Lobster Inn in Redcar and Cleveland

Not too impressed at their 'no digital devices' policy. Went in on a very quiet night (just me and my other party members) and took a call from my 8 year old son before he was going to bed to be told I had to put the phone down due to their policy. There was no other pub goers present at the time. Very odd . Won't be going there again.

Homemade food all reasonably priced with a good range of veggie options. Nice range of drinks again reasonably priced. Friendly and helpful staff. All in all, a good place to go to eat and drink.

Please take off the dog photos so people don't expect you to be allowed to take your dog in. What a waste of time.

It's not the time we've visited Redcar or The Lobster Inn, in fact everytime were up there we make a point of hoping ho the Lobster on our first night. The drinks are well priced and the beer is well kept, the Sam Smith 'best' is very good indeed, they even do an alcohol free brown ale which isn't bad at all. Now the food is pretty good 'pub grub' and nonetheless worse for that, I had the home-made steak and kidney pudding which was outstanding! In all a highly recommended place to visit if you want good old fashioned value in a traditional pub, no loud music and no mobiles, tablets allowed!

Great relaxing place. The food was awesome, and the service

On Friday evening, my partner and I wanted to eat something after our journey. The closest open place was The Lobster Inn. We entered through one of the two doors and waited near the bar to ask if they were still serving food. The place wasn’t very busy, especially for a Friday evening. The girl behind the bar was busy discussing a billing issue with another customer, which is understandable. We patiently waited for our turn. The first customer left while the girl continued trying to sort out the issue. She passed us at least four or five times without even acknowledging that we were waiting. Not even a simple “Sorry, I need to take care of this, I’ll be with you shortly.” That would have been enough for us. But no, why bother being polite? Eventually, she finally noticed us and, with a very grumpy and unhappy expression, said, “I need to serve these two gentlemen first.” Seriously? I can wait for her to serve others, but at least make an effort to be welcoming, not give the impression that customers are a burden. I used to work behind a bar, and I can’t imagine treating customers this way. So we just left the place since you didn't want us there so badly. I don't know if the fact that we were speaking Polish to each other made the staff member hostile towards us, or if that's just her usual way of treating customers. Funny enough, there’s a notice on the entrance door saying the place follows Smith’s policy, prohibiting customers from using phones or tablets inside. Fair enough—your place, your rules. But the irony is that the issues began when the girl behind the bar couldn’t even calculate a simple bill and had to ask the customer if she had a calculator on her phone.

The food is alright, the beer is alright, the service is alright.

Visited The Lobster pub today for the first time today and we were really glad we did. The lady behind the bar was really friendly and welcoming. Excellent Sam Smith ales in a nice pub what more could you ask ......... Please Sam Smith brewery will you reopen at least one of your pubs in Darlington, so we don't have to travel across the North east to enjoy your ales 🙏😃

Really liked this pub we called in here before we went to the redcar races didn't realise it was a sam smiths pub as my hubby loves a sam smiths pub very very welcoming will definetly be calling again next time we are in redcar

Delicious food, quick service, always hot.Friendly staff, Lovely atmosphere. No t.v. no mobiles. Which is nice people can enjoy food and have a conversation. Sunday lunch in our opinion is the Best in Redcar.

Nice pub even better if they let dogs in !!

Sunday lunch booked for four was spot on. Good food served pleasantly and promptly. And the bill was fair. Like the atmosphere there and they work hard to run a very good traditional pub with food. Five stars.

The food was very good. The bar staff were very friendly. The only down side, was that you are stuck with Samuel Smiths drinks.

Decent no frills pub. Friendly staff. Food was ok at a decent price. Nice selection of drinks with a fairly local larger on tap. No phone and devices rule mite not be for everyone but didn't really bother us. Worth considering though if you're one of those people who can't go without it for an hour or so.

After a rather soggy day (racecourse family day abandoned) had a day walking around and decided to pop in for a meal, the lamb shank was very nice and would recommend 👍

Firstly I would just like to say thank you to all the staff for been very helpful and well mannered. Me and my partner popped in for a Sunday lunch and a Taddy lager and were very pleased. Very nice managers and hopefully cross again. Emma and Chris from York

Friendly staff. No non alcoholic ciders unfortunately

Went in for a pint and game of snooker, with my brother and nephew,decent price for both (yes i won 🤣🤣)

Stopped here for Sunday Lunch with my elderly mum. Loved it. They do a large and a smaller portion so perfect for us. Sensibly priced, good plate of food with all the usual vegetable selection. Great friendly service, and dinner was served quickly. Highly recommended.

