The Lion at Farnsfield Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Brilliant pub with delicious food and great team. The food is fresh so you may wait a bit but what I like is that the friendly staff are attentive and keep you informed so you never feel forgotten about, they look after you well."
• "The best vegan Sunday roast!! They have a full separate vegan menu with so much variety."
• "Food is excellent, can recommend the ham hock gratin, Cajun halibut and brownie."
• "Food wise must call out the Sunday dinners which are epic and also the blade of beef which is so soft and perfectly seasoned."
• "Nice place, plenty of parking outdoor covered deck area, nice bar and restaurant areas. Good food, decent portion sizes."
• "Lovely food with a fabulous atmosphere."
• "Food as usual was excellent my husband had cod loin and said it was lovely, I had blade of beef which fell apart was beautiful but felt the dish was a bit salty."
• "Fantastic food. Very tasty and well presented."

Cons:

• "Unfortunately my main meal looked atrocious. I ordered the vegetarian main course. It was full of salt which overpowered the possibility of tasting anything else."
• "The only other thing is that the Blade of Beef meals could do with some vegetable accompaniment, quite a small me else."
• "Food was top notch, really enjoyed the beef. But. Service was terrible."
• "Can we please request that where ever food is eaten that wet feet dog are not aloud on seating."
• "My meal came with the wrong potatoes and the whole dish was uneatable because of the salt, it tasted as though someone had dropped a pot of salt onto it."
• "An average dinner looking forward to going with the wife. To find that most of dinner is bought in and not cooked from fresh."
• "Myself and my wife had Soup for starters and this was excellent but the main course Lamb was not the meat was under cooked by some margin on both our plates."
• "Very average to be honest considering the price off everything in there food on the floor nobody seams to be bothering to keep things clean restaurant is very warm in there to warm no I would not recommend this place."

Service

Pros:

• "The staff has clearly taken preferences and allergies into account."
• "4 star you say, food 5 star it was that good, service outstanding customer service 5 star and atmosphere so nice 5 star."
• "Staff very pleasant and nice atmosphere. Only problem was we were on a very long table and we were a little pushed for space."
• "Probably the best experience of staff customer service skills in many years. Loved the food, though we all had trouble cutting our beef with the cutlery."
• "A warm welcome from very friendly staff, food was absolutely amazing, very tasty, loved the decor throughout this pub and restaurant 😀 keep up the good work in very trying times."
• "Wonderful food, as always. But I do think an hours wait to eat is a long time. Staff really good and did apologise though."
• "Staff was wonderful and very attentive. Will definitely be back for some more yummy food :) xx"
• "The service was good. We well looked after."

Cons:

• "However the service was good but too slow. Getting the balance between nagging customers and leaving them feeling abandoned was erring toward the latter."
• "The 2 thing parking is shocking and the seating is just as bad, if you a little on the big size good luck."
• "I have been coming here for many years and it's always been exceptionally good, however today's visit was not good at all. First of all got my order wrong."
• "Unfortunately just waited over an hour for food and my wife’s came, but mine didn’t! People ordering after us got their meals before us, then only one meal came."
• "Went out for nice lunch, two kiddies trying to feed one and eat myself Tipped my dinner over, staff member came over with a mop and not a ounce of help???"
• "Second time we have visited this place. Table booked for 5pm, after 1 hour 10 mins we asked when we were going to get our order!"
• "Very disappointing- being new to the area and having both read reviews and been given recommendations, we had expected a more positive experience."
• "Went on 15th of February with my family for my birthday, as we had had the place recommended to us. Ordered our starters which came quite quick, but the service for our mains was very slow, was waiting 40 minutes, also only bought out 3 meals."