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Cafe offering limited light-bites grab’n’go offering and speciality coffee. Choose from house-made pastries, freshly baked pasties, croissants, brioche sandwiches and a selection of cakes. Open Mon-Tue 09:30-15:00, Fri-Sun 09:30-15:00. Closed Wed-Thur.
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Last update on 03 Jul 2024 by FRÂNcoffeehouse
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44 Reviews
First Review by Pinko
maksimowski
Points +186
Best Rocky Roads ever - Edit
Beautiful place, delicious Pasties, Rock Roads, Coffee and many more.
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2024-09-28
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EthanBakerTravels
Points +859
Loved this after sunrise on Snowdon! - Edit
Amazing pancakes & coffee:)
Read moreHad crossiant & cakes too!
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John.ellis vegan
Points +216
Welcomed Find in New Territory - Edit
After my wife’s wonderful zip wire experience we were lucky to catch it not long before closing.
Read moreThe 3 of us thoroughly enjoyed the freshly baked pasties.
Pros: Lovely food, Friendly staff , High street location making vegan mainstream
Cons: No toilets but very clean ones in the village
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DylanJones
Points +283
Excellent cafe - Edit
Stopped by here after a trip up Snowdon and wasn't disappointed. There were limited options after 12pm but the pasties and cakes we had were very good.
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J.R.R.
Points +61
Mediocre, but has potential. - Edit
I've been wanting to visit here for a while after seeing all the positive reviews and was looking forward to trying out some delicious pastries. Unfortunately this visit was disappointing. The staff didn't seem welcoming at all and there were only pasties available. Apparently, when asked, they weren't preparing anything else that day. We had coffees and a pasty, which were both lovely. Perhaps caught on a bad day. Would like to revisit and hopefully change my opinion.
Read morePros: Tasty pasty
Cons: Staff friendliness on day a let down, Limited options available
FRÂNcoffeehouse
Sorry to hear you did not find our customer service friendly on your visit which you had been planning for some time. We would recommend that any special requests or long-anticipated visits are arranged with us beforehand.
Read moreWhile we pride ourselves on great service, as a high-volume tourist destination, we do occasionally have difficult interactions and exhaustingly busy periods - especially in the high season.
The date of your visit was the day after the Slateman Triathlon & Duathlon (which is a full weekend event, bringing tens of thousands of visitors to our village) and is one of our busiest weekends of the year.
I am aware we were short-staffed and stretched on the date of your visit, and we again apologise if you feel we didn’t give you everything you had been looking forward to.
With that said, we are first are foremost a coffee house, intentionally keeping a limited menu offering.
Your description of us as “mediocre” and having “potential” suggests you may have missunderstood identity and hard work of our shop; after many years in the business, we have intentionally simplified any food and homemade bakes to a minimum to have a stronger focus on our coffee menu, of which we always have three single origins on offer over multiple brewing methods, carefully selected.
I hope you can visit again with the understanding that we are a passionate coffee shop and not a cafe/restaurant.
With best wishes
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BenKerry
Points +94
Amazing Pancakes and Hot Chocolate - Edit
I had the pancakes and hot chocolate. I had a pastry for takeaway.
Read morePros: Service, Food, Cake
Cons: Not open long enough
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Edlay
Points +140
AMAZING - Edit
Pastries/cakes are amazing and always so fresh. Coffee is really good. Dog friendly.
Read morePros: Coffee , Food
Cons: Very small place , Staff always too busy to talk
Guest
ffigan
Points +4117
Gorgeous Vegan Cakes and Pastries, Amazing Coffee! - Edit
After finally visiting Frân Las, I already know I will be regularly visiting this cafe when in Llanberis! They are situated on the centre of the high street and offer food to take away, eat in, or enjoy in their outdoor seating area. I visited early in the morning and took away a Curried Cauliflower, Chickpea and Onion Bhaji Pasty, a Homemade Cinnamon Swirl, and a Triple Choc Chip Cookie. The pasty is widely stocked in cafes as a vegan option and is always delecious, and the cookie was sweet and tasty, but the star of the show was the mouthwatering Hommade Cinnamon Swirl. The swirl's pastry was heavenly, and the portion was extremely generous, and most importantly, it tasted amazing! I am gutted that I did not also get a Hommade Mocha Swirl, but now I have all the more reason to visit Frân Las again soon.
Read moreI plan to nect visit during lunchtime with the aim of taking away one of their incredible looking bagels, which they frequently post about on their Instagram page showcasing a rotation of tasty looking flavourful combinations. Frân Las is a must visit for Vegans in North Wales, but I know this cafe is also popular among non-vegans, so I'd recommend everyone go there as their delecious coffee alone is worth the trip and it is something the cafe evidently care about and take great pride in.
Pros: Wide Variety of Vegan Baked Goods, Delecious Food, Lovely Coffee, Really Nice Staff, Lots of Vegan Produce For Sale
Cons: Sometimes Only Limited Savoury Options Available
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AlmaEgan
Points +1240
Fabulous find in a small town - Edit
It's so refreshing to come across a vegan cafe in a small town. Options in Llanberis are limited since Petes closed but Fran Las is fully vegan and ideal for a coffee stop or lunch.
Read moreThe croissants are to die for! I just hope they can change the prepacked jars of jam for a spoonful in a dish. It might make it a bit more affordable for some people.
FRÂNcoffeehouse
Hi Alma,
Read moreThank you for taking the time to leave a review and for your kind words.
Just to clarify, we do serve our jam as a spoonful in a ramekin during the low season. Due to incredibly high volume in high season, we temporarily change to pre-packed jars during busy periods (and make many seasonal adaptations to our service to enhance workflow during peak times). During the low season, our jam will be served once again in the ramekins.
