The White Lion in Waverley

great place for small function, fantastic food and service.

Great pub and staff... Bobby dazzler is a great bar tender

Beautiful building, friendly staff highly recommend, lunch time menu is great value for money

Great service, beautiful pub with such charm

Great service friendly staff lovely pub

Lovely Sunday roasts!!! Staff were attentive and great for dogs!!!

Fantastic festive party, tables was laid up beautifully and the staff were very attentive

Very helpful and friendly staff, good value for money and plenty of choice on the menu

Had roast delivered. The service was superb the food absolutely delicious.

Local pub, the food is good though, could argue it's better than next door horseshoe which has gone downhill. The only gripe is the bar staff (of one) was also clearing tables and serving food so you can end up waiting to get a pint. It's a nice pub, lots of little nooks, allows dogs and overall is somewhere we will return too, especially for the food.

The White Lion - Friday Night Karaoke with Kylie We had an amazing night at The White Lion’s Friday night karaoke with Kylie! From start to finish, the experience was outstanding. We came for dinner and drinks, and the food was excellent—delicious, fresh, and perfectly paired with their drink selection. The service was top-notch, with friendly and attentive staff making sure we had everything we needed throughout the night. The karaoke event itself was so well-organized. Kylie brought fantastic energy, and her talent kept the crowd entertained and engaged. My family and friends all had an absolute blast; it’s rare to find a venue that caters to a big group so seamlessly. The entire evening felt special, and it’s clear The White Lion knows how to put on a great event. I would 100% recommend The White Lion’s event nights to anyone looking for a fun and lively evening. It’s also a perfect spot for just casual drinks and food—whether you’re there for a special event or just stopping by, you’re in for a treat!

Hi order online at 8:30 pm on Thursday 31st October, and after Confirming the order and after to wait 1 hour and 40 min, at 22:10 they cancelled the order with not any explanation, or a simple call. I wil expect an explanation to my email as soon as possible. otherwise I will excalate it to the head office at mitchells and butlers... Unacceptable.

Excellent value lunch. Really enjoyed our meals - well cooked and served hot. Authentic old interior which has been well refurbished recently. Nice outside ares for eating etc. when weather is good. It was quiet when we visited, so lacked atmosphere. I am sure this is not the case when busier.

Great beer have yet to try the food

Fantastic afternoon spent in the white lion with family

Friendly local pub, service was excellent

Great & helpful staff! Good value!

Lovely little pub, brilliant service team are very friendly

A pleasant and inexpensive chain pub within an historic coaching inn.

Extremely poor quality meal, would not revisit this ember. Use the horse shoe next door!

Came here last week. Lovely atmosphere - a proper pub. The bartender Elliott was very attentive and welcoming. Will be visiting again soon!

Not tried the food but the beer and promotions they have in place are welcoming

Really nice pub, very atmospheric inside and friendly and helpful staff. However I have just received a parking charge notice for £100. Not clear enough that parking was charged especially as it is a little unusual for the area, and you are spending money in the pub in any case.

Great experience. Food came out very quickly. I visited with my girlfriend and both dishes were fantastic. Good friendly service on the bar. Had a great chat with one member of staff named charlotte. Really good place

Awful at getting back to voice messages left. Edit- pub called me back and explained issues with their phone lines. My issue was resolved and I spoke to a very polite and helpful member of staff, thank you for rectifying and communicating back to me.

My nephew booked many months prior a space for his birthday party. On arrival on the day, was advised they had booked the evening out to somebody else without giving any notice and despite having guests arriving. Incredibly disappointing and ruined his day

Lovely pub, lovely atmosphere however our first visit for two pints substantially marred by the £60 parking fine received shortly afterwards. The pub car park is NOT the pub car park but a Euro Car Park. Signs clearly there to see apparently which we did not see. Be warned. Edit: The pub contacted us and kindly got the fine cancelled. TYVM!

Good service and friendly staff

Fantastic service given by the team. Thank you to all for helping with my slightly odd grilled chicken order! Also a thank you for suggesting the subbed carrot and coriander soup - I think I have a new favourite!

Love the staff, always so attentive

Watch your head . Very nice, lovely gardens,the staff are very friendly and helpful.

Good service, good food and good atmosphere

Lovely pub. Very relaxed with nice garden. Staff cannot do enough for you. Food reasonably priced. Will visit again.

Charlotte and her son provided excellent service and the beer is always good and the garden is well kept and the cheese and onion crisps were good better than Ricardo's portion sizes... thanks a million Charlotte..

Cozy and warm environment! Food was delicious and staff were very friendly and sociable, Charlotte was extremely helpful

A good traditional local pub for me that I’ve used for over 30 years. Nice friendly staff and a good selection on the menu. Certainly worth popping in for a drink or bite to eat.

