Glanmor’s

Glanmor’s is the last of a dying breed; an old fashioned tea room that has been securely woven into the fabric of a modern shopping centre.
While it may not look very fashionable on the outside and the regular inhabitants wouldn’t look out of place on the bowls green, this quaint tea room does get a surprising amount of attention from tourists and passers by, mainly due to its location of being directly opposite Caerphilly Castle. But while people may come in primarily for the view, they stay for the food, with delicious snacks served up daily, from cakes and scones to sandwiches and pasties.
With waitresses dressed in traditional tea room attire, apron and all, there is a traditional feel to the restaurant that is distinctly unique and noticeably lacking in most modern coffee shops; that good, old fashioned TLC that you don’t get in chain stores like Starbucks and Costa, where you are rushed in and out with out so much as a «please» or «thank you». At Glanmor’s you really get the impression everything you see is freshly made and everything is done to the finest standard possible, and that hard work shows through in both the presentation of the shop and the taste of the food.
A truly unique shop that will pleasantly surprise even the most sceptical of customers.

A friend of mine works in Caerphilly and I bumped into her the other day around lunchtime. So I asked where I could get a nice sandwich?
The answer was Glanmor’s and right she was.
I walked through the doors and if someone had turned the colour off I could have been in a classic café during the late 50’s. And I don’t mean that in a bad way. It’s all quite new and clean inside but has this quaint post war feel to it helped by the waitresses wearing little frilly hats and matching aprons.
I choose a coronation chicken baquette and a pot of tea for two (there was 2 of us). The baquette was large, fresh and its filling tasty. It also came with some crisps on the side — which I thought was a nice touch.
The service was swift and polite and the cost very reasonable.
I’ve you have the same lunchtime dilemma as me and happen to find yourself in Caerphilly you could do a lot worse than pop in to Glanmors.

It was the people queuing for takeway sandwiches and pasties that first caught my eye and then the newpaper cutting saying that Nicholas Cage had called in a few weeks ago when visiting Caerphilly Castle. What’s good enough for a Hollywood star is good enough for me! I was not disappointed. Originally intending to just buy a sandwich to take away but then opting to sit down I entered a light airy tea room with amazing views of the Castle. I had to wait a few minutes to get a seat but it was worth it for the experience of returning to a genteel way of doing things! Glanmors has table service with waitressses in white frilly aprons serving a range of delicious food. I had a salmon and cucumber sandwich but I could have chosen traditional Welsh cawl at £3.80 or if it had been earlier in the day a full Welsh breakfast at £4.25 or its continental variety at £3. The café was full of regulars and tourists alike and I must admit it was a lovely way to spend 30 minutes or so on a busy day and such a change from the usual chain coffee shops which abound everywhere nowadays.