Railway Inn in Gwynedd

Good selection of beers, with some local ales and the usual stuff you would expect to find. The food was lovely, great atmosphere, very welcoming and accommodating. We had dinner here a couple of times over the weekend. The staff and owners were great, they put up with us getting a little jolly on Saturday evening, when we got stranded with car troubles and Mark even helped us find a replacement part locally to get up back on the road the next morning. Would highly recommend, and we will definitely be stopping in again when next in the area. Thanks for adding to our weekend :)

Great pub, great staff, great ales & great food. Very welcoming. 👍👍👍

A great pub. With a good selection of beers within a short walk of the Talyllyn railway station. Outside seating.

I had the road pork for the Sunday roast. Absolutely beautiful, a mix of roasted vegetables with stuffing and homemade apple sauce. Generous portions of homemade, cooked from scratch traditional meals.

Great local pub, good food and drink

Super pub,cosy and welcoming,staff are great and the food is excellent.Today was our first visit and we will be back..Impressed!

Was here for lunch in my hiking trip. Very nice staff. I had the lentil dal curry. Would recommend this place 🙂

Amazing place. Real ale kept to high standard. Food amazing. Lamb cawl homemade recommended. Dog friendly big time with nice staff and customers friendly.

Nice pub atmosphere. Will be back

A friendly pub serving locally sourced food. Excellent cuisine and good value. Unpretentious quality taste of Snowdonia!

Dog friendly, great food, great people. Recently reopened under new management and they've done a great job, fully renovated and have made a really lovely place in a small town. Very busy in summer and still cozy atmosphere in the coder months with plenty of people and events/things going on!

So glad that this pub is back up and running. Great beers, very atmospheric inside and out. The food was wonderful, home cooked , comfort food... Beef ragout with creamy mash and broccoli, and lamb cawl with crusty bread and cheese. Loved it ❤️

Characterfull place dripping in history. Friendly staff and excellent hosting from the landlord. Great to see it's back in local hands and doing well. Excellent pint as well. Will return

Gorgeous lunch,very friendly staff. Will definitely be back.

Excellent food today. Lamb Cawl superb. Good service

Visited this evening, managed to grab a table before last food orders. We had the beef in ale pie with veg, and lamb rogan josh. The pie was packed with tender beef and topped with puff pastry, generous amount of steamed veg and roast potatoes. Lamb Rogan Josh was packed with flavour, nicely spiced, served with rice, naan, mango chutney and yogurt. The pub is such a warm and welcoming place to enjoy food and a pint, we can't wait to come and try more of the menu next time!

Really lovely atmosphere was a hot day and everyone enjoying the weather and chatty. Young lady working was very friendly and helpful and very lovely we will visit again.

Good selection of beers and food was delicious! Friendly staff and cosy atmosphere

Perfect little pub with great food, friendly service and in a great location

Great home made food. Friendly staff.

Good homemade food with great music

It's a lovely friendly place XXX

Just stopped for a drink was made welcome will be back for lunch next time

We stopped here for lunch after a trip on the talyllyn railway it’s a short nice walk from the last stop, The team where all super friendly and accommodating, a group of 6 of us, with two dogs and two kids sat outside for a couple of rounds of drinks and lunch, The food was delicious and home cooked, It’s a small menu which was done well, Would highly recommend a visit if you are in the area

Great food and great selection of beers

Great to see the pub open again great atmosphere reasonable prices we wish the new owners every success. We will be back

This is a community pub reopened around a year ago. Spend enough time here on a Friday and you'll meet some members of the community. I would rate the food but I didn't have any, basically I took a good look at the menu and specials, I just couldn't make up my mind. So I missed the ordering window. Though I heard nothing but praise for the food. So there's that. There's inside and outside space to eat and it doesn't feel tourist focused, away from the shadow of Snowdon. I do understand the importance of tourism for local communities, it's just that sometimes a place can loose something of its sense of self. I found this to be the case a little bit with St. Davids. Anyway I digress. I would highly recommend a visit and to support the village overall while you're here. There's a cafe in the village, a photographic archive of the local area, and some kind of steam train close by. I'm unsure about accommodation overall, but there's a camp site about a mile down the road so an easy walk if you want to spend the evening in the pub and don't want to drive. The village was built for slate mining and it's left its mark. I like this village a lot you can feel part of something special here, even if you're just passing through. Highly recommend.

