Lake Vyrnwy Hotel Spa

6/10

Pleasant

26 May 2026

Nigel

Victorian hotel that has a superb view over the lake. Generally it’s in reasonable condition could just benefit with some updating in terms of air conditioning or fans when the weather is warm

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

04 Apr 2026

Josh

Outstanding on many levels. We only had one night but I wish we would’ve had 3-4 days or longer. Food was good service excellent. We hope to return!

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

26 Feb 2026

Richard

Clean, comfortable, attractive, great setting, friendly staff

6/10

Pleasant

14 Feb 2026

John

Spa was small
Lack of toiletries in the room, no hair conditioner
Bath plug did not fit correctly
Food not prepared well, undercooked beef, replaced with more the same

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

04 Dec 2025

eli

This is not a new hotel, but stay was good

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

21 Nov 2025

Matthew De

Food was incredible and the spa area was lovely.

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

20 Nov 2025

Andy

Amazing food, great staff and the location is perfect

Partner

8/10

Excellent

04 Oct 2025

james

Lake vueing was very beautiful wen weather let us see once clear amazing view

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

10 Sep 2025

Andrew

A place with so much promise

This place relies on the view! Which is truly incredible, from the room; restaurant; spa. But it is such a shame that the wonder ends there. I can only speak of the lake side view room we had, it was very small, struggled to find place for the both of us, a suitcase and a bag. The bathroom was underwhelming. Service at the restaurant was poor, drinks forgotten, food orders taken wrong, at times the waiters/waitresses just lack finesse. We waited over 40mins for breakfast on our first morning, again the saving grace is the view keeps your attention. Was underwhelmed by the food itself. Spa treatment rooms looked nice from what i could see but the thermal suite was abit run down, other guests just walking in with shoes on, there where guests walking outside the spa windows, not a place you could truly relax in, and not worth the price.
Its a crying shame, such an incredible setting, beautiful building with an awe inspiring view, let down by almost everything else. It was \"okay\" for 2 nights but just wished it was amazing :(

Partner

8/10

Excellent

25 Aug 2025

Stephen

Outstanding place to stay for scenery and walks. The food was amazing and staff were really polite and helpful. It was a shame, there was no pool there is a great opportunity for an infinity pool. For some reason the hotel was plagued with fly's this was off putting especially at meal times.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

24 Aug 2025

Robert

Stoning hotel, fantastic place for relaxing. Thank you for all.

Leisure

6/10

Pleasant

06 Aug 2025

Anne

The bed was fine. The food was disappointing, great menu but the food was over-cooked and seemed as though it had been sitting under a hot lamp for too long.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

30 May 2025

Kerry

Great dinner

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

17 May 2025

emma

Beautiful plave, views, staff, food
Room was nice snd spacious
Overall lovely stsy

Leisure

8/10

Excellent

11 Mar 2025

Alan

A little disappointed that there was no available spa services available. Make sure you book in advance of your stay or you will be disappointed

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

11 Mar 2025

Peter

Lovely location with very helpful staff

Partner

8/10

Excellent

27 Apr 2024

susan

Lovely location,Very peaceful

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

04 Sep 2023

Lisa

Excellent stay

What can i say absolutely stunning picturesque location, freindly staff high standard of cleanliness, food was beautiful. This beautiful tudor style building was perfect stay. Some may say dated i say in keeping with the style of the building beds was extremely comfortable and spacious in a well lay out and perfectly equipped room. A hidden gem cant wait to return. I have stayed in many ultra modern spa hotel 4 * plus and the service and food havent been good. This hotel out done them all well done to all the staff in the reception, Spa, restaurant and the tavern. You made us very welcome

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

24 Nov 2020

Tony

Location and rooms fantastic, staff again fantastic, food was good but a bit limited and slightly cold I e breakfast and the service in the evening was dreadfully slow

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

21 Nov 2020

Verified traveler

Wonderful location

Very enjoyable weekend break in wonderful setting

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

15 Nov 2020

Richard

Lovely evening away

Lovely stay after 2nd welsh lockdown, nice breakfast with view of the lake

Partner

8/10

Excellent

30 Sep 2020

SiJ

Extremely nice hotel, with helpful friendly staff in a beautiful location. The only reason I didn't give 5 stars are the rooms and hallways are a little tired and could do with sprucing up. The food in the main restaurant was wonderful, and covered all the various tastes for our group asked for. Can also recommend the spa. Hope you enjoy your day.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

29 Sep 2020

Linda

Just returned from a two night break at the hotel, our second visit there. Very safe to stay during the current pandemic especially the outdoor bar and picnic area. Disappointed that spa area and adjacent bar was closed but obviously can’t be helped due to the current situation. Food and service excellent and the views from every room stunning. Will definitely return sometime.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

19 Sep 2020

Ariano

Professional staff, great food, lovely setting, and superb covid measures in place

Friends_and_family Family_with_children

4/10

Poor

14 Sep 2020

Alan karen

Overpriced pretty veiw,but hotel falls down 2/10.

