White Lion Hotel Restaurant in South Lakeland

Popped in for a quick drink on Friday night and it was so lovely we came back on Saturday! Megan behind the bar was so lovely, and the vibe of the whole place was very welcoming. Very strong cocktails!!!

Megan and Shane are the best servers ever!! So sweet

Megan and Shane gave exceptional service! Highlight reccomend

Great customer service and chill vibes. Special mention to Megan for being so welcoming

Lovely atmosphere, lovely people

Mint Megan George and Lewis great service

Half a cold flat bread with overcooked chicken that was bone dry! Chips sent back to add the Cajun spice we paid for! Tourist pub they know you aren’t coming back but they don’t care! If it wasn’t for the wife saying don’t complain I would have sent it back!

Had the Calamari, Mixed Grill and Rainbow Lasagne and have to say, the Calamari was cooked to perfection as was the Mixed Grill. Best one I’ve had in ages! Thanks Georgina and Harry who were the chefs tonight. Mike & Chris 🍻

Pub grubby table uncleared bar a mess

A lovely, warm & welcoming pub, food is outstanding with great service,, nice atmosphere and a pleasure to visit, well recommended.

Megan was a good pourer of pints

Victoria was absolutely amazing she makes a fantastic repour with customers, VERY funny, best service. Lewis was absolutely amazing his banter is unmatched and Shane was quick and made sure everything was done in a timely manner would recommend anyone to come!!!!!!

Leisha pours a phat vodka lime and soda ♥️

Just waiting for the monkey bars. Best pub in Ambleside ❤️

Love this pub, my favourite every time I come to Ambleside

Leisha is the best bar staff I’ve ever had! She is so friendly and polite. I would only come back because of her.

Great service and good from meghan!

Great pub, lovely service, Guinness was so good has 46 pints of it (Ferg only managed 45)

Great service from Megan, Shane & Lewis

Fantastic lovely service from megan!

Megan - Barmaid - absolute diamond

Megan and Shane gave amazing service this evening and even offered to take our photo! Thanks for lovely service

Megan, Shane and Jordan were really friendly, helpful and brightened our evening during my families meal tonight. For a Friday night it's very calm and quiet in here too, though we might have been the loudest table anyway. We all really enjoyed our food and drinks as well, it came super quickly. We will definitely be coming back again. :)

This place is amazing, I highly recommend it.

Megan has been looking after my uncle all week while he’s been popping in for secret drinks. He’s an annoying sod and she has been so lovely and patient with him. What a lovely girl, good food, good drink, reasonable prices for the area. Thank you Megan for babysitting my godfather! Legend.

Ordered a fish finger sandwich for a quick lunch while passing through Ambleside…….. wish I’d not bothered. The fish fingers were so over cooked I couldn’t even get a knife though and the small piece of fish that survived the cremation was the size of my little finger nails. It was served on focaccia bread which had also visited the incinerator and the tiny amount of tartar sauce was so difficult to find. Very very disappointing considering it was almost £15 and I could only eat the chips.

Not impressed. Typical brewery run pub. No character. Food was overpriced and not great. The place was half full and I didn’t see anybody smiling or looking like they were enjoying themselves. And the tables outside were falling apart and needed levelling. I really don’t understand why we stand for establishments like this.

Brilliant!!! Just great friendly staff! Good food and the rooms are super!

Nice staff, friendly. Nice food. Nice tables, would come again back again definitely!. No bad words at all.

Sam, Meg’s, Shane and Louise brilliant bants with a half eaten bloke of cheese

Megan was super friendly!! Great beer garden

Megan was a friendly server, she did her job well.

Stella was fantastic. Megan knows how to pour the perfect pint - will definitely be returning!

Lovely atmoaphere and great service, megan served us and she was very friendly

Megan is great and has excellent service I will return

Megan was great ! Unbelievable customer service

Great pub with outstanding food. Lovely staff. Will be visiting again soon

I would like to say our waitress who’s name we cannot remember was super

Lovely drinks nice place. Really dog friendly. Meghan was supper friendly

We got served by Megan, was a really friendly worker who we had a nice chat with. Would come back again!

megan was really nice, very helpful and would come again :)

lovely servers and a great place, would definitely come back again!

Stayed over for 2 days had an amazing time everyone was very friendly. Thanks 👍

We stayed here a couple of weeks ago for a last minute get away break. The pub and hotel is perfectly situated in the centre of ambleside with free parking for hotel guests. The pub is warm and welcoming. We had a drink in the bar before heading to our room (lovely Guinness) The room was clean and spacious with a fold out bed for our 9 year old. Breakfast was included in our stay and was delicious. We'll definitely be back next time we visit the lakes. It felt like a home from home.

The atmosphere was great and service was very fast. The staff were very friendly and very helpful especially Sam and Shane. Thank you team.

Megan was the best server tonight!

Meg and jess really looked after us couldnt be happier with service

Guinness was served, QI was on the telly and a bloke was snogging his missus. Great British pub culture, would recommend

Welcomed by Gentleman behind the bar instantly as came through the door. Customer service level excellent served and mixed amongst customers effortlessly making everyone feel welcome. Pub nicely dressed for Christmas with warm atmosphere. Only popped in for coffee but food coming out looked and smelled nice.

Class, big up meg, lovely establishment for late night drinking

Megan was so slay she made the best drinks and my night Hell yeah x

Big up Megan, proper quality service

Megan you superstar ❤️❤️❤️ we adore Megan. No waitress has ever been so #slay

Walked in to find it to be a great place to enjoy local pub grub, atmosphere and a cold beer in a welcoming spot.

Perfect burger and chips to refill the tank after a big walk from Windermere to Ambleside. Staff were very attentive and food was exactly what I was looking for ☀️

Came for the quiz. Good fun and Meg and Shane were quick and polite serving on the bar.

