Tre-Ysgawen Hall

If you are look­ing for a place to opt out of the rat race for a while, then Tre-Ysgawen Hall, a Coun­try House Hotel and Spa at Capel Coch, close to Llange­fni on the Isle of Angle­sey, ticks all the boxes. Built ori­gin­ally in 1882 as a grand coun­try retreat this mag­ni­fi­cent stone house, often described as ‘the hid­den gem of Angle­sey’ is set in 11 acres of secluded land­scaped gar­dens, meadow and wood­land just a short drive inland from the breath­tak­ing east coast of the island. It ranks as one of the finest Coun­try House Hotels in Wales and is now owned by a Trust, with a large pro­por­tion of its profits going to sup­port children’s charities.

In recent years, the hotel has under­gone an ambi­tious and sym­path­etic refur­bish­ment and exten­sion pro­gramme and can now offer de luxe, super­ior, Four Poster bed­rooms and 2 Four Poster Suites with whirl­pool spa baths.  2002 saw the open­ing of a lux­uri­ous new Spa com­pris­ing a 16m level-deck Swim­ming Pool, Sauna, Steam Room, air-conditioned 30 sta­tion Gym­nas­ium and Beauty/Therapy Suite with 6 Treat­ment rooms.

Tre-Ysgawen Hall is recog­nised by travel organ­isa­tions through­out the world and the most respec­ted Hotel Guides in the land for the qual­ity of its hos­pit­al­ity and cuisine.  It is a ‘Welsh Rarebit’ and Johansen’s hotel and only the second hotel in Wales to achieve the Hos­pit­al­ity Assured accreditation.

The hotel was a recent win­ner of the pres­ti­gi­ous Cheshire Life Food and Wine award for North Wales. Head Chef, Stephen Duffy, cre­ates stim­u­lat­ing and con­stantly chan­ging menus describ­ing his cre­ations as mod­ern European with Asian influ­ences. 90% of the ingredi­ents are sourced on Angle­sey, some indeed trav­el­ling from no fur­ther than the kit­chen garden. More cas­ual din­ing is avail­able in the Clock Tower Café Wine Bar, serving a Bras­serie style menu plus patis­ser­ies and beverages.

The same care that is lav­ished on the cuisine is clearly evid­ent in the choice of cof­fee ser­vice. It is now almost two years since Oper­a­tions Man­ager Richard Hughes selec­ted Café du Monde to install its unique “Ser­vice en Chambre” in-room bever­age ser­vice in all 29 rooms. This is an eleg­ant leather-bound box con­tain­ing a cafetière, two mugs and all the ingredi­ents for guests to make tea and cof­fee in the pri­vacy of their own room. For lounge and res­taur­ant ser­vice he uses the Company’s free on loan cafetière sys­tem with eleg­ant stain­less steel cafetières serving Café du Monde’s Kenyan, Decaf­fein­ated and Con­tin­ental coffees.

“We were first attrac­ted to Café du Monde by Ser­vice en Chambre, which in our exper­i­ence is quite unique in the mar­ket.” says Richard. “The sys­tem per­fectly com­ple­ments the style and décor of our guest rooms. We quickly learnt that the stand­ard of their sup­port ser­vice was a match for their high qual­ity products. I would com­mend them unreservedly.”

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