When you visit our welcoming tea-rooms this year, you’ll notice a few changes for the better.

Only fresh seasonal produce, locally sourced, finds its way into our tasty savoury dishes, puddings and cakes.

So when you next visit take the weight off your feet. Tuck in. We think you’ll be pleasantly surprised.

Anglesey

Plas Newydd

Licensed self-service tea-room
Tel: 01248 716848

Pork from the local butcher. Local Anglesey potatoes. These fine ingredients -  and more - find their way into the delicious dishes lovingly prepared by chef Alan Edmonds at Whistler’s, Plas Newydd's tea-room. Take time out in the coffee shop in the house where mouth-watering Welsh cakes and other goodies are cooked daily by the accomplished baker.

Carmarthenshire

Dinefwr Park and Castle

Licensed self-service tea-room
Tel: 01588 823902

Local ingredients hold centre stage in the tea-room at Newton House. Sample honey and red wine mustard from just outside Camarthen, Celtic Cuisine chutneys and preserves from Llandysul, and Colliers Welsh cheddar from the valleys of Gwent.

Dolaucothi Gold Mines

Unlicensed self-service tea-room
Tel: 01588 650177

Fruity Bara Brith and light-as-air pancakes are prepared daily by Irene Williams who lives on one of the upland sheep farms on the Dolaucothi estate. The Welsh ice-cream is a winner on warm summer days after a trip down the mines.

Conwy

Bodnant Garden

Refreshment pavilion
Tel: 01492 650758

The bounty of the garden has been put to good use in the tea-room at Bodnant. Lavender from the Lily Terrace adds a unique flavour to scones and shortbreads. The leaves of scented geranium are added to creamy syllabub. Local full-flavoured Conwy Celebration Ale is the magical ingredient in a rich, moist fruit cake.

Gwynedd

Penrhyn Castle

Licensed self-service tea-room
Tel: 01248 371381

Try rosemary drizzle cake, fragrant with herbs from the castle gardens. The tea-room was once the housekeeper’s quarters of this vast castle. The tea-room's kitchen was formerly the Still Room, where pungent oils extracted from herbs gathered on the estate were used to cure common ailments.

Pembrokeshire

Colby Woodland Garden

Mixed-service tea-room
Tel: 01834 814163

A mother and daughter partnership works culinary magic in the Bothy tea-room. They make everything from the 10 different cakes on offer to the chilli jam. Bread is from nearby Laugharne Baker, cheese from Caws Cymru in Cardigan and vegetables from Tenby. Don’t miss warm Pembrokeshire potato salad with smoky bacon and blue cheese dressing.

The Boathouse, Stackpole Quay

Licensed mixed-service tea-room
Tel: 01646 672 672

Catch of the day, anyone? The Boathouse tea-room on Stackpole Quay serves fresh lobster, mackerel and crab in season – a favourite stopping-off point for walkers on this beautiful stretch of Pembrokeshire coast.

Powys

Powis Castle and Garden

Licensed self-service restaurant
Tel: 01938 551927

The kitchen at Powis is buzzing as two new young chefs put heart and soul into delicious Welsh dishes. Andrew Turner and Mandy Jones share a passion for fresh food, locally sourced. Try their Welsh pork with roasted rhubarb. Stop off for a light bite at Lady Violet’s coffee shop in the lower gardens or tuck into a hearty lunch at Lady Henrietta’s tea-room.

Wrexham

Chirk Castle

Licensed waitress service and self-service tea-room
Tel: 01691 773279

Juicy pheasant sausages made by local butcher Steve McArdle feature year round at the tea-room in the medieval courtyard. Traditional pheasant shoots have been held on the estate since Sir Thomas Myddleton bought the castle in 1595. Buy pheasant from the farm shop for sizzling suppers at home.

Erddig

Licensed self-service restaurant
Tel: 01978 315184

Rose the cook has been working her magic in the restaurant at Erddig for 17 years, transforming fresh local ingredients into delicious dishes. Her lemon drizzle cake is legendary! This year, her traditional bread and butter pudding is drawing the crowds.