The Knowhere Guide

Eating and Drinking in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion*

Aberystwyth, Ceredigion Pubs, Cafes, Coffee Shops and Restaurants

Food

• Morrisons expect dried out food but its really cheap
• Morrisons...quality dropped since takeover from Safeway Bins behind the Marine...gross
• Burger kings in the middle of town if you like that ballony, cheap sausage rolls n stuff from the popty bakery. nice cheep food at wetherspoons 2 meals for £6.99
• Morgans Hot Baps on North parade - best student takeaway food in aber - roast beef and yorkshire pudding & gravy rolls to go - wow!!
• The Agra indian restaurant, under-estimated and consistently very good. The Chinese in pier street, basic, but of good quality. The Chinese on the seafront (the left hand one if you stand facing) does crispy aromatic duck, a rare dlicacy in these parts, you need to give them advance notice though. Spartacus and subway in terrace road and great darkgate street do good sandwiches etc. The new french restaurant in eastgate street is top, but it is fairly expensive.
• Speaking as someone who used to work for the central fish bar, or whatever its called, the chippie near Philip Evans the esate agents the food might be cheap but its not worth the health risk. Like many chippies in aber the fish is cheap, crappy, frozen imported rubish and the health and safety in the kitchen is non-existant.
• Agra has been under new management for a while. Spice of Bengal is very helpfully open late until 1am, or 2am on the right nights. Pizza Alley, Dinner Jackets, Pipers, Gourmet Pizza Co. and Pizza-Pasta stop are all long gone.
• I worked in the Kings Hall Restaurant and if you knew how they prepared the food you wouldn't eat there. Ditto Burger King. I'm not being nasty, but brutally honest. There's a reason staff turnover is so high in both places. Students beware - not a secure form of employment.
• Casablanca has closed! Shame! Less aggro at the Agra now - it's got new owners
• If you want pizza go to Hollywood (on Pier street) they're the best. Hardly anywhere delivers in Aber, if you don't want pizza or kebab then you'll have to get off your arse and go get it yourself. Something the Chinese takeaways could think about?!
• Harry's is the only decent place to eat in town.
• There are some great places for a small town... but a little moan... there are no REALLY nice Indians anymore. The Agra is fairly ick, and you run the risk of a highly embarrasssing proposal of marriage from the owner (Ash) during the main course! There is a new one by the station, which looks lush, but everything was cold!! The Light of Asia has great food and staff, but the premises are a bit dull looking. On Non-Indian front: Harry's is definitely the best food in town (yum), while Serendipity has very rich but also very delish food. The Pier Brasserie is good, but the food is mainly frozen/bought in. Little Italy is ALWAYS a safe and yummy bet if you're not sure.
• dont go to burger king... they think they're so above everyone. comeon we got chucked out for no reason wat so ever apart from a "we dont like YOUR type" and somehow we've been band completly.. doesn't bother me, burgerking food is rank anyway.
• GANNETS HAS THE BEST FOOD IN TOWN...TRY THE GARLIC MUSHROOMS!!!!
• We have a wetherspoons what more can i say
• Believe it or believe it not, two good, reasonable, places to go for a meal - The National Library and Pen Bryn on the Uni Campus on Penglais Hill. Cheap and filling and a good choice (try the breakfast at Pen Bryn!!!)
• HOLLYWOOD PIZZA! The best pizza takeaway in the whole of Aberystwyth... and quite possibly, Wales.
• 24hour spar...cheap food...tastes like crap...doesnt really matter at 2 in the morning and several pints later
• Agra is cheapest nice food too. Light of Asia little bit more expensive but nice atmosphere, just ask for Nahar and tell him these certain words that will get you endless freebies "I SAW YOUR CAR TODAY AND IT LOOKS DA BIZZ", as hes a car freak.
• Is Agra the rudest restaurant in Britain? Nice food but the staff are agressive and there's a blonde waitress so up herself I'm suprised anyone goes there!
• I'm amazed no-one has mentioned the Treehouse. At the top of Baker Street, this is an organic wholefood restaurant, and their food is always fantastic. It's also one of the two places you can reliably get a vegan meal (the other is the Ancient Rain), and they usually have some sort of nice vegan dessert too!
• The Clocktower restaurant,strategically sited at the new clocktower at the top of town serves wonderful food with excellent friendly (as long as you dont piss Dominic off!), family run service.The coffee shop/cafe downstairs is open all day with loads of seating outside - superb when the sun is shining!
