Castle Hotel Aberaeron in Ceredigion

Thanks for the euro coins you gave instead of pound

Pies are fabulous 👍Will be back...

New owners are up grading everywhere and in their little restaurant upstairs the food is outstanding

Wasn't serving food due to refurbishment but enjoyed an Mazing hot chocolate! Staff were very welcoming.

1st class establishment, spotlessly clean, excellent host and staff. Breakfast was excellent, huge choice and cooked fresh by an extremely competent chef. It would be impossible to find a fault with this Hotel.

Went for a drink on Christmas morning , staff was very welcoming and was also treated to some seasonal snacks which went down very well! Would definitely be returning ☺️

Nicely decorated bar. We felt welcome, friendly service. Nice and warm to shelter from a cold rain shower and enjoy a nice Mocha.

Great pub, with great food & super friendly staff 👍

My family stayed in the hotel and ate breakfast in the restaurant. Tne rooms are nice (we had 2 for a family trip). New owner, Kirk, is delightful and really cares that you enjoy your stay there. The staff is efficient and friendly. A super breakfast came with the room -- excellent chef. I highly recommend this place. We had a wonderful stay and plan to go back.

Had a very comfortable stay under the new management, nice room fabulous breakfast. We happened to be there when Wales were playing in the Rugby world cup so the bar was pretty packed, but the new owner still got us checked in & settled in our room. We will definatly go back to see how he has put his stamp upon the business.

From the moment we walked in to the pub to check in until we checked out two days later, we experienced nothing but rudeness and appalling customer service. The member of staff on duty for most of the time (speaking with a Brummie accent) was the least hospitable person I have ever encountered in the ‘hospitality’ industry. It’s laughable that they charge £120 a night for such sub-standard accommodation. In the Middle East, where I live, you could stay in a true 5* hotel such as the Grand Hyatt or Intercontinental for that price. It’s no wonder that the bar was always quiet and soulless whilst other establishments within walking distance were bustling and vibrant. Aberaeron is a lovely town but make sure you don’t spoil your enjoyment of the area by staying in or visiting the Castle!

Room and breakfast fine the bar was a different experience everything seemed to much trouble sign outside said cafe/bar at 1.30pm asked for a menu for sandwiches and snacks only cake available cut with a razorblade when family arrived at 3.15pm one wanted a coffee told not available after 3pm at the time there was 10 people in the bar with the expensive coffee machine sitting on the bar could not believe the owner would turn away such profitable business

Avoid this place if you have children. Myself and my partner with other family members (not children) walked in at 7pm. We took seats at the table (bar staff seen us walk in and take a seat) bearing in mind we had one 4 year old and another 7 week old who was in a pram… we all took our coats off (they looked at us and said NOTHING!!) these women came in and complained that we had taken the space of a table, with that the woman behind the bar came over to us and said that we had to get out as there was no children allowed in there even though they had all had seen us coming in and taking a seat with the children. We started to grab our coats and move out to which the group of women thanked the people behind the bar for throwing us out. My father went back in to ask why didn’t they advise first off when we walked in why we weren’t told children weren’t allowed, to which we had the reply “I don’t need to serve anyone including you”. If you want nice staff, polite service and a nice place to eat/drink AVOID THIS PLACE!! We are regular’s of Aberaeron but I will never go here again.

Won't be returning! Stopped for a drink with my partner and 2 dogs (1 is a 14 week old puppy) We sat outside, the owners were also sat outside obviously very drunk speaking very loudly, as we were sat there our puppy barked a couple of times the landlady said very loudly in Welsh obviously thinking we couldn't understand her " If that was my dog I'd give it a good hiding!" So much for dog friendly pub ! Needles to say we won't go there again.

Decided to frequent a few pubs in the area, this bar was recommended to us. Originally sat outside however the weather turned and had to sit in side. Good Selection of Lagers, Ales , ciders and spirits, was very surprised to see Leffe on tap which was amazing. Drinks were very reasonably priced as well. Staff were friendly and polite also. Unfortunately food was not available on the day we visited which was shame, but no harm done. Will definitely visit the pub again, on our next visit to the area.

Popped in for a drink after having a walk around the harbour..

