full-on views of the new wide, sandy beach and the waves rolling in. The atmosphere was very busy (a full house on a Sunday). It was a wonderful experience that we shall certainly be repeating. It feels like a very special place.

Loved the location, food and service. Toilets both ladies & men really let it down and would put us off in future. Entrance also very strange x

Great spot on the seafront, loads of seats available and good choice of food and drinks.

Great food, great service at a reasonable price. Would definitely be back.

This was our first visit, The room itself is not great (and the building unprepossessing to say the least), though the sea view is lovely. It’s a very hard place, rather reminiscent of a canteen and really needs some work on the acoustics which are awful. The food is good and interesting, though I always feel that there should be some consistency in terms of complete/incomplete dishes: for example, the crab claw linguine (eaten by one of us who thought it delicious) is a complete dish: the plaice isn’t and needs addition sides to make it so. (By the way serving Jerusalem artichokes with a couple of fried sage leaves really does not constitute ‘seasonal garden vegetables. The fennel jam was, however, one of the nicest things I’ve ever eaten. Nevertheless, we had a lovely meal – in terms of the food. The waiter was either having a really bad day or needs more training. He spoke at great speed and with little clarity; he dropped things; he knocked our drinks all over the table and floor, etc., etc. Not the best customer experience really. However, I have little doubt that we’ll be back

After travelling for 3 hours,(23/09/2023) 14:35 we were keen to eat at this restaurant,we walked in to the restaurant and waited to be attended to by staff,we was observed by 3 different members of staff and was totally ignored by each of them,we waited 5 more minutes and, as they did not seem to be bothered,we decided to leave,we thought that this was exceptionally rude and decided we will not return to this restaurant.

Delicious food , nice location, friendly staff. Good portion sizes.

First time eating here ,definitely not the last. Fabulous service, atmosphere and especially the food, so tasty,good size portions nicely prepared and presented. Must visit.

Staff really professional & accomodating. Food of a good quality. We sat on the terrace with our dog and the views were amazing.

Just stopped for a coffee and to use the bathroom. Coffee was indifferent. Nice sea front location Second visit. Had carry out coffee. Sat outside looking at the sea. Much better

We went out walking along the beach which was beautiful. We went in to take some tea and cakes, but they had just closed down, so we didn't eat there, unfortunately.

Their full breakfast was my best meal of the day at a very reasonable price. View to die for.

Stopped here for afternoon tea with my dad. Had reservations. Staff was super friendly and even got us in early. The mint tea was amazing and the food with afternoon tea was perfection. The smoked salmon sandwiches were my favorite and the raspberry and lime jam is stupendous!

This is my favourite place in north wales , sit outside in the sun with a view of the beach and feel you are on holiday or inside in cooler weather equally lovely. Service is always excellent, friendly and food delicious . Flexible and relaxed and great for any occasion or just enjoy a glass of wine and a small plate. Portions just right and never too salty like some places.

I cannot express enough how fantastic this place is. The food was incredible and some of the best fish we've ever had, and the service we had from Simon (very sorry if we didn't spell your name correctly!) was utterly impeccable and felt like we were dining in the finest restaurant in London. If you're in North Wales, you NEED to visit here!

Don’t order the 12 pound cheese board it’s laughable I will add a picture and people can make there own minds up I have been to many restaurants and never been so disappointed

Beautiful view of the seafront, the decor of the restaurant is lovely. Staff was kind. The coffee was really good, although the food was average, decent full breakfast, good portion!

Great experience. Cakes were delicious and the staff were amazing - so friendly! They even brought over treats for the dogs! Would highly recommend!

Warm atmosphere with tasty, well presented food without the pretentiousness associated with restaurants like this. Staff were knowledgeable and friendly and were able to describe food well. Good fish dishes, I had the whole plaice and my wife had the John dory, learn from my mistake and order the John dory as it was 10 times as tasty as the plaice.

Was really looking forward to this. Positives - views are amazing - mackerel scotch egg was lovely. - Tarter sauce was nice. Negatives - daily catch fish fingers - poor, fingers weren't anything special - fries were (I believe) frozen - Crushed peas tasteless - seasoning required all round. - chicken was bordering on 'just' being cooked Drinks - asked for a pint to be given a bottle, maybe they don't do pints but the waitress didn't say. Price - well overpriced for what we got. Summary Not sure the meal we had would have passed muster for any Michelin judges. Probably won't return for anything other than the views.

Great restaurant in lovely sea front location. Food was good except the chips were over salted-admitted by staff, and several dishes were “heavy” on mushrooms, the plaice and the fish pie in particular. I was disappointed by the consistency of fish through the pie which is designed to be shared, one quarter had almost none but lots of peas and mushrooms.

A fantastic experience in a beautiful setting with incredible views and taste bud tantalising food. The staff are very friendly and the bistro decor is very welcoming and relaxing making the whole experience extremely personal and satisfying.

A restaurant in the Michelin guide with a beautiful seafront view. Fish pie was delicious and food overall good, but menu a little bit limited in that there was only one vegetarian option. The highlight really was the desserts, so unique and flavourful, wish we could’ve tried all of them if we weren’t so full!

