Bodnant Welsh Food

We (my doggie and me) stayed at the Bodnant Welsh Food centre farmhouse B&B at the beginning of September 2025. Was very surprised at what is actually available on site. I expected just the B&B - turns out there is a Cookery School, a Farm Shop, lovely day-cafe called the Furnace, and the restaurant The Hayloft. As the B&B is slightly off the beaten-track (15 minutes drive to Llandudno) and not exactly in a village - having both a cafe and a restaurant on site, meant that we didn't have to worry about where to get some lunch or dinner. Speaking of lunch and dinner - the food was absolutely delicious at the Hayloft - the space is very well dressed up, and the ambience is relaxing, comfortable, yet trendy. Huge bonus for the fact that both the cafe and the restaurant are dog friendly, so I didn't have to leave my pooch in the room. The place could do with some improved signs on the main road - I think it misses out on passing traffic as the signs that are there are too small, too close to the turn of the road, and do not actually advertise what is available on site. Lost opportunity. I had no idea what was there until I arrived. Anyway, I can definitely recommend staying at the B&B, and the food at the cafe and the restaurant. Well worth the visit, well worth the detour. It's actually only 15 mins - maybe less from the A55 - if you're on your way further into Wales, this is the place to stop for a break. Worth it.

I recently had my wedding ceremony and reception at Bodnant Welsh Food. I cannot recommend this venue enough! Olivia was our wedding coordinator and right from viewing to booking and planning she was incredibly supportive. She even arranged for us to have our wedding pictures taken at Bodnant Gardens which was magical. The venue is outstanding with a view of the River Conwy, the farmhouse feel and decor of the Hayloft is so lovely. Ebony was the coordinator on the wedding day and she was amazing, everything went smoothly. The food is great with local produce being used and the staff are friendly. I can't thank Olivia, Ebony and the rest of the staff enough for such a great wedding experience!

Consistently excellent! Great service, fab location overlooking the River Conwy and absolutely delicious food! Stay in the rooms here, great value for a lovely peaceful stay! Sunday Roasts are excellent! Farm shop is lovely!

Really nice farm shop and cafe. The quality and choice is great and the selection of local cheeses, chutneys and meats is good. Some stunning views across the estery as well. The cafe was very nice and good quality food was served. Only downside, it is slightly expensive but as a one off don't mind due to the quality.

This was my second visit to the artisan market here, the site is great and busy the staff were excellent and we had coffee the stalls were all amazing and managed to find a cutting board for the van and a few other quirky bits.

This is a beautiful farm shop with lots of unusual products that make for great souvenirs or gifts. It's expensive, though, so even though there is a butcherie and fresh produce, I'm not sure it would be practical or affordable to shop here regularly. That said, at the time of this review, there is an excellent choice of wines and spirits and a small coffee stand selling cakes, but gluten-free options are quite limited, unfortunately. Telephone before you travel as the opening times keep changing and nobody can be bothered to add them to their website.

Fabulous restaurant The Hayloft, Fabulous atmosphere, Fabulous food. Staff so helpful, friendly and understanding. You really need to try it!

First time visit at Bodnant Welsh foods / Cafe. Lovely little place. Access for wheelchairs aswell at the cafe with a ramp walkway. Staff lovely and friendly and happy in the shop and cafe. Had a lovely cappuccino and millionaires shortbread. Stunning views.

I'd call this a hidden Welsh gem. Freshly picked and local grown fruit and vegetables, traditional Welsh cheese and butter, local meat and numerous local beers, chutneys and herbs and spices. In the middle there is also a selection of chocolates to die for along with a mini bakery with freshly made Welsh cakes and bread. With all the produce being locally sourced, you know what you're getting. But bearing this in mind, the prices aren't cheap. There's also a cafe, icecream parlour, wine shop and bee centre located right outside so everyone should be able to find something to suit their taste.

This place is a bit like the curates egg, good in places, bad in places ! Butchery and deli sell nice produce as does the bakery and veg side, it's let down by things like uncle bens rice for a whopping £2.95 per sachet ! And various " boutique" chutneys which are definitely not cheap. We were served at checkout by a really miserable guy who despite the fact that we both had our COVID-19 masks on and were demonstrably polite got no response at all to a request for a bag or box to tote our £45 odd worth of goodies ( yes we live local and know asking for a bag would cost us 10p). He eventually relented and got us a box from behind the counter. I know it difficult to see a smile with a mask on, but a bit of pleasantry would make all the difference.

We were on our way to the Bodnant Gardens when I saw the sign for the Bodnant Food Centre and quickly pulled in the parking lot. We got some tea from the coffee shop and then wandered into the food shop. The shop features foods grown and made in Wales. There were sections devoted to fish and meat, but not having a kitchen, we focused on jams, cheeses, and other goodies that we could pack in a suitcase. We're still enjoyed our purchases, although they're quickly dwindling. There's also a center for bee-keeping -- and a restaurant. I wish we'd had the time to have dinner there. Next time for sure. As I understand, the food centre was started as a side project by Bodnant Gardens. Bravo!

