1 Michelin Star 
3AA Rosettes
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“The Great Nebula of Andromeda”
Hywel may have undersold his “blue cheese salad” in the first round, served in the dark for full effect, it scored him a perfect 10 by Tommy Banks, and also went down a treat with the judges.
His rock-shaped aerated Welsh blue cheese, apples, potato crisps, Welsh truffle, maple dressing and a dusting of beetroot powder, were served on an incredible light box and came together to represent the great Nebula of Andromeda.
The judges loved the contrast between the blue cheese and the dressing, and the huge range of textures and tastes.
This dish celebrates the achievements of Isaac Roberts (1829-1904), an engineer and astronomer from Denbighshire. A pioneer of celestial photography, he was the first to discover Andromeda, our closest neighbouring galaxy, and the first to take a clear, deep space photograph of what was then labelled a Nebula, revealing its spiral shape. The ‘Roberts’ crater on the far side of the Moon was named after him.
Big thank you to Bay Joinery in Swansea for turning around the light boxes so quickly and Monddi in Pembroke for producing the Nebula graphics. Great job! x
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looked fantastic .hope it gets to the banquet. x🤞
‘The Cambrian Explosion & The Genus of Arthropoda’
We thought we’d share more of the details around Hywel’s Great British Menu creations and the inspiration behind them.
The Oxwich Bay lobster pre-starter has a lot of history in its name. The Cambrian explosion (named after the Latin name for Wales) half a billion years ago gave rise to the genus of Arthropoda, to which lobsters belong. The dish celebrates the life of naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace (1823 – 1913), from Usk in Monmouthshire. Wallace famously had the revolutionary idea of evolution by natural selection entirely independently of Charles Darwin.
However, ‘The Origin of Species,’ Darwin’s masterpiece, overshadowed Wallace’s work and it has usually been his name alone associated with the theory. Wallace recognised the brilliance of Darwin’s work and expressed no resentment at this – in fact, he was Darwin's greatest fan.
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I probably said this last year but would love to try the whole GBM menu at the Beach House. Even if it was just a one-off special event ☺
When are you taking bookings please
‘Diolch, thank you’
What an amazing few days it’s been watching Hywel on Great British Menu. We’ve been blown away by all your messages of encouragement throughout, and are truly humbled by the level of support you’ve shared towards Hywel and all of us at Beach House. It means the world to us!
While we’re delighted H won the Welsh heats, we’re beyond excited to have seen the incredible standard of cooking coming from the Welsh chefs and all their camaraderie. Let’s hope we can get to all their restaurants this year once we’re all able to reopen!
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Llongyfarchiadau enfawr 👏
Llongyfarchiadau Hywel, flying our flag high and proud 🏴
Llongyfarchiadau . Wedi mwynhau dy goginio ar y rhaglen yn fawr.
Llongyfarchiadau, Hywel👍🏴
Llongyfarchiadau mawr 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Da iawn ti Hywel
The standard of cooking was absolutely incredible. Inventive, and stunning. Go Hywel, get yourself to that banquet!!
Congratulations Hywel, truly amazing innovative chef ,really looking forward to dining at your restaurant in oxwich
Congratulations Hywel, fantastic result, loved your cooking skills
Fantastic win, congratulations! So proud of our local chef....
So happy for you. We had the most incredible food in your beautiful restaurant. We’ve been cheering for you and can’t wait to come back again x
Lovely to see Hywel get through. Banquet is waiting for you Hywel! 😉
It was amazing and Hywel really stepped it up a level, well done xx
Congratulations! 👏 However I hadn’t yet watched last night’s episode🤦♀️ spoiler alert! Can’t wait to come and dine in June! X
Absolutely amazing can't wait to come back to the restaurant. It might have to be an outside lunch as we now have a puppy 🐕🐾👍
We certainly hope so as we are booked for September. The Welsh chefs were amazing but the best win
Fantastic uplifting experience to see a collection of great Welsh chefs competing again... but icing on the Michelin cake was for our favourite Hywel to go through! Any chance you could get Nathan and his amazing BBQ creation down to Oxwich for a guest night? We would be there in a flash for a combined menu from two stars...
Ben Wall totally agree! Well done Hywel! Two gents as well! Hope Nathan comes back next year!
