Pengwern Arms in Gwynedd

10 of us booked meal.. . Met by friendly welcoming staff and locals. We pre ordered our meals which was spot on and on time. Meals was hot and lovely.. We then went through to the bar after and the locals was very friendly. Good selection of drinks.

Fab community run pub, lovely pub menu with plenty of choice. Lasagna was very good. Good sized portions. Burgers really nice, with good offer on Wednesdays. Kids menu available and good range of beers including local brew. Staff very friendly. Definatly worth a visit. 😋

First time going here for Sunday lunch and it did not disappoint. Amazing food and friendly staff, highly recommended 👌

I hidden gem! Our airBnB suggested to go there, and it did not disappoint. The restaurant was empty when we arrived, but we got a really warm welcome and outstanding food made fresh from locally sourced ingredients. The Snowdonia eggs were exceptional, a must try! Both the pie and the lasagna was amazing. We had a great time and a chat with the lovely waitress, we even got recommendation for a hike, what we did the next day, and had a great time! Thank you for the warm welcome, the great food and the recommendations! Highly recommended!

Fantastic Sunday lunch. Only negative, too much food. But tasty, hot and proper home cooked.celebrating my mum and her twins 90th birthday. A party of seven. All plates out at the same time. Impressive.

We popped in around 4pm for drinks after a lovely walk to the waterfalls. Served by a lovely young lady with a mixture of Australian and welsh accent who made us feel at home and gave us some info about how the pub is community owned and the times that meals are served. Great local beers…as we get fed up of most of the pubs being Robinsons. Might just have to give Sunday lunch a try…

What an absolutely brilliant place. Meals could feed a family, a warm welcome from the locals, and fantastic beers. I will be back 100%

What a lovely welcoming hotel/pub.Lush food and 1st class accommodation.Purple Moose beer OK too! Lovely staff and locals too.Would totally recommend to family and friends and we will defo visit again. Lovely atmosphere too.Thank you Penygwern! See you again. Xx The crazy pair!

Booked in with a party of 10 mountain bikers for B&B and evening meal. Great atmosphere in the bar, friendly with a real buzz. Food was excellent as was the service. Comfy rooms and a good shower. Bike storage very secure. Highly recommend.

We went for a walk late evening, came here for a drink and realised they served food too so decided to have a meal. The best decision as it was great and very filling. Will definitely return

A local pub in the centre of Ffestiniog. The staff are friendly as too the locals. A must to try is the Beachcomber Ale. We were staying nearby so could walk but there is parking outside. We will be back.....

If you are looking for a comfortable place to stay where the staff are helpful and friendly look no further! My room was clean, spacious and there was a good choice in regard to the continental breakfast. Definitely will be returning again - really good value for money.

Lovely community pub with tonnes of history. Dog friendly! Lovely friendly staff and a good range of drinks including a lovely cask ale brewed ten miles away. The exterior is a bit forbidding because they are in the midst of renovations, but the inside it’s great!

Dog and human friendly and helpful staff. Room was perfect, clean and had all that was required for a short stay. Breakfast was good and included in the price, as was the dog. View out of room is fantastic and the silence means we'll be coming back for another stay very soon. Only note is, check that food is being served for your evening meal. We drove out to eat and only knew the following morning we could have had food cooked there in our room. Missed out on a lovely Lamb burger, so other guests said.

This is a community pub with a lovely welcoming atmosphere, dont be put off by the appearance. We visited on the first day of opening for family drinks, the staff and regulars made us feel very welcome, and whilst they were not serving food due to lockdown, there is a good selection of local beers on offer at very reasonable prices. The staff and locals were a font of knowledge on the local area, it's history and the best walks to take.

Walked to the pub from a friends house for a meal. Lovely welcoming atmosphere, hard working staff and good food and drinks. Well done to the Llan Ffestiniog community for coming together to keep this place open.

