Ynys Môn, Wales
Eat & drink on Anglesey
From lobster above a west-coast slipway to farm suppers in the lanes near Newborough — the island's food scene is quietly exceptional. Here's where to find the best of it.
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From waterfront dining to converted farmhouses — the best sit-down restaurants on the island.
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Centuries-old coaching inns, coastal pubs, and the Ship Inn at Red Wharf Bay.
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Harbourside cafés, village tearooms, and the crab sandwiches at Ann's Pantry, Moelfre.
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Halen Môn sea salt, Hooton's Homegrown, and the artisan food producers of Ynys Môn.
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Llangefni market, farm shops, and the best local produce on the island.
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££ Crêperie Rhosneigr, Anglesey
Mojo's, Rhosneigr
A Rhosneigr institution since 2005, Mojo's is a restaurant, bar, and crêperie on the village high street — now in its third generation of ownership.
£ Café Penrhos, Holy Island
Wildflowers Café at the Tollhouse, Penrhos
A café set inside the historic stone tollhouse at the entrance to Penrhos Coastal Park — a nature reserve on Holy Island with deer meadows, woodland trails, and a sheltered shoreline five minutes from Holyhead.
£ Producers Brynsiencyn, Anglesey
Halen Môn Sea Salt Visitor Experience
Halen Môn — 'Salt of Anglesey' — is a small-batch sea salt harvested from the tidal waters of the Menai Strait in Brynsiencyn, and it now appears on the menus of hundreds of Michelin-starred restaurants across the UK and Europe.
££ Seafood Rhosneigr, Anglesey
The Oyster Catcher Restaurant
Perched above the dunes at Rhosneigr with a large terrace that catches the evening sun and an unobstructed view west over the Atlantic, The Oyster Catcher has built a strong reputation for fresh local seafood, wood-fired pizza, and Anglesey-reared burgers.
££ Modern Welsh Menai Bridge, Anglesey
Dylan's Restaurant, Menai Bridge
Dylan's occupies a beautifully converted building on the waterfront at Menai Bridge, with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the Menai Straits and the towers of the suspension bridge.
£ Café Moelfre, Anglesey
Ann's Pantry, Moelfre
A tiny café in the fishing village of Moelfre that has become famous across North Wales for its crab sandwiches — fresh brown and white crab from local boats, dressed simply with lemon and mayonnaise and served on thick-cut bread.
££ Seasonal Newborough, Anglesey
The Marram Grass Café
Hidden in the lanes near Newborough Forest, The Marram Grass has quietly become one of Anglesey's most talked-about restaurants — a converted farm building with a kitchen-garden philosophy that means most ingredients come from the plot outside or from neighbouring farms.
££ Seafood Church Bay, Anglesey
The Lobster Pot, Church Bay
A traditional seafood restaurant occupying a prime position above the slipway at Church Bay (Porth Swtan), one of the most sheltered and picturesque coves on Anglesey's north coast.
£ Café Beaumaris, Anglesey
Pilot House Café, Beaumaris
A light-filled café on the Beaumaris seafront with views across the Menai Straits to the Caernarfon shore — a far better stop than the tourist cafés clustered around the castle entrance five minutes' walk away.
£ Ice Cream Beaumaris, Anglesey
Red Boat Ice Cream, Beaumaris
A Beaumaris institution scooping hand-made ice cream from a kiosk on the pier that draws queues past the jetty most summer afternoons.
££ Welsh Beaumaris, Anglesey
Blas, Beaumaris
A contemporary Welsh restaurant on Church Street in Beaumaris, built around Anglesey and Welsh produce in a relaxed room that feels more like a local's secret than a tourist destination.
£ Café Beaumaris, Anglesey
The Boathouse, Beaumaris
A converted boathouse café on the Beaumaris waterfront perched right above the tidal foreshore, with floor-to-ceiling windows looking across the Menai Strait to Caernarfon and the Snowdonia peaks.
£ Café Trearddur Bay, Holy Island
Sea Shanty, Trearddur Bay
A casual beachside café on the edge of Trearddur Bay, popular with watersports crowds and families looking for a reliable bite after a morning in the sea.