Lovely lunch for 4, each person enjoyed his/ her chosen course . The Creme Brulee was super delicious Could not fault anything!

Delicious food, great views and excellent service!

Me and two friends had a fantastic lunch at Bryn Williams. We had soda bread and olives to start with. For mains, we chose two different meals Dory, Menai mussels, and curried butter beans for one and two lots of fingers, fries, crushed peas, and tartar sauce. Oh and a bottle of sauvignon blanc. All the food was delicious, service great, location stunning, and all reasonably priced. Bryn was there at the time of our reservation, and he is always happy to chat and pose for a photo. We would all recommend going to Bryn Williams in Portheris, and we will definitely be back

Absolutely delicious brunch. High quality products and excellent views over the sea. Would absolutely recommend but the only thing I would suggest to improve is a child’s size full breakfast as the adult size is too large/expensive for someone under 12 years. Having said that, we will definitely be back. Thanks

The restaurant staff were really helpful. We had booked online two separate tables because no 4-person one was available but the man on the welcome desk found us one. The food was delicious and the views across Colwyn Bay are stunning. The woman on the take away counter was also really helpful and nice, when I bought a coffee and cake, later in the day. The only thing that marred the experience was the toilet cleaner who challenged me about whether I eaten in the restaurant. It was so unexpected. Other people were also using the toilets and weren’t challenged, though it may have been because she could only question one person at a time, rather than specifically targeting me. The toilets and foyer look like a council leisure centre, and I would have thought open to anyone. So even though I had eaten in the restaurant and entitled to use them - according to her rules - surely anyone needing the loo could use these facilities.

Excellent restaurant on the sea front. Sat out with my dog. Fantastic service and amazing food. Had breakfast here, and it was all lovely . Had sausage roll eggs benedict and full English. Would highly recommend.

Nice little cafe and a well stocked shop

Great location, great service and a great meal. We especially enjoyed the crab linguine.

Pricey coffee was to strong felt ill after it.

Great food, good presentation, great hospitality from the Front of House staff!

I was recommended this restaurant from my hotel in Penmaenpool and made the trek over. I didn't mind waiting for a table at all as I was looking forward to a lovely meal. I ordered crab linguine and was bitterly disappointed. The sauce was very, very watery. Slid off the pasta and didn't coat the spoon at all. Just slopped around the plate. I asked for some bread to mop up the sauce to try and at least take advantage of the small flavour present and was given two stone cold, as in had refrigerator chill, slices of chewy sourdough. In the end I gave up. I ate 1/4 of one of the slices of bread. You can imagine my surprise when I was then charged £3 for said bread and butter. When I pointed out that there was no butter provided and the bread was refrigerator cold the server (who was the same name as the person listed as manager on their menu according to my receipt), shrugged and said he'd let the kitchen know. However happily continued to take my money. My accommodation said they had met Bryn multiple times and he would be horrified to hear of this quality and service.. unfortunately Bryn maybe you need better quality control 😟 When you travel, every meal is an opportunity and experience, and restaurant is not one I'd recommend.

Late breakfast en route to Anglesey with grand kiddies. Lovely informal atmosphere with fantastic views, friendly efficient service and good food. Called on our way home and got amazing snacks which we ate in. Would definitely recommend.

The only problem with the restaurant is the toilets. They are open so the public can use them off the beach. Our bill was over 200.00 I don't expect to use toilets covered in sand. The staff are excellent 👌 and so was the food. Please please provide your customers with private toilets

Second visit much better than our first...but gritty leeks are never nice!

Wonderful helpful friendly staff... lovely location next to Rhos beach

Great service great food relaxed atmosphere, cant complain ,if only he did his new book in English aswell as Welsh 😛, second visit food still great , amazing views , love it

What a shame, we visited here today after being many times before & ordered coffee and lunch. When I asked for a tap water, I was told that I would have to pay for it! I said no thank you and left. Then I went back in to speak to a manager because under law, as a licensed premises, I understood that they are obliged to provide it. I explained that we had ordered lunch & that I needed the water for medical purposes. The manager was very condescending, talked over me & was clearly very annoyed that I was questioning their policy. He said that they couldn't give free water to everyone, that perhaps I could bring my own bottle next time or I could finish my coffee & use the dirty cup for water, to save them on washing up. Oh dear, what a shame.

Called in for drink and food and asked for tap water, was asked to pay for tap water , pointed out tap water is free disgusting service manager even said he didn't care!!! Won't be going here again

We have been back here a couple of times since my first review. I am not planning to rush back. We went in the afternoon and asked to sit outside in the sun. We were given a menu and ignored for 20 minutes so we got up and left. They were thanking us as we left but nobody seemed to realised that no one had come to take an order!