THE best Sunday dinners in redcar! The food itself is amazing I've never had a bad meal yet! If your a gravy fan that thinks the gravy makes the meal, you're in for a treat!

Went to the Lobster last night to have a celebratory dinner. We couldn't have picked a better venue, The meals were the best pub meals we have had in years, fresh veges cooked to perfection, fantastic pies, served hot with gravy on the side, add to that friendly hosts and customers and no mobiles and tablets to ruin good old fashioned conversation so for our tastes perfect. Looking forward to celebrating my 80th there in a couple of weeks. Thankyou

Great place... Relaxed and landlord and landlady, very good at what they do, fantastic food!

Beautiful meal carnt belive we actually got a nice Sunday lunch meat was so tender vegetables cooked to perfection and the cherry on the cake it was hot which rarely happens .sticky toffee pudding and custard was amazing thank you so much see you very soon

Disappointing sadly. The staff were lovely & the pub was clean. The pub was recommended & highly rated on Google for Sunday dinner. However, the food was really disappointing. We don't go out much for a treat, so we were looking forward to a nice meal. The Yorkshire puddings were homemade (a plus), but unfortunately, I wouldn't go back for food again. Great for a good, cheap drink & a game of pool, we love Sam Smith pubs generally, so we will visit in that capacity moving forward.

Just popped in for 1 drink and it was a very pleasant experience. Nice to see a traditional sam smiths pub.

Lovely food served and very accommodating. One of our favourites for a hot lunch in Redcar. Been many times and will be back soon. Also of note is their excellent sunday roast dinners!

They need to update the beers, spirits and wines.. not a great selection and the ciders were not nice at all. I get that it's tied to a brewery but it's probably the worst brewery with the worst drink imaginable

Lovely sunday dinners! And kids meqls are well proportioned and tasty aswel! Lovely staff! Will be returning 😁

Great little pub, bar garden at rear ideal on hot day for the dog. Staff very friendly

Great knowledge by the man behind the bar. Good range of drinks. We'll worth a visit.

Sunday lunch here is soooo good.

Went in for the very first time, waited 10 minutes at the bar for a drink. Spoke to the bar maid , she had a bad attitude and not friendly/approachable at all. Will not be going in there again

Great friendly atmosphere and an excellent example of an old old school pub 👍 🍺

Nice old fashioned pub warm atmosphere, the landlord and landlady are lovely.

Great old pub with fantastic food but it is a Sam Smiths pub so no phones, laptops, music, dogs or kids. The landlord is trying his best but the owner Humphrey Smith is doing his best to run his own pubs into the ground.

Reasonably priced. Lovely food. Great Staff. Highly recommended

Staff & locals seem very friendly, was looking forward to a nice Sunday lunch & as advertised it’s a dog friendly pub… unfortunately NO DOGS ALLOWED… Was gutted as we had travelled from Huddersfield. Hop & grape welcomed our small dog.

Nice quiet pub. Good food and drinks

Local pub that specialises in conversation, peacefulness and respect - no loud music, TVs, slot machines etc. (it is a residential location after all). Decent priced drinks - Sam Smith so lower alcohol content too. They sponsor the local Litter Picking (Up) group, so we - 10-12 people - were in there talking after one of the local events tucked away in a corner.

Please note this pub is not dog friendly. We walked in the pouring rain yesterday for Sunday lunch to be turned away

Just been for Sunday Lunch, everything was well presented and beautifully cooked. Feel very full now but most delicious. Thanks.

Very quiet when I went in. Only stayed for one due to having to catch a train, beer was good as was the service seemed a nice place

Old style pub with a pleasant atmosphere snooker upstairs with a pool table downstairs.

Brilliant snooker, had a great time

Super, tasty well cooked and presented pub food.

Went in for food but was to late, 😳 the lady was friendly and it was clean

It was our first visit, and it won't be the last. Our friends introduced us to the Sunday lunch there, and it was outstanding. The service was great, and the pub is drenched in history being the oldest pub in Redcar. The photos on the walls of years gone by are amazing, along with the hard working staff. Kind regards Mr and Mrs Lincoln-Price.

