The Red Lion Hopwas Reviews Summary

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "Friendly and attentive staff."
• "Professional and courteous staff."
• "Very friendly and helpful staff."
• "Staff were lovely, very helpful and attentive."
• "Staff was very friendly and helpful."
• "Staff have always been friendly and approachable."
• "All staff were friendly and efficient."

Cons:

• "Very disappointed with attitude of bar maid."
• "Service tad slow at end of evening, waiting to order sweets coffee."
• "Service was slow, one hour from placing order to receiving it."
• "Service was mixed. The bloke looked like he'd rather have been anywhere but there; the woman looked to be doing twice the work of him."
• "The manager (Mark) walked past me three times and ignored me."
• "Service was efficient and friendly from the young members of staff on duty."
• "They were busy which meant we were kept waiting a while."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food is beautiful, we've never had cause for complaint."
• "The food is fresh, hot and excellent value for money."
• "Lemon meringue pie was very nice as was the burger and fish cakes."
• "The food was lovely, staff was very friendly and reasonably priced."
• "Always have a good meal, portions are generous and the service always very attentive even when busy."
• "Food was all homemade and delicious. Very generous portions. Excellent value for money."
• "All the food was well prepared and tasty."

Cons:

• "Food was less than average."
• "Sunday roast beef consisted of what looked like two slices of beef you would use for a sandwich."
• "There's something suspicious about food that arrives too quickly."
• "wouldn't recommend at all and everyone sits in their coats because its freezing in there!"
• "Nice new refurb but unfortunately the Sunday dinner was a massive let down."
• "Food quite good but not amazing."
• "Great location but the food was awful. Had fish and chips which was a mini fish and not cooked properly as it was frozen."

Ambiance and Location

Pros:

• "Great pub where everyone knows everyone, legendary beer garden next to the canal where you can see boats passing by and feed ducks."
• "Nice pub in a nice setting right by the canal."
• "Fantastic location, atmosphere was stunning being right by the canal and such a sunny aspect."
• "Beautiful decor and just a really nice place to eat."
• "Lovely watching canal boats and seeing the ducks swimming."
• "Lovely beer garden overlooking the canal."
• "A real surprise find from the canal. Very dog friendly in the bar, complete with bowls of water and essential 'treats' and the food was excellent."

Cons:

• "Limited menu smelly toilets and needs a refit and a new paint job."
• "Beware that not all dog owners clean up after their pets."
• "The dining area had recently been refurbished and is delightful."
• "The restaurant is in desperate need of a revamp."
• "Toilets were filthy especially the floor, with cracked tiles everywhere, needs a good refurb."
• "The place is tatty at the edges and could do with a good clean."
• "Having been a few weeks ago and had a lovely meal thought as we was passing yesterday we would pop in for a drink as we wasn't eating we took our drinks in bar which im afraid was awful even tho we are dog lovers dont like 5 dogs off leash coming sniffing quite a few times & 1 dog scratching its bum a long the carpet."

Value and Pricing

Pros:

• "Well priced and worth crossing the canal to here rather than the other pub."
• "Beer good price, good will be going again as grandkids liked the play area and feeding the ducks."
• "The service was good. Prices reasonable."
• "Food was great, Guinness was bang on, reasonably priced too....5 stars"
• "Stopped off there for breakfast really nice full english with everything you could wish for in a fry up no stingy portions here and great price defo be back."
• "Good well cooked food served hot not lukewarm well priced."
• "Sunday lunch is really good and reasonably priced."

Cons:

• "Only criticism is that the San Miguel is way too expensive compared to other pubs."
• "£5.80 for an ale. Really sad."
• "(Slightly expensive for what you get)"
• "Nice location - but staff didn’t make me feel welcome."
• "The only downside to an otherwise perfect venue is parking space availability - or lack of it on a busy day."
• "Toilets would be difficult to navigate for wheelchair users, it's a very narrow thoroughfare from the lounge that takes you the otherside of the serving area."
• "Shame about the service! Will not be returning!!!"