The Groes Inn
A 400-year-old inn with an award-winning kitchen
About this hotel
The Groes Inn blends the warm welcome of a local pub with luxury bedrooms and an award-winning restaurant, having welcomed travellers for over four hundred years in the North Wales countryside. Named Inn of the Year by The Good Pub Guide in 2012, it sits just outside Snowdonia National Park within easy reach of Conwy Castle and Tal-y-Cafn Rail Station, with a golf course within three kilometres for a rest-day round. Free parking and family rooms sit alongside extra-long beds and a garden with a sun terrace, and every room carries a private bathroom with a hairdryer. The countryside setting means a short drive to Dolgarrog for the lagoon, balanced against a kitchen genuinely worth returning to each evening.
- Extra-long beds available
- Garden and sun terrace
- Near Conwy Castle
Our take
The Groes Inn suits families or couples who want a countryside inn with a serious restaurant rather than a purely functional lagoon base. The four-hundred-year history and award-winning kitchen make it a destination in its own right, and the free parking and family rooms keep it practical for a lagoon-focused trip too.
- ✓Book the award-winning restaurant for dinner well ahead, since its reputation draws guests beyond those staying at the inn itself.
- ✓Ask for extra-long beds if travelling with a taller guest, since the property lists this as a specific room feature.
- ✓Play the nearby golf course on a rest day, since it sits within three kilometres of the inn.
Why we love it
- Four hundred years of history
- Award-winning restaurant on site
- Free parking and family rooms
- Golf course within three kilometres
Why guests love itDinner at the award-winning restaurant was the highlight of our whole North Wales trip, not just the lagoon day that brought us to the area. The four-hundred-year-old building had real character without feeling like a museum piece, and free parking meant we did not think twice about the drive out to Dolgarrog the next morning. The extra-long bed was a small detail that mattered more than expected for the taller member of our group.