• Does anyone know if that gorgeous girl "helen" with the strawberry blonde hair is still working at "Gannets" - I think I'm in love
• Holywood Pizza. The Inn on the Pier's pizzas.
• The Academy is shit. They have no food and stop serving at dinnertime. The Varsity is OK except weekends when food takes at least an hour to prepare. They also have some of the most miserable (and stupid) staff I have ever met.
• Does the Night Owl still park on Penglais hill?
• Hollywood Pizza is fairly good... and The Dolphin do an outstanding Egg and chips.
• Casablance is lovely, lovely, lovely.
• The Black Lion, or Y Llew Du, has the best puib food in town, also cheap. Go there NOW!
• Morgans for brekkies and jacket potatoes. Upper Limit do a decent all day brekkie too.
• Now that the Agra indian restaurant has been open a while, whatever you do dont ask for anything else like extra plates, glasses or in fact anything other than what they give you or you may end up a statistic in Bronglais hospital due to the "entertaining" staff especially Ash
• Gannets in Aberystwyth is ghastly! Nice atmosphere but everything served covered with a strange brown goo - and they actually serve "cheesy peas" - gloppy bowls of cheese sauce with peas and diced ham floating in them.
• Rob the lad in HOLLYWOOD PIZZA is a moody git, who takes offence when u pinch his oregano spice when you're in a drunken stuper and ask to use the toilet.. (By the way... the bath has got fake plants in!!! Interesting!!) Go into the kebab shop and ask to use the toilet... then.... look in their bathroom cabinet!! We did!! And we found.... Chesty Cough Medicine and 3 bottles of OLD SPICE!! ... Nice!!
• Casablanca in Eastgate Street in great fun - they let you bring your own alcohol,the food is good and you can make as much noise as you want.Little Italy is also great fun - if a little expensive.
• ISTANBUL!!!! Kebabs for you and food poisoning for all. Respectable places include Harleys (steak and chips for £3) Varsity, good for lunch if expensive. Other gooies are Little Italy (mmmm), Gannets(nice) and Pizza Alley (great). Hollywood pizza is best for take-away pizzas.
• 3 Kebabs in strategic locations a BK and also McDonalds but these are located near the Industrial Estate so why bother. My favourite is Pizza Alley on Baker Street just near Natwest Bank. Really cozy place reasonable prices licenced, friendly, perfect
• McDonalds drive-thru is great - unless you're vegetarian (expect a long wait for your burger) , or they've run out of milkshake, or milk, or coke... For the cheapest food in Aber, try Lidl's or Kwik Save.
• Dinner Jackets, on Great Darkgate Street- well cheap, and amazingly good.
• Large selection of vegetarian-catering places compared with many more urban areas, oddly enough
• The new indian, Agra, on North Parade, is excellent- staff are very entertaining, and the service is really fast.
• Istanbul Kebab does the BEST kebab buns- cheap too.
• Easgate Fish Market, across the street from Downey's Vaults. It has great chips, battered burgers & sausages and gravy.
• The King's Hall Restaurant and Carvery. V. good food, reasonably priced. McDonalds Drive-Thru. Admittedly about a mile out of town (opposite Safeway), but a must for anyone with transport.
• Aber has finally entered the 20th Century!!!! They built a McDonalds drive thru at LLanbadarn in three days but expect to wait that long for your order if you want an Apple pie at lunchtime
• Elizabeth's Coffee Shop: Excellent food, an impressive array of coffee-based drinks, friendly service, cute waitresses!
• Casblanca for brilliant atmosphere - bring your own wine.
• Pipers for the best Italian food!
• Gannets Restaurant for the best (and most expensive) food in town. Students special for 10 pounds.
• Also Burger King & Gourmet Pizza Co., if you must.
• Welsh Fudge Shop. Now closed.
• Ernie's chippie.
• Pizza-Pasta Stop.
• Spartacus does best rolls in Aber.

Pubs

• no shortage here!!
• Aber = no shortage of Pubs
• DOWNIES although the owner is abit of a loser, the barwomen (charlotte and rhiannon) my best mates are the best bar people in town hah, buy them a drink
• Having studied for three years until 2005 in Aberystwyth this is by far the best quote I've heard that sums up student life in Aber!..."Aber's the kind of place that you put your pint, wallet and mobile phone down on a pub table, then go to the toilet, to come back and find your pint missing!" - so true, great place!