Enjoyed having a relaxed beer here 🍻

Staff had a appalling attitude, glasses arrived dirty felt uncomfortable , I would not waste your money here

Had a nice drink very friendly and polite bar staff

The Castle was perfectly located in town but my room was a bit of a disappointment. It was a little shabby and worn and the housekeeping wasn’t the best. Having said that the sheets were clean, the bathroom was very tiny but adequate but I just think they could do a little better.

Still no food. They say they can't get a Chef. Stopped for drinks. Sat outside. Really nice. Blue badge parking outside.

We were very unimpressed by our visit to The Castle . Your listing is as a pub and yet you don’t do food ( message received the morning of our arrival - you shouldn’t list that you do food at all ) and you shut the pub at 7pm. Ridiculous. The room itself was shabby and tiny . Bathroom had considerable mould above the tiny ancient shower with more mound on the soap holder and tiles . The wifi did not work . The one and only bedside light was broken and not repaired despite me reporting it and requesting it was fixed right away. The window was single glazed and very dirty plus the noise from the street was pretty bad… and from very early . Water pumps/ extractor fans ran on and off quite late and very early so we were woken up often. You should be ashamed of the accommodation you offer and at the price of £98! Why run a business when you don’t seem to care about the experience you provide ? One positive note - the lady who checked us in was very nice .

We spent a week in Aberaeron from the 3rd March and, for the most part, this place closed early - on one evening as early as 8 pm. but on most by 9 pm. After the Pandemic, we were asked to support our pubs and restaurants on reopening, as the hospitality industry had taken such a bashing. I am beginning to wonder whether some had too much government help, and can now afford to cut their hours? I was looking forward to a pint of 'Butty Bach' which I noted they stocked, but I don't drink during the day, so that option was taken from me. Apparently, The Castle is known in the town as not being very user-friendly. As a visitor to the town, one can only speak as one finds and, there are other pubs we enjoyed not far away, to which we gave our custom, and shall return to on our next visit. Business is so easily lost in the wrong hands.

After a walk around in the cold we found the castle hotel to go in For a warm drink as there was 13 of us, the female staff member barked at us no hot drinks. No offer of any other drinks. Your staff member needs training on how to provide good customer service . You lost our business and we will not be recommending you place.

Called in for a early afternoon coffee to warm up after a long & blustery stroll around Aberaeron. As we walked in a lady was sat customer side of bar chatting to 2 male customers. She looked up and barked “ we’re not doing food” I smiled and said we only wanted coffee. She huffed and shrugged her shoulders. After taking payment for the coffees she said she would bring them over. She prepped the coffees and carried on her conversation with the men loudly criticising other members of staff that worked there. Finally after about 10 minutes after she had finished running down these people she brought our coffees to the table - very disappointed half a mug of froth and half a mug of luke warm latte. I had a biscuit but my hubby didn’t !!!! 2 other couples came into the pub and one lady went straight to the toilet while her partner stood waiting to be served - she shouted at the lady that “toilets were for paying customers only” . Very poor customer service and her attitude stinks - we will never return

Good lively pub with great choice of beers and lagers

A fantastic location right in the middle of Aberaeron. Room was spacious and clean. Some road noise at night but not hotel’s fault. Shower was lukewarm at best. Comfy, huge lovely bed. Bar shut very early (doors closed at 9!)Breakfast was outstanding! Mackerel and best local ingredients in cooked breakfast. We really enjoyed our stay and would stay again.

We were on holiday in Llanon and the cottage we stayed in had a power cut which meant that I couldn’t wash my hair or have a coffee- it had been a difficult morning. We went into this hotel desperate for a coffee and we were treated with hostility. We stood in the doorway surrounded by demanding notices of what you couldn’t do due to Covid and we were ignored by the staff. Eventually a female member of staff glanced up & shouted across- we’re Not doing food. My husband said it wasn’t a problem as we only wanted coffee. I then asked for a decaf skinny latte and was told aggressively by (I think the manager) we don’t do skinny - to which I said that was fine (being made to feel like a nuisance). After several minutes he then shouted across at us - we haven’t got decaf. At which point we thanked him & said we’d leave it. I left there in tears. He made an already frustrating day ten times worse, made us feel very unwelcome and a nuisance and coloured the start of the holiday for me. Thanks a lot - we won’t ever go back there & certainly will never recommend it. Not that they will probably care. If you don’t like English tourists then maybe you should re-think your career choice.

