The White Lion Inn in Wirral - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

I first posted a review of The White Lion over 7yrs ago. It's the go to pub whe we finish The Wirral Way. The ales are kept perfectly. The beer garden has changed dramatically and with the times since my first visit . Lovely pub, great friendly staff, amazing beers ( which they update on Real Ale Finder ) and a suntrap beer garden, but tighten up the top of some of those benches guys. Pints were spilt and at least one smashed on Sunday/11th. No more to say really, just a Great Pub 👍 🍺

Lovely little pub food is lovely staff friendly and helpful dog friendly too

A great traditional pub, good choice of beers and a large beer garden in the back

Lovely little pub. Great food nice beer, friendly staff

After our walk today we came here for a pint or two. I've been coming here for the last 15 years or so and the bar and interior have never really changed in all that time, till COVID came in. It was somewhere around that time that they slowly started work on the rear beer garden. It's now been completely refurbished and grassed over and they've installed new benches. They also installed a nice pond with some huge Koi carp. As well as this they built a massive wooden conservatory which is handy when the weathers not too good. They always have a great range of real ales and beers. The staff were very helpful and pleasant.

Great pub and great beers. Good service

Great pub,great beers, great service.

Great old pub with good selection of beers and a fabulous beer garden.

A little pricey but lovely interior & garden

This pub built with Old Red Sandstone dates back over 200 years and is truly impressive. Huge outdoor area to the back and a choice of 5 cask beers. Friendly service from the knowledgeable barman.

We were invited by UK friends to experience a real British pub - very nice

Couldn't find the lion, but plenty of Koi.

Great old fashioned pub, lots of character, great team ales. Great beer garden at the back now fab for summer evenings

We really love the White Lion but our evening was ruined by the amount of people openly vaping in the pub! Is this now permissible?

Used to be my favourite pub in West Kirby and the new team have done a great job. However, I think it's ruined for me now. Loud TV's on the wall, no one eating food because let's face it who wants a meal whilst others are cheering their team? So,if you want that great. I'm sure you will enjoy it. But seems like a mistake for the majority that made it popular before

A lovely old pub on Black Horse Hill, West Kirby. Very much a traditional rustic kind of a boozer, attracting a varied clientele of all ages. I visited on a Thursday evening and enjoyed some live acoustic folk music which was really enjoyable and not loud enough to stifle conversation where I was sat. A good selection of beers, probably popular with the real ale people.

Dog friendly pub. Very relaxing and friendly.

Great pub, does really good Thai food & great beers. Easley the best pub in West Kirby

Just popped in for drinks. Nice afternoon.

I had a lovely time at the White Lion. There was a musician performing. There was a good range of cask ales at good value. There was a good mix of customers. Everyone seemed really friendly and a nice pair of ladies offered the seats nearby so that we could sit down. I had a Baltic Ale and it was a cracking pint.

Visited the White Lion back in December with friends for a pint. A wonderful place to have a pint. Didn't have anything on the food menu.

We were recommended this place by a volunteer at the Port Sunlight Art Gallery. And wow, were we happy. Food was absolutely spot on. We will definitely return.

Perfect cosy local pub, everything you could want in local, great beer garden in the back, lovely Thai food menu, courtesy of Bamboo Thai (Jan 2024)

Lovely find courteously of a guide at port sunlight museum! Arrived at 2 only to find food isn't served until 3!! Decided to wait having looked at the menu. Ordered a sharing plater starter Followed by masaman curry and tad kra pao beef The food was excellent and I would highly recommend Bar staff excellent, friendly, service outstanding!! Beer selection also very good. Local brewery ontap!

Lovely pub, very cosy. Had live music on which consisted of one singer and guitar. Was pleasant background music rather than a show. Really enjoyed it.

Great pub, beer was excellent, staff very friendly.

Lovely pub cosy and warm in winter ☃️. Great beer garden in summer 🌞

Nice olde worlde pub with little nooks to sit in.

Great old fashioned pub with a really nice Thai kitchen. There was some live Irish folk music too!

