The Lion in Arun

We visited the lion this evening our two small children this evening and we were so happy with the service and meals . Great food, very fairly priced , brilliant choice of vegetarian options and specials . We felt welcomed and comfortable, they really accommodated for us . Would 100% recommend. Thank you for a lovely evening

I went for Sunday lunch 13th June 2021.It was gorgeous.I had the best fillet of plaice I have had in a very long time.My companions had the roast turkey with all the trimmings. The veg was great too. Well cooked and plentiful.The service was excellent and it was clean and safe inside. Highly recommended

Excellent Saturday dinner. Great food, service and staff. We were booked for 8.45, arrived early and our table was ready. Absolutely nothing to fault. SUPERB

Absolutely fantastic family lunch, food and service were excellent, very reasonable kids menu, highly recommended if you are in the area.

Great service and the food is excellent. Lovely home cooked pub food, large portions. Huge selection of food for adults and especially big selection for kids. Well done. We will be back l

A big thanks to all of the team at The Lion. A large family group of 14 of us were extremely well looked after, all covid compliant, service was excellent with us all having a drink served to us within 5 minutes of sitting down, food was brilliant - all home cooked and an excellent choice. Happy staff that can't do enough for you.

Do not be put off by first impressions as you approach and enter The Lion (a bit of loutish behaviour and high jinks by 'some' of the drinkers - certainly on the two occasions we visited, once for a drink and the other to eat), as the restaurant is really good!Great food, lovely friendly staff and good value. Would certainly recommend a visit!

Visited whilst inside only was allowed. Nice outdoor terrace, part covered with heaters. Nice pints of Fursty Ferrit and excellent not expensive food. Staff and customers very friendly

Without a shadow of a doubt, this is our favourite place to go for dinner in Pagham. Whenever we have friends round, we know we can rely on the Lion for delicious food- never had a bad meal or experience here. The food is always piping hot and fresh with the service always friendly. The best garlic bread around and the puddings are to die for! Thanks The Lion for always being amazing!

Had a lovely meal with my family would highly recommend it. Service was spot on and they were very good with the new civic restrictions followed every rule and didn’t make things feel uncomfortable whilst doing so!

I have dined here 3 weeks in a row with family members and every week has exceeded my expectations! The food is second to none, always fresh and piping hot. There was hand sanitizer available throughout the pub and (stupidly last night I had forgotten a mask) the lovely waitress actually provided me with one! Thank you for that. My daughter loves the moules mariniere from the specials board, and the king prawns and fillet steak are to die for! I was very impressed with the staffs control of the Covid-19 situation and every week the staff can’t do enough to still make it a pleasant experience with such difficult times. Thank you again the lion!

This is a local pub to me. Booked for Sunday lunch. The food was great. I had salmon and my companion had Sunday lunch. The food was well cooked and excelleveg was perfect Excellent Service. Lovely atmosphere.

I have probably eaten at this pub over 100 times in the last 10 years and the food is always above average and last night was no different but as for being Covid friendly the public bar area rates at zero . We decided to book a table for drinks for an hour before our restaurant table was ready as we were with friends and I had recommended the Lion for the food and hospitality..but the bar was full of loud noisy youngsters cuddling , play fighting , shouting , swearing and about 8 to a table although they mainly was standing or walking back and forwards with no masks and smoking vapes indoors with absolutely no social distancing observed and as more turned up and the hugging greetings got worse and louder it was then that the security and bar staff lost control and just let it continue , the staff were apologising to us for their behaviour and if the Police had arrived they would certainly have closed the pub and fined the landlord , and there was also no names or numbers taken for track and trace . The crazy thing was you walked 25M into the restaurant area and it was like a completely different place.. I will definitely return for a meal again but will drink in one of the other local pubs first and turn up just for food in the future . tier 2 awaiting ..

Every time we come to the lion we have a wonderful meal. The staff and food are the best in the area !! Thank you!

We tried to book a meal here on a Wednesday but it was fully booked so we booked for the Thursday when we arrived we was told it was steak night I was shocked as we hadn't been told this and I don't eat steak but the waitress asked the chef if I could have something of the menu which wasn't a problem food was lovely and desserts were to die for.

