Newport, Pembrokeshire

Llys Meddyg

Restaurant with Rooms

An award-winning Georgian townhouse at the heart of Newport. Tasting menus built on our kitchen garden, the sea beyond our door, and the finest seasonal produce Wales can offer.

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AA 2 Rosettes Restaurant Award
Kitchen Garden Produce on the Plate
Five Rooms Luxury Accommodation
Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
The exterior of Llys Meddyg, a Georgian townhouse in Newport, Pembrokeshire A beautifully presented dish at Llys Meddyg

Established in Newport

A Georgian House.
A Living Kitchen.

Llys Meddyg — Welsh for Doctor's Court — occupies an elegant Georgian townhouse on the high street of Newport, a small market town nestled between the Preseli Hills and the Pembrokeshire Coast. We are a restaurant with rooms: a place where exceptional food and genuine hospitality share equal billing.

Our kitchen draws first from the walled garden behind the house, then from a landscape of extraordinary richness: lobsters landed at nearby Fishguard, salt-marsh lamb from the estuary meadows, raw honey from hives kept on the hillside, and mushrooms foraged in the ancient woodland that cloaks the Nevern valley.

  • Georgian townhouse, Newport, Pembrokeshire
  • AA 2 Rosette awarded restaurant
  • Seasonal tasting menus and a la carte dining
  • Five individually designed luxury rooms
  • Walled kitchen garden producing year-round
  • Within the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
The Restaurant

AA 2 Rosettes

The Restaurant

Our menus change with the weeks rather than the seasons — guided by what the garden and the surrounding landscape are offering at their peak. Every dish is built from the ground up, telling the story of a particular place at a particular moment.

Evening

The Tasting Menu

Our full expression of the season. Eight courses moving through the garden and the coast, paired with wines selected by our sommelier from small producers we admire.

  • Snacks from the garden
  • Cold sea — cured fish, coastal herbs
  • Kitchen garden salad
  • First course
  • Second course
  • Fish from the day's catch
  • Principal meat course
  • Dessert
  • Petit fours
£85 per person Optional wine flight £55

Evening

A La Carte

Three courses chosen from a short menu that shifts with the week's deliveries. The same commitment to seasonality and provenance, with the freedom to choose your own path.

  • Selection of starters — garden & coast
  • Intermediate course (optional)
  • Main courses — fish, meat, vegetarian
  • Cheese from Neal's Yard Dairy
  • Desserts
  • Tea, coffee and petit fours
From £48 for three courses Starters from £12 — Mains from £26

Daytime & Sunday

Lunch & Sunday Lunch

A relaxed, lighter version of our evening philosophy. Sunday lunch is a celebration in its own right, with roasted Welsh meats and the week's best vegetables from the garden.

  • Bread and garden snacks
  • Starter
  • Sunday roast — Welsh meat, garden sides
  • Seasonal pudding
  • Coffee and Welsh cakes
From £28 for two courses Sunday roast £35 per person
A finished tasting menu course, garnished with garden herbs

Our Philosophy

Food as
a Sense of Place

We do not cook to any trend. We cook to the landscape we inhabit. The Pembrokeshire coast is spectacularly rich — a collision of Atlantic swell, ancient farmland, and Celtic heritage that produces ingredients unlike anywhere else in Britain.

01
The Kitchen Garden First. We pick in the morning and cook in the afternoon. The gap between soil and plate is measured in hours, not days.
02
Welsh Provenance. Salt-marsh lamb, Aberystwyth-landed crab, Preseli-foraged fungi, Teifi Valley dairy. Wales feeds us well.
03
Nothing Wasted. Stocks from every bone, ferments from garden surplus, bread from yesterday's dough. Respect for the ingredient extends to every part.
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The Walled Garden

From Soil to Table

Our walled kitchen garden, running along the back of the house, supplies the restaurant with vegetables, herbs, edible flowers, and soft fruit throughout the year. It is not decorative — it is the engine room of our menu.

Heirloom Vegetables

Rare and heritage varieties chosen for flavour, not uniformity. Grown without compromise in beds enriched with our own compost.

Herb Garden

Over sixty varieties of culinary and medicinal herbs, picked fresh for each service and used to season, garnish, and infuse throughout the menu.

