Swn-y-Mor in Gwynedd

Fantastic delicious breakfast. Great value. And you could tell the food was locally sourced. Full of flavour would definitely recommend a visit

Food was mediocre at best. Very little attention to detail. Ordered a sandwich without tomato. And the side salad came covered in tomato. Service doest warrant the cost. Actually felt like not eating and just leaving at one point

We were visiting Criccieth for few hours and visited Swn-y-Mor for lunch as it was dog friendly. We only had a snack as we were on our way home after spending a few days in the area. Food was good and service excellent, would recommend the home made scones.

Carrot cake a bit dry. Delicious chocolate cake. Cappuccino and hot chocolate drinks perfect. Cheerful welcoming staff served very quickly. Highly recommended Not a hotel, Google error. Its a cafe, cake and coffee place.

Tea was good /coffee ok but forget the scones devoid of fruit and tasteless - worst we’ve ever had struggling to write anything positive except the view - two more not returning to crickets

Visited here for a late lunch. Busy place with indoor & outdoor seating. Plenty of staff who were busy delivering food orders & clearing tables. You order & pay at counter indoors & food served to your table. I had a cheese scone, which was enormous & very good indeed. My husband ordered Welsh Rarebit which he was enormously disappointed with. We both expected it to be on some nice slice of chunky bread cut from a loaf of bread. It was however on bread from a packet loaf of bread !!! Definitely a disappointing experience for him.

Stopped here for lunch. Lovely food and friendly service

Really good food. I had a hot cheese and tomato baguette and it was full of cheese and delicious. Others in our party had baked potatoes and they looked really good too

Delicious food, nice menu AND with vegan options offered easily. The staff were pleasant and efficient. The service was really good and the meals delicious. I had a vegan breakfast and my partner had scrambled egg on toast all washed down with proper leaf tea. And the views were the added bonus! Later had a pot of tea and scone. This is a great establishment and we wish it well!

Lovely cafe, we loved table 15, lovely cherry scones. Mike Sandra and our little dog Bertie.

Our first time here, breakfast was not good bacons, eggs and sausages over cooked it was hard to eat everything else is fine.

Great food and service. Plenty of gluten free options for lunch. I opted for the GF BLT. Decent sized portions and reasonably priced. Dogs are allowed inside and outside. It's rare for me to find somewhere that's dog friendly and serves gluten free, would highly recommend! It's also on the beach front, perfect for a bite before or after a walk on the beach.

Absolutely amazing little cafe with a stunning location. The staff were so welcoming and friendly and they went above and beyond to make sure my daughter with allergies was catered for. Highly recommend

Visited cafe for a bite. Good food and friendly staff with fast service, enjoyed the food and if you sut outside you will have a stunning beach view.

Lovely little cafe with great food, big breakfast was amazing 👏 😋

£22 for two baguettes. One burned, one pretty much empty. Came away feeling ripped off.

Great cafe in a fabulous location.Excellent menu of freshly prepared meals and selection of cakes.With massive homemade scnes that are large enough to share.AND Dogs are welcome on a lead indoors or on the large roof terrace.Nice coffee.

How Odd. Place had 1 couple inside. Sun was out and it had been dry for over an hour. We went to sit outside in the sun but when we asked for a menu we were greeted with you can not sit there? Why we enquired? Because it’s been raining and we have shut that area off. They wanted us to sit inside or under cover. If it was raining and looked like rain I would fully understand but the Sky is blue and almost without a cloud. Hence we walked away without further unprovoked confrontation. You’ve lost my business and gained a negative review. How savvy of you, or are you running this business down on purpose. Sat elsewhere enjoying ourselves with great service.

Tasty food, big portions, and quick, friendly service. Also very accommodating with allergies.