Excellent service provided by all the staff. Friendly, knowledgeable & thoughtful. Great, safe (covid friendly) place. The food was excellent. We had belly of pork with crispy noodles & muscles as our starters. Followed by rib eye steak & skate wing. Dessert was lemon meringue & bread & butter pudding. Everything was homemade & EXCELLENT. Will go there again on our next trip.

Visited for dinner one evening, nice atmosphere. Service was appealing, took about 15 minutes to take our drinks orders and other people were served before us. Then we were asked to order our food at the same time. The staff were a little abrupt and no eye contact or acknowledgement when we arrived. Social distancing not good as we had people on another table sitting less than 1 metre away. So, having said all that the food was very good and we all enjoyed it. I will give it another go and hope it was just a bad night....

We went to The Lion for a meal last night, there were 4 of us. When we arrived someone came straight to us and said she would be back to seat us when she had taken plates to wherever they had to go.She did come straight back and took us to our table, there was a very extensive menu with a lot of specials for each course.Two had fish and chips, one had Lasagne and I had salmon, the food was delicious and more than enough to satisfy our appetites as none of us completely finished our meals.We then had puddings because they were so tempting and again very well presented.The staff were very attentive and very friendly, they were very busy as a lot of people turned up very close together but the waiting times were good and the food well worth waiting for.I thoroughly recommend this place for a visit.

Fantastic pub ,one of best pub meals we have had ,Hubbie had surf and turf ,and the best steak and prawns he’s had I had lamb rump amazing,we will be back next year ,as just booked for another holiday in pagham

Staying in Selsey we looked for a local pub for a Monday treat lunch. The White Lion delivered! Nothing was too much trouble with the service timely, friendly and efficient. I’m sure staff were smiling beneath their masks. My daughter chose 2 starters - King Prawns and Korean sesame chicken, my 2 yr old granddaughter chose 2 courses off the set lunch menu (£11) and had plaice followed by lemon meringue pie. I chose the salmon wrapped in lemon sole and butter sauce (truly outstanding!) with fresh veg, mash and sweet potato fries - plentiful and faultlessly. Others around us sitting outside were eating sandwiches etc - but goodness they should try from the broader menu! Total happy joy joy successful visit. If the pub could run to a changing table for babes in the spacious super clean loos - please add one when you can. Visit you again soon we hope.

We were staying locally down at Church Farm Caravan Site for a few days and rather than have to book to enter a crowded bar on site, we wandered out and walked the 11 minutes down the road to this pub. We entered about 8:30 on a Sunday night and asked if food was still being served? It was, so two of our party of 4 ordered some starters (we had enjoyed a LARGE lunch, and my wife and I still weren't hungry!) while we enjoyed our drinks.The food arrived after a short (10 minute?) wait. My daughter had a Crab Cocktail (I tasted it, it was delicious!) and some Whitebait which she couldn't finish, so the human dustbin (moi!) polished them off. They were probably the best whitebait I had EVER had! They were substantial in size, piping hot, steaming white flesh and a crispy bread-crumbed coating, served with a tartare sauce. They really were VERY good!My daughter's partner enjoyed his BBQ ribs and the ambience of the pub was inviting. Two employees checked back with us that everything was OK with the food.A very enjoyable drink and snack and I would highly recommend it to other adults staying locally.

Went on Friday night 04 Sep. Had a great meal, I had the chicken liver pate to start then the rolled neck of lamb. All the staff were friendly and attentive. They all wore face masks, which made us feel safe.

Had meal outside 6.30 pm 4th September table 63. Had crispy stuffed rolled pork with dauphinoise potatoes and fresh vegetables. Wonderful meal and service. Not rushed, nice and friendly. All staff wearing masks, social distancing observed. They got so busy we couldn't go back in to leave a tip and say how pleased we were.Many thanks

We are a family of 5, one teen and two boys with a healthy appetite. Both boy chose from the children's menu and were vey happy with the choices. Teen has a burger. Both my husband and I have been vegetarian for a number of years. Recently husband has needed to be GF. This can cause a bit of a wobble at restaurants. No meat or flour??? Anyhoo, we called ahead and checked that GF was an option. we were reassured that this would be absolutely fine. I was sent the menus so we would have a little look. Obviously, the list was bit reduced due to the no meat choice, but there was still a fw GF V options.All staff were very happy and helpful. As we ( adults) weren't too hungry we decided to share a few GF veggie dishes and when the children's food came out Husband enquired about GF chips ( this can be quite hard because of oil contamination). With in 5 minutes or so a massive dish of GF chips arrived. We hadn't redid them but they were on the house, This of course added more delight to our lovely experience already and were greatly received. We have become fond of Pagham and although we have been to other restaurants this was our first time at The Lion. We would definitely go back. The staff would not do enough for us to make our evening one to remember. Extremely good value. Help out to Eat out also.Happy husband, easy life for the wife. :-)

