The Goat Inn
On the subject of food I promised myself I’d write a quick review of our meal at the Goat Inn, which is on the Caernarfon-Porthmadog road at Glandwyfach half a mile from Bryncir (LL51 9LJ). We’ve eaten there several times before and it’s been great, but the meal we had on Saturday afternoon was just the ticket. Saturday was horrible, cold and raining heavily. By the time we’d got to the car from the house we were soaked.
Fortunately the pub was nice and warm and the menu perfect for a cold autumn day. I had braised steak in onion gravy with new potatoes and vegetables, and Mark had the gammon steak with chips. Usually with gammon you have to choose between egg and pinapple, but not at the Goat - you get both and it’s proper gammon steak too not that horrible reformed stuff. The bowl of chips that came with it was humungous. My steak was completely fat free and melt in the mouth and there was lashings of gravy. We got a big bowl of vegetables (cauliflower, broccoli, carrots and savoy cabbage) to share (although I ate the lot) and my new potatoes were lovely. I would thoroughly recommend eating here and this was easily my favourite meal of my weekend food splurge.
There are other pubs on the same road with a good reputation but I’ve eaten at those too several times and been disappointed. Next time we’ll be making an evening reservation - the number is 01766 530237. I’ve no idea what the puddings are like though because the main meals are so large that we’ve never had room to even contemplate afters.