Adding to the above.. the weather can be bloody awful if there is an onshore blow.. They lost half the sea front earlier this year. There is good sea angling if you can get near to the marks .
One of the best places by the sea is all council offices with loads of menacing don't park here notices all over the place.
Parking in the town is horrific , two or three years ago there was not enough money in the coffers to pay the traffic wardens so they all got the boot .. parking & traffic chaos was the result , don't know how it finally panned out .
We couldn't find any big store shops on the main streets & as regards to a reasonable restaurant .. other than the one on the pier your better off staying at home with the frying pan
There are several arts type venues ..we went to see a work acclaimed flautist & a violinist
There were never any 'big store' type shops in Aber, really. It's one of the many reasons I liked it.
I don't know about now, but there used to be a few nice little bistro-type places tucked away - last time I went I hadn't got the energy at dinner time to go looking. I stayed at Harrys and the food was okay.