Llys Meddyg

Packed with leather armchairs, Welsh wool blankets & original artwork, Llys Meddyg is a classy boutique hotel with a reputation for classic but clever cooking. Upholding this tradition is chef James Oakley, who offers deceptively simple choices such as Spanish cured meats with goats’ cheese & olives followed by Hereford beef sirloin with confit potato, snail & garlic purée. The nearby coastline inspires Newport Bay lobster Caesar salad or line-caught sea bass with scallop & crab foam, & there are intelligent vegetarian choices – maybe a salad of baby home-grown courgettes followed by butternut squash risotto with blue cheese & pine nuts. For dessert, expect comforting classics with a fancy twist – perhaps carrot cake with cream-cheese frosting & tonka-bean ice cream or sticky toffee pudding with apple gâteau & salt caramel.