The area is well served with a good range of eating places, good local food shops and restaurants. Many serve a selection of the excellent local food and drink produced in the area. The nearest pub is the Railway Inn 01267 253643, within walking distance from the mill - it is a small friendly pub that serves food. The Hollybrook Inn, Bronwydd 01267 233521 also serves excellent food and is just 2 miles away. There are many other friendly pubs in the surrounding villages and in central Carmarthen.
Y Polyn, Capel Dewi. Egon Ronay starred restaurant, 30 mins away, bookings advised, open Tuesday to Sunday, 08700 424659 www.polyn.co.uk
Cawdor Arms, Rhosmaen St, Llandeilo - stylish hotel restaurant 01558 823500 The Figtree restaurant in Dryslyn is situated in the courtyard of the Model Farm of the Cawdor estate. Routier accredited. Bookings advised Tel: 01558 668187
The shop in the village approx 5 minutes walk from the Mill stocks all essential items, papers and some local produce, open early to late, and open Sunday morning. There is another convenience shop 2 miles away, with a post office and garage, open till 7.30pm Many local towns offer a range of good shops. Carmarthen is a 15-minute drive away and has the usual supermarkets and department stores, but also has a market selling local produce, including an award-winning cheese-maker, and an excellent butchers and fishmongers.
There is a farmers' market on the first Friday of the month. Art galleries, restaurants and local shops in its old streets are all worth a visit, and the ruined medieval castle above the town gives fantastic views of the Towy valley.
Smaller towns like Llandeilo, a shopping hot spot with its fashionable galleries and boutiques and Newcastle Emlyn, historic town with shops, inns and another ruined castle overlooking the Teifi are good days out.