For such an expensive hotel...£164 for a wall veiw....its filthy and needs a cash injection and a damn good clean......lovely veiws from the front full stop

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

08 Sep 2020

Alan

highly recommended!

Stayed overnight during a stop over in the area. I was impressed with the overall management of the COVID-19 and social distancing measures that were in place throughout the hotel. This offered Peace of mind and reassurance. We were alas people given a welcome pack which contained guidance, face masks and sanitiser gel.
The location was excellent, the (twin) room was well proportioned, and the food at dinner and breakfast was excellent.
I would certainly stay at the hotel next time we are in the area.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

05 Sep 2020

Diane

Lovely room, terrible restaurant

The room was lovely with fantastic views, the bed was sooo comfortable.
We ate in the restaurant, the service was very good, but the food not so, I had the sea bass and found the skin wasn’t crispy and the risotto was like rice pudding, fairly disgusting. But otherwise a lovely hotel.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

29 Aug 2020

E.Jane

A little taste of heaven ......

This was a delightful place to stay. Incredible views over the Lake. Wonderful food and service that is so friendly and good. Although very comfortable room the decor is a little dated and tired, but don’t let that put you off.

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

29 Aug 2020

Yanina

Beautiful Hotel

Amazing location if you are interested in nature, hiking, and kayaking. We spent 2 nights there with 2 kids and a dog, it was really breathtaking experience. If you can, book rooms with a view of the lake - really worth it! The breakfast was amazing, the dinner were very good too! The hotel has a lot of history behind, so it has his own charm ;-)

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

21 Mar 2020

Graeme

Stunning!

Absolutely stunning location, really friendly staff, great food, perfect stay!

Partner

8/10

Excellent

07 Mar 2020

Verified traveler

We really liked the lake view from our room and the homely feel of the hotel. Overall we thought our stay was excellent although 49 individual stair up to our room did become a bit much. We liked it a lot.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

01 Mar 2020

Michael

2 days in the valley.

Enjoyable stay at the hotel, just an issue with one of the room descriptions being wrong, valley view room was actually overlooking the car park. This should be resolved by the hotel/hotels.com asap so that other visitors do not have the same problem.

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

13 Feb 2020

Lucy

Fab time. Motorbike friendly

Great time. Great value using
Tesco club card vouchers x

Partner

8/10

Excellent

07 Feb 2020

Verified traveler

Difficulty with the disabled room going to the main part of the hotel outside esp with a person who cannot climb stairs or needs a wheelchair

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

06 Feb 2020

Robert

Overnight stay for business

Food bill wasn’t transferred onto room and I was asked if I could wait 30min when checking out for someone to arrive to operate the computer system!

Checked out just before 7am and couldn’t have any breakfast (paid for) because breakfast doesn’t start until 8am.

Sound proofing in rooms poor. Could hear downstairs guests talking until 1am followed by snoring.

Wasn’t offered any apology or alternatives

Business

8/10

Excellent

14 Jan 2020

Verified traveler

Lovely view from restaurant. Food not as stunning as the view tho...a little bit on the small side with portions.. esp when you have been out all day

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

07 Jan 2020

Brian

An ideal place for a break. Somewhere to relax and get away from all the hustle and bustle of modern life.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

16 Dec 2019

Verified traveler

Great location and excellent service. Very dog friendly which made our stay so much more relaxing.

