The White Lion in Lichfield - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

Was recommended for Sunday dinner by friends . Visited 25 August with them and wow! Can honestly say it was THE best Sunday dinner out I have ever had . Highly recommend a visit you will not be disappointed ! Will be back very soon .

Stopped here for a Sunday Roast.. what can I say...absolutely yummy... food cooked to perfection and the puddings .. well my partner was in heaven with the Baileys tiramasiu ... definitely recommend. One of the best Sunday Dinners we've had. Thank you..

The White Lion is one of those little gems you find in a small village of Harleston and not far from Tamworth. I've been coming here for a cheeky beer for a few months as it's not far from home, and this time, we booked for Sunday lunchthe following week. We booked for the bar area due to Tess, our dog, being with us. The staff taking our details were so understanding and very helpful we felt at ease even before the weekend of our lunch. We arrived for our lunch and again the staff were so helpful and attentive to our visit. It was such a sunny day, so we sat outside near the car park where there were a few benches on a grassed area which is quite nice and is a plus because the pub and restaurant is built on a corner of a junction in the village. There were 3 meats on the menu, which we decided on roast beef, which came on a hot plate with Yorkshire pudding. The beef 2 large slices were pink and perfectly cooked, and the taste of the beef just on its own was just perfect. The vegetables came separately and a large boat of gravey, which was also very rich and a tasty compliment to the perfectly cooked roast potatoes, roasted parsnips, carrots, cabbage, peas and the smoothest mash potatoes. Now I've eaten many Sunday lunches around Staffordshire and have enjoyed many of them, but The White Lion, every mouthful, was just amazing. Then came the desert.... well, I think at this point, if you're reading this, please try a Sunday lunch for yourselves and then try and decide on a sweet, you'll want to try them all. My reviews are not usually this long, but I wanted to get across that every part of our lunch was fantastic and that you need to book and you definitely will not be disappointed with the service or the food. Thank you to all the staff, including the chef who prepared and cooked such a delicious experience.

Amazing Sunday lunch beef was tender and tasty veg Yorkshire and potatoes were amazing all finished off with homemade strawberry cheesecake and raspberry shortcake. Staff were very helpful and friendly Would definitely come again and are going to recommend to our friends

Proper home cooked food, no nonsense local grown/acquired produce and a good pint.

We eat here regularly on Saturdays and thought we would try a Sunday lunch. As always the food was excellent and really enjoyed it. Will certainly book a Sunday lunch again

Please don't go to this pub as its hard enough to book as it is. We have been going for about 10 years and never had a bad meal I'm booking again soon and want a table

The food is outstanding, and I can not emphasize this enough. Pure excellence. The staff are friendly, helpful and polite. Maximum score every time. A very big, well done to all involved at the White Lion.

Superb food, really friendly team, great venue for a meeting!

What a fantastic Xmas lunch today. Food was delicious and hot. Timings were perfect and all the STAFFwere absolute brilliant from start to finish. So glad we were able to bring mum who has been in hospital. She ate so much for her and loved it. It will be memories that we will treasure. Thank you all. Hope you get a well deserved rest after tiday! 😀 x

Excellent choice of homecooked food, which was delicious. Staff helpful and friendly

Just had an excellent lunch, a at private party. Food was outstanding and excellent awareness of coeliac. If the normal menu is to of this standard this is an outstanding venue. Thank you.

Lovely food and pleasant and polite staff been several times for good home cooked food. 😁

Lovely little pub, friendly staff. The food is really good and plentiful.

Excellent meal very friendly staff and customers

It's an nice spot of harlaston excellent beer garden a perfect heat trap you could sit here alday an if your a cyclists even better 😁

Great Beers,food and exceptionally friendly staff Don’t drive past without going in for refreshments plenty parking and outside seating.

Absolutely amazing meal! You do have to wait a little while, but trust me, it's completely worth it. We had the Sunday lunch, and it was one of the best I've had in a long long time.

Very loud people on the night we went

Food was lovely and with menu just a tad more different than usual pub fayre.

Lovely village pub with a friendly atmosphere. The food is a real treat

Great menu and top class service. Will definitely be going again.

Food is always brillaint and you have to try the deserts.

Nice atmosphere, good and helpful staff. Excellent ales.

