The Golden Lion in The Vale of Glamorgan

Fantastic service, great food and very friendlyatmosphere. Very friendly bar staff. Amy and Alizee couldn't do enough

Me and my other half went up the golden lion to watch the football and meet some friends for some drinks and some food, the food was brilliant, came out piping hot and tasted amazing. The staff were lovely and very accommodating even though it was a very busy night, we weren’t waiting long to be served. Amy behind the bar was delightful and constantly had a smile on her face, even though she was working hard throughout. Will definitely be coming back here either for food, drinks or both!

Food here is really good. We've been here every week for the last few weeks and always good and served with a smile by Leah. 👌

Popped in after work on a Tuesday for some food and drinks. My partner likes to watch the football or whatever sport is on and I usually tag along. It was a lovely evening and the bar staff were as welcoming as always. Aimee took our drinks order and food order and was lovely. Liam was in the kitchen and brought out our food order promptly. We usually order the dirty fries each and a chicken goujon to share. The portions are generous and we were full up! Cannot fault the food or the staff. Lovely evening and I can’t wait to come back. Thank you to Aimee and Liam for a great experience.

What a fab carvery Sunday lunch,homemade fresh, great gravy, traditional pub,nice staff,friendly with a very attentive landlord Thank you Paul

Great food, good prices and always a good laugh.

Great beers and good atmosphere

disgusting food. it's impossible to eat 😫🤮 Has an unpleasant aftertaste

A super pub with a variety of alcoholic and non alcoholic beers and lagers. Great staff.

Great selection of beers, friendly staff and locals oh and tge best pork scratchings. Well worth the visit.

Great pub beer great welcome been here few times will 100% return

Great local pub, with a good turnover of quality beers. Good for watching sport as well.

Had really lovely Sunday lunch .Will defo return ...soon ..

To Liam and staff. Lovely meal great service. Definitely would go again. Lovely atmosphere Parsnips were AZAMING. THANK YOU TO ALL STAFF

It’s a busy Saturday night, the bar is stacked with dirty glasses, cleared by regulars, and the bar manager is sitting in the garden with friends while the barman struggles to cope. This local pub is floundering.

Four of us went and had a couple of beers each. Very reasonable prices, well kept beer and friendly staff. Good atmosphere, dog friendly, eclectic Juke box. Small but very nice pub.

One of the best selections of different drafts in and around Penarth.

What a great experience from a traditional proper local pub ! On the off chance visited this great pub in the centre of Penarth ! Proper old fashioned carvery with help yourself to veg and gravy just Ike your mum has made , with a fabulous selection of beers, lagers etc etc just great you need to try it !

Just back from An Amazing Sunday carvery! Great food, portions and taste. Staff All excellent and lovely atmosphere. Perfect lunch for the family.

Went for Carvery , absolutely fab. Served well, hot and fresh, would highly recommend. Thank you Paul and staff. Amazing.

Lovely food cooked fresh . Dog friendly and good prices great staff will be back

Very friendly and mid range (for Penarth) prices. Nice to have a pub near the TC with a garden.

Great food. Ridiculous portions. Surprisingly cheap! We turned up during a national rugby match and the atmosphere was amazing. Still gave top service despite being very busy. Would highly recommend.

Excellent selection of larges, and a regular change of cask ales.

Wouldnt reccomend this place. The bar staff are very rude and I witnessed a man being refused a drink because of the colour of his skin. Very racist. Wont be visiting here again.

First visit, just poped in for a drink. Barmaid was friendly and there was a good crowd of people in which was surprising for a back street pub. Good selection of drinks, definately would go again.

Yes! Proper pub, comfy, full of locals, little beer garden, excellent music choices and a great array of beers. Grey trees and VOG options on cask. What a great find.

Excellent pub, good beer very popular

What an amazing place. This is what traditional pubs should all look like. A really nice pint the staff are so friendly and smiling.

Easily the best pub in Penarth. Serving up a great variety of beers, friendly staff, and most of all a "proper pub" atmosphere without any tacky gimmicks - where you can simply go and enjoy a good quality pint with friends.

