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What does Criccieth have to offer?
Criccieth remains an intact commercial & residential community with all the associated services and facilities of a small town, although it is being squeezed by the superstores being built all over the country, even as far a this corner of Wales.
Criccieth also serves the surrounding rural and farming community. It offers locals and visitors a wide range of small friendly family-run shops and services. Not only traditional butcher's, baker's and greengrocer's, but also speciality stores from fine art to delicatessen, antiques to picture framing.
Accommodation
Whether a romantic weekend for two or the annual family holiday, Criccieth welcomes its many guests and offers accommodation to suit all needs: from simple bed & breakfast in family houses to three-star hotels. Self-catering apartments, cottages and houses. Camping and caravan sites for tents, campers and touring caravans.
Food & drink
All tastes and pockets catered for! From sedate tea rooms to fish-and-chip shops, cocktail bars to beer gardens. Most interestingly and in keeping with the 'Culinary Revolution' which has elevated British cooking from its terrible reputation of the past, there are three highly recommended and award-winning restaurants in Criccieth. Their daily menus include local specialities, especially fish such as freshly caught sewin (sea trout), salmon, sea bass, shell fish (crabs, lobsters, scallops, mussels) as well as Welsh lamb and other locally produced victuals. They appear as unpretentious little café-restaurants along or near the High Street, but they offer gourmets all they could wish for!
Look out for Poachers Restaurant (open all year) Tir a Môr (Land and Sea in Welsh) and The Moelwyn Restaurant with Rooms. Booking advisable, especially at weekends and summer evenings.
Don't miss trying home-made cakes and fancies, such as Bara Brith lit. Speckled Bread, the spiced Welsh fruit loaf and a paned (cup of tea or coffee) in the cordial atmosphere of a traditional café, such as Caffi Cwrt.
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