Lion + Pheasant Hotel

Food & drinks:

Lovely boutique hotel, great quality for the price. Rooms: Clean, stylish, nice firm mattress and lovely duvet. Walkability: Very close to bridge over the river, and also only minutes from medieval town centre Food & drinks: Good restaurant with great food and creative menu. Eg lovely starter of cured trout with beetroot - fantastic flavour combo. Great chocolate mousse desert with intense raspberry and rum&raisin ice cream.

We stayed in The Loft, which was excellent and very original. Comfortable and warm. Very good breakfast, and super helpful staff. Food & drinks: Nice bar, and very good breakfast. We didn’t have an evening meal because we were only staying one night and the hotel is central so we went out.

Fantastic very friendly establishment. Would highly recommend thanks!

Food & drinks: Great food in the restaurant

After seeing some exceptional plates of food on their socials we couldn’t wait to re-visit the independently owned @lionandpheasant perfectly positioned at the bottom of Wyle cop, one of Shrewsburys most iconic streets. ⭐️4/5 Recommend Price We were greeted at reception and led through the bar to a cosy table next to a roaring log fire. Kicking off proceedings with a well crafted cocktail and home baked bread with whipped wild garlic butter. Unusually for us we opted for the same starter. Brined and blow torched scallops, green onion emulsion. We were a little confused with the plating and balance of ingredients. The squid ink cracker lay over the bowl hiding a soup like, rich oily emulsion. Having to hunt for the scallop, which should be the main attraction, but sadly appeared to be one scallop sectioned into three small pieces in a sea of emulsion was disappointing. The stale cracker brought nothing to the dish and was pretty inedible. The scallop itself melted in your mouth and the crispy tempura mussels brought a great pop of texture. Skilled fish cookery but worlds apart from the plating we were expecting after seeing such a beautiful representation on instagram. Sous vide chicken was succulent, whilst the dauphinoise could have done with some colour and crispness to the top layer. Due to the plating again lacking finesse it was hard to identify the Jerusalem artichoke or the spinach purée, these flavours were lost under the bold jus gras. A mighty piece of pan fried cod with crispy skin, salt and vinegar potatoes, samphire and pea tartare. This was everything you would hope for in an elevation of a Friday night chippy tea complete with fiery curry sauce. While we may have set our expectations a little high we enjoyed a good standard of food during our visit to the Lion and Pheasant. Execution of some dishes left room for improvement however the front of house manager took our feedback graciously and removed the starters from the bill. Overall an enjoyable evening with a relaxed vibe and the option of post dinner drinks next door at the fabulous @ernest_co #theshropshirefoodies #shrewsbury