Great Food. Good Atmosphere really welcoming. Would recommend

Lovely visit. Very good portion sizes, tasty, homecooked food, great cider, friendly staff, very reasonable prices. And the current owners have only been running it for 2 months so learning as they go. 100% recommend.

Absolutely great pub, and the homemade food is gorgeous, a real great find, drove to Wales for a weekend from Birmingham, the beer is great and reasonably priced too, and the staff are lovely and friendly. Will definitely be coming back.

Everyone needs to go here. I am so happy it's been reopened and they have done a really good job. The reception from all of the staff was very warm and welcoming, the food was the best I've had on our whole trip and the atmosphere was lovely. We also really appreciated the fireplace after a walk in the downpour! I'll be recommending it to everyone going anywhere near Abergynolwyn :) Diolch!

Amazing place , friendly staff , delicious food . What a gem to have this privately owned pub in Abergynolwyn . Well done Liz and team , you are truly amazing .

This is a truly welcoming traditional community hub. The staff and local customers are well experienced in accomodating holiday guests and take great pride in welcoming both regular visitors, passing holidaymakers and travellers. The ethos of no one being a stranger is delightful for all ready to share a Warm Welsh welcome and late evening traditional songs may be heard and enjoyed as they have been for time immemorial. The new owner is a treasured and well respected gem in the community diligently supporting and employing young people often in their first ever job, encouraging and inclusive of all her youngsters she is well loved. Well worth a visit, you will experience a broad menu of considered and healthful home cooking made with vivid and fragrant fresh ingredients and as much care as you would expect from your favourite Aunty on a Sunday. Immediately adjacent to the pub and pride of the village is a very well kept fully fenced playpark with an array of play equipment for different ages and modern comfortable benches funded by the community, perfect for little ones to delight in the fresh air and make new friends while you order.

Forget your junk food , This fabulous pub serves lovey traditional home made food with the menu changing regularly. It is really special and quite unique. Real ales to please my husband and lovely red wine for me ! What more can I ask for ? Staff are friendly and informative . They say that a pub is the heart and soul of the village and this one most definitely is . I highly recommend it .

Amazing pub!! We love that there’s different options on the menu, one being a set menu and the other depending what’s on that week! The atmosphere is absolutely amazing, the staff are so friendly and accommodating!