• Rosser Bar on campus for a cheap pub quiz, 50p entry and great prizes. The Bay is always great, although I used to live next door so I would say im biased. The Castle 'Hotel' is open till 4am on weekends now!
• The VARSITY is the only choice! A refreshing city-pub like atmosphere in a an otherwise rather depressing welsh town. Excellent!
• ... THE SHIP AND CASTLE!!! THe only real pub in the centre of Aber....weekly swaps of great real ales and cider. .....
• havent we done this one allready. loads of pubs in aber. try them all but u wont get roung them all in one weekend!!!
• Rummers or the scholars are my tipple servers of choice
• Alfie Moon's (known to others perhaps as Weatherspoon's) does a good Curry Night on Thursday
• The Bay: The best place in Aber! Friendly staff + cheap drinks. I love it!!
• I suggest that you and a large group of friends adorn yourselves with Cavemen/women outfits or similar, and attempt a shot (or half a shot... if you're feeling woosy), in all 54 (approx) of the finest drinking establishments that Aber has to offer. This way you can make an educated decision on which pubs you would most like to pass out in front of. You can then also decide which nights are safe to pass out in front of afore-mentioned establishments, without being trodden on by a 20 tonner drunken Welsh rugby player, e.g it is inadvisable to pass out in front of The Lleu Du (can't spell!)on Bridge street when Pant-y-Celyn hall are out on the piss.... VERY inadvisable!
• Loads. Rummers. The Downie Vaults an unusual old gimmers place, especially if you have a chat with the almost incomprehensible (but very cheerful) landlord. Cooper's Arms is *not* a Welsh Nationalist pub, contrary to student mythology.
• Too many to list, alchie heaven! a veritable breeding ground for future AA members.
• The cambrain, check out the bar staff! There's not one hung the right way!
• The Castle Pub is a cracking joint! Do watch out for the odd group of Hell's Angels however. If proper bikers are in town, this is where they come... but that is very rare.
• Most dangerous bar offer I have ever come across must be from The Bay Hotel - Free vodka with any drink over £1. So, for example, if you bought some full- strength absinth back in 98, you got a free vodka. Ludicrous but fun.
• Druid in Goginan. Excellent pub grub
• PUBS in aber, are very good, value for money and Freindly atmosphere. Towns only worth a visit Just for the pubs, but watch out for Weatherspoons Its the Worst one i've been to! Been to Leeds, Wakey, Cambridge, Gravesend and Portsmouth, all very similar, but aber has this 'Boring Quality' about it
• The Llew Du at the top of Bridge Street is THE pub in town. Iestyn is a top man as are some of the regulars. It has an awsome juke box and serves good food.A great place to watch rugby. Tafarn gorau a mwyaf Cymreigedd Aber. 'Co Seiz Fi!
• Weatherspoons for a cheap pint of Stella, Lord Beechings (on Thursdays esp. cheap Triple V's, tell Tony the owner he looks like Sven Goran Eriksson), Bar Essential, Varsity, Academy, Pier Inn (The General Manager - Lee is a dude, look out for him , he looks like Eddie Irvine), upstairs for Pier Pressure... everywhere else is crap (Piers not the best in the world, but far better than the rest in Aber)
• Typical crawl: Rummers, Mill, Beechings, Cambrian, Varsity, Bay and then Glen. That's the spirit!
• The cambrian is a must for anyone who likes cocktails, buy a death star at your peril!
• The Inn On The Pier does pints for 1.60 until 8pm(It used to be 1.20 back in the days).
• Too many to list, though my favourite has got to be Harley's
• Rummers and The Cwps are the two best pubs
• Bar E is good for watching the footie. Varsity is a must for people watching. It will be interesting to see how the new Weatherspoons pub does agains the Varsity...watch this space....
• The Varsity is great for People Shopping - watch out for The Whores though! We are watching you Brett!
• If you like bird spotting of the non-feathered variety, the Academy is a good place to start. (Ideally between 9 and 10pm Tuesday, Friday and Saturday).
