Pete's Eats

Whoop Pete’s eats is reopen! Had a great mid afternoon lunch while the weather was throwing a hooly outside. Friendly staff, good food, nice decor. Not bad value either.

Last week we hired out Pete’s Eats and a couple of rooms for our wedding and we had the most incredible time. Sarah was excellent in helping us to create our perfect day especially given that we only gave her 6 weeks notice. Her staff did an amazing job of decorating and setting up the place, better than we could have ourselves to be honest! They went above and beyond to make sure everything ran really smoothly and accommodated us having live music. The bar staff did a fantastic job keeping up with a LOT of cocktail orders (there was never a big queue) and we had so many compliments about the food from all our guests - everyone said it was delicious and generous portions. Sarah upgraded the groom’s father to the penthouse which was such a special surprise for the weekend, it’s an amazing room. Can’t thank all the staff involved enough, we are extremely grateful for delivering our dream day in our local. Would definitely recommend Pete’s Eats and Melyn for any event bookings.

Don't be fooled by the aesthetic! Really disappointing visit. We’re locals to Llanberis and thought we’d give it a try after summer, but we wish we hadn’t! Never been anywhere with such uninterested staff. We waited 40 minutes for one wrong starter, no apology, and had to ask for our mains instead. My boyfriend’s pizza looked like a mini Chicago Town pizza, and my roast dinner was awful – chewy beef, tasteless mash, rock-hard broccoli, and a frozen Yorkshire pudding. Saw staff on their phones but no one came over to check on us or clear plates, so we went to pay ourselves. When we said the food wasn’t good, the woman just carried on with the bill and even asked if we wanted to tip! We just laughed in shock. We’re not ones to complain, but this felt like a scam. Awful food, uninterested staff, and zero care for customers. Such a shame, as we really wanted to like it – but we’ll be telling everyone to steer clear.

Never wrote a review for a culinary establishment before, but my recent experience at this place, justifies it. Myself and my other half waited for around an hour and 15 minutes for a Sunday roast which although tasted nice and was well presented had flaws within. Whilst all my components were cooked well, my other half had a raw carrot, raw broccoli, and raw potatoes served to her which we wouldn’t mind too much if it wasn’t for the major wait. The staff also weren’t all that enthusiastic which is fine to a point but not when coupled with a drawn out service. Unfortunately, with being a tourist at the time of visiting, the attractive exterior and name drew me in but I had I known what was inside, I wouldn’t have bothered; and I wouldn’t either if I were you.

30/10/25: The deco is contemporary with planed wooden panelling on the walls. The cafe has a spacious feel about it and apparently nothing like it was before the make over. The menu is varied and caters for vegetarian as well as carnivores; most items are of the breakfast/ luncheon type dishes. Three of us ate there and having ordered at the bar we didn’t wait long for our drinks and food to arrive even though the place was fairly busy. Our meals were tasty and all were happy with it.

Smashing Welsh breakfast. Good service, warm welcome, and lovely coffee served hot. Busy Saturday morning but breakfast arrived quickly, and like the coffee was hot and well cooked. Free customer WiFi. Loos were clean and well supplied.

We loved this place so much that in a 4 day trip, we went twice (one for dinner, one for breakfast) The food was insane. with really good portions of burgers. I had the Vegan one and it tasted amazing, but I am aware the others were excellent choices too as my friends commented. For breakfast... Whatever you order - Welsh, English, veggie or Vegan - they all were full of flavour. The service was really good, the waiters were nice and helpful at all time, but it took a little bit too long for the dinner - around 45 minutes to serve the food. It is a shame the breakfast kitchen does not open until 9am, it would make so much money if they opened earlier as there was already a queue. Overall, I fully recommend this place if you are nearby!

The full breakfast is fantastic! Great service in a lovely atmosphere. Highly recommend the vegetarian sausages that you can even order alongside the bacon option- the best veggie sausages I have ever eaten! All local Welsh produce. A great range of beer on tap. Great coffee too. Will be going back!

