White Lion Reviews Summary

View and Location

Pros:

• "It's lucky this place has a great terrace."
• "You can’t miss the incredible view and the great terrace that has."
• "The views from the balcony beer terrace were fantastic of the valley and the impressive Cliffden suspension bridge."
• "Impressive and unique views of Clifton Suspension Bridge."
• "Fantastic view of the Clifton Suspension Bridge."
• "One of the best views in bristol hands down."
• "This is a 'destination' venue with superb views over the Avon Gorge and Clifton Suspension Bridge."

Cons:

• "Booked a table last night for Valentine's. What a disappointment!! We had no view from our table."
• "The terrace looks dirty and shabby and lots of the furniture is broken."
• "Overpriced drinks, presumably due to the famous view from the terrace."
• "The huge terrace was closed due to icy weather."
• "Good views but instead of enjoying them I need to fumble around on my phone for 10 minutes downloading an app."
• "Empty glasses and plates are left on the terrace for ages attracting gulls."
• "No seating options, everything reserved inside (where is is super dark and oppressive) and never tables free outside (where you really want to be) on their huge ageing chunky paint-flaking wooden furniture."

Food and Drink

Pros:

• "Good food and service but generally on the pricy side."
• "After a mix up with our order and having to wait an hour and a half the staff quickly got our food our and gave us a complementary round of drinks as well as a discount on our food."
• "Lovely atmosphere, great food, with a reasonable drinks selection!"
• "I ordered anchovies pizza and it was 100/10 the taste was delicious, the seasoning was delicious."
• "The food is good too, pizza are huge!"
• "The pub grub and Pizzas are nice too - overall a great place to eat out and drink and take in the views."
• "Food menu is interesting and very tasty."

Cons:

• "Drinks seriously over priced since the refurb."
• "Chilli was vile. It looked like dog food and smelt like it."
• "The ribs were probably the worst I've ever had anywhere."
• "The food is horrible, tasteless and overpriced."
• "The quality of food for the price you pay is terrible, I mean really bad... £15 for a burger that is below average is a complete rip off."
• "The pizza is terrible and don't even get me started on their dirty fries, stale af."
• "Super super BAD food and expensive. £10 for tasteless Hot Dog, and £6 for fries with a slab of cheese on top."

Service

Pros:

• "Our waiter was amazing in trying to help..."
• "Service is friendly and welcoming."
• "The stuff we’re friendly and very accommodating."
• "Great pub we found on our latest visit to Bristol. Good selection of food and drink... Young and friendly staff."
• "Service from waiting staff is good."
• "Great service by staff."
• "Served quickly staff friendly and helpful."

Cons:

• "All the rest is just bad.. the unfriendly staff the long cue and the hideous decor for instance."
• "The service too was awful, waiting staff came to the table with food, failed to announce what they were putting down."
• "Staff where the rudest waiting staff We’ve come across in a long time."
• "Nice location but the staff where next level rude!"
• "Bar staff are dismissive and distant."
• "Staff were all beyond useless."
• "The staff unhelpful and arrogant."