Royal Goat Hotel

It looks a bit grand from the outside and judging from older reviews was once very good but has been left to run down. Perhaps even a result of the barking-mad policy in 2020-21 of destroying the entire tourist and hospitality industry when there's a bit of a bug going around. (Worse in Wales than England - remember that?) Its been taken over - don't know exactly when but I'm guessing relatively recently - and it needs some money spending on it to refurbish and bring it up to better standards. It looks like the new owners have to do that in stages as they work it - I've been there too - don't glibly say that 'they should do this or that' if you don't know the state of the finances. Too many people do that. The stay here was fine. The room we had has clearly been refurbished and was very nice. Very comfortable and well done. A good sign. We arrived late (about 21:10 - not late objectively but this is North Wales!) and it seemed like the whole village had closed - well this is Snowdonia in February). But once we raised the staff they were very accommodating and looked after us. Wifi was very good in the downstairs area, less so in the upstairs room. Breakfast was good. It was in the bar suggesting that the dining room is work in progress. In time they'll have to upgrade the buffet choice, but for now (in February) it was ok. I'd be happy to stay here again. It's clearly got some work to be done and I wish the owners and staff all the best in doing that. Please do stay and support them.

Near Pen y Pass Six mile drive from Pen y Pass car park and therefore convenient after a tiring day. Service was slow due to minimal staffing but staff were friendly and efficient once you had their attention. Sheets, bath, toilet and sink were clean but other areas of the hotel rather dusty and spiders settled in ceiling corners throughout. Very difficult to find a place to have an evening meal in the village, some places closed at 5.30 pm during the early part of the week and only a few were open for food for an hour only 6.30 to 7.30 and had “ sorry full” signs. Difficult to find a cleared table for Breakfast which was cooked to order and arrived quickly.

Slept well Brilliant location for a walking weekend in Snowdonia. Very comfortable and great food. The service was struggling, but the staff were hard working and eager, so easy to be lenient.