• Lets see...the Varsity is a must. You have to go in and laugh at the big freak show that is Aber, especially on Bank Holidays when the shell suits come out. Beechings vodka is horrible shitty cheap stuff that will make you ill without the fun of being drunk. Rummers happy hour is good value and they have a variety of flavoured vodkas as long as you dont mind feelin like a hamster sittin in sawdust. As long as they don't stab you, the Fountain in Trefachen is cool and have a cheesy jukebox with which you can annoy all the locals. Pinn is shit and NEVER go when the twat of a karaoke man is there. He's not funny, just a wanker.The Cambrian does nice cocktails and is a fairly decent pub. The Castle is a must on a Sunday afternoon as the pub quiz is highly entertaining, if embarrassing. The Academy is good for swishing. Bar E has a good view of all the mingin people in Aber-drinks and entertainment.
• Western Vaults. Cheap beer, full of entertaining locals out on Day Release.
• The Angel Inn at upper great darkgate street is a good night out staying open until 1 o clock every night. Although it's only a pub with a small dance floor playing music that is only available on 45 rpm vynal ( the sounds are that old) having said that, you can have a great night and get drunk relatively cheaply (buy their special offers). Unfortunately it has got a bit of a reputation for being the sort of place you're likely to get your head kicked in - but still worth a try
• There are some who choose the usual route, Beechings, Cambrian, Bar Wank, Varsity, Glen, when will people break from ther norm on a Saturday night?
• I think I may as well put a few facts straight on this section: 1) Po Na Na's is the biggest pile of crap on the face of the earth; it's just a cheezy dive, with a too-low ceiling, over priced beer (only in bottles) and a clientele who are so up their own arse it's untrue. Why it replaced the Boar's, which was reasonably priced, had decent music, good beer and one of the friendliest crowds in town, I'll never figure out. 2)Pier Pressure is even worse (although the Pinn is quite cool, especially Tuesday nights for exceedingly cheap spirits) 3) the best pub in town, which seems to be ignored on this page pretty much, is the Castle Hotel on South Road, friendly staff and punters alike, great bands on Saturdays (generally!), a good juke box, and the best (and cheapest) sunday lunch in Aberystwyth.
• The female bouncer in the academy is not a B****, as someone else said earlier. She is merely doing her job. He just doesn't like the fact that she has more control than he does. Whats the matter? Spurn your advances?
• i may be getting a bit boring these days with my mortgage and proper job but I used to drink in Aber every Saturday night and my favouite pub crawl was as follows: - (names of places may have changed since my last visit) Lord Beechings - Cambrian - Burger king for a whopper - Central - White Horse - Cellar Bar (under Belle View hotel) - Kanes - Jesters - Talbot - Downies - bit of a walk to Black lion fach - Nags head - Ship and Castle - Angel - K2 - Pit - Massive hangover on sunday. (shit did I really drink that much!!!!) I promise anyone who reads this that I did thios every saturday night and if you don't believe me just ask a guy called Carl Worral (if you're 'ard enough!!!!)
• Now, has anyone ever said that the CASTLE HOTEL on South Road is the greatest pub on the face of the earth, and the staff (Llinos, Roy the Boy, Ffion, Reb etc) are fantastic. The next time anyone goes in, tell them that Pete sends his love and will be back in May!
• Academy, Rummers, Po Na Na, Glen, Bay, Scholars, Varsity, Cambrian... hang on, lets just say that with 53 licensed premises in Aberystwyth, you're not ever gonna go thirsty.
• Just a cool idea for a pub dash!:- Lord Beechings for your first pint, Cambrian for a cool cocktail, Bar essential, quite cool, if you like waiting to be served, bypass the varsity unless your loaded! Then to Kanes, where downstairs, who knows who you may pick up! Next to Harleys where Blue Balls and Orange Juice is a must, then Downies for cheap Tequila, £1.50 for a double! Then Pier Hotel for Jelly Baby Vodka, then to Pier Inn for last orders, or whatever you like! Then join the queue at 11.30 for pier pressure for all the cheese in the world, £1 pint however! K2 great on a Sat, Fri Access, not my personal choice of music, though some like it, or they wouldn't do it! Last stop Hollywood Pizza for the best pizza I have ever tasted in my entire life! And thats the truth! Then to Woolworths where you sit and wait for your Taxi Home! And thats Aber! Have Fun!
• Nice place to start is Scholars. Not noisy, no 13 year olds, just a really nice feel. Bay Hotel can be fun if there's lots of you and you just want to get drunk and don't care you're in the dingiest place in Aber. Very cheap. Varsity disliked by many, but very nice during the day, especially over lunch.
