The White Lion — Restaurant in Bassetlaw

Went here to see the Saturday entertainment and decided to eat prior to it beginning. Ordered two mains, Greek style kebabs and plain Margherita pizza. First the kebab, wife chose chicken tikka and tiger prawn as her two choices. Quality was good but only got 4 prawns and 4 pieces of chicken, bit of salad and nice feta cheese, small pot of hummus, scoop of tzatziki, reasonable portion of skinny fries and a flat bread. Whole dish was ok but nowhere near worth the £18.50 cost. Mark up must be over 200%. Now the pizza, this goes into my top 3 of worst ever pizzas I have encountered. They used fresh (or tinned, not sure) tomatoes on top of the base then mozzarella on top of that. The base was so soggy/slimy I couldn’t eat it. A small part of the crust was crispy - I suspect this was at the back of the oven - but the rest was chewy. I honestly don’t think it was cooked enough but couldn’t really tell as there was so much sloppy cheese and tomato on top. Anyway, most of my pizza was left on the plate. I told the waitress my thoughts when she collected the plates and she said sorry and would I like another. I declined I couldn’t face another. When the bill arrived there was no deduction for the pizza I couldn’t eat so I asked for some sort of reduction and I received 10% off the bill (£2.95). So basically I paid £8 for a pizza crust. I have had far better frozen pizza from supermarkets for a couple of quid. Certainly we will not be eating here again. Drinks were expensive too. The entertainment was...

Updated - June 2025 - Friendly ,happy . Good beer ,good prices. NB - THERE IS NOW ( DUE TO NON CUSTOMERS BLOCKING UP THE SMALL CARPARK ) A VEHICLE BOOKING IN SYSTEM WITH ANPR CAMERAS..

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Nov 2024 .. late night Sunday 'lunch' rang ahead for a table for two & a beef dinner for two ( served until 1800 here ). Arrived on time from a long journey. Food was ready & tasty. Reasonable price ( -£15: 95??) Staff happy, accomodating & patient. Nice beer. Recommended..

Summer '24 - Good food, good company, good beer, good times. Recommended.. Had the steak & ale pie 🥧.. chips& gravy, excellent. Good portion of chips & peas but the one person pie was huge ! Good texture short rust pastry.. very meaty filling. Good taste - no need for more seasoning. Hospitality was second to none . Ample car parking ( Inc disabled spots) Disabled access to side. Nice Beer garden. Nice quiet location, but near to town centre. Close to the cinema Easy walking distance to...

Walk in 14:45hrs Sunday afternoon. Told there was no space for ordering food until 17:00hrs as fully booked as a party booking was to arrive soon (we sat by the restaurant entrance and did not see them arrive ….) and priority was given to booked reservations. 60% of pub restaurant unused for the 2hrs we waited for food. Two restaurant tables of poss eight did have “Reserved” on them but others were set up for dining but were never used. When we did get served, the food was good, the general restaurant staff were very amenable and the restaurant area was much quieter and more conducive than the noisy bar area. We felt the restaurant operation could have been so much better managed. Most importantly the Owner/“Head Waitress”? needed a quiet word to help her understand how she might handle the stress more professionally and speak less aggressively to the...