Black Lion Hotel

On arrival this evening, we were warmly welcomed, but told there would be a 40 minute wait for food as a table of 8 had just ordered!!!! I did find this slightly strange, as a pub chef myself, 8 really is not a big deal. My husband and I took a seat in the bar area, and ordered our food. We did have to ask for our table to be cleaned (there were only 4 other people in the bar) My husband ordered the curry of the day, and I ordered the steak pie. Our food duly arrived just within the 40 minutes, alas, it went very quickly down hill. My pie pastry was completely raw, not just a little bit, but completely. The waitress took the offending dish away. 30 minutes later, my husband had finished his meal, and we had had another drink, and my meal was still nowhere to be seen. We decided to call it a day, and my husband went to pay the bill, and cancel my meal, I really didn't want to eat alone, we had gone out to eat together. Whilst my husband was at the bar paying, the waitress came to me and asked "do you want your pie or not, because it's ready" it was a little too late, my husband enjoyed his meal, but didn't particularly enjoy eating on his own, had we known how long it would take to replace mine, we would probably have left sooner. The barman was very polite, but there was no recompense for our problems, sadly I left just as hungry as when I arrived, such a shame as the black lion used to be the place to eat in Ellesmere, I should know, I worked in the kitchen there for a few years. Thankfully the fish and chips I had in the car going home were gorgeous.

Stopped by whilst in Ellesmere after boating day out. Very warm reception,very welcoming,what a surprise to see such an imaginative veggie menu! The food is amazingly good vfm,the setting is comfortable,the staff were all efficient and a credit and the pub dog is a beauty. Dog friendly too. Go here and see for yourself,we sat in bat as not really dressed up but also has a restaurant

Historical building inside and out and warmly decorated too.
Fantastic location and Ellesmere with it's meres, historic buildings and the closeness of the Llangollen canal right on it's doorstep makes it is a very special, attractive town no doubt.
The staff were friendly and welcoming even though they were very busy with the Sunday lunch sittings.
Finally managed to get two portions of chips and sat outside in the pleasant garden seating area with the dogs.
The selection of drinks was great and my two pints of "Oblivion" real cask ale on tap was divine.

Massive portions of food - check out the Lion Burger...
A nice old place with a decent choice of both food and beer.
The wi-fi kept dropping out but it was free! 🙂

Today we held my daughter and her new husbands wedding at The Black Lion, their room was beautiful. We used the function room upstairs.The food was amazing and the staff were so friendly and nothing was too much trouble. They all went above and beyond what they needed to do. The whole day ran like a dream. So thank you all. Weddings can be stressful but thanks to the Black Lion team we relaxed with family and friends, danced and all went home happy. Lots of memories to keep

Had lunch and a drink. Was very nice, well worth the money. Lady who served was very friendly, and we cod take our Yorkie in

We had our 50th anniversary meal with 18 members of the family some of the meals were just warm.we was not asked if we wanted desserts, my granddaughter crying she wanted ice cream it was 9 o'clock. The bill was settled by our children so I am guessing the bill must have been around £300 how could anyone refuse a child of her ice cream

Fantastic place staff are really helpful and friendly. Beer is fantastic this is a really good place to visit. And it is really dog friendly.