Red Lion Reviews Summary

Category: Pub Fareham

Address: Gosport Rd, Stubbington, Fareham PO14 2LD, United Kingdom

Phone: +441329662003

Rating: 4.2
based on 147 reviews.

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "Our order arrived fairly quickly, it was hot,tasty and portion size was great value for money."
  • "Had the nicest meal here with my partner for our date night."
  • "Food was amazing looked lovely and tasted great nice and hot."
  • "Just had the chicken and mushroom pie with fresh veg and it was fantastic."
  • "Never had a bad meal here after countless number of meals! Their chicken roasts are the best around, always good food, great size portions with a great price."
  • "The food was delicious and cooked perfectly."
  • "Had a delicious Roast Turkey lunch there today, everything was beautifully cooked."

Cons:

  • "Steak was overcooked and mostly inedible."
  • "Appalling standard of food, my potatoes were welded together."
  • "Food was cold (even though it took over an hour). Bacon was raw on burger… not sure on quality of the desert."
  • "The gammon was thin, dry and tuff, the eggs were solid in the middle and only a very small handful of chips."
  • "Food wasn't great...chips were like soggy shoe laces and the burger tasted of feet."
  • "Food was very poor no breakfast menu and fish and chips overdown and roast was very poor no parsnips frozen veg."
  • "This lasagne was the worst I had ever had - stodgy, gooey and seemed undercooked with not a lot of meat filling."

Service

Pros:

  • "Kathryn the waitress was really great she kept us informed about things."
  • "The staff were very friendly and attentive."
  • "Lovely meal, team all friendly and helpful. Clean and welcoming, what more can you ask for..."
  • "The staff were friendly and attentive."
  • "The service was great from the bar to the waiting staff."
  • "Staff friendly and attentive."
  • "Staff were friendly helpful and made us feel very welcome excellent service all round well done and thankyou so much."

Cons:

  • "Very unfriendly staff."
  • "Worst bar service in the world."
  • "Only moan was it took ages to get served at the bar as there was only 1 person serving."
  • "Often long weight at the bar. Even if the pub is quiet. Can only order food at 1 till."
  • "Service was VERY slow on a quite quiet Saturday night; understaffed and the staff who were available didn't seem that bothered about serving us."
  • "Waited over an hour for starter to arrive."
  • "Very disappointed with our visit today, we had to wait over an hour for our order."

Atmosphere

Pros:

  • "The atmosphere was amazing."
  • "The atmosphere was buzzing with almost all the tables occupied."
  • "Good atmosphere, friendly staff and good food."
  • "Really nice atmosphere, food really good and very quick service."
  • "Amazing atmosphere and very friendly and helpful staff."
  • "Good atmosphere, good drink selection, huge gin selection."
  • "Amazing atmosphere and very friendly and helpful staff."

Cons:

  • "The food use to be really nice we use to look forward to going to the red lion ast 5 times we have eaten in a green king pub the food has been disgusting avoid this pub and any green king pub."
  • "Decor is tired and in need of a good clean."
  • "Disappointed by the tables on the dance floor! Why? They blocked the entrance to the gents toilets and massively reduced the floor space."
  • "A massive group of people that staff couldn't control, wandering around the pub and joining each other's tables, one person toilet rules totally ignored."
  • "Went for a family meal the room where we sat was cold and radiators off."
  • "Not one of the most exciting of pubs."
  • "Horrible went into the pub expecting a classic British warmth however i was greeted with abuse."

Value

Pros:

  • "Meal deal 2 for Β£11.49 was brilliant, well cooked and tasty!"
  • "They normally have good deals on such as two meals for around a tenner."
  • "Food and service is very good and reasonable prices."
  • "Food was very good and very reasonably priced."
  • "The food was superb AND good value which is rare nowadays."
  • "Drink prices reasonable, so highly recommended πŸ’₯."
  • "Brilliant prices and food was fast out and very tasty."

Cons:

  • "Bar prices horrendously expensive. Not recommended for a pub lunch or evening out without taking out a mortgage prior to a visit."
  • "Very very disappointed with visit tonight after booking a table over a month ago for a 6.30pm family christmas meal to be greeted with our table not being ready."
  • "Poor service, food average, overall not that great. Two roast dinners one lasagne and 8oz sirloin + four alcohol beverages Β£72."
  • "Overcharged me for drinks despite the offer on the poster outside, supercillious landlord refused to accept they were wrong."
  • "Food gone downhill since reopening. Portions have got smaller."
  • "Waited 1hour and 20 minutes for microwaved lasagne."
  • "Unfortunately I can't write a review and not leave it unstarred. I was served with the world's worst pile of food fit for death row inmates here today."

Cleanliness

Pros:

  • "First trip to the pub after lockdown, the pub was lovely and clean, well organised and good service."
  • "Clean and spacious restaurant. Lovely decor. And toilets were spotless."
  • "Has parking. Toilets were clean."

Cons:

  • "Plates weren't cleared, we had to stack them on an empty table."
  • "Our table was never cleared of the crayons and paper from the previous customer."
  • "THE gents toilets were disgusting."
  • "Toilets are smelly and not kept clean."
  • "One of the vents on the wall needs sorting out wall cracked and dirty looking."

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