Cock & Lion

Review summary

1. OT

   OpenTable Diner

   New York City1 review

   2.0

   Dined on 2 March 2025

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 3

   Pie arrived to table completely frozen, was taken away and heated but by the time the pie came back everyone else had basically finished their meal. There was no member of staff on the dining floor so had to walk downstairs to the main pub to rectify this.
   

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   Cock & LionResponded 1 day ago

   Dear Guest, Thank you for your feedback. We're truly sorry to hear about your experience with the pie and the lack of staff presence. We appreciate your patience and will address these issues to improve our service. Best regards, The Cock & Lion Team
   

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   Richard

   London4 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on 2 February 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Excellent Sunday lunch. Booked on open table but the telephone number on the website didn't seem to connect
   

   Cock & LionResponded on 24 February 2025

   Dear Richard, Thank you for your kind words and for choosing to have your Sunday lunch with us. We're delighted to hear you enjoyed it! We apologise for the inconvenience with the telephone number and will look into it promptly. Best regards, The Cock & Lion Team
   

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   Iain

   London4 reviews

   4.0

   Dined on 28 December 2024

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 3

   Helpful and pleasant staff… we were four adults, three children and eight upstairs upstairs and the food was good… They were short staffed and had run out draft ale which was a shame. But overall everything was good.
   

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   Karen

   Seattle34 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on 25 December 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Festive cozy Christmas meal! Friendly and attentive service, food was lovely.
   

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   Martin

   Norfolk/Suffolk1 review

   1.0

   Dined on 21 December 2024

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 2

   Service was very slow ( half hour before starter, another hour before mains) considering the meal choice was pre-booked and there were a total of four diners in the room! The waiter/barman was friendly and courteous. No complaints there. Our festive meal had clearly been standing around a long time before serving. The roast potatoes were inedible. Huge off putting thick slabs of turkey on the plate. Undercooked broccoli.
   

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   Tina

   London3 reviews

   3.0

   Dined on 9 December 2024

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 3

   We had booked the festive menu for 2 people and even confirmed our food choices the night before by email. Unfortunately because they were busy at the weekend, we couldn't have any of our choices including the turkey lunch. However, the staff made up for it by offering us choices on the a la carte and gave us complimentary drinks and extra roast veg with our meals. They looked after us very well. We were the only ones in the dining area so it didn't feel festive but that's not their fault. There was music and decorations though.
   

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   John

   London2 reviews

   2.0

   Dined on 29 November 2024

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 1

   1 Booking table was a non-event. The staff member seemed not to have any knowledge of that. Tables were available so no problem. 2 Noise level was very high. 'lively' is not how I would describe it. Conversation was difficult. We will not return. 3 Wait for food far too long. About 40mins. 4 Food good.
   

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   AndrewB

   London2 reviews

   3.0

   Dined on 24 July 2024

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 2

   A good drinking pub - well-kept proper beers at a reasonable price for central London - but give food a miss. Many menu items were unavailable and what was served was of adequate quality, but no more, and was expensive given the small portions and ordinariness.
   

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9. OT

   OpenTable Diner

   London1 review

   5.0

   Dined on 12 May 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Lovely welcoming pub and choice menu that is nicely presented and prepared.
   

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10. OT

    OpenTable Diner

    Liverpool2 reviews

    2.0

    Dined on 28 April 2024

    1. Overall 2
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 3
    4. Ambience 2

    Visiting London for the weekend. Did a search online for “best Sunday roasts” and came across this place; had a look at the menu and decided we’d take a trip! On arrival, we were shown to our table - no ambience at all. Dining area was freezing cold, whilst the downstairs bar area was nice and warm. Asked for a hot drink to be told that they don’t do hot drinks (what sort of bar restaurant doesn’t do hot drinks). Was handed a menu but no roast on it so had to ask when the server returned. Was told that they do do roasts but only beef and veg option. I asked if they had chicken as per the menu on their website to be told “no” - nothing more, no apology. As someone who doesn’t eat beef, this was disappointing. They’d not run out for the day as we were clearly the first to arrive for Sunday lunch. Would have left at this point had we not travelled to this place. The food however was tasty; really enjoyed what I ate, as did my friend.
    

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