Must-see restaurants in Swansea (Abertawe)

With mismatched stools re-upholstered in recycled denim and kooky local photography blanketing the walls, this is exactly the hip kind of place you'd…

In a new centre-stage waterfront location, this passionately loved Chinese kitchen eschews the batters, all-purpose sauces and replica menus of many…

Set back from the road in an old brick warehouse, and with a menu as eclectic as its decor, this chic eatery specialises in 'world fusion tapas'. This…

The simple decor – wooden floors and furniture, and pale walls – stands in contrast to the elaborate dishes emanating from Slice's kitchen. Its elegantly…

Perfect for a romantic liaison, this elegant little dining room of mustard-yellow walls and stiff napery is tucked away behind the frenzy of Wind St…

The hooks hanging from the aged beams are there to hold the espetadas – traditional skewers of barbecued lamb, beef, pork, chicken or monkfish that add an…

For an ice-cream sundae or a cone, locals flock to Joe's, a Swansea institution founded in 1922 by Joe Cascarini, son of immigrants from Italy's Abruzzi…

Specialising in tapas and espetadas (skewers of barbecued meat hung from hooks above the table), this convivial oak-beamed restaurant offers big flavours…

You'd be pretty darned happy to have Gilligan's as your local neighbourhood bistro. Expect simple French- and Mediterranean-influenced dishes served in…

The opening hours are erratic at this long-standing restaurant, so it pays to call ahead. It's well regarded for its French cooking, refined setting and…