Four hand pumps
Real ale
Four hand pumps: our house bitter, a dark mild and two guest ales from Welsh breweries that change every few days, from £4.20 a pint.
A pint of real ale from £4.
2 High Street, Treharris · built 1893
The village local, since the pit.
Real ale kept properly, a Sunday carvery and something on most nights.
On the pumps today
Guests change Saturday: Seam Six Stout and Overman’s Amber go on next.
- 3.8%Colliers BitterCwm Brewing Co., MerthyrAlways on · Amber bitter, the house ale
- 3.6%Navigation DarkTaff Bargoed BreweryAlways on · Dark mild, chocolate and roast
- 5.2%Pithead IPAUsk Valley BreweryGuest · English IPA, grassy and bitter
- 3.4%Cage Ride MildEbbw Fach BrewingGuest · Light mild, sessionable
The pub
Six reasons to come down the hill.
Sundays 12 – 4
Sunday carvery
Roast beef, pork with crackling and turkey, Yorkshires, roast potatoes, mashed swede and cauliflower cheese, every Sunday from noon, £13.95.
Adults £13.
Rugby, football, darts
Live sport
Wales internationals on the big screen with the sound up, Cardiff and Merthyr results, boxing and darts, and a back room for people who want a quiet pint.
No cover charge.
Tue, Fri, Sat
Quiz and music nights
The Tuesday quiz at half eight, open mic on Fridays and a band every Saturday at nine, from folk to loud rock covers, never a cover charge.
Quiz £1 a head; open mic and bands free.
Up to 60 seated
Function room
The upstairs room for parties, christenings, wakes and meetings: 60 seated or 90 standing, its own bar, free hire with a buffet from £11.50 a head.
Free hire with a buffet from £11.
Terraced, with a view
Beer garden
Three terraces behind the pub with a view down the Taff Bargoed valley, festoon lights, a covered smoking shelter and room for dogs and children.
Free to use; barbecues on summer Saturdays from £8.
Sunday carvery, 8 November
Seats left this Sunday.
Beef, pork with crackling and turkey, Yorkshires and all the trimmings, £13.95, in six sittings of forty seats. The middle sittings go first; check any Sunday in the next eight weeks and book from the carvery page.
- 12pm27 left
- 12:45pm9 left
- 1:30pm2 left
- 2:15pm4 left
- 3pm18 left
- 3:45pm32 left
How we keep it
A pub for the village, run like one.
A local, first
The same faces at the bar since the pit closed in 1991, and room for new ones. Nobody drinks on their own here unless they want to.
Cask kept properly
Rhys keeps the cellar at twelve degrees, rests every cask a day before it goes on, and pulls a taster for anyone who asks.
Something on every night
Quiz, darts, open mic, a band on Saturday and the carvery on Sunday. The chalkboard on this website changes with the date.
Valleys prices
A pint of real ale from £4.20, a Sunday dinner £13.95, the quiz £1 a head with the pot going to the winners.
- 1893built for the Deep Navigation colliers
- 4hand pumps, two of them guests
- 240Sunday dinners on a busy Sunday
- 4.6average from 418 reviews
Upstairs, the old lodge room
Free to hire with a buffet.
The room where the miners’ lodge met now holds birthdays, christenings, wakes and the choir: 60 seated or 90 standing, its own bar, a stairlift, and no hire charge with a buffet from £11.50 a head.
The function roomReviews
4.6 from 418 regulars and walkers.
Best kept pint in the Taff Bargoed valley. Rhys gave me a taster of both guests before I picked, and the Navigation Dark is the mild my grandfather drank.
Booked the 1:30 sitting on the website, seats were there as it said. Proper beef, crackling that cracked, and a Yorkshire the size of your head.
We held Dad’s wake upstairs at four days’ notice. Carol sorted everything, the buffet was lovely and the choir sang in the bar after. We could not have asked for more.
Questions people ask
What is on tonight?
The chalkboard on the home page shows tonight and the rest of the week, from the date: pool on Mondays, the quiz on Tuesdays, darts on Wednesdays, the choir on Thursdays, open mic on Fridays, a band on Saturdays and the carvery on Sundays.
Do I need to book the carvery?
For the middle sittings, yes. The carvery page shows the seats left at each sitting for any Sunday in the next eight weeks.
Are children welcome?
Until 9pm with an adult, in the lounge and the garden. There is a children’s carvery plate at £7.50.
What about allergies?
Tell us before you order. Our kitchen handles all 14 major allergens, so we cannot promise any dish is free of traces. The allergen book is behind the bar.
Are dogs allowed?
In the bar, the snug and the garden. Not in the dining end on Sundays.
Do you have rooms?
No, but the Travelodge at Merthyr is fifteen minutes away and Carol can recommend B&Bs in Quakers Yard.
The fire is lit, the kettle’s on behind the bar, and there is a seat at the end.
Real ale from £4.20, a Sunday carvery at £13.95, the quiz on Tuesdays and a band on Saturdays, at the bottom of the High Street in Treharris since 1893.