"Lovely space and pretty quiet when we visited so we got a cosy room all to ourselves."
"Nice. Just on the canal basin."
"Great food, great atmosphere, and very accommodating."
"It's in a good position near the river."
"The location is great: they have a large garden by the river which is perfect for spring and summer."
"Prime location with a garden space right by the river, great spot."
Cons:
"It does front onto the ring road in Stratford so busy traffic."
"The pub smelt like the canal and the beer tasted like it also."
"Beer garden is lovely in summer but overlooked by busy traffic and passers by."
"Looked a bit tatty outside."
"Inside area is a bit dated."
"Sat outside on a nice evening and the food and drink were absolutely fine, but could have done without the large rat which kept making an appearance from the hedge next to the river."
"I personally found the red lion quite a strange atmosphere."
Service
Pros:
"Table service was excellent staff friendly and helpful."
"Absolutely top notch service from both Mark and Remy."
"The service was top notch, the staff went above and beyond."
"Always serve our food to a high standard and comes as ordered. Very polite attentive staff."
"The staff are polite and keen to guide you on menu items."
"The staff were friendly, warm and welcoming. Nothing was too much trouble."
"The staff are exceptional, friendly, professional and go above and beyond."
Cons:
"A couple of the staff seemed uninterested in the customers and more interested in conversation between themselves, swearing and laughing quite loud as if they were the only ones there."
"Very poor service especially with regards to the menus, there is literally no choice if you are a vegetarian."
"Staff were friendly but seemed short staffed as there only seemed to be one guy running around doing everything."
"Staff are polite and friendly, but that's where the good points end I'm afraid, we waited ages to order food, then waited ages to get our food."
"Despite an almost deserted restaurant area the genius in charge showed the loudest 4 people on the planet to a table right next to us who then proceeded to drown us out completely."
"Slow service for food - we were a small group of 2 but were forced to order individually and ended up with our meals arriving 30 minutes apart."
"The person at the reception barked at us 'we’re not taking walk-ins' with no further explanation and in such an unfriendly manner I wouldn’t try again under any circumstances."
Food Quality
Pros:
"Meals very good. Good price and enough on plates!!"
"Food usually very good."
"The food was lovely. Hot tasty and plenty of it."
"Absolutely delicious, fresh and amazing value food."
"Food is excellent!"
"Food was great."
"The new menu and the quality of the food is a hit! Really recommend for pub food!"
Cons:
"The smallest Beef & Ale micro pie I've ever seen and so called 'skin on chips' which were no more than a few frozen skinny French fries shoved into a deep frier were a joke."
"The food was disgusting! The gravy like water!"
"Kids had good burgers, but the main was mediocre at best."
"Breaded chicken was over cooked and oil soaked."
"Food can be a bit hit and miss - last time we had breakfast here and it was not great."
"The food we had wasn’t the best. I have a veggie burger and it was hard and horrible."
"However, incredibly poor food at high prices."
Parking & Accessibility
Pros:
"There is parking though! (It's pay and display, the price of which is redeemable against food/drinks in the pub)."
"Small car parking area adjacent, pay and display. Parking fee refunded to patrons of the pub."
"Vouchers for free parking for two hours."
"Parking next door is payable though I think you can claim it back with a meal. Need to check though."
"Nice place, easy parking (park at side, retain ticket and parking fee comes off bill)."
"You must remember though to get a chit for the parking from the staff or you may be charged via ANPR."
"Great place centrally located - leave your car and walk there."
Cons:
"It's been 55 mins since we place our order and told would take 45 min. If you need a quick bite avoid this place."
"Had to download qr reader to scan the pubs code. Then order on your phone even though we only wanted a drink."
"Had to pay for parking even though we displayed a blue badge."
"Couldnt make the app for ordering work probably due to being people of a certain age but no staff around the garden to ask for help."
"There were steps inside which she couldn't get round."
"But what was really frustrating was their payment method as I had only taken my phone to pay with as I nearly always do now and have tapped and paid plenty of times for high ticket price goods and large table bills in many pounds and restaurants, but here for some bizarre reason they have a £45 limit."
"I didn't like the fact that you have to order your food and drinks at the bar."
Value for Money
Pros:
"Great restaurant/pub if you come after 6pm ask about their meal combo with is an appetizer, main course, and dessert for around 13 pounds."
"Great choice of both food and drinks very competitively priced."
"Had a lovely meal & the price was very good too, 2 mains for £8."
"Delicious Sunday roast lunches at a very reasonable price."
"Food and service was great, good value busy time of day, Saturday Lunch."
"Excellent menu with great 2 for 1 deals at lunch time."
"They have a special offer during lunch for 2 mains in £8.99 (look at the back of the menu)."
Cons:
"The food was disgusting! The gravy like water!"
"I think the cost was high for the quality of the food."
"With plates starting at £13 each, you really are paying way over the odds for the dirt poor service, food and atmosphere."
"Not impressed with the food.will not be visiting again the price was average for a pub meal."
"Food was OK but a little pricey so where the drinks."
"You will be very disappointed with the portion size as well as the overall quality of the food."