Lovely warm welcome. We wanted gluten free food which they couldn’t guarantee as it’s all cooked on the same griddle, but they have gluten free bread. Order breakfast each which was cooked to our liking, I would say it can do with being hotter not sure if it’s just because the plates aren’t hot that food wasn’t too hot, but all in all a very lovely breakfast. The coffee and hot chocolate was lovely quality and very hot. I would recommend this restaurant and will return

Had a lovely breakfast here while on our holiday, highly recommended:)

Fantastic breakfast, all cooked to order. Bacon is scrummy! Space to sit outside with lovely views ideal for the sunny mornings. Can get busy but the team cope admirably. Highly recommend!

Nipped in for a couple of teas and a cherry scone, jam and cream. Tasted 'homemade' and was yummy... decor was a bit tired and could do with sprucing up but not bad and right next to the seaside!

Lovely service, made to feel very welcome, kid and dog friendly. They serve food all day, had a wonderful selection of cakes and home made scones, and I can recommend their Welsh rarebit. Thanks, will be back!

Lovely place for a cuppa and cake after walking along the beach

Lovely cafe, dog friendly! coffees great, sausage & egg baps to die for 👏👏

Stunning location and the scones are to die for 🤤😃

We had lunch here twice in a week. The service was good, meals were tasty. Can't fault it (apart from the wasps!)

Lovely place! Great view of the beach! Amazing cream tea.

My mother and I had a wonderful afternoon tea at Swn y Mor. The food was delicious!! Every mouthful was just perfect! Really tasty selection of sandwiches and cakes. The staff, as always, were helpful and friendly. This is definitely my new favourite place to go for afternoon tea! and I can’t wait to go again

We visit this cafe everytime we are in the area and we are never disappointed. Always really welcoming with the children so perfect for families. They have a great choice of sandwiches and some amazing homemade cakes. I had the chicken tikka baguette and you could tell the bread was from a local bakers as it was delicious. My fussy 2 year old wanted something that wasn't on the menu and they were more than happy to accommodate it. Another fab visit, we will definitely be back next year!!

Very good food for a very reasonable price. Service is brilliant and a family feel when inside and outside.

Had a lovely lunch here with family. The service was friendly & the food was well presented & delicious. The homemade tomato & basi soup was thick, hot & very tasty. We wanted to try the scones because they looked wonderful but just didn't have room.

Lovely Welsh stew today, met the lovely ladies who meet every month on a friday.

Holiday starts now, stopped at cafe for a drink,and the Welsh rabbit with homemade onion chutney,just out of this world, and the Welsh stew and roll looked divine, the chocolate cake , we will have to come back to try Service was brilliant, friendly as usual Very good value Thankyou to the ladies that lunch, for their kind consideration We will be back Thankyou well worth a visit

Oh! The food is all made in house..huge scones! Wide variety of hot and cold.

Went here today for lunch. One of the specials was a hot sausage baguette with onion marmalade. When it came, the baguette was dry, contained two chipolatas and so much sweet, sickly marmalade that made it very unpleasant to eat and for this rubbish they charged £10. Never again!!

Lovely staff, and really great food. Caeser Salad was Uber fresh, and very generous amount. Very fair value, and a great view of the bay as a bonus.

We have used this cafe for me many years when holidaying in the area. However they have now taken all the main meals off the menu and have reduced it to basic sandwiches salads and baked potatoes. They used to do some excellent proper dinners Most places develop what they do, this one has dumbed down. Sadly we will not be visiting here again. Very disappointed!

Good food, wish they had an all day breakfast!

Location, location, location and a good cup of tea.

Love it in here. Staff are so friendly, quick service, food is good and scones are amazing!

