Name: The Theberton Lion
Address: Leiston Rd, Theberton, Leiston, Leiston, Leiston, IP16 4RU, United Kingdom
Rating: 8

Smoke-free property

Heating

Garden

Patio

All Spaces Non-Smoking (public and private)

No elevators

General

Non-smoking rooms

Cable TV

DVD Player

Hairdryer

Flat-screen TV

Shower

Wardrobe/Closet

Rooms

Accessibility features

Wheelchair Accessible

Accessibility

Iron and board

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Breakfast

Breakfast in the room

Restaurant

Breakfast/lunch to go

Meals

Free Wi-Fi

Internet access

Internet

Hiking

Recreation

Free parking

Parking

Pets allowed

Pets

Personal protection equipment for staff

Extra decontamination measures

Personal protection equipment for guests

Contactless check-in and/or check-out

Individually packaged food

Additional measures against COVID-19

Health and Safety Measures

Location

At the guest house

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Leiston Abbey

Norwich International Airport

The Theberton Lion

Leiston

child-bed

child-bed-fee

external-private-bathroom

private-bathroom

shared-bathroom

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king-bed

queen-bed

limited-time

lounge

treatment

no-window

bay-view

bosphorus-view

canal-view

city-view

courtyard-view

garden-view

golf-view

harbour-view

inland-view

lake-view

land-view

mountain-view

ocean-front

ocean-view

oceanside

panoramic-view

park-view

partial-ocean-view

partial-sea-view

partial-view

pool-view

river-view

sea-front

sea-view

street-view

sunrise-view

sunset-view

water-view

with-view

annex

basement

main-building

1-bedroom

2-bedrooms

3-bedrooms

4-bedrooms

5-bedrooms

6-bedrooms

not-guaranteed

wired-internet-access

smoking

sauna

duplex

safe

mini-bar

breakfast-for-1

breakfast-for-2

pets-allowed

wi-fi

kitchen

Popped here for the evening as staying on holiday nearby.... Big mistake!
Was informed at the bar when ordering drinks (initially friendly approach) anyway informed it was curry night and was handed all the menus... Yes all the menus! Then land lady took back the menus and gave us the ones for just us
Anyway we were told we could sit in the restaurant area. Limited menu. We ordered samosa and bombay potatoes. Innitaly I was excited because we were informed all the food was homemade and cooked by them.... However the food was probably the worst I've ever had!!
Samosa was OK... However lacked any similarly to the Indian cuisine, we basically had filo pastry that was deep fried filled with chickpeas, tomato sauce and courgette.... Was very weird! The bombay potato literally tasted and looked like leftover roast potatoes from Sunday that was reheated in the microwave (so was very mushy) and small hint of spice.... Pretty vile!

Onto the main... I ordered chicken korma which came with rice, poppadom and a naan (all homemade.... And my partner ordered beef madras with the same accompniments. So... Rice was microwave rice clearly overcooked and hard! And in clumps Not fluffy
Naan as hard as a table mat. Chicken korma resembled a pouch of sheeba cat meat that had been left out in the sun..... Dry! Really dry and no sauce! My partners curry was also dry... And resembled cat food!

When the food was delivered to the table by a very young waiter I asked where the sauce in the curry was... He replied.. Nervously that's just what it's like... And disappeared... Quickly.
Deciding not to eat the meal as was unsure of nearest hospital I informed the landlady I couldn't eat it because it was so dry and the curry lacked sauce.... Any sauce and that the rice was dry... She then offered something else to be cooked I said no.
When the bill came she demanded we pay half the price of the meal we didn't eat.... Lots of arguments... Had to beg not to pay for meal not eaten! Do not go here!

Vile food! Reheated, dry curries! Awful service confrontational staff! Awful experience! Save yourself!

Visited on ‘Curry Night’ which was a really good choice! Had the lamb madras which was delicious. Great pub, very friendly landlady, excellent food and fabulous selection of local real ales. Could not fault it - very dog friendly too. Highly recommend it and wouldn’t hesitate to return. By the way, the Chocolate Eves Pudding was to die for.

Dog Friendly Real Ale Pub with Great Food and Welcome

We ate here twice last week. Great menu, very tasty. Can recommend the Cajun chicken burger. Disappointed that we were too full to make it to the cheeseboard. Well prepared and nicely served.  Very friendly host. Good atmosphere. Good choice of real ales. 

Great place for a good evening meal

Arrived at the Lion for Sunday lunch. We were welcomed with out dog. Plenty of tables in the garden and space in pub for a late lunch.  Plenty of choice of beers on tap.  I enjoyed the rhubarb cider.    Sunday lunch menu was more than adequate and the food was excellent, served in good time with good size portions.  Recommend for visitors to the area. 

Suffolk Sunday lunch

Besides the fact that the room wasn’t comfortable and the food at the pub was bad, staff was rude and unfriendly and charged me for extra time although I was told in the beginning that I was booked for an extra night (which was their mistake) but they still charged me although they had made a mistake and had no other guests coming. Never coming back here

Uncomfortable room, bad food and bad service

We visit Suffolk (from London) a few times a year to visit RSPB Minsmere. The Theberton Lion is walking distance from our accommodation so we usually visit. This time it coincided with a gin-tasting event so we decided to give it a try. We enjoyed an excellent meal first early in the evening , then later sampled the gin. It was a really well run & fun evening and we felt very welcome. The tasting board to accompany the gins was delicious. Always good food & a warm welcome here.

Gin tasting

We are relatively local but had an impromptu trip to the seaside with the wife and dog. Come lunchtime, everywhere in Aldeburgh, Thorpeness etc was … rammed, with long queues at all the eateries. We decided to go a little inland and discovered the Lion at Theberton … which we’d never really noticed before. 
We had a thoroughly lovely lunchtime in the garden. The menu was good, food was exceptional and Tom, who served us, was very attentive and helpful, even gave the dog a biscuit! The ales and ciders available were … brilliant!
Its now firmly on our list of places to eat when we come to the coast … others can brave the hurly burly of queues! Thank you Tom and Lion. See you again, soon!

A delightful unplanned meal!

A proper old pub with probably the largest amount of drinks on tap, and so well kept. Visited twice while in Theberton. Tuesday Curry Night. A must if I were there again. Beef vindaloo and chicken korma were our choices. Excellent. Two days later for burger and the “legendary” steak pie. Having had said pie, thoroughly recommend it. Rhubarb cider! Superb, as the other 2 ciders I sampled, also a pint of Golden Ale. Pity I don’t live nearby!

Great pub serving excellent food and drinks.

The Lion has been a 'real find'.  The selection of food and beers are exceptional and the food is of the highest quality.  I particularly like it because it feels like a pub a not a restaurant.  I met the owner last night for the first time and she was very friendly and informative.  Ben is also great, always warm and welcoming, not to mention hard working.  We plan many more visits!

Great pub / great food

The pub has a great range of beers which are kept in excellent condition. We had a light lunch and the pea soup was outstanding. A very friendly pub - both staff and locals. We shall certainly come here again - the menu looks very appetising.

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