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The Lion Liverpool

Restaurant Bar Asian restaurant

One of the Top rated Asian restaurants in Liverpool


Address

239 Walton Rd, Liverpool L4 4AR, United Kingdom

Website

thelionrestaurant.com

Contact

+44 151 538 6065

Rating on Google Maps

4.80 (162 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Friday: 4 to 10:30 pm
  • Saturday: 4 to 10:30 pm
  • Sunday: 4 to 10:30 pm
  • Monday: Closed
  • Tuesday: 4 to 10:30 pm
  • Wednesday: 4 to 10:30 pm
  • Thursday: 4 to 10:30 pm

Featured Reviews


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  • 5/5 Naomi J. 1 year ago on Google
    Was on a short visit to Liverpool and this restaurant was recommended by a dear friend. Very friendly staff. He was so professional. Great service. Food was amazing and spiced as per individual taste. Definitely deserves more than 5 stars.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Ravi R. 7 months ago on Google
    Excellent food. Very caring and accommodating owners and staff. Goes the extra mile to keep customers happy!!
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Rebecca R. 10 months ago on Google
    What a night!. Food was delicious, everything freshly cooked, homemade, full of flavour. Portions are big and well worth the money. Starters in particular where very tasty (would go back and do a “tapas style”of starters😊) Was asked if we was there for an occasion, we told them it had just been my parters birthday therefore came for a mid week meal. At the end of the night they sang happy birthday to him and gave a chocolate cake! Lovely touch. Great vibe inside and Staff where lovely! Friendly and attentive. Highly recommend visiting. Our order (see pics): Starters- Beef Teriyaki Chicken fried gyoza Yakitori Coconut Roti Mains- Sea bass, suzuki Devils mixed meat/seafood (rice separate) Devils mixed meat (rice separately) Chicken teppanyaki noodles (If you don't like spicy, get the mild devils still has a slight kick but very tasty)
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Matthew D. 2 years ago on Google
    Small, friendly, local restaurant. When they say support local, this is exactly the place you want to support. Staff were friendly, food was absolutely top quality, and the atmosphere was amazing :) Just a small walk from the house, you can bet on it that I'll be going back again (more than once!) Couldn't recommend it highly enough, my main concern is that they'll get very popular and be so booked up that I can't get in and get a seat 😜
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Jason C. 2 years ago on Google
    We ordered steamed gyoza, seafood kareoke, paratha roti, chicken devil, and katsu-don. Everything was excellent. The real show stopper was the Lion Stout. Great food, great service, and great music!
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 R J. 2 years ago on Google
    What a great place, atmosphere, gorgeous on the inside and the food was fabulous. I haven't got a bad thing to say. First time visiting and would definitely visit again. 😊 . The two sisters loved it.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 The Gary B. 11 months ago on Google
    Unbelievably brilliant, probably the best curry I've ever had, amazing
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Ahamed R. 2 years ago on Google
    Very well presented, you can tell that the ingredients are fresh and cooked to a very high standard. Non of the dishes were oily. Will definitely visit again.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Daniel Z. 2 years ago on Google
    Great sushi and atmosphere. Also very friendly staff. The cheff came talk to us and explained the dish. Recommend.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Shanaz A. 2 years ago on Google
    Absolutely loved the food and the atmosphere. The staff was very friendly. If you do visit make sure to order the coconut rotti, very very tasty loved it so much. The service was quick and amazing will most definitely come back again.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Dr23rippa 1 year ago on Google
    Food is fantastic full of flavour and the quality of the meat tasted good. The starters are punching way above their weight all high quality decent portions. Came here last year and brought back a big group of friends and family. Everything was spot on until paying the bill. Creating drama over how we pay was embarrassing I recommend this place to my group and you took a good 5/10 minutes suggesting one person pay the whole Bill when we all wanted to pay individually for our own food. How can you expect someone to foot up over £150 at your convenience. This let down the good food and experience. Maybe I'll be back in 2023 hopefully this issue regarding paying won't happen again.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Ged C. 4 months ago on Google
    Great food, friendly staff and a pleasant atmosphere. From the Sri Lankan menu, the Salmon curry is deeply aromatic and beautifully seasoned. The black pork curry is dark, savoury and packed with big robust flavours. Excellent little place!

  • 5/5 Sushma G. 9 months ago on Google
    I have ordered few times from the restaurant, food was delicious very flavourful best Srilankan food I have eaten in Liverpool. Loved the chicken fried rice and the starters. Definitely coming back reasonable prices and good quantity as well

  • 5/5 Andy Z. 5 months ago on Google
    Best sit-down restaurant in Walton! The food, service, and atmosphere are perfect for a dinner out. Would highly recommend.