Lovely hotel, with clean rooms. Breakfast was superb and the staff were very accommodating and friendly. Good selection of ales in the bar and nice atmosphere. Aberaeron is a beautiful town and well worth a visit. We will definitely be back!

Disappointing that they were not doing food. Indoor and outdoor seating. Accessible toilet. Parking outside on road. Please do food soon.

We called in for a couple of drinks after walking from New Quay, so we’d worked up a thirst. We were told to sit at a table outside & a member of staff would take our order. We sat down & a waitress came almost immediately, took our order, and brought our drinks. We couldn’t ask for more. The cask ale was decent & the quality of Sauvignon acceptable. We finished our drinks & got the same level of service for our next round. All good.

Pleasant room and good breakfast but hotel is on the main road and our room had widows that couldn’t be closed so there was traffic noise unti late at night and from early morning. Informed staff of this problem as soon as I saw it but nothing was done.. Pity that owners ignore this rectifiable issue and spoil a stay at an otherwise quite good hotel. Would certainly never book there again

The guy serving was amazing. The woman waitress was so rude, never going back... I would rather have warm beer looking at a dead seagulls. In the rain!!!

Absolutely awful place with a disgusting attitude from the server. Sat outside on a hot day & the woman who served us was sullen, miserable & rude. She sprayed the table with disinfectant but in the process, sprayed us as well! I pointed out the fact that we were wet with disinfectant & she just shrugged & rolled her eyes. When I went inside to use the bathroom, I had to ask twice where the toilets were & another rude staff member just pointed & looked irritated that I’d asked. Give this place a miss unless you like being treated like an inconvenience!

Lovely location and shade for the dogs. Very rude lady staff, owner/gentleman there was lovely and tried hard to gloss over how rude the lady was. We would have gone there every day of our break but after 1 visit we wont go back. Shame as it only takes 1 person to ruin it.

Stayed here for 1 night. On our arrival a sign saying no food and bar was closing at 8. Room have velux window with no blind. Breakfast was yum and lady serving saved from a poor review.

Centrally located - nice food at the new Celtic reasonable price . We had a room at the front which was noisy due to Road traffic , clean small room but Shower needs a re grout and shower tidy needs to go in bin - as rusty/ mould. The best thing about outstay was the welsh breakfast- well cooked tasty and friendly staff at breakfast.

The middle aged lady behind the bar needs to learn some customer service skills, we walked in through the door and went 3ft to the bar only to be told in a sarcastic voice that we had to sign the book by the door and “you can’t just walk in” fair enough, a polite reminder would have done - we walked out without buying anything. We would have booked a table for a meal tomorrow but there are more welcoming restaurants in town

The rudest man I have ever had the displeasure to meet. Wanted to ask a simple question as there were no signs to indicate if it was table service or not. The question was "should we take a seat and wait ? is it table service or would you prefer we go to the bar?"............... was very happy to wait but the words were barely out of my husbands mouth before he was abruptly told "take a seat you'll just have to be patient". We are patient people, both nurses who have worked hard all our lives especially so in the last year. We were happy to wait, we simply wanted to be sure we were not in a queue for a table, not jumping the queue if someone else was waiting or if it was table service. Just be nice, everyone is busy and stressed but a kind word goes a long way. The bill may have been considerable as we enjoy a drink and intended to eat. We moved on and received kind, polite customer focussed service else where.

We called in for a drink in the evening. I don't think they were doing food in the evenings because of covid. Anyway the staff are lovely and friendly and very helpful. Contactless payment is available and everything feels safe. We sat outside and its a great place to just watch the world go by.

We dropped in for a coffee and the lady who served us was lovely and very efficent. She appeared to be the only person working and especially, due to the new Covid regulations had everything well under control. Delicious coffee and the bar area was very clean, tidy and well organised with good segregation between tables.

We called in for a coffee and hot chocolate for the children on a cold feb day..service was great and friendly..we had our dogs too and they were welcomed also

Lovely local Pub... Didn’t eat but enjoyed a few beers in a lovely local pub.. Staff were friendly, especially Rachel, Becci and Beth.. Very clean and friendly!

