Medina in Ceredigion

Wow! Awesome find. The food was beautiful, lovely salads, fish cakes and fritters. Nice space to chill. Loved the elderflower drink❤️the staff were lovely and helpful paying attention to all that were around. Sorry the pics are half eaten, we were hungry 😋. Really happy we found this spot.

While I do hold the refurbishment of Scholars in high regard, the slimmed down approach to the menu in the evenings left us with limited choices and of which they weren’t the standards previously enjoyed in the old location. The service was not what was previously offered and when the cabbage was the highlight of the meal it becomes apparent to what was lost against the old menu style

Always amazing food. Great to pop in to get a box of salads for lunch, as well as picking up fresh fruit/veg and bread. Excellent to eat in. Would highly recommend the cinnamon roll. New restaurant is excellent, would highly recommend!

Great place for breakfast, morning coffee, afternoon tea/hot chocolate, or evening dinner.

Fabulous venue with a great selection of foods for every taste. Gutted we had no room for dessert, the mint tea was superb and table spaced to not feel squashed. Book in advance is advised ....as in do book...you won't be disappointed

Excellent as always, lovely food and exceptional service from Mari. Little disorganised to start with and we didn’t know what table was ours but once Mari stepped in it was 5 star all the way. Thank you

Small portions, great tasting food. More a cafe then a restaurant

Bought stuff for take away, the oatmeal and raisin cookies are stunning

I usually visit for coffee and something sweet from their baked goods. The cakes at Medina’s are always fresh and with a lot of variety. I would recommend the Apple and Banana Loaf, perfectly soft, full of fruit but not too sweet. I find their cakes can be too sugary for me at times, something to keep in mind if you do not have a sweet tooth. Their coffee is lovely and not too foamy, I recommend the Hazelnut Cappuccino or Mocha. Each one comes with a shortbread bite which is delicious but incredibly sweet. Service is good, staff are friendly and helpful. Downstairs has you find a table then order at the counter. Breakfast is served until 11.30. After 12-ish, upstairs is available for table service with the lunch or dinner menus. There is a good number of tables, some armchairs with coffee tables, along with bar-level tables by and around the counter. There is no outside seating at the time of writing. Dogs are welcome inside, which is lovely as a lot of places in Aber only allow them outside; tricky in Wales when weather is so changeable. The restaurant looks amazing and well lit. A perfect place to study with a coffee and nibble. Prices are on the higher end, a coffee (with syrup) and a cake regularly runs me over £10. There is a lunchtime deal that runs 12pm-3pm. I feel the quality of the food and presentation is level with the cost. A meal here feels a real treat and stands out from other menus in town.

Food was tasty and the price was very reasonable. Service was very random, partly due to it being very busy

The food is still good but service would be better if it were waitress service downstairs - we are not all able bodied, and twice now our order has not been delivered correctly as the noise level & coffee machine make it difficult for the staff to hear. It is not pleasant to have to stand in a long queue to place an order. It would also be good to be able to order a pot of coffee as it goes cold too quickly in the thick cups. There needs to be a glass barrier between customers and pastries on the counter display - not all customers cover their faces when they cough. Seating is pretty comfortable. Decor is attractive & there is enough space between tables. It's not quite as convenient as when it was in the centre of town so it's a bit of an expedition.

Cuando estaba en el centro de la ciudad este era mi restaurante favorito para el desayuno y el almuerzo y he dejado comentarios de 5 estrellas, me encantó. Ahora se ha movido no es tan conveniente, pero hice el esfuerzo la semana pasada. Tristemente no me quedé. Había tenido la intención de desayunar, pero encontré la música alta de putrefacción, que puede haber sido la misma para unos pocos, ya que no había mucha gente en . El otro lugar estaba constantemente ocupado. Como nota positiva la decoración se ve muy bien, pero lamentablemente no voy a volver a ir.

I love it here! The food is incredibly tasty, and the menu offers dishes that are really unique as well. I would have to say that the cake selection is the best than everywhere else I've been to in town, and the staff are always so willing to help. I'd highly recommend this to everyone.

