Golden Lion / Irish Pub in Scarborough

Fantastic friendly atmosphere as we stumbled across pub with a group of live musicians playing great Irish music. A real surprise and great free entertainment. Also sold a wide range of Irish drinks.

After spending 100s of pounds yesterday afternoon as a group of 13,we were rudely told by a young lad with big ears working behind the bar to be quiet.We weren’t boisterous or using foul language and it was early Saturday evening for goodness sake !! He didn’t mind us spending our ££ in there,so we drunk up and swiftly left…absolutely terrible customer service and we will not return,costing them a lot of £££ !! Avoid if you want to enjoy yourself !!

We had a lovely drink in here our first night in Whitby. Wanted to go back in tonight however I was shouted at by the barman (who was outside having a fag) for encouraging my dog to have a wee opposie the bar before we went in. Yes, I am aware that people live in the flats above the shops (we are staying in one), but dogs do tend to pee up posts and that's true for every town we visit! Needless to say we won't be spending money here again. Such a shame that these reviews haven't been noted and this guys attitude changed.

Third time we ve been in here and rudely treat by the same barman.. not a place to go if you want to laugh and have a good time.. irish my shamrock!!

We visited on 6 Nov and had a lovely session here. Cider was great (so good I had three), 0% Guinness for hubby was fab too. Barman very hospitable and background music was just right! I recommend this lovely, authentic pub

I have been here many times and thought it was good but they have a horrible, loud and aggressive barman so will never return. It was empty the whole time I was there this time and I presume it is because of him. If I was the owner I would fire him immediately.

Started off very nice group of friends meeting whilst on holiday. Barman seemed very nice there was a problem with the draught coke so i waited without complaint. Went back to the bar and the he barman refused to serve us as he felt we were loud and boisterous. If he thought we were a problem he could have come and talked to us and we would have quietened down. Told us he wasn't serving us anymore Fxxxxxg drinks. Told us to leave cause he couldn't be Fuxxxxxg bothered with us. Customer service at its worse. And how the place is able to stay open is beyond me. Obviously don't need the money. Very sad as having a bar with atmosphere is paramount at this time and the best way to make money.