Well done Hywel, really well deserved, your food looked amazing. Looked like Nathan was excellent competition for you, nice of you to point out he would've had you last year! Could see you'd really worked on your connections to the brief
The Welsh heats were divine! Congrats to H, we can’t wait to visit all the chefs restaurants soon too!
Well done Hywel, amazing food again. Well deserved chef.
Congratulations looking forward to the next round
Well done Howells. You did yourself and Wales proud. It is not just the cooking, which was excellent. You conducted yourself like a gentleman with your comments and support for the other chefs.
Super Star!
Huge congratulations to Hywel 🥳🏴
What an incredible evening, we’re so delighted and proud to see Hywel as the @greatbritishmenu Welsh winner again this year!
It’s been an absolute pleasure watching the show this week, especially tonight with the incredible quality and talent of @nath_d820. It’s been a joy to watch you both. Now it’s onto the next round for @hgchef1 flying the flag for Wales🏴
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Hywel you were brilliant! Llongyfarchiadau! 🏴
Congratulations and well deserved.🤗c
So very pleased for you Hywel, your dishes looked amazing and you did your restaurant and Wales proud 😀😊
Watched it and was so happy for Hywel. 👍
So so delighted for you and so excited! We said Nathan would be one to watch at the beginning of the week (but obviously hoping he wouldn't triumph) and he did a great job too so just goes to show how incredible your cooking was to beat him!
Well done Hywel! Always happy to be a guinea pig but 3 lockdown cancellations now 🥺 Roll on June! 😘😋 Hope we’ve not missed the wild garlic season again 😬
Awesome cooking mate, well deserved winner 👏👏👏
Well done Hywel fantastic dishes - you must get to the banquet this year! 🤩
Yay!! Congratulations Hywel!! Incredible food and well deserved. See you in august and September! 🤞🏼🎉
Huge congratulations Hywel! Well deserved and you’ll definitely get a dish to the banquet this year. Can’t wait to come back to the restaurant. X
Brilliant from Hywel. Really creative. Can’t wait to taste his food again when you reopen!
Well done Hywel. 👏👏👏
Well done Hywel well deserved you must get to the banquet this year 👍
Llongyfarchiadau! 👏🏻👏🏻 Nathan was fab but we had every faith in you!
Yeah go Hywel well impressed with all of your delicious dishes😋👏🏻👏🏻
Well deserved - fabulous food!
Well done Hywel Good luck on getting through to the banquet
Brilliant job Hywel. Pob Lwc i chi for the next round. Can't wait to have our 40th anniversary meal at the restaurant. 👍😎
Brilliant, many congratulations, looking forward to seeing you soon!
So chuffed for you Hywel! What a well deserved win!
Many congratulations! Both chefs were brilliant but Hywel definitely deserved to win. Really hope to visit the restaurant in the future.👏
Congratulations....the fish course looked amazing , as well as everything else
Astonishing cookery from both of these guys, many congratulations Hywel.
It was never in doubt! But...
Fantastic win Hywel. Loves watching you cook having tasted your food I knew you were going to smash it. Good luck I hope you get a dish through to the banquet 😘😘😘
Hywel’s not just a whizz in the kitchen, he made this ‘hot blast furnace’ himself to serve his lamb authentically from the flames. Wow!
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@gowersaltmarshlamb
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Fantastic, looked wonderful on the show! 👍
llongyfarchiadau 👏👏👏👏
16/04/21 Yay 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌 Llongyfarchiadau Hywel 💫💫💫💫 nailed it!
Chef gwych a job fel ‘ plumber on the side’, Da iawn ti Hywel. 🏆
well done winning tonight going through to the final .brilliant 👏 👏 👏
Great job all round. Food looked brilliant. Shame they ate it.... should have been displayed..💰🥇
Congratulations! Really enjoyed watching the programme and good luck with the finals 🏆👑🌻
Yay!! Congratulations Hywel!! Incredible food and well deserved. See you in august! 🤞🏼🎉
Great viewing last night and delicious food being served up!
Hywels main looked amazing! Good luck tonight x
Well done Hywel 👏 #teamhywel
Da iawn Hywel! Looked amazing! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Excellent, well done Hywel, can't wait to eat at Oxwich again!
