Lion Hotel in Powys

Bed was uncomfortable for me but ok for my husband. I get the mattresses won’t suit everyone. I had to go out and buy a pillow as they were also hard for me. Can be noisy from punters but if like us you’ve had a full tiring day out you’ll sleep through it. Breakfast outstanding with plenty on the plate. Ray and Janet are really lovely hosts and full of knowledge. Made us very welcome.

We recently stopped in a local holiday cottage for a few days and visited the pub three evenings in a row. We received a very warm welcome from Ray and Janet. We played darts with our 12 year old daughter and chatted to the locals. I can recommend the home cooked curry, it was delicious. Will definitely be going again. ❤️

We regularly visit for a curry. We were not dissapointed agian, the food was really good. The CHef learned to cook curry in India and it shows. The flavour was really good. Nice warm welcome and good service. See you all soon.

Warm and friendly small hotel( 4 rooms I believe)…very clean and comfortable.Hosts were very friendly without being over bearing!! Lovely family

Stayed here last weekend....our second visit, forgot what a wonderful place this is, but so glad we went back and we will definitely be returning! Had beautiful home cooked food on the Sat night, followed by a top quality breakfast the next morning. The rooms are perfect, full of character, sumptuous beds and everything is spotlessly clean. The locals in the bar are a great friendly bunch but it's the lovely hosts that make the place....definitely recommend!

My bloke booked here as a last minute idea as we was going to the Royal WelshShow the next day...This place is lovely the people who owe it are lovely and made us feel welcome...We had a lovely night here room was lovely and clean we stoped in the house next door to the pub Bedroom 1 right next to the main road but we slept really well the traffic didn't keep us awake at all we had the window wide open all night as it was really hot night ....The food was outstanding..evening meal was fantastic.. The breakfast was fantastic... We most definitely well be coming back here again.. See u all soo and thank u again...

What a nice place to stay. The owners were friendly and made us to feel very welcome. Our room was beautifully decorated, fresh and clean. Lots of little extras that you don't normally find at a B&B but they made all the difference. Delicious breakfast with fantastic views out the back of the house. We loved it! We'll be back that's for sure!

I visited the lion hotel for one night on my way up to llanberis as part of my charity cycle lands end to John o groats and three peaks. There are not many places to stay in mid Wales in my experience and the lion hotel was a great experience. A warm welcome, good atmosphere, tasty food, good quality WiFi, comfortable well furnished rooms. They were even happy to help with my more unusual requests as a long distance cyclist for bike storage, early breakfast, pint of milk and they offered a packed lunch. I cannot recommend highly enough. I won't hesitate to return if my travels return this way in the future.

Phoned ahead to stay with Motorhomes in car park and have food in pub . When we arrived at 8.00 pm the pub was in darkness and locked up !! Out of the dark came a voice do you need electric hook up ? It transpired that the landlord had been taken to hospital that day and the landlady was with him , but even with all that going on she asked her son to come and meet us and take care of us. We decided not to stay because we needed food but thank you to the lovely people at the lion who still thought of a couple of strangers when they didn’t need to. Hope Dad makes a speedy recovery and we will call again.

We stayed for three nights but as we were made to feel at home we decided to stay an extra night. The hosts Janet and Ray were absolute diamonds and couldn't make our stay any better. Ray's knowledge of the area and directions were very useful. Breakfast was superb, fresh eggs from the hens that are in the garden. Room was comfortable and spacious. Set in a beautiful location with river views and also I was able to catch a few trout in the river which made my holiday. Easy access to Wales attractions ie Elan Valley. I would highly recommend. I will return to stay here again.

Superb breakfast, owners, room, view, location. The owners were most welcoming and introduced me to the locals.

We stayed for three nights, the room was comfortable and nice. However, the curry was - given the rave reviews - not as we had expected. Maybe the cook was not there and so we just got a warmed up helping of curry undecoratively arranged next to some rice. Disappointing. My wife's hamburger was cold. But the chips our friends had were fine.

