The Red Lion Reviews Summary

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "The building is a beautiful period style updated inside to give a relaxed atmosphere."
• "It's beautiful inside, with quite a cosy feel."
• "The atmosphere was friendly and welcoming the staff were professional and helpful."
• "It has a warm and welcoming atmosphere, what more can you ask for."
• "The setting was really relaxed and cosy."
• "Beer was lovely and the atmosphere makes you feel like you're out in the sticks - very homely."
• "Atmosphere was good though."

Cons:

• "But getting in was chaos."
• "Stairs up to function room need a good deep clean, decor tatty, main room in need of make over, again tatty."
• "Be prepared for many an arsey look if you get what is considered someone's table that's been coming every Friday for years!"
• "I did not expect to get Rugby and live music (practically) in the same room."
• "Absolutely bizarre experience here."

Staff Service

Pros:

• "The staff are so helpful and pheasant."
• "The staff are friendly, kind and helpful."
• "Huge thanks to our server Bella, Nathan at the bar, hilarious Bogdan & the runner."
• "The staff were very helpful and polite, food was brought to the table very quickly."
• "Really friendly staff who go above and beyond to make you feel welcome and appreciated."
• "From the friendly server on the bar to Vickie our waitress."
• "Lovely staff and really efficient service."

Cons:

• "We had to clear the table ourselves the food was stone cold the service was terrible."
• "Service was ok, bar staff didn't seem to like we requested a new wine glass because the one we had was basically still dirty."
• "Food very good staff Lovely but there’s a new manager her name dawn very disappointing unfriendly unhelpful."
• "At the pub we were unable to find our reserved table, we asked a member of staff who merely shrugged shoulders and a second member advised that managers deal with bookings."
• "I had to hunt for someone to attend to it, Staff just talking to each other not very professional."
• "Service was very unsatisfactory and the female staff very rude and unpolite not helpful at all."
• "Never been in a bar where the staff are so incapable of looking up and seeing who is next."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The drinks were lovely the food was fantastic value."
• "Good food, good beer."
• "The food was very nice, service was great and very fast too."
• "Good quality food and always offered extra condiments and gravy."
• "The food was delicious."
• "Best Gammon I've ever had!"
• "Food lovely, service excellent."

Cons:

• "Carrots were disgusting, not peeled or washed, tasted like a ready meal to be honest, never again."
• "Ordered steak it came didn't even look like steak sent it back next steak was raw when I asked for medium."
• "The steak was cooked correctly but chips were under cooked also and the beef dripping was cold."
• "My 'Cajun Vegan bites wrap' was supposed to come with Crisps and lemongrass & ginger dressed salad but it didn't."
• "The gammon was fatty steak was black couldn’t even cut."
• "Roast dinner was only warm and quite disappointing."
• "The posh fish & chips wasn't good at all. The fish was very oily, couldn't eat it and the chips were under cooked."