Staff have always been really helpful and friendly, especially as we are regulars,

Came to the white lion for drinks with my friends and had a wonderful time and the server called Jessica was very lovely and helpful and we had a great laugh

I had lunch at the White lion warlingham the waitress called Jessica was very welcoming and lovely

Nice pub with very nice food we had snacks, good atmosphere

Lovely pub, let down by an awful male member of staff. Absolutely no service skills or empathy, provided no alternatives to sold out food, just said no we don’t have that. Gave no expectation of food times, took 55 minutes to get a burger, burger turns up over done, dry, onions were not cut today they were old and withered like they’d been cut a week ago. When asking for reasonable response. The lad behind the bar, got all funny and defensive. Smirked at us and didn’t care, absolutely no empathy or customer understanding. Food was sub par, egg n chips, over done eggs, burgers nuked and chips over fried. Would not recommend the food whatsoever, Real shame because the garden is lovely and the other staff seemed somewhat reasonable.

Had a lovely morning breakfast with my friends 🧡

Usually love this place. However this morning visit was very disappointing. Arrived for a brunch at 10am and was told they didn't open till 12. Once in my reservation for 8 was not made but it was empty so we moved the tables ourselves. Staff was rude and miserable. Hot chocolate tasted awful and no biscuit and spoon. Food was cold, bacon burnt bread was not bloomer, just cold toast. No avocado available either. As a frequent visitor I was more disappointed as this is not the usual standard or service.

love visiting this pub , lovely staff and great atmosphere

Always have a lovely experience here, great selection of ales and bar staff always very welcoming

Lovely food and friendly staff.

Came for brunch with the girls great service and the breakfast was excellent and great value. Been in a few times recently and the girls that work here have always been lovely.

Lovely breakie with my friends x

Been a regular at the Lion for many years, lots of ups and downs in that time, it had been allowed to run down in recent years, and was hoping for good things, but initially had my concerns that the pub chain hadn't made the most of an ideal opportunity to make improvements across the board, in short a bit disappointing, however in the last 2 or three months there has been a marked improvement in service, quality atmosphere there are a few new faces behind the bar who seem to coming on well, presumably getting a higher standard of training either that or the selection process has improved. I've mark the food in the middle because I've not tried it, but what I've seen coming out of the kitchen looks pretty good. Hopefully the place continues to improve as it has been recently.

one of best mixed grill fresh everything hot while serve and fresh chilled drinks really enjoy stay for meals with family will go back again if go those area again

Went for birthday lunch poor service and food not so great, one starter missing so had to wait for it to arrive mains ok brownie for dessert cold

Very basic food, "Thick cut gammon " not!! No customer service as u have to order by phone from the table. It seemed too much trouble for the staff to do anything. One table was left with empty plates for over an hour. Not gonna rush back. Definitely not disabled friendly

Treated really badly tonight. Wouldn’t come back

My first visit yesterday to have lunch with a friend. Really good selection on the menu with some unusual choices. Our lunch was absolutely delicious and a very reasonable price. I know my friend visits regularly and always enjoys it- I wish I lived closer!!!

Had a really lovely birthday lunch at the white lion. Love the re-arranged seating area and other new parts.

Had a brunch this morning, eggs were great and the sausage nicely cooked. Loved the new napkins fit on the plate. Kids loved the cheeseburgers

Best avoided. Plenty of better places near by. Food is below average Beware of parking fines.nobody mentioned registering your vehicle.

Edited: I didn't mean four stars as a score, the food and atmosphere were good but the service today was appalling A hot, sunny day with a local May Queen event on and we have two people on the bar. One is running food and the other, apparently the assistant manager, is so slow. Queuing out the door for a drink is not what people want. Surely on a day that good weather plus a local event that has been known for days a few more bar staff would have been a good idea. And won't get to the toilet situation, a urinal out of order for over 3 months and now the ladies toilets out of order

Went today with sun out and mayqueen parade on- the pub was packed which is great- at that point it all went wrong- 1 member of staff behind the bar and one running food- naturally queues formed and the waiting time increased to 25 mins to get a drink if lucky- the poor staff who working were clearly under pressure and it couldn't have been a nice shift- I witnessed people leaving and going to the horseshoe to purchase and return with drinks and others just leaving out frustration- It was.not enjoyable so we left and went the bull at chelsham common- which was lovely-a lovely experience

We Came in here today for my nans birthday I ordered 2 haddock and chips the man behind the bar said 2 ham, egg and chips I corrected him straight away and said no two haddock and chips and did the rest of the order! When I got back to the table I said it was cheap and asked the server to double check my order had 4 dinners he reassured me it definitely did low and behold a hour and 15 minutes after we ordered 3 dinners arrived! I had to sit here and wait for the dinner to cook for yet another half an hour for the less than palate pleasing dinner and eat without everyone else as they had already finished! the man who took my first initial payment came over and said twice I don't know how that happened and asked for payment for the meal not even a curtesy for his mess up!!! Absolute joke of a place I would rather go anywhere else than here the staff are rude, ridiculous and fully incompetent it would be a better establishment if run by 8 year olds! Please go anywhere else even McDonald's!!

Had Sunday lunch and a couple of drinks there this weekend - would recommend it.

