The Lion Bicester Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "The staff were really helpful in organising a mass family gathering of 36 people and everybody had a great experience and loved the food."
• "Friendly. Knowledgeable staff providing excellent service."
• "The staff were friendly and helpful, the food was delish & not over priced & something on there for everyone."
• "Staff were friendly, efficient and helpful especially Natalia, Neha, and Paloma."
• "The staff were very friendly and engaging throughout the evening."
• "Staff were extremely pleasant and attentive without being intrusive."
• "The service was impeccable and Ryan was an absolute delight, chatty, charming, and wonderful all evening."

Cons:

• "We waited 2 hours for the main course."
• "Service was appalling!"
• "Shockingly bad customer service."
• "Service was poor but staff tried to compensate for that which is commendable."
• "Service at the dinner table was very slow!"
• "Service 1/5 - Restaurant was pretty quiet and it still took over 30 mins to ask us for drinks."
• "The service was very slow. We were offered 1 drink in 2 hours."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was all delicious and service was so fast."
• "The meals we did settle for were well cooked and presented."
• "Absolutely fabulous food!! I had scallops followed by 8oz sirloin and topped off with the magnificent lemon meringue pudding."
• "Food was presented really well and cooked to perfection."
• "The food is the best pub food I’ve ever had in the UK."
• "The batter was light and crispy and the fish was firm and flaky, succulent, free of bones, and not oily."
• "The meal was outstanding. It couldn't be faulted and was beautifully cooked."

Cons:

• "They had run out of lots of meals on the menu."
• "The food was nice, other than the roast beef which was rather gristley."
• "Fish pie vastly overcooked with a few dull, dry pieces of fish covered in oily mashed potato."
• "Food was luke warm so had to be returned."
• "The mains were distinctly average."
• "The meat was overcooked, the roast potatoes were dried out."
• "The fish was not fresh and extremely fishy (more than it should be)."

Ambience & Facilities

Pros:

• "Atmosphere was friendly and welcoming."
• "Really friendly staff, great beer, great food, cosy atmosphere."
• "Rooms are clean spacious and modern."
• "The rooms were large and comfortable."
• "The B&B room was really nice, fairly new and stylish - the bathroom was particularly lush."
• "Nice chill atmosphere and music."
• "The rooms are nice and spacious and the shower.....well.....I could spend an hour in there easy, and it's big enough for 2."

Cons:

• "We nearly passed by because of the unkempt exterior baskets, weeds around the carpark and didn't seem to clear of food was on offer."
• "The rooms were a good size clean with an absolutely amazing shower highly recommend this place."
• "Negatives: rooms didn't seem especially clean - old stains on the carpet and we had to ask for toiletries as they were missing from the room"
• "The cleanness was unfortunately very low. The backside of the bed was covered with much dust (woolly mice like) and you found dust just everywhere."
• "It's also worth mentioning that the accessible toilets are not actually accessible."
• "Newer dining area less welcoming unless busy and bustling."
• "No one bothered to inform us. Very bad communication."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Not the cheapest place to eat but well worth the money for the food and overall experience!"
• "The food choice was excellent, the prices reasonable."
• "You could spend a lot on food, or go for one of their gorgeous sandwiches which comes with chips or sweet potato fries for £7.50!"
• "Food is very good and well priced (£15-20 per main)."
• "Good value for money at £50 for two with drinks."
• "Stopped by for a light lunch, well priced menu."
• "The food was nice and competitively priced."

Cons:

• "Price 1/5 - Awful value for money, just for two drinks and two mains it was nearly 50quid."
• "Kids food arrived quickly and went down well but £7.95 for 1 course without even a drink is ambitious!!"
• "Just a small moan the price of wine is on the high side."
• "Food was OK. I was expecting more based on the price."
• "Chips under cooked and generally over priced."
• "Frozen chips, really not good for £29."
• "The food was adequate however massively over priced."