Old Red Lion Reviews Summary

Category: Pub Stevenage

Address: Shephall Grn, Shephall, Stevenage SG2 9XR, United Kingdom

Phone: +441438351551

Rating: 4.0
based on 167 reviews.

Staff and Service

Pros:

  • "Really friendly staff and great food."
  • "The staff were extremely friendly and helpful - couldn’t do enough for you."
  • "Staff were friendly and even though it was really busy service was very quick both for our drinks and then again when we ordered a meal."
  • "Really friendly and caring staff, especially the chef who came to our table to ensure everything was being enjoyed."
  • "Staff were very friendly and helpful."
  • "The staff were brilliant."
  • "Very nice staff, attentive and ask you if your meal is to to your satisfaction."

Cons:

  • "The staff looked like they didn't want to be there."
  • "Staff are a mixed bag, but just don't seem to care and it seems like they don't want to be there."
  • "The barman, who I won’t name, who served me looked as though he didn’t want to be there and was miserable."
  • "The bar staff were absolutely lovely but it was the lady in charge that made us feel like we were a hindrance."
  • "We had attitude from the lady in charge straight away."
  • "The manager just gave me a load of attitude and was not very helpful."
  • "Absolutely disgusting customer service."

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "Food was ordered from the bar and was quick, hot and delicious."
  • "The food was great value and presented well."
  • "The food was lovely and came out exactly how we wanted (fussy eaters)."
  • "Food good, hot and tasty."
  • "The burgers had incredible flavour especially with the caramelised onions."
  • "The food was amazing hot and tasty."
  • "The food was lovely. Fresh, hot and such good value as always."

Cons:

  • "Tried to order fish&chip but off. So ordered scampi which had the resemblance off cotton wool buds with little scampi inside with soggy undercooked chips."
  • "The ribs where the issue, cooked to within an inch of their lives, dry and tasteless."
  • "The food came out cold."
  • "I order the lasagna which didn't taste like lasagna and bottom of it was burnt in places however it wasn't hot."
  • "Most of the food was cold."
  • "Dreadful Sunday lunch. Frozen food reheated! Parsnips were tough and inedible, soggy and mushy green beans."
  • "The chicken had undercooked skin which was ewwww!"

Ambiance and Cleanliness

Pros:

  • "Pub was clean and tidy and staff were very pleasant."
  • "For a Monday there was quite a few people there, but still had space and was able to talk and be heard."
  • "The pub looked wonderful, full of the magic of christmas."
  • "Lovely old pub."
  • "Gorgeous little pub with a country feel even though it's in the middle of a housing estate."
  • "The pub/restaurant always looks clean and comfortable."
  • "Newly redecorated this pub is comfortable and welcoming."

Cons:

  • "The table & chairs where so high you needed a step ladder to be able to sit down!."
  • "The booth we sat in had a ripped cushion. Table was dirty. Toilet was not particularly nice."
  • "The family area was dirty, tables were not cleaned properly and the whole experience was very bad."
  • "Bar and tables sticky (needed a good clean)."
  • "The floor was incredibly sticky like that of a teens nightclub."
  • "The uncleanness of the table floor area along with sticky tables and bar."
  • "Pub was cold. We sat with our coats on."

Value for Money

Pros:

  • "Also excellent value for money."
  • "Large portions and great value for money."
  • "Their Sunday roast's are plentiful, very tasty and good value for money."
  • "Great value for money."
  • "The price is incredibly reasonable."
  • "The offers such as 2 classics for £12.99 make it really good value."
  • "Food good, good choices not too expensive."

Cons:

  • "Food was ok, portions have shrunk."
  • "Did not enjoy my visit and won't be returning not value for money."
  • "Everyone's food tasted as if it was microwaved."
  • "Very poor. Avoid roast dinners at all cost terrible wasn't asked if all was ok walked out."
  • "Food cheap but average in quality."
  • "On this occasion the food was probably the worst it has ever been. It was overcooked and dry."
  • "Service appalling, Christmas Dinner was over cooked and what wasn't over cooked on plate was stone cold."

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