Eating in Beaumaris
Ye Olde Bull's Head Inn, Beaumaris — Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
Beaumaris concentrates a remarkable amount of good cooking into a few hundred metres of Castle Street. The pattern here is historic inns and small hotels doing serious food — there is no chain presence to speak of, and standards are set high by a clientele of returning regulars.
The Front Rank
Ye Olde Bull’s Head Inn — the town’s most storied address, a coaching inn dating from the 15th century whose past guests are said to include Dr Johnson and Charles Dickens. Today it runs both a smart dining operation ("Food at the Bull") and proper bar meals under ancient beams — consistently among the town’s top-rated tables.
Bishopsgate House Hotel — an elegant Georgian townhouse on Castle Street whose restaurant holds an AA Rosette; local dishes, warm service and one of the highest ratings in town (around 4.6 on TripAdvisor from over 500 reviews). Book for dinner.
The Liverpool Arms Hotel — trading since 1706 and rated around 4.4 from over 800 reviews; generous, well-made pub food with the bonus of the nautical Admiral’s Tavern for a pre-dinner pint.
More Good Tables
The George & Dragon covers the traditional pub-dining brief in the town centre, and the Bulkeley Hotel’s restaurant serves ‘a Taste of Wales’ menu with views over the strait from its Georgian dining room. Ten minutes towards Menai Bridge, Château Rhianfa’s Le Dragon Rouge offers French-accented dining in a Loire-style Victorian château — the area’s special-occasion room. In summer, fish and chips eaten on the pier is a legitimate rival to all of the above.
Booking matters on summer weekends everywhere in town. For lighter meals see our cafes guide; for the drinking side of these institutions, the pubs guide.
Local Produce
Anglesey’s larder does the heavy lifting on these menus: the island’s famous sea salt, Menai Strait mussels and oysters in season, Welsh Black beef and salt-marsh lamb from surrounding farms, and day-boat fish landed along this coast. It is worth ordering accordingly — the kitchens here are at their best closest to home. Sunday lunch is a local institution at the inns and books out; if you are here on a Sunday, reserve by Friday. Dietary needs are handled well for a town this size — the hotel restaurants in particular carry proper vegetarian options and manage gluten-free confidently, though ringing ahead is always the safe play in high season.
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