Went for the 50 50 meal Was absolutely delicious Staff lovely despite the power cuts Great evening thankyou

Came here with my family. The service was very good and the food was immense! I had the Korean chicken to start and was my favourite starter I think I’ve had and the ribeye main course with peppercorn sauce and dauphinoise. The steak was perfectly cooked and so tender, the food was very flavoursome and the dauphinoise were the best! Will definately be coming back!

Stop gap before work. Lovely staff, fitted me in as I was dining alone. Very busy I’m sure also because of the 50% deal but would highly recommend. Lovely food and my blonde waiter was such a lovely young man. Thank you.

Absolute gem of a pub, service is brilliant and the food is amazing. Even in these unsure times they have completely out done themselves. Thank you

Visited with my family while on holiday and everything about our meal was great. Staff are all very friendly and attentive and the food was excellent and fairly priced. Would definitely recommend for anyone visiting the area.

Really good dinner here last night, service was great and food excellent. Scallop and prawn starter was delicious and the mains were big tasty portions. Even without the eat out reductions the price was reasonable and was a good value family meal.

This pub always delivers! It’s our favourite place to eat as we know we will always get a good meal! Our favourites are; salmon with a creamy sauce, fillet steak (Guy always cooks this to perfection) and when they are available- Lobster Thermidor! Best pub in Pagham by far!!!

Visited a few weeks ago for Sunday lunch 3 tables outside food arrived were all very impressed Again while visiting the area called in for dinner outsideAgain service and food very good standard The new changes very good easy to navigate toilets spotless , handwash plentiful , staff and customers adhering to rules Well done staff and management red lionAnd Thankyou the government for our half price dinner for 6 !!!We will be back

Had a really lovely evening with my family and our dog food was absolutely fantastic the staff could not do enough to help you all had their faces covered up due to the virus They worked so hard.

My son took me here for a meal and it was very busy as the August deal . The manat the bar was very busy and was smiling which was great and Mel was amazing as she was smiling and gave top service with our meals . Thank you all

Nice pub, Nice staff and nice food I had the monkfish my friends had gammon and skate wing all the food was lovely and well presented

This was the second visit to the Lion in a couple weeks. The first I was taken there by a friend and the second I took someone. Both visits perrrrrrfect. From the ambience, service and what we obviously came for, THE FOOD. Second to none, cooked to perfection priced right and throughly a very pleasant experience. Will be looking forward to our next visit

We stayed at Haven down the road from the Lion. After having dinner there the first, it was the only place we ate!! A great welcoming pub with welcoming staff, absolutely amazing food which was great for a large family group, where nothing was too much trouble. I highly recommend!

The Lion Inn has an extensive A La Carte Menu, the seafood medley of scallop, king prawn and mussel was delicious ( a ( little small), portion-wise). The main of Skate Wing- outstanding. Lots of desert choices- we had one scoop of ice cream as a palate cleanser. The menu has lots of fish mains , which we liked as we are veering away from red meat to try and eat more healthily.

Great food,friendly staff, lovely atmosphere, even the dog was made welcome!! Highly recommended. 😊

We called in to the Lion and had a very nice meal ,the menu was only small due to the virus, but we found something .A good place to eat whilst on holiday at Church Farm.

Dined here last night with some friends and have to say it still remains my favourite restaurant. The staff always so friendly and welcoming and the social distancing steps in place were excellent and adhered to. All staff wore correct PPE , I saw them sanitising throughout service and the one way social distancing rules were followed. We had the prawns to start which were perfectly cooked and tasty. We then chose mains of rolled lamb shoulder, fish and chips and liver and bacon. The dauphinois potatoes are still a firm favourite of mine and the mixed veg perfectly cooked. I am returning again next week with some different friends and I am sure they will also enjoy their dining experience knowing the correct Covid preventions are being applied. Both will and Mia who attended to our table throughout the evening were amazing. An absolute credit to the Lion. Thank you guys for yet another perfect dining occasion. See you soon

Scrupulously clean. Staff wearing masks and gloves. Only one way in and out. Attention to detail should be recommended. Food was great. Lovely family get together at last!!