Die Gästeinformation stellte deutlich die Rolle von Landlord und Landlady mit ihrem Engagement in der Gemeinde und die Entwicklung drumrum sowie für den Umweltschutz heraus. Das Curry zum Abendessen war o.k.. Leider kannte nur der Chef regionale Biermarken und das Frühstück war reichlich portioniert in Plastik.

Good food very reasonably priced, lovely warm welcome & very friendly staff & locals. Set in a beautiful location. Stayed as a Brit Stop overnight, first class stop highly recommended. 5 stars

Amazing authentic curry and Oggie Pie, staff really friendly. Defiantly worth a visit if you are in the area.

Stayed for three weeks as I was working in the area. The room was very clean and comfortable and very well equipped. Breakfast was excellent and so were all the meals, with a very good range of curries. The welcome I received from Jan and Ray and the staff was very warm and friendly, they are a lovely couple and run a friendly and welcoming establishment. I would highly recommend. I will return to stay here again soon I hope.

Spent a fabulous couple of nights here with friends. Ray and his team couldn’t have been more welcoming and friendly. The rooms were lovely, lots of small touches that made the stay more special. The food was great, eggs from the hens on site that had free run of a large field next door. Highly recommended for either a brief stop or meal etc and for holidays. Location fab for heading in any direction to see the beautiful hills and valleys of Wales.

The Lion serves the best curries I have ever had in the UK - home made in a local pub in Llanbister!!

We stayed here 2 nights - received a warm welcome from Janet. Ideal location for walking in the Elan Valley. Comfy bed and great curries. A couple of comments - the shower cubicle was very small and the road nearby was a bit noisy, but we had the windows open so would probably not have noticed as much should we have shut them

Friendly atmosphere goes hand in hand with good pub food. The place has a well deserved reputation for Indian Curries, they serve up a varied choice of really good Indian food. The rest of the menu is a little limited but pub favourites such as fish and chips are available. Excellent pudding board. The bar has a good and varied selection of beers. They also do B&B for tourists passing through and can even advise organise activities if required. All in all, a lovely country pub.

IMHO a perfect crossbread between a hotel and a B&B;, it blends all conveniences of a hotel with the homely and warm feel of a B&B.; On our motorcycle holiday through Wales we stayed for 4 nights and although originally planned with just breakfast, we had all dinners there as well. We arrived on wednesday and were warmly welcomed by Ray and felt immediately at home. The room was very nice and tidy with more than enough conveniences (soaps, shampoo, enough clean towels to survive any week, even toothbrushes, coffee/tea/watercooker, fresh biscuits,you name it, it was there.). During this week (and the month before appearantly) there was a heatwave so temperatures were not that comfortable but the window could be opened far enough the make the nights bareable. Janet`s cooking is great and here curry`s are lovely. The pair has some inside Indian culinary info as they`ve gone to India on plenty of occasions, for Ray`s speciality, Clay Pigeon Shooting Instruction. Staff is freat as well, all lovely people enjoying what they do. Because of our motorbike rides we wanted a couple of longer rides and thus leave early in the morning, which was absolutely no problem because breakfast, when asked, was served at 07.00 at well. All in all a very lovely stay here at the Lion and I think not the last time we will be visiting them. Wales is truly a wonderful country and for motorcycle riding full of adventure. Ray, Janet, staff, thanks for making our holiday a treat with great memories.

Mmmmm very quiet. Could hear a pin drop and little atmosphere, however it is in the middle of nowhere and Fri night was full of locals that were friendly.

While staying in a local Holiday cottage we used this pub three times for evening meals. The curries are just great, all our group like them. The staff are excellent very welcoming. We look forward to our next visit.

Lovely warm welcome with great food. Visited 3 times in a week and sampled three of the curries, all were delicious and I had "half and half". Took me back to my youth in Barry, where Madras with half and half helped soak up the Brains SA.

