The Golden Lion — Restaurant in West Lancashire

Heard a rumour that one of my favourite local eateries was in new hands these days. So I popped in to see if my friends Liv and Lennie were still there. But they've moved on now, so I thought I'd test out their replacements. And I'm very glad I did too. I'm thinking that the people of Rainford must be particularly patient, because I was greeted by a very happy young manager named Ben, and we had a proper good old chat. Not just a cursory "how do you do" exchange, but a real good old fashioned natter, before he told me about our new chef Lewis, and then introduced me to young Zoe, who looked after me beautifully for the rest of the afternoon. And I realised, I hadn't had a simple good old fashioned cheeseburger for over two years now, so Zoe brought me a delightfully filling burger with a side order of sweet potato fries. It was delicious. Every bit as good as I remembered it. Maybe the staff might change and the management might be different, but the smiles are just as warm and the food is just as gorgeous. I'm glad I tried the new Golden Lion out. It's still amazing. I'll be checking it out again next month too. FIVE STARS PLUS...

If you are a breastfeeding woman, do not visit, even for a coffee. I was told to cover up myself while breastfeeding my newborn as it was a man’s pub, it was inappropriate and no one wants to see that. I don’t know how I could cover myself anymore when I had a button down blouse on. I was told to cover myself with a blanket. I was told “this is a man’s pub”. I am absolutely so disgusted and upset, especially as breastfeeding publicly is protected by law. Another gentleman in the pub said I don’t mind at all, it’s natural and doesn’t bother me, but the rude barmaid insisted I cover up. I felt utterly humiliated and upset. I would not recommend here for women, or anyone who respects equality.

My husband asked to have a quiet word with her and was immediately met with “it’s my pub and I’ll decide what happens and what people can do”. She then referenced saying “if I don’t want a dog in my pub I don’t have to”. I will assume the woman was the landlady, an older woman with blonde hair. So not only did she humiliate me, but she also insulted me. An absolute disgrace to...

Would not recommend this place order starter and main meals was told meal would be 25 minutes expected starters to be served within that time 45 minutes later starters came while eating this was informed that they had no pepper sauce to go with steaks was offered another saucewhich I had not heard of staff didn't know what it was ended up having to have gravy when this arrived gravy was so thick it would not pour from jug on order I asked for steaks to be welcomed with no fat was told that this had been put on order after waiting for 1 hour to eat steak was fatty gravy had to be sent back asked for no salad on 1 meal both came with salad which was all bad enough not one staff member came to ask if food was ok and then I find there is a 5star food rating stuck in the window I would not recommend...