Brilliant place good food and beer friendly service

Great scampi and chips excellent pint of Pedigree, and the best tartare sauce I have ever tasted

Sunday dinner here is fantastic. We live 2hrs away and I'd say it's still the best. I'd recommend the beef. Amazingly tender, cooked to perfection, never had a bad bit of beef here. Plenty of veg, nothing under or over cooked. Catered for gluten free too. Puddings are brilliant too. All homemade, all excellent.

Very good lovely pub had a good night barmaid Gina service with a smile

Lovely place, nice quiet village pub. I guve this pub 10 stars if I was able to

Another delicious meal last night. Thank you.

Lovely meal. Great service. Nice pint.

Lovely, friendly country pub with a small bar, warm fire and restaurant area. This dog friendly pub offers proper homely food each day and amazing roast dinners on a Sunday. Portion size is on the hearty side so bring your appetite to ensure your get to enjoy their home made puddings. Can't wait until our next visit.

Good homely food,nice friendly staff

Amazing food, lovely staff. My favourite place to eat. Such a cosy relaxed atmosphere. Highly recommend.

Great food, civilised atmosphere. Overall a very good experience. Well worth a visit

Fantastic service, friendly staff and most importantly incredible food. Went in on the off chance of a table for two.... left very full. Highly recommended.

Excellent sunday lunch top class vegetables could have done with a sharper knife for the roast beef

Recently refurbished excellent food.

Top food...Best Sunday diner in a good while...get what you pay for....n thats from a Scottish Yorkshire man. Lovely meal.

Lovely fresh cooked Sunday dinner. Nice little pub.

Today we went for Sunday lunch after a friend recommended it to me a few weeks ago. We were a table of 8 adults and three children. We ordered three courses. Between us I imagine we had everything on the Sunday lunch menu. I had the Lamb. Wow. It was absolutely delicious, you could tell everything was homemade and cooked fresh to order. Vegetables were fresh, roasties were the best I've ever had and the lamb was out of this world. I didn't taste anyone else's but it was a very quiet table for about ten mins whilst we ate. Out comes the pudding board and there were so many to choose from. I asked the lady who said they were all homemade and said she had tasted the biscoff brownie this morning. It comes warm and is gooey. I was sold. It was honestly a taste sensation. There wasn't one plate with food on at the end of our meal. Staff were lovely, really friendly and it was like a little home from home. I don't normally write reviews but I could not let this one go. If you're wondering if you should book or not, let this be the review that sends you there as you won't regret it. Thank you to all that served us today and put up with what must have been a very loud table. We will 100% be back again ❤

Lovely friendly country pup. The food is freshly prepared. Nice Sunday roast. I would recommend.

Always a pleasure to visit!. Excellent food& hospitality.

Amazing food and lovely staff great evening

This is my friends local. It was nice to sit outside and enjoy the beer and good food.

Food was lovely and a lovely friendly place to visit x

A couple of weekends ago we popped in last minute hoping to get some food, they squeezed us both in and we feasted on some delicious food. Looking forward to returning 😀

This is an amazing pub, the first pub meal we had following lifting of lockdown, and it was fantastic, outdoor seating in the sunshine, amazing Sunday lunch, the staff were lovely and attentive, the portions were so generous! Full Sunday lunch, choice of meat, roast veg, greens, and a pudding, all for £14 a head!

Oh my... had take out Sunday lunch. Beyond delicious. The brownie for pudding was the best I’ve ever had. Thank you... will be back!

Love it here. A traditional Country pub, with a great selection of beers, and best of all....Fantastic Food, served by friendly staff. What more could you want!

Continuously good food, and lovely atmosphere...🤩

Food excellent. Best Sunday roast I've had in a long time. Staff very polite and efficient. Lovely surroundings.

Lovely Sunday roast and great service

We r open for take out Fri a sat and Sunday launch

Always great food and good service. One of the best steak pubs I know but the menu is varied if steak isn't what you want and always an interesting specials board.

I love this place. The staff are really helpful and friendly and the food is delicious.

Been quite a few times and never had a bad meal.

The best home cooked food in the county

Fantastic food, reasonably priced. Would recommend

Very friendly staff and excellent food highly recommended.

Food and service was top notch!

