Went there for the beer festival, staff weren't very friendly, especially the older woman, (manageress I think) behind the bar. Maybe she should stay in the kitchen, or at least away from the public.
Very pricey beer and food.Glad to say Kilverts Green Hopped Beer Festival takes place 25th-27th September

Full details found at www.kilverts beer festival.yolasite.com

20+ ales, many green-hopped beers, plenty of entertainment, CAMRA members enjoy 10p a pint reductionedtheduck -

I presume you are the proprietor of Kilverts.

Golden Sheep? What the hell is that? Do you not even know the names of the beers you are selling?

I had a pint of *Black Sheep*, which was utterly rotten!

The consumers of the other 67.5 pints must have drunk it in better condition or had so sense of taste or smell.

Bullshit.

Avoid this place like the plague.

Recently refurbished. Sells a couple of good real ales, a local cider (Bill Bleasdale's Welsh mountain cider made 3 miles away), has local band nights. Decor inside is a bit quirky but it's nice pub.This pub has been refurbished and is now open, specialising in real ales & cider. The phone number given on the website is incorrect - the correct number is 01686 412700.Saved from punch taverns and reopened as a freehouse serving real ale.On my visit they had two ales from snowdonia and wye valley which were both superb.

Very friendly, selection of well-kept real ales, a proper pub. Unfortunately they don't do food but were happy for us to eat our fish and chips (from the excellent chippy round the corner) in the bar! Worth taking a diversion for.Choice between Holden and Brakspear when we called. A, typical village local with 2 rooms but everyone in the one decorated with beer mats. Lots of friendly English vs Welsh banter and Juke box played plenty of rock musicThe best real ale pub in mid wales. 4 real ales on at any one time and an annual beer festival . A gem.

Visited again.

Despite offering great food and drink, I don't think this pub actually wants any customers.

Customers are a bit of a nuisance at the 'Olde' Black Lion.

Bar and table service is fairly prompt, but frigid. Their faces would fall apart if they cracked a smile, or engaged you in small talk.

It is as if it is beneath the staff to treat you as a fellow human being.

This is a mighty shame as I had some great times in this pub under friendlier staff.A nice restaurant, but upmarket and not 'pub-grub'. They offer a restaurant menu and a bar menu. We opted for the latter but it was quite-pricey and felt like a restaurant. The food was quite rich, which will be pleasing to a lot of people but I found the sauce a bit heavy. It's worth coming here for a special meal.Visited on a Monday lunchtime (27/07/09).

The pub looked shut. Door was closed (despite it being quite a fine day). No A-board. No sign at all that it was open.

Tried the door and found it was indeed open. A few customers scattered here and there, but not exactly buzzing.

Our party of 3 arrived at about 13.45 and were hurried into ordering our lunch by the barman (they stop at 14.00). Menu selection and specials board offered a good variety of tempting dishes.

Food was excellent, tasty and hot, but service was rather impersonal and perfunctory.

Had a pint of Reverend James, which was excellent.

A great pub if you want to eat, and enjoy good ales, but don't expect a friendly atmosphere or personal service (unless you are a regular).

Sign on the door states the pub is no longer open to the public. Planning application has been submitted for 6 dwellings incorporating the pub and car park. Pub has been deliberately run down by the landlord. Shameful. I wonder if the people of caersws will challenge this application.I agree with welshboy88. A sadly run down pub that should be better. When pubs start shutting in Caersws we are in problemsRumour in the village the buck is going to close for good in July. Landlord has told pool , darts and dominoes teams they will have to play elsewhere. Pub has deliberately been run down by the landlord for the last few years. Only opens on limited hours and even shuts on saturday nights if he feel likes. Be a sad day for caersws when this once popular pub closes.

I stayed at the pub for two nights in late July 2009. I was shocked at the poor accommodation. The carpet had not been swept properly. There were no tea or coffee making facilities or any welcome tray of any sort. There wasn't even soap or shower gel. A 3 day old paper had been left in the room. There was mould in the shower and the toilet roll holder kept falling off the wall. The only OK thing about the room were that the towels were clean and the bed comfortable. The pub itseldf was a dreary place. No comfy chairs. Horrible piped music played all the time. The beer was very ordinary. Though generous in portions, the food was dead average, though they had not over-cooked the vegetables, which is something. I would not go back there for anything. Places like this give Wales a bad name.Like some previous people we stayed here a couple of years ago when the original owners had it and it was a lovely place to be warm friendly and somewhere you would want to go back to . So we did in in August and found the new owners to be arrogant unwilling to acommodate breakfast at 7 am and downright rude when approached, the young women that apparantly runs the pub needs to take on board that the pub is her lively hood. We would never return here unfortunately.Stayed at the Tair Bull two years ago and had a great time thanks to the lovely couple (Abigail & Spencer) who ran it. Tragically, Spencer died of a heart attack a few months later and when we went back last year it had been taken over by a very surly and unpleasant couple. Even the barmaid couldn't stand them!
I would love to visit again but not until the pub changes hands.