Real Ales and Good Beers. Please do BOOK your table. Residents are asked to book a table, with a time, when they book a room, to avoid disappointment, even if you are only booked in on a BB basis. We do allocate time slots so our talented chefs can give your table their undivided attention! Sorry, but if you have not booked we cannot guarantee that a table will be available. Last minute - Outside Diners. Please give us a call, even on the night, we may have space: 01654 702941. Vegetarian options special dietary requirements. There are always vegetarian options on the menu. Please do advise of any special dietary needs or allergies, we can usually accommodate them, though it is always helpful to give prior notice. We'd love to be totally organic but we can't afford it! Or rather, it is not yet practical and the costs so high that few would pay the extra. However, more and more of our local farmers are going organic, and we do support them as much as we can. Welsh lamb would probably be considered OorganicO in any other country in Europe. Children are welcome to eat with us. We have high chairs and do our best to provide children with similar quality to adults: please ask the waiting staff, who will help all they can. Catch enough fish, you can pay for your stay! Catch your own fish, we'll be delighted to cook it for you. If you do catch some good fish, salmon, sea-trout, brown or rainbow trout, or good sea fish, our chefs will most likely make an offer to buy it. Nothing we like better than fresh wild fish! Wynnstay leads the charge in exporting Welsh food. It's not all a one way street. The Wynnstay has been instrumental in promoting Welsh lamb in Italy, getting Welsh lamb dishes onto Italian restaurant menus in Rome and the North. Best Wine List in Britain Award. Les Routiers awarded our wine list their Best in Britain award, 2005. Here Sheila and Gareth accept the accolade. Wynnstay wins 2004 French Award for Wine with Food. The Sopexa French Wines Match is an annual competition where teams of two Chef/Sommelier have to match a three course menu created by chef Richard Corrigan from a selection of about 30 French wines. The Wynnstay team of Luca Todarello, Restaurant Manager and Executive Chef, Gareth Johns, came runners-up to Michelin-starred Northcote Manor, with an honourable mention for in-depth food knowledge, in the hotel /restaurant section. Since the Wynnstay's main strength is in Italian wines, this was especially pleasing. Napa Valley hosts Wynnstay chefs. Joseph Phelps, one of California's leading wine producers, selected Gareth Johns to prepare dinner for their annual Wine Dinner in 2005. Each year Joseph Phelps select top chefs from around the world for their special dinners. Assisting Gareth in California was commis-chef, Gareth Jones, who so impressed that he has been invited to spend a month at the French Laundry. The Wynnstay is fortunate to have access to an abundance of wonderful, fresh, local produce: the best lamb and beef in the world (Oh, yes, we do!), sea fish from Cardigan Bay, including wild sea bass, crab lobster; and when in season, game such as pheasant, duck, partridge, woodcock; and wild salmon, sea trout, brown trout. We also enjoy brilliant Welsh cheeses and some wonderful wild mushrooms, Porcini, Chanterelles, etc. For a flavour of what we have on offer, see the menu below. A menu that is distinctive, different, healthy. Something to please the gourmet and the arch traditionalist. Dishes that are sometimes a little unusual, but always interesting. Very Welsh and sometimes very Italian! Italian? Please download our menu. There is menu is the same whether eating in the bar area or the dining room. You may go for the set three course dinner at £25 or a lighter or a fuller selection from the a la carte. Lighter and full lunches are available. The Wynnstay serves breakfast, lunch and dinner seven days a week, with more traditional lunches on Sundays, The Wynnstay chefs will usually be seen cruising the weekly Wednesday market to see what's interesting for the table! Best Wine List in Britain Award 2005 Les Routiers awarded our wine list their Best in Britain award, 2005. Here Sheila and Gareth accept the accolade. The Wynnstay wine list is definitely not a round up of the usual suspects. A great deal of time, effort and expense has been invested in sampling wines, going to vineyards, talking to producers, sampling again. A tough job but someone has to do it. We do have wines from all over the world, mainly from places where one of the directors has stayed and enjoyed some great wines, though, since two of us have our family base in Italy, Italian wines are our speciality and we now import a number ourselves, some of which will be found nowhere else in Britain. We do have wines from France (we'd buy more if they bought more of our lamb and beef), we have wines from the new world, our preference being South America. Please download our wine lists below. Compared with London prices, you can stay the night with us for the difference in price on the wine! The Wynnstay stocks a range of quality real ales. We are proud of our entry in the Good Beer Guide and we do not sell any keg beers! We also sell a real cider during the summer months (the chefs love it as it is an amazing cooking ingredient) but as with all real ciders, it is over 8% proof, so be careful! We always include a quality quaffing ale, or session beer, usually Greene King's IPA, and two or three other premium real ales such as Speckled Hen or Brains Reverend James, and premium beers from Brains, as well as some micro brewery ales. Our attitude to beers is the same as our attitude to food, if it's good we'll take it, if it's local, so much the better! The Hotel bar normally closes at midnight, 11.30 p.m. on Sundays but may remain open later at the discretion of the duty manager. If you wish to have a later bar, please advise us in advance - so that we can ensure that we have staff to cover that. In 2004 the Wynnstay opened a real Pizzeria at the rear of the hotel. A wood fired traditional Italian pizza oven was installed and now the Wynnstay offers real hand made pizzas. If you have never tried the real thing, just those express pizzas from the chain hut places, do come and try a real pizza. There are a few classic Italian pizzas but also a few special adaptations, making the best of our local produce. says The Wynnstay Pizzeria is the Big Eat, top pizza restaurant in the UK