Edible Flowers

Borage, nasturtium, viola, calendula and dozens more — grown as much for their flavour as their beauty. Every petal on the plate is edible and intentional.

Soft Fruit

Gooseberries, redcurrants, blackcurrants, loganberries and strawberries. Summer's abundance preserved in ferments, vinegars and jams for use all year.

Seasonal Harvest

What the Garden Gives

The garden calendar governs our menu. A Pembrokeshire spring arrives slowly but generously. Summer is extravagant. Autumn rewards patience. And even in winter, the cloche beds and root store keep the kitchen supplied.

Spring & Summer

  • Asparagus
  • Broad beans
  • Courgette flowers
  • Peas and shoots
  • Rocket and salad leaves
  • Tomatoes (late summer)
  • Cucumber and squash
  • New potatoes

Autumn & Winter

  • Squash and pumpkin
  • Root vegetables
  • Kale and chard
  • Wild mushrooms
  • Celeriac
  • Jerusalem artichoke
  • Leeks and onions
  • Forced chicory
The walled kitchen garden at Llys Meddyg in summer

Garden Tours

Walk the Garden with Our Head Chef

Join us for a guided tour of the kitchen garden, led by our head chef or head gardener. Learn how we plan the growing year, how surplus is preserved, and which plants are shaping the current menu. Tours conclude with a tasting in the restaurant.

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Five Luxury Rooms

Stay Awhile

Each room is individually designed — a study in restraint and quality. Natural linens, handmade Welsh blankets, original art and deep baths: the ingredients of a proper retreat after a long evening at the table.

The Garden Suite at Llys Meddyg, featuring a freestanding bath and views over the walled garden
Garden Suite

Our Finest Room

The Garden Suite

Our largest and most private room, overlooking the walled kitchen garden. A freestanding copper bath sits beside floor-to-ceiling sash windows. White-washed stone walls, hand-embroidered textiles from a local weaver, and a writing desk where more than one guest has decided to extend their stay.

  • King-size bed with Welsh wool mattress
  • Freestanding copper bath and walk-in shower
  • Garden views from all aspects
  • Handmade furniture, locally commissioned
  • Roberts radio, no television
  • Welsh mineral water and evening turndown
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The Preseli Room at Llys Meddyg

Double

The Preseli Room

Facing the Preseli Hills, this calm double room is decorated in sage and stone tones with a roll-top bath and hand-painted botanical prints.

The Newport Room at Llys Meddyg

Double

The Newport Room

Looking out over the rooftops of the town, this characterful room features an original Georgian fireplace, canopied bed and deep roll-top bath.

The Nevern Room at Llys Meddyg

Superior Double

The Nevern Room

Named for the ancient river below the town, this superior room has a private terrace, antique Irish linen and a generous walk-in rain shower.

The Coastal Room at Llys Meddyg

Double

The Coastal Room

Our most recently refurbished room, furnished in the natural palette of sand and sea glass. Features a double-ended soaking tub and slate bathroom.

The Full Stay

"Stay two nights and you will begin to understand Newport. Stay three and you will find it difficult to leave."

All rooms include a full breakfast cooked to order, using garden produce and eggs from a neighbour's hens. We are happy to arrange hiking routes, kayaking on the estuary, and guided coastal walks.

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Special Evenings

Events & Occasions

Beyond our regular service, we host a programme of wine dinners, collaboration evenings with visiting chefs, and seasonal garden events throughout the year.

Wine dinner at Llys Meddyg — the table set for an evening with the winemaker

Annual Series

Wine Dinners

Our wine dinner series brings small-production winemakers to Newport for intimate evenings around a long table. Each dinner is built around a single producer or region, with our kitchen designing courses to match each wine rather than the other way around.

Format Seven courses with matched wines
Guests Maximum 18 per evening
Price From £120 per person
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Kitchen garden tour — guests walking through the walled garden with the head chef

Spring to Autumn

Garden Tours & Tastings

A guided walk through the walled kitchen garden with our head chef or head gardener, followed by a tasting of dishes made from what was harvested that morning. Ideal for groups with an interest in food, growing, or provenance.

