The Warren

11 Mansel Street, Carmarthen

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Christmas at The Warren

We love Christmas

We have a great Christmas planned at The Warren. Local, seasonal Christmas dinners, and gravy without limits.

16 days until our Christmas service starts

Local Seasonal Turkey Vegetarian Vegan Unlimited gravy

Our Christmas opening hours

  • Fridays and Saturdays, 4 to 19 December: lunch 12 to 3, cakes and coffee in the afternoon, dinner 5 to 9.
  • Sundays 6, 13, 20 and 27 December: lunch 12 to 3.
  • Monday 21 to Wednesday 23 December: lunch 12 to 3, with the Christmas menu if you book.
  • Monday 28 to Wednesday 30 December: lunch 12 to 3.
  • Closed 24 to 26 December, and from 1 January.
  • Back on Friday 15 January.

Booking a Christmas table

How a Christmas booking works

Three things to know before you book: there is no deposit, you choose your dishes on a link we email you, and tables of 6 or more lock their numbers 2 weeks before.

A card, not a deposit

Your card holds the table. Nothing is charged when you book, and you pay for what you order on the day. No table pays a deposit, whatever its size.

Apple Pay and Google Pay can show a hold on your bank until the day after your visit. It is a hold, not a payment. Prefer nothing on your account? Use a card.

Choosing your dishes

If you are coming for the Christmas menu, your booking email has a link. Everyone picks a dish for each course, one person at a time, with any allergies. Send the link round your party, or fill it in yourself.

Dishes are due the day before your table. Children are £10 less than adults, and 3 and under eat free. Coming for the à la carte instead? Nothing to choose, order on the night.

Tables of 6 or more on the Christmas menu

Change your numbers as much as you like until 2 weeks before, when they lock. After that we have bought the food for your table.

Free changesMore than 2 weeks beforeNothing
Numbers locked2 weeks down to 3 days before£10 a head for anyone dropped
No-showInside 3 days, or did not come£30 a head

Up to 5, or a bigger table booked for the à la carte, is our everyday policy: Cancel more than 2 days before and there is nothing to pay. Inside 2 days it is £10 a head. We have to take it, because we have been getting the Warren ready for you. Cancel inside 2 hours of your table, or do not come, and it counts as a no-show: £30 a head. By then the food is prepped and we have turned other people away.

Changed your mind? Cancel within 24 hours of booking and it is free, as long as your table is more than a day away. Booked for today or tomorrow? Cancel within the hour and it is free.

The advent calendar · 2026

Twenty-four doors. Something behind every one.

Through December a new door opens every morning at 8am, with a prize behind it.

A full, cheering room at The Warren
The bar at The Warren, lit and ready
Tables filling up in the front room

Christmas has always been the loudest, warmest few weeks in this building.

What you can count on

Autumn in the garden behind The Warren

Local and seasonal

What the growers round here are pulling out of the ground in December, cooked properly.

A cocktail on the bar at The Warren

A few surprises

Something different every week. We are not saying what.

Gravy poured over a roast dinner
Photograph Heather Birnie

Unlimited gravy

We are not counting. Ask for more.

Celebrate Christmas at The Warren