What an absolute gem of a pub - Epic beers, food, staff and prices - The Golden Lion is captivating and unique - How pubs should be - Thank you

Great food, great beer, nice atmosphere

Lovely food, really well decorated and a lovely local pub vibe

Lovely being back at the lion for new years. The staff are so lovely. Special shout out to Amy, Dani and Aimee. They were super welcoming and it’s lovely to see some new faces behind the bar. We’ve heard there’s a renovation that’s happening in the next week or so. It would be lovely to see some new things on the food menu and perhaps a shift in the drinks menu a smidge. The crowd that pops into the lion has changed a bit and it would be nice to it compete with other bars with offers on shots etc. jagerbombs, baby Guinness etc. every other pub in Penarth does something and it would be nice to see the lion do the same. Aside from that, it’s my favourite pub in Penarth. Highly recommended.

Friendly. Good economic food. Juke box.

Haven’t been to the lion for a while. Thought We’d give it a go tonight. My partner ordered fish and chips, I ordered steak and onion sandwich with chips and onion rings. Partners fish wasn’t even cooked, my steak and onion sandwich was lovely. Chips were awful. They forgot my onion rings and then when they did bring them, was just a load of batter on the plate. Not sure whether they have a new cook in there, but tbh was the worst food we’ve had in a long time.

Street corner local with outstanding food.

Always been a great pub. With hard working staff. Even better now that they have John Smiths on tap again

One of the best pubs in Penarth. Always a good atmosphere.

Great proper pub with character and independent cask ales from welsh brewers

This is what the local should be like, good range of beers, pub grub, Sky Sports etc and great locals with a bellyful of laughs

Wonderful staff, such a warm and cosy atmosphere.

Nice pub nice atmosphere nice beer .nice

Food was not good steak over cooked scampi over cooked, love the pub but food, never again, wish I went to the chip shop.

Excellent find for Sunday lunch. Good value roast chicken or beef with food on plate rather sharing bowls. Regular was plenty. Only downside was wife is vegan, gluten and nut free but had big portion of sweet potato fries and lots of salad. Lovely friendly pub with excellent service. Will definitely go again next time there

Very disappointing i went on the website there was nothing about booking, no app to download . I emailed in advance nobody got back to me. So went up to pub greeted with you have to book. Very disappointed

nice local pub ,staff very helpful,would return 👍

Perfect little traditional pub with a warm, friendly atmosphere. Great for small gathering or quiet pint with your dog.

Great choice of drinks, phenomenal food! Welcoming staff, what more do you need!

Good well run local. If a traditional pub with a juke box and sport on TV is your thing, then this is the place in Penarth.

Great pub hope it stays forever

No waring about hot water in the ladies toilet No sanitation in toilet

We toured Wales on our bikes and we made this our local when we were out for food and a drink,fantastic boozer with a nice balanve between old school and modern,loved ot.

Lovely food.. The burger n chips were delicious. Staff and locals were friendly. Came across this by accident but glad we dud. Had a very enjoyable evening.

The Lion is our regular and we brought my parents here for dinner and to watch the Lions on tv. The new chef has brought a beautiful new selection of food and the curry I had was amazing. I’m always such a fan of the food here and the staff are always amazing. Big shout out to Craig, Carys, Anwen and Alex for the brilliant service

Been going hear for years+absolutely loved the food untill 3 weeks ago! I had gammon+chips +it tasted strong of fish as I don't think the oil as been changed in months . They don't peel the potatoes for the chips either! It was almost unedible but I eat most of it as I was so hungry. Please landlord! Go back to how it used to be as I miss eating there so much.

Nice beer, good place to watch the football

Friendly and professional service. Really good, beer/cider. Recommended

Went to Golden Lion with 2 friends to watch football and have a meal on 3 December, the day before new restrictions were imposed. We had to book, but that was fine. The food we had: 2 x burgers and 1 x steak was fabulous. It was far superior to what you might expect from a traditional pub. The burgers were fantastic, steak tender and cooked to perfection. The chips were lovely as well. The cost was fantastic, food and a pint for under £10 - an absolute bargain. COVID restrictions meticulously observed. Will defo be going back.

Friendly table service. Good distancing. X

Lovely pub; delicious food with good sized portion (fish and chips was brilliant and great flavour), excellent friendly service from the staff, and well priced. Nice enclosed beer garden at the back. Highly recommended, we will return.

