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Eating in Tenby: kitchen hours and hygiene

Bar open is not kitchen open. Ask the last food time, especially outside August. The hygiene sticker is a legal duty in Tenby, as in the rest of Wales. This page is not a restaurant ranking.

Source: Food Hygiene Rating (Wales) Act 2013 · Checked: 2026-09-08 · Wales

Tenby is a real harbour town with seasonal kitchens. This is not a “best restaurants” page. The useful checks are last food orders, the hygiene sticker, and that August is not January.

Kitchen hours

A pub can be open for drinks after the kitchen has closed. Out of season that gap is wider. Confirm last food orders, not last drinks. Harbour and walled-town independents change hours fast in shoulder months.

Hygiene

Wales requires the 0–5 sticker on the door (Food Hygiene Rating (Wales) Act 2013). Look the business up on ratings.food.gov.uk. See food hygiene ratings are law.

The printed number

VAT, service and “from” still apply. That piece is how to read a menu price in a tourist town.

Then use restaurants in Tenby for names we actually list.

Common questions

Why is a Tenby pub open but not serving food?
Kitchen hours are shorter than bar hours, especially out of season. Confirm last food orders, not last drinks.
Must Tenby restaurants show a hygiene rating?
Yes. Wales made display a legal duty in 2013. Look the business up on ratings.food.gov.uk as well as the door.

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