I booked a stay at the Lion Hotel, without any prior knowledge of the establishment, and wasn't disappointed.

We are here after the place we stayed recommended it however we were quite disappointed with what we found. Walked into the football being played on a portable tv, staff seemed fed up and lacking warmth to customers. Minimal vegetarian choices and when the food came it was very disappointing for the price tag. Wouldn’t go back.

Excellent stay recently for work. The hotel was very homely and the staff couldn't do enough for you. Food was great and I had one of the best curries I have ever eaten! A really relaxed place to stay.

Staying locally pop in for a drink and ended up dining. Not a vast menu but enough to make a choice. We opted for the curry and were not disappointed.

Not far from Llandrindrod Wells and a good place to stop en route when travelling through Wales. The rooms are warm, clean and comfortable, with hot showers and eco friendly toiletries.

Lovely Hotel, Lovely room , Excellent service and very friendly people helping us with all the issues had . EXCELLENT !!

Lovely food, good beer, reasonably priced, staff were friendly and good with children Proper traditional pub

on hols nearby,so decided to giv the lion a try for a meal,was around t time on sat 5th august,parked up in the carpark and went on in ,asked if they were serving meals,the lady behind the bar said"that there was a private family party going on so no meals being served,this was no problem as she giv us directions to another pub but try putting a sign or billboard up outside to tell us this,anyhow the next day we tried to go back as we were only a couple of miles away,parked up,seen the sign on the door saying open at half 5,so waited in the carpark for half a hour then went in to wot seemed like a bomb site,stuff lying everywhere,prams and baby toys all other the place,after 10 minutes of calling and ringing the bell(we really cud of robbed the place)this man appered,giving the party was yesterday this man was still drunk or spaced out,after saying where they serving meals,he said"in a nut shell NO ,then he waffled on a bit saying ill see whos upstairs to maybe start service,so off he went ,in the meantime we left.wot a way to run a buisness,

Nos decidimos por una comida el último día de nuestras vacaciones y me recomendó el curry que tenía. Fuimos bastante temprano en la noche, así que no muchas personas y ambiente muy poco. Decoración en la zona de comedor era bastante anticuado.

Yo estaba trabajando en la zona y elegimos el León para pasar una noche basado en las críticas favorables. No me decepcionó. Recibí una alegre bienvenida de Gary (una buena) y fue mostrado Lancastrian a una maravillosa habitación doble (uso individual) que estaba decorado con gusto y está impecablemente limpio.

Es un acogedor pub rural propiamente dicho, con buena comida. Recomiendo el solomillo de procedencia local y auténtico curry indio. Usted no será decepcionado. Bebedores locales son muy habladores y este perro amigable pub/hotel es un hallazgo.

Nos alojamos en este pub local, fuimos dos veces para cenar. Este es un hotel llevado por pub/, y son muy amables y serviciales. La primera noche tuvimos la especial curry, muy sabroso. La segunda vez tuve hamburguesa que es enorme. Gran aparcamiento y la gente le pub esperamos nuestra próxima visita.

Gran variedad de comidas caseras en el menú. Filetes son deliciosos y el Curry son una prueba! Recomiendo una visita.

Excellent welcoming family run hotel. Comfortable room, with all the desired facilities and lovely views. Good food, especially the range of curries on offer and wonderful breakfasts. Recommend a stay at this mid welsh gem.

A group of friends had a good dinner with good drinks, in a nice country pub with a fun, local atmosphere in beautiful area.

Really nice atmosphere. Friendly staff. Good food. Lovely room. Very perfect.Nice location. Lovely all round.

Everything I have ever eaten here has been Excellent and I have made several visits . Very good curries as well.