Duration Approx. 2.5 hours
Group Size 6 to 14 guests
Price £55 per person
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Upcoming Events

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14
Mar

Burgundy Wine Dinner

An evening with Domaine Rossignol-Trapet — six courses, six Burgundies, one very long table.

Book — £130
22
Mar

Guest Chef Collaboration

Our head chef cooks alongside a guest from a prominent London kitchen for one special evening only.

Book — £95
05
Apr

Spring Garden Tour & Tasting

The first garden tour of the year — asparagus is coming and the garden is at its most hopeful.

Book — £55
19
Apr

Natural Wine Evening

An exploration of low-intervention wines from Wales, England and Brittany with matched small plates.

Book — £75

The Cellar

Wine, Considered

Our wine list is built around the same principles as our menu: provenance, personality, and a refusal to default to the obvious. You will find growers you know alongside discoveries from regions you may not.

We favour small producers working their own land, with minimal intervention in the cellar. We carry a strong selection of Welsh and English wines, alongside our well-loved Burgundy and Loire sections. Our sommelier is always pleased to guide.

200+
Bins on the List
18
Welsh & English Producers
6
Wines by the Glass
12
Annual Wine Dinners
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Bottles in the Llys Meddyg wine cellar A glass of Burgundy on the restaurant table

Exclusive Use

Private Dining

The Private Dining Room seats up to twelve guests in complete privacy. Whether it is a significant birthday, a business dinner, a wedding rehearsal, or simply a gathering of people who deserve a remarkable meal, we build the evening around you.

We will work with you on a bespoke menu, a wine selection, flowers from the garden, and any details that will make the evening feel singular. The room is yours for the night.

Capacity
Up to 12 guests
Menu
Fully bespoke
Wine
Sommelier matched
Setting
Entirely private
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The private dining room at Llys Meddyg, set for a twelve-person dinner

What Guests Say

In Their Words

The tasting menu was the finest meal I have eaten in Wales — perhaps in Britain. Every course told a story of the land and sea around Newport, and the sommelier's pairings were inspired. We are already planning a return.

Caroline P. Stayed two nights, December

We chose Llys Meddyg for our tenth anniversary and it exceeded every expectation. The Garden Suite is exceptional — waking up to the walled garden on a clear October morning is a memory I shall keep for a very long time.

Richard & Anna S. Garden Suite, October

The kitchen garden tour was transformative. Understanding where the food comes from — seeing the head chef explain which plants will be on the menu that evening — changed how I think about what we eat. Genuinely unmissable.

Matthew F. Garden Tour, August

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Give someone a meal they will remember. Our gift vouchers are redeemable against any dining, room, or event booking and are sent by post or email within 24 hours.

Lunch for Two

£75

A relaxed weekday lunch for two, with a glass of wine each and the freedom to linger as long as you wish over the garden menu.

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Tasting Menu

£175

The full eight-course tasting menu experience for two, with the option to upgrade to the matched wine flight at the time of booking.

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Overnight Stay

£325

One night in a double room including full breakfast, with a credit of £50 towards dinner. The ideal gift for a special occasion.

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Newport, Pembrokeshire

Finding Us

Newport (Trefdraeth) is a small market town on the northern edge of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, nine miles east of Fishguard and roughly three hours from Bristol or Cardiff. The house sits on the main street, clearly signposted from both directions.

Ample private parking is available to the rear of the property. We can collect guests arriving by train at Fishguard Harbour with advance notice.

Llys Meddyg East Street
Newport
Pembrokeshire
SA42 0SY

Opening Hours

Tuesday — Saturday (Dinner) From 6.30pm
Sunday (Lunch) 12.00pm — 2.30pm
Monday Closed
Rooms Check-in from 3.00pm
Map showing Newport, Pembrokeshire
Llys Meddyg, Newport

Getting Here

By Road: From Cardigan, take the A487 west towards Fishguard. Newport is clearly signed. We are on the main street (East Street).

By Rail: The nearest station is Fishguard Harbour (Stena Line ferry terminal). We are happy to collect with prior arrangement.

Parking: Private parking available to the rear of the property, accessed via the lane behind East Street.

Reservations

Reserve Your Place

We take reservations by telephone and email. For weekend tables and special events, we recommend booking at least four to six weeks ahead. Room bookings can be made directly or through our partners.

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