Medina cambió de sitio hace unos meses, tal vez por buenas razones, pero no es necesario para la ventaja de los clientes. El restaurante se hace muy bien, pero está en dos plantas con escalones estrechos empinados para acceder a la superior. Hay muchas personas mayores con problemas de movilidad o de vista que tienen dificultades para acceder a la planta superior. Mientras que el antiguo restaurante estaba en un nivel, el nuevo tiene una capacidad más limitada en la planta baja. La vista de un solo estudiante sentado en una mesa inferior pegado a su ordenador portátil con un solo café durante largos períodos, no cae bien con los clientes no capaces de negociar fácilmente las escaleras! El servicio puede ser un poco lento (15 minutos para tomar un café!). El ambiente general es bueno. Solo necesita más mesas de planta baja como la Medina vieja. También está más lejos a pie de la zona comercial con poco aparcamiento cerca si tiene problemas de movilidad. La comida y los cafés, etc son muy buenos Si se puede llegar allí (y una mesa) vale la pena el esfuerzo!

Food is always amazing there and the coffee is the best in town, BUT I'm afraid the service let's it down, we shouldn't have to wait half an hour for a simple croissant to be served to us, we had to ask 3 times.... even then when me and my son had ours, my husband was still waiting on his almond croissant, so again we had to ask, such a shame the service is always so slow, no haste shown and staff forgot our order and had to ask what we were waiting for..

Loved food and the service and atmosphere

Had a wonderful afternoon tea for two. This is one of the best afternoon teas I have ever had. It included a pot of tea each, a glass of prosecco and the most amazing range of savouries and cakes. A first class effort both traditional and innovative plus beautiful presentation.

What an amazing job they've done to this old pub! Really nice and clean with a great atmosphere too. Food was VERY good and at great prices. The buttermilk chicken and belly pork were top notch. Salads are delicious and great value if you order 4 of them. Will be back for sure.

Good food in the city of Aberystwyth, close to the promenade. Variety of beers you will not get somewhere else. You should know what Mezze is to be not disappointed. The ambiente is a bit to clean for this type of restaurant. Recommended.

Newly fitted out (2025) this is a charming place to hang out and the coffee is the best in town. Plenty of well made pastries on offer too. Can get busy and therefore noisy.

Excellent value , great atmosphere , top class customer service, recommend to all 👌

Really nice relaxed atmosphere, food, and service great.

Great food here. Service good. Lovely eatery with upstairs and downstairs seating. Does get very busy so booking for lunch is recommended.

Arrived on taco Tuesday as a 'table for 5' walk-in, staff were really warm and welcoming, great value, even better food! The homemade cake selection was unbelievable! Highly recommend! Edit - Staff really went above and beyond, even put a candle in my brother's slice of cake for his birthday! Really can't recommend enough!

Me encanta Medina. Gran café. pasteles fabulosos. Lamentablemente, su servicio ejemplar habitual fue una espera de 25 minutos para tres cafés.

Así que lee las reseñas recientes y piensa... ¡Pero aun así se fue! Fue fabuloso. Servicio. Comida. Tamaños de porción. Temperatura del café como me gusta. Los baños en la Medina vieja eran un poco meh! Nuevo lugar mucho mejor. Confía en tu instinto y vete.

Good coffees, pastries and lunches. Very friendly vibe and good service. Spacious and buzzing.

Good friendly staff quick service

Personal de camareros antipático, en particular la chica de pelo negro de arriba hoy. ¡Gruesa, sin disculpas por sus errores, y discutidora! Medina claramente necesita invertir más en la capacitación del personal, ya que la actitud hacia los clientes de larga data de este establecimiento fue realmente terrible - hay varias otras revisiones aquí que señalan este mismo tema. No regresará con prisa.

Lovely place and lovely food. Nice and clean Some things are overpriced. Hot chocolate is tiny and expensive but well worth a visit.

Managed to squeeze a group of 9 of us in last minute on a Saturday night despite being busy. Great atmosphere, great staff and food was delicious. I’ll definitely come back next time we visit Aberystwyth.

Having been huge fans of the ‘old’ Medina, our experience at the new venue was so disappointing. On arrival was bluntly told to find a table and order at the counter. Then was told I needed the table no which was hidden behind a menu and flowers. Staff were unfriendly & unwelcoming. I was there with my 2 young children for 2 hot chocolates and a coffee which took over 20 mins to arrive, the cinnamon bun and muffin long since demolished. There is no atmosphere now, no tables laden with goodies just a small counter. The cinnamon bun was the only good bit. Such a shame.

