Caban-Y-Pair — Restaurant in Wales

Though local we had never eaten at the Caban-Y-Pair, so thought it was about time we gave it a try. Unfortunately we will not be returning any time soon. We visited for lunch and ordered two meals and hot drinks. Drinks were nice and arrived quickly. My meal was ok, not great but ok. Unfortunately my wife’s meal wasn’t so straightforward. Firstly both our meals went to the wrong table. I noticed this kept happening with the majority of the orders whilst we were there. My wife had asked for no tomatoes on here toasty (luckily she isn’t allergic). When our meals eventually arrived via the table across the room. Her meal had tomatoes on it. We made the waitress aware and as it was her that took the order she remembered and returned it to the kitchen. After ~10 mins the meal reappeared. My wife could only stomach half the toasty though as all the kitchen had done was scrape some of the tomato off the toasty, it still contained a lot of tomato. As I mentioned my wife is not allergic to tomatoes luckily. The waitress never returned to check and appeared to avoid our table as she knew what the kitchen had done. My wife didn’t want to make any more of a fuss and was hungry. So we finished our drinks and paid. We did raise it with the other waitress who apologised but did not offer to take the toasty off the bill etc. I had noticed a sign on the window advertising for experienced staff. I think this probably goes some way to explaining our issues. The staff seemed inexperienced and lacked the awareness of their actions. Had my wife been allergic then the kitchen’s actioned could have been far more serious. Overall a very disappointing experience. Betws has numerous other places to eat. And we will be sticking with our...

There are a few places serving pizzas in this town. We decided to opt for this one, a grave mistake.

They had three tables with customers and warned us it would only be take away, we agreed since the weather was nice. After placing our order they asked us to get cash. We left to get cash out, came back but unfortunately they didn't have enough change so they allowed us to pay by card but the system wouldn't connect. We offered to go to a shop and buy something to break the note.

Before we went to get change we asked for the order to be transferred to the kitchen in the meantime because we were aware of the delay. We got back and paid for our pizzas. The waitress had forgotten to pass the order to the kitchen so she told us we could pick them up in 50 minutes. After 50 minutes we went back to get our pizzas. They decided to inform us at this point, rather than when we initially ordered that they didn’t have the ingredients for one of the pizzas, we just asked for whatever they could get out fastest, got told wait 5 minutes, they came out in 15 they offered us a £4 compensation, fair enough.

By the time we eventually sat down to eat, probably about an hour and a half after actually first ordering we realised that the pizza we asked for no cheese on has cheese and had no artichokes. The mini pizza with anchovies had a grand total of two anchovies. We could not be bothered any more to go back to that place once again.

Luckily, we realised that the person serving not only returned our money when we tried to pay but also gave us another £20 back accidentally. So thank you for the free but disappointing and extremely stressful pizzas, I suppose…not sure it...

Coming from the A5 entering Betws-y-coed Village you are passing a high street with souvenir shops, restaurants, craft shops and cafes, But there is only one that stands out for me and one which I was always stop by to indulge in when visiting North Wales/Snowdonia - Caban-Y-Pair.

This is a quirky little cafe which feels cosy, welcoming and filled with extra special treats.

You'll find homemade Bara Brith Pudding to Cuban Sourced Coffee and Fresh Sandwiches/Baguettes.

When its quiet, its just right and relaxing, when its busy its still as cosy and rings a certain buzz with conversations flowing, the Barista working the coffee machine and sounds of wooden legs being adjusted on the floor from people tucking themselves in under the table.

I love to sit here and gaze out window admiring the human traffic as well as the thoughtful decor within in the cafe.

The staff are so friendly and smily it makes me smile! :-)

Price is reasonable for what different offers you get and variation in food is ample.

I can say more, but drop by and see for yourself.

I look forward to my next visit.

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