Right on Swansea Bay front, The Observatory cafe and bar is undoubtedly the most dog-friendly place to get a really good brunch or an boozy drink looking over the sea, with indoor and outdoor seating over the sand. I’d say it’s probably the most ‘aesthetic’ venue in Swansea, with great-looking food and interiors, as well...
I officially have a new favourite place to eat in Swansea – a newish restaurant called On the Rocks, in the old lifeboat building on the Pier in Mumbles. It’s a steak restaurant, which serves you your meat ‘blue’, which you then finish off on a hot plate at your table – and genuinely –...
The WWT Llanelli Wetland Centre is a hidden gem in South Wales. I didn’t know it existed until a couple of years back, and when I talk to parents at the school gates etc about it – they’ve either never heard of it, or have ‘meant to go, but hadn’t got around to it’. And...
When it comes to good food and coffee in West Cross, there’s slim pickings – so thank God for Rag and Bone cafe which is located at the ‘top shops’ in West Cross Swansea (136 W Cross Ln, West Cross, Swansea SA3 5NG) – which is one of my favourite places to eat in the...
When friends from outside of Swansea come to visit, Gin and Juice in the Mumbles is where I take them. Firstly, the restaurant is beautiful – It’s a real show stopper with a log burner, plants (a LOT of plants) and an indoor/outdoor conservatory – which means you can look out at stunning Swansea Bay...
Mumbles Coffee in Swansea is no doubt, one of the most popular spots in the village. There’s the main cafe on the corner, the booth in the arcade and its little brother Microlot, on Dunns Lane – all super busy. They take their coffee very seriously – partnering up with local businesses and sourcing ‘the...
Fika is one of the newer places to eat and drink in Newton Road, Mumbles (though it’s been around a couple of years) – but it’s become a firm favourite thanks to its food’s quality and value for money. When I heard a bagel place was moving into the vacant building, I was a bit...
Founders and Co is one of my favourite spaces in Swansea and is certainly the best one in the city centre. Not only is the food great… really great, but it’s also a community space, which welcomes freelancers/homeworkers, children, students – all sorts. It’s vibrant, and welcoming and reminds me of the kind of venue...
Mumbles Coffee is maybe… maybe… the best coffee in Swansea. The main cafe and the separate booth on Newton Road is always so busy. It doesn’t matter whether it’s the height of summer with all the tourists or it’s pouring down in November – there will be a queue for coffee. But locals know about...
Mumbles, in Wales is one of the most popular destinations in the UK (you can tell this by the traffic in and out of the village the minute we get any sunshine) and is known as the gateway to the Gower. It’s my favourite place in Swansea – a little more ‘upmarket’ than other areas...
