White Lion Delph in Oldham

Fabulous meal for my birthday. Charlotte and 'cup of tea and a biscuit' were delightful. Hoping my 16 year old can be a member of the ace staff soon. Definitely be back, wonderful food and atmosphere xx

Went in for breakfast from Premier Inn, there was only one woman doing all the serving etc, & she was rushed off her feet

Amazing Sunday dinner, relaxing and welcoming atmosphere. Highly recommended.

Went here for drinks only quirky little pub with friendly locals. The food looks good with generous portions but didn't eat so can't comment further

Sunday dinner is great. Plenty of good quality food and saff

Nice food .well presented..had chicken grill..awesome.. friend had steak n ale pie..really enjoyed....cheers

Beautiful old pub, the staff was nice and friendly, sadly the food wasn't that good, the veg was raw, I like my veg cooked through and the carrots, swede and cabbage chopped with butter,the soup was like wall paper paste so thick, the roast potato's was frozen, the only thing that looked nice was the chips. and Yorkshire pudding was lovely.

Great meal. couldn't manage it all good service happy atmosphere

Lovely Pub with friendly staff and Outstanding Food. All the locals made me Welcome.

Never had bad food. Nice staff too.

Great breakfast, a lucky find. If you are near by, you must drop in.

It's an absolute gem of a place. The staff are friendly and accommodating, and the whole place has a warm, welcoming feeling. I visited family over the weekend, and we ended up here for a few after a beautiful walk over Saddleworth. A lovely addition to the community.

Lovely Charlotte and college had the best sandwiches in a long time. Nice pub with lots of great beers and cider! 🍻 greetings from the Netherlands

Alan is the chef and Charlotte is the barmaid and we can highly recommend the food and service. Extremely tasty home made food, very filling and very good value. Also new to this pub/restaurant but made to feel very welcome. Will definitely return.

Alan's attention to detail and commitment to offer the best selection of food is without doubt the best. Thank you for a wonderful evening.

Simple pub grub done right. But also delicious looking tapas dishes if you want. That's definitely for the next visit though. Charlotte is so friendly, we both loved her

Fab food... fab staff... and great beer garden!! Love it!! Xx

Absolutely lovely pub Friendly service. Called on a Sunday when we took the wrong turn, the Sunday roasts were spot on-the best we have had. Will certainly be returning

Lovely friendly pub. Went on a staff day out. Really made us feel welcome and the food was great. Thanks again!

Visiting all the way from Belgium, I had the absolute best service from Charlotte. She even went out of her way to help me navigate what I could eat due to allergies. Allan’s food was absolutely stunning—we couldn't stop eating and almost had to get rolled to the car.

Friendly service and good food.

What superb country pub,we had breakfast there and it was excellent,full English.This is not the first time that we have visited the pub,we were here a couple of years ago and the meal we had then was just as good,same chef,highly recommend whether for breakfast lunch or dinner.

Lovely cosy pub, nice atmosphere, polite staff. Enjoyed a few ales there. Menu looked great (alas, I'd already eaten before arriving there).

Great pub, friendly staff and quality drinks and food.

Went for lunch for my mum's 85th birthday. Went with a couple of friends. Mum loved her lunch, great portion sizes, great service and friendly atmosphere.

Great food, cosy pub, friendly good service

One of my favourite places to go. Great selection of GF food and always really tasty. Especially the tapas menu. Great service. Would definitely recommend.

Save your time, money and go elsewhere. Waited 30 mins for a drink and 40 mins for food at a table. I’m sure it’s fine if you’re having a drink at the bar but anything else, just don’t bother. Food is also poor, gave a few of us bad stomachs after eating it. Not had such a bad experience as this in a long time. Just awful.

Home from home! Edit, April 2024. Had Tapas meal, Thursday evening. Greating and service as friendly as ever. Tapas menu list has a wide choice, and well designed layout with meat, fish, vege dishes segregated making choice easier. The usual favourites and a good variety of other interesting options. Dishes well presented and of good quality. My wife and I had seven dishes between us. We finished up with a doggy bag and no room for dessert. A substantial meal. Price very competitive. We will definitely be back for more.

We came here for a drink after going for a walk in the local area. It was a sunny afternoon which we were able to enjoy from the fairly large beer garden outside - the garden had a relaxed atmosphere with nice views of the surrounding hills, it is also dog friendly which is a big plus for us. Fairly limited selection of drinks on tap but bottled options also available - average prices with both pints coming in at just under a tenner. Inside, the pub maintains a retro feel which is quite small but cosy.