Visited to stop off for a coffee and scone, got the drinks straight away however waited 30 minutes in total for a scone that was in the case ready? After 15 minutes went to see where is was as was told it would be brought out to where I was rudely greeted with ‘we are busy you know can you not see we will bring it out when it’s ready’. Went and sat back down but then after another 15 minutes totalling half an hour I went back just to get a refund as we had finished out drinks. When asking for a refund the £4 was thrown in my hand without even an apology. Staff were very very rude making the experience very unwelcoming and wouldn’t recommend to anyone. Very disappointing experience. -Edit- In response to the business reply, firstly when I went to ask for an update yes I did go to the side because a lady acknowledged as I was walking over but I waited patiently to be asked if I was okay, when I politely asked if my scone was ready as I had waited a while. I was shouted at from the lady on the till which is where she said ‘we are busy you know can you not see’. The second time I went in I waited Patiently behind an old lady in the Que who was getting served when I asked for a refund. I did not once ‘push to the front’ I also did not say the words ‘they clearly don’t know what they’re doing’ I’m unsure who or where u have heard this from? However if I am going to be shouted at first when simply asking if my food was ready it is going to cause customers like myself to become agitated. If you are busy and have an extended wait on food it would be good common courtesy to make customers aware of that. If this is your interpretation of what happened i would advise if you have CTTV recording that you watch it back and listen to it as what you have said is rather fabricated and some points you are made are in fact false.

Fairly pleasant lunch but this was ruined by a trip to the toilet, which were very shabby and not clean. Shame because this tainted the experience as I always wonder what cleanliness is like in the kitchen, which obviously isn't on show to customers like the toilets are.

Ideal stop for lunch. We had a lovely walk along the front at Criccieth on a showery day and decided to stop for lunch. Lovely location, lovely staff and highly recommended food. The menu has sandwiches, baguettes, jacket potatoes and cakes. We had jacker potatoes one with chicken, mayo and bacon and one with Mexican chicken both came with a lovely side salad. The home baked cakes look delicious but we didn't sample them, may need to return. The cafe is dog friendly both in and outside on terrace

Food great Proper tea Tea leaves and a strainer wonderful ! Highly recommend

So disappointed, we have eaten there many times and always had great food and service. Now however the menu is limited to sandwiches and jacket potatoes, and the service was poor. Gone are the hot meals and amazing Pizzas. Has it changed hands. Once you had to book for busy times, now you can't book, but you don't have to. Very sad.

Good for light snacks and lovely home-made cakes. The best over the East Beach and beyond from the outside terrace. As locals, my wife and I have been frequent diners at Swn-y-Mor for a number of years. With the stupendous sea-view from its outside terrace it was a favourite dining spot for us as a couple and often with friends and family. We were VERY disappointed when "SyM" opened this season with a menu limited only to snacks and drinks. Where were the delicious local burgers, lamb steaks, and crunch golden chips, etc which made for satisfying meals at a reasonable price. We hoped in the early summer that the "cafe" menu was only a temporary measure until the summer season got fully under way. Sadly this was not the case and staff have told us that the new, limited menu is here to stay. I don't know if this is because of a problem in recruiting kitchen staff, a frequent excuse/reason offered nowadays locally or for some other mysterious reason. Unless things change "SyM" will no longer be on our short list of favourite local restaurants. The view is lovely and the staff pleasant and obliging but when we eat out it is mainly for a full meal - as locals if we want a cafe it is quicker and cheaper to walk home. As someone who worked in hotels and restaurants for a number of years I find it hard to understand how the management believe that changing from a restaurant to a cafe will do anything to increase their profits. I'm VERY SORRY to give this rather negative review but I hope it will prompt the management to return to their full menu.

Very nice location with a sea view over the harbour, dog friendly and very nice cakes!

Excellent!! Scrumpy Brie and Bacon Baguettes!

Only had pot of tea, lovely Welsh brew. Friendly helpful staff

This cafe has a very good food & drink service as always. If you choose to sit outside on the terrace you will be treated to some superb views over Criccieth Beach & the Snowdonian mountain's beyond.

Great views over the Bay. Excellent service with a good menu reasonably priced. Free parking just outside although we can imagine it would be very busy in high season

The best food and staff around Wales thank you.

Found this little gem on our way home from Abersoch to Abergele...stopped off for breakfast. Beautiful views over Cricieth beach...the sun was already hot so we were spoilt. Full English ordered...delicious. Dog friendly too! Thanks to the ladies here who delivered a very high standard of service. Diolch.

