Garden Hotel Bangor North Wales

Walk up High Street towards the cathedral and you'll spot the Garden Hotel holding court like it owns the place—because it's been there since Victorian times. Inside, there's the kind of reliable comfort you don't have to think about: dark wood, proper lighting, the sort of bar where you can actually have a conversation. The restaurant serves decent pub food and they take their drinks seriously enough that people actually come here to eat and drink, not just kip upstairs. It's the sort of place that works whether you're meeting someone for lunch, settling in for a proper dinner, or just wanting a pint in a room that feels like Bangor.