Having been back a few times since lockdown has lifted, we finally got around to ordering some food off the new menu. My partner and I both had the Texan burgers and a side of halloumi fries and it was beautiful. The food was hot and most importantly, delicious. I am a particular fan of the new chips and the rosemary is a lovely addition. Nice to see safety measures implemented with hand sanitiser readily available, a one way system and track and trace sign in sheets at the bar. They already implemented the rule of a maximum of 6 to a table so the new measures brought in are already in place here. The staff were lovely as always and a big shout-out to Craig for cooking up a storm and to the lovely bar staff Amy and Alex. Can’t wait to pop back soon!

After being closed for months this local pub has gone that extra mile to keep staff and customers safe? Fantastic food and friendly staff will come again.

Great locals pub. Great beer. Dog friendly so always a plus. Good always looks good value but not tried yet. Lovely courtyard garden

Great company in a nice, relaxing proper pub. Good beer and attentive barman. All in all, a great evening out.

Really decent proper pub, good prices and good staff👍

Nice little pub good food and good staff

went here for food and i was not dissaponted the food was lovely i would highly reccomend to anyone amazing keep up the good work

Mom is great always go here for brows the girls are lovely

Lovely pub, enjoy each visit shame they changed the menu to one that is more expensive with the usual classic pub favorites now substituted for more trendy food but not classic pub food. Where is Gammon and egg, Pie and chips, sausage and mash, proper salad not trendy lettuce leaf with a bit of coleslaw. Things move on but not always for the better. Having said this the pub is good as are the friendly staff and always good beer and wine.

Food can be hit or miss, particularly the Sunday carvery. Several times the food was cold.

Great local pub with good real ales.

Good pub to watch sport , good real ales and a great place to socialize with the locals. This is a proper pub , with good prices. Second time I have reviewed this pub , last time was a year ago and it still has the same vibe. Not a classy pub to impress someone , so don't go on a date night there

Was in there and a member of staff was very nasty to me I belive her name was Rachel won’t ever be going there again shocking staff

First time. Cloudy cider best I have had pub clean and tidy great menue will go again

Always a lively place to go for all ages, great selection of beers at good prices. Warm community spirit with a welcoming atmosphere

Great food, great beer, excellent value, excellent service and a nice atmosphere.

Good place for a staff leaving party ???????

Good old fashioned boozer and a great variety of beers. Great home made food and home made chips.

Looks like the place you wouldn't want to eat in but I have to say we both had a fantastic reasonably priced steak with lovely chips and salad. Always great beer and atmosphere

Excellent choice of beers, food cheap and cheerful, friendly atmosphere

A good traditional local pub with large windows that give it a nice open feel. Well stocked bar, with a decent selection of drinks.

Good pub food especially the chips and excellent ales

First visit to this pub. Food was cheap and acceptable.... Value for money

Very buzzy pub for a Monday evening, good beer too.

A proper old pub. Watched Wales v Tonga here as part of my friends stag do and it was superb. Good beer, good food (particularly the onion rings) and great service.

Friendly pub with a good choice if ales and cider

A great traditional bar with the sports embraced with a good atmosphere. The food is good and honest to stop the hunger pains.

Good pub for sport and bar food. It can be very busy on weekends. Basically a locals pub off the town centre about five minutes from the town. Friendly staff. Basic pub grub.

Love this place. Great food and great staff. I highly recommend.

The pub is in the heart of penarth. If you want a no frills pub with great beer , good prices , and sport , with a good local atmosphere , then this is for you . The food is average , but the real...

Good beer choice, well kept pub.

Great local pub. Good variety of real ales. Great food & Friendly staff.

Lovely pub polite people good selection of drinks.we had food good value for money.Toilets are nice and clean.Shall visiting again. Definitely recommend. X

Was in Penarth on Sat 23rd June and with the weather being very warm popped into the Golden Lion for a quick drink. Great looking pub inside and they had the Rugby playing on the screens. Was served by Craig who was very welcoming and...

Good locals Penarth pub. 99% guarantee of a decent Welsh ale at a favourable price.

It's hard to find a proper pub these days, this is one of a few left, great beer selection , does food which is top class and Paul the landlord is a top guy.

A lovely beer garden and the food cooked by Craig is fantastic and cooked perfect.

It’s very good however I do miss the Sunday lunch carvery😔,however the Sunday lunch is still lush!!

Good friendly atmosphere and a good range of drinks.