First visit this year, after many years of visits. Very poor breakfast- could bounce the eggs off the floor, tough bacon, warm bread- not toast. You used to be able to “swap”. Eg, if didn’t like beans, could have mushrooms, for example. Not allowed now. No tomatoes, mushrooms, black pudding. Also, can’t book a table. Doesn’t anywhere near live up to previous visits. Opening times very short- 10 to 4.30, not even every day. Such a shame, as a prime position, and captive market. A great plus is the rooftop dining area, and lovely to have loose tea.

Called in for a bite to eat not long before closing and so glad we did. Food and service amazing, huge portions, really good value for money. So full after my Welsh Rarebit l couldn't even manage a scone, good excuse to go back though

This is a shame as up until recently they have offered a number of freshly cooked hot meals but sadly this is no more and the menu is now limited to just sandwiches and jacket potatoes which are not great value for money. Additionaly when the waitress served us the glasses for our drinks she picked them both up from the inside dirtying them.

Great cooked breakfast and rolls

Friendly, nice food. Very large scones beautifully cooked all the way through. Good value. Would visit more often if the council were not changing 250% council tax for second homes cutting into the money I can spend locally.

Great food, friendly service and a great location!

Fantastic cafe great coffee ☕️ 👌.

Great place for lunch by the sea. Good choice of sandwiches, cakes and drinks. Really friendly staff. Dog friendly.

Spotless from top to bottom, the location was fabulous we could hear the sea from the room comfortable room and amazing veiws. Chris and Steve were fantastic hosts, couldn't do enough for us. The breakfasts were delicious and a plentiful ( the fried bread hit the spot) we will definitely will revisit.

Stopped at this lovely little cafe for a drink. We wanted to sit outside however none were available. We were then offered a table outside which really was the best in the house. We only intended to have a drink, however decided on something light to eat between us, we choose a tuna baguette which was absolutely delicious, packed full of tuna and mayo. We decided to stay for another drink and after our drinks were received we were asked to move as the table had been booked, a little disappointed that we weren’t advised when we were offered it. We wouldn’t have stayed for another drink if we knew as we then ended up in full sun which really was too hot at the time. We enjoyed the food and the service was very good, just a little more communication would have been great.

Lovely little cafe. Very tidy and popular. Very near the sea front. Recommend the scones and freshly made Welsh cakes. Delicious. Great service and it's dog friendly.

Lovely cafe/restaurant with a great menu. Lots of options. Had a great table on the roof overlooking the sea. Lots of room for my dog to stretch out.

Great place to have breakfast in Criccieth. You can sit out on the outdoor area when the weather is nice

Good feed and drink, service with a smile and great prices 👍

What a fantastic cafe. The staff are so friendly and the food was fabulous! The big breakfast was just amazing, eggs perfectly cooked, bacon and sausages were great quality and super tasty. I had fisherman’s salad, which was absolutely delicious! We sat outside with lovely views of the coast. Lovely cafe, definitely worth a visit if you are in Criccieth.

Came in here having just travelled from Leeds. Just on closing time, but agreed to stay open. Had Glaslyn beers, coffee, cokes for grandkids and water for the dog. All staff so helpful. Enjoyed so much came back next day for more beers and superb scones. Tried a 3rd time but booked out. Great staff, great produce, perfect location,, who could ask for more?

Everything about this place is fantastic! Delicious food, lovely staff, dog friendly and great views.

Took the advice of Tripadvisor and was not disappointed. Sat outside with the dogs overlooking the sea. Friendly service and fresh tasty food.Fresh water for the dogs (important to us) and shelter from the elements if required. I think the prices are fair also.Will return.

Loved the food fantastic great place to be on the coast allowed sandy feet and muddy boots and it's dog friendly all in all a great cafe restaurant

We visited Criccieth Castle on Thursday 11th August and wanted a bit of lunch. A quick Google brought up this establishment less than a 4 minute walk away. We ordered a few different dishes from different parts of the menu and everything was delivered hot,...

