August 2022

George Orwell describes a fictional, utopian perfect pub in his 1946 essay “The Moon Under Water”.

Well I’ve found my Moon Under Water and its name is The Raven, Llanarmon-yn-lal.

How could I improve this place? Move it 2.9km closer to the Offa’s Dyke Path and make the beer free.

August 2022

Such a find!. Community pub with community spirit. The food was good and there was plenty of it. Staff seemed to thrive on being busy. Plenty of atmosphere too. Community shop nearby too for last minute walking essentials.

July 2022

Been for Sunday lunch today. All the staff were fabulous, friendly and happy with a bit of friendly banter. The lady who took our food order explained that the sharing platter starter had been taken off the menu due to the main chef being on leave. Well, if he cooks food to a higher standard than his replacement, one can only wonder what the quality is like. There were 4 of us and we shared 4 different starters. All were perfect in both quality and presentation. For mains, 2 had lamb shank, one had ploughman’s and I had roast beef…again all were amazing, in fact to get beef to be so tender it must have been slow roasted for days !!!. Absolutely fantastic and at just over £125 with 3 drinks each, great value. Well done ladies and chef, you all excelled. Will certainly return again. Not a bad review from a grumpy old Yorkshire man but credit given where credit is due 😃👍

June 2022

The Raven is our go to pub when we are away at the caravan. The pub is community ran and a real integral point of the village. All the staff and users of the pub are welcoming and to make things even better, they are a dog friendly pub. The choice of drinks are well varied and the food is first class. The portion sizes are ample and we particularly love their roast dinners, haddock and chips and the little baskets of scampi. We are so lucky to have this on our doorstep and would recommend this pub to anybody.

June 2022

Best pub been to in long time enjoyed every minute can’t wait to go back there staff were great food outstanding loved it really looked after us staff can’t fault it amazing

May 2022

We were staying in the area for a few nights. This pub was wonderful. Friendly local staff, who talk to you and make you feel welcome. I wish this was my local. Such a lovely community location

April 2022

My other half and I had the Sunday lunch last week. I had the roast beef it was excellent. It was melt in the mouth delicious, the Yorkshire pud was the biggest I’ve seen and that too plus potatoes and veg were excellent. My other half had the lamb shank and he said that it was delicious. We will definitely be back. Well done best Sunday lunch in a long time.

July 2021

Lovely atmosphere, friendly service, reasonable prices, great portions and the food was fabulous. We declared it the best Steak & Ale pie and Sticky Toffee pudding ever. Even the peas were delicious.