The Links

A Golf Club Dining Room That Takes the Welsh Larder Seriously

Golf club restaurants occupy a particular tier in British regional dining, one that rarely attracts serious critical attention. The assumption is predictable comfort food, unfussy plating, and an audience more interested in the back nine than the back of house. The Links, operating from within Tenby Golf Club on the south Wales coast, sits well outside that assumption. Its cooking's orientation toward local Welsh produce explains much of why.

Tenby itself occupies a distinctive position in the Welsh food story. Pembrokeshire, the county that wraps around this part of Wales, has been building culinary credentials steadily over the past decade, partly because the raw materials here are genuinely compelling. The coastline supplies shellfish and sea vegetables; the farmland inland produces lamb, beef, and dairy of a quality that is hard to replicate in more industrialised food counties. Restaurants across the region have increasingly oriented their menus around that supply chain, and The Links sits within that broader movement. For a fuller picture of where this fits among Tenby's dining options, see our full Tenby restaurants guide.

Where the Food Comes From

The Michelin recognition here is for a Plate rather than a star, which places it below the starred tier. The Links is priced at about $85 per person, placing it in the mid-to-upper range for Tenby. For context, that same £££ band in London would put you well below the entry point of multi-starred rooms like The Ledbury or L'Enclume in Cartmel. In Tenby, it represents serious cooking by local standards.

The kitchen's use of the Welsh larder is not incidental. Wales produces lamb grazed on salt-marsh and upland pasture, coastal fish and crab from some of the least-pressured waters around the UK, and artisan dairy and charcuterie that have expanded considerably in profile over the past decade. The kitchen has the supplier relationships to access that produce at its leading, and the Michelin Plate designation suggests those relationships are being put to good use. Specific dishes are not confirmed in advance here, but the daily-made ale bread served with whipped marmite butter has been noted as a consistent opening statement: a simple preparation built on local grain and a flavour combination that is distinctly of this part of the world.

That bread course matters as a signal. In a regional dining room, the bread tells you whether the kitchen is invested in the details or coasting on a standard order from a wholesale supplier. Making it daily, serving it with a whipped butter spiked with marmite rather than plain salted, suggests a kitchen that is thinking about the meal as a sequence. Comparable regional rooms in England that have earned similar recognition, such as hide and fox in Saltwood or Hand and Flowers in Marlow, demonstrate that Michelin's Plate category now identifies kitchens with real ambition outside major cities, and the restaurant belongs in that company.

The Setting and the Logic of a Golf Club Room

The room is spacious, with large windows and views across the course, and it works as well for a long Sunday lunch as for a weekend dinner. The proximity to the beach is a real planning asset: Tenby's coastline is within easy walking distance, and the combination of a beach walk and a proper sit-down meal in a Michelin-noted room is precisely what makes this corner of Wales worth a dedicated trip rather than a passing detour.

The golf club also offers rooms, which changes how to use the restaurant. Rather than managing the logistics of a nearby hotel and a transfer after dinner, visitors can book directly into the accommodation above and treat the restaurant as the anchor of a short break. For those looking at other accommodation options along this coast, our full Tenby hotels guide covers the wider field. The combination of Michelin-noted cooking and on-site rooms places the restaurant in a small category of British regional properties where the food is the primary reason to stay.

Planning a Visit

The restaurant is at Tenby Golf Club, SA70 7NP. Booking in advance is recommended. Visiting in shoulder season, spring or early autumn, tends to give the south Wales coast better light and fewer crowds, and the kitchen's use of seasonal Welsh produce means the menu will track the season meaningfully. For broader trip planning in the area, our Tenby bars guide, experiences guide, and wineries guide cover the surrounding options.