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chicken nuggets. For £9 for 2 courses that means (give or take a dollop of chive and
garlic butter) slimmed-down adult dishes such as lamb brochettes with couscous, or
(for a £1.50 surcharge) a 4-oz. Welsh Black rib-eye, followed by white-chocolate and
lemon curd cheesecake. The place is artily informal, the brainchild of a former ad
exec, with slate and wood floors, and blackboards detailing fish specials. The grown-
up menu is good value.
22 High St., St. Davids.
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01437/720491.
www.cwtchrestaurant.co.uk. £30 3-course menu. MC, V. Daily
Apr-Oct from 6pm; Nov-Mar Tues-Sun from 6pm. Last sitting 9:30pm.
Sands Cafe
INTERNATIONAL It's
the
place at big Newgale beach, smart and
modern yet with the friendliness of a local cafe and a clientele that ranges from surfer
dudes to parents with babies. Sands has a deck and even a lawn overlooking water
meadows. Food includes fish and chips alongside baguettes (crab and so forth), and
homemade hummus with pita bread. Ice cream is Gianni's, made with organic milk
from Caerfai Farm, a renowned producer near St. Davids.
Newgale (where the A487 from Haverfordwest to St. Davids dips down to the sea), St. Bride's Bay.
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01437/729222.
www.newsurf.co.uk. Main courses £5-£10. MC, V. Daily 9:30am-5pm in winter, with
extended hours in busier seasons.
Where to Stay
Druidstone
This family haven sits in wild gardens on the cliff above
Druidston Haven beach. It's part hotel, part holiday home; some of the rooms have
en suite, some not. There are cottages converted from outbuildings that sleep 10. It's
been run by the same couple since 1972 and has that post-hippie feel, sometimes
with musical events (the owners are chummy with reformed pop-folk-rockers Stack-
ridge, the first band George Martin worked with after The Beatles). Breakfast is a
treat (St. Bride's Bay mackerel, organic black pudding); there's food served in the
cellar bar, a restaurant with an ever-changing menu (main courses £13-£20); and
children's high tea. A perfect place for a family get-together.
Broad Haven, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire SA62 3NE. www.druidstone.co.uk.
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01437/781221.
Fax
01437/720025. 18 units, inc. 7 cottages. £110-£180 double; cottages £400-£1,200 per week. Rates
include breakfast. AE, MC, V. Free parking.
Amenities:
Restaurant; bar.
In room:
TV, hair dryer.
Warpool Court Hotel
The world's best views don't come cheap, and the pan-
orama from this country house is enough to make you pay out. The Warpool sits high
on the St. Davids' peninsula, just outside town, and its 6 hectares (15 acres) of gar-
dens gaze loftily over sea and coast. The least expensive rooms are modest and don't
benefit from the scenery outside. But for your money you do get secluded gardens
and views over one of the most beautiful coastal stretches in Wales.
St. Davids, Pembrokeshire SA62 6BN. www.warpoolcourthotel.com.
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01437/720300.
Fax
01437/720676. 25 units. £200-£460 double. Rates include dinner and breakfast. AE, DC, MC, V.
Ameni-
ties:
Restaurant; bar; babysitting; covered heated pool (Easter-Oct only); outdoor tennis court (lit).
In room:
TV, hair dryer, Wi-Fi (free, in most rooms).
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MID-WALES: COAST &
COUNTRY
This isn't the best-known stretch of coast, but it does have its gems. Start at Cardigan
and you pass the jolly seaside town of New Quay and the stylish fishing village of
Aberaeron. As you edge into mid-Wales you reach the big town of Aberystwyth and
