We're open again
Friday and Saturday evenings,
and Sunday lunch.
At 11 Mansel Street in Carmarthen. Walk in on a Friday or Saturday evening, or book a table for Sunday lunch.
Photograph Heather Birnie
Friday, Saturday, SundayWhat's on the table
Come hungry.
Producer driven plates, natural wines and a room that holds onto its evenings. Walk in Friday or Saturday, or book Sunday lunch.
Photographs Heather Birnie
The winePoured with the food
Good wine, chosen for what is on your plate.
We spend a lot of time pairing our wines with our dishes. They come from small growers and family houses in Italy, Spain, France and Austria, and one from here in Carmarthenshire.
“Zero intervention in the winery, zero intervention in the vineyard. We aim to produce raw wine, without addition.”
See the wine Meet Paul and the vineyard
From the journalDeri, thinking out loud
The thinking behind it.
Latest · 21 September 2026The Restaurant Might Only Be Open Three Days a Week. The Building Doesn’t Have to Be.Yesterday The Warren was full of people. Not for Sunday lunch or Friday & Saturday night dinner, but for something that feels just as important to this next version of what we’r…Read it
18 September 2026Volunteer Thursdays: Week SixYesterday was week six of our volunteer Thursdays at The Warren, and for the first time it felt like we’d properly moved from getting the Warren ready to actually starting to wo…Read it
18 September 2026Food, Community and What’s Possible in CarmarthenYesterday I had the pleasure of sitting on a panel here in Carmarthen with Jen from Cegin y Bobl and Mary Sherwood, hosted by Owen from LocalMotion.Read it
14 September 2026The Tenth Year Speech from DeriThis is what we’ve all been waiting for, huh? The big announcement. But first, I think we should start with a big happy birthday to The Warren. Ten years. It’s amazing to see so…Read it
1 September 2026Fallow For those of you who missed the chat with me and Lisa at Fallow, here it is…Read it
25 August 2026So, how’s it going?It’s been just over two weeks since I shared the idea of trying to reopen The Warren differently. Not simply reopening the restaurant as it was, but spending the next few months…Read it
14 August 2026What does The Warren reopening mean for Cegin Hedyn?With everything I've been sharing recently about The Warren, I want to talk about something that is really important to me, and hopefully clear up some understandable confusion.…Read it
13 August 2026Roast Glasbren Vegetable Salad with Cannellini BeansA simple celebration of what’s growing nowRead it
9 August 2026The next chapter beginsIt’s been a long time since I wrote a blog post. The last one was on 16 May, and a lot has happened since then. The truth is, I’ve been wrestling with the future of The Warren f…Read it- 7 August 2026Nine years ago I bought 11 Mansel Street.A crowdfunder raised more than £20,000 and we opened The Warren.Read it
- 36posts in the journalRead them all
The campaign so farKept up to date by itself
What's going on at the Warren.
- BR Digital
- ABS Carmarthen
- Alan Davies Electrical
- Chris Devon & Sons
- Geoff Grigg
- P D Gleeson Plumbing and Heating
- Simon Jones Windows
- Glasbren CSA (Community Supported Agriculture)
- ComLink Fire & Security Ltd
- Plas Y Maes Retreat
- Moonbrook View
- Louise & The Feathers
- Bwyd Sir Gar Food
- Coaltown Coffee
- Chloës Blooms
This board keeps itself up to date: new pictures, new names, new numbers, same room. Twenty-two more put their names down before there was a site to count them.
Join usPictures from the volunteer Thursdays and the room getting ready · numbers straight from the door sheet, the sponsor book and the pledge form
The Warren Community PotInstead of a tip
We don't need your tips.
But our community could use them.
So instead of tipping us, you can donate to our Community Pot. Your money will support our volunteer and community food work, from growing, gleaning and preserving food to cooking, learning and sharing skills.
£75 in the pot so far.
Gift vouchersGood for two years
Gift vouchers
Money at the Warren, to spend on lunch, a drink, a table for a few, or whatever we happen to be doing. All at once or a bit at a time, and good for two years.