Browns Hotel is a guesthouse and public bar in Laugharne, Carmarthenshire, Wales. It has been owned by Nigel Short since 2006 and was refurbished in 2012. It is known for being the favourite pub of the poet and writer, Dylan Thomas, who lived in Laugharne from 1938-1940, and from 1949-1953 in the Boathouse (latterly known as the Dylan Thomas Boathouse) which is now a museum. Browns Hotel is situated in King Street close to the 18th century market house and town hall in the centre of Laugharne, .