The Golden Lion Rainford Reviews Summary

Atmosphere and Decor

Pros:

• "This is a hidden gem!! The décor right up my street!"
• "Decorated beautifully and the staff are A1."
• "It’s a fantastic location in the heart of Rainford, with a really upmarket decor and great outdoor space."
• "The interior decor is modern and Stylish and the Staff are very welcoming."
• "Lovely pub, really stylish interiors and loads of outdoor seating."

Cons:

• "Pleasant interior if a little tired."
• "The place felt a bit tired - the toilets were quite an experience."

Service

Pros:

• "The serving staff gave us 100% extremely polite and attentive."
• "Service was quick although we were there on a weeknight."
• "Service by Amy was excellent! Thank you and the Chef did an excellent job too."
• "Staff friendly and polite. Will recommend Golden Lion to friends and family."

Cons:

• "The waitress had an attitude with us straight away and when asked for menus, condiments & more drinks was met with either no response or an extremely cold one and eye rolls."
• "Service is very slow. Arrived at about 6.30pm as we had a table booked, got starter at 7.20pm no sign of main course 30 mins later."
• "Poor service drinks left at bar while the bar person was chit chatting to their mate."
• "Unfortunately, last visit poor. Only have ever given it 3 ⭐️ in past, thought we'd try again. Five of us went for evening meal, not cooked properly, over cooked, stuff missing and staff once told had no interest at all."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Then the food wowzer!! Absolutely beautiful and very reasonably priced too."
• "The food was very nice but rather expensive and was not hot upon arrival."
• "Food was average, Long wait, portion were small for the price waited over half hour for desert menus."
• "Called in for lunch had light bites fish and chip burger chips food very good quality and value."

Cons:

• "Going to have to go with just a 3 stars this time, duck was bland no flavour in the sauce or duck."
• "I ordered the warm seabass salad which, when it eventually arrived, was missing 4 of the 6 ingredients."
• "Been going here a lot since opening but lately food is of bad quality and service also bad."
• "Very poor food for price, spent £140 on two for food and drinks, waited a long time for the food which didn’t come as requested."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Absolutely beautiful and very reasonably priced too."
• "Fantastic food from the lunch menu - great portion sizes so you can have a starter a main and a desert."

Cons:

• "The food was very nice but rather expensive and was not hot upon arrival."
• "Very poor food for price, spent £140 on two for food and drinks."
• "Food was average, Long wait, portion were small for the price waited over half hour for desert menus."
• "Grossly overpriced. This is a 3 star pub in a northern village with 5 star London prices."