The Red Lion Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was delicious and reasonably priced."
• "THE most beautiful food, served by consistently lovely staff and value for money is genuinely phenomenal."
• "Highly recommend lunch there, meals delicious and service just as good."
• "Food was good, lovely home made burger."
• "I had beef and Pork. Veg etc cooked nicely."
• "Food was excellent."
• "The food was lovely well cooked, good portions and great value for money."

Cons:

• "Food was cold and only warm part was the gravy."
• "Food is poor, low quality and not value for money."
• "The food is absolutely awful. I had the chicken in a creamy garlic sauce and my mate had the burger."
• "what we got was a bowl of pulled beef what looked more like cat food."
• "The puddings tasted like they were pre made."
• "It was dry as a very dry thing, with no sauce to speak of, and the pasta was hard and leather like."
• "so called creamy mash was just a microwaved jacket potato which had been scooped out and nothing added."

Service

Pros:

• "Service excellent."
• "The staff were very welcoming and friendly with nothing being too much trouble."
• "The staff are brilliant so friendly nothing was a bother."
• "The staff were helpful and friendly."
• "Staff were friendly, funny, attentive without being in your way, the food absolutely delicious, faultless and I can not recommend this enough."
• "All the staff were friendly and professional, helpful and nothing was too much trouble."
• "Staff were so helpful and really lovely."

Cons:

• "Was overcharged for orders we did not place."
• "Got there at 5 didn't get told we had to order at the bar didn't get the meal until 6.30 felt that we weren't welcome."
• "Table booked at 13. 30. But we’re seated at 13.20. We have just left after an hour later with no one taking our food order."
• "So poorly organised. We've been twice in just after each lockdown and each time we had to wait an hour to get food."
• "When bar attender did appear they chose to talk to other staff members rather than take our money."
• "Will not be back, waitresses nice but management got bad attitude the way they speak to their staff."
• "Service was slow but I suppose it's to be expected with the current situation (covid19)."

Atmosphere & Environment

Pros:

• "Great atmosphere and also sometimes have entertainment especially on weekends."
• "Welcoming atmosphere, Everyone was friendly including the regulars."
• "Lovely & spacious inside & lots of seating outside."
• "The atmosphere was lovely and from walking in the door to leaving everything was perfect."
• "Very busy and great atmosphere."
• "All lovely and light and bright with a cheery 'hello' from somewhere behind the bar."
• "Great staff and a lovely friendly atmosphere."

Cons:

• "We were pushed to the far corner in a non decorated area on a non decorated table."
• "They need to get better extractor fans. Place stunk of fish. V off putting."
• "The atmosphere isn't very good."
• "All the bossy notices everywhere you turn make the place unwelcoming."
• "Pub looks like it's stuck in the 80's, well overdue a refurbishment."
• "No apology, just disappointment in a tired, dated old grubby pub."
• "Staff talking to each other rather than serving."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "So all in all excellent value for money."
• "Seriously, 6.99 for a home cooked three course meal which is always beautiful, where can you get that?!"
• "Excellent lunches. Good selections at the right prices."
• "Still good and still £8.95!!"
• "The lunch menu is really good value for money. At £8.95 a meal which includes either a starter or pudding, you can't go wrong."
• "Good portions and great value for money."
• "Great value for money the food is amazing."

Cons:

• "Food is poor, low quality and not value for money."
• "They gave the food posh names and posh prices."
• "Terrible prices for small portions of steak."
• "poor selection of foods at almost unbelievably high prices."
• "Menu over priced for food portions."
• "This pub used to serve a 3 course meal for 7.50p lovely always full now I had fish and chips at 9.25p bit expensive for me maybe that's why it was empty good pub gone down hill not b going back better places to visit at those prices."
• "Not value for money."