Golden Lion Basingstoke

Not very clean, glasses always dirty and tables always sticky. The Manager is not welcoming and can be extremely rude and very unprofessional. The Manager is usually sitting at the bar drinking gets a kick out of talking about employees, employees that have left and customers. (Making up stuff that isn’t true and not being very nice at all) The manager bars people on the simple fact that she doesn’t like them anymore. They don’t serve food but do it for parties, if you saw the kitchen it came out of you definitely wouldn’t risk eating it. Also they don’t clean the ice machine, so if you are thinking about going there be very careful what you order.

My partner and friend organised a surprise party for my birthday and said how fantastic and helpful Tracey was in helping them (and taking along of the stress out of it they organised the decorations and food, which was a lovely buffet. Perfect party food! They had another event on but this didn't interfere with the party or vice versa. Drinks were reasonably priced and we were checked on throughout the night to ensure we were having a good time. They also allowed us to pick up our decorations and cake the next day which was helpful and were also accommodating for our 2 year old and another young child as well. A great surprise and a wonderful night, thank you so much (ps the cocktails on tap are yummy!!

We stopped here when our car wiper motor packed up 100 miles from home to wait for 4+ hours for the RAC recovery The lady behind the bar was very kind and helpful despite the kitchen being closed. At time of writing it 's 2:30am and we 're now almost home and in much better spirits than if we 'd had to spend those first 4 hours at the side of the road.

Traci was absolutely fantastic putting together our christening party! Nothing was too much trouble and she did a wonderful buffet. Would definitely recommend for an event! Beautiful weather so we were able to use the outside seating area too! Thank you

Had not been to the golden lion for a while so went here for a few drinks with friends, the landlady actually huffed and puffed because she had to serve me, more interested in the locals that are there and pleasing them, wasnt impressed there was a dog running around the pub!!! Decor and atmosphere appalling ladies toilet was more welcoming then the bar, customer service is not the landladys strongest point, very rude and serving people is not her forte. It used to be a lovely pub, good service, good food and you actually felt welcomed in the pub. Will not be visiting any time soon, these new landlords need to contact Martin the old landlord and get some hints and tips how to run a pub!!!!!!!