Us Welsh , especially North Walians ( lol) are very versatile , multi talented ....go Hywel
lovely snippet earlier in the week with a reference to Neath Abbey Iron works.
He is a bloody good welder and mechanic too.
Hywel had another brilliant evening on Great British Menu and will be back again tonight at 8.30PM on BBC2 for the final Welsh heat.
His main ‘lamb from the land of steel and anthracite’ and his ‘Pembrokeshire flying machine’ dessert were incredible, bringing to life some more remarkable Welsh inventions.
Watch tonight to find out who becomes the new Welsh champion!
@hgchef1
@greatbritishmenu
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Fantastic result, congratulations, well done Hywel, loved all your dishes x
Last night was fantastic, really hope it all goes well tonight Hywel, good luck x
Loved the dishes, can't wait to visit. Good luck tonight
Pob lwc Hywel.....superb plates served over the past couple of evenings 💫💖 A couple of harsh scores too!! Really looking forward to tonight...amazing 💝
Fantastic dishes , congratulations Hywel
I felt the dessert looked uninspiring but the rest was amazing. Good luck!
Yay!! Congratulations Hywel!! Incredible food and well deserved. See you in august! 🤞🏼🎉
Fingers crossed 🤞 Can’t wait to get back to eat at your very special restaurant again. Bara Bara Law 😋
Hope that Lamb dish is on the menu in June!!!
All the best Hywel fine 👩🍳 chef
Da iawn Hywel a pob lwc heno! 👍🤞🍽🍷🏴
Good luck, hope you get a dish to the banquet this time. Blew the opposition away tonight.
Whatever the result - we are so lucky to have you on our doorstep and can’t wait to pay another visit as soon as we are allowed!
Pob lwc i ti am heno Hywel 🤞🤞🤞🤞
Oh Waw i waw!!! Gwych! Well done Hywel! Well deserved! Enjoyed every minute of your awesome cooking!! Champers yn llifo nawr!! 🤪🍾👍👏
Absolutely stunning 😋
He’s in a different class to the other two ! Good luck
Wow, well done Hywel, 2nd year running through to the final. Proud to have you cooking in our village!
Best of luck to Hywel for tonight 🤞
and he.s through well done. come on wales 👍 💪
Da iawn Hywel pob lwc I ti heno🤞.xx
Pob lwc......would love that dessert when we visit Beach House .
So well done Hywel!!! Really well deserved
Da iawn ti to! Gwych 'whare têg! Edryc 'mlaen am heno!! 👍🤞👏🤪
The quality shone through 👏
Hywel will be back on Great British Menu again tonight - 8pm on BBC2 - after his amazing creations last night in the first round of the Welsh heats.
We’re always proud of him, but last night’s cooking blew us away and we can’t wait to see what he has in store for his mains and dessert tonight.
Last nights dishes were inspired by some incredible Welsh innovators.
‘The Great Nebula of Andromeda’ celebrates Issac Roberts, an engineer and astronomer from Denbighshire, who first discovered Andromeda and took a clear deep space photo.
‘The Water of Life’ celebrates the life of Martha Hughes Cannon, a physician from Llandudno. She reformed public health, championed women’s rights and mass vaccinations, and helped end smallpox outbreaks by improving public drinking fountains.🏴
Thank you to Monddi Design Agency for graphic design work, @bay_joinery for the serving boxes, and Darren Yeadon for the fountain sculpture.
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Fantastic Hywel, deserved winner on the night...good luck to get to the banquet!!!
Dechreuad da Hywel. Pob lwc am y ddau gwrs nesa.
Fantastic Hywel, looking forward to tonight
Enjoyed watching, brilliant. Hope he gets a dish chosen for the banquet this time
Great deal of thought and effort went into the 2 courses.They looked fantastic and we are told, tasted great too!! Carry on the great work Hywel, looking forward to seeing you "star" tonight!!!Another couple of tens will seal it!! Good luck!!
His first dish was amazing! Can’t wait for tonight.
The first dish looked amazing.
Could almost taste the food. Brilliant dishes again last night 👍
Well done mate👏
The cheese salad was just stunning, well worthy of the 10. 😁
Cant wait for the Beach House to be back open 🙌
Cracking start Chef..🔥👊
Fantastic H xx
Watch Hywel on Great British Menu at 7pm tonight!
