Name: Y Branwen Hotel - Adults Only and Dog Friendly
Address: Ffordd Newydd, Harlech, Harlech, Harlech, LL46 2UB, United Kingdom
Rating: 8

Smoke-free property

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All Spaces Non-Smoking (public and private)

No elevators

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Free Wi-Fi

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Hiking

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Free parking

Free Parking on Premises

Parking

Darts

Sports

Pets allowed

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Extra decontamination measures

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Royal St. David's Golf Club

Hufenfa'r Castell

Llandanwg Beach

Anglesey Airport

Y Branwen Hotel - Adults Only and Dog Friendly

Harlech

Great place to stay, short walk to the beach, near the town, lots of car parking. 

Really friendly, helpful staff, great bar for pre dinner drinks, and a truly entertaining host, very knowledgeable about local area. 

Amazing food in the restaurant (evening meal and breakfast were lovely), accompanied by huge selection of whiskey, gins, cognacs etc. 

Room was v clean with huge bed. Best of all dogs are welcomed enthusiastically. Will definitely stay again.

Great place to stay, would recommend!

Its not often I would write a bad review but i feel others need warning on this horrendous hotel.
Like another review on here I could not agree more. 
We arrived in good time to walk our dog & hoped to have a relaxing birthday drink at the bar beforehand but couldn’t even do that as wasn’t even open. 
The hotel looked run down & completely empty. It was. 
We were then met by a member of staff who let us in to a very odd atmosphere and eventually showed us to our room. He then came into the room without authority which was very uncomfortable!!
It said online it was nearly fully booked and yet it was completely empty so that’s false advertising for a start. 
We then took our dog for a walk hoping some other people may of arrived by the time we came back. But no still no guests & it was freezing in our room. 
When it was time for our dinner reservation we went downstairs where we were immediately told to hurry up. 
After a short time in a cold bar with a menu the man snatched our drinks of us & very aggressively took us to our table, fed our dog a treat without permission & then served us the most horrific dinner I’ve ever seen. Raw, what tased like off food which was completely horrific. He then collected our plates knowing full well I hadn’t touched my meal, asked nothing about anything and went back into the kitchen. Disgusting service!
I would warn anyone thinking of going here to think again. It may of had standards many years ago but now its a horrible, unfriendly, cold and horrific experience. My partner actually felt worried for her safety with the creepy man standing within 6 inches of us multiple times. 
He then had the audacity to take more money of my card the following day without authority for a meal which we complained was completely inedible accompanied by horrendous service. 
We left the hotel after dinner straight away for the disgusting service & for fear of our own safety being the only two guests in a supposedly full hotel.
Completely ruined our weekend & will never return. 

Trust me. Stay away from Y Branwen Hotel! 

Horrific experience. 

Not sure why all the bad reviews of late, the hotel is just as described on the website. Maybe check-in times are restricted and there do seem to be a fair few rules but the location is great, the service is attentive and friendly, food is good and it represents value for money. Nice touches like generous provision of tea & coffee and plenty of dog treats. It's not luxury but it doesn't claim to be! I shall more than happily stay again.

Great location 

I decided to stay at this hotel because I'd had a lovely experience the last time four years ago. The previous owners had built up a wonderful business at Y Branwen.

The place is very different now. The current owner is a very unfriendly man completely devoid of a personality and couldn't care less about his guests. The customer service is nil. Everything is an imposition to him. Fawlty Towers but without the comedy.

It is the worst hotel I have had the misfortune to stay at. All the negative reviews on Trip Advisor I agree with.

He takes your card details for the deposit over the phone and then 11 days before we were due to arrive he takes the balance without your permission, very unprofessional.

It is not a dog friendly hotel in as much as he couldn't care less about the guests dogs. He has two large Huskies which are lovely, but very intimidating to other dogs as they are they are roaming free. They barked and howled at my dog. We telephoned before we arrived and asked about this to which he specifically told us they are kept behind the bar.

When we arrived and asked him if he could move them so we could get past to our room. He was very rude and snapped back" it's their home and they go where they want, you knew this when you booked..." Why lie to us before. We definitely wouldn't have gone otherwise.

Just a very horrible experience all round. Avoid this awful place. It puts the beautiful Harlech to shame.

Terrible Experience

Not a very friendly  welcome from the owner, my friend's dog feels intimidated
If another dog gets close. This was explained  when booked.
On arrival, the 2 big huskies (although lovely) were wandering around the reception area. I was told when booking that the dogs stayed in the bar area.
When asked if he would just move them whilst we checked in he replied "well you knew this was a dog friendly hotel when you booked, the dogs (huskies)
Can go where the like it's their home)
My friend had to  carry his dog past them.

Room was nice and clean  as was the bathroom. We had arrived late as the traffic was awful, we had phoned pryer to. This and  explained.
When we came down from putting our bags away. We were asked if we wanted a drink in the bar, we declined and asked if we could go through to dining room. We where then told the restaurant closed at 7.pm and we had 5 minute"s  to order our (pre_booked).  Meal.
????

