The Lion at Malpas

A lovely hotel. The rooms in the courtyard are stunning. The bar and pub is really nice. Check in lady was lovely too

A lovely warm welcome from Lisa on arrival set the tone for the weekend. Check in was smooth and informative and it was nice to be shown to our rooms which are in a separate purpose built block adjacent to the pub. The rooms are spotless, well equipped with drinks and snacks and nice and warm too. The bathrooms were a good size and again spotless, a heated towel rail and nice fluffy towels. They had underfloor heating although mine baffled me! The showers are super and lots of hot water, Very comfortable beds and good pillows made for a relaxing night's sleep and the thick curtains kept out most of the light except for a small glow from the patio lights. Soundproofing was very good with minimal sound from other guests. The restaurant is very comfortable and the menu gives a good choice. Add to this a number of local beers and a large range of wines and you are onto a winner. There are two sections to the restaurant and much thanks goes to Chloe(?) for moving us to the quiet section away from a rather loud family group! Can fully recommend the Sunday roast too and the breakfasts are a joy to wake up to. Overall a very nice place to stay and with a good sized car park too an on road parking if needed The Lion can be fully recommended and we are looking forward to returning later in the year

Childfree break Room was gorgeous, in a lovely cottage next door to the pub. Breakfast was lovely. Slept well and the bathroom was nice. Tea tray was fab. Only issue we had was the room was freezing, in December. We had to go over to he pub to ask them to turn the heating on as there was no thermostat in the room. When we went out for dinner and drinks and got back, the room was freezing again. So again back to the pub to ask for heat, we were told there was a thermostat on the landing of the cottage this time to control the room, but the thermostat was locked. Like I said, otherwise it was a great stay. Gorgeous. And we’d go again. But maybe in summer.

Very nice pub with good drinks selection and always good food. Rooms are spacious and immaculate

Almost perfect! A very enjoyable stay, enhanced by spacious accommodation, excellent food and local cask beers and very pleasant staff. A slight downside was the lack of a bell on the unmanned reception when we arrived to check in or have breakfast and the rather confusing breakfast table with a sign encouraging us to 'help ourselves' to juices and cereals whilst waiting for a cooked breakfast, but then being charged for them. No-one in attendance most of the time during breakfast - had to ask for spoons. Despite this the staff were very amiable and the breakfasts superb.

Lovely place but attention to detail required in bathroom cleaning