Good range of beers and good atmosphere. Well worth a visit. Did not eat, but food looked very nice and diners comments sounded good

Great beers, reasonably priced, charming pub, great service.

Great revamp of the beer garden, decent beets on tap

Lovely pub, lovely beer garden, dog friendly

Smashing little old school pub lots of good beers and friendly staff and people would defo come again

Always been a great pub but now expanded out the back to create a beer garden. Smashing👍🍺

Stopped by for afternoon drinks and loved chilling out front. Our son loved a fish pond out back and it’s a beautiful pub. Really recommend stopping by for a 🍺

I have spent hours and hours of my life in this pub, I was a regular when I lived in West Kirby and now when I visit home I always pop in for a pint. Looks amazing since the most recently take over, the beer garden is far more attractive, the food looks top drawer but they’ve managed to keep the unique atmosphere that the White Lion always had.

Definitely more welcoming than previous incarnations. They serve Beavertown Neck Oil on draught too. Lots of doggos!

Lovely old pub, lots of nooks n crannies, tiled floor, allows dogs inside pub and garden, lovely atmosphere, relaxed and friendly. Good selection of Real Ales, also tea, coffees and very tasty food.

Lovely little pub, lots of nooks and cranies to sit inside. A surprisingly big comfortable garden with under cover area with sports channels on big screens. Good range of drinks, thai based food.

Great pub with a fab atmosphere

The rear pub garden of this place is GREAT

Only problem the wine was awful

local cosy pub. Cute guy behind bar, Fred

Brilliant beer garden tucked away at the back. Lively atmosphere.

Proper, traditional drinkers pub. Full of atmosphere. Great selection of ales. Friendly staff .... a true gem ... one the very few left. Keep it up.

Absolutely fabulous place for a nice quiet drink

Lovely beer garden unfortunately not doing food anymore.

This is a fabulous pub with good quality ales. Menu limited but the whole environment is very traditional pub. Just lovely. Visited again today. Lots of lovely well behaved dogs. Excellent ale especially the Cheshire Cat.

Very quick and friendly service and Good beers and lovely beer garden

A beautiful traditional pub, with a great variety of beers on offer. This is a low ceiling, proper inn style pub with bags of character. There are around 4 or 5 real ales on tap at any given time, usually by local breweries. There are little snugs to chill out in, in addition to the front and rear beer gardens. A must pop in, if you're in the area. A lovely pub.

Update May 2023: First visit for a year or so. The cask ale is still unremarkable (I tried 3), still stale and still stored under a CO2 aspiration system, much better quality cask ales are available locally further down the hill, I'm thinking the West Kirby Tap et al. On the plus side, the bar staff were very pleasant. Update January 2022. It's been several years since my original unfavourable review of The White Lion, since when the pub has changed hands, so a further visit was in order. The welcome from the bar staff couldn't have been more different, a big smile, very impressive. The interior was very cosy and agreeably quiet, even though there were a good few customers present. The cask ales were OK, but the first sip revealed the presence of the dreaded CO2 cask aspiration system (designed to prevent ale oxidation and thus preserve cask contents beyond their 3 or 4-day natural lifespan). After 4 or so days, It makes the ale taste bland but still drinkable, it is instantly recognisable (to my palate at least). For this reason, I've knocked one star off from what would have been a five-star review. Original review: Probably the most unwelcoming bar staff I have ever had the misfortune not to be served by. We left soon after entering.

A cracking pub. Good selection of cask ales and a great beer garden. Us old gits with dodgy knees have trouble climbing the steps while holding a glass in each hand.

Fantastic local pub, great evening atmosphere inside and out. Great service. Bob favourite 🐶

Great Friedly pub with good choice of drinks. Pity they do not sell food all week. Went for Fish And Chips but only sell food early in week.

Great pub. Friendly staff. Never any problem getting served even when busy. Great choice of well kept beer. Beer garden front and back. Only loses a star as some of the seating have no back rests. I appreciate it's an old pub though.

Fantastic pub! Great staff, good standard of bevvy, superb setting. All in all, probably the best boozer I've been in.