First time in the cafe and not going to be the last great value and staff are fantastic we had two breakfast

Came here on Saturday got lucky with a free table, you can book but we didn't realise that. Food and service excellent. We ordered a burger and chips and fishermans salad. I don't normally buy a salad in a restaurant I don't see it as value for money. How wrong was I, plate full 3 different fish portions and a massive salad. And the wife loved the burger and chips. We'll be back before our holiday ends!.

Called today for lunch lovely spot lovely staff the food was freshly cooked and amazing price, the scones with jam and cream were amazing would highly recommend we sat outside in the undercover xx

We have eaten here a number of times and the main reason is the view. The bonus is the food and staff are great. Lovely selection of quick food and great selection of local beers. Soft drinks are available! If its a coffee and a teacake fine. If you want dinner with a view it's great. Give it a try the next time your in Criccieth you won't be dissatisfied.

Great choice of food. Lovely outside area and dog friendly. Picturesque location opposite the beach and castle. Highly recommend.

Friendly team, good menu, good food and great location. You must try for yourself!

Had wonderful cherry scones with our coffee overlooking the beach and promenade at Criccieth. Although we didn't have the breakfast it also looked excellent. All coupled with friendly service.

We headed here on an impromptu visit to Criccieth. The restaurant sells alsorts of food including all day breakfasts, burgers, jacket potatoes etc I opted for a toasted baguette with goats cheese and red onion marmalade. My husband had the special of the Welsh rarebit....

Great prices, great portions, great view

Iago hughes best chef in north wales

On a very busy hot Sunday we had excellent service. The hot baguettes were well filled and delicious. My daughter declared them the best baguette ever! I am looking forward to coming back in the week to have one of their phenomenal cream teas.

iago hughes (the chef) is the best cook i’ve seen

Sit inside or out on the terrace, a menu to suit most people’s tastes and budget. The staff are extremely friendly and attentive without being in your face. Highly recommended, dog friendly.

My husband and I went down with a few friends for lunch, wonderful food and even better service!!!!!

We dined with yo u 3 times during our stay this weekend. Lucky to get tables on the gallery-looking out to the beach and the sea. Staff are very good and food is lovely. Meals fairly priced. Just sitting watching the people come and go...

Visited today 1/7/.22Ordered a regular breakfast,with hashbrowns and mushrooms and a pot of tea A very tastety and very good meal.It was well cooked with good quality sausage and bacon .In fact I have been here before and was not dissapointed ! Also good pot of tea, not with tea bags but tea leaves,do'nt get that very often Staff were freindly.I was given a lovely smile by one of the Welsh speaking waitresses more than once In fact I thanked her for it in her own language.It does'nt cost anything an it makes such a difference !Informed the waitress that i had enjoyed my meal when paying my bill. Hopeing to be back soon this summer.Thank you very much PS It seem's to show a 4 and a half rating,I have given ir FIVE !

What an amazing cafe, great food, great value, helpful and friendly staff & dog friendly..what more could you want...pleasant sea view....

Very welcoming reception, friendly service and a great breakfast. Will definitely return when next in the area! Dog friendly big plus for us.

Lovely place to look out over the water and enjoy good food. Nice staff too (very understanding with children)

Have been coming here for years. Food is superb. Freshly prepared generous portions and great value. Staff are friendly proving excellent service. Superb views from the terrace and parking right outside. Varied menu from light bites to full meals. Homemade scones are delicious. Highly recommended.

Really tasty food at very good prices. We ate lunch on the terrace with a lovely view over the bay. Highly recommended, and dog-friendly both inside and out.

Brilliant place. Friendly and accommodating. Great menu. Get the Welsh rarebit

Excellent cafe garden has good views of criccieth bay breakfast was superb and reasonably priced attentive and polite service thankyou

If you are looking for a relaxing family run eatery this is the one, absolutely lovely fresh food and such a warm welcome.

My husband and I had our lunch twice here this week. The choice of food is extensive, with daily specials on top. Although GF options aren't marked on the menu, they are available and staff are prepared to cater to your GF needs! The staff...