Lamb Inn

Reviews

• ND

  Nick Dunne

  4 days ago
  3.0
  We visited today for Sunday lunch and enjoyed much of the food, but slow service and the handling of a minor drinks mix-up left us disappointed with the overall experience. We both had the hot-smoked salmon pâté, followed by one roast pork and one roast beef. The food tasted nice overall, although my pork was too dry for my liking—not unpleasant, but not as succulent as I would have hoped. Neither of us felt the food was outstanding. Being able to bring our dog is a real positive. The drinks issue began with my mistake: I misread the menu and ordered two glasses of white wine rather than red. As soon as I realised, I went to the bar, apologised and explained. The member of staff said it was not a problem and that we could order a different wine. There was no mention that we would still be charged for the original glasses. I then ordered a bottle of red and asked for a small, measured glass to be poured from it, as I was driving and wanted to keep track of how much I drank. This seemed to cause some confusion, with another member of staff later coming over to say he had “Googled it” and offering his interpretation of how much I could legally drink, rather than simply arranging the measured serving I had requested. The wine eventually arrived around 30 minutes after we ordered it—by which time we had finished our starters and the plates had already been cleared. At the end of the meal, we requested the bill using the call button on the table and waited quite some time. Before the bill arrived, another member of staff brought over the original two glasses of white wine and told us we had to pay for them because they could not be poured back into the bottle. I explained that I had already raised my mistake and had been told changing the wine was not a problem. He insisted that the owner required us to pay. I was not happy to pay for drinks we had not consumed, particularly when I had been led to believe the matter had already been dealt with. The owner then came out of the kitchen. She was very pleasant and resolved the matter by explaining that the white wine would appear on the bill for stock purposes, but that the bottle of red would be discounted to offset it. I was happy with that solution. She also acknowledged that this had not been explained properly by the previous member of staff. My concern is not that I made an ordering mistake—I accept that I did—but that a straightforward issue became an awkward and embarrassing exchange requiring the owner’s intervention. Any additional charge should have been explained when I asked to change the wine, not raised at the very end of the meal. The staff were friendly, but the experience suggested a need for better training and clearer communication. The waiting and bar staff appeared very young, and more experienced front-of-house supervision might help them handle situations like this with greater confidence. This was a minor problem that could have been resolved quietly and promptly. In my view, there are much better places for a Sunday roast. We are due to join family for Christmas Day as part of a larger booking, but at approximately £90–£100 per person, today’s experience gives me real cause for concern. Christmas Day is an occasion when you want everything to be perfect, and I do not want to spend it dealing with another avoidable issue. While the Lamb has its positives, this visit has left us questioning whether to attend or remove ourselves from the family booking.
• IC

  IAN COLLINS

  6 days ago
  5.0
  Very friendly staff, welcomed us and gave a good rundown on an excellent menu. Great range of beers. Would definitely visit again
• SH

  Steve Hart

  6 days ago
  1.0
  The food was shameful 6 chips fish was just batter. Peas 1/4 of a pot feel ripped off
• CR

  Catherine Regan

  Oct 2, 2026
  1.0
  Poorly trained bar staff, not their fault, management should be training them properly. Guinness wasn’t filled to the top until requested, i then had to stop the bartender from swiping off the head on my Guinness pint with a straw. No experienced bar staff behind the bar at all. Had no food so can’t comment about that. £6 a Guinness and it was disappointing
• LP

  Luke Pierce

  Oct 1, 2026
  2.0
  I've visited The Lamb perhaps 10 times in the past 6-8 months and, whilst it initially was our 'go-to' pub in the Newport area for food I now, sadly, cannot recommend it as we've noticed a real decline in the past 3 months or so. We were initially attracted to the pub's lovely outdoor area with a large 'fenced' playground - great for families with small kids. Sadly the playground is now in need of some TLC with portions of the fence broken and missing. Also on the last two occasions the outdoor area has lots of dog poo everywhere - not a few bits but piles everywhere. It appears to be being used as a dog toilet by either the owners or selfish guests - either way maybe clean it up before opening for business? Not great given the proximity to the children's play area and definitely not what I want to be seeing/ smelling whilst eating. On our most recent visit we let bar staff know who promised to come clean it up but failed to do so. After an hour of waiting we left and got lunch elsewhere. The food is perfectly fine but never great (and never has been in my opinion). Of note, every-time I've tried to order food in the past few months the kitchen seems to be having some sort of major melt-down. On each occasion I've been pensively warned by bar-staff that the kitchen was overwhelmed and to expect very long wait times for food to arrive. This seems to be the case regardless of what time or day I've visited. Strangely though the food then generally has come out reasonably quickly - maybe the bar team need to have more confidence in the kitchen? Staff generally are polite but indifferent. They don't seem like they really want to be there and I've observed more than a few tense conversations at the bar between staff members in front of customers - not quite an argument but close. Sadly I doubt I'll be returning in the short term, which is a real shame. I genuinely hope positive changes are made as I would love to come back to visit and I hope the business does well as it's a great community asset.

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