Although the Bodnant Food Centre is only a few miles from home until today we'd never visited. It's the sort of place you need to go out of your way to get to and in any case we'd heard mixed reviews of the place. However one quiet Saturday afternoon we needed something to pass an hour and with nowhere else to go we turned south down the Conwy Valley and headed for Furnace Farm. The centre essentially comprises three parts for visitors the Hay Loft Restaurant, The Furnace Tea-Room and the Furnace Farm Shop. There are however other parts of the business including a cookery school and a bee keeping centre. We didn't try either the restaurant or tea-rooms on our visit but instead headed for the shop. My first impression was that it was bigger than I'd expected, it's maybe the size of an average convenience store but for some reason I'd expected a tiny little room. There's everything you'd expect from a shop like this including meat, veg, dairy produce, preserves, cakes, beer and all manner of cooking ingredients. Surprisingly for a Welsh food centre some of the produce wasn't Welsh, I spotted produce from Shropshire, Gloucestershire and Yorkshire amongst others, but most of the stock is Welsh. There's some genuinely local produce too including beer from the Great Orme Brewery which misleadingly isn't located on the Great Orme but is in fact located about a mile to the north of Furnace Farm on the outskirts of Glan Conwy. They also stock preserves from Baravelli's of Conwy and cakes from Swigr a Sbeis and Ty Hwnt I'r Bont, both of which are located just down the valley in Llanrwst. They also stock locally reared meat and game, some of which is reared on the Bodnant Estate and rest elsewhere in the Conwy Valley. What isn't surprising is that the prices are often a bit hefty, this isn't somewhere many people will go to do the weekly shop. We bought a few items (mainly Great Orme beer!) but I think for most normal families this is somewhere to purchase couple of treats rather than do any substantial shopping. In many ways it's more of a tourist attraction than a shop for the locals and I'm sure they'll be looking to attract coach parties to boost their trade. Although we will no doubt return at some point in time it's not likely to be anytime soon. However I do hope the business succeeds. It does provide much needed employment in a rural area and also provides a place for local food produces to sell their wares so it's not all bad.

What a mixed experience this proved to be! Eight of us visited the Food Centre, prior to going on to Bodnant Gardens a mile along the main road. We queued up at the Tea Room a long barn that has been tastefully restored and has comfortable seating. The staff were obviously busy, but not overworked and we joined in with their system of ordering individually & being given small wooden numbered animal signs to be placed on the table of our choice. As there were eight of us we found a large enough table at the far end of the room and waited for our orders to arriveand waitedand waited! We discussed our orders amongst ourselves apart from teas & coffes, the only hot food ordered was soup: most of us had gone for the sandwiches or baguettes. Eventually I went to the serving area and was met by stares and a feeling of resentment/misunderstanding by the staff who, by then, were just standing around. I asked to see the manager who turned out to be the manageress and returned to my seat. When she arrived she barely apologised but agreed that our 35 minute wait had been excessive. She came back with our orders and we remonstrated that their system of numbering customers had obviously NOT worked. She them admitted that there was a change in the offing & that in future all the tables would be numbered, instead of the customers. Hopefully this will work better! As for the foodit was very good and we enjoyed it despite their having run out of baguettes! This time the manageress was more fulsome with her apology and gave me two £10 tokens to be spent in the Farm Shop: this reduced our spend from the £48 outlay and we later toasted the Food Centre in the beer we had bought there. Good food and drink but a rotten service experience. Could & should do better.

http:/ (http://) This newly opened Food centre is truly world class. A clutch of wonderful 18th century farm buildings on the celebrated Bodnant Estate ( The National Trust Bodnant Gardens is close by ) has been triumphantly restored as a centre of excellence for welsh food and eveything that goes with it. There is a tearoom , and a fabulous farm shop which includes produce from an in-house butchers, bakers, and dairy, and much besides . The top quality food on the shelves has often travelled yards rather than miles. Add to this a stunning restaurant with views over the Carneddau range , and , from all points, great elevated views of the River Conwy, a Cookery school, the centre for welsh bees ( with CCTV of the hives and all that goes on in them ), and you have the makings of a great place to pause for refreshment and to shop. The food on offer in the shop is , it seems to me , very sensibly priced , there is none of the ridiculous overpricing on incidental items that often spoils smart food centres , and meat , veg and bread seem very reasonably pitched . But the real finishing touch is the quality and friendliness of the staff, who could teach many a place of hospitality a thing or two. They are plainly delighted to be working in such a stunning place , where great attention , and much investment , has been applied to the smallest detail. Bravo indeed!