The perfect stop for any meal if you find yourself in the Llanberis area. Pete's Eats is the mountain-climber's ideal hub before and after a climb. The first floor has a great open feeling with the help of large shop-style windows. Their breakfast is decent. I had the Small Breakfast, which is one fried egg, one medium-sized sausage link, large strip of bacon and two triangle hash browns. It seemed a hardy meal for the name, and turned out to be perfect to have just before heading out to tackle the ancient Parciau Hill Fort, which is over on Isle of Angelsey. Decent coffee. Soy milk available. Great dessert. Solid free Wi-Fi. Bright, cheery atmosphere with people coming and going and congregating or meditating quietly by themselves. The waitstaff is friendly and helpful. They have many private toilets and a shower upstairs on the second floor, as well as an extensive map room with maps from all over the world filed away in flat files drawers. I understand Pete's Eats has sleeping quarters, too, with bunk beds mainly, some private quarters. On the main floor they have a small sharing library between both dining rooms.

Excellent service recently at Peates Eats, top notch Hot chocolates in a friendly warm environment.

Pete's Eats is legendary in North Wales and rightly so! We came, as a family, for breakfast here and were well fed at a most reasonable price. Full cooked breakfasts were popular although my sausage and mushroom bap was huge, juicy and delicious. A small tea did me but you can also get your hot drinks in pint mugs. The boys and I explored the lounge, library and map room, all of which are free to use and there are also bunks and shower rooms available. We were pretty early but it was filling up by 9am with walkers - it's a friendly and busy place with an extensive menu and well worth a visit. Free wifi available and the photos along the walls show impressive views of walkers / climbers on Snowdon.

Pete's Eats is a stalwart of the Snowdonian cullinary experience. As much a feature of the landscape as Snowdon itself, it can be relied upon for unwavering consistency in terms of the quality and quantity of the fare on offer. Situated on the High Street in Llanberis it's incredibly popular with mountain walkers, climbers and cyclists alike who visit the National Park. It's a deep and highly extraordinary shade of blue so you can't and shouldn't miss this incredible slab of a building. I've been visiting the place for twenty years and for most of that time it didn't seem to change at all: two spacious and well lit rooms with plenty of tables were surrounded with walls adorned by mesmerising photos of people (presumably customers, friends and family?) revelling in a dazzling array of outdoor pursuits, the majority of which focus on people balanced precariously on ridges, cliffs and daunting overhangs. But in recent years there have been many changes afoot at Pete's Eats. A back room has opened out on the ground floor with more seating for diners, giving the whole cafe an organic, sprawling feel. Not only do I now have trouble deciding what to choose from the extensive menu, I take just as much time deciding where to sit. Upstairs Pete's Eats continues on several floors, expanding its ambit to include internet facilities, a map room and library, shower rooms, toilets and the bunkhouse sleeping quarters - see website for booking details. After a good day walking in the mountains there is nothing better than refuelling at Pete's Eats. The menu runs from snacks such as chip butties, baked potatos, toasted and ordinary sandwiches and soups to the legendarily mighty all day breakfasts and astonishingly large mixed grills. Vegetarians are well catered for in the all day veggie breakfast section, which is always good to see. The menu then moves on to main courses such as lasagne, pies, tarts and other bakes, before extending its formidable reach towards curries. Again, vegetarians are well looked after with an assortment of options. Cakes and puddings close the menu. There are three remarkable things about Pete's Eats which deserve a mention to the uninitiated: i) pint mugs of tea bearing various Pete's Eats logos (the mugs themselves are also available to buy), ii) the enormously generous, overflowing portions iii) incredibly low prices - approx. £5 for the enormous mixed grill with chips. As we sat there chewing my partner commented that the black and white photo above the entrance to one of the ground floor rooms must be Pete himself, as it depicted a man in chef's gear brandishing a large knife outside the place. I headed to the counter to buy a couple of their cauldron-esque mugs and realised I was being served by the man himself. I commented on the fact that I'd been visiting the place for years and how great it was. He smiled and said that in thirty years it might not have made him a rich man, but it had indeed made him very happy. Seemed to me that the people on my side of the counter felt the same.

The place to eat after you have climbed Snowdon. Good food, reasonably priced & friendly staff. I waited 20 years to go back & have their fish and chips again and it was worth the wait. It was off the menu but they still made it for me. This is a step up from a cafe but one just below a restaurant not that that is a put down. Excellent place.

