Golden Lion Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Meal was delicious and even better as I didn't have to prepare it or wash up."
• "The soup was delicious and the homemade breads were very tasty."
• "An outstanding meal."
• "Local produce, super tasty and great prices."
• "The food was simply fabulous and all fresh local ingredients."
• "Had a cracking 3 course meal, really good quality ingredients full of great flavours."
• "The food was fresh and cooked to perfection!"

Cons:

• "some of us had the turkey breast which was a bit tough and tasteless."
• "It was really very good but only beef or roast ham for main roast dinner and my dessert was forgotten."
• "The food was poor. It far too salty, so much so that I found it totally inedible."
• "The meat was stone cold."
• "The food was greasy and unpleasent."

Service

Pros:

• "very welcoming and helpful."
• "staff very welcoming landlord was very chatty."
• "The team at The Golden Lion couldn’t have been more accommodating."
• "Staff were very friendly and made you feel welcome."
• "The staff were so helpful in accommodating us, lovely friendly atmosphere."
• "The team are incredibly attentive, checking in with you, getting more drinks etc."
• "The Landlord was very welcoming and staff couldn't do enough for us."

Cons:

• "The staff knew we were in a rush due to our friend needing to get back to work, but the food was slow and my friend didn't get any food."
• "service was a little slow."
• "the two more mature women hovering over the young girl clearly making her nervous and then taking over serving us they were much slower and couldn't raise a smile between them."
• "Entered the establishment and asked if they were doing lunches. Lady behind the bar just said no with no explanation."
• "Overall will not return here due to poor hospitality."
• "Greg needs to learn how to treat his customers with respect."

Ambience & Location

Pros:

• "So happy to see live music again, any other circumstances I would have been leaping!"
• "The building is steeped in history and the walls have been beautifully curated with historical photographs, maps etc."
• "There was a live jazz band playing and they added to the atmosphere."
• "Historic pub where British and American leaders planned for the D-Day invasion of Normandy."
• "What a lovely pub steeped in WWII history."
• "Lovely village pub in which to spend a winter afternoon. Olde world decor & a log fire."
• "This pub oozes history, especially from World War 2 and D-Day."

Cons:

• "This is a small pub, very cosy but not covid safe at all."
• "smokers are not allowed in the main area and have to sit in the carpark area."
• "We weren't expecting to sit in the marquee after requesting the bar area in the reservation."
• "People sat drinking at the bar with dogs made it hard to order drinks."

Facilities

Pros:

• "Very good as they are dog friendly."
• "The owner allowed us to park our campervan for the night and provided us with an electrical hookup. The toilets are also open for 24 hours."
• "There’s a large car park at the rear that will cope with larger vehicles."
• "You may have to take a short walk across the courtyard to get to the toilets but they are beautifully clean."
• "Dog friendly in the marquee too."
• "With it's own car park to the rear this cosy village pub exudes warmth and history."
• "Motorhome friendly with stopovers catered for."

Cons:

• "No kids meals on a Sunday, just small portion roast, but we knew this in advance."
• "Unfortunately due to covid restrictions there were none of the usual festivities."
• "Disappointed that they didn't serve food on a Monday."