  • 5/5 Bogacki B. 5 months ago on Google
    Whery nice place, staff makes effort to make you happy, and even chef get out of the kitchen and ask if all is good and makes effort to talk with us a bit. He prepered individual plater of sushi for us not only following our preferences but he made it even better and it looks like an art. I understand that we were lucky that he had time to do that, but anyway, he made an effort, and we appreciate it. (There was more than what I have on pictures, but I couldn't fit it all in one photo 😅)

  • 4/5 Graham S. 7 months ago on Google
    This Sri Lankan restaurant was recommended to my friends and I during our recent weekend stay in Liverpool. The food was absolutely wonderful. But let me give a couple other pieces of information before I get to that. The restaurant is not in a great area, and as we walked from our airbnb to the restaurant -- and had to walk back after dark -- we were a little uncomfortable. But there were no problems. There was a huge negative: service was incredible slow. In fact, when we arrived, some lads at a different table warned us not to stay, because they'd been there two hours and only just received their food. As we had no other plans for the evening, we did stay, and it was a little over 90 minutes from when we sat down at our booked table to when the food arrived. I don't know if that's normal or if there were short-staffed that evening. It seems to be very much a small family-run operation. Now to the good part: the food was exceptionally good. So if you're willing to spend a long evening at the restaurant, I highly recommend it.

  • 5/5 Marianna M. 4 months ago on Google
    Absolutely superb. Most strongly recommend. As a real foodie I don't give 5* to many places, but this is a real gem. Exceptional quality of food, coupled with wonderful atmosphere and outstanding service.

  • 2/5 wanderlustcat 8 months ago on Google
    Good food, terrible hospitality, believed the wife working on the front, she need to have some training how to run restaurants, otherwise they will run their business down, we are the only one eating there and simple order and still she missed one entree, we waited for half hour maybe she back and asking if need more or asked the food but she didn’t bothered, after tired of waiting we inquired the other meal she just realised and pretending it was us who is not so sure to make the order, there is no professional attitude offering at least a discount or dessert in the house to remedy the situation but she was insisting it was us weren’t clear what we ordered which is very strange, so we decide being the grown up here and ask for the bill and just be done to get out of the place. never seen any behaviour like this in my life going out to restaurants. I hope she read this review and take the feedback, reviews are important

  • 5/5 Scott B. 8 months ago on Google
    The food here is really good. It's a tiny cosy restaurant with a name like a British pub but a menu like a high end Asian restaurant, which was a surprise considering the name. Good portions, decent variety and the staff are nice. If you haven't tried it yet I do recommend. The only con for this place was the music at one point was really bassy and loud after a stressful day when we just wanted to relax and enjoy the food, but it only happened the once.

  • 5/5 Robert B. 11 months ago on Google
    Party of 6 +1child. Service was great. Not the biggest place but was good. Food was delicious. I ordered medium spicy but would recommend next time mild. I had Sri Lankan devils mix. Beautiful. We all said that we'd return. Compliments to the cook and the staff.

  • 5/5 A U. 1 year ago on Google
    We ordered 4 Sri Lankian dishes, chicken curry, lamb curry, chicken devil and seafood devil, served with roti or rice. Each of them are quite spicy but extremely delicious and we love them! Also, the owner is nice and provide good service, will definitely come back if we visit Liverpool next time!😄

  • 5/5 RadioactiveChilli (. 10 months ago on Google
    An amazing gem of a restaurant hidden away in a random spot. It was a surprisingly cosy and had a warm atmosphere. The food was absolutely delicious. We had 100% authentic Sri Lankan food. One of my top underrated places in Liverpool for sure. The Sri Lankan Chicken Curry was definitely the best I've had and I highly recommend it. Try it with the authentic level of spice if you're up for it.

  • 5/5 Cheryl M. 2 years ago on Google
    The food tastes amazing and the menu is huge. There was so much to choose from I actually had difficulty deciding. All the meals had so much flavour in them, I would definitely recommend and will be returning. I just wish it was closer, as would definitely be my regular. The staff are so friendly and thoughtful, a real family run business.

  • 5/5 Samantha H. 1 year ago on Google
    My husband and I tried both the sushi and Sri Lankan options (he is Sri Lankan) the food was delicious! We weren't sure how well it would work but it definately does! Closest to home made Sri Lankan food we've had at a restaurant. Staff were chatty and friendly, lovely atmosphere and music playing all evening. Highly recommend to anyone who loves authentic Sri Lankan curries or enjoys high quality sushi, a must visit


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Amenities


  • Payments
    • ✓️ Debit cards
    • ✓️ Credit cards
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Beer
    • ✓️ Wine
    • ✓️ Alcohol
    • ✓️ Spirits
    • ✓️ Cocktails
    • ✓️ Small plates
    • ✓️ Vegan options
    • ✓️ Healthy options
    • ✓️ Free water refills
    • ✓️ Vegetarian options
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible seating
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Dessert
    • ✓️ Seating
    • ✓️ Catering
    • ✓️ Counter service
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✓️ Delivery
    • ✓️ Takeaway
    • ✓️ Kerbside pickup
    • ✓️ Outdoor seating
    • ✓️ No-contact delivery

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