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Located in the picturesque Ceiriog Valley close to the Vale of Llangollen, The Golden Pheasant is a beautiful Country Inn that provides its guests relaxed accommodation surrounded by landscaped gardens and lush greenery. The inn's restaurant serves a wide variety of Welsh cuisine in an ambience that is elegant and understated. The innovative and varied menu is prepared using the freshest local produce and can be savoured either by the log fire in the bar or in the restaurant with views of the inn's gardens.

Featuring a variety of local meat, fish and game, the restaurant serves dishes of mackerel and lemon rillettes on toasted olive bread, and baked goats cheese, cherry tomato and basil tart for starters. Mains include rib eye steak served with sautéed onions, grilled tomato and field mushroom, and pan fried sea bass with creamed leeks, tiger prawns, lemon and saffron. Desserts of vanilla and cardamom crème brulée with short bread and an assortment of ice creams will satisfy diners with a sweet tooth.

A post meal walk in the gardens can be followed by a nightcap in the bar which stocks a number of local cask ales as well as wines, spirits and liqueurs.

The Corn Mill, a dramatic conversion from an old water mill on the River Dee, provides a wonderful setting in which to enjoy agreeable pub-grub of an above average standard. Try the bara brith bread and butter pudding for something quite different. Good range of beers and quaffable wines.

Set in the foothills of the Berwyn Mountains is this drovers' inn, dating from the 13th century, full of character, right down to the inglenooks. With owners who know how to make you welcome one feels well on the way to a good visit. For those who want something sustaining and no-frills there is a short bar menu with steaks, ploughman's and the like. Should you have more time to spare move through into the dining room where the fillet of Welsh lamb with a parcel of leeks and spinach, accompanied by a rosemary and garlic sauce is fairly typical of the delights that await you. A perfectly adequate wine list offers a good selection, much of it below £15, with three house wines at £11.50.

The more traditional Welsh cuisine has been thoughtfully blended with modern elements of cooking to the benefit of both in the Cedar Tree Restaurant, and local ingredients are used whenever possible. A good wine list with house wine at £12.90.

Gales is a well executed conversion of former town house, now transformed into a lively Wine Bar serving tasty food, an exciting range of wines, with plenty of space for small corporate gatherings. Prices are not unreasonable and the atmosphere is lively and welcoming.

The Hand nestles in the stunning countryside of the Upper Ceiriog Valley, less than an hour's drive from Chester and Shrewsbury. It's a classic British Inn, with a place for everyone in either its oak-beamed bar or its unique dining room, a centuries old barn. In cooler weather log fires blaze in all the public rooms, with a wood-burning stove in the dining room, and in summer the terrace garden comes into its own, catching the sun all day and with views of the surrounding hills.

They serve the same menu throughout, ranging from typical pub meals such as gammon, free-range eggs and homemade chips, through to Welsh saltmarsh lamb (in season). They have a excellent fresh fish supplier, and there is always at least one vegetarian choice available. Everything on the menu is freshly prepared in their kitchen, as far as possible from local produce.

Throughout the week, they offer a daily changing a la carte menu, with a set menu on Sundays. If you're too full to drive home, you can book into one of their thirteen en-suite rooms and make a night of it - breakfast is a delight, with free-range eggs, dry-cured bacon, award-winning sausages and so forth.

Greenbank Hotel is the ideal accommodation if you are planning a holiday in scenic Llangollen or if you are just looking for a weekend getaway from the mad bustle of city life. Comfortably furnished rooms, attentive service and a delightful courtyard where you can lounge around make this a wonderful place to stay. The restaurant offers café style food during the mornings, light meals such as sandwiches, salads and quiches during lunch and a delicious a la carte in the evenings.

Typically expect starters of teriyaki beef skewers served with sticky rice, followed by pork chops glazed with honey and grain mustard with potatoes while carnivores can enjoy the grilled steaks served with a variety of sauces, either Stilton, pepper, leek or mushroom. For dessert, there are delicious homemade confections, cakes, muffins and other sweet nothings and the eclectic wine list favours the New World considerably with a number of reasonably priced options.