My husband and I went to The Lion for our wedding anniversary, we was going to go further afield but thought we should use the gem on our doorstep. I had moulds mariniere to start and hubby had pate, main he had surf and turf with chips and salad I had rolled lamb with dauphinois potatoes and veg. It was a food heaven

We came today as a group of 11, food was delicious, customer service was fantastic! Our waiter couldn't do enough for us. Will definitely be back

Very good service indeed - really lovely girl looked after us beautifully. Food was very good and excellent value. Decor is a little unprepossessing but don't be put off - we really enjoyed all the food we ordered. Would definitely go back.

Great food, great ambience, great surroundings and perfect service. The food was out of this world. I would definitely recommend this little pub.

Smiles from all the staff here, very friendly and polite. Delicious "Lion burger" with (blue cheese) and my son had the Scampi which was cooked to perfection rather than the usual golden brown breadcrumbs indicating rubber inside. Very clean and tidy, gorgeous log fire kept us cozy, a couple of games of pool and good English ale. Chef was interested in our opinions confirming his desire to please. Very nice indeed.

This is best in pagham by a mile excellent food . service worth every penny been here many times and always spot on

I have just taken my exercise group, 26 of us, to The Lion for a Christmas lunch party, and the organisation and service was excellent. The food was truly exceptional too, and very much enjoyed by all. Thank you for making the experience a stress-free event for me (who arranged it), so easy to organise, and so friendly and accommodating, with such a big group. Everyone has commented on the wonderful food, and the choice was excellent for a Christmas Menu, they even made sure that one lady had a gluten free choice, as she had requested. Absolutely faultless - thank you so much! Jane

Lovely atmosphere and friendly service makes a lovely combination, and to top it off food is fab. Thankyou for a lovely time , traditional pub recommend visiting if you are in the area

Came for a Sunday lunch recently which was delicious and worth every penny, although food was a little slow the waiting staff were very attentive and welcoming especially the lovely Isobel who made our stay worth while. Will definitely be returning.

We often eat at the pub when we stay with family during the holidays as we live abroad. Very family friendly and excellent food. Waitresses are smiley and attentive. Although they are sometimes very busy, I have always had a good experience and enjoy returning with my husband and child and the grandparents are regulars.

We come here for a Christmas meal! It was very very busy! There was a slight wait for food, however, we had homemade bread to fill a gap! And my - it was worth the wait!!!! The food was lovely! I had the Vegetable soup to start, followed by turkey and then Christmas pudding! Lovely food, great atmosphere and good service! We will be back!

I regularly go to the Lion for food and have often taken my 7 year old daughter. The place is very welcoming, great choice of menu and efficiant service. The staff are so helpful and friendly, its not often you get a real family friendly pub so i feel comfortable with young children. The food is always faultless and the portion sizes are excellent. I am due to return in the week with my girlfriends for a Christmas dinner/get together and we are all really looking forward to it!

Worst service in history, repeated delays meant lunch today took over four hours and food of poor quality too. Shambolic beyond belief. Wouldn’t eat here again under any circumstances and completely baffled as to how they have so many excellent ratings - a Russian algorithm perhaps?!

We haven't been to the Lion for some years because of the problems it went through but decided to give it another go. We took seven other people who had never been there before for a Christmas lunch.

If you visit Pagham, you must go to the Lion and have a meal, the food is just the best around, you have 4 pub restaurants in pagham, this is the best.

This is a a typical local pub turned restaurant turning out consistently good food. The only slight criticism was the atmosphere. The table behind us was ridiculously noisy which put a bit of a downer on the meal and it sounds like a lot of the customers are regular locals so it wasn’t the best choice for a romantic lunch. However the staff were lovely and it was value for money.

Amazing food so yummy . Fantastic staff always service with a smile and soo friendly . Deserts are heaven on a plate my favourite is the roulade . Amazing choice of drinks at the bar too and a good choice of flavoured gins . Will be visiting again . The lion never fails always have a fantastic time .

