White Lion | Pub | Restaurant | Hotel Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "The service was quick and especially the young man who served me was so lovely."
• "Service was quick and very friendly."
• "Our waitress was so attentive, but not over the top, polite, and knew her job really well."
• "Staff were immediately warm and welcoming, continuing this throughout our whole meal, been attentive but not too overbearing."
• "Lovely service, very friendly and helpful staff."
• "Staff very friendly and helpful."
• "The staff are just amazing, all so friendly and helpful."

Cons:

• "However when I complained... she was very rude and dismissive."
• "The waitress who told me I must move from a table at 12:30 because the people who had booked for 1:00 had arrived early, was rude and unapologetic."
• "Prices were extortionate and the staff quite rude when we said that we'd changed our minds about food and would just be having a drink."
• "Service was very slow and it wasn't busy."
• "We then waited by the till just outside the restaurant to pay are bill to be completely ignored."
• "With staff that make you feel unwelcome."
• "No check backs, no offering of additional drinks had to strain our necks every time we wanted their attention."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The lamb was delicious but a friend ordered the steak pie which was phenomenal."
• "I ate here yesterday and the food was incredible! I can't stop thinking about those ribs."
• "The flat iron steak with chimichurri, absolutely delicious."
• "Food is excellent."
• "Excellent food and drink reasonably priced."
• "The food was fantastic (all 3 courses), really worth the cost."
• "Food delicious- best breakfast ever and the staff are so friendly and helpful."

Cons:

• "The three cheese pie tasted so sweet I thought it was a dessert - really ruined the flavour."
• "Fish was horrible, thick greasy batter enclosing a thin fillet of tasteless fish."
• "Awful food and horrid customer service. Over salted stake and ale pie, sickly sweet cheese and onion."
• "Food in restaurant was very poor, one main meal had to be returned as it was practically inedible, badly burned and dried out."
• "Really poor food on a recent visit."
• "The fish and chips were soggy and just about edible."
• "This was possibly the worst meal I’ve ever eaten. Over cooked vegetables that were inedible and terribly bland."

Accommodation

Pros:

• "Fantastic room, brilliant home cooked food, very friendly service."
• "Booked room no 10 as we have dogs. Spotlessly clean room."
• "The rooms are massive quality furniture and bedding."
• "The room was beautiful and massive."
• "Rooms 7,8,9 and 10 are excellent if you have your dog with you."
• "The rooms are beautiful, clean and comfortable."
• "Rooms in courtyard were lovely."

Cons:

• "Only thing I would point out 2 bulb missing from bathroom Room 8 so bathroom very dark."
• "Even though the radiators I turned off the room remained very warm which added to an uncomfortable nights sleep."
• "The only down side was the accommodation or more specifically the bed mattress in room 9 which wasn't the best and made for a sleepless night."
• "The bedroom was not dirty but there were cobwebs, ants and the bath had a bad stain and the grout between tiles had turned black."
• "The window of the room we were in was wedged open, it still is to this day."
• "My only criticism is that our room was right out back and there were no lights when we returned in the evening."
• "Also, our other friends who stayed in the main building had no instructions offered on how to get in as it was all locked up in darkness."

Value

Pros:

• "We often go for a meal here... 2 courses for 20 pounds quite reasonable."
• "Food is very tasty, generous portion sizes and very good value for money."
• "Our food was lovely, reasonably priced and very good quality !!!"
• "Great value for money."
• "The food was beautiful with perfect portion size."
• "The breakfast was fantastic, and included in the price of the room too."
• "Great food, great service, lovely ambience and great value for money."