A MID Wales restaurant with rooms celebrated a memorable night at the annual AA Hospitality Awards, collecting two prestigious accolades and a five-rosette rating.

Ynyshir Restaurant and Rooms at Eglwysfach, between Aberystwyth and Machynlleth, clinched the prestigious titles of Wine Award of Wales and overall Wine Award Winner for the UK in 2017.

In addition, the restaurant has been awarded five rosettes in the 2018 AA Hotel Guide and AA Best Restaurants Guide.

Awarded solely by AA hotel and restaurant inspectors, AA rosettes recognise cooking at different levels nationwide.

Ynyshir is a Michelin-star restaurant with rooms that has flavour and simplicity as the focus of every dish that chef patron Gareth Ward creates.

Ynyshir’s general manager Amelia Eiriksson said: “This is awesome for us and very unexpected.

“Our list is made up of things that we love to drink, with a few incredible classics in there and lots of new terroir driven wines.

“It matches our food – if it tastes amazing it goes on the list!”

An AA Hotel Inspector said of Ynyshir: “The dining room at Ynyshir offers the very best selection of wines to accompany their highly accomplished food.”

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