The Old Red Lion Reviews Summary

Category: Gastropub

Address: Bedford Rd, Houghton Regis, Dunstable LU5 6JR, United Kingdom

Phone: +441582797304

Rating: 3.8
based on 117 reviews.

Service

Pros:

  • "If you come here make sure you get Abi as your server as everything was very smooth and we felt well looked after."
  • "Our waitress Carly was absolutely sweet and provided excellent service."
  • "Staff were friendly, the food was good and they serve bottomless ice cream."
  • "Jack was a great server all night."
  • "Team were knowledgeable and friendly, we will for sure be returning."
  • "Service was second to none, nothing was too much trouble and our waitress was just lovely."
  • "The staff were very lovely and could not do enough for us."

Cons:

  • "The manager really needs to pull her team to one side and give them some training."
  • "The staff are friendly its a shame we won't be going back."
  • "Food was cold. Wouldn't let me takeaway a portion of chips for my child which I was forced to buy even though I said we wouldn't eat them. Manager was poor."
  • "The chef that was serving the carvery was swearing which I thought was unacceptable."
  • "I was not impressed with any of the service. Rather slap dash and standing about of staff not checking on customers."
  • "Waitresses were very friendly, but did not liase with each other."
  • "The food was of poor quality and a thin dark haired waitress was drunk. Very rude and abrupt."

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "Fan of burgers? Try here."
  • "Our meals were absolutely lovely, big portions and it's definitely worth the price."
  • "I had the seafood linguine it was delicious."
  • "Great service from start to finish and would highly recommend the food here, it was amazing!"
  • "Dined from the main menu, the liver and bacon is the best I have ever tasted."
  • "Tried the burger which was amazing and my partner tried the special pie of the day which was also spectacular!"
  • "The steak was really good and seasoned well."

Cons:

  • "Disappointed, meat was overcooked. Party of 9 and all the dinners were overcooked and the meats dried out."
  • "But we found the meats a bit chewy and the roast potatoes and Yorkshire pudding rock hard."
  • "Food was not nice meat was tasteless potatoes and veg was all dried up gravy was totally inedible and service was disgusting not a nice place."
  • "However, the terrible, awful food would be expensive at any price."
  • "The beef was like chewing an old tyre and no amount of chewing would have any effect of this so-called meat."
  • "Starters came out different times so poor served and main meal well let's say I wouldn't give it to my dog food looked like it sat there all day we didn't even try it."
  • "The food was bland, all slightly undercooked or under seasoned or just not great quality."

Ambience & Decor

Pros:

  • "Really lovely place, nice garden with decking, like the idea of cushions on the benches for comfort."
  • "The pub itself was comfortable and nice decor."
  • "What a venue, hadn’t seen this before we arrived for the wedding."
  • "Lovely pub, well worth a visit."
  • "The new owners have spent so much time and effort refurbishing the place and it shows."
  • "Very classy & cute furniture in the marquee and lots of space."
  • "Our table was in the smaller room at the front of the building. It was a cosy area and decorated very nicely."

Cons:

  • "The pub is very dated, needing a refit everything very tired."
  • "Decor tired, but that's no excuse for issues we saw this afternoon."
  • "Pub nicely decorated but too many tables crammed in so you can hear others conversation."
  • "Venue was cold and where we were seated was under lit making it hard to read the menu."
  • "We wondered why there was an empty car park when we pulled in."
  • "Inside....it's very unclean, dirty and completely unloved with stained carpets and dirty tables."
  • "The place is absolutely filthy."

Value

Pros:

  • "The food (carvery) was stupidly cheap - definitely of the pile-it-high variety but would still have represented good value at twice the price."
  • "Always happy to eat here - a good plateful of food (I've only ever had the carvery option), at a tremendous price."
  • "Great value carvery, Monday to Saturday (exl Bank Holidays)."
  • "Pie and a pint for £15.95, individual homemade pies and plenty of variety as well."
  • "REALLY good food, great value."
  • "Great value for money, what more could you want."
  • "You get what you pay for."

Cons:

  • "It was the last day it was shutting its door for good after visiting this place for over 30 years it was a SAD day."
  • "An eye watering £10 for a white wine! This is Houghton Regis not central London!"
  • "We ordered the halloumi fries for starters which wasn't very good quantity wise."
  • "Too expensive for you get, normal food, just overpriced."
  • "Felt it was overpriced for what we had."
  • "Very expensive."
  • "Food a bit over priced."

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