We stayed in one of the Lake View Room which had nice nice bathroom with a large basic bedroom area. Would have preferred to have been able to control the room temperature as is was quite cold

Friends_and_family Pet

10/10

Exceptional

11 Dec 2019

Verified traveler

All brilliant. Been many times. Love it. Can't wait to return

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

08 Dec 2019

Owen

I’ll be back

Arrived at the hotel after dinner had finished, was kindly offered a cheese board to be sent up to the room. From then on in, it was just a wonderful stay with friendly and helpful staff and views to die for. Very relaxing.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

06 Dec 2019

Verified traveler

Location is stunning, rooms clean but tired. Bathroom cleanliness was not great, also tired and in need of attention. Toilet cleanliness was terrible, out of sight area behind toilet lid was filthy, cleaners obviously never put lid down?
Breakfast was only mediocre, poor quality sausages, baked beans you literally get 1 tablespoon in a little pot! Considering the premium price, I think this hotel is resting on its laurels and location.
Always wanted to stay here but the experience didn’t live up to expectations.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

30 Nov 2019

Julie

Would thoroughly recommend.

Warm welcome, excellent facilities and food. Enjoyed a relaxing overnight stay. Worth paying the extra for a lake view room. Will definitely be going back again in the New Year.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

29 Nov 2019

Verified traveler

Highly recommended

Very friendly staff and excellent food. Hotel beautifully decorated for the Christmas festivities

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

21 Nov 2019

Verified traveler

I loved the peace and serenity we experienced during our stay. The best thing about the hotel I have to be honest is the view, breathtaking, but the beauty and authenticity of the hotel is no less.

What I didn't like was the fact that we had to drive suite far to get to restaurants or other local amenities

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

08 Nov 2019

Peter

Picturesque Views for a Birthday treat

We thought the service was excellent, the staff couldn't do enough for you and the dogs were very welcome in the places they were allowed in Hotel. The food was excellent, the only issue we had was we tried to book a spa treatment, but they were fully booked, it was our fault as we did leave it kind of last minute, but thought it being mid week it wouldn't be quite so busy, so lesson learnt !

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

05 Nov 2019

Verified traveler

The food was very nice in the tavern. Staff lovely and very helpful. Perfect.

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

21 Oct 2019

David

Beautiful location for a getaway.

The hotel is in an amazingly beautiful location perched high above the stunning Lake Vyrnwy and close to the dam. The hotel is warm and welcoming and an ideal spot to take in all the local area has to offer. To be honest we thought the room decor was looking a little dated but it was comfortable enough and it was worth paying the little extra for a lake view room. The hotel does probably need a bit of money spending on it to bring it up modern standards (it has incredible potential we felt) but all in all it was a very pleasant stay and we would happily return.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

20 Oct 2019

Verified traveler

Very relaxing hotel,staff were very nice,overall a lovely stay in a beautiful location would highly recommend

Leisure

4/10

Poor

15 Oct 2019

sandra

Leave your dog at home!

I don’t want to be overly negative because the setting is magnificent and if we hadn’t travelled with a dog, our experience would have been better. This hotel states it’s dog friendly but it isn’t! There are kennels outside for your dog if that’s what they prefer (gun dogs!!) but our miniature schnauzer has to be with us. She was allowed in our room, and in restaurant. But... she was not allowed into breakfast, or the bar, or lounges of which there were two with log fires and big comfy chairs!! No, we had a few chairs under the stairs with no view and beside the front door!! Breakfast could only be served in bedroom (nowhere to eat except perched on lap on edge of bed). We twisted their arm and ate it in restaurant around the cleaner and smell of bleach! Our bedroom was above the kitchens which had huge extractor fan which spewed disgusting cooking smells into our room. All my clothes stank of cooking fat! I didn’t think reception staff were helpful to us and would say this hotel is dog tolerant not dog friendly and ask for a room with a view away from kitchens but it will cost more.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

06 Oct 2019

H.Oz

The premier room. we stayed in was big and luxurious and gave wonderful views of the lake, even from the four poster bed.

I am sure the management will be looking for a more environmentally method of supplying toiletries.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

14 Sep 2019

Idris

Bathroom needs a few repairs to the grouting otherwise faultless

Partner

8/10

Excellent

10 Sep 2019

Verified traveler

Amazing site, truly beautiful area and very friendly staff.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

02 Sep 2019

Verified traveler

Beautiful view. Very large comfortable room, decoration a little tired but view was so amazing that didn't matter. A few issues with my food intolerances at breakfast which was disappointing after it had been handled well the night before.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

25 Aug 2019

Verified traveler

The view is amazing! The rooms felt dated. Most of the equipments in the gym were not functioning.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

05 Aug 2019

Verified traveler

We were both rely enjoy the last grouse pub great staff welcoming and frisndly. Brassier restaurant was good food wasnt up to its best as very busy, shame really as we were looking forward to the meal bit small not very hot unfortunately!! Bit was made up with restaurant next nite was wounderful but no fillet steak !!! But menu very inviting. Really enjoyed stay will.be returning very soon .