Megan, Shane and Jess were so lovely!! Perfect, friendly service. Drinks were lush, would recommend. Good music too!

Amazing cocktail deal (2 for £12), great music and fab staff!! Definitely would come again!!

Megan and shane were so lovely and friendly !!

We stayed here for 2 nights, room was lovely and spacious. Staff were helpful, welcoming and friendly upon arrival. Beds we lovely, and comfy, decent size bathroom, If I was to nit pick they wasn't enough drawers or coat hangers for our clothes as a family of 4, we just left everything in the suitcase's. Food was lovely, as was the breakfasts we thoroughly enjoyed our stay and would definitely recommend this place. Thank you for a lovely stay 🤗

A lovely pub right in the heart of Ambleside, the staff are five star⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ and the food is lovely, special mention for Victoria, Leisha and lewis. I love it here and every time I come everyone is amazing and so helpful. I reccomend it to anyone visiting Ambleside 🌞🌞🌞

Truly an amazing place with a great atmosphere. Enough can't be said about the friendly and efficient servers there. I was served by Megan who has an infectious, bubbly personality and really made my time an enjoyable experience.

Fantastic service from Leish, Lewis and Victoria with delicious food cooked to perfection by George and Aidan. First time at the Lion and will definitely be returning. Roaring fire, great atmosphere, service with a smile, what more could you want! 10/10 would recommend to a friend

Lovely staff, lovely roast, would recommend ((:

Superb grub, and even better hospitality. Arrived early and still got the lunch menu, even filled all of our water bottles up before we left, cheers 👍

Last time I was at White Lion 20 years ago and the food was good and still is 😃

We really enjoyed our night here and Megan was lovely, nothing was too much trouble and we were able to bring our dog who was given a lot of attention too!

Fantastic service and the staff went above and beyond. So friendly!

Absolutely incredible, Megan was great and served us very professionally, and incredible experience, i can only beg the land Lord at my local to step up their game and be half as good as this fine establishment. What a night, what a town, what a pub.

Came in with my two kids on a heaving Good Friday, & Victoria couldn’t have been more helpful, move people & rearranged tables. Food was awesome & reasonably priced, anyone eating or drinking in Ambleside, I would whole heartedly recommend The White Lion!!! 🥰👍🏻

My second time at The White Lion and the staff were even more welcoming. Absolutely top class hospitality. I'll be back with the dogs, Frank the puppy and Jake the colly.

This was a highlight of our trip to The UK last year. My daughter still talks about the Mac n cheese and full hot breakfast. It is a classic atmospheric pub with very comfortable and safe accomodation very clean and comfortable extremely well located and the friendliest most helpful publicans ever. I think they are from Liverpool and London but being Aussie it’s hard to place accents accurately. It’s a family affair and they’re a top family that were our first impression of England and could not have repped it better. Stay here 💯. Food is well priced and tasty as are the drinks (wide range) the atmosphere and location top notch. Ambleside is absolutely a gem. The staff are jewels.

A great pub in Ambleside. Good food and beer was cold. The service was excellent especially from Megan

We took shelter at the White Lion during an extremely busy wet lunchtime. We enjoyed a Bailey's hot chocolate each and despite being clearly run off their feet all staff were extremely friendly and obliging. We decided to book in for dinner and were so glad we did. Both meals (pork belly and the pie) were gorgeous, good quality and worth the price, service was just as friendly, and the place itself has a wonderful atmosphere.

A Great friendly pub the food is amazing I would recommend the steak pie really tasty and filling, they go the extra mile to welcome and care for dogs with water bowls and tasty dog treats it's a really great place.

Nice simple bar with nice array of beers

Lovely pub great atmosphere and staff

Megan was superb. I wish every bar had one!

Megan was great for hospitality and freindliness

Sunday dinner was dead nice Jessica ate it all up mmm very lovely

Dined last night with a large group of friends. The staff were very accommodating, service & food were excellent!

Megan Jess and Anthony and harry really helped us sorting out our group. Best staff ever

It's not the first time we have found our way to the White Lion and it won't be the last. The staff are always so welcoming and even at short notice they managed to create space for 30 of us to come in on a Saturday night. Thank you 🤩

Excellent they accommodate us at short notice Thank you very much 👍🙂5*

Megan was great!! Get her a present

Megan and jes harry and Anthony thanks for great friendly service and fitting is for food at the last minute!! Great spicy chicken burger 😍

Megan can carry a lot of glasses!

Had an amazing experience here! Made even better by one of the staff members Megan! Thanks again!

Megan was rlly nice and friendly!

Great pub. Megan provided a great service. Harry & Antony delivered great food. I would recommend.

Lovely food and great service from Harry and Anthony. Megan was lovely and chatty, asking about our day, and made great drinks and provided a good service!

Nice bar in the centre of Ambleside, dog friendly and staff nice too. Food typical pub standard, quiet average.

Great food, lovely staff (especially Megan)

Megan was super lovely and friendly! Loved bonding over our love of Yorkshire 🥰 food was super tasty too, and service was speedy! Thank you 💞

Megan provided amazing customer service at the pub! The drinks were so fairly priced and it was a great night out! Many thanks to Megan for being so polite and friendly! What an icon!

Megan was wonderful and gave the best service. She’s a credit to the pub and made our experience wonderful! The pub was clean, lovely drinks and fab service. Thanks Megan we will be returning x

Megan was doing bits, she was so amazing and made sure we were all okay!

Service from Megan was wonderful, will definitely be back.

Great food, really nice selection! Burgers and chips absolutely brilliant! Shoutout to Megan for serving me my food! Really friendly!

Megan was very lovely and friendly and the food was delicious!