The Gold Lion Canteen — Restaurant in Mexico City

"Lion D'Or" is located on a zone on which Canteens and Saloons are in really tough competition. I mean from the Mirador and Del Bosque at Chapultepec to all the way south to the Flor de Valencia, all central and south west of Mexico City is filled with plenty of options of good Mexican canteens which are the creme of the cream of establishments in Mexico City. Skin over the skin of the City. Lion D'Or is a very fine establishment and most of times it has a mood and a superb environment with live music that you can feel familiarity between all the attendance, the service and the place by itself. The kitchen with all the dishes and daily menu is amazing well served and with marvelous flavor, whatever you try will be at great level. On Thursday, best day of the week to come, you will find snails in red sauce simply a delight for the customers along with the shrimp soup one of the best in town and the superb baby goat. Tortas are one of the best you can find and it is one of the topics to evaluate in a Mexican canteen, "Lion" deserves the rating it takes. On saturday Mexican lamb bbq is served and you also have buffett option for a really moderate price. Drinks are perfectly served in quality and quantity and with all the aforementioned "Le Lion" remains faithfully the inscription of its slogan that can be read in the marquee outside its historical walls: "My grandfather met it... My father taught it to me ... And I..." because each drink and dish have its own story and all content the most wonderful assets of the Mexican tradition: the kindness and hospitality of our Country....

I can't believe I only discovered this place on my last day in Mexico city ! And it was only 5 minutes walking distance from my avcommaccommo. Damn! Next time in Mexico city I can see myself eat here more than 50% of the time ( I don't cook ) their beef is really juicy and good price. Large servicing as well. Mrnu sats 250grams and they really gives you 250 grams =D with added salad , very large portion, it fed well for me and my husband two people. I had many expensive meal, but I think this place price and food quality also service exceeding my expectiatioe. Very busy and lf you don't look hard enough you might not even find them as their glass is not see through , no one waiting outside the get customers , only locals eat here looks like. I think their review should be at least 4.6 or up. Much mumu better than other high revuew...

¿Volvería? No. No es un lugar que te ofrezca algo que te motive. Si vas por la bota gratis, 4 cervezas o 3 copas es lo necesario, los precios están en el promedio; la comida de la botana, en general es pasable, fui en sábado: caldo de camarón (insípido), consome de barbacoa (pasable), barbacoa (tenía sabor aunque con bastante gordito, pero sí me gustó), tostadas de tinga (no las probé) y en la noche, nos dieron carne de hamburguesas con ensalada (esas sí estaban buenas); las porciones, bien, normales.

El servicio es bueno, aunque un poco lento. Lo del mariachi es cierto, pero no sé si la petición de canciones es gratis como leí en otro comentario, por lo menos ellos cuando se acercan, no te lo mencionan.

Lo mejor: el espacio, es agradable y la distancia entre mesas es bueno (no sé si sea por la pandemia), pero no tienes que alzar la voz, no terminas escuchando 10 platicas a la vez y no andas golpeando respaldos.

Lo malo: el estacionamiento, la página dice gratis pero te cobran $30; en tu boleto no registran el estado de tu vehículo, ni tus pertenencias, ya sabes, con el típico "no pasa nada", y efectivamente, nada pasó pero como dicen por ahí, nada pasa...