The Sunday lunch was beautiful, with serious portions of meat and help yourself to the rest. We did not have a sweet, even though the choice looked heavenly.Great pint -- friendly , courteous , and welcoming staff .What more could you want from a venture entered into by the local community who bought the place some time ago, and have gained an excellent reputation for their food and customer care . Wishing them the very best for the future , keep it going --- we will definitely be back .

This is a community enterprise. In 2011, after the owner had decided to cease operations, a not-for-profit organisation took it over. Much of the work is done by volunteers. For that reason, reception is not staffed 24 hours a day. The room was clean and comfortable. All the staff are friendly and capable. The bar is well used and hospitable. The main problem for the enterprise is the state and quality of the building. The exterior needs refurbishment, the interior needs updating. Guests should not be surprised that the locals converse with one another in Welsh. It is their first language and their first choice for social interaction. They do not seek to exclude English-speakers. For the time of the year, sound value for money.

I stayed here while I went to zip world. I have to say when I arrived and saw the outside I thought my god as it looks terrible and not great.. But once inside the staff were very friendly the room was ok but did have damp spots which they said they were sorting out. The food was lovely very well priced and breakfast was continental if you wanted fried you had to pay ect but all good. I was disappointed that people had there dogs there as some was just barking all night so not good. Overall very friendly people with great food.

This community pub with rooms was welcoming and helpful to this cold, sodden cyclist last Monday evening. I had to abandon my cycle ride in the face of rain and wind and lack of protection from both! One male member of staff was particularly helpful, took my bike to lock it away, showed me my single room for only £31.50 for the one night and even showed me how to use the drier for my wet clothes. En suite with lovely hot shower and radiator soon saw me warm and comfortable, once more. A great night's sleep. THANK YOU PENGWERN. Tim Weller

Booked this place as it was close to the Zip World underground caverns experience which was fantastic. On arrival the place looked grubby and unwelcoming, nothing like the picture. We walked in and were hit by the overpowering doggy smell. The place is filthy. Our room was extremely grubby with wall paper coming off the walls.The en suite along with the rest of the room was dated with wall paper coming away from the walls. The breakfast room was cold and more like a storage room for all odds and ends of this and that. It was just a mess everywhere, and dirty! The only saving grace was the extremely comfy bed. £60 for a one night stay was daylight robbery. I think I should have been paid to stay there and even then I would decline the offer. Definitely will never stay there again. No understanding of customer service and cleanliness whatsoever. The kitchen was closed for a refurb, the whole place is in need of it. Shocking!

If ever there was a pub that could truly call itself "local" then this is it. It was saved, after closing down, by the local community and is run by them. Very nice and friendly in here and a decent enough selection of drinks and food.

We love the Pengwern, the staff and locals are so friendly and the prices are very reasonable. Look forward to returning next year.

Nice friendly place disappointed not doing any food no were in the area did any food on a Saturday evening only an Indian and that did not look that good we stayed in and cooked food not what you want to do on holidays

From the moment we entered the place we felt at home. From behind the bar and within the public bar were friendly, smiling faces. We were shown to our three separate rooms, that is my son, my friend and myself, and all agreed, everything we needed for our comfort was in place. Next we enjoyed excellent beer and ordered a meal of good quality and quantity. My son had a guitar with him and we joined a group of friendly musicians from around 8.30 to 11 pm for memorable jammin, on a variety of instruments. The beer continued to flow and so did friendly conversatons with local people. All in all a memorable evening! After a good nigh'ts sleep, we enjoyed a more than adequate breakfast, served by one of the community volunteers. My son and I hope to visit again later in the year, all the way from the Norfolk coast. Well done everyone involved in a wonderful community effort. Cheers!

I believe it to be run by the locals, opening times are hit and miss as is the food. Menu is limited and quite often 2 or 3 meals are unavailable due to supplier issues? Staff were friendly so not all bad however the interior / exterior decor leave a lot to be desired.