We have visited the Lion many times and have always had an excellent meal, The staff are friendly and make you feel welcome The food is excellent and the portion sizes are very generous.

Very slow service! We were first in the restaurant and drinks were served but it took 50 minutes for any food to be served. I asked

Came Saturday evening for a meal our first time as just moved into the village, the pub is very lively and busy our table was booked for 8.30 but we didn’t get seated until 8.50 not the end of the world had a drink at the bar, we were shown into the restaurant the tables are laid up beautifully, our table was in a corner I had to shuffle past a large table to get there, servers were great and very attentive and the food was lovely we both had specials from the board, in the other side of the bar they do have entertainment so if your just inside the restaurant it can be a little noisy, all in all we had a lovely meal and evening and will return but maybe on a wk night instead

We were staying at Church Farm and walked to this pub for a few drinks with our dog, Lovely pub with a open fire that was perfect on a wet and windy day, Will definitely return if we are back in the area.

We visited the Lion twice last week for even meals. Great food .and lovely staff. Such a lovely pub to visit

Went to this charming pub tonight , what a lovely friendly place , staff are so helpfull and attentive, I can’t remember when we enjoyed a meal so much, the selection of fish is great I recommend the plaice, then we had bread and butter pud so nice so all in all highly recommended

We usually eat here when in the area as it never disappoints. The service is excellent and the food tasty and plentiful.

Came here based on internet recommendation as we were staying in the local area. Very busy pub but service was spot on at the bar. Ordered our food and sat outside in the sun whilst we waited for our food. Didn’t have to wait long and it was delicious! Lovely surroundings, reasonable prices and great food. Will visit again.

We decided to use this pub because of the great reviews, I’m glad we did it definitely did not disappoint.

We have just visited this pub which was recommended by the hotel we are staying at. The usual menus food was great value and the specials boards focused mainly on locally caught fish. I had the sea bass in a creamy prawn sauce which was excellent (£17)...

We have been regulars here for years but this year the quality of food seems to have gone downhill, not sure why or if the staff have changed, it’s just not the same, sadly.

Have had a holiday home in pagham for 4 years and have never been to the lion. After looking for somewhere different to go for my birthday dinner last night. We finally decided on the lion! What can I say the food is to die for, pictures & latest menu attached. Fillet steak was amazing!! I love a steak and wasn’t expecting too much but it was honestly amazing. Then lemon meringue pie . We had a lovely meal, I would recommend you book as it gets busy. Service was a bit slow once we had finished but it was busy and a Friday night! Will definitely be returning.

We visited this pub restaurant as a family looking for a reasonably priced home cooked meal and they really did deliver! Amazing food and a definite must visit!

What a fabulous pub this is!! Discovered the Lion by accident but so glad we did. The food was fantastic and the staff were very accommodating when my husband wanted to change his order as he didn’t like the curry.

We have had family and group events here recently and have been very impressed each time. As a coeliac, I really appreciate the care and attention the chef and staff pay to my dietary requirements. The food is always excellent and very tasty.

We had a limited amount of time between meetings but the staff still managed to serve up an excellent lunch for us. Wish we had more time to relax and enjoy it.

We eat here by choice when we are in Pagham.

A lovely friendly pub and good selection of food on the menu and . Staff are helpful and professional . Thank you .

Traditional old style pub. Had fish & chips Didn't take long to arrive and food was spot on. Would recommend it.

Four of us booked into The Lion for a mid week meal while visiting the area. It turned out to be a good choice.

Food was fantastic and staff were extremely welcoming and friendly. Will definitely visit again. Highly recommended.

Wonderful food, great staff and our local, aren’t we the lucky ones. Many thanks Stuart, you run a great pub.

dined at the lion the last two evenings, and really enjoyed the pub our food and the staff were lovely too

We went to the lion on Saturday night. There were 20 of us and kids too. Staff were amazing and took kids orders first and adults after. The female waitresses were so lovely and very patient and kids were actually very well behaved. We didn’t bother the other diners and even the waitress said how good all the kids were.

Spent an evening with friends in the restaurant, lovely meal, we have been to this place many times always very pleased with the food. well worth a visit best for miles

7 of us went today for a late lunch, 6 of us had roast absolutely delicious I had the tarragon chicken again delicious and highly recommend the cappuccino brûlée all in all the food was fab and the service was excellent would definitely go back.

