Nice welsh dressers
Due to a ridiclous amount of traffic on the A55 Expressway (now there's an oxymoron), we called into Llandudno to break up our journey from Ireland.
We hit upon the Empire hotel, a three-star establishment at the end of the high street that was offering rather nice rooms for 70, 90 or 100 pounds with a full dinner and breakfast thrown in (available on Sunday and Thursday nights)
The hotel itself started life a a range of different businesses in the 19th century, but was eventually converted to an Hotel, and has remained in the hands of the present owners for several generations.
There is still something of a colonial feel to the hotel with good leather-sofa clad lounge areas, a smart little entrance hall and well provisioned, if slightly chintzy bedrooms.
The public landings were pleaseantly decorated, with several fine welsh dressers on display with collections of blue welsh china arranged on their shelves.
The pool area is undergoing refurbishment, and will really make the esablishment the complete package.
The only slight downside was the restaurant area. It had the appeareance of a slightly past-it Indian restaurant, with a a world-class collection of stains on the floor.
The food was quite acceptable, but had ideas above it's station. You'r food is not 'modern and trendy' just because you drizzle you normal dishes with a nice sauce and splatter it around the outside of the oversized plates.
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