Date of Visit: Monday, 7/22/19 Time: 8:20 p.m. Group: 4 adults

Seeing positive reviews both on Tripadvisor and Google, I had very high expectations dining here and planned on vlogging our experience to showcase their business on my Youtube channel. I picked The Golden Lion with great care being that we were celebrating my parents 41st wedding anniversary.

8:22 p.m. They were not busy upon our arrival at 8:22 p.m. on a Monday night. We requested the top deck seating to get the best views. We waited about 5 minutes, then the girl who seated our party of 4 actually took Another couple (NOT in our group) to take all of us upstairs, which I thought was a little unusual. Looking back, I should've taken that as a sign.

We were taken to a table that was not clean (yet). The hostess seemed in a rush to clear the table quickly that a glass and something else fell off the table that was crooked.

Knowing that it was already past 8 p.m., we were ready to place our order the first time our server came for our drink orders (just 4 waters). We ordered 4 things (I asked for calamari as my entree) and we also ordered chips and salsa for our appetizer.

At 9:11 pm (time stamp on my iPhone XR) and over 30 minutes later, the chips and salsa came. AND my calamari (ordered as entree) came together when it should've come out with the rest of our food (another sign). At this point, we really should've left but my parents were patient and my brother and I were enjoying our time with them (albeit our hunger).

We kept waiting. Our server rarely passed our table. My father had to ask for his water to be refilled and my poor mom was growing tired and hungry, understandably.

At 9:20 p.m., we have waited longer than what is acceptable. Feeling embarrassed that I took my parents here, I walked downstairs to the hostess (since our server was nowhere to be found) and told the girl at the front that we were ready to leave. I asked to see the manager very kindly. I also showed her the timer I had going, on my iPhone to show exactly how many minutes we had been waiting. She said the manager, Tony would come up and that our food should be coming.

9:25 p.m. the rest of the food finally came. Keep in mind that we were seated at 8:25 p.m. I asked the server what happened and she said like 2 of the cooks went home. I don't recall if she apologized or not.

I completely lost my appetite (since I was the only one with the food that came out about 40 minutes after placing it).

Although their website boasts they're open 7 Days from 11am to 11pm, at 9:25 p.m., the place was close to empty, their umbrellas downstairs were all closed/folded and their clear blinds were drawn. (No, it was not raining on Monday night, 7/22, weather was actually nice that evening).

My mother's fish and chips were bland, dad's Philly cheesesteak was on the smallest bread he had ever seen on a Philly, and my brother's burger was underwhelming.

We couldn't wait to leave. Oh, and by the way, I told the hostess on the way out that the manager, Tony never came to see us. All she could do was apologize.

I had high expectations for this place and wished that I could give a more positive review but sadly, it is unlikely that we will come back.