Red Lion Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Awesome chicken wings."
• "The menu is simple but the food is cooked well. A great value Sunday roast!"
• "A Roast dinner that was well appreciated the meat was tender, the Veg was fantastic."
• "All tasty especially potatoes and gravy."
• "Food of an above average standard, very tasty with good satiety value."
• "The sea bass is my favourite."
• "The food was tasty (especially the chips) and came out promptly."

Cons:

• "Once ordered we waited almost 45 minutes for our meal which is an absolute disgrace."
• "Mist of the food was ok but the buget came burnt and inedible."
• "Food was medium to poor with vegetables overcooked, mushrooms burnt and chicken just about cooked."
• "Most meals are accompanied by the fairly unpleasant frozen chips you get at all pubs nowadays, which is always disappointing."
• "The shared chicken starter was overcooked and for the price not good value."
• "Food was barely hot, had to pay for Yorkshire pudding which was burnt."
• "The food never seems to be that good here."

Service

Pros:

• "Generous portions and friendly staff. Christine is particularly nice and helpful."
• "Great atmosphere, can be quite busy but staff seem to be able to cope ok and were very friendly and helpful."
• "The service was excellent from the waitresses there on the 27th of dec."
• "Staff are always friendly even when rushed off their feet."
• "The staff: all very pleasant. No forced smiles. Just honest to goodness first class service."
• "Very friendly and welcoming staff."
• "The staff was great. Young lady serve us today and she was amazing."

Cons:

• "The service was not great probably because it was busy."
• "Not only was the manageress unapologetic she was rude to me and scathing as if the mistake was mine."
• "The staff were attentive but seemed unimpressed when asked to fill up a water bottle with tap water before we left."
• "Unfortunately I did have to wait quite a while before being served at the bar."
• "Staff were over stretched, many items on menu had run out including Christmas dinner and rotisserie chicken."
• "Service is really slow, me and my partner waited 20 minutes just to order food."
• "The service was very slow, they sat me down and never came back for ages."

Ambiance

Pros:

• "Nice traditional English Pub. Recently refurbished, the place looks really cosy and warm."
• "Lovely pub, with lots of different seating indoor and out."
• "I highly recommend the atmosphere, very nice music."
• "Garden is nice in summer but on a road junction so not a tranquil countryside feeling but still great nonetheless."
• "Relaxing atmosphere with smiles all around you just want to come back again and again."
• "Beautiful atmosphere sitting in the garden this afternoon."
• "Such a wonderful place to relax."

Cons:

• "Have only given 4 stars as the busy road and junction where the Red Lion is situated is a little noisy."
• "A little slow coming out as there seemed to be only one person working outside for all the tables which were full."
• "Very noisy so it was difficult to have a proper conversation."
• "Took a friend there for a birthday meal. Unfortunately, there was a function on and the noise levels were so high we couldn't hear each other speak."
• "Hot, noisy, not enough seating for people who want to sit and chat made worse by loud prattish behaviour."
• "It's a pity that the other clientele were noisy as f**k!"
• "It was very busy and quite noisy."

Value

Pros:

• "They do some good deals on food and drink."
• "Great pub, really good value, and the food is brilliant."
• "Oh and cocktails are very affordable and delicious."
• "Amazingly large portions of food at great prices."
• "Reasonable prices."
• "Very reasonably priced and tasted amazing."
• "And it wasn't expensive."

Cons:

• "Adequate food, ok drink selection and rather expensive."
• "Ordered red wine and the glass was horrible so had to request another glass which is really unacceptable."
• "All in £46 for 2 pub meals and 4 drinks at a low end standard seems way over the top."
• "Prices are ok but some of their bottled cider is quite expensive."
• "Dishes can be a bit pricey for sushi."
• "The Hunters Chicken was hot but pretty much a junior size and looked pathetically presented in the skillet."
• "The food was very average nothing to write home about had better at other pubs with similar menu."

Accessibility

Pros:

• "Great food for kids & brilliant disability access."
• "They looked after us very well and were very accommodating for a wheelchair."
• "They were very accommodating for a wheelchair."
• "Wheelchair accessible lift at entrance."
• "Easy to book online and Also Love the fact they have a drinking station outside for dogs."
• "Dog friendly and parking!"
• "Nice place to sit with an outside area and free parking."

Cons:

• "Garden is spacious with tables and doggy friendly with water and snacks if needed for your 4 legged friend."
• "Only downside I can see is just how long it takes to get served."
• "Today was horrible experience. Severely under staffed on a holiday."
• "Went there waited for a while they let customers who didn't have an order in and when it was my turn they told me there isn't any space."
• "This was a horrible experience I explained we have been to three differences places and we had three kids who wanted to eat."
• "Would have given 5 stars but 2 of the kids meals didn't arrive with the rest and they had to wait."
• "However, the food wasn't great. The food came with a hair in."