The day’s finally here and tonight the Welsh heats begin at an updated time of 7pm on BBC2.
We’re looking forward to seeing what Welsh innovation and science inspired his dishes🏴
@hgchef1
@greatbritishmenu
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Well done Hywel. Proud that your restaurant is in Swansea. Can’t wait to book a table!
What a chef well done
Peter Williams Helen Williams
Pob lwc bydda i’n gwylio
I’ll be watching and rooting for Hywel 🤞🤞
Llongyfarchiadau gwresog I ti Hywel x 👏🏼🎉🎊🥂 Disgwl mlaen dathlu da ti 👍🏼
Looking forward to seeing your creations, good luck Hywel
Good luck Hywel we will be watching 👍
Really enjoyed your cooking tonight, very impressive. Good luck for tomorrow.
Really looking forward to watching this. Good luck Hywel
Good luck! We'll be watching! We've booked in for May and we are so excited! 🥰 James Birchwood
Brilliant Hywel. Eating at your restaurant was a fabulous experience x
Best of luck Hywel, sure to get there this year 👌
Well done Hywel, fantastic food and the starter presentation was amazing !!
Good luck! X
POB lwc Hywel 🌟🏴
Pob Lwc heno Hywel!! 👍🤞🍽🍷🧑🍳🏴
Good luck ,you’ve already smashed it Hywel 🏆
Best wishes to you...will be watching and cheering you on! 👍😃
Pob lwc Hywel 👍
Good luck!!Can't wait to see what you produce for the judges, visually and the ultimate taste!!
👍🤞🤞🤞🤞
Pob lwc o Pesda 🏴
Pob lwc Hywel 👍
Pob Lwc Hywel. Bring it home for Gower 👍
‘Meet the Welsh chefs’
There’s just one day to go until Hywel @hgchef1 appears back on screen on @greatbritishmenu in the Welsh heats.
He’s up against fellow Welshmen Ali Borer, Chris Cleghorn, and Nathan Davies.
We’re looking forward to seeing how they all take on this year’s theme celebrating British science and innovation.
Great British Menu
good luck Hywel looking forward to watching .x
Pob lwc Hywel
Dymuniadau gorau i ti,Hywel👍
POB lwc Hywel 🙏🤞
Wishing Hywel all the very best 🤞🤞
Good luck Hywel.
Go Hywel
Pob lwc i ti Hywel
Good luck Hywel 🍀
‘BBC Great British Menu’
For those of you who may be interested, we are delighted that Hywel will be competing again on the BBC’s Great British Menu this week. The Wales heat starts on Wednesday at 8pm on BBC2.
This years theme is British invention and innovation. Looking forward to seeing who and what has inspired Hywel.
Hywel Griffith Great British Menu
Brilliant! What a talented man!🤞
Wow! Another fabulous night Hywel! Congratulations 👏 👏👏👏👏👏👏
Pob lwc
Great start tonight!! Keep up the good work Hywel
Good luck x
Good luck Hywel, so disappointed we couldn’t be with you all in March, but will be back. Will be watching all week and rooting for you 🤞x
Chlöe Rhîannon
Good luck. This years competition has been brilliant.
Can’t wait! Been looking forward it. Good luck Hywel 🏴
Will be watching and hoping you win. Can’t wait until September when we will joining you for a meal x
I’ve got a booking with you in June 🥰🥰🥰
Interested? It the most anticipated moment in our household all year. Two more sleeps. Go Chef! 🏆 always a winner for me!
Good luck Hwyel 🤞 Love the brief this year. Last week's 2 finalist chefs were amazing. Looking forward to seeing what Wales has to offer.
Can’t wait! 👍
Can’t wait!!👏👏👏
Best of luck Hywel. Plenty of Welsh inventors for inspiration. 👍😎
Oh da iawn wir, gwych! Edrych 'mlaen a phob lwc! Great news, looking forward! Good luck Hywel! 👍🤞👏🤩
Good luck Hywel!
All the very best Hywel 👍
YEH! Go Hywel , love watching all of you prepare feasts we can only dream about attempting, so we go out and eat . OH Yes and thanks for all hard work to put masterpieces on Plates, boards ,slates etc .
