The Harbourmaster Hotel on the quayside in Aberaeron will offer you comfort in the most idyllic of locations on the west coast of Wales; there really cannot be many prettier waterside locations anywhere in Britain. This listed landmark building reopened in May 2002 after total renovation and is graded a four star inn by the Wales Tourist Board. In 2004 they were awarded Les Routiers Cafe of the Year.

Glyn and Menna Heulyn, who believe that Aberaeron and the area is Wales's best kept secret, were both born and brought up locally and have returned to Aberaeron to fulfil their ambition of creating a hotel that will do justice to this lovely place, which it so clearly does.

They quality of the food matches the beauty of the surroundings, and they serve freshly prepared local and Welsh produce whenever possible. Feast yourselves on the locally caught lobsters and crab, as well as sea bass, mackerel and sewin when in season. The land surrounding the town produces beef and lamb of the highest quality and the area has an ever growing reputation for organic vegetables and herbs.

A meal could consist of: roasted parsnip soup; chicken, wild mushroom and walnut sausage, fruit chutney, hazelnut and balsamic dressing or Thai style mussels with ginger, chilli, garlic and coconut milk to begin with, followed by whole lemon sole with herbs, kumara chips, cashew and coriander pesto; duck confit, vanilla and lime mash, port jus or chargrilled Welsh Black beef fillet, sweet potato and celeriac dauphinoise, shallot sauce.