Red Lion

Head up to Heolgerrig and you'll find the Red Lion doing what it does best: being the kind of pub where people actually want to spend their evenings. The place has that lived-in comfort—worn wood, proper lighting, the smell of a good pint pulled right. You're not walking into some theme park version of a Welsh pub here; this is where locals come to be locals, where conversation happens naturally and the landlord remembers what you drink. With a 4.6-star rating from nearly 100 reviews, word has spread that this place gets it right, whether you're after a quiet pint midweek or something more sociable at the weekend.