The pub is family run and is at the heart of the local community offering and extensive range of real ales, world lagers sky sports, pool and darts. It has a menu that is freshly prepared and focuses on pub classics and pub specials. It also benefits from an extensive separate dining and conservatory area as well as an impressive garden with children's play area and large car park. Only Sharp's Atlantic is routinely available on handpump, though additional real ales are occasionally made available, especially for major sporting events.
Historic Interest
This impressive Victorian pub retains original features described in 'Real Heritage Pubs of Wales' published by CAMRA in 2009. Rebuilt in 1894 by the local firm of T P Jones, who went on to build Llanelli Town Hall. It has a fine wooden gallery at first floor level with "Halfway House" in Leaded glass panels. The impressive original wooden bar and fittings have been carefully preserved and occupies two sides of the front bar. It is complemented by painted decorative plasterwork in the ceilings. The original floorplan in the rest of the pub was altered in 1982. There is a dining room and conservatory with outside children's play area.
Two star - A pub interior of very special national historic interest
Listed status: Not listed
Rebuilt in 1894 by local firm T.P.Jones, who also erected Llanelli Town Hall in 1896, the pub has a fine wooden gallery at first floor level with 'Halfway House' leaded panels. The Victorian bar fittings are arguably the most impressive in the whole of Wales. The imposing counter and bar-back take up two sides of the front left room and, as well as displaying drinks, are replete with items like water jugs and have tall mirror-fronted cupboards to each side. How very pleasing it is to see how the original bar-back fitting has been carefully preserved - even fridges have been added without destroying one shelf, and there are signs of recent refurbishment to the wood. The original counter curves at the front left-hand side as well as at the centre.
The original interior of three rooms and a passage was, sadly, opened up by Bass in 1982. There is more elaborate ceiling decoration in the corridor to the rear. At the rear left is a dining room with modern brick bar and at the rear right a conservatory. The pub has a bar skittle table and organises its own tournaments.
Halfway Hotel, Llanelli
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