• We have truckloads of pubs, but in my opinion the best route round town would have to be The Cambrian, Lord Beechings, The Mill Inn, Rummers, The Black, The Academy (no longer a chapel) and then The Angel and The Pier. Alternatively, go round town the other way and do The Cambrian, Lord Bechings (musts), Bar Essential (nice sofas), Varsity(goldfish bowl), Kanes (cheap doubles), Harleys (weird Schnapps and Aftershock), Downies (for downing), The Pier Hotel (for jellybaby vodka) and The Pier. No problemo!
• Cambrian for cocktails, Academy for noise, Varsity for expensiveness, and the bay for a meat market. 'nuff said.
• Flannery's has the best beer in Aber, and a good atmosphere to match. Stay clear of the angel unless you want your head to get stamped on by a 20 stone biker. The female bouncer in the academy is a b****. The black lion is the dirtiest pub in Aber, youre feet stick to the floor, and there are always flies buzzing around the pool table.
• Most of the pubs in the town serve vile beer - the normal commercial cats piss.However,try Flannerys (used to be the ship and castle) - they brew their own beer and it's yummy - nice pub too - tucked away in a back street.
• Bay is odd on Saturday: upstairs=trendy kappa slappas downstairs=strange goths from 'Rock Soc.'
• The man who owns LORD BEECHINGS and LITTLE ITALY looks like Jerry Springer!! Its true!! Go in and have a look and chant 'Go Jerry, Go Jerry' at the top of your voice!! Its worth a laugh!! The Varsity is like sitting in a giant fishbowl!! But the spicy bean burger thing is nice! Theres a bouncer at the pier who is foxy.. well, foxy ish... when your drunk... very drunk... and blind... and on the floor.. and stuff.
• Hen Llew Du (Black Lion) in Bridge Street has a brilliant atmosphere during the Rugby Internationals,that is,if you're Welsh,Irish,Scottish or French.For some reason,there seem to be loads of New Zealanders hanging around getting drunk.The food is good - brilliant Sunday Lunch and very cheap.
• Academy chock full of quality totty (friday+saturday) Beechings good pub to go to first, then cambrian, central, Bottle Bar, Bay, Glen, pier bar is nice, good atmos! Then on to pier pressure I suppose - always a dissappointment largely due to the diabolical pop music they play. Feet always seem to stck to the floor in there too!
• Wooohoooo, you're talking to a student now so this may not suit all tastes. Glen sux, Boars head is for poofs and drama students, Bay is dingy but nice. Smaller pubs like Scholars are great and Harleys too. The Vale is nice if you don't slap the landlord (sorry Maurice).
• The new Academy has now opened in an old church by the market hall. Big, roomy, glitsy, not-too-cheap, and very HOT. Nice games room though. Cambrian is a good place to bump into people - popular for pub crawlers!
• Lord Beechings opposite the station: Mon/Thurs: 99p TREBLE vodka Tues: free tequila with certain bottles bought Wed: cheap pints (£1.50) Loads of cocktails ("Can I have 'Sex on the beach'?") and loads of bottles £1.25 Although the music sometimes gets too loud and too repetative (Robbie Williams fan club) the atmosphere is always relaxed and VERY drunken. Good laugh!!
• Got to be RUMMERS, probably the best pub in Aber, Brilliant fun feel to the place, great building, real atmosphere not phoney, and you can even pull there..
• The Scholars and the Pinn. The new Cambrian is also alright but can you seriously serve a cocktail in a pint glass? and why do they all have fluorescent colours ha?
• The Glen's a lot quieter now, and if you can handle trekking down the prom in the wind and rain, worth it. Most pubs in Aber seem to get overrun by coach loads of people on weekends now, all of them singing "Cwm Rhonddha".
• The White Horse, now been crapperly renamed The varsity.They have knocked it all through and it is now like a British Rail waiting room. Crystal Palace .Just been done out and renamed Scholars probably for the students sake. They've done a good job on it,though wait ages to get a pint. The Coopers Arms. Don't say anything bad about Welsh people in here or get into an argument about nationalism.Good Rish music session here first Sunday of every month. This place is pretty Welsh like the Black Lion (llew du (I think that's how it's spelt)).Don't support England at rugby in ere, you'll get scorneTt d at and wish you'd stayed quiet. They're a bunch of nutters.
• Crystal Palace has been revamped into the lovely Scholars - crap name, decent pub with sofas and a pool table. Bit like a tardis - i never realised the building was that big.