Many thanks and best wishes
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jimash
Points +168
Cakes and pastries - Edit
Croissant, cornish pastie, mocha, apple juice
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mxddie22
Points +16
Amazing service and food! - Edit
I had the chickpea pasty, lotus biscoff swirl and a Karma raspberry lemonade. All were absolutely delicious. The biscoff pastry was massive (I had to take half home) and maybe my favourite vegan pastry I have ever had!! The staff were so lovely and the interior of the place is also very aesthetic.
Read morePros: Food, Service , Ambience
Cons: No toilet, Perhaps a little pricey?
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bringbrogantea
Points +732
Perfect Wind Breaker - Edit
After 2 days camping in storm Kathleen, it was much appreciated to get respite in FRAN Las.
Read moreStaff were really friendly, coffee was good and cakes were delicious
Pros: 100% Vegan, Amazing Baked products, Small artisan local goods store
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amycath
Points +168
Sweet little shop! - Edit
Staff were lovely, shop was really cute and sold other vegan products like candles etc too which was a nice touch. Sadly there were no sandwiches when we went (not sure if Feb out of season?) but I had the most delicious chai latte. Also sad that they were sold out of cinnamon swirls by 1pm!!
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2024-03-11
Pros: Lovely staff, Nice atmosphere, Good hot drinks
Cons: Could have had better savoury options
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BethClements
Points +124
An absolute dream - Edit
Having spent a few days thinking North Wales was not at all vegan friendly, came to this wonderful place to have my faith restored 🙏🏼. Such lovely staff and incredible coffee and pastries. Our doggo Bruce loved being able to come in too. Would happily visit again!
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parttimebuddha
Points +235
Great for coffee and pastries - Edit
We called in for breakfast. Lovely cafe all vegan friendly staff and a few large tables. Not an extensive breakfast menu so we had a cinnamon danish which was huge I took half of mine away as I could not finish it.
Read morePros: All 100% Vegan
Cons: No toilet, Not much for breakfast
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kerihemingway
Points +18
Definitely worth several visits - Edit
The most amazing chocolate orange crunch and enormous mocha swirls are a must.
Read moreThe hot chocolate and chai latte were heavenly.
Friendly staff and great service. Can't fault it at all. I'm mostly upset that we won't be back to try everything else soon.
Pros: Mocha swirl is enormous and amazing, Hot chocolate is the most luxurious , Great friendly service
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EllieEngland
Points +153
Nice place - Edit
Delicious coffee and cinnamon bun.
Read morePros: Coffee , Cake, Full vegan
Cons: No toilet on site
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Louise5750
Points +81
Amazing!!!!!! - Edit
Beautiful little cafe with amazing food!
Read moreWe had cheese, tomato and ham croissant, pastrami, gherkin and cheese bagels and the best giant cinnamon swirl!!! Service was outstanding, very kind and helpful and made a fresh bagel up without mustard for one of my children! Will definitely return!
Pros: Vegan cake , Vegan bagels, Vegan croissants
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Joybean
Points +18
I died and went to heaven - cinnamon rolls! - Edit
What a gem. Stumbled in here on holiday not realising it was fully vegan, and soon had a tasty coffee and a cinnamon bun the size of my head. It was delicious and I’m heading back tomorrow for more before I leave this beautiful town.
Read morePros: Best cinnamon buns I ever had, Friendly staff, Nice relaxed vibe
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JasmineWomack
Points +1594
Lovely team and food - Edit
Lovely customer service.
Read moreGood food.
Good pricing.
Lovely place for a breakfast.
Updated from previous review on 2023-09-02
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TouchedByGinge
Points +374
Lovely cake - Edit
Great tasting cake and pastries. Good selection of sandwiches etc
Read morePros: Really good cakes
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dafyddll
Points +57
Some of the best pastries I've had - Edit
Huge pastries that were all delicious.
Read moreAs good as, or even better than any I've had in France.
The staff were very welcoming and friendly.
It has a little shop for buying local coffee, crisps, coffee makers and other little items.
Meal wise they didn't have too many options, a soup and 2 sandwiches - I had the soup which was also delicious.
The seating is a little limited, but you can always take away and eat them with a world class view over the nearby lake.
Pros: Amazing pastries , Great coffee , Extremely welcoming and friendly
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abcdefgharley
Points +200
Great little cafe - Edit
Lovely cafe in Llanberis serving coffee, tea, cakes, pastries as well as some savoury light bites (soup, sandwiches etc). The chocolate, espresso and cinnamon swirls were huge and delicious!! A great spot in a lovely high street near to Mount Snowdon.
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cmhwak
Points +2664
Great sweets - Edit
Nice little cafe in beautiful Llanberis with two tables outside,offering great cakes and sweets as well as specials for coffee-fans. But the only hearty offer (not sweet) was a vegan sausage roll. Also selling some other dry sweet goods like oat chocolate with brezels,whiskey liquor chocolate,shortbread,..
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2023-06-20
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EmmyVD
Points +4925
Vegan sweet feast - Edit
Wonderful coffee bar. We had a delicious chai latte here. The cinnamon rolls was also very tasty.
Read moreUnfortunately the sandwiches for lunch weren't available today. So maybe check beforehand if you are counting on a good lunch before a hike.
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darrenb
Points +1465
Fab cafe by the snowdon railway - Edit
Lots of choice, fab cakes (I had the mint choc square which was delicious). Not good for gluten free options.
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SophieGadb
Points +2191
Sandwichs incroyables - Edit
Plusieurs options de sandwichs dans un gros pain de boulangerie locale, bien croutée.
Read moreAliments frais et goûteux, plusieurs choix de pâtisseries et viennoiseries.
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