The Lion Reviews Summary

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Old English charm and great people!"
• "Was a beautiful place with a lovely friendly atmosphere."
• "This place looks welcoming from the outside and ditto when you walk in through the door."
• "A beautiful traditional pub with an amazing atmosphere and well kept beers and lovely staff."
• "Cozy pub atmosphere and very DOG FRIENDLY!"
• "The place oozes character."
• "Very dog friendly and a great atmosphere."

Cons:

• "Service however was poor."
• "The food was appalling. £8 for a toasted sandwich served in foil containers which blow away with the slightest breeze."
• "We were all disappointed with our meals, the Water buffalo burger was very small and thin."
• "The poor beef wasn't so overcooked - it was completely grey, no pinkness in sight, and the edges were burnt and very tough."
• "I was very disappointed, it was a completely different experience, poor, if any service and the meal wasn't the best."
• "A complete lack of empathy. Disgusting."
• "We were disappointed though that, despite it being pretty quiet on the day, the staff were not tolerant at all of our 1 year old from the first minute."

Accommodation

Pros:

• "Room clean and very quiet. Great shower, bath, and products. Super king bed really comfortable."
• "Room was fresh, clean and cosy. Bathroom was luxurious with a large bath you could swim in with a constant stream of powerful hot water."
• "Comfortable, clean, well appointed and decorated rooms."
• "Bedrooms are also very spacious and comfortable with everything you need supplied including fresh milk for your tea."
• "We were lucky enough to have one of the newly refurbished barn accommodation rooms and wasn't disappointed."
• "Room was clean spacious and comfortable."
• "The room was very comfortable and had nice touches like high quality bath and body products by Bramley."

Cons:

• "Room was freezing when we arrived."
• "Room was somewhat basic for £155 a night."
• "The soundproofing of the room we stayed in, room 10 was not so great so something to be aware of as you can hear all the chitter chatter / music from the pub."
• "Pillows very poor quality. Bathroom stunning, scruffy towels."
• "Saturday night I did not get any sleep all night the noise was unbearable, shouting, slamming doors which shook the room."
• "The only downside was there were no shelves in the bathroom to put toiletries on."
• "The worst place I have ever stayed, a miserable depressing dark room and food so bad I had to cancel dinner because I just could not eat anything in the restaurant."

Service

Pros:

• "The staff could not have been more welcoming of our dog."
• "The service was very good checking that we were all happy."
• "The members of staff are so so friendly and the service is exceptional."
• "Staff polite and helpful."
• "Very friendly staff."
• "Helpful, friendly staff."
• "The staff were extremely friendly the food was out of this world and the best atmosphere you’ll find in Somerset."

Cons:

• "Service however was poor and food was really disappointing."
• "No option of rice with this. Even the vinegar served in a jar that you can't pour from."
• "First of all, after we'd ordered, they came back to say they'd ran out of lamb, and then when we replaced the lamb orders with pork, they came back to say they only had two pork left, so most of us ended up with beef."
• "Didn't get the warmest feeling or welcome from the staff when checking in though."
• "Staff very uninterested in us, gave us menu and pointed to table said she be over to take our order but was more interested in other tables."
• "Both waitresses were lovely but as they were running both the bar and restaurant by themselves it meant they had little time to take orders and deliver our food."
• "When asked to knock something off the £175 bill we were told 'it comes free with the room.' Very disappointed."

Food

Pros:

• "The food speaks of a chef who really knows what he’s doing."
• "We are happy with the menu selection. The price wise bit pricey but that what's balance with the creative menu."
• "The food was top notch very enjoyable."
• "The food here is amazing. I had the fish in cider batter which was gorgeous."
• "The food was outstanding. I had braised pork and sticky toffee pudding whilst my husband had a vegetarian burger and a custard tart with a rhubarb compote."
• "The food was superb."
• "The food was absolutely gorgeous."

Cons:

• "Had the vegetarian pie. It was just tasteless and the veg had seen better days."
• "I looked on the menu and there were only 4 options for lunch which was hugely disappointing and with that, I left."
• "Sadly we wanted to feedback on the quality of the food (vegan option was horrible, fish was tasteless) however our plates were quickly cleared and waiter rushed off before we were able to."
• "The duck I ordered still contained buckshot, small metal pellets which I was lucky not to crack a tooth on."
• "I had the asparagus and poached egg - none of it was cooked particularly well, the asparagus was stringy and hard to cut and the egg white was slimy."
• "Just a bit disappointed by the vegetarian choice, of what vegetarian dishes we did have, we found to be bland."
• "Had a bad meal here. The dish must have been a left over from the previous day as it was dry and very crusty and not nice at all."