• Crystal Palace has transformed into Scholars - horrible name but nice place, very big and unrecognisable from what it used to be White Horse is now a Varsity - open, airy, expensive and pretty antiseptic Recommendation for the Mill still holds true - best pub in Aber by quite a way
• Way too many to count. Fountain's vodka selection infamous. If you take in an interesting vodka for them that they haven't got, they'll be impressed! No-one's mentioned the Cwps (Cooper's Arms), one of the Welsh-speaking ones, but not student-unfriendly.
• The White Horse is now called the Varsity. Central Park is popular with the locals out on the pull, largely due to its two-level leering potential.
• My favorite used to be the 'Bear' (before Ian did a runner) because he would see me on the stairs and have a pint of Beamish stout poured by the time I got to the bar. but all the pubs along the sea front are pretty dismal unless you are doing a massed pub crawl. I like the style of the new Central Park, though am suspicious of the clientelle it will attract. For grat beer in a quiet environment it's hard to beat the Brunswick room of the Groves Hotel. Serves(ed?) Beamish Stout and Felinfoel Double Dragon. another place to kick back and enjoy a few pints and conversation with friends is the Snooker Clup on the Pier. Just go all the way past the Inn at the Pier and pay a quid for the day's membership. Beautiful view of the bay. No shorts after 9pm.
• The Vale of Rheidol has just had a face lift but it's still a dive. The Cambrian (conveniently opposite the station to make your escape) does a decent pint of Caffreys, some manic cocktails and decent pub grub
• The problem is finding a pub during term that isn't crawling with vilely drunk students. Too much money, too few brains, loud and shreiky. Try the Vale.
• Far too many of them really - but it keeps the oldies away from the students as the students know which ones to avoid nowadays - that's if you don't want yer arse pinched etc etc - I nearly hit some bloke at the May Ball outside Aberystwyth for doing that to my girlfriend!
• Just a quick note to highly recommend a visit to "The Mill" in Aberystwyth. The atmosphere is extremely friendly and the Landlord Guy and his wife Karen are brilliant. Having recently opened the downstairs bar they have a vast range of drinks and what they don't have probably isn't worth drinking. A 5 Star rating (out of 5) and an absolute must for anybody visting Aber.
• • The much maligned glen now has a new rear extension called "Arthurs" - a supposedly irish theme bar - and the pub as a whole is open to 10:30 Sundays. On Mondays, Tuesdays and Saturdays the pub stays open till 1 am - with a midnight bar. It also stays opem till 1 on Thursday and Friday again but this time it keeps serving till 1am.
  • The refurbished Celtic bar at the Sea-bank Hotel has plenty of late night dancing especially some ravey stuff.
  • The SU bars are pressing for longer opening hours. The extent of the longer opening hours, which more and more Aber pubs are applying for, is generally welcome but has provoked some response from letters pages in the local media.
  • A new pub is being built by the new harbour marina development.
• The Boars Head opens till 1am Monday through Saturday (Monday Tuesday and Saturday the bar stays open till midnight but on Wednseday the bar keeps serving till 1am - a bit later than most pubs - although you will often have to pay a pound to get in). Regular drinks promos, a pint for a pound all Tuesday, inevitable karaoke Mondays, and generally extremely packed.
• Loads, but most of them are crap! Try The Castle, Mill, Crystal Palace, Central and The Glengower (only go to the Glen if you like playing sardines). And what about The Fountain?
• Central does a good Caffreys, White Horse not bad on a Saturday, Rummers Wine Bar highly recommended for live music and atmosphere. The Glen treats you like cattle, but nice to sit outside on a summer evening. The Bay is a meat market. Fountain very intimate, plus large selection of vodkas.

Cafes and Coffee Shops

• REAL Coffee Shop near the Roundabout chippy...great strong coffee Take out.... no room to sit
• Blue creek cafe, my fave cafe in the world, expensive, but lush sandwiches and soups, smoothies and loadsa different types of tea. GET THE BROWNIES yum they are LUSH Penguin cafe is cute too, nice turkey roll and carrot cake
• please all readers bear in mind that most of these reviews are over 5 years old (if not 10) and a lot of these places are long gone!!
• The cabin in pier street, very good food and coffee, alows smoking. The mecca coffee shop in chalybeate street, very good coffee, non smoking.
