Reviews in Porthmadog

We had dinner here on 16th May. It was my husband’s birthday and I wanted somewhere special to celebrate. We were not disappointed. The food was delicious, the service impeccable and the meal was good value for money. We were only visiting for a couple of days but, if we came back to the area, we would love to eat here again. A real gem of a restaurant.

We ate at Y Sgwàr on Wednesday 15th May the food was outstanding and excellent value for money will definitely return!

We visited this restaurant for the first time today and it won’t be the last. We enjoyed a simply delicious 2 course Sunday lunch….could not manage a dessert as we had no room left! We both had a simple prawn cocktail as starter. This was fresh, tasty and well presented. We then had the roast beef dinner which came with lots o& yummy vegetables plus a gorgeous cauliflower cheese. Service was attentive and good.

We ate on Wednesday 8th May 2024. Wonderful food as usual. We have eaten here many times over the years and we always have perfectly cooked, beautifully presented and tasty food. I had the lamb and it melted in your mouth. Lorraine looked after us and gave us a table with privacy as I am a type 1 diabetic, so I could inject my insulin without disturbing other diners. We had a glass of the house Merlot and it was divine. I wished that we booked a taxi and ordered a bottle! Thank you again, we will be back.

Spent a few days staying near Porthmadoc and so eat at several different restaurants. All were good but Y Sgwar was excellent. Lovely building set in the village square with plenty of parking outside. We ate there on a busy Saturday evening and the place was full of people obviously enjoying themselves. The menu was extensive and catered for all tastes. I had one of the best, perhaps the best, rib-eye stakes I've ever had. Cooked to perfection. Out of the deserts, the pavlova with white chocolate ice-cream was delicious. If in the area we would go again.

Loved our meal and service on Friday 10 May and hope to return one dat

Visited the restaurant during a week's stay in porthmadog. The service and quality of the food was faultless. By far the best we had during our week in North Wales

We had a great meal at Y Shear. The staff were friendly and attentive and the food was excellent. We had the early bird menu that was good value for the quality of food.

Excellent food, atmosphere, service & value. Good enough to lure us back to North Wales very soon.

We haven’t visited for about 11 yrs, I saw that it was still owned by the same people. So celebrating a friend’s birthday, we booked our table for four. Well the food was even better than we remembered with great service. Glad we made the effort and will visit again if we come back to the area.

Our second time at Y Sgwar, just as lovely as the first. Lovely staff and the food was delicious. We will be going back again . Thank you so much We had earlybird menu. Excellent food and excellent price

If you find yourself in the Snowdon area then I would heartily recommend booking this restaurant. We won’t hesitate to book it again. We couldn’t fault anything about this meal, the atmosphere, the friendliness of the staff nor the value for money. The whisky sauce on my chicken was the highlight for me. We booked it as a treat after doing Snowdon and had to come straight from the mountain, as we were a little late coming down. We probably weren’t the best presented customers but you wouldn’t know it. My only regret is not being able to finish the pavlova, with white chocolate ice cream. It was delicious but my eyes were bigger than my belly. Every course was of an extremely high quality and perfectly presented. Definitely a top restaurant.

Second time here, just as good as first. Food and staff excellent. Had earlybird, couldn't fault it. We will be back . Thank you

Food is excellent and great service

Really friendly and good value for money, will be visiting again in August and October this year.

We visited 'Y Sgwar' in April and the food was really nice. We pre-ordered our meals because there were 11 of us (I received the menus via email before hand). I didn't notice this until after we left, but we were over-charged on the meals. On the menus we received before hand, a child starter was £4 and all children meals were £8.50. The early-bird 2-course was £22. When looking at the receipt later on I noticed I was charged £7.50 for the child starter and £10 for a child meal. Also we were charged £23.50 each for the early-bird menus. I know I should have checked the receipt there and then, but the kids were tired and we were in a rush to leave.

Excellent food from a lovely menu and very pleasant and helpful staff. Unfortunately the experience was diminished by having to wait nearly and hour for our first course to arrive. I would like to think that we were just unlucky and we would certainly return.