Formerly the home of a local slate quarry owner, this warm, comfortable hotel at the bottom of the Horseshoe Pass serves as the Llangollen Brewery tap. It has a small lounge, restaurant, side pool room and the Oak bar featuring an African Grey parrot as well as a moose head. The brewery itself is in a a separate building out near the main road. The evocative ruins of the Cistercian abbey of Valle Crucis are close by. NB Check opening times in winter months.