Polite staff who were welcoming and friendly and clean and tidy interior but food wasn’t up to much. Partner ordered a side of chips firstly for £3 you’d think you’d be getting a fair size portion- wrong, chips came in a small wire basket and were literally swimming in grease, so much so that when we moved the fancy basket the table was covered in that much oil George Bush tried to invade it...The other downside of this place was that there was no baby changing- not even a slightly inflated mat let alone a changing table (static or a wall mounted one)- I had to change my son on the floor of the disabled toilet which was by no means ideal and a real disappointment. The disabled toilet was plenty big enough to accommodate a changing table of some form! I appreciate that perhaps places don’t want to cater for young children but the pub offers cake and coffee so that would perhaps entice young families in, so my advice is to change their nappy beforehand if you want to visit here otherwise you’ll be left with a sore back and god knows how many germs after a floor changing experience!

Had baked potatoes and all day breakfasts and childrens meals.pots served with salad leaves and choice of filling on slate but well presented.v nice free refill tea or coffee with breakfasts.childrens meal was good size.staff friendly and accomodating.lovely mug of tea.only problem for me was that strong pub smell when entering.also wasnt happy a dog was allowed in.will visit again.

L’extérieur paraît agréable. La chambre es,t très décevante. Petite humide décoration vieillotte. Salle de bain minuscule. Petit déjeuner acceptable

We were staying in Aberaeron and popped in for a drink whilst in town. Very busy, lovely atmosphere. We did intend calling for a meal another day but just didn't get round to it. Will do next time we are in Aberaeron.

Stayed her in mid-July. The room is very over-priced. The owners are difficult. Without going into detail, try to avoid the public bar downstairs when both proprietors have been drinking.

Great atmosphere, staff and food. A fantastic sports bar as well

Two televisions, each playing different stations on either side of the bar is a bit off-putting, but there was hardly anyone in there when we called in. We did have a drink in there on three nights of our holiday, just for an hour. Three regulars in on two nights but not on the third, but other than that it was pretty dead every time we went in there. On the Thursday, not quite 9.30 pm the bar maid came and switched the games machine off just as we had got our drinks and sat down. She then closed the window shutters and shut one of the front door panels. Way to make your customers feel welcome! We finished our drinks quickly after that, as we got the hint and didn't hang around for a second one, we went somewhere else instead. It seemed they closed at 10 and were keen to get us out the door. If we had realised that we wouldn't have gone in at 9.30!

Met up with friends in the town and wanted to find a place big enough for two pushchairs and somewhere serving cakes and a hot drink for 4 adults and 2 children. Also fancied a change. Advertised outside was a sign “hot drink and cake” at a set price so we thought that this was a good choice. No friendly welcome from the staff who appeared to look like the owners/managers. It would be fair to say that taking our order was a chore and the rudeness that followed incomprehensible. There were no cakes available that were advertised on the board - chocolate cake, sticky toffee pudding etc only carrot cake and cakes in packets were available. The response when enquiring about the cakes was I’ve only got what’s out there which was pretty much nothing. This was at 12pm in the day!No ice cream for the children, this had to be collected from a shop nearby!Only out of pure manners on our part and the fact that a drink had already been poured that we didn’t vacate and say forget it well go somewhere where we are made to feel more welcome. Couldn’t get our breath - don’t false advertise, don’t treat or speak to customers like they are nothing and don’t work in a sector where you have to deal with people and have no people skills and are just plain rude. Will never visit again we will in future continue to spend our money over the road where we have done for years on our visits and have been made to feel welcome every time.

A prominent pub in the centre of town. We called in for a drink an there was an interesting selection of cask ale and although we didn't eat, the menu looked good value. There were screens showing sport and music programmes and some nights have live entertainment.

Looked nice from the outside appeared to be fairly recently redecorated. I noticed there was a funny smell & too late that there were clouds of lots of flies hovering around different areas of the bar , hubby had ordered drinks. It has to be said the drinks were the most expensive that we paid in the town too. Didn't bother to even look at the menu, drank up & left as quick as possible

We called here on Easter Sunday was not busy so we we were lucky to get a seat. Ordered food arrived pretty quickly. Was nice enough but I think it's a bit pricey for what you get. Also it needs more food choices I struggled on my order to be honest. Staff were pleasant I wouldn't call again unless the food menu got better

Visited on a sunny Saturday and had a beer followed by some lunch. We both went for fish dishes (whitebait from the specials board and the breaded plaice) both were lovely, served with chips and very filling. The plaice was really big!

