The pub is next to the Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway station, and the large car park is accessed from the same exit off the roundabout. It has an old world atmosphere and is popular with diners (booking recommended). On the bar there are five hand pulls, although Brewdog Wingman is keg, not cask. The pub is contemporary, clean and light while maintaining the traditional and historical elements of its previous incarnations. There are many different spaces through the pub, two open fires, oak and slate flooring, and an eclectic mix of furniture. There is live music on some Fridays and occasional charity quiz nights. The pub has its own loyalty card scheme. There is an old photo in the bar showing the site as a row of old cottages, the centre one being an ale house called The Black Lion. The pub is listed in Slater's Directory of 1858 as the Raven with Samuel Oliver as landlord. The pub has expanded into most of the cottages. It pre-dates the light railway which opened in 1903. The line now terminates at the rear of the pub, but in former times carried on through the town to a terminus near the main line station.