Address: High St, Farningham, DA4 0DP, United Kingdom
Phone: +441322860621
Rating: 4.2
based on 411 reviews.
Service
Pros:
"The staff are smart, very polite, fast and efficient."
"The staff are always friendly, from the bar staff to kitchen chef and especially the main manager...she's very friendly and attentive to your needs."
"Top marks again for the table staff who kept everything running smoothly on a very busy day."
"The staff were polite, friendly and welcoming."
"Staff were fantastic about my Coeliac disease and I wasn't unwell after eating so there wasn't any cross contamination."
"Very nice food and good service considering the amount of people that visited that day."
"Our waitress Clare is exceptional, such a friendly and relaxing way with her."
Cons:
"The waiter was not very customer focused"
"Had to wait 15 minutes for our table. 2 dishes we wanted had run out."
"It was quite busy when we visited and the stress was palpable amongst staff at times."
"The serving staff, although lovely and warm, there needs to be more of given the number of punters."
"Stood waiting at the bar being ignored by two members of staff for approx 5 +mins."
"The service can sometimes be very slow to the point that you’ll wait 30 minutes for your main course."
"Usually have good service but today was spoken so rudely to by the lady behind the bar, and all I asked for was if they had a table available."
Food Quality
Pros:
"We enjoyed our roast dinner."
"The food was really good and not expensive."
"The food is really lovely, especially the roast and the pie."
"Food was delicious and really fresh."
"All the food was a perfect portion size and tasted as wonderful as it looked!"
"Food was excellent, I had the buttermilk chicken burger which was delicious and my best friend had the pie of the day, beef in red wine gravy."
"The food was excellent, and of a very high standard, we will definitely be back again."
Cons:
"Was shocked at the price of a pint of lager, would not normally pay that much!"
"Don't have the King Prawn and scallop starter at 10;75 we ordered 4 they came up in small round dishes which were burnt all round the edge."
"Was very disappointed with the turkey roast dinner, it was Luke warm and the roast potatoes were disgusting."
"Unfortunately it was not edible and I should have highlighted this to a member of staff as there was far too much chilli added and it was actually burning my lips."
"I had the chicken breast curry. It was awful. It had been kept under a food lamp so chicken was dry & the rice was hard."
"Poor. The starters were a disaster - I ordered the soup and my wife had the prawn / lobster cocktail - both were far too small and nowhere near worth the price."
"The fishcakes had too much herbs ...very strong."
Ambience and Setting
Pros:
"The iconic bridge which is at least 500 years old really adds to the character of Farningham."
"The overall ambience was very good."
"Great settings. River Darent at the bottom of the garden and an historic cattle grid next to the bridge across the road."
"The lion is an absolutely beautiful place to go, especially this time of year."
"Really nice food, lovely seating as quite peaceful and picturesque by the little river."
"A lovely pub in a lovely village on the Darenth River. Perfect for a summers evening."
"The entire pub is glorious."
Cons:
"Only one negative point is that the floor in the outside eating area was quite dirty and could do with a good scrub."
"Unfortunately the experience was a little tainted due to wasps flying around trying to get to the food."
"All rather let down by a mediocre and limited menu."
"Unfortunately food quality is lacking in comparison to the competitors."
"Everything looked dirty, the toilets are discussing and no hot water to wash your hands."
"Not as nice as it used to be. Food portions rather small for the price. Floor grubby in bar area."
"It is lovely to eat outside alongside the river."