Very friendly staff, well kept beer.

Great local pub. Been attending here for a few years now. Well kept and clean. Friendly staff. Good food and drinks. And the thing that makes it for me well kept snooker tables the reason I started to visit here.

Super friendly staff & patrons. Comfy atmosphere. Looking forward to Sunday lunch! Shame no more dogs...?

What a great pub. It's a traditional pub with open fires, good grub, games rooms, quiet room, raffles and quizzes too. The beers are great with some real treasures to taste. The food is great with a some veggie / vegan options and a brilliant Sunday Lunch - just remember to call ahead to book a table so you're not left wanting. In one area there's a large bar with pool table, darts and an open fire. There's also a large but nice quiet room with an open fire where the quizzes take place. Upstairs is a huge snooker hall with 4 immaculate snooker tables. They have 2 cash prize quizzes every week: Thursday night at 8pm is Dave’s bingo quiz - The quizmaster Dave is really funny. It's a normal quiz where you then guess the strength of your answers before placing them accordingly on a bingo card to create a better chance of getting a winning line. Once the numbers are read out, you're in with a chance to win the cash prize. Half way through they have a wine and chocolates raffle followed by a real game of bingo with a cash prize for a line ‘and’ a full house. Sunday night at 9pm they have a traditional cash prize quiz with a connections round. The lovely quizmaster Terry also hosts a ‘Play Your Cards Right’ (higher or lower) card game at half time with a jackpot cash prize for getting 7 cards right, before finally drawing the meat raffle winning ticket. If there's one downside and why its gone from 5 stars to 4 stars, it's the restrictions placed on the tenants by Samuel Smith - Cash only! No kids! No dogs! No music! No Phones! Come on Sam Smith - wake up. If you don’t have cash you’re directed to McColl’s which takes 10 mins to get to and has a pub across the road - why return? If you do have enough cash and with such a huge seating capacity, you're stifling what could be Redcar's best pub by mimicking the policies placed on the likes of Wetherspoons who have a different clientele. This is a traditional pub. Use it as a test case? - I get it that phones are a pain and stifle atmosphere and a quiet room should be just that, but why not allow music or a juke box in the games room? Why not allow kids and dogs in, but make it clear they need to be well behaved or they'll be asked to leave? Just think how many dog walkers would pop in for a cheeky pint everyday, never mind the hundreds at Majuba car park every weekend / evening - looking for some food after a brisk walk on the sands. Kids too - they would come in for food, pop and snacks at a huge mark up at lunch time when the pub is quiet - the beach is a few hundred meters away! Include a card reader too because not only does cash spread germs, it’s inconvenient and you’re losing punters. Go on Sam, give it a punt and make this a 5 star pub and Redcar's best. That said, don't let this detract from what is a warm and fantastic pub run by a lovely landlord and landlady with friendly locals. If you've not tried it ... try it. If you like a fun quiz ... go and have fun. If you're looking for a local ... get cash and make it the Lobster, we have and it's brilliant.

Had a lovely fish and chips and my mum had a beautiful Sunday lunch.. lovely couple.. Great food

Friendly locals and staff. Great beers. Unfortunately dogs no longer allowed in.

THIS PUB IS NOT DOG FRIENDLY SO NEEDS REMOVING FROM A DOG FRIENDLY LIST OF PUBS!!! Just walked 2 miles to thia place to sit with my dog to be told it wasnt dog friendly and dogs weren't allowed in.

Lovely pub nice friendly staff well worth a visit

Lovely pub no music can have a chat.

Good, cozy, nice people, good quality.

Nice traditional pub good staff

Fantastic food, wonderful staff, but Sam Smith is on a pub killing rampage. No music, no phones, no kids, no lap tops, no breathing, no smiling, no happiness..... Food is still lush though

Excellent family run pub, great atmosphere and snooker tables well worth a visit

The prices are way too high, it is very unwelcoming with signs everywhere prohibiting this that and the other.

Staff were friendly and helpful, food good, you can take your dog in and have a meal, need more place like this ,

Friendly gelpful staff,Nice food.good swift service

Didn't eat here, but the locals were friendly. Nice Sam Smith's Cider. Dogs welcome.

