The Golden Lion at Settle

What a great place to stay in the heart of Settle. The Golden Lion with its open fires, friendly, welcoming and efficient staff make you feel at home. The rooms are to a good standard, with excellent quality beds and bedding with a little added luxury of Whites Company bathroom products. The added bonus for us that is also dog friendly with even providing dog blankets and towels at the entrance if you require them. The breakfast is of the highest standard with excellent quality ingredients and nothing is too much other for the attentive staff. We also used the restaurant on the Saturday evening and the food, drink and service were also faultless. When we visit different places we usually attempt to try different accommodations to see what is on offer, but when we visit settle again in the near future we will be staying again at the Golden Lion, no need to try anywhere else, friendly, comfortable and good value for money, why go elsewhere.

A quote by The General Manager J Wrighton "We do supply ear plugs in all our rooms to help give you a better night' sleep: We had a very poor night's sleep. Something like a fan was working all night. Especially as we had requested a quiet room. We left before end of our stay!

Sunday lunch looked good but the other meals were mediocre and over-priced. The chickpea, charred aubergine and feta salad sounded lovely but it wasn’t freshly made and had clearly been sitting in the satay dressing for some time. When my soggy beige salad arrived I wished I had ordered the homemade cheese and red onion marmalade pie which sounded great but when it arrived it was seriously underwhelming. If the quality of the food matched the description on the menu then the prices were about right, as it was they were over-priced.

I stayed here with a group of 6 friends for the weekend and everything was just perfect from the rooms to the food to the staff. We had rooms 14 & 15 which easily fit 3 people each. Very tastefully done decor. Rooms and ensuites were very clean. Food was tasty (both breakfast and lunch) with generous portions. Staff was helpful and friendly. They happily accommodated all our requests. I would definitely recommend it to all.

I booked for 3 couples to have a night away together. We were warmly welcomed into The Golden Lion. We were allocated Rooms 4, 6 and 14. Each room was excellent. My husband and I were in Room 14 which was superb - 4 Poster Bed etc. Evening Meal was very good, served by friendly, efficient staff. Breakfast was superb. Well worth visiting.

Two out of the 4 of us ordered suet pudding. Large helping but very stodgy. Both had terrible diarrhoea the next day. Other meals, steak and chicken were okay. Very disappointed as pub was decent but you shouldn't be paying for food to get ill on it.

Lovely staff and room beautiful, late night key to get in after closing. Enjoyed the breakfast lots of choice and all local products, overall the visit was was brilliant could not complain about anything would visit again and also would recommend.

We went to the Golden Lion for a pub dinner as a group of 4. Service was very slow (and we only ordered 1 starter), our drinks were forgotten about and we were not provided water despite glasses on the table, the food was average at best and I would say overpriced even for the area (noted unhelpful reply from manager regarding similar issues previously on trip advisor). Would not recommend or return.

My friend and I planned a day trip on the Carlisle to Settle railway with a 2+ hour layover in Settle at lunchtime. We stopped a passer by when we got off the train and asked for a recommndation for a light lunch. Our adviser suggested the Golden Lion - great food, she said. It was just across the road so we accepted the advice. After we were seated we asked about light lunch option and were give the 'lunch' menu which was a variety of sandwiches. Initially shocked by the prices, we decided that on the strength of the recommendation this would be something special so both order prawn marie rose on brown bread, one with the included chips and mine without. After a lengthy wait our plates arrived. Anticipating the king of sandwiches at there prices my plate had two small slices of supermarket brown bread with some lettuce and prawns out of a ready made pack. No garnish, just the poor little sandwich. Wishing not to spoil our day by complaining, we ate the food, paid and left. The cost of the sandwiches alone (x2) was £27.90 !!!!! It was complete robbery. As we walked further around Settle in stunned rage, we noticed a wide range of attractive coffee shops. We suggest to other travellers that the Golder Lion is only for those who have won the lottery.