Best Chai latte I've had in a long time! Beautiful place, friendly welcoming staff ❤️

Me and wife stopped by for lunch. I had the best food ever (sweetcorn fritters, kale and butternut squash salad and beetroot and rocket salad). My wife ordered the cumin potatoes (8/10), falafel topped spinach (9/10) and the flat breads (2/10, overly seasoned). On the whole the waiting staff were lovely and the restaurant its self is warm and cosy x I’d go back in a shot!

Fabulous foccaccia , dips and meatballs. Friendly staff. Great music.

Fire alarm sounded when they were cooking.I advised them to get the smoke detecter in the kitchen changed to a heat detector. They weren't interested(I fit Fire Alarms for a living) They then left the Fire Panel in commissioning mode and carried on with service. Quite a breach of health and safety.

Wonderful food in a lovely atmosphere with the new premises working great. Food was delicious - order at the counter from the friendly staff and enjoy

Good food but poor service, staff seemed uninterested no atmosphere .

Very inviting, beautiful, spacious café with delicious food and good gluten free options. The staff were friendly and really helpful with my dietary requirements and I loved the Persian Love Cake so much I brought two slices back to Birmingham to share with my husband!

Booked afternoon tea for my wife's birthday. Lovely savouries and cakes...... Lots of tea. Very high quality and a modern twist on traditional high tea. Highly recommended and very friendly, including our caves.

Great menu choice. Portion sizes bigger than many other eateries. Excellent and attentive customer service. Pleasant atmosphere o ly overshadowed by a rather noisy group on a nearby table. It is however a university town.

Delicious food. All seats wer taken, so called back. Well worth the wait. The server was friendly and most apologetic could ask for more. Thankyou

New Medina, finally fulfilling its potential in the new venue. Great food, great atmosphere and a friendly informal service. Excellent!!!

The only cafe in town open at Twixmas this early in the morn. Had a Danish pastry and a cinnamon bun...and a coffee to go. Can't express in words how good the pastries were. Coffee v good too. 👍

Great food. Reasonably priced. Wonderful atmosphere. Went for dinner. Enjoyed so much. Went back for breakfast!

I had the Buttermilk Chicken and Winter Slaw, which was good but not spectacular. A tad expensive for what it is, but a decent enough meal.

The food and pastries are amazing. Our favourite cheese cake in Aber. Service and atmosphere is great. The new location looks amazing.

Always great quality and fresh food. Great place to go for coffee, pastry, a meal or organic produce! Worth the higher price

Thus is a gem of a place 😍 staff are lovely

Lovely relaxing place to have a coffee and pastry.

Currently the only really decent place to eat in the evening in the centre of Aberystwyth! The pizzas are exceptional, with an interesting toppings on the menu which change regularly. The cakes, pastries, and coffee are also excellent. Highly recommended.

Medina's is without argument, one of the best establishments in Aberystwyth. All their food taste fresh using the highest quality ingredients. Their pastries are delightful with their own noticeable twist in comparison with commercially store bought. Stepping inside feels like a home. It will remain a favourite in this quaint town.

For breakfast, lunch, and dinner, it's easily one of the best places in all of Aber to go. Service is excellent, the place is lively, everyone is so friendly all the time.

A truly lovely experience we brought some nice fresh food for indoors and my better half found some new vegan bits. We had a lovely meal and drinks the service was great as well. We will definitely go again 😋👍

We always have breakfast in the Medina when we come up to Aberystwyth. The food is superb, the staff wonderful, and the decor and atmosphere of the premises is inviting and relaxing. We also had an evening meal on Wednesday evening which was fabulous. Well done Medina. I wish you would open another eatery nearer to Tenby where I live!

I love croissants and have a eaten a few in my time, but the one I had in Medina's this morning was the best. Coffe was amazing too.

Tend to pop in to pick up some veg from their amazing selection of organic produce. Staff are attentive and friendly. Delicious falafels. Love their kale salad, wish that particular salad was available all year round!

Great food great service and amazing atmosphere- love the quality of food ! We had dinner and breakfast! All was very tasty and fresh made

Came back 12th Oct 24. I'm so disappointed from our last visit, booked and on arrival 😢 only to find out, the only choice was pizzas and tbh we struggled to cut them. The saving grace was the male staff on shift. July 2021 Loved it here. Blinkin Fantastic would highly recommend it. We were a table of 6, and everything was delicious 😋 in every way. Great staff with relaxed, easy dining style. Shame its so far away.

