Gallt-y-Glyn

Top choice in Snowdonia National Park (Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri)


Sure, it serves pasta, pies, burgers and salads, too, but almost everyone comes for the pizza and the free-pint-with-every-main deal. Simply tick what you want on the paper menu and hand it over at the bar. You'll find Gallt-y-Glyn on the A4086, half a mile towards Caernarfon. It's a bit shabby, slightly eccentric, very family friendly and utterly brilliant.

There's also an eight-room bunkhouse upstairs (doubles £60).


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