CURRENT OPENING HOURS Monday - Saturday evenings from 6:00 p.m. Traditional Sunday Lunch 12:00 - 1:45 p.m see our Sunday Lunch Schedule here. Located in the picturesque seaside town of Criccieth, North Wales, Poachers Restaurant is a small, family owned and operated business. Local Welshman Martin Bischoff is the talented Chef, and his wife Jill, is the dining room manager. The newly-expanded and refurbished restaurant comfortably seats 50 people and is fully licensed including a hand-picked wine list. The varied menu features International Cuisine made with the freshest local Welsh ingredients available. The á la carte menu changes seasonally, and a different "Three Course Menu" is on offer each week. Daily fish specials and superb vegetarian dishes are a speciality of Martin's. See our new video advert below or click here for a larger version.   Reservations are strongly recommended, particularly at weekends and during school holidays. Please note that tables booked before 7:15 p.m. may be required back after 2 hours for subsequent bookings. For the comfort of all our guests we are smoke-free and do not allow smoking anywhere in the restaurant. Chef Martin Bischoff's culinary background stems from a German father who was a Master Chef. Having served his apprenticeship under his father, Martin then worked in Germany before moving to Canada. Martin joined the luxury hotel chain Canadian Pacific Hotels & Resorts (now known as Fairmont Hotels & Resorts) where he first worked at the prestigious Royal York Hotel in Toronto. Having spent two years there, he then moved on to Edmonton's beautiful Hotel Macdonald where he met his wife, Jill. Together, they moved to Banff where they worked at CP's world-famous Banff Springs Hotel in the Canadian Rockies. They moved to Wales in 1994, and are in their 14th season at Poachers Restaurant. Click on The Rail for the next stop aboard the Dining Car