The Red Lion Reviews Summary

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "The staff are great and friendly."
• "The staff are all friendly and welcoming, and very easy to chat to."
• "Wonderful service from very patient Staff!"
• "Helpful friendly staff."
• "Service was good with friendly and helpful barman."
• "The staff were friendly and the atmosphere such that it is the type of pub you can feel at home in."
• "The staff were efficient and friendly which makes such a nice change on the South coast."

Cons:

• "Was addressed by a very rude member of staff called Courtney."
• "Awful service, we were excited to enjoy a lovely family meal together but were refused service by a rather rude waiter because we had a 3 year old with us."
• "One of the bar staff a little bit rude and superior."
• "Most of the staff are lovely and very accommodating although there was a young man who didn't seem to happy alot of the time."
• "Without a doubt the rudest staff I have ever encountered."
• "Didnt find front of house staff very welcoming as watched when other people arrived."
• "Management needs to bit rather more welcoming - there is a bit of an attitude that needs looking at."

Food and Drinks

Pros:

• "The food was brilliant."
• "The steak and ale pie was a thing of wonder and the seafood cake delicious."
• "The pork belly was about the best I've ever tasted. The fish pie, superb and the smoked duck salad was tangy and terrific."
• "Highly recommend the seafood platter."
• "The mackerel pate and the fish and chips were the highlights...the fish was cooked beautifully and the batter wasn't greasy."
• "The seafood sharing platter was yummy. Very fresh fish and lots of it plus fresh mixed salad and bread."
• "The food is simple but of a very good standard and quality with obviously very fresh sea food options - the sea food platter to share is huge!"

Cons:

• "Just over an hour's wait on a quiet night in a cold pub for a watery curry and a fish pie."
• "Previously liked the food here but has gone downhill in terms of the sea food platter."
• "Really disappointed. Have been visiting this pub for years but not anymore. Gone from classically good British pub food to 'get 'em in, get 'em fed and get 'em gone'."
• "We waited over an hour for food and when it finally arrived it was poor."
• "After being served a raw burger then only offered to have it made right by the chef... it came back stuck together again a ton of cheese to weld it and it had been put in the deep fryer."
• "They have no vegetarian starter (!) and only one main that didn't look appealing as it was a fake steak pie."
• "Went to The Red Lion today for lunch hoping to have a roast to then be told by a waitress they don't serve a roast during summer season."

Ambience and Decor

Pros:

• "The decor has an old rustic feel to it and the interior furniture is comfortable."
• "Cosy coastal themed Victorian pub set in a quiet square just by the harbour."
• "Opened in 1851, it feels like you step into a hidden spot where time has frozen."
• "Lovely ambience both inside and out."
• "Set in a suntrap square this pub has been sympathetically brought up to date but retained character."
• "Very atmospheric and cosy little pub."
• "Lovely atmosphere on a warm summer evening sitting outside."

Cons:

• "Interior decoration could do with a rethink as it tries too hard to recreate some kind of traditional and long established pub but ends up looking chaotic."
• "The outside seating area could do with different tables, the typical parallel benches would be more pleasant."
• "Inside the pub itself was very cramped together tables didn't feel to have that much space between them and overall just felt like it could use a good clean."
• "Very dark in this public house, candles on every table burning."
• "So disappointing. A stone’s throw from our house of 20 years and it’s really gone downhill recently - staff are unfriendly and inhospitable."
• "The pub its self is a very quaint little place, however it seems to be like a lot of Weymouth, stuck in some era where men should be at the bar and not women."
• "Cozy, ambient square with big maple trees."

Family and Group Policy

Pros:

• "Cater well when events on, providing outside bar with great cocktails."
• "The pub staff were friendly and welcoming not only to us and our two dogs, but were also very accommodating to other people wanting to sit and have lunch."
• "Dog aren't allowed inside but the pub is friendly to our furry friends, there is a bowl of water outside and free doggy biscuits at the bar."
• "Good for groups and couples."
• "Large outdoor seating area, as inside is relatively small."
• "Love that no children under 10 allowed but could be an issue for others."
• "The winter beach huts in the garden are wonderful. Heated and lit."

Cons:

• "Booked a table for 4, they didn't mention kids under 10 are not allowed in."
• "How disappointing didn't manage to sample their food or have a drink because we had children under 10 years old."
• "Wouldn’t let us in for a drink because our family had more than 8 people.. the pub was empty as were the outside tables."
• "Went there during a stag do but we got told to leave as our group was bigger than 8 people."
• "Very child unfriendly when it suits."
• "Please explain why you are discriminating against children under 12 at the current time?"
• "Cannot give it any stars really as our party of 5 spanning three generations were abruptly told no under 12s allowed in outdoor seating area."