"possibly the best caff in the world" is their tag line... don't know if they are, but I think they're pretty damn close! Again it was recommended to me, but even if it hadn't, the bright blue building stands out and draws everyone in. There were lots of locals and visitors having breakfast and lunch, so it was already pretty busy when our group showed up. I had a group of 40+ university students in tow and I think that this was a very good budget eatery for them...whether you have a huge appetite and eat your entire dish, or if you split a meal with someone else. I was very impressed with how quickly and efficiently the staff handled our group with no advanced warning. I was looking at the menu and was excited to see the homemade falafels on there. However, when I got to the counter I was informed that they were not on offer that day, but I noticed a specials board that I hadn't seen before and chose the leek, mushroom, and ham hot pot with chips. I was seeing everyone's food come out and was extremely excited for mine. One student ordered the chili and out came a heaping platter of chili on top of rice... you'd think that it was an order for two people! My food came out rather quickly, but still piping hot! The hot pot was absolutely delicious...creamy, lots of flavour, and had big chunks of leeks, mushrooms, and ham. This was definitely homemade. And the chips... you could tell those were homemade and fresh! They were crisp and a little dark on the outside, but wonderfully soft on the inside. It was so much food, but it was so delicious and hearty; the kind of food you want after you've been hiking all day in the cold and the wind... or if you're just hungry. I would probably go back to Llanberis just to have lunch at Pete's Eats. FACT.

The Guv'nor. I've spent years of my life hill walking in the UK. I've been to the Andes, the Himalayas and the Alps too and I know that there's only one place I want to be at the end of each day. Pete's Eats in Llanberis. Copious quantities of food, pint mugs of tea, friendly atmosphere and a free juke box all at (excuse the pun) Rock Bottom Prices! This place is an absolute hill walkers classic and I love it!

Just the thought of this place gives me a wonderfully warm feeling inside. It is a place that all visitors to Snowdonia should take the time to visit, even if it's only to experience the massively large vats of tea. I'm sure that I'll be visiting Pete's Eats for decades to come, one day bribing my children up mountains with the promise of whatever they like from Pete's afterwards! The menu is vast, the portions are way beyond generous, the prices are more than reasonable and the juke box is free need I say more? In peak season or at weekends the place is packed out with people pre or post walking/climbing/other outdoor adventures, on a wet, cold and windy weekday off season the place had a calmer air. Locals, families, people well known to the staff and each other made up the clientele. I think Pete's is many things to many people, I saw a different side to the place on this visit I stood out with my pink cheeks, wet trouser bottoms and ravenous appetite. But no matter the season, their warm smiles, happy service and delicious food is a defining constant.

Awesome outdoors experience!!! When in Snowdonia, everyone must pay a visit to Pete's Eats, especially if you have been working hard in the mountains!!! Excellent, cheap food and drink! You can't miss it if you're in Llanberis, it's the brightest building there Go and try!

We came to Pete's eat on our way through as we had heard good things about it. I ordered the fish and chips and my friend had lasagne with a side of chips. Both dishes were fine but not overwhelming. Good if you want a hot and carby meal after a long day in the mountains, but nothing more than that. Friendly service and decent prices.

If you want a nice hot meal served quickly with the minimum of fuss, Pete's is your place! Friendly staff, good basic cafe food, served fast and hot.

The service here leaves something to be desired, but to be fair the place is always so busy I'm amazed the staff member's heads don't explode. The food is good, and what you get on your plate considering what you pay out of your wallet is impressive. If you need a big plate of warming food having been hiking up snowdon or trekking round the lakes then this is the place to go. They also make massive mugs of tea/coffee. Massive. They also have hostel rooms upstairs for visitors, can't say I've ever stayed there, but if you're looking for a base to go walking in snowdonia it wouldn't hurt to give them a ring.

Just the most fabulous place. Get yourself a pint of tea and a huge plate of the day's special.

called at petes eats this morning.Placed a order at 10 .10 for two breakfasts ,not as busy as it can be.We waited and waited ,after 50minutes I was about to go and complain when it arrived.The sausage bacon and egg where stone cold,beans and hash browns luke warm. We are regular customers .Its not the first time we have had a long wait.This time it has put us off going there again

An essential part of any day climbing in the Llanberis Pass - plentiful food and a great atmospere. A great place to warm up, escape the rain or refuel.

Found this a very fab cafe indeed. The food is pretty basic but when you've been out on the mountains for the day, stodge is what you need and the portions are great! Has a map room upstairs and a nice vibe.