White Lion Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The home-made sourdough pizzas are delicious, the vegetarian choice is good, and the wine superb."
• "The food was well cooked and very tasty."
• "Really good atmosphere. Team super friendly, 5* service and food."
• "Food great, staff amazing and the wait just gave us more time to chat!"
• "Fabulous Pizzas!! Seriously good! Using a sourdough base, baked to perfection in a wood fired stone oven."
• "The food was excellent, and the decorations, a lovely added bonus."
• "The food was extremely tasty."

Cons:

• "Very expensive for the quality on the plate."
• "Ham egg and chips, egg was broken ham was awful and triple cooked chips were full of fat."
• "The food was very very underwhelming, not quite bad enough to be sent back but utterly very poor value for the cost."
• "The roast pork was like shoe leather."
• "Vegetarian roast consisted of half a plate of vegetables burnt Yorkshire pudding."
• "The beefburger was so overcooked it was hard, and it was dense and way too salty."
• "The gravy was really bland and watery, very disappointing for such a lovely cosy pub."

Service

Pros:

• "Really friendly staff, good food and great to sit outside when the sun shines."
• "The bar staff are hospitable and efficient."
• "The staff that served us, very polite and attentive."
• "service was great even though it was busy"
• "the service was faultless and everyone was so friendly and polite"
• "All staff are incredibly friendly."
• "The staff at the White Lion were fantastic. They were attentive, enthusiastic, smiley and seemed to really enjoy what they do!"

Cons:

• "Was dismissive and unfriendly or clearly knew service/stay for us had been terrible experience."
• "Disappointed to have to wait for condiments to eat 4 hot meals while cold fare was brought out for others."
• "Service was very, very slow."
• "The waitress was pleasant enough and we got drinks quickly, but then waited another 30 minutes before our food order was taken."
• "service was terrible…ordered drinks and waited 20 minutes for them to arrive"
• "We sat there for over 15 minutes and were completely ignored by all the staff."
• "When it had been a very unacceptable time for our food, I asked about it, as we had to be somewhere. I was met with a rude response."

Atmosphere & Location

Pros:

• "Lovely gourmet pub in the middle of Tenterden town."
• "Was calm and relaxing."
• "Lovely historical location, central in Tenterden, opposite church, parking, wifi (free)."
• "The decorations for Christmas were lovely."
• "A beautiful place, ideal for private functions."
• "A great pub & restaurant situated on the High Street in Tenterden."
• "Very pleasant pub, restuarant, hotel located in the main street."

Cons:

• "Pub can be a bit noisy."
• "We wanted to sit near the windows or fire but unfortunately were not allowed due to staff shortage."
• "Did not expect to be in room above bar so literally sounded like band in our room until 11.40pm."
• "Severe lack of seating, even though half of the tables in the building were empty but 'reserved.'"
• "We were disappointed when we were shown to our table as it was in a small recess, next to a Chimney Breast."
• "It becomes extremely hot in there during summer."
• "The room in the back is pokey and dark and a little claustrophobic due in part to the dark garish boudoir decor."

Accommodation

Pros:

• "The bed was plush and luxurious, ensuring a restful night's sleep."
• "the room I was given was very spacious, had plenty of free plug sockets and the WiFi was reliable"
• "The room and the bed were a good size."
• "Room is just amazing nice bed tv I can watch whilst I'm in the bed perfect height on the wall"
• "Rooms are very clean and comfortable."
• "My room was large, spotlessly clean and had a big bay window."
• "The rooms are very spacious and a very good nights sleep guaranteed."