Just had a wonderful meal at the White Lion for Mrs ToddWarrior's birthday. The tapas was brilliant, especially the pig cheek mains. Good value and great wine! A proper Saddleworth gem.

Terrible terrible service, forgetting food left, right and centre and food was so so undercooked. Wouldn't go again. Worked in a restaurant before and never seen such a poor overall experience

Really friendly pub, called in for tea with family before the theatre , service great, food lovely proper homemade and delicious. a PROPER PUB!!!

Well worth a trip, Food is great & outside seating,

If you like big portions this is the place for you had a fantastic meal here liver and onions service spot on. Can't wait to go back

My wife and I have been going for lunch once a week for 4 years and have NEVER had a bad meal. We used to pick a two course meal from the early bird menu for £9.95, but Alan started a two course over 60's menu for £5 which was brilliant value, and enough for lunch. He has won a national award for his food from the brewery, so must be getting something right. The staff are all friendly and down to earth folk and make you feel welcome. I highly recommend this place.

Absolutely lovely atmosphere delicious food and service

Sunday lunch was delicious. We live over the hill in the Colne valley. Amazed never been here before. We will definitely be back

Lovely food wine £20 a bottle bit pricey but food good price and delicious

Great food at decent prices in an olde worlde pub, loved it

Excellent food with ridiculously large portions. Friendly bar staff and nice to see a Warsteiner on tap

I can honestly say what an awful experience. We visited here with 7 of my colleagues for a celebration meal and were greeted with awful customer service and frozen warmed up food. We ordered a pizza as it was ‘pizza night’ Wednesday only to receive a shop bought burnt pizza that we refused to accept for £10. When we sent the food back and asked for a replacement, the waitress informed us that the chef wanted to make us aware that we would still be charged, of course we asked to see a manager. When the manager, the chef arrived, he was cocky, rude and completely offensive to say the least. He was confused why we did not want to pay for this and explained that he would refuse a refund as we were 10 minutes late for our booking and it was my fault it was burnt because it had been sat in the oven waiting for me.. due to a pre order. However on arrival we were asked to order our food and the pre order had been forgotten about. When I asked if the pizza we received was shop bought, he confirmed that it was and that pizza wasn’t on the menu.. ‘Wednesday pizza night’ was advertised all over the pub. Along with this horrendous customer service, there was completely food standard of food, cleanliness and respect from start to finish. when we were paying for our meals we have been told that we have had the pizza knocked off the menu only to realise that the pizza had been split onto everyone else’s bill. DO NOT EAT HERE MANAGER IS RUDE AND UNINTERESTED FOOD IS FROZEN AND SHOP BOUGHT

I am still shaking with anger and totally shell shocked with the horrendous experience. Myself and 7 colleagues pre ordered our meals one of which was a pizza( cost £9.50) Advertised as Pizza Wednesday. When this arrived it was totally burnt without garnish and was obviously a frozen, cheap shop purchased pizza. My colleague quite rightly sent this back. The chef then appeared and stated that it was our fault for not arriving on the dot. He said she would still be charged and went on to raise his voice and was very hostile. He admitted it was a shop bought pizza as he had other things to cook on on his menu. Instead of offering a replacement he repeated he had no more pizza , shop bought or other. The whole experience was horrendous, several of the other meals were very substandard and inedible. This was a classic case of reheating frozen food and not home cooked food as advertised. At the end of the meal we were told the chef had knocked the pizza off the bill only to find we had all been massively overcharged and the cost of a pint of coke was £5.65. We will never return here not only as the food is overpriced and not very nice but mainly due to the very unprofessional attitude of the chef. AVOID AT ALL COSTS!!!!

Brilliant place for a meal. Pea and Ham soup was delicious . Shameir was only a starter. Cracking pint and bar staff were very welcoming and friendly. Definitely would recommend this place for food or just a pint.

this is my now 2nd review for this pub. as a previous worker there is a few things i’d like to point out. in the kitchen there is no use of gloves and hairnets/coverings. there was a few times i had to take orders back to be changed and the chef (alan the owner) would pick up the fish and/or other parts of the food to swap over to another plate or take off or put new bits on. the communication between the restaurant is awful manger and owner have no respect for workers. i was also told i would be paid and contacted but after 33 days i had to email 3 times and leave 1 review before i was told i could come and collect my “£9.19” one last thing is the state of the kitchen, there is normally a HUGE mountain of pots and pans stacked with no pot wash in the sink. there is also normally trays of potato skins and other various foods stacked in trays on the cooker or on the sides. i do not recommend for work i barley recommend for food and i will never recommend to anyone personally

Good location excellent friendly staff clean

Nice place with reasonable food at bargain basement prices

Lots of regulars around the bar. All very friendly. I took advantage of the over 60 recession busting menu and had a 3 course meal for £8. It was delicious 😋 thank you.

