The Black Zeytin has opened on Upper Mostyn Street in Llandudno, bringing a new Mediterranean restaurant to a spot that already has a food story of its own. The restaurant only opened a few weeks ago, but on a Thursday evening it was quiet when I visited.

Even so, the welcome was warm. Staff were helpful throughout the visit, and the room itself has a straightforward, inviting look, with olive green and burnt red paintwork set against a bare brick finish. There is also outdoor seating, which gives the place a bit of extra life on a street that already pulls in diners looking for somewhere new.

The menu is broad enough to cover a casual dinner or a fuller meal. There are pizzas, Mediterranean courses, pasta and rice dishes, desserts and options for children. Among the main dishes, the Spanish Chicken stands out at £19.95. It is described as savoury, hearty and spicy, and comes as a tender chicken breast cooked with chorizo, chilli peppers, onions, cherry tomatoes and garlic in a rich tomato sauce.

A vegetarian moussaka is listed at £16.95. It gives the menu a more familiar Mediterranean anchor and shows that the kitchen is not relying on one crowd-pleasing dish to carry the whole offering. That matters in Llandudno, where diners can choose from a huge range of cuisines from around the world and where a new opening has to do more than simply exist to get noticed.

The Black Zeytin has taken over a site on Upper Mostyn Street where a former Mediterranean restaurant previously operated, so it arrives with some continuity as well as a reset. That helps explain why the opening feels less like a one-off experiment and more like a fresh chapter for a location that has already been used for this kind of food.

For now, the restaurant looks like a new Mediterranean addition to the town’s restaurant scene, with enough variety on the menu to appeal to families, couples and visitors passing through. The bigger test is whether the quieter early trade seen on a Thursday evening turns into the kind of steady custom that keeps a newcomer busy on one of Llandudno’s main streets.