The Lion Hotel

We had our wedding meal at the Lion on Friday 26th April and we can’t thank Mark and his team enough..they couldn’t do enough for us food and service...the food was outstanding and all our guests commented how nice it was and saying they will definitely be back again in the future...proper home cooked absolutely beautiful food..thanks again for making a perfect ending to our perfect day.

Booked a meal for a family of 7 for an 18th birthday meal and the team at The Lion did not disappoint. The food was delicious and the staff were very accommodating. We ordered popcorn chicken with winter slaw, poached pear salad and soup for starters, mains were steak with peppercorn sauce, ham and burgers with ice cream for desserts and all was delicious and reasonably priced. The ambience was lovely with great background music, fairy lights and roaring fires which is a must on a winter's night! Well done The Lion for making it a lovely evening for a special occasion. Thank you. :-)

Have eaten here before and always found the food excellent. We were a group of 7 and were all disappointed with our meal in this occasion. They usually have a varied and interesting menu but this time it was limited- fish and chips and ham and chips, chicken and leek pie, burger -seemed a bit more pub grub/ cafe lunch fayre rather than their usual a la carte. No specials either on a Saturday evening approaching the Christmas run up. However we all enjoyed our main meals. I had the Seabass with popcorn cockles which was one of the few “different” things on the menu and it was nice - the caper sauce was very MarieRose/ prawn cocktail ish but the popcorn cockles and the fish itself was stunning. The biggest disappointment came with desserts. Most of us ordered the Turkish Delight Pannacotta and we were all very disappointed with it. They had very little flavour and were more like blancmange consistency rather than pannacotta- mine was particularly flavourless. When i complained I was told mine was a different batch and I was offered a Baileys Chocolate trifle as an alternative. This too was awful -i ate about a quarter it was mostly just whipped cream with a bit of baileys , no sponge or chocolate layers /sauce , just one note in terms of flavour and texture. My friend ordered waffles which were like cardboard/burnt toast. When she went to complain the waiter /barman told her “don’t you start as well”. I am not sure if this was meant to be humorous or a serious comment but For 5 /7 women to be so disappointed with there desserts says something. The 2 who had cheesecake and the ice cream enjoyed theirs. At £7 per dessert they were not cheap and although we complained specifically about the desserts there was no offer to deduct them from our bill. Needless to say we did not leave a tip and will not be rushing back for our friends birthday in January

Lovely people, great service and pretty good pub food. Our doubke room was clean, but very small. The bathroom and shower tiny. Biggest problem was the very intermittent wifi. Made watching TV in the room (internet only) or working impossible.

Wonderful pub and hotel, incidentally also great value. The food was amazing with excellent vegetarian and vegan options - in fact there is a whole separate vegan menu which everyone should check out because you should really have the sticky cauliflower wings! Great beers on draught too. Very friendly and helpful staff. The bed was very comfortable, clean and smart room with good facilities and toiletries. Highly recommended.

If you love food, you will absolutely love The Lion. Omg, I thought I had died and went to Gastro Heaven. The staff are attentive and look after you from start to finish to make your experience as pleasant as possible. Mark, the owner is on hand to help his staff make everyone's night the best night possible. The chef was definitely forged by the gods as the food is absolutely astronomical.

We had a quick weekend away and decided to stay here for the night. Staff were very helpful, friendly and the food was excellent. Will definitely be coming back to this area and hopefully staying here again. Would highly recommend this place to anyone xx

Came across this pub last summer when exploring the local area, and didn't realise that their menu had such a focus on seasonal, local food so we had to come back. Booked a table this weekend and the menu really did live up to expectations. We had the juniper infused pheasant breasts to start, I had pork belly with chargrilled fennel and cider sauce and my friend had the feta, spinach and broccoli bake. The pork belly was done to perfection, never have I had any so soft before. It was so juicy and tender and I was able to cut straight through. But both my friend and I both agreed that the highlight of the meal was the starter. Pheasant was cooked with such skill and the flavours were incredible. Everything complimented each other really well. This place serves proper pub portions but the menu really is a cut above the rest. Such high quality cooking and such local, beautiful ingredients. So nice to have somewhere like this so local to us that offer food like The Lion does. Definitely worth a visit, we'll back very soon.

The Lion Hotel, is a very lively and vibrant place, we took our grandson to big pit for his birthday so we went for a overnight stay rather than drive all the way back home in a day , we had a couple of issues with the room at first but they were sorted out very quickly and efficiently, the staff were very helpful and couldn't have made our stay any better, the food and beer was equally good, i wish we had a place like this in our village 😀 cheers.