The Lion Hotel

Pros: Great location, lovely building and a nice room. The staff were also welcoming. My one criticism was the room did not get cleaned and tea/coffee replenished during our stay. Cons: The breakfast was the poorest quality I have had in a long time. I travel a lot with work and stay in a lot of hotels, including Travelodge & Holiday Inn. The breakfast here is nowhere near the quality of either of those chain hotels. The coffee is served yourself by using sachets and a hot water urn (no fresh coffee machine nor cafetière option). Barista coffee can be ordered at an additional £3-4 per cup. I ordered scrambled eggs on toast. The eggs were tasteless, watery and appeared to have come out of a catering supplies carton of ready mixed egg. The bread was also the cheapest of supermarket white loaves. Overall, the breakfast was so poor I did not bother going for the remainder of my stay. Given the price paid for the room, it really felt like they were going for style over substance - serving poor quality food on expensive tableware. Not good.

Attended a family christening meal here after the church service. This was not the first time we had eaten here as my wedding reception was held here 12 years ago. I have to say that we were yet again bowled over by the 'above and beyond' attitude shown by the young people who front this business. After one of the babies in our party became fractious and unconsolable through tiredness his mother (my daughter) had to leave the meal just as mains were served. No problem for the staff, took the meal to keep it warm. After a while it was clear that my daughter was unable to rejoin the meal and I kindly requested if it was possible to 'take out' the meal. So the big shout out goes to Zak and Megan who not only made this happen but cared enough to ensure it was plated nicely with extra veg and gravy, wrapped securely and all with such amazing friendliness. Both my daughter and I send our huge thanks to you for taking the drama and upset out of a challenging event. Even before this we thought fondly of this venue but it has outstripped the service of anywhere else locally.

Wonderful welcome at the Lion Hotel from the lovely Juliette and fabulous service from Chris who was an absolute delight! Both ensured a superb experience for us at this utterly charming hotel….thank you so much again! Food lovely too and presented beautifully. Highly recommend.