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.
Reviews
What the valley says.
Six reviews, including the four-star one about the England game.
Six of them.
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.
Great atmosphere for the Six Nations but get there early: by kick-off against England you could not see the screen from the bar. Book a table if you can.
Friendliest quiz in the valleys. We turned up as two and Carol put us with a team of retired miners who knew every answer on the sport round. We won the meat raffle too.
Came for Pit Head Blues on a Saturday and stayed for the lock-in atmosphere without the lock-in. No cover charge, decent sound, cheap beer.
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About the four stars
Dean is right about the England game.
For the Six Nations the bar fills an hour before kick-off and from the back you could not see the screen. Since then the projector has moved to the long wall so it can be seen from the bar and the lounge end, a second screen went up in the back room, and tables for internationals can be booked a week ahead. Book one, or come early and bring the patience of a prop forward.
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.