Plas Dinas Country House & The Gunroom Restaurant

Name: Plas Dinas Country House & The Gunroom Restaurant
Address: Bontnewydd, Caernarfon, LL547YF, GB
Telephone: +441286830214
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Historic 5-star Plas Dinas Country House Hotel, Caernarfon, North Wales. Good Hotel Guide César Best Hotel in Wales 26. Condè Nast Johansens

The former home of Lord Snowdon boasting beautiful interiors & home to The Gunroom Restaurant

MICHELIN 2026. 5* Plas Dinas Country House is the former home of Lord Snowdon and home to Michelin Guide listed, 2 AA Rosette Restaurant, The Gunroom Restaurant which is headed up by tv chef Daniel Ap Geraint. It offers 11 individually designed bedrooms, all telling the multi-generational love story of

the Armstrong-Jones family. Ideal in location multi-awarded country house hotel is situated on the edge of Snowdonia, just 18 minutes by car to Llanberis. Plas Dinas Country House has been awarded the 5* gold award by the AA, the AA Wine List Award for Wales 24/25, The Condé Nast Hotels of Excellence Award Winner of Best for Romance in the UK and Hotel of Year in North Wales for the last 4 years (2024- 2021). The Gunroom Restaurant was added to the Michelin Guide in 2022 and the team have since retained their place in the coveted guide. A fairy-tale romance that once captured the hearts and minds of a nation. When Antony Armstrong-Jones married the Queen's sister, Princess Margaret, the nation and world was captivated. They were the 'it' couple of their time. She a beautiful Princess, he from a not so ordinary background but untitled. His family home was Plas Dinas, Caernarfon, now our beautiful Country House Hotel & award-winning restaurant, The Gunroom. We have a carefully curated collection of family memorabilia, much of which still belongs to the Armstrong-Jones family. Guests often spend hours wandering the corridors enjoying a behind-the-scenes look at the lives of this fascinating family. Join us for Afternoon Tea, our award-winning 9-course fine dining experience at The Gunroom restaurant or stay overnight in one of our 11 luxurious, individually designed en-suite rooms. Plas Dinas has an enviable reputation for creating incredible memories, offering tailor-made bespoke wedding services on an 'exclusive use' basis throughout the year, but these dates do get booked up quickly as we only release a very small number of dates. We look forward to giving you a ''Royal'' welcome.

01/09/2026

What a fabulous summer we have had! Goodness we have welcomed so many wonderful guests from across the globe and it has been such a joy to share our beautiful country house with you all.

It is however time to welcome our September and October menu! It is all change in the kitchen once again as we welcome this delicious collection of dishes to the estate. Head Chef Daniel ap Geraint has been working his magic on our absolutely delicious bi-monthly changing menu alongside his team of ambitious chefs.

The guys are busy preparing for another season of mouth-watering, delicious dishes using only the best in seasonal ingredients.

This fabulous NEW menu launches today and can now be viewed online at https://www.plasdinas.co.uk/dining

To make a reservation please call our team on 01286 830 214 or visit www.plasdinas.co.uk.

Only a small number of tables are released to online reservations daily so please try giving us a call if we look fully booked.

27/08/2026

Did you know that the travels underneath the grounds of Plas Dinas Country House? You can take a walk alongside this historic railway line through to Caernarfon or you take a ride through to Beddgelert, which is one of our favourite places to visit.

Image credit: Visit Wales

23/08/2026

Here at our Plas Dinas Country House and The Gunroom Restaurant, attention to detail is of great importance, as is the exceptional flavour that our creative team of chefs create. Each ingredient, each mouthful, each hidden course is carefully considered, providing a hybrid 9-course taster menu, unique fine dining experience here in North Wales.

Each sitting commences in the Drawing Room, so please arrive 30 minutes prior to your sitting to enjoy the full experience.

Book a table at: https://www.plasdinas.co.uk

22/08/2026

Looking over the beautiful gardens you will find our beautifully designed Lord Snowdon room. It features bathroom facilities plated in 24 carat gold, a beautiful French carved bed and original memorabilia and artwork.

Offering a fresh, bright space in which to relax before dinner.

21/08/2026

A room with a view.....⚜

Our exquisite Princess Margaret room boasts such beautiful views over the gardens. Soak up the seasonal colours whilst relaxing in the bath before dinner.