Last night I went out with friends and ordered a cheese board being to embarrassed to complain as the friends were all work colleagues and didn’t wish to cause a scene this is Bryn Williams 11 pounds plus cheeseboard I will leave people to make there own decisions

Call in on the way back to manchester bought rwo fish finger Sandwiches at £9.5 each only for being in a hurry would have given them back OVER COOKED we left most of them would not recommended with two coffee spent £26.00

40th birthday treat 5th July for hubby. Delicious food. Lovely staff. Fab cocktails. Stayed till late watching the sun go down on the terrace over Colwyn Bay. Stagged back to our holiday cottage lol 😆 fab night

Second visit, first time was for lunch last year. Dinner was very good. Starters we chose - gin cured salmon & roast prawns. Mains John Dory & the lamb rump. Extras new potatoes & 'seasonal garden vegetables' which was where it went a bit wrong. We were brought a dish of braised leeks which were a tad tough on the outside and unseasoned. If we'd known it was just one vegetable then we wouldn't have ordered this. Do leave room for puddings, Chocolate crèmoux which comes with toasted & salted pistachios, cherries & the best crème anglaise. Other half had the baked alaska, delicious. Only other whinge, apart from the 'seasonal garden vegetables' is the fact that this restaurant is in a stunning location with views over the bay. We were sitting next to the windows but the view was a bit spoilt by the fact the windows need a good clean.

Wonderful place for wholesome breakfast and service.

Special mention for the black pudding and tomato ketchup on the breakfast! 😋

Over priced and there hot chocolate had no flavour, mean they might as well got Cadbury hot chocolate powder and used water, even tho the chocolate on a stick was really nice

Trendy and usually good quality.

It was perfect quite simply and the baked Alaska 👍

Lovely lunch here today. Excellent indeed. Worth every penny.👌

Fabulous view of the sea and Fabulous food. Friendly staff

Indifferent staff. A bit too casual for its own good.

Lovely food and great setting, watching the wind go by ….wifey had lamb and I had John Dory

Cannot fault this place, the staff are all welcoming, lovely place to.sit quietly if that is what you want to do. Gorgeous views over the sea

Great food, fantastic service and an amazing location.

Where do I start? Upon entering, a relaxed atmosphere. Staff exceptionally attentive. A small but well thought out lunchtime menu. This did not disappoint, a starter of Smoked Mackerel Scotch egg was the order, unfortunately the better half knocked her prosecco all over me and the food. It was almost cartoon like, the way staff appeared around the table and clearing the 'spoiled' food away. Fresh food was delivered within minutes and the experience restarted. Daily catch fish fingers, crushed peas and tartar sauce again excellent. Although I was caught between this dish and Crab Claw linguine. My fellow diner adjacent had ordered the crab claw linguine and confirmed how good it was. Next time I shall order if available. Next came the 'special' dessert Ice Cream sandwich - vanilla ice cream sandwiched between two almond shortbread and a strawberry sauce. delightful. We WILL return. Cannot recommend this restaurant enough. You must try it.

Had an absolutely stunning meal there today. Just loved everything about the place and we will be returning for sure.

Only called at the cafe as fancied a brew and cake. No proper cakes, i.e victoria sponge or choc cake, just Welsh Cakes, small brownies etc. I actually chose the last sausage roll, which to be fair was very good, hubby had Welsh Cakes. Disappointed that tea came in cardboard cup with wooden cutlery.

You can recognise an excellent chef by the fact that even the simplest dishes can still surprise the palate. The fish creations are excellent, well combined and well portioned. Even simple dishes such as a green salad, steamed vegetables or peas are incredibly tasty. A big compliment to the kitchen! Great restaurant with a beautiful view, modern interiour, courteous staff and good cocktails. If we had been there longer, we would have gone back a third time in a row.

Lovely food and ambience. Staff couldn't do enough for you 👌👍

A really wonderful place with views across the beach and the best food

Good points - fabulous location and views out to sea and along the beach front. Bad points - service poor, food average at best. Menu limited very fish oriented. Staff didn’t look happy no smiles at all

This place should have been a shoe-in for a five star review. Great location on the beach and owned by a renowned chef. The day was beautiful too. Service was friendly but the food was really disappointing. We started with prawns with Bloody Mary ketchup - which could have done with having their dirt track removed but weren’t bad. The fried mussels were really tasty and warm but weirdly, served on crushed ice - which kept getting into the open shell. The real issue was with the fish pie. It looked beautiful when it arrived but had no flavour. I mean, plenty of fish and a lovely potato mash top but no taste. Also no seasoning. I would typically be looking forward to some mustard or even cheese sauce background flavour, but nothing! If someone told me the kitchen had forgotten to add 3-4 ingredients and salt and pepper, that would have explained things. So, I made the cardinal sin of eating it anyway because I was hungry and it wasn’t bad. Also, it took 30 mins to make and I didn’t want the hassle of sending it back without knowing it could be improved. We skipped dessert and bailed out. Big shame. I think Bryn Williams needs to do some spot checks on the food that’s going out in his name.

Great location + Views with friendly staff and good food. The only thing that was unusual is the restaurant isn't really separated from the coffee shop area The building has the feel of a council operated facility rather than a restaurant with tired sports centre WC's.