Ordered a tagliatelle  in a creamy mushroom, courgette and cognac sauce
My friend had a beefburger that was so small that you. Wondered if. They had hardly enough meat left to make it, they must have been running low on potatoes too as he only had about 7or8 chips.
Getting. Back to my meal----- well what can I say?  They must have run out of courgettes too. As I didn't have any.

The thing I couldn't work out is why there was no cognac in my meal? it's not as though there isn't a well. Stocked bar. I mean they  state to have a well stocked. Bar with  hundreds of  different "gins" and spirits.

Breakfast was nothing special, 1 piece of strange tasting bacon,1 sausage (ok) mushrooms nice, egg good beans in a tiny dolls house size pot.  But they tasted nice ( I wonder if their hienz?)

Went with an open mind

Visited with my 5yr old grandson. Asked about a meal was told they don't cater for children. Was happy to pay for an adult portion (he eats very well) but  told they turn everyone  with children wanting a meal away. Many other children in bar though not eating.

Children not allowed to eat.

A chance visit but a good one. Very dog friendly!!! 🐕 was able to sit in the bar and resturant with us. The food was good, small menu, but enough to satisfy any taste. I had the fresh mushroom tagliatelle, it was delicious.  Followed by coconut ice cream. Worth a visit.

Friendly and welcoming

EXECUTIVE ROOM -  spacious, clean, large comfortable bed and pillows. Small shower room functional not great. No catch or lock on door so didnt shut tight , not very private. 
All the floor boards were noisy upstairs in the corridors and our room. We could hear all the activities of our neighbouring rooms, toilet , light going on and off amongst other things ! Soundproofing very poor. 
Busy road and railway line with a far view of the golf course and sand dunes. Noisy until approx 23.00hrs then traffic starts again at approx 6.00am. 
Meeting basic needs for a short stay. 

BREAKFAST  - form had to be filled in the night before. Either cereals and continental or full English. There didn't appear to be an option for mixing choices. Service was prompt and good and the cooked breakfast was adequate. 

RESTAURANT-  We were told when we booked the hotel room that it gets very busy so to book then or we wouldn't get in, so we did pre book. We booked for 19.00 . As we were having a pre dinner drink in the bar we were given a menu to fill in our choice. 
We also noted people arriving that hadn't booked being turned away due to being ' full' they obviously only do 12 covers a night as that's how many ate.
At 19.00 hours we were invited into the restaurant followed every 10 minutes by other diners, all very regimented. 
My choice of meal was delicious , fresh mushroom tagliatelle, my husband chose a chicken dish , extremely poor. £17.50 each main course  totally overpriced. 

BAR - Good beer and large choice of Gins. Comfortable spacious area but sadly lacking customers. 
After our meal in the restaurant we sat chatting in the bar when the barman came through and announced that the bar shut at 10.00. He then turned to 4 mature men who were just chatting and told them to keep their voices down in a very unnecessary and aggressive manner. We were totally shocked.  There was only 8 of us in the bar. 
My husband paid our bill for food and drink then realised that we had been overcharged £28.50 for drinks we didn't have. 
When he questioned it he was told it was 'the WIFI fault  as it keeps dropping out' . He had it refunded to his card but to this day 2 weeks later it has still NOT BEEN REFUNDED to our Bank account.   Clearly this was not a mistake. 
Again on our second night the bar shut at 10.00. We were told by the manager at 9.50  that we 
' could have another drink it we either take it to our room or drink it in the lobby and talk quietly ' We quickly learned why the bar is always empty even though there are 2 caravan parks nearby and only one other pub . 

DOG FRIENDLY -  Great to be able to take our well behaved dog to a hotel. She was warmly welcomed and went everywhere with us, bar and restaurant and given treats occasionally.  The hotel had 2 lovely big well behaved Huskys which were usually in the bar or reception. Our dog is not reactivate and wasn't bothered by them but you do have to walk round them to access the rooms etc so it may not be to everyone's  liking. In fact we would suggest that the hotel is more dog friendly than human friendly.  

WOULD WE STAY HERE AGAIN ? NO DEFINITELY NOT.

Fawlty Towers without the humour.

Had a wonderful stay here.  Rooms clean, neat and spacious with very good bed.  Absolutely delicious food but be sure to book ahead.  Very friendly and welcoming staff.   Felt so homey to come back to at end of day.   Highly recommend

Lovely place and staff

Very welcoming from moment we arrived,   our pups were given treats and settled in right away,  having met the 2 hotel huskies.  Attentive staff and excellent food,  we stayed 2 nights so had breakfast and 2 evening meals,   really good quality produce cooked by an excellent chef,  im a meat eater and the steak was fantastic,   my wife is a veggie and the menu was well catered with several choices for her too. We will look forward to our return visit .

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