Weeks of sunny weather across Wales has meant one thing for most of us - getting out and about. And finding a beer garden for some grub and a pint will be top of the list for many.
Fortunately, tucked away on the outskirts of Holyhead, Anglesey, one hotel has its very own outdoor pub doing just that. Trearddur Bay Hotel has a well-known restaurant called Inn at the Bay. But just outside, there's an entirely separate garden bar and kitchen called 1828.
The bar, which appears to sit in a converted shipping container, offers a wide range of drinks and snack foods for guests to enjoy out in the sun. All around it are dozens of tables set within the garden.
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Having never visited the pub before I thought it would be best to pop down, as I'm always on the lookout for some good beer gardens to add to my list for the summer months. While the space looked sizeable in the pictures, I was even more impressed after arriving as there were plenty of spots to soak in the sun and it was all just a few minutes away from the beach.
Sadly it was quite breezy during my visit, with a brisk sea air coming from the coast, and had it been just a pinch warmer it would have been perfect. I only wish I could have visited last week.
![1828 at Trearddur Bay Hotel](https://i2-prod.dailypost.co.uk/incoming/article27202547.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/0_1828-at-Treaddur-Bay-Hotel.jpg)
As I popped in during the day I had most of the space to myself, bar the odd few tables. It seemed like most people were - quite sensibly - still on the beach.
So I picked a table for myself before heading up to the container bar to take a look at the menu. Most of what's on offer food wise is in the snack to light lunch range, with options for chips or chicken goujons on the smaller end, or pizza on the larger end. I opted for some of the goujons, which came with a choice of two dips and more importantly, a pint of the Manchester Pale Ale they had on tap.
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The choice of drinks wasn't huge, but given you never have to step out of the sun to get a fresh pint, the more limited option was acceptable. That's not to say the overall range of drinks on offer was small, as there is still an extensive drinks menu covering just about anything you could want from a bar.
I paid and took my pint, enjoying it while I wait for the small device I had been given to play a sound when my food was ready to pick up. Deliberately I picked a spot with a parasol, as I'd already noticed a few of the sky devils, sorry - seagulls, making passes overhead.
![A great - if filling - snack to go with my pint.](https://i2-prod.dailypost.co.uk/incoming/article27202546.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/0_1828-at-Treaddur-Bay-Hotel.jpg)
After about 10 minutes of sipping on my pint, the buzzer went off and I went and grabbed my food, realising I may have had eyes bigger than my stomach. The 10 goujons may have been the sharer size. Nonetheless I managed to finish the whole batch, which came with two tasty dips, one BBQ and one blue cheese, ideal nibbling food to help accompany my drink.
After I finished my drink I was able to get up and roll (roll being the apt choice of words after the mountain of goujons) straight out of the beer garden and straight down to the beach for a saunter. Either way around would work just as nicely though, as beach followed by beer garden is a sure recipe for success.