££ Seafood Holyhead, Holy Island
Catch 22, Holyhead
A harbour-facing seafood café in Holyhead that drives its menu from the day's catch landed at the nearby port — dishes change depending on what came in that morning, which means the menu is small, honest, and worth making the trip for.
£££ British Beaumaris, Anglesey
Ye Olde Bull's Head Inn, Beaumaris
A coaching inn with origins in 1472 on Castle Street in Beaumaris, where Charles Dickens and Samuel Johnson both stayed — one of the most historically significant pubs in North Wales.
£££ Tasting Menu Menai Bridge, Anglesey
Sosban and the Old Butchers, Menai Bridge
One of Wales' most celebrated restaurants, Sosban and the Old Butchers occupies a converted butcher's shop in Menai Bridge and holds a Michelin star it makes no concessions to maintain.
££ Pub Beaumaris, Anglesey
The Pilot Boat, Beaumaris
A traditional harbour pub on Beaumaris seafront with views through the windows and from the terrace across the Menai Strait to Caernarfon and the Snowdonia hills beyond.
£ Pub Beaumaris, Anglesey
Beaumaris Inn
A traditional town local on Castle Street in the heart of Beaumaris, the kind of pub that has fed and watered locals and castle visitors for generations without ever trying to be anything it isn't.
££ Pub Beaumaris, Anglesey
The Liverpool Arms, Beaumaris
A lively waterfront pub on Beaumaris seafront popular with sailors, day-trippers, and locals — the terrace above the tidal foreshore is arguably the finest outdoor drinking spot in eastern Anglesey when the mooring lights are catching the Strait at dusk.
££ Pub Rhosneigr, Anglesey
The White Eagle, Rhosneigr
A relaxed, surf-crowd pub at the southern end of Rhosneigr village with a large beer garden that fills up with kitesurfers, walkers, and families the moment the sun comes out.
££ Pub Red Wharf Bay, Anglesey
Ship Inn, Red Wharf Bay
Sitting just above the high-water mark at Red Wharf Bay since the 18th century, the Ship Inn once supplied passing ships working the Anglesey coast — a heritage that explains why seafood anchors the menu.
£ Pub Beaumaris, Anglesey
The Olde Sailors, Beaumaris
A character pub tucked behind the seafront in Beaumaris, full of maritime memorabilia, low beams, and the kind of atmosphere that makes midday drinks stretch into the afternoon without apology.
£ Pub Pentre Berw, Gaerwen, Anglesey
Holland Arms, Gaerwen
A roadside pub at the crossroads village of Gaerwen in the heart of Anglesey, the Holland Arms has been the local institution for surrounding farms and villages for well over a century.
£ Pub Menai Bridge, Anglesey
Black Prince, Menai Bridge
The community local for Menai Bridge town, the Black Prince sits at the top of the high street with the relaxed, unpretentious energy of a pub that belongs to its residents rather than its visitors.
£ Café Beaumaris, Anglesey
Cŵch, Beaumaris
A small, warm coffee shop on the Beaumaris high street that takes its single-origin espresso seriously without taking itself too seriously — good filter options, a relaxed atmosphere, and the kind of daily baking that makes an hour with the papers feel earned.
£ Takeaway Benllech, Anglesey
Mermaid Fish Bar, Benllech
The best fish and chips on the east coast of Anglesey, the Mermaid Fish Bar in Benllech has been feeding beach visitors and locals for decades with battered fish fried to order and thick-cut chips that actually taste of potato.
£ Café Rhosneigr, Anglesey
The Surf Cafe, Rhosneigr
The Surf Cafe sits directly at the edge of the beach at Rhosneigr, serving açaí bowls, breakfast burritos, smoothies, and good coffee to the watersports crowd that gathers here from first light.
£ Pizza Llangefni, Anglesey
Popty Pizza, Llangefni
Wood-fired sourdough pizza served from the Anglesey Driving Range (Môn Golf) in Llangefni, next to Oriel Môn gallery on Clai Road.
Holyhead, Holy Island
The Sportsman, Holyhead
A harbourside pub on the edge of Holyhead's working waterfront, where ferry workers, fishermen, and the occasional foot passenger off the Dublin boat end up when they need something immediate and uncomplicated.