First class food at very reasonable prices. Thoroughly enjoyed my venison, whilst my samples of the other dishes told me that the steak pie and the grilled swordfish would have been great menu choices too. Everything freshly cooked and piping hot with generous portions, indeed perhaps too generous. The pub is nicely decorated with attentive staff and comfortable seating. There are two reasons for me not making it a 5 star review and both won't matter for many people. Of the normal draught beers they sell, the best one, Tribute was unavailable. The Pedigree and Black Bull are not a patch on Cornwallis finest. The other is the time for the food to arrive. Without us having had a starter to share it would have been too long. It makes for a nice relaxing evening, but could spoil your night out. We noticed they were advertising for kitchen staff so perhaps that explains it. Having said that, when the food arrived the time put into making it shone through in the quality. Having discovered it thanks to a neighbour's recommendation, we'll be back!

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Brilliant food as usual never had a bad meal here and been coming for years

Service was impeccable, so friendly, lovely atmosphere and food was so fresh adn delicious was my first time there but definitely not my last. Thankyou x

Can't be beaten. Great food great staff.

Lovely Sunday lunch, reasonable prices, good fresh selection, will definitely recommend and return.

22 of us went for Sunday lunch for our moms birthday the service excellent , food piping hot plenty and very tasty we had a wonderful afternoon and would like to thank Bev and all the staff, definitely go back and would recommend it to everyone would give them 10 stars

Great food and friendly service

Good black coffee and Sunday roast! Brilliant Yorkshire puds! ❤️

Excellent food and service. Great little pub.

We had food here and it was absolutely fantastic. Huge portions, simply delicious chips and perfectly cooked. The staff are very friendly and professional.

Spot on Sunday lunch was brilliant

Truly amazing little find We tend to go at least once a year as we atrend an event close by that's on all day so book a table for at least six people to enjoy a nice meal at the end of the day Food is always very good with a great choice and is always served pipping hot It's not a huge place but your not cramped for space but do advise booking as it is very popular Good selection of wine and good beer not a huge selection but what is on offer is keepted well and we are always made very welcome by everyone Well run and with very nice staff that are happy to help

Great meal, lovely setting, friendly staff and good prices. What's not to like...

Always a good meal. The menu doesn't change but there are various specials on the board. Good for fish and game. Good ales. Would recommend.

First visit but will be booking again very soon

Great food and venue. Friendly staff too.

A fantastic pub with some of the best food. Superb

Had a wonderful meal, food was excellent and staff were very friendly, nothing was to much trouble. Would highly recommend a visit

Food good,service dire,won't be revisiting

I would recommend roast beef all the trimmings great place good beer great food nice people

Lovely pub, very friendly staff

Great food and atmosphere, dog and child friendly.

Great service, nice people and great food, thank you.

Lovley place .. lovley food ... lovley staff .. simple 👍

Great food lovely old pub good service great value for money

Really great food. Had to wait an hour for our table which we had pre booked. Be prepared to wait a long time before you eat at this place

Brilliant food, lovely staff and a proper pub. Would definitely visit again

Cosy, friendly staff. I went in for drinks after a local walk.

Best food ive had and always made wellcome

Very good quality food and good atmosphere.

Excellent food. Great little country pub.

Top pub. Exceptionally good food. Family run business. Warm and friendly atmosphere. With good beer. Restaurant quality food at pub food prices. Highly recomended

Exceptional service & very welcoming staff from as soon as we walked through the door til when we left. We could not fault the food, tasty and homemade, but we we're too full to be tempted by a pudding. Great sized portions of food at a reasonable price! We were spoiled for choice with the menu selection and we will definitely be back to work our way through it! Highly recommended !!

1st time eatin at the white lion and me and my other half was really happy with the food and the staff and would recommend to anybody to try the food its amazing

This is a gem of a place. Its light and cozy. A wide variety of foods on the menu even a specials menu. We were stumped for choice. Good size portions throughout. My fiance had the sword fish and garlic buttered prawns cooked to perfection and i had fillet medalions in pepper sauce it was wonderful & melted in the mouth. Unfortunatley no room for puds. They have a lovely way of welcoming you and letting u choose your food before they take you through to sit and eat. Wonderful place wonderful food we will be back. Thankyou 👌

Excellent food all freshly cooked, generous portions and friendly staff, very nice pub

Best Sunday lunch would highly recommend, great staff and good prices, you'd have to go along way to beat this lovely little place.

1st class customer service was the first thing that struck my wife and I as we called in for an early drink and dinner after a hard day at work. Next, the food was exemplary, we had the plaice and prawns in white wine sauce and the pork and leak toad in the hole. Both were top drawer. We will definitely return with our family and recommend to our friends. Well done to all the friendly staff.