Great place 2 stay. Love the sunday lunch & thai green curry

I just luv the Castle...the owners are absolutely wonderful bonkers...they both fab ...its our guilty pleasure to visit Aberaeron... Not often we get a day off...our first visit is the Castle Hotel...(always busy) ...we have our breakfast coffee to start our visit....I asked for flat white...hubby had blk coffee.the Flat White was far superior to Costa or Starbucks....it actually was best I ever tasted...no joking..just luv this place

Booked in for the 16th of March ..,,, we arrived about 1:30 pm the bar was very busy as the six Nations had started we were seen very quickly by a very friendly member of staff! She got someone to show us to our room! Which is up two flights of stairs, not a problem for us, (we were given the room Dwynwen) we went in and it was very nice, clean, and comfortable, the shower room and toilet looked all very new, (powerful shower)!! Like I said the bar was down stairs and when we booked in it was very noisy! But I’m our room you could not hear the noise one bit, we watched the game in our room with a couple of glasses of wine... went out for food in the monachty opposite (very nice usual bar food) we came back to the hotel still busy at about 9:15pm had a couple more drinks and then went to bed! (Very comfy bed) we both slept like logs, woke up in the morning went down one flight of stairs to the restaurant!!the breakfast was outstanding lovely real thick toast welsh butter, sausage, bacon,( egg anyway you want it cooked) mushrooms, tomato, and beans! I had the full breakfast and my wife had poached eggs on toast, she said it was the best poached egg on toast she had ever eaten!! My breakfast 10/10!!! Fantastic weekend will come back xx

Although I perfectly good pub the two tellies playing different channels drives me crazy and there really isn’t any where to sit to avoid looking at them. The bar staff could cheer up a bit too! A popular place but not for me...

Sat outside in the sun enjoying our drinks, Average prices and very nice staff will have to try food next time as the menu looked nice.

Booked a table for Sunday lunch last week and we all wished we hadn't bothered. We were supposed to be in the upstairs restaurant, but on arrival, were told to eat in the pub. That didn't really bother us as we understand that it's not worth opening it up if it's fairly quiet. What really killed it stone dead for us, was the waitress. She was very hard faced, to say the least. Not a smile out of her, not apparently, a drink!!! We made the mistake of asking her for a round of drinks once our food had arrived, to be told to "Get them yourself from the bar". That left one of our party with a cold meal after having to queue at the bar. She never once came to see if everything was ok, which it wasn't, as the food was awful, and as we watched her "serving" other people, she was the same with them. Maybe she's part owner or something, as that's the only thing we could think of as to why she was employed. I've written many reviews, and this is the very first time I've had to be this basically honest about someone, but she really did ruin our visit. We won't be returning.

Booked a table since we were staying at the hotel. The food was cheap to be fair but not appetising. I ordered plaice and the photo in the menu showed a nice dish of sauce but it arrived with none. Upon asking I got a sachet of sauce and was told they had run out. We ate at 7pm so I assume sachets was the norm. Wine expensive at £6.50 for house wine per glass.

popped in on holiday for coffee and a quick snack. service was terrible owner spoke to staff like dirt in front of customers which is truly awful.paid for what we had but didn't get any change and had to ask for it before we left.wouldnt return there go elsewhere in future sorry.

Good range of beers and larger, very good outside for people watching, quite expensive, food is good with a pretty good choice. The staff are fairly helpful and friendly

Went for an early breakfast at around 8.45, asked if they were open and was told 'yes' When we asked what breakfasts were available, was abruptly told there was only one option and that was a 'traditional welsh breakfast' we replied ok. 'She went from behind the bar without actually taking our order. ( I believe she was one of the proprietors as she was sternly dishing out the orders to staff ) Went back to the Bar to find someone to take our order. There was a man which was possibly the male co owner abruptly telling staff about the floor needing mopping. He then asked what we wanted, we said breakfast and was told. " well if you want breakfast you will have to wait at least 10 mins before starting to cook it (including the tea) as I am busy sorting thing out" I replied I don't think so and walked out. What a rude man he was and in desperate need of a customer relations course, We will definitely not be going back there.