Delicious food, we all had something different and it was all very good. There is a cosy pub atmosphere and all the staff we encountered were very helpful and friendly. A little jewel of a place.

When we booked our week at a local cottage I had no idea that the 'pub within walking distance' was The Pengwern Arms. I stayed there for a week with my parents and brother back in 1970.

Stayed here in July. The staff made us feel really welcome. Had a great evening with the locals playing live music. This hotel is ideally situated for trips to Snowdonia and Portmeirion. The local waterfalls are also within easy walking distance. Local volunteers do a great job running this pub, restaurant and B&B.; Really impressed that they offer several vegetarian dishes on the menu. Basic accommodation, but good value for money. Would definitely stay there again.

Llegamos a Llan Festiniog después de un largo en coche y después de deshacer las maletas llamado en el pub. No es la típica de poons etc, pero sigue siendo un lugar cómodo para disfrutar de una copa o dos. Personal amable y servicial. Por desgracia no comer pero el menú parecía realmente interesante y no el típico "todo con patatas fritas".

Food not particularly inspiring. Limited menu. Cauliflower served with sausage which we rthought was odd. Wouldn't go again although the bar man was friendly there wwasn't a sweet board.

Great pub, locals friendly and good range of beers. Straightforward pub food, well cooked. with a reasonable range of dishes on the menu.

Como uno local que decida visitar este pub regularmente, puedo responder por el brazo, o Tafarn Pengwern Pengwern en nuestra lengua y locales. Teniendo en cuenta que esta es una comunidad familiar, un pub atendidos por voluntarios, principalmente, que no tengo más que alabanzas para el Pengwern. Sirven algunos locales de calidad cerveza y aperitivos y comida en la mayoría de las noches y los domingos almuerzos regulares. Todo el personal es muy eficiente y amable, y el ambiente en el bar es lo que un país debe de ser pub El galés ocasional puede cantar canciones disfrutamos en muchas noches de sábado, y los visitantes pueden unirse en cualquier momento. El Pengwern tiene unas 8 habitaciones, y son muy residente a menudo lleno los fines de semana. Hacer un esfuerzo para unirse a nosotros para disfrutar de la verdadera hospitalidad de Gales. La gente que hizo el último esfuerzo por revivir un pub cerrado, de puro trabajo duro merece nada menos. Diolch yn fawr ichi me gyd. Muchas gracias por su esfuerzo, es un placer espero ansioso mi visita semanal a un pub agradable.

Un salto desde un barracón. El personal es muy amable. Buena selección de cervezas de barril. El pastel de pescado muy sabroso. Las comidas son todas buenas comida de pub. No es demasiado caro y que tome una tarjeta de crédito o débito.

Me fui con mi marido para el asado los domingos. Puedes pedir y pagar en el bar (tarjetas aceptadas) tome su billete para el personal en el comedor. Ambos elegimos sobresaliente pero nos hubiera gustado haber optado por la carne como el sobresaliente era bastante grasos. El servicio consistía en verduras patatas asadas/puré de guisantes y zanahorias //el maíz brócoli/. Había una variedad de carne de cerdo salsas y varios acompañamientos. Por desgracia las verduras sólo era mediocre. La decoración es un poco deprimente, pero el personal era agradable y educado.

Visitamos el Pub un par de veces ya que estaba a una corta distancia de nuestra casa para una familia media a largo plazo de vacaciones. Qué gran lugar! Gente amable, buena cerveza, buenos precios. Este es un buen local, dirigido por la comunidad para la comunidad. Es auténtica sin ínfulas y adorna o cualquier intento de ser pretencioso. Si un poco desteñida y ásperas en los bordes, esto es parte del encanto y no quiero ir a un tarted-up gastro pub todo el tiempo. No comimos allí, pero la comida era abundante y, de nuevo, buena relación calidad-precio. Realmente me gustó la carpeta con paseos locales descrito - puede tomar una copia de un paseo y lo trae de vuelta al día siguiente. Un buen toque, y un pub muy agradable.