• Fresh Ground Cafe opposite Charlie's Stores is a rather funky little recent addition for those of us who fancy a chat over a decent coffee. Nice, small, trendy but still friendly.
• Why no mention of Treehouse? Fab place if a bit pricey. The chefs are accommodating (where possible) and will give you a meal not necessarily on the menu if you ask nicely. The specials always sell quickly - available from 11.30 onwards so get there early. Or after 2pm to avoid the rush. Fab chilli hot chocolate to be highly recommended - sounds weird but give it a go.
• The Blue Creek is one of the best cafes in town. Lovely home-made food and a lovely chilled-out downstairs bit. Great coffee and brownies and a 'happening' vibe.
• blue creek. nice but over priced but nice can stay there most of the day aswell so pretty cool.
• The Cabin - best place in town for coffee. Treehouse - good food but bit pricey
• Penguin Cafe for custard slices. Arts Centre for wholefood. Blue Creek is nice too.
• The Grapevine pier Stdoes the best Cawl in the world
• Go to the new(ish) juice bar on Pier Street!! Not only could your body do with an organic burst of vitamins after the amount of drinking you will do in Aber, but it is run by two of the funkiest mums ever! Just to update on other entries: Morgan's Cafe has been sold now, Oasis used to be over-run by rats and is owned by 'Fat Del' and her old crone mum (who are not nice people....so I can be mean!), and Cafe Noir (North Parade) is THE nicest place to go for lunch, as it has gorgeous food, sellubrious surroundings and they do two-course specials!
• Morgans... good for tea
• Nobody has mentioned the finest and coolest coffee shop in Aber, Blue Creek. It offers fine food, it's inexpensive and they do brilliant club sandwiches. It's a bit tucked away though, behind the Academy. Check it out, you won't be disappointed (unless it's full).
• Arts centre upstairs makes the nioest toasted sandwitches
• Meeca, by the roundabout. Try the Mega Mecca Mocha Chocca, you might never sleep again. Not cheap but what price caffine?
• The Upper Limit on north parade can supply a splendid breakfast which can cure any hangover known to man.
• Clocktower v good, as is Mecca and Sweaties (Oasis in North Parade)
• penguins does the best cup of coffee in the whole town
• The Mecca cafe chalybete st (i think thats how its spelt) shop sells REAL coffee, if you want to taste the worst coffee you will ever try in your lifetime go to Oasis cafe by Barclays bank. All i can say is what the **** is it, the only resemblance to coffee is that its liquid and brown. The Cabin in pier street has not bad coffee, but what EVER you do never put froth from your coffee into your saucer and never put your feet up on the chair otherwise you will face the wrath of Andy (owners son)
• The Upper Limit. That's all you need to know...
• Aber has a great cafe culture with loads of places to choose from. My three favourites, for their really healthy food and nice atmosphere are: The Treehouse in Baker Street / Stryd y Popty Ancient Rain in Cambrian Place / Lon Cambria The Blue Creek Cafe in Princess Street / Lon Rhosmari
• Not very sustainable for the local area, but Safeway's has a fine Big Breakfast for £1.99 (prices may have changed). Try the brunch if you missed breakfast of if you eat like a pig. Try to avoid Saturdays.
• Oasis does the loveliest hot chocolate in town, and sometimes has Bailey's cheesecake which is lethal but lovely.
• Arts centre cafe. Ridiculous salad-type thingies. Nice view.
• The Treehouse on Pier Street serves excellent organic, vegetarian food at relatively cheap prices
• Cabin, Oasis, Morgans... my personal faves, at least. Express and Doyle's are a little too shabby.
• Nobody seems to have mentioned Morgans cafe in terrace road next to shop-y-pethe. Highly recommended are the jacket potatoes and the horlicks.
• OASIS IS TERRIBLE. the staff are moronic the food is overpriced and not nearly as
• Loads of em, full of old people. Try Bridge street cafe or upper limit cafe.
• Kabin (Pier St.) is a tad expensive, but very student friendly. Express (opp. the station) cheap but a bit grotty. For expensive but gorgeous food Oasis (By Bank Square) is heaven.
• Couple of them serving unbearable coffee. Do not order cappuccino in Elizabeth's they just dont know how to do it or what it tastes like
• The Cabin in Pier Street - excellent, if a little steep, a good atmosphere to sit and smoke or read in.

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Last updated: 2008-05-15