Wellington Inn, New Quay

More a tightly packed restaurant than a pub, popular with tourists and locals by the look of things, maybe because it’s located on almost on the harbourside with views across Cardigan Bay. Décor is a mix of brassware and china nic-nacks in some quantity, there’s a loud carpet and a mix of traditional wooden and modern furniture including upholstered benches and leather dining chairs. Partions divide the slightly odd shaped room into smaller areas but it’s still noisy when full of diners. There’s some exposed stone, fake beamery and that odd internal half timbering brewers used to like. Considering its maritime position there’s not much in the way of nautical emphemera. At the back is a private dining room called the Smugglers Den. All the beers are from Felinfoel, apart from San Migel, their keg Best Bitter and Stout supplement a rather mediocre Celtic Pride and a much better kept Double Dragon. Not much here for the casual drinker and I thought the food slightly overpriced.