Snowdonia the Dovey Valley. Machynlleth is surrounded by mountains, the most famous being Cader Idris. This dramatic scenery falls from the craggy tops down to the lush, gentle valley of the Dovey River. It's a country ideal for walkers and all lovers of the great outdoors. A royal charter dating from the 13th century grants Machynlleth the right to a street market. This tradition continues; every Wednesday throughout the year, the town hosts one of the largest markets in Wales. It was in Machynlleth that Owain Glyndwr was proclaimed Prince of Wales and held his parliament in the 1400's. The parliament building is found in the main street. The town boasts a wonderful array of independent shops, so very different from the usual collection of national retail chains found in most places today. Book Shops. fishing and game books. Dyfi Books - second hand books. Mach Books - recent publications. Ian Snows for Ethnic clothes and furnishings and Lots More. Welsh Gold Jeweler. A China Shop; The Fabric Shop for brilliant fabrics and make up service; various clothes shops an excellent traditional shoe shop; four gift shops; the pottery shop, selling locally made pottery; two antique shops two cycle shops, the Aga shop for cookers and accessories; an enormous selection of dolls house miniatures; a toy shop; traditional ironmongers. All this as well as various food shops. Over twenty five independent shops, making Machynlleth the most interesting shopping centre for many, many miles. Galleries. The National Museum of Modern Art in Wales. An ever changing exhibition of the very best of contemporary Welsh art. Mostly paintings but some sculpture. Sells paintings, vibrant ceramics, model boats and pottery. After Machynlleth the Dovey river widens into a spectacular estuary. Miles and miles of wonderful clean sand. On the south shore, Ynys-las is vast, wild and abounds with shells and sea birds; Aberdovey, on the north shore, is perfect for families and sailors; an unspoilt seaside village. World Famous Centre for Alternative Technology. King Arthur's Labyrinth. Narrow Guage Railways. Leisure centre with indoor pool and gym just two minutes from the hotel.

This rambling, Georgian building was once the coaching inn for the Shrewsbury Stage. It was described by The Sunday Times as a bit of a Tardis, being actually much more spacious than at first appears, yet retaining an essential intimacy. It has long been a place for the weary traveller to rest. As the main hotel in the centre of town, The Wynnstay is a major social centre, a place to meet old friends and to make new ones. Singles, standard doubles twins, family rooms and superior/four-poster bedrooms are available. All rooms have modern, en suite bathroom facilities, remote control colour television, hair-drier and tea coffee making facilities. Family rooms are available; reduced rates for children, cots are provided at no charge. Disabled access to ground floor. Being an 18th Century Inn, wheel chair access to upper floors is difficult and not practical. Well behaved dogs are accepted by arrangement. There is provision for cycle lock up and the bike shop close by can help with any running repairs. Non smoking areas are provided in the bar and lounges. The restaurant is non-smoking. There are comfy lounges to relax and unwind. There are flexible meeting rooms in the hotel and close by in the town. For Conferences, Sales Meetings, Team Building or Entertaining for businesses, government organisations or private groups, the Wynnstay offers something personal, distinctive and different. Many clients like to incorporate some form of activity or entertainment in their programme. The Wynnstay can help design a programme that is right for your needs, including arranging the activity or entertainment. You just give us a brief and we'll come up with something that meets your needs. You may well find it useful to pay us a visit and, for bona fide clients, this can be arranged at no charge.

 Baby chairs and cots are provided
 Conference and meeting room
 Credit cards accepted
 Dinner may be served in the room
 Disabled guests are welcome
 Facsimile services
 Hairdryer
 Ironing facilities
 Licensed bar
 Smoke-free guest rooms
 Pets are accepted
 Parking lot
 Restaurant
 Private/Ensuite bathroom
 Tea and coffee making facilities
 Phone at reception
 Phones in rooms
 TV sets in rooms
 Common room with a TV set