Absolutely gorgeous Sunday dinner,,, staff are lvly xxx

Red headed women rude The food was good and other staff great wouldn't go again.

Stuck in the dark ages with cash only to pay. No atmosphere at all downstairs or upstairs. Table we played on was not level although it had apparently been reclothed. (Not sure that's entirely true) cues provided were useless with loose tip. No chalk to use. Just overall tired and in need of an injection of life!

No atmosphere, even with the way things are doesn't take card.

Good food. Very quiet. No TV or music. There are signs that ask you not to use mobile phones, laptops or tablets.

Didn't eat food this visit, lager is average at a high price .

Decent snooker tables and nice staff.

Excelent place to be relax and enjoyed.

Family get together for eleven of us at the lobster for Sunday dinner food was spot on and the staff were fantastic under the circumstances under which they currently have to work so thanks to all at the Lobster.

Great old pub.snooker tables upstairs.sam smiths beer.

A friendly welcome with excellent service. A proper pub selling Samuel Smith's which is never a bad thing. Had the Parmo and really enjoyed it.

Excellent friendly service, good beer and nice atmosphere

Fantastic staff and great food, cheers Ali and Ingrid

Perfect food, excellent quality of beer and hospitality second to none highly recommended 👍👍👍

Excellent service, excellent food, amazing staff

Had a delicious roast beef and dessert here. Very good indeed with lots of tender well cooked tasty vegetables and lovely gravy

Great staff, well managed distancing

great place fab host Sam Smith's value cant knock it quality ales 😊

Depending upon what barstaff are working it's one of the best pubs around shame you can't use your phone though

Nice pub. Nice food. Friendly place with snooker tables

Very welcoming, good food and dog friendly

Great food but no mobile phones!?!?!

Amazing hidden little Gem of a place, 1st class sunday lunch, fantastic attentive staff and a Cider that will have you going back for more and more

Called here on our first stay in Redcar, great pub, food superb, everyone was so friendly, it was great to be made welcome. Will be coming back.

Called in for lunch, reviews seemed good, so thought we’d give it a try. Sorry, first and last time.Gammon & Egg; didn’t finish the gammon, had a weird taste, cheap egg cooked too quick so was crispy on bottom, chips were just frozen chunky chips cooked in a ‘not so good’ quality oil, garden peas were ok. Hunters chicken: served in metal dish bbq sauce was all watery in bottom of dish, chicken breast ok, but topped with fatty streaky bacon and a thick crust of cheese, not to my taste. Side salad was nice and ditto above comments on the chips. Asked for mayo, it was tasteless stuff. Main meals average around £7.95, which is about the going rate for Redcar pub grub, but had far better quality food and bigger portions in other pubs in Redcar.On the plus side the pub is lovely and clean inside with nice decor and the staff were friendly and apparently they do a very good Sunday Lunch which gets packed out. Would certainly call in for a drink again but would never eat there again. Sorry.

Brilliant staff and well kept snooker tables, good atmosphere. Love it

Good night great company and good beer what more could you ask for 👍🏻

Group of us on one of our trips out for beers and a curry chose here for pre curry beers as only short walk from train station,so pleased we did.Sam Smith’s beers and lagers all perfectly served great friendly service at the bar,good seating for 10 to sit round one table.Sam Smith’s prices once again make you realise how other pubs are charging too much.Absolutely PERFECT, thanks.

Nice pub with the locals working out the music quiz questions

Beer good friendly staff and customers

didnt need to book, but this was recommended to us, for sunday lunch ordered ordinary size and smaller portion for myself, it was hot with extra small gravy boat. The smaller portion for an adult was served in a soup bowl!! plus half of the veggies were missing just because it was the smaller portion, one very small slice of beef and charged £5.95!! The yorkshire pudding was reported as being stale so i left mine. So charged £23 for large portion , small portion, pint of lime and soda and large glass of wine!! husband paid so i didnt question the bill as we had left already.But wont be returning im afraid.

The only place to eat, especially Sunday lunch. But please don't tell everyone 😂😍.

Snooker on a Fridays. Excellent

Great atmosphere. Friendly staff. Good quiz night.

Great food and relaxed atmosphere

Love this pub for both food and deink