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

28 May 2019

Verified traveler

It has a wonderful atmosphere and the staff are so obliging and helpful. The dinner was excellent. We had a superb room overlooking the lake. Thoroughly recommend this place.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

13 Apr 2019

Verified traveler

Needs a few tiles replaced and a lick of pant here and there but that did take away my wife and I return visit after 23 years our last stay. But if those points mentioned are not taken care of soon it will quickly go down hill and it’s not a joke.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

14 Mar 2019

Verified traveler

All staff friendly and helpful. The gym is a big let down 0 out of 10 . Supposed to be a 4star hotel

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

27 Jan 2019

James

Great views and walks.

Great location and lovely, albeit small, spa.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

20 Jan 2019

Martin

Large clean room, excellent views.
Menu a little limiting for vegans and vegetarians
Good sevice helpful staff

Friends

10/10

Exceptional

05 Jan 2019

Peter

Lovely short stay

We had a great short break at Lake Vrynwy, it was our second visit after a few years and we certainly will go again.

The staff are friendly with good food and fantastic views.

We hired bicycles from Artisan at the visitor centre which were excellent value and we also made use of the lovely spa facilities at the hotel, perfect to kick start the new year.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

29 Oct 2018

Cat

Beautiful hotel in a beautiful location. Room was lovely but extremely cold. Food in the Tower Restaurant was OK but wouldn't be memorable. I had lipstick on my soup bowl and a hair in my food....definitely not perfect!

4/10

Poor

12 Oct 2018

Kevin

The evening meal in the main hotel was poor, serving uncooked veg may be ok for some! The choice was limited if you didn't want the fancy bits added. Soggy skin on the fish was appalling!! The bar staff except one had no idea.
It's a shame because it's such an idilic location, but 3 star at best. We made our feelings known but other than a 'sorry bout that' nothing happened

6/10

Pleasant

09 Oct 2018

Robert

Location was magical. I'm not saying any more regardless.

8/10

Excellent

03 Oct 2018

Verified traveler

A good hotel but pricey for what you get

The hotel is in a wonderful location with incredible views over the lake. The rooms are comfortable but a bit dated. I had to move rooms after the first night due to a mysterious buzzing sound coming from the roofspace but that was handled very well by the staff. My overall impression is that this is a good hotel but I think it's expensive for what you get. Still, I guess you pay for views like that!

Family

8/10

Excellent

01 Oct 2018

Stephen

Room with a fantastic view

Amazing location, outstanding view from bedroom and restaurant, excellent food

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

28 Sep 2018

Patrick

Fantastic place

A fantastic spot in nowhere’s land, the surroundings you find anywhere else what anaure

10/10

Exceptional

27 Sep 2018

Verified traveler

lots of stairs so help with the suitcases was fantastic

10/10

Exceptional

06 Sep 2018

Les

Great location

Great location with amazing views. Small but nice spa. Pet friendly a bonus. No smell of dogs.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

02 Sep 2018

Verified traveler

Fantastic location and superb hotel. Will go again.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

23 Jul 2018

Dave

Room with a fantastic view.

Four Poster double bed with a Lake View, what better way to enjoy a stay in Wales. Good Food and Wine menu to select from, Knowledgeable waiters to assist with choice. Exceptional taste and presentation. Good location for walking, cycling, water activities and much more, or just chill on the balcony. Staff very helpful and informative.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

22 Jun 2018

Andrew

Amazing location

Amazing location

Friends

10/10

Exceptional

10 Jun 2018

Verified traveler

Lovely hotel over looking some stunning views of the lake and countryside . Premium lake view room was amazing would recommend to family and friends

8/10

Excellent

31 May 2018

John

Hotel was great, only issue was the food, had a steak steak in the evening and it was a bit tough. Breakfast was awful took 30 minutes to arrive and had been under a hot lamp, could not even cut through the fried egg.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

23 May 2018

Catherine

Would highly recommend this hotel

Can’t tell you how much we enjoyed this break, the hotel was lovely friendly stafff and stunning views over the lake. We were blessed with superb weather which helped massively.
The food was absolutely delicious!!
The location is quite remote but we felt that added to the whole experience, the wonderful scenery and the peace and quiet was very welcome ahead of our trek up Snowdon.

Partner