Seiont Manor Hotel

Converted from the farmstead of a Georgian manor house, Seiont sits amid Snowdonia's rapturous landscape, and prides itself on catering for any number of special occasions throughout the year. Slickly run by a knowledgeable and genuinely friendly front-of-house team, the Llwyn y Brain restaurant is a blue-hued room with quality furnishings and well-spaced tables. A kitchen team dedicated to getting the best out of local produce blends old and new in its culinary approach. An appetiser soup and a pause for a sorbet add interest to the fixed-price menus, which might take in seared scallops with apple, ginger and pancetta, a main course of good Welsh lamb with dauphinoise, red cabbage and ratatouille in a red wine reduction, and white chocolate and chestnut parfait with dark chocolate sauce to finish.