Dylan's opened its fourth North Wales restaurant last week in the heart of Conwy. The group bought the former antiques emporium of Salvage Hunter Drew Pritchard on the town's high street back in 2022.
They opened a shop on the ground floor that summer and after securing planning permission set about adding a three storey restaurant. Work was completed last weekend and the doors have now been thrown open.
The restaurant has already created 13 full time equivalent jobs and plan to double this number by next summer. The Baked Goods and General Store continues to run on part of the ground floor.
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Co-owner David Evans said: "The Conwy restaurant has seen 18 months of hard work from the Dylan's team and our dedicated contractors and designers, all working around the clock to get the restaurant ready for the soft launch - It was a remarkable effort from everyone.
"For a long time, we could only imagine what it would look like through the planning and designing stages. So fast forwarding 18 months to seeing it for the first time is a rather special moment.
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"Dylan's Conwy is our fourth restaurant, so we are quite familiar with the pressure of getting the site done in time for the soft launch and opening nights. Of all of the launches, Conwy was the smoothest and the most enjoyable. To see the building full of family, friends and supporters all enjoying themselves was a fantastic feeling for the whole team.
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"We continued to have a busy first weekend during lunchtime and dinner service, and have been touched by all of the great feedback."
Co-owner Robin Hodgson said: "We're so excited at opening Dylan's Conwy, and are overwhelmed with gratitude by the way local residents and fellow businesses have welcomed us onto the historic High Street.
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"Conwy is a wonderful town rich in food history, and Dylan's fits perfectly with the seafood offering as well as other outstanding locally farmed produce. We're looking forward to seeing how the 'Restoring Wild Oysters' project works out on the Conwy Bay, just a stones throw away from us."
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