An absolute shambles. The good reviews must be from locals, who were clearly the favourites here. As non Caucasian customers, it must have been evident we were 'not from around' there, & therefore we became an afterthought for the entire evening. We arrived at 4.05pm, ravenous after a 2hr walk, only to discover the half term food service was from 12-2 & 6-8. Devastated, with a starving 5yr old girl & 13yr old boy, we decided we'd call in for a drink & ask if there was any way we could get served food sooner. The lad behind the bar was friendly & attempted to help by asking the question of what I can only assume was the owner. He then apologetically explained that food only started being cooked at 6pm but that they could ensure our order was the first in. Based on this we made the poor decision to 'wait out' the 1.5hrs till service. When I attempted to preorder he explained the menu has to be altered slightly first. From 4.30-5.15pm there was no activity on the menu. Nor any mention of the games they had available hidden in a corner, though they knew we had a lot of time to kill & kids to distract. We painstakingly watched the owner slowly alter the menu at 530, removing salad from the chilli con carne but charging the same £12 for it. She actually still forgot to add chocolate fudge cake to the menu in the dog friendly area. At 5.40pm I heard a customer mention the charcuterie board to the owner so I popped my head in to ask her if they were taking orders yet. My 5yr old daughter was with me, saying "mama I'm hungry" over & over. The owner told me no & that I had to wait till 6pm strictly. The most unsympathetic, cold hearted person in service I've ever come across. She looked straight through me & my hungry child. The reason I say this is because MULTIPLE orders were placed at 5.50pm, not from us & definitely before us. How can your heart not melt when a little kid is begging for food? Why not offer a bit of bread or nibbles, anything? Nothing. We placed our order at 5.53pm thanks to my 13yr old spotting that they'd accepted orders before 6pm - cheeky! Still we ended up being served almost entirely last. My kids watched as the 2 tables in our area, who'd gotten in just before us were served food around 20mins later. It gave them hope that we were next. But then came a pause of another 30 mins before we saw any food, where my starving kids had to watch other people eating & finishing their meals. No explanation as to the delay, but it was obvious they were serving the non dog friendly side of the restaurant before us. All in all we waited 50mins from ordering to eating. The only generous portion was the soup, the rest was TINY for the price. It all tasted good but not in a million years worth the pain or money in the end. We stupidly then ordered dessert, thinking, how long can it take to serve pre made items? While waiting I was asked how everything was & I honestly admitted we weren't very happy about how the service was going. Despite this pudding took another 30mins. The server came out 15 mins after I ordered actually saying "pudding" with 2 plates in her hand, only to heart brakingly, soul destroyingly do a 180 back into the kitchen, never to be heard from again. At this point, completely fuming I went to the bar to ask what time I had ordered dessert, so I could calculate how long we'd been waiting, but I never got an answer for that. When dessert finally came, there was no explanation as to why it took so long to serve a pre made slice of warmed apple pie & the tiniest £6.50 pre made slice of cheesecake. Just a quick sorry for the delay. What is there to like here? The younger staff were polite enough but doesn't excuse the overall cold, mean, discriminatory management & slow, unfair, service. The only positive is they ARE dog friendly with great treats. I've slept on it & I'm still gobsmacked at how badly things went down yesterday. Never seen anything like it in my life.

Lovely atmosphere and great food. Will definitely come back again.

Service with a smile! Top customer service with beautiful home cooked food, served quickly! Would definitely recommend!

Very good Welsh beers at normal prices. Excellent that no dogs in part of pub, as not everyone likes dogs, scared or are allergic to dogs.

Nice friendly pub,food was nice, bit limited menu. Nice friendly atmosphere

Great beer, great food and great service 👍👍

Lovely little pub the special was nice (beef in gravy with mash and veg) however the ploughman's was very over priced and consisted of mainly salad and tiny quarter of crusty baguette and overpriced nice atmosphere until we were borderline discriminated for using the disabled toilet with our disabled son when a man i assume was the land lord felt he needed to follow us out telling my husband he shouldn't have gone into the toilet with our disabled son in front of his friends!!! Also the young girl serving was very miserable clearly did not wish to be there. On the plus side we were allowed to take our dog inside.

Great place, great atmosphere and great healthy food options under the new owner.

The pub has only just re-opened under new ownership, the staff were so so lovely and the atmosphere is very warm! They love dogs and our dog was roaming around the pub getting lots and lots of pets! The food, even though with a limited menu at the moment, was very very good and the portions were really big; it was also very well priced. Such a gem!! Would highly recommend.

Lovely to see the Railway Inn open again in such a well loved location. The new proprietors have done a great job. The staff are really friendly and helpful. The beers on tap are excellent and we loved the food menu. Recommended.

The new owners did a cracking job reopening the place! Lovely atmosphere and great food. We had a fabulous time!

Lovely local pub! Super affordable and so friendly

Under new ownership, Great to have a local pub back, great food lovely staff!

Great hospitality to our walking group when we were stranded in the cold. Best wishes for the reopening at Easter 👍🍻

Thank you so much to these lovely people. We were stranded due to a road closure and they took our walking group in and lit the fire to warm us. The pub was currently shut due to renovations and it was so incredibly kind of them

Lovely traditional pub with a log fire, good beers and friendly staff. What more could you want

Excellent service. Brilliant Landlord. Fantastic locals. Everyone made us feel incredibly welcome. Food was great and a lovely cosy atmosphere. It made our trip, to find this absolute gem of a pub in a beautiful Welsh village. Will definitely be back. Thank you for your hospitality John.

