Red Lion Reviews Summary

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Food was ok value for money wise."
• "The food from my experience has been spot on a great value for money."
• "Special menu for every day of the week Friday is buy one burger get one free BOGOF so great value for money."
• "Excellent value, friendly staff, nice atmosphere, kid friendly."
• "The food was incredible for pub-grub and the most reasonably priced in the area."
• "Good value for money."
• "You get great price value for the food."

Cons:

• "Very expensive! For bad food."
• "The steak was ridiculously small size of a small baby sock."
• "I was mugged off around £8 for a tiny under sized steak and 2 eggs."
• "The price was 2 for 11.99. What a deal!"
• "Very overcooked bacon and sausage, poor quality ingredients."

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "The bar staff and waiting staff are friendly, polite, and attentive."
• "Our waiter couldn't have been more attentive."
• "The staff are quick to say hello and are always friendly."
• "Amazing service seemed to be a little short staff but not a long wait and kept reassuring us."
• "Staff really lovely, atmosphere good, quick service."
• "The service was great and friendly."
• "The staff go out of their way to be friendly & helpful."

Cons:

• "I had a really bad stomach after eating the fish."
• "Manager a bit better but just used the excuse that everyone was new."
• "One of the staff on the bar was incredibly moody."
• "The lad behind the bar was a joke rude twice to me."
• "Staff had attitude when we complained."
• "The manager was so so rude and walked away from me as I was talking to him!"
• "Bar staff on duty seemed to be uninterested and unenthusiastic on our entry."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The chips were very nice."
• "Despite being severely understaffed the food arrived in reasonable time and was impressively delicious."
• "Tonight however I had the best meal in a long time the steak was absolutely perfect."
• "Had the chip platter which was really good with cod being perfectly fried, the scampi tasting fresh and the battered sausage being really crispy."
• "The turkey, roasties and Yorkshire puddings were some of the best I've had."
• "The food comes out hot and lovely, never over cooked."
• "The meals were really tasty and filling, cooked perfectly."