Beltin!We stayed a night after a days riding on our motorbikes and totally enjoyed the visit.Menu catered for all tastes and was great.Rooms clean and comfortable.Totally un assuming friendly place that just lets you get on with it.Biker friendly with great off road quiet parking.Breakfast was super- kept me going until tea time.Im my little book for a return someday!Tim

My mate and I stayed for two nights at this cracking Hotel - Very unassuming, quiet location with great views across the valley. A pleasant level of banter and the locals were very friendly returning for a drink with us on the second night too :-) The hotel has a reasonable section of food on the menu which is well cooked and then there is the curries... OOOHHH the curries are brilliant !! The food finishes service at 9pm I think, so get in early so not to be disappointed. It is a small hotel but the rooms are very clean with everything that you might need, kettle, biscuits, bottles of water (sparkling and still) and comfortable. The bathroom had a very small shower but was spotless and how much time do you spend in there anyway ?If your on a Motorcycle or Scooter, the front patio area which has outside eating area can be used to keep your bike undercover, so if it rains you can get on dry in the morning.Some great roads down to Cardigan Bay, Elan Valley tooMy mates going back again in a few weeks with some other friends - so go try it for size yourselves, nothing fancy, just homely and a get breakfast that keeps you going all day !!

Stayed at the B&B next door. Had an evening meal at the Lion - standard pub menu - What was offered was nice and we'll cooked but nothing very exciting or very specifically local except for a Welsh lamb burger. Don't serve after 9 which felt quite early on a Friday night mid summer season. Children's menu was actually quite disappointing but they did do a child's portion of one of the adults dishes. Good curry selection. Server was lovely.

Stayed for one night on our trip around Wales. Room very spacious with everything we needed and great view! Food great especially breakfast plenty of it! Family very friendly and landlord told us about some good places to visit on our travels! Had few drinks in bar in the evening and met some locals who were all very friendly and good company! All in all a great place to kick off our trip around Wales and would definitely go back!!

Gem of a pub. Great food, curries are a speciality. Excellent breakfast. Clean accomodation with tea & coffee facilities. Friendly locals to a solo traveler. Will be back with friends!

We heard about the curry and drove out there one night to try it. They serve other dishes, but are proud of their curry, which comes in a variety of different styles. The spices were probably a bit mild to suit local taste, but portions were good, and the menu was certainly creative. We shared an apple pie for dessert, which could be improved. Service was excellent, and worth a try definitely.

We recently visited for a birthday get together and had a lovely meal. They specialise on their curries due to visiting India. My curry was lovely, I had the Chicken Muataz which was the hottest on the menu. It was just right for me but if you're a vindaloo fan it may not be hot enough. Some of our group had the steak pie and gammon and again these dishes were very nice. My only criticism would be that there was no real ale on but other than that, a most enjoyable evening.

Very welcoming and friendly. Had a super delicious curry and chicken nuggets on kids meal were good too. Would recommend

Been here a couple of times but our last visit was the nicest. We tried the curry which was tasty and plentiful, my partner had steak and mushroom in ale pie and said it was also good. We also tried the puddings which were also nice. Worth a try, even if you've been before we think it's better now

My partner and I thoroughly enjoyed our meal here. I am not really a fan of curry - I decided to give the chicken korma a try as the reviews were so good - it was delicious. Likewise the home-made crumble. The whole team were warm, friendly and made us feel exceptionally welcome. This is a must to eat at!

I am American of Welsh descent who visited Llanbister to find out more about my ancestors. Ray Thomas, the owner of the Lion, is very knowledgeable, friendly and accommodating. He directed me to a very old church nearby where some folks with my surname are buried. Ray also features some excellent ales and hard cider, and the food at the Lion is excellent. I had the steak and ale pie, which I highly recommend. The Lion is also aesthetically pleasing and comfortable, with plenty of easily accessible parking.

Visited this hotel/pub during a walking holiday in Wales. We received a warm welcome, and although it was low season, they had 2 real ales served in the old manner out of 5 gallon plastic containers; both beers were very drinkable. Four of us had bar snacks that were excellent quality and good value for money." There was a welcome in the hillside! " Well done Lion hotel.