Visited here with my husband and mother in law as visiting mother in law. We have eaten here quite a few times, delicious food and nice variety. Always a selection of specials for starters and mains. Some meals bit pricey but it’s worth it as food is delicious. Staff friendly and it’s a nice cosy little pub inside.

Whilst visiting Pagham on holiday I had a revisit to The Lion for a pint of ale. There was not the selection as when I visited last year, the pub was quiet only a few customers eating and a few drinking. As it was still early in the year and no children on holiday that may be the reason.I had a quick pint and left.

With ‘The Pettycoat Government’ in tow we visited for lunch.

Absolutely first class food. One had macaroni cheese which was described as excellent, one had gammon egg and chips who loved the chips and one had the lion burger which was excellent. Presented lovely. Helpful service and very respectful. Would highly recommend

Appalling! The owner has no respect for customers. We spent over £300 and he was so rude to us. We learnt he’s been driven out of another local pub for similar reasons. Will never return which is a shame as the food and other staff were lovely. Avoid at all costs, a rip off and purely a greedy man looking to line his pockets

Find it very strange that you have a great lunch,spend £270 pounds, then get told to order drinks from the bar, after tipping £20 to waitress..real shame. More customer service skills required, maybe we will go elsewhere next time, possibly the lamb,herd it’s good😂😂😂😂

I am yet to find anywhere in comparison to this pub. The food is always cooked to perfection, with such a wide varied menu and specials board it’s hard to know what to chose! We come here often for family meals as we have had bad experiences at other local places, but the lion is yet to disappoint. A large group of us came here on Easter Sunday and seeing how busy the pub was we were, understandably, expecting a wait. We were wrong, all 3 courses came out in a decent time frame especially as we had children with us! The atmosphere outside was second to none and we will continue to use this local place as often as we can! Give it a try, and make your own judgment, you won’t be disappointed!

This is our 7 th time here and I have to say it was very disappointing today ,the quality was poor today the service was poor aswell when I complained I was told that the normal chef was on holiday and they had brought in cover .To be honest you would of been better not serving at all today we brought a large group with us and told them how good this place was and such great standards and food but this was not to be today it will be our last time here we will try one of the other pubs that serve food that are close by

The menu is good, specials looked varied too. Reasonably priced . Friendly service. The friend we went with said not to go as she’d been twice before and service slow ... I didn’t agree this time - if you’re in a rush with a big group maybe so but food and service good enough to suffer any delays.

We discovered this charming pub when we stayed in Bognor Regis for a few days. It’s a great English pub with everything you may want to find! And the beer garden must be great in the summer!

You must try the open steak and kidney pie --OMG it was absolutely delicious. We were not constantly being asked if everything was ok. The food is reasonable The waitress's are very friendly and have a laugh with you.

Visited the lion on Mothering Sunday with my mum, sister, daughter and granddaughter. All I can say is wow. The lion never fails to provide excellent service with deliciously tasting and presented meals. We chose the mussels, soup, chicken and belly of pork as starters. Followed by the chicken, lobster Thermidor and skate for our mains. All were thoroughly enjoyed. Even my granddaughter ate all of hers which is rare and a testament to their chef. I love it here so much I am returning tonight with a friend for dinner. Well done to everyone at the lion for yet another fantastic dining experience. having trouble uploading pics of food so will add them after.

We visited with some friends , food was really nice , there were good choices on menu and food was reasonably priced . Staff were friendly and helpful. Would definitely recommend and come again.

Went here for the second time this year .Really good food -staff were good and helpful. we decided to return a couple of weeks later. Thought we would have an early dinner so booked for 6 o clock. We arrived and the restaurant was half full already. 15 minutes later the place was full. We then waited half an hour for our orders to be taken and then an hour for our starter!!. I cant understand why you would book all these people in at the same time. The kitchen obviously couldnt cope with the sheer quantity of food going out. The food wasnt as great as our first visit. Maybe they need to employ another couple of chefs for the weekend trade, as they are so busy . The staff work very hard but at no time did they apologize for the long wait .Would probably give it one more visit.

Our sat nav took us to a football club about a mile away. When we eventually found the pub we were pleased we had made the walk from Bognor. Great service a fab food + plenty of it. We had the lamb and local sea bass.