If you are nearby, visit the Railway Inn. Staff are very friendly, beer selection is good, mix of local and national, and the food is great. Just what we needed after a days walking in the hills. Can't recommend it highly enough

Really, really great evening for our visit to Wales. Curry night was lovely. Fresh food made by the landlord (who is a trained chef), perfectly pulled pints and a great atmosphere. John and his team know the meaning of hospitality, couldn't have felt more welcome. There was even a treat for the dog! 5 stars, would give 10 if we could.

Stopped here for sunday lunch...Dinning room is now a pool room,no outside tables,barn falling down, Sunday lunch well sunday something meat needed to be cut with a chainsaw..and veg was mushy,Landloard seemed drunk and didnt care about our complaint,What happened to this pub it use to be a really nice place to go, Now its more like a drop in center

Definitely worth a visit. Just sampled the fish Friday menu, absolutely gorgeous and certainly would recommend 👍 great atmosphere and lovely fire keeping everyone warm.

Called in last night for curry and a pint for just £7.50. Great atmosphere, excellent food and superb beer! The curry was really good... beef Madras, rice, poppadum, nan bread, onion bhaji, samosa and chips. I can definitely recommend a visit!

This is a gem. It has been closed because of the pandemic, but is now recently re-opened. New landlord is very friendly, and his staff are smashing too. Beer is good, and there is a lovely abience. Roaring log fire on one of the lunchtimes we visited. They do excellent Sunday lunches, but you have to book.

The Railway Inn is up for sale and has been for quite some time. I hope someone buys it as we have been going there for many years.

Tonight because of the present situation we had a meal delivered from the pub. It was very good and of good quality. Thank you very much will be using you again and look forward to being back in the pub soon. Jeff & Dors.

Visited twice during our weeks stay in the village. They serve excellent pub food and it is great value for money considering the portion sizes are so big.

Thank you all for your brilliant food everyone in our large party thoroughly enjoyed the food. We all ordered from the Christmas menu. The staff are very welcoming.

15 of us for the Christmas menu. Great service and food well looked after. Good selection of drinks.

Went out tonight as my son had come home for the weekend from Uni and missed his railway meals ..oh boy we weren't disappointed all four of us had a fantastic meal ..burger..liver and onions gammon and the best chicken and leek dish.wasnt a scrap of food left on the plate .

We were recommended this pub in the welcome book of the cottage we were staying in, in Abergynolwyn. We were just staying for the weekend and of the three nights only decided to eat out on the Saturday night. We went over at 6pm. It took at least 5 minutes for the bar maid to actually acknowledge us, no ‘hello or I’ll be with you a minute’. When finally spoken to we said that we would like to have dinner and she said you have to book to go in the restaurant (which we were not at all aware of) not ‘have you booked?’, ‘sorry, we’re fully booked’ or ‘I’ll see if we have any tables free’. I assume the restaurant wasn’t fully booked as it was empty when we walked past the window on the way in and out of the pub. She then said we could sit at one of the tables in the bar area. We chose what we wanted to eat and went to the bar to order. This time it took at least 10 minutes for us to be spoken too. The barmaid was constantly walking to and from the kitchen which appeared to be miles away. People sat at the bar were also commenting on how slow the service was. The food arrived in good time and the waitress was friendly. We had a burger and a beef lasagne. The lasagne was burnt and the burger was very dense. Both served with a lot of chips. Neither of us finished our meals. The thing that annoyed me most of all though was that a family of 4 came in after we had ordered our food and asked if they could order food. The barmaid then said that she would see if there were any tables free in the restaurant. Surprise surprise, there were and off they went into the restaurant. The responses from the pub to negative reviews on here appear to say ‘why didn’t you mention this on the night?’. Well to that I would say that you shouldn’t have to complain about things like this and even if we attempted to we probably would have been waiting at the bar to do so. I don’t like going out and having to complain about things. I guess we just won’t be going back if we visit Abergynolwyn again.