Lovely place to wander in to at night after a walk around town. Friendly, quiet and welcoming. Only ever had a drink, did not eat.

tried our luck for Sunday Lunch but alas was full to capacity! Stayed for a nice cool drink and were made to feel very welcome

This place looked impressive from the outside so decided to stop for Sunday lunch. We paid just under £10 for a main course and it was appalling. There wasn't one thing on the plate that wasn't frozen and there was no way the beef was from a proper joint. The lovely couple on the next table to us complained themselves. The one star is for the staff as they were very friendly and helpful.

Enjoyed an evening meal in the upstairs restaurant, we both had steak and both meals were cooked to perfection. Beautiful meal and staff were very welcoming and friendly. We shall return ! Diolch / Thank you

Popped in for a bit of lunch while spending a couple of hours in Aberaeron.Oh dear..jacket potato was okay,hubbies sandwich nothing special.coke was more like coloured water.slow service and just felt like we couldn't wait to get out of there.wish we had waited till we got on the main street and had something there.dissapointed.

Popped in for bank holiday Friday lunch on our way to Quay west haven at Newquay.

Called in here for some lunch. Lovely bright and clean pub. We had the Cawl and the Faggots and were delicious and reasonably priced. Will definitely visit again

The Castle is simply lovely in all sense of the word. Meinir and Dai the owners had all the time in the world for us, and we even got to meet their two beautiful dogs. The breakfast was superb and the drinks at the bar...

We stayed at the Castel Hotel overnight with our little dog, from the time we got there to time we left we were all made to feel so welcome.The accommodation was first class, clean comfy room , lovely fresh fluffy towels,and the most wonderful breakfast.Thank...

For a one night stopover in Aberaeron, the Castle Hotel fits the bill. It is centrally located with the hotel above a traditional pub. Our room was small but we just wanted somewhere to sleep after meeting friends elsewhere for dinner so that was fine....

Enjoyed no less than two breakfasts at The Castle over consecutive days during our stay in early November 2017. On each occasion the breakfasts were lovely, well cooked, correct temperature, nicely displayed on plate, and good value for money. The only changes were that on...

My brother, dad and I stopped in for a couple of drinks whilst in the town. The pub is a fairly modernly decorated place in a traditional building, with a u-shaped bar at the centre. Disappointingly, the beer choice was decidedly mainstream, would have been...

Stopped for lunch here. It is obviously part of the hotel and we chose to eat in the bar.

We had asked locally for advice on where to eat in Aberaeron. And been given two recommendations: the Hive and the Harbourmaster. Trouble was that on a Saturday evening, the former was booked out for a birthday party and the latter was heaving, with a waiting list even to sit at the bar.

We ate in the bar area on a couple of occasions as the places to eat with dogs in Aberaeron is limited. On both occasions the food was swimming in grease - disgusting!One good point is that the barmaid was friendly.

We popped in here for lunch one afternoon this week with our dog. We sat in the bar which was good as it was a little windy. First impressions were it's a bar and we weren't expecting much from the menu but thete was a good lunchtime set menu and lots of snacks and other meals on offer. The barmaid wasn't very friendly, no friendly welcome she didn't even crack a smile. We both ordered faggots peas and mash. The faggots were very dry, the potato was nice and the mushy peas were not very good quality and extremely hot ie microwave scolding hot. It was a basic meal lots of it but nothing I would return back for.

All 7 of us really enjoyed our lunches including cawl, fish pie, jacket potatoes, omelttes, ham & eggs, and gammon steak. Piping hot, plenty of it and good quality. Service was good too.

Good value food in bar area, upstairs restuarant not open in the week (Don't blame them for that). Good choice...

Good place for a drink in Aberaeron and we decided to stay for food as well. Quick service and good food.

Stale bread, runner cheese and chemical taste to tea

The Castle Hotel restaurant is up a flight of stairs. With torn knee cartilage, I had just a bit of difficulty getting there; however, it proved worth the climb. I at first found the restaurant to be uncomfortably warm and was perspiring. Either it or I later cooled down to a pleasant degree.The service is good and the floors and tables well cleaned. My Sunday roast and Yorkshire pudding were quite good, though I personally found the gravy just a tiny bit bland -- not enough to stop me from eating it, though!It was a good Sunday meal, and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it to visitors to the city.

Andy enjoyed the beer but for me that's where the enjoyment stopped. Not welcoming at all. Was empty - probably why !