Good food, friendly staff, good service.

Avoid ordering Sunday Roast. We ordered 3 Sunday roasts for delivery Gamon, chicken and beef. Absolutely appalling all veg dried up meat had a tangy taste to it roast potatoes cold. This is for sure the worst roast dinner I have ever tasted. In future will stick to the horseshoe or Toby carvery. Much better.

Lovely pub. Great atmosphere, lovely staff, good service. A gem in warlingham

Great place to meet friends and family

A great experience, lovely food and fantastic staff

Amazing place! Staff are great!

Popped in for a quick pint and had a great time

Josh was amazing food was lovely and parking is easy as car park right next door, great Sunday evening, looking forward to coming back in summer

I had the best time at the White Lion. Great atmosphere and friendly staff! New bar manager, Josh is certainly taking the pub to new levels.

Josh was amazing , top service , all staff are lovely , food was great

Friendly staff and a great selection of wine and food.

Service was amazing I had the pleasure of meeting Josh the new supervisor and the team. All super friendly and I felt very welcome. Will certainly make a return.

Lovely Sunday Roast- would recommend

Nice pub, was very quiet but to be expected for a Monday late evening. Good selection of beers including 0 alcohol IPA and cider.

Food was very good, hot and was quick to arrive. Reasonable prices and friendly service.

Went in there for the 1st time after Christmas very nice cosy pub with a very large garden did not eat there but the food did look very nice

This pub is a complete joke. How can you stop cooking food between 3-4 pm! They could learn a lot from the The Black Horse in Locks bottom which is really managed well.

I visited the White Lion as it is local to me and I have an Ember loyalty card. Service was great. Food could improve, just warm. You need to improve on your loyalty rewards and how they work!!

Good had a meal 6th January 2024 food and service 100% but sadly had to leave abruptly owing to the fact that the door people use could only close with a BIG LOUD BANG most annoying to think that an adjustment would only cost about £20 shall return for a drink and see if the annoying door has been sorted

It us a regular visit for us ...with most of the staff being extremely helpful and polite

Terrible place, I don't recommend it to anyone, employees messing with cell phones, don't pay attention to customers or delivery people

So Boxing Day experience. No one obvious to show us to our table so we had to look for it. No one explained how to order, did have QR codes though told signal not good. Long wait to order food only 2 staff on duty. Food was average, roasted root veg had not seen an oven. Not really a meal I would recommend.

Food was very good indeed: fresh and perfectly cooked, nice crunchy vegetables. Service prompt and friendly. Especially impressed as this was the second sitting on Christmas day!

I had a lovely experience! The food was really good and the staff were all really kind, especially the young blonde girl that was behind the bar at the time :)

An average pub ruined by the Parking fine received after we left. The car park is so dark you can’t see the signs and assume it’s a free car park for paying customers. When i called to question the ticket they were very helpful and said they would cancel it but this did not happen. 6 weeks later I’ve received a final warning which is not what you want just before Christmas. The ticket has now been cancelled but caused me a considerable amount of stress and upset as well as wasted time calling the pub to request the ticket is cancelled. We will not visit again and will spread the word to friends and family to avoid.

A lovely old local pub to us. Very pleasant staff but they were short staffed . Our meals were hot and on time ( pre/ordered) The table was laid with festive decorations and crackers . We had a noisy table near us which was the only spoiler for atmosphere.

Nice pub. Warm and cozy. Friendly staff!

We came for Sunday roast dinner ,we had the gamon ,really great quick service ,the food was excellent, the staff are so kind and polite, dogs are welcome 🙏 it's amazing place ,loved the decor which was low ceilings old style pub. Excellent prices!! Totally recommend

Met friends for lunch, it was nice and warm in there. The staff are great, behind the bar and serving tables. Could t be more helpful.

The food is amazing considering the low price of each meal and the staff are just lovely.

Fantastic service amazing staff

As always terrific and friendly service ….. recommend

First course came out cold, told waitress and asked her to make sure main course was hot, came out cold and steak inedible, no sign of waitress !!!! Give it a miss

Used the barcode to order and pay; disastrous! Had to ask for drinks 20 minutes later. Kids’ desserts were brought out first! Beef gravy with the chicken pie and gravy was vile. Sea bass and carbonara were delicious

Was OK,bit stingy with the prawns only got 4 Table was very sticky Dirty dishcloths left on other tables & it wasn't exactly busy

Staff and service was very good. Prices are reasonable. One of my party was a little disappointed with the posh fish finger sandwich - she expected more of an artisan type bread rather than just slices from a loaf. I wanted to order on the app but could not upgrade to sweet potato fries for the posh fish finger sandwich, the option was not available on the app. I therefore had to go to the bar to order

The meal portion Was rather small

Lunchtime visit. Burger was nice. Fish finger sandwich was ok, but really oily. The crisps on the side were stale and the salad was wilted. The background music is louder in the garden than in the pub.

Local pub and a real local ambiance. All one need to be open and relax the fun comes to you then. Great food wonderfull time spent.