Had Sunday lunch here and it was superb. I had the roast beef with all the trimmings and my husband had

Just had a great family meal at the railway inn. Friendly staff, gorgeous fresh and beautifully Hot food with large portion sizes . Clean and smart looking restaurant. Reasonably priced for the standard and size of the meals. Our only suggestion to the pub was, that the restaurant was too cold, it could do with being a little bit warmer. we did warm up as the meal progressed and the room filled up, it wasn’t necessary to bother the busy staff with this moan. Would definitely return Thank you to the staff for a lovely evening

We stayed for a week in Snowdonia, amazing, we went to a few pubs but this one was by far my favourite! Friendly local people so friendly and the owners very friendly, we had a large puppy but it wasn’t a problem, the food amazing ,

We normally go into Machynlleth for our Sunday lunch but the bridge was out again and didn’t fancy the long drive round.

For those who liked pubs in the 1970's, grimy sticky tables and indifferent staff this could be the place for you. For the rest of us, go somewhere else.

Although the restaurant was fully booked the cosy bar was fine to eat in. Nice good value food from a somewhat simple menu choice. Decent beer. Good outside eating for better weather

We have visited the pub twice while we stayed in the area we thought the fair was reasonable priced although a bit limited in choice.

When last night staff wonderful don't have fish was grey in colour and batter was soggy gone downhill

Really good home cooked food, lovely ale and a great atmosphere. Walking distance from Tal-y-lin railway.

We were looking for somewhere to eat after a long day out and came across the Railway Inn, so decided to stop.

We found this restaurant last week and can’t believe what a find it is. We visited twice in 2 weeks just to check it was a good as we thought and it really is! The staff are great and welcoming. They are happy to answer any questions and have an amazing vegetarian and vegan menu! The portions are great, the food tastes amazing & the desserts are unreal. Especially the jam sponge and Nutella pancakes!

We were there to eat, in July and have no wish to repeat the experience. Furthermore, we are local to The Railway Inn

Lovely home cooked food great service and welcoming atmosphere. Very friendly and attentive bar staff.

Was staying near and couldn’t get in the restaurant on first night so had a takeaway, portions v small and v expensive. I asked for no chips with the fish cakes and was still charged full price! Also visited the restaurant on my stay in the village, if you want healthy food for kids do not go! Only fast food or spag bol! Chef was unwilling to cook a small steak for a child despite this being part of the main menu!

I think the reviews on here must be from all their friends as my experience in this restaurant was awful. Extremely poor service, didn’t get asked if we needed anything, (we did but no staff available to ask) no steak knife, gristly steak, couldn’t ask for another drink (and didn’t get asked if we needed one). When we asked a question about the menu it all seemed too much hassle for the staff to bother to find out for us. Made to feel uncomfortable for asking and no real answer to the question. Food overpriced for what it was.

Dropped by after a long trip from the Midlands, very welcome service great value sausage egg and chips, many more choices available two lovely pints of Ruddles bitter. Will call again soon, were here for two weeks.

Everything good here. Cider and beer both well kept. Meals well presented and at fair prices. Bar staff friendly and owner clearly determined to make a success of the pub. Went three times during 18 day break in area and will be returning when next staying at Fairbourne. Benches outside and dog friendly. The way a pub should be.

Excellent food at good value. Well worth a visit. Eat outside on sunny day or eat in the restaurant. Very friendly service. The views outside and simply awesome.

This gem of a pub was my watering hole of choice for many years when we lived locally. We had to move away, time flies and before you know it years and years have gone by.

The Railway Inn is just what you would hope for from a little village pub. A warm welcome, and great food, with a menu varied enough to please everyone - even the little ones. As two members of our party are coeliac, staff were only too happy to let them know which dishes were gluten free, or could be adapted accordingly.

We have been here several times and always had a good meal, unfortunately we were unlucky when we were here last night. I ordered the fish chips and mushy peas, the fish was well cooked and the peas were good, unfortunately the chips were not up to there normal standard. They were very dry and there was nothing in the centre of them. When we were paying the bill we told the man who I think is the owner. He just said he would pass on our comments to the chef if he did I hope the chef takes notice.