I saw on the internet this place is dog friendly,so I rang,yes you can eat in the bar with your dog.and it was great,very tasty meal,good quick service,yes worth a visit,

Abruptly spoken serving staff, came across as rude. Long wait for food. Clattering atmosphere. Generally not a nice experience.

Stopped for lunch, they were busy but dealt with quickly and efficiently. The food was very fresh and tasty and arrived promptly the only thing i didn't like was the slate plate, not necessary. Beer was good with a good selection.

Great service. Friendly,helpful.The Prawn Cocktail was excellent.The Faggots were excellent.Mash was served in a round patty.Just a great place,relaxing,welcoming. Hospitality at its best.Parking outside including blue badge.Restaurant on one floor with accessible toilet.

The barman says there is no good local welsh beer to serve? So they serve Doombar! At the Harbourmaster they had a fantastic Untapped beer and Greytrees Afghan pale.Avoid and go to the Harbourmaster.

Very clean. Friendly welcoming service.Had a Sundae. Perfect. Husband had a coffee.Varied menu . Parking outside on street.

Flying visit helped by the inclement weather, felt some spots of rain and the need for quick pint which brought on the hunger pangs, having seen some lovely plates of grub pass us by and well stocked specials board it was a no brainer! Good decision, as the Mother in law and I had probably the best fisherman's pie yet and the good lady wife said her Caesar salad was lovely, Friendly atmosphere, sports bar, kids and dogs welcomed.

Called into the restaurant on the off chance on a bank holiday, the waitress was lovely and said we could choose where to sit. the restaurant is very small but very atmospheric. we chose the garlic mushrooms, nachos, steaks, burgers and scampi, our food was served very nicely with good portion sizes and all hot, we had eton mess and sundae for dessert and my only critism would be that the eton mess was served in a tall glass with the meringue at the bottom making it difficult to eat at the same time as the cream. the waitress was so very lovely, it was only her 3rd shift but you would not have known, she was so professional and friendly. would definitely come back here.

Have visited the Castle on many occasions - the biggest plus for us being that the bar area is dog-friendly !They serve a good range of beers and wines, plus plenty of different teas and coffees.I have eaten many times there, and always enjoyed the meals - particular favourites are the welsh faggots and any of the seafood dishes.Usually showing sport on the TV, so can be busy when there is a big game on.Overall a well-run, clean establishment - a pleasure to visit.

A small, slightly cramped, restaurant upstairs from the main pub. Reminded me of a provincial French restaurant. The food took a while to arrive but it was very busy. Quality of the food was ok for the price but afterwards I wished we had gone to another establishment in town.

Upon arrival, we couldn't find the check in desk as it was located in a small corner at end of the bar, and was shown to our room by a bar maid who didn't give us any information about cleaning or checking out from the hotel - both me and my partner agreed that both of us felt uncomfortable and unwelcomed. We were also charged a week before our trip £40 for a deposit, although on the website it was 'no deposit required' and free booking and cancellation cover. The room itself was lovely, but when we went for our breakfast the next morning in a tiny room that held about 4 tables, we were highly disappointed from the food and the staff that were waiting. The experience from that morning made us both feel like we weren't getting the same hotel experience compared to older couples as we're both in our 20's, and we didn't feel comfortable going down for breakfast the next day. Overall the room was pleasant, but the staff and their service completely ruined our weekend away.

Myself and my family love stopping in aberaeron on our way to Pembrokeshire I think we have dined in nearly every possible eatery in the town. But the castle was a pleasant surprise. Lovely food at reasonable prices a lot of the little quaint cafes in the town are heavily over priced but the castle is value for money. The only thing personally that let's the castle down is the outside decor, inside is lovely but not in keeping with the outside. But over a really enjoyed as did my family we will go again in the summer!

We've just got back from a very last minute weekend break here. Knowing nothing about the area we were thrilled with this find. We arrived late on Friday. Room 8 was spacious, very clean and decorated simply but beautifully. The bar is really pleasant and seemed to be the place to drink on both Friday and Saturday night. All staff were friendly and helpful. Breakfast was delicious. We both had a "Full Welsh" which a great start to our day. I wouldn't think twice about returning here. Aberaeron has a great feel to it. It's pretty and quirky and has some nice shops. The Harbour master is another nice place to eat and drink and to sit outside and watch the sunset. Can't wait to return.