White Lion Hotel, Machynllethback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
The White Lion was my favourite pub of the day in Powys and certainly seems to be the best pub in town. It's conveniently located slap bang in the middle and it has a good selection of 6 real ales - Evan Evans Go Reds, Conwy Black Witch, Big Bog Bayou, Sharp's Sea Fury, Fuller's London Pride & Robinson's Trooper. There were plenty of people in, including a few in a small smoking shelter at the rear and overlooking the car park. International football was on the TV. My Black Witch was also very enjoyable.
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In my previous visits to the town, the White Lion has generally been the place to head to for a decent pint and food. However, the pub has recently come under new ownership/management and has a reinvigorated feel about it. I had a fabulous roast dinner there , piping hot, fresh and excellent value for money. There was a welcoming fire in the fireplace but, best of all, a greater selection of real ales than I recall in the past, with at least 2 guest ales. These changed over the 2 nights I visited and included the very moreish "Dark Side of the Moose", from Purple Moose brewery. Very busy on a Friday night with both locals and visitors packing out both the bar and dining areas.
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Had a lovely Sunday Lunch. Had a really nice pint of EPA, and a not so great pint of Town Crier.
Witnessed the landlady telling a customer they had ordered the wrong dessert...put me off a bit, for the sake of a pudding I thought 'the customer's always right' would have been a bit more gracefull.
I'd still rate it the best pub in Mach.
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Came in here for two sucessive nights looking for food rather then a great drinking experience. Have to say that the food was very good, reasonably priced ,served very promptly and piping hot. Very nice pint of Directors to wash it down.
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Thanks to the White lion for looking after our Bunkhouse residents whenever they go into machynlleth for food
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full of hippies and scroungers, a nice array of dogs always around landlady is nice, and bar staff foods not up to much
anonymous - 26 Mar 2007 17:24 |
Foodie pub with a great beer garden.
Not a fabtastic range of beers but service is good and food seems to do well - they've got a nice vegi banger and mash meal.
Walled beer garden has excellent view of valley, plenty of grass and apple trees. Excellent on a summer evening ...
Blackboru - 15 Mar 2004 15:27 |
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