West Arms

Idyllic location for 16th-c inn with reliably good food and picturesque gardens; comfortable bedrooms

Features

Accommodation available
Speciality beers
Cask ales
Separate restaurant
Sandwiches
  • Separate restaurant
  • Sandwiches sold

Bar food times: 12-2.30, 6.30-9

Typical main dish: honey-glazed local lamb chops with roasted vegetable and potato terrine

Typical main dish price: £19.00

Average two course evening meal price: £25.00

  • Speciality beers
  • Cask ales

Name of cheapest bitter: Weetwood

  • Dogs allowed in bedrooms

Number of bedrooms: 16

Bedrooms cost between £155 and £230

Child restrictions: Children welcome

  • Dogs allowed in the bar
  • Dogs allowed in bedrooms

The good pub guide review

The friendly couple at the helm of this nicely updated former drovers' inn continue to make guests feel very welcome, just as it's been here since 1570. There are three quickly changing ales from Big Hand plus Timothy Taylors Landlord on handpump, at least a dozen wines by the glass, 20 malt whiskies and 40-odd gins. The comfortable back bar has antique settles, armchairs and a friendly, informal atmosphere, while the front lounge boasts an inglenook fireplace and original flagstones (five log fires keep everything nice and snug in winter). The restaurant is slightly more formal, but still has a relaxed, traditional feel; background music. In warm weather you can sit in the garden against a lovely backdrop of the Ceiriog Valley and Berwyn Mountains, and the pub makes a good base for exploring the area by foot, bike, car or horse. The 16 bedrooms are comfortable and well appointed and the breakfasts are highly regarded. It's very dog-friendly too.

The good pub guide food review

Food is good, seasonal and uses some home-grown produce and local game, meat and fish. As well as sandwiches, dishes include venison, pork and pistachio nut terrine, leek and caerphilly tart, a charcuterie board to share, five-spiced Gressingham duck breast with cabbage, bacon and rösti potato, a pie of the day, beer-battered cod and chips, burger (Welsh beef or vegan) with toppings and chips, sweet potato, pepper and red onion spiced roulade with roasted vegetables and herb butter sauce, plus puddings and afternoon tea.

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Contact Details

West Arms, Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog, Llangollen, Denbighshire, LL20 7LD

(01691) 600665

Opening Hours

Weekdays: 11.30am-midnight