Lovely little pub. Perfect place to chill on a sunny afternoon.

Little tardis. Great for dogs in the Summer.

Lovely evening with friends here. Staff helpful and efficient

Stone walls and wooden beams. Great atmosphere and a beer garden. Staff and drinks are terrific. The go to pub

Excellent guiness, excellent quiz.

We enjoyed a beer outside on one of the tables in front of the pub. Inside is very busy but cozy and there is a big beer garden in the back.

Brilliant local boozer! Real ales are all well kept & the Seafood Shack kitchen serves great food.

Great local pub with big atmosphere. Real ale choice great. Recommended

Proper old pub, good beer and full of friendly people, will definitely visit again

Friendly atmosphere, great beers and fantastic food.

Lovely old pub with sandstone walls and big wooden beams. Does great ale (and lagers) and now also does food. Only fish and chips on a Wednesday but was really tasty and a good sized portion. Staff are super friendly as well!

Great pub. Lovely friendly staff. Excellent VFM. Will visit again.

Brilliant good old fashioned pub. Fantastic staff 🍺🍺🍺

Nice old style pub with some nice beers

Excellent cosy pub with great food and good choice of beers.

Great atmosphere, well kept beer and live music! Doesn't get much better than that.

Cosy warm pub with great staff and service.

Lovely pub, just a shame they don't start doing food earlier in the day.

Lots of rooms + big beer garden. 5 ales on all good. Wonderful pub. Stone floors + sandstone walls .service excellent.

A proper wooden / stone pub with great beers and wines and a pleasant beer garden. Excellent food and friendly staff.

Great pub garden and lovely food

Loads of character. Great big back garden. That's a bit of a hidden gem. Love the low walls and stone brickwork one of my favourite pubs.

Good beer nice staff and very nice garden

Lovely old quirky pub, loads of room in the beer garden

Really lovely place very authentic and staff very nice.

Great selection of ales and friendly staff

Loved it, my nephew & wife will definitely visit next time they're in West Kirby.

Good pub. Quite good selection of real ales. Outside bar for the lager and keg drinkers! Worth a visit

Quaint olde world pub with inside and outside eating areas. The garden at the back was partially covered and ideal for sitting with the dog as there was more space for the dog. Lunch was excellent the small platters were very tasty. We had fish goujons and mussels with a side of chips.

Great freshly cooked food. Accommodated 7 of us straight away although they were busy. X

Great choice of beer and ale, fantastic huge beer garden, mixed crowd lots of young local people too, good relaxed atomsphere

Came in here for 1 drink and food. Nice little pub to look at and lovely beer garden. But the food prices are ridiculous. £12.50 for a double cheese burger that's doesn't come with chips or anything. So paid an extra £4 to have chips. So £16.50 for a burger and chips. It wasn't anything special either. Should of stayed in weatherspoons. No cutlery brought over or serviettes either and the young girl just come over took my plate away when hadn't finished . Wouldn't go back to here again .

A very unassuming jewel in West Kirby's crown, brilliant atmosphere in fabulous surroundings, will be coming back for food at some point in the near future 👍

Excellent old pub with good beer.Beer garden well worth a visit.A warm feeling as youu step inside.

Attended as part of the Wirral Ale Trail 202. Really nice old pub but with a modern vibe! Plenty of drinks to choose from, food (paella, hot dogs and burgers) on offer for a few English pounds and music provided throughout the afternoon in the beer garden. Top place! Will definitely be attending again.

Great pub quite small but surprised by the beer garden out back. Staff very friendly and a nice pub

Lovely beer garden. Great choice of real ale

Decent real ale. Nice atmo. Lovely beer garden.

Lovely bar good selection of ales and friendly bar staff this bar is a hidden gem

Great beers. Cosy atmosphere. Lovely staff.

Great little pub. Good service . Not eaten here so can't comment on food but everything else is great

Fantastic pub, it's our first stop cycling the wirral way and we never want to leave. Always great cask on. The owners are really friendly and the beer garden is amazing now

Proper pub, great atmosphere and brilliant staff. Food was fab too!