Lovely food and very attentive staff.. would go again..

We had another great meal and the food, service and value for money was fantastic! Always a friendly atmosphere. A must go for us on a Thursday night (Curry night). Commendations to Alan and the team!

We go every week to the White Lion and I can honestly say we've never had a bad meal yet and we've been going for years. The menu is always changing and always interesting. Excellent value for money. The staff are really friendly too.

Good old fashioned pub with the bonus of great food. For those of us over 60 their recession busting menu is fantastic value and definitely helps make the pension go further with portions that won't over face you.

I would rather not say, maybe we went in on a not too good day

We used to eat at the White Lion regularly and it was good wholesome pub food. We were never disappointed. We decided to go again tonight and my biggest regret was actually not complaining when the food was served. I had Cheese and Onion pie. It was wafer thin for this dish and very, very small, the chips were like Aldi frozen chips only not as good. My wife had fish and chips which was like a large sardine with the same disgusting chips. Sadly we ate most of it not wanting a fuss, however when the waitress ( who was very nice) asked I told her our feelings. She went to the kitchen to relay our message but the chef/ manager did not care to see us. The food was expensive and very poor quality. Avoid this place at all cost.

Authentic pub serving good food. Friendly staff and reasonably priced. Can't go wrong.

One of the best full English breakfast I had in years.

Very good food and beer. The ordering process is really bad. It spoilt my evening.

The staff was so friendly and a good atmosphere unfortunately I found that the food was a bit tasteless I would go back for drinks but not food

Great pub. The food was good. I had an early bird menu beef and stilton pie. This was for lunch. I was asked if I wanted french fries or chunky chips and normal or mushy peas. We actually got mashed potatoes and vegetables. Weird. We went on a Tuesday afternoon but it was busy. I had two pints of Thwaits bitter. Nice. Worth a visit.

We booked a table for four excited to try the Recession Over 60’s offer. We were offered a table at 6pm but said that we wanted their special menu that finished at 6pm so the woman on the phone said that if we arrived at 5.45 we would get the special rate. When we arrived the waitress produced the special menu and took our drinks order. A waiter arrived at our table 2 minutes after 6pm to take our food order and said that the Chef had now finished the Recession menu. He apologised for the Chef’s inflexibility . We refused to order off the standard menu, finished our expensive drinks and left. We felt that this treatment was very unfair as we had not only been promised the special rate but also had ordered drinks before we were told that the special menu was now unavailable. Surely it would not have been difficult to have accommodated us, having been promised earlier?

Hi Lovely village pub setting in The Saddleworth Moors nice atmosphere very friendly staff Food excellent drinks reasonably Priced seating comfortable also Outside as well Dog friendly. The toilets 🚻 clean and tidy highly recommended will come again

One of those places everyone turns to stare if you aren’t local. The bar maid was really unwelcoming and left us till last to serve. Really uncomfortable atmosphere. We ended up leaving.

Fantastic warm and friendly pub, with friendly and personal staff. Great service, fantastic food and drinks, and welcoming every time I go. Lovely feel to this local pub. Went the extra mile to put my flowers in water whilst we ate and had chats with the friendly staff after our meal 😀

Went here for Sunday roast. The actual roast was delicious! No complaints apart from a tiny scoop of mash.. the issue was with service. They had 2 waitresses working a Sunday evening alone, I felt so bad for them as they had to run the bar and wait tables at the same time on a busy Sunday! Wait for food was like 45 minutes and got charged for drinks that we asked for that never arrived. Management definitely need to look at better staffing. The waitresses were lovely though just overworked. Might return in future as food was delicious

Had a fantastic Father's Day breakfast at this cozy pub. The food was amazing, the staff was friendly, and the traditional pub decor added to the charm. All this at a good price too, so I'd definitely recommend it.

Nice old world pub, nice staff and beer was acceptable, long wait 40 minutes for a pie and a burger which again was acceptable but no better, pie was not a proper pie just a pot with a pastry topper.

Nice village pub for our group's post hike drinks

Nice place, nice people, and the food is always spot on and reasonably priced.

Nice breakfast with good service. No need to pre book like most of the cafes around saddleworth

Friendly place generous portions and great tasting food and reasonable prices. I had the steak and ale pie the flakey was the best plenty of steak in the pie and tasty. We also had the battered sausage which was enormous and tasty.