Cómo armar esta reseña. Mi pareja y yo nos alojamos 1 noches con nuestra hija de 16 años. Reservamos un par de días antes de la fecha de llegada. 1 habitación doble con baño, 1 habitación individual con baño compartido, un total de 90 libras, desayuno incluido. Es un pub de propiedad social con 8 dormitorios, el pueblo de Llan posee los brazos Pengwern y atendido por voluntarios y un par de personal pagado, así que es un lugar que recomiendo merece la pena estar. Así que ¿por qué estar seguros de cómo armar la crítica?

It was not easy finding anywhere open on a Monday night in October so our options were limited. The menu looked promising - several veggie dishes, one of which was vegan. The Thai vegetable curry was awful - watery and so spicy that it was actually impossible to eat. The chef can't have tasted this dish whilst making it. The other 2 meals tasted okay but had been precooked and reheated in the microwave (we could even hear the distinctive ping coming from the kitchen). Waitress was very apologetic and told us the chef wasn't in that night, so the food obviously wasn't freshly made. They refunded the cost of the curry.The dining room was also freezing cold and had no atmosphere at all (total silence, as there were only 2 other people eating there - a bit of music would have helped).Maybe we just caught them on a bad day.

was staying in the area for the weekend and got advised to go here for evening meal. there was a group of us and they managed to fit us in without previous booking. There wasn't a lot of choice on the menu but we all managed to find something. Food was ok - some items were a bit cheap tasting. Place felt like it needed a bit of updating and could have been more welcoming. staff friendly enough. Eating here did the job but we didn't go back for the second night.

Went here on our first night in Wales after an epic journey from Portsmouth. Was a little hesitant to eat here but I couldn't have been more wrong. Food was lovely, staff were very helpful :)

What a treat to find such friendly people running a pub which helps walkers and locals get fed and refreshed. A kind gentleman unlocked the pub especially to let me get in to use the loo before the walk, and he was so nice we booked in for lunch. Then for £8 we had lamb or beef roast lunch. Fabulous meet, and excellent roast potatoes and five different veg to choose from including roasted butternut squash and cheesy leaks. A wonderful pub. Does what it needs to do and more. Just don't expect leather armchairs and gastro pub fair and you will be delighted.

You'll get a lovely welcome here as it's a community run pub with some paid staff and some volunteers. Excellent beer and they now serve food every night which is okay pub fayre. If you're in the area it's worth a visit.

Pub in serious need of updatingBedrooms tired and dated Staff very friendly and proud of their community run pub Breakfast adequate

We popped in here as a family for drinks and snacks and discovered it is a community pub mainly run by volunteers. What a friendly place! I had an excellent local ale (from down the road) - just what was needed after a days mountain biking. They also serve full meals which we'll be back to try as it looked rather good (and judging by others reviews here). They must be doing something right as they just won community pub of the year, 2015.

Niesamowicie tanie miejsce ale też w biednie położonej części Walii (efekt likwidacji kopalni odkrywkowej). Dobre jednak miejsce na wypad na Snowdon. Do hotelu przybywają głównie turyści typu traperzy, zresztą bardzo sympatyczni. Obiekt oferuje posiłki za śmieszne pieniądze. W dodatku b. smaczne posiłki jak i ... napitek. Obsługa choć młoda jest b. miła.

This community pub is mainly run by volunteers. This does not mean in any way that the service is not professional! The bar has local beers, and you can also get a decent "cuppa". The Sunday lunch is great. Generous portions, well cooked and very reasonably priced.

Heard about the cavery at this volunteer run pub so decided to visit on a warm afternoon after a long walk. The food was fabulous value, tasty and well cooked. A good variety of vegetables, great vegetarian option and friendly welcome. Large grassy beer garden too. I recommend this pub!