Fantastic Hywel ,we will be watching you on TV 📺
Pob lwc Hywel! 👍🤞🏴
Pob lwc Hywel.🔥
Good luck Hywel 🤞🤞
Wishing you every success 🤞
‘Wishing you a happy Easter’
We know many of you have been waiting a long while to enjoy a get together with family and friends, and with restrictions having lifted a little more, we hope you have a wonderful long weekend - however you’re spending it!
We’re delighted to finally know that we can reopen on May 31st (although we’re still hoping that the date may be brought forward a little🤞🏻). Book your visit online now through our website and come and enjoy late Spring with us at Beach House here in beautiful Oxwich Bay!
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Siany Bath-Jones
Carys Margaret Andrews
Martyn Goss
Emilie Edmunds
David Wingar
Booked! Our last meal with you was a year and a half ago - it was our honeymoon!
Great news!
Happy Easter 🐣
Booked for 1st weekend post opening, cant wait to see everyone again!
Steve Gillard
Dean Pugh - soon!
Haf yn Oxwich... Gwych! Pob lwc wrth ail agor. Byddwn ni yno cgap Huw Lovett
We’re delighted to finally be able to share that our Hywel will be back on Great British Menu this year!
We can’t wait to see him back on screen and see what amazing creations he has in store for us this year. Go Hywel!🏴
Great British Menu returns to BBC2 on Wednesday 24th March.
@hgchef1 @greatbritishmenu @gbchefs
#greatbritishmenu
That’s lovely news ☺️ we had a reservation for dinner at The Beach House this evening...so disappointed we can’t come (holiday down the pan too 🙄) but we’ve rebooked the reservation for next March..can’t wait 🥰
Hywel, wishing every luck to a very talented chef, will you please sort out Wellocks delivery to Swansea as you are now a chef ambassador for them - they have delightful ingredients and they don’t deliver to Swansea, please use your presence to influence their delivery of delicious ingredients x
Fabulous news, we have already booked theBeach for September so will watch the new series with bated breath xx
Fab fab fab. If we can't come visit at least we can feast our eyes! Good luck xx
Excellent news. Will be watching avidly. Fingers crossed he goes all the way. If you are open we are hoping to book with you for our 40th anniversary in May. 👍❤️
Hey fabulous!!! Good luck 🤞 xx
Awesome....all behind you Hywel 🏴 👍
Good luck!!!! Can’t wait to see this!👏👏👏
Good luck Hywel!!!
How exciting 😃😃😃😃
Good luck H. 👍
Pob lwc Hywel! 👍🤞👏🏴
Good luck x
Great he was fab last year and so enjoyable to watch 👏👏👏
Fantastic, good luck, love the show!!!!
Can't wait to watch him. Such a talented chef 😍
Congratulations! Can’t wait to watch and come back to the Beach House soon!
Good luck Hywel, will be watching. Can't wait to be able to visit.
Go get em Hywel!!We are all behind you! Good luck!!
Pob lwc Hywel ......good luck . I’ll be watching
Da iawn hywel 🌟🌟🌟
Good luck sir
Pob lwc Hywel
Pob lwc Hywel! Mae Emma Lovett a fi yn edrych ymlaen i ymweld â'n hoff fwyty unwaith byddwch chi nôl ar agor
Pob lwc
Watch the full video of our head chef Hywel cooking a delicious St David’s Day meal here, and cook along at home🏴
What a beautiful day for filming on our terrace!
Dydd Gwyl Dewi hapus i chi gyd
Happy St David’s day to you all
🏴
Diolch , ac i ithe fyd
Dydd gwyl Dewi Sant hapus o pesda Bach X🏴🏴🏴🌟
A ru'n peth ichithe'i gyd. 🏴🏴👍x
And back at you all x
Dydd Gwyn Dewi Hapus i chi hefyd x
Our head chef Hywel has been busy working on a little St David’s Day recipe. Keep an eye out for the full recipe over the next couple off days, ready to cook along with him!
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Rachel Reynolds and Madeline McLeod !!
We’re dreaming of this view today and can’t wait be watching the waves roll in, while sat on our terrace in the sun.