Lovely looking pub in the beautiful village of Delph. However once inside it is alittle grubby. I ordered some lunch, "Meat & Veg Pie" for £8 as it was on the "Early Bird" menu. It consisted of frozen chips, microwaved peas and a sliver of a mince and veg pie. It was bland to say the least. I honestly thought I'd ordered from a child's menu.

Amazing! Great staff, great food and beer, will be back. Had the cheese and onion pie which I’ve been told is the way to judge a pub in Saddleworth and it was beautiful. To top it off it was dog friendly too!

Food was lovely but the manager didn't half talk rubbish! Protesters should be shot in the legs, swearing loudly in the pub. Definitely opinions he should keep to himself.

Fantastic village pub 👏 Lovely food and friendly staff

Great food, big portions, good service and friendly stuff. Ps dog friendly :)

What a joke of a place... got thrown out for not wanting to eat two full meals and share ....even after offering to pay the extra we was asked to leave ..chef very arrogant and rude and totally twisted what we'd said...won't be going back....

Excellent value , very warm welcome and customer service

Fantastic night, we did the bring 40 people and get a FREE hog roast and karaoke 🎤*(birthday party) for everyone .all the staff were great Thank you Allan and the team

Poor service and poor food. Quite a nice atmosphere.

Cosy village pub, good atmosphere,Nic welcome.

Delicious food,very warm/homely pub, dog friendly which is a positive for some but not for others in a place serving food

Four of us dined at the White Lion this week, two of us on the amazing £5 for 2 courses pensioners' menu and two on the 2 for £15 pie menu. We all four thoroughly enjoyed our food. The drinks were reasonably priced and the coffee was pretty good. There is a good choice for dessert but only one of us managed that. The staff are all very pleasant. I don't know how they can do 2 courses for £5 especially as we enjoyed delicious fish chips and peas.

Good food, not too posh, which is a good point. Nice welcoming clientele and staff. Fair prices. We'll worth a visit.

Catered for 20+ just after Xmas. Even though pub was v busy food came out together and everyone enjoyed. Great pub and staff

Lovely staff and friendly Chef. Everything you’d like after a snowy walk. Wholesome food and veggie options. Cosy and friendly pub.

Nice food lovely staff will be visiting again

Excellent meal, good service, friendly staff

Foid very good price good sevice good.

Best breakfast in Saddleworth! Highly reccomended

Great food pensioners special never been to this pub before but will definitely call in again lovely staff thanks to the chef truely great food

Great food and good atmosphere.

Nice friendly local pub with good food.

A little bit expensive, i thought for a pub, two cheese and onion pie and chips one steak pie and chips,four, beers two wines, seventy pounds.

When my brother visits, he loves coming here for a few drinks. Very friendly atmosphere. And also close to some good public footpaths. A good walk followed by a couple of drinks. Great stuff.

Instant reaction when you walk in is the place is old and dated and honestly shocked they would even serve food if any standard. Smells like dirty mops. Staff are very friendly and a credit to the place but that’s really where any the positives end. If you are unlucky enough to eat on a table near the bar then expect to be ogled by drunk locals while you try to look at the menu and eat the food served. The food really is school dinner standard , could do with hiring an actually chef if they want to compete with the local competition. Price wise it’s cheaper than others around the area but that’s with good reason. won’t be returning. No idea why it’s rated reasonably high but that’s misleading and lead me to come in here in the first place.

We have been coming here for years and absolutely love it. It's based in the beautiful, quaint village of Delph and is at the heart of the community. Lots of events here from food themes, charity fundraising events, to entertainment. They also have special food offers on during the week which is excellent value. The staff are so friendly and welcoming and do a fantastic job. You'll find some wonderful people working here, and you can tell they care so much about the work they do, and the local community. The food is always top-notch and there is always plenty of choice! They even do breakfast if that's your thing! Open 7 days a week and serve food all day. Great for drinks too and you'll often find the locals in there supping their pints and enjoying themselves. There is a popular beer garden around the back, and there is street parking nearby.

Only stopped here because we noticed family in the beer garden

This quaint old pub situated in a lovely saddleworth village provides a lovely cooked breakfast with posh coffees all round . The decor is really tired but kinda adds to its charm . The parking is limited but you can park on the road nearby . Not suitable for big groups . Outside seating available for daily food . Excellent big and half sized breakfasts served, gluten free and vegan also available . Food 5/5 . Fascilities and decor 3/5 . Would return for food deffo . Staff were friendly .

The food was delicious and well presented. But what i really liked was the atmosphere of the pub and the quality of service! I was served by isabelle she was polite and made the family meal enjoyable. Would recommend, trying the cheese pie.

Monday 2 for 1 deal after 12pm is a must. The fish and chips is a tasty meal with a generous portion.