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. Back-to-back Michelin Plates in 2024 and 2025 signal a kitchen that is doing something worth the drive down the A477, and the 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 in practical terms means the inspectors found cooking worth eating at a price point that sits a bracket below the starred tier. The £££ pricing positions The Links in the mid-to-upper range for Tenby, accessible enough for a relaxed weekend dinner but deliberate enough in its sourcing to justify the spend. 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. A kitchen with an experienced local chef at the helm will have 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 Links belongs in that company.

The Setting and the Logic of a Golf Club Room

The room is described as spacious, which in a golf club context usually means large windows, views across the course, and a light-filled dining room that 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 the calculus for 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 Links as the anchor of a proper 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 Links in a small category of British regional properties where the food is the primary reason to stay, a model that works well at larger estates like Gidleigh Park in Chagford or Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons in Great Milton, but which is less common at this price point.

Planning a Visit

Links is at Tenby Golf Club, SA70 7NP. Booking in advance is advisable, particularly during peak summer months when Tenby's visitor numbers spike and table availability across the town tightens. The restaurant's Google rating of 4.9 from 34 reviews suggests a consistent guest experience, though that sample size reflects a room that has not yet been widely discovered beyond its local and regional audience. 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.