18/08/2026

This weekend we had the pleasure of bringing to life the wedding of Erin and Gwion, it was such a pleasure to work with them both throughout the planning stages. It was a beautiful fast paced few days, surrounded by vibrant colour, lots of music, a welsh choir, family and friends and lots of beautiful details everywhere you looked. We would like to wish you both huge congratulations to you both. You looked incredibly beautiful Erin.

Whilst we await the official photographs we thought we would share the official images that we have just received from Miriam and Chris's wedding. What an amazing few days it was too.

The images capture beautifully the attention to detail that was involved in this wedding. Miriam looked truly sensational.

A huge thank you to the team who all worked incredibly hard over the weekend. Congratulations once again.

Photographer:
Venue: Plas Dinas Country House
Marquee Hire: Peak Marquee Hire
Hair:
Makeup:
Table flowers: Hen Dy Garden Flowers
Halo flowers: Paddock Flowers
Table linen:
Charger plates: Options

09/08/2026

Introducing Daniel Ap Geraint, our Head Chef behind The Gunroom Restaurant, Caernarfon. He heads up our talented team of chefs and creates the insanely beautiful bi-monthly changing menu that we get to share with you throughout the year. The journey the team are currently on is amazing to watch.

Daniel has been with us from the start and was a finalist on Great British Menu in 2025. Winning each night of the Wales week courses, he went on to come second to Sally Abe in the starter and joint 3rd in the mains to Jean Delport.

Daniel is one of the nicest chefs we have ever worked with and we will do all we can to support him and his ambitious team on their culinary journey.

You can find out more about him and his creative chefs at http://www.plasdinas.co.uk/dining

Great British Menu image provided by the team at Great British Menu

05/08/2026

Due to demand we have opened up our bedrooms to bed and breakfast stays this Sunday and Monday evening. You can stay and enjoy our beautiful country house, meander around the gardens, enjoy a cocktail on the terrace and dine in one of the many local restaurants that are just a short drive away. There really is so much to explore.

Each of our 11 beautiful bedrooms are individually designed to represent a member of the Armstrong-Jones family or a role they played. This beautiful room is designed after Ronald Armstrong-Jones QC.

Ronald is Lord Snowdon and Peregrine's Father. He played a huge role in the creation of the physical house that you see today. During the redesign we chose to use the centre of the house as a tribute to Ronald with our Major room and Judges room.

This is a beautiful classic room, smaller in size than our luxury, deluxe and superior deluxe rooms, but just as beautiful. It is even home to Ronald's actual ceremonial long wig.

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31/07/2026

Did you know that we have our own vineyard here at Plas Dinas Country House? It features Chardonnay and Phoenix vines that commenced their journey in the walled garden back in 2022.

Daniel has worked incredibly hard to develop the vineyard with the support of Colin and Charlotte from Gwinllan Conwy. Daniel is obsessed about wines and it was his desire to produce our very own wine one day. The work he puts into this each week on top of everything else he manages is now being rewarded with the most beautiful grapes.

We hope to have wine made using our own grapes next year, but currently our talented team of chefs make use of the vine pruning's to smoke the butter in our restaurant.

The team are a huge part of what makes Plas Dinas so very special. Many of us work across multiple departments and you will find individuals tending to the plant hospital, the vines in the walled garden, helping paint along the estate or simply talking to our guests about the history or how much they love Plas Dinas. It is a place of magic and we truly love it. We are so grateful to everyone that supports our independent business.

The Good Food Guide

25/07/2026

We have had the pleasure of working on such beautiful weddings once again this year, all varying in sizes from elopements to intimate weddings, decadent foodie weddings to full on floral designed marquee weddings. Whilst we only work on a small number of weddings each year, we certainly do them in style.

Here we share with you images captured by the very talented of the beautiful Manon and Ifan. What a memory for our team to be part of. They are a gorgeous couple and were such a pleasure to work with.

This week we brought to life the wedding of Jake and Leika and hope to share an image or two when we see the finished results. They hired a fabulous photographer and I am sure the results will be utterly amazing. Congratulations to you both.

Address

Bontnewydd
Caernarfon
LL547YF

Telephone

+441286830214

Website

http://www.plasdinas.co.uk/

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