It’s been over 2 months since we were last open, and we can’t wait to see you back here again soon!
#foodbythesea
#oxwichbay
Edrych ymlaen i ddod nol 👍
Disgwl mlaen dathlu fy mhenblwydd (fory) gyda chi, unwaith fyd dyn saff i gwrdd. 🥂🎂🥳
I have booked a table for June, fingers crossed 🤞
Cannot wait to return, miss you all love Lisa & Carl X
Fingers crossed... I'm booked for May 🙏🤞
Are you still accepting last years vouchers?
Neil Egan ....you and Sarah will love it xx
Can’t wait to Visit again and celebrate my belated 40th there!
So looking forward to come back!! Xx 😫💕
I am hoping to be able to visit in May
Carol Fitzmaurice can’t wait to go here again and again and again
Sue! 🙏🏼
Can’t wait 🙏🏻🙏🏻
We can all go there x
Rebekah Thomas Lee Thomas somewhere lush to eat in the summer!
‘A special gift’
Hywel Griffith our Head Chef loved his clay gonk gifted by Lisa Hughes who with her sister Tracina & family are amongst our biggest supporters and most regular guests to the restaurant.
We love the Michelin Star and Great British Menu logos too. He has really brought a big smile to all our team during lockdown. Brilliant!
#biggestfans #foodbythesea
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Michelin Guide
I’m absolutely thrilled you love it. Was a joy to create, and looking forward to you re opening 😃❤️
Hywel and the team at Beach House are delighted to have retained their Michelin Star for 2021. After such a challenging time this is simply great news for us here at the restaurant.
We look forward to welcoming our guests back to the restaurant after the current lockdown.
#michelinguide2021 #foodbythesea
Congrats - we really enjoyed our lunch time visit last October
Congrats on the award. So hope things are open by May so we can celebrate our Ruby anniversary in style. 👍😎
Many congratulations. Looking forward to your reopening.
Congratulations. Looking forward to when you're open
Congratulations, still looking forward to visiting!
So proud of everyone Hywel Congratulations so deserved
Congratulations, we hope to be with you this summer
Congratulations 🎊 We have greatly enjoyed our meals with you this year and fully appreciate the difficult circumstances the whole team have been operating in, your success and recognition is thoroughly deserved. We look forward to seeing you all again soon.
Fantastic news... Not that it was ever in doubt... Congratulations. Can't wait to see you all again xxx
Congratulations from the Netherlands. 🥂🎉. Hope to be able to visit your restaurant in the near future.
Congratulations Hywel and the team. Cymru am byth! 🏴🏴🏴
Congratulations all can't wait to rebook as soon as possible
Well deserved!! Can’t wait until you reopen xx
Da iawn. 👍
🌈look forward to enjoying soon!
Sarah Egan
Brilliant Hywel xx
Well done will definitely visit in the summer, fingers crossed!!
Well done! Not a surprise though😉
Llongyfarchiadau, Hywel and team👍🏴
Haeddiannol iawn - Very much deserved! 🎉
Philip post lockdown trip?
👏👏
Llongyfarchiadau gwresog i chi gyd
👏👏👏
‘Wishing you a Merry Christmas’
On this very different Christmas Eve for us all, we send you our love ahead of tomorrow.
Wishing peace and joy to you all...and we hope you’re still able to enjoy a little magic in the day💫
🎄Happy Christmas, Nadolig Llawen🎄
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#christmasgift
‘Helping hand for last minute gift ideas’
Thank you for all the lovely messages of support shared with us over the past few weeks since we closed. It’s really touched us at a time we know is hard for everyone.
If you’re struggling to buy gifts now that many places have been closed due to the new restrictions, Beach House gift vouchers can be purchased online for immediate download, print or email. Follow the link in our bio to view all our gift options🎁
We’ve extended the validity of all vouchers to 18 months to offer you additional peace of mind when shopping this Christmas.
#christmasgift
#lastminute
#finedining
#foodbythesea❤️
#supportlocalbusiness
Bought vouchers as gift - what a treat to look forward to. Merry Christmas.
So sorry for you all. Bought vouchers for friends already. Look forward to seeing you soon... love this restaurant so much!! Happy Christmas and a happier 2021!🥂