Great coffee and choice of cakes, friendly service, small but great little deli!

Total disgrace! If you only do Pizza's on a Saturday night please make sure the pizza's are eatable! Will not use this place again! Not recomendable 100%

Went in for lunch. Everything was delicious. Very large portions for a good price. Definitely recommend!

Beautiful place with a really magical atmosphere and excellent, authentic but also creative Mediterranean food. So good we went twice in a week. Cauliflower is a particularly excellent thing that I would like to be eating daily if possible. So nice to get some good falafel, too. The hummus is also noteworthy. We loved the service both times, we were made to feel really taken care of. Few places are able to make your feel like that but this one really did. Will be back as soon as we can. Great produce available in the shop too.

Delightful Mediterranean cafe with a lovely varied menu and deli too

Behind the dour exterior lies a jewel of a place. We stopped for lunch, ordered far too much because there were so many lovely dishes on the menu and then ate it all! Whipped ricotta with honey, spiced cauliflower and courgette fries were just some of our favorite dishes. The marketplace was full of scrummy looking treats too. A super find.

Updated as been twice since this and always find service staff not very interested and happily leave you alone! Food also feel a little cheated with portions being minimal for the 'deals' and range. Food though is fantastic. Shame about lack of generosity and hospitality. Authentic homemade middle eastern range. Excellent experience of top quality food. Service of staff could be more informed, proactive and helpful

We came in the evening for pizza and were not disappointed. Can recommend the Bianco and Pesca (with grilled peach) pizzas. I wish we'd shared a pizza and had a salad too, not to mention desert. Another time! Booking essential.

Exceptional Mediterranean menu.

Medina is one of my favourite lunch spots. Great quality food well prepared, lovely atmosphere and welcoming staff

Thus is our kind of restaurant, fabulously fresh food, inventive menu, chilled atmosphere and excellent service, we eat there every time we come to Aberystwyth - if it's not fully booked.

Cosy atmosphere, excellent food with variety of choices, very good service by very friendly staff, pleasant settings.

The best croissants and viennoiserie in Aberystwyth by a country mile - made fresh on-site every morning, alongside sourdough bread. The breakfast is also really good, with plenty of options. I didn’t try them but the salads looked really good at lunchtime. Great service and great food - couldn’t ask for any more

Lovely place and food! Great local produce sold too.

Such a lovely place! The food was so amazing and I was shocked by how reasonable the price was!

Used to love their healthy offerings but the move to pizza in the evening is a mistake. Just paid £14 for a greasy mess where one of the toppings seemed to have been forgotten.

A total joke, I don't know why people bother coming here. The staff does not care about clients, they don't serve food at the time we arrived or in general. The business owner should be ashamed for waisting the floor space, he should rename the place MediNOT. In all honesty consider selling the place.

The setting was really cool, and it had a lovely, relaxing vibe about it. Food was absolutely yummy and reasonably priced, too, with a lunchtime offer, which was great. The staff were really friendly and helpful. Would highly recommend a visit. Plus, it's open a bit later, which is great.

We went to Medina's at lunchtime today, and we weren't disappointed. I had the fishcakes and my husband had the sausages with the potatoes and beautiful salads. Diolch Medina

A nice quirky restaurant where the aromas of fresh prepared food drew us in. The quirkiness expands into the menu and that is not always a good thing. Wanting to have a normal pizza Napilitana was not an option. Settling for a pizza called “stinky pig” was okay. The pizza my son had was spicy what he is not a fan of, this wan not stated on the menu. Both of us were happy to see all local beers and ciders on the list as we like to sample them. All in all better than average but not very good.

Superb brunch, amazing pastries & breads. Delicious & unusual dishes. Cannot fault it!

We went to the Medina for dinner with the family, but it was a huge mistake on our part. We ordered confit duck, but it had nothing to do with confit or duck. We got something disgusting, unnameable. The menu is a complete mess, you can't tell if it's Mediterranean, Lebanese, or Italian. Make only one type of food, but at least do it well. Very expensive for terribly bad food. It was a big disappointment and we will never return.

Amazing food. Great seating and service. Shop really interesting with fresh vegetables too

Pleasant atmosphere, friendly staff, and great Neapolitan pizzas. Don't be deceived by the exterior—step inside to see how it looks. They also have a nice shop where you can purchase various vegetables, oils, and freshly baked cakes.