We didn’t book as we didn’t think it was necessary on a miserable evening at the beginning of April, however we were lucky to get the last table in the bar, which was exactly as I remembered it back in the 1980’s. The atmosphere was perfect for a country pub which is so lacking in all the gastro pubs that are popping up everywhere now. The menu was varied without being extensive, and there was a good specials board.the wine was excellent too. We both had vegetarian lasagne with chips and a small but interesting side salad. The pudding ( sticky toffee & butterscotch pudding) was perfect. We chatted to the locals and enjoyed the evening so much we are going back tomorrow. Many thanks.

Went fof mothers day Sunday lunch. Ohh my gosh food was wonderful. Not too much and all cooked to perfection. Definitely a warm and friendly atmosphere and welcome from all staff. Great friendly little pub.

This is what your local should be - welcoming, a crackling fire, good drinks and - non pretentious - freshly cooked food. But do not take my word for it ........go and try The Railway Inn for yourself!

We called in for a meal and a drink. The staff were very friendly and helpful. I had the Gammon Pineapple and Chips it came very well presented on a hot plate. It all tasted very good and would recommend this meal.

We were staying only a few doors away so thought we would pop in here for a pint after walking the dogs.. warm greeting inside and roari g fire to watch the rugby on the telly. Unfortunately we could only sit in the bar with the dogs...gutted!. Still, a nice pint and friendly locals.

This place is a must if you are visiting or staying in the area. There is plenty of choice on the menu to suit all palates and dishes are served with plenty on the plate.

We went for an Autumn holiday and visited here for a birthday meal. We were delighted with the kind and helpful sevice, let alone high quality and generous quantity of food. Top marks all round!

Called in here earlier this week for first time....won't be my last ! The beer was well kept and very good.and the food was excellent and quickly served. The guy behind the bar ( the landlord I think) was friendly and informative when I was asking about the pub history and the area. A brilliant proper pub,with a restaurant too ,and it was quiet busy for a Tuesday. Oh and ask about the very spicy pickled eggs with different chilli levels!! The other customers in the pub were friendly too. A great pub .

I went here with my husband a few weeks ago. The staff seemed rushed off their feet but there was only 3 tables taken!? Starters were quite nice although my husband had prawn cocktail, loads of lettuce and only a few prawns, no lemon, we did try to ask for some but it fell on deaf ears! Main course my husband had chicken covered in cajun spices, quite nice but chicken overcooked so much it was really dry, it was on a bed of iceburg lettuce and that was it! We complained but no apology, just offered something else but I was already half way through eating mine and after all it had taken ages! We asked the bill but noticed that one of the starters had £1 added to it, when we asked about it the waitress said it was the 'till', we mentioned that we had visited a few weeks before and the same thing happened, and we mentioned it then but they obviously haven't done anything about this issue. I wouldn't say they were that friendly when we challenged them on these points but we wont be back.

We called here twice in the last 10 days as we had friends staying with us and knew we would get a really good bar meal. On both occasions we were very happy with the service and the food. All I will say on the second occasion I went I only has a main course as the portions are on the large size.

Well what can i say just been into this establishment with my husband 2 sons and daughter in law no welcome just very curt barman who didnt seem very impressed that we had deemed enter we are based across the road in the beautiful friendly riverside cottage and thought we would use this public house for the week well no thankyou we are from bham and have been in some horrible places but i have to say this was the most unwelcoming place i have ever been keep up the good work!!!!!

Friendly place with basic menu decent cider and dog friendly area. Enjoyed a rustic leek and potato soup. Recommend if in the area

Ate here twice. Both times food was excellent. Proper home cooked meals. Friday night was very quiet and Saturday night was very busy. The quality of the food and service could not be faulted even on the busy night. Would definitely recommend eating here if your visiting the area.

Dropped by on the off chance for a family meal - might be worth booking in advance if possible.