The Red Lion Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food is delicious the credit goes to the chefs."
• "Sunday roast was absolutely beautiful here - 9.5/10 recommend!"
• "Fantastic belly pork meal."
• "Mine and my Partners fave restaurant in Northampton. First class food and service, good selection of food and drinks and all the food is very tastey."
• "The food we had was great."
• "The food was presented well and tasted very nice."
• "The food was so delicious, and well prepared."

Cons:

• "The prawn starter was very unappealing as were the duck wraps."
• "Not the best Sunday Lunch, I ordered the King prawn starter which was disappointing in both taste and presentation and poor value for money."
• "The burger was average with a very shrivelled bun."
• "The food on our recent visit was below average."
• "The Thai Red Curry was extremely bland and did not exude any of the Thai flavours one would expect."
• "The buttermilk chicken was very burnt and cornbread very dry and the beef burgers were black too."
• "The Cajun chicken burger lacked any Cajun spice."

Service

Pros:

• "Service was fairly slow however they were fairly busy and I prefer that to being rushed and out of a place in an hour."
• "From start to finish Keeley and her team were attentive, welcoming and above all professional at all times."
• "The staff is friendly and the service is very good and quick."
• "The young lady who served us was very helpful and very efficient her name was Amelia."
• "Staff were very attentive (without being overbearing), were friendly and helped make a lovely Christmas experience."
• "Service was Suberb! Staff were attentive, polite and efficient!"
• "Very welcoming staff."

Cons:

• "The main let down was Keeley who spent most of the time on her phone leaving us with empty plates and sat on the table for around 10 minutes."
• "What was particularly frustrating was the lack of an apology from the manager for the delay."
• "Took a long time for food to arrive."
• "Very nice food, however service was slow, I know good food takes time but we waited over an hour for our food."
• "After 25 minutes of waiting for our dessert we had to request it a second time."
• "Service was a bit slow, with chats and laughter with chef in the corridor getting a higher priority."
• "First and foremost, the service was quite slow."

Value

Pros:

• "Very good value for the quality."
• "The price was amazingly reasonable and not overpriced for the attention to detail they put in all they do."
• "For the quality of food I think reasonably priced."
• "The duck breast and slow braised beef pie were not only delicious but incredibly reasonably priced."

Cons:

• "It was really enjoyable, don't get me wrong, just a tad expensive."
• "Truly average. Ordered South African Sauvignon but when we came to pay it transpired they had delivered New Zealand ...significantly higher price."
• "The drinks are priced like a central London night club apposed to a mediocre village pub."
• "VERY pricey for what it is."
• "Quite pricey."
• "Our total bill was quite high really."

Ambience & Decor

Pros:

• "The venue is still beautiful."
• "Warm and cosy ambience with attentive, underbearing service."
• "Oh, and the decor is interestingly done."
• "Venue for friends' Golden Wedding luncheon and was superb."
• "Lovely pub, roomy inside, clean and well decorated."
• "The décor, atmosphere and delicious food made the evening very special."
• "Nicely decorated, can’t wait to go back."

Cons:

• "It felt like a 'chain' type of restaurant."
• "Atmosphere was loud - it wasn’t even that full."
• "Noise carries a little in the rooms."

Accommodation

Pros:

• "The bed was so comfortable I could have stayed there all day."
• "The room was lovely, the food was delicious and the staff were great."
• "Have slept in the hotel too which is lovingly kept and historically maintained."
• "The pigeon loft is a lovely place to stay."
• "Rooms were beautiful, cleaned daily and refreshments topped up."
• "The rooms are so quaint, perfectly appointed and yet really cosy."
• "The rooms are a good size with all the amenities you would expect from a 4 star props."

Cons:

• "They want you out by 10 in the morning so be aware."
• "It's ok. Rooms are very small."