This family-run, 2 AA Rosette-winning home-from-home is the only hotel in Porthmadog. It offers modern cuisine, and a bar with locally brewed cask ales. The full-service Royal Sportsman Hotel is at the quieter end of Porthmadog High Street, by the A487 and A497 roads. The Tourist Information Centre and the Picture Postcard Walk can be reached on foot. Peppino's restaurant is included in the Good Food Guide, and is open daily for breakfast, lunch and evening meals, including traditional Sunday lunches. Lorenzo's lounge serves tea, shortbread and Welsh cream teas. Within walking distance of The Royal Sportsman is the heritage Ffestiniog Railway terminal. Train rides head across the Glaslyn Estuary and through Snowdonia to Blaenau Ffestiniog. The Royal Sportsman is rated 3 stars by the AA and Visit Wales. It was built with local slate, and the bar and lounge have original stone and slate fireplaces.