The White Lion

Whilst staying in Niton we came here 4 times! This was simple because the food was delicious and the staff were so friendly. I have a nut allergy and they were so helpful, no question or enquiry was to much bother. I have the liver twice and it was the best liver dinner I have ever had!!

we ate Sunday lunch..................no lamb it seems anymore! Reason we went there! I only eat small portions as cant eat lots but even the small was over priced and not good food at all! Expensive but the pork is a cheap cut Belly! The beef was tough and fatty! the veg have also gone downhill! I will not be returning for a while and are warning others too,

Nice stay in a country pub, excellent breakfast and friendly staff. Comfortable bed and shower room, unfortunately no remote control in the room for the TV but staff gave us one from another room. Enjoyed both our evening meal and breakfast. The village is quiet and there isn't much locally, but it's great for walking and the countryside. You would definitely need a car if you stay here.

The good bits - friendly staff, good food when it was being served. Albeit they ran out of 2 of the 4 starter options when we ate there. Recommend you book as it was heaving on a Monday night. The not so good bits - the “family” room. We booked it for 2 adults and 2 children. The sofa bed for two 11 year old kids was too small and uncomfortable. The room itself with a double bed and a sofa bed in it wasn’t really big enough to “swing a cat” in and as it was situated on the road side of the pub, as of 7.30am it sounded like the M4 was running past. The kitchen is closed Tuesday & Wednesday evenings which therefore means the building is closed and locked up at some point during the evening, which we found out to our detriment. We arrived back (10.30pm) to find we didn’t have the right key card to let us in and upon calling the pub got no answer. No one was about to help but luckily a lady who lives in the village came to assist. She suggested we called the sister pub - The Chequers who would be able to help. Again no answer. As it showed it was open until 11pm on the website we drove there arriving at 10.50pm to find the whole place closed / locked up, similarly to the one we were staying at. We then called the Birdham - another hotel in the group when luckily the phone was answered and the manager contacted the owner. The owner was less than apologetic when I spoke to him too. The point being when you stay at the pub there is no one on site or anyone there to assist personally or to answer the phone if there was an emergency. We found the whole thing quite bizarre and due to this couldn’t recommend it to anyone and sadly won’t be returning.