The back room with its two large orangery windows is the pick of the seating but food is always excellent and coffee is delicious. Always busy for good reason and always my first destination when visiting Aber.

We walked into the restaurant and there were lots of empty tables. But we couldn’t get a seat. The reasoning from the restaurant did not make sense.

Very overpriced and the coffee is not very good at all. Service is good and the cinnamon buns are amazing but too expensive. If you have ever had coffee in the middle east you would see how it should be done, the coffee here is just bad.

Visited Medina on Thursday whilst on holiday. The young lad who took our order was really good and took particular attention with an allergy I had . Food and drinks excellent, and atmosphere really good . Would definitely recommend. Chocolate brownie one of the best I’ve had.

Coffee & Cheesecake Cheesecake was lovely & creamy Coffee was above average but there was space for improvement. Like the concept of the shop with smaller rooms & a hip atmosphere. (Very warm on the day we visited made it a little uncomfortable) 7/10 overall score

Service was a little ignorant and slow. Food tasted freshly cooked from frozen. Salad was the only thing made fresh because they haven’t found a way to freeze it. Overall not a very good experience. Could do a lot better.

Don't even think about going here if you're coeliac. Contamination nightmares, and staff who are ill informed. My friend was spoilt for choice, whereas my option was mushroom soup, with an alleged gf roll, which turned out to be a flatbread. No butter.

What an amazing hidden gem! The food was absolutely delicious! They have a lunch offer for £12.50 you choose a main, a salad and cumin potatoes or another salad. As a vegetarian I had really amazing choices. Initially when they brought my plate I was disappointed with only 2 halloumi slices, but it actually filled me in. Cumin potatoes were crunchy on the outside and fresh and soft on the inside. My aubergine salad was full of flavour and halloumi... gosh, soft and warm, just perfect! The same with beetroot salad, so yummy. I would highly recommend it! And they have their own shop filled with delicious food. Worth checking out too.

Second visit to Aberystwyth, and second time of eating at Medina. Would not consider eating anywhere else.

We are only staying in Aberystwyth for one night and were looking for somewhere to eat that wasn't fish and chips or cheap and nasty take away pizza. We found the Medina by chance and were so glad we did! Situated in a fabulous wholefood shop - with loads of amazing produce and fresh fruit and veg is the Medina. A short menu of hand thrown pizzas were on offer and they were truly yummy and very filling - along with a green salad we had a delicious dinner. They also had an extensive drinks menu for a small restaurant. Definitely worth finding! Thank you for a great meal. Jane and Bob :-) (and the WiFi was good enough to chat on WhatsApp to my daughter in Argentina!)

Good service, quite quick. Cappuccino was great and a generous size. Lunch deal offered some nice variety. Had the chicken pita which was a little small and basic but quite tasty, salads and spuds were nice and bulked it up to a decent portion size.

Great food! Wide range of flavours, spices and cross cultural. Not the usual of tastes. Strongly recommended

Only 4 for service as I couldn't find them to ask for something extra and same again later for paying the bill. Very interesting menu but you need to ask questions and not make assumptions

Good lunchtime and a very quiet and peaceful conversation with many friends. Very helpful staff.

This place has the best coffee in Aber and some of the best food. Their menu changes periodically, so they don't always have the same salads and mains. Many bakery/takeaway items seem to always be available, like croissants and baklava. I'd definitely recommend the cumin potatoes, though in my opinion they do need a bit of salt. The one area they could use some improvement is their service. It's frequently busy, and service is often a bit slow. There isn't typically a host on duty, and it can be confusing as to how seating and ordering works. If you want to pick up grocery items, bakery items, or takeaway, you can queue next to the refrigerators and order/pay at the counter. You can also order/pay at the register at the other end of the counter. To be seated, we've typically just had to approach someone to let them know we've arrived and where we're sitting, assuming a clean table is available. There are steps to enter the building, so it is not accessible to those with wheelchairs.

Very pleased with food and service. This was our first visit won't be the the last.

What a great place (found this gem after the disastrous service and walk out at Sophie’s Cafe). Great service, welcoming and happy staff and good menu. Very good selection of cakes and pastries (and a great shop selling variety of pickles,jams, wine, breads and veg). Lovely hot coffee. Well worth a visit - indeed, a must!