Red Lion in Bolton

Girls on where lovely and polite music was at a perfect level and the food was absolutely spot on…. Steak wonderful x

Took my family here this evening after it being recommended and what a disappointment all the food was burnt or undercooked I got a mixed grill and here are pictures of the chickenbwhich as you can see was burnt and the steak was supposed to be medium/well done and if i didnt know better it looked like it should have still been in the field there was a pool of blood on my plate it was that under cooked . As for my wife's salmon it was bland and no taste how they can make it tasteless is beyond me. The place was dirty with what looked like dog fouling all over the carpet and the smell was awful my daughter actually commented that the toilets was the cleanest and best smelling part of the pub. It was that bad my kids love deserts and was begging to go rather than have there deserts. Overall this is the worse place I have eaten in a long time

Rachael was lovely & very approachable. The food was delicious especially the tandoori chicken sizzler. 10/10 and the service was outstanding. Rachael gave the kids colouring to keep them occupied. We will be back :)

Top quality food and excellent service 7☆

Not clean toilets, very dirty floor.

We had a great time. Good service, and lovely food.Defo.go again.top banana..

Amazing service. From the minute we arrived the first impression was great, very welcoming, very friendly and caring. Catered for 30 of us for my friends birthday and non was disappointed. John's service was 10/10 absolute credit to the business. Keep up the good work

Come tonight for my sisters birthday. I came here tonight for my sisters birthday. Can I just say John is the most kindest more welcoming guy I have ever met. He’s made all of our night. Thanks so much!!

Come in tonight for my daughters 26th birthday. Amazing service from start to finish. Very welcoming. John absolutely made our night. Credit to the buisness

Excellent service and good value for money. Staff were so polite and helpful! Would highly recommend.

Sam was lovely and gave great service food was great and allergy friendly great help with allergies

There was a problem and the staff went above and beyond for us i am extemely grateful

Always a good time when we pop in for food staff are always understanding and happy to help

Lisa is fabulous and really looked after us!

The teams are amazing here especially Leonie, and Lisa today they were both very accommodating manager on duty was Rachel today the place was spike and spa and had a lovely relaxing atmosphere.

Great food. Really good service from Lisa.

Booked a table for food for my daughters birthday the staff was brilliant food was bang on aswell would recommend to anyone

We came in for a family meal food was really hot and nice. Staff really friendly and welcoming great service

There appears to be a lot of fake reviews for this place, so I'll put one in that's real. Food is dire. The kids' play area is awful, dirty, and desperate for a refurb. (it needed one a decade ago).

Had a birthday party here and we all had a great time.

Always have a good meal in here. Love the mega breakfast

Service was great and couldn't fault the food 5*

Ordered food and drinks for table service and after 10 mins I went bar to see what was taking so long, a lady had just started shift and didn't know where any of previous shift staff were, so I deducted 1 star for service ad everything else was spot on. The staff were polite, efficient, friendly and accommodating. Food I've given 5 stars but it deserved more. It tasted better than could be expected and was more than could be eaten. The meat was cooked to perfection. Atmosphere only got 1 star as there was nobody else there (including staff when I arrived). Would I return? Already got it planned for in a couple of weeks. Wasn't a fan of the attached Wacky Warehouse as staff was rude, and abrupt, whilst not enforcing the rules she had just read out. More interested in doing absolutely nothing than wanting to serve customers as well.

Thank you John and Lisa for a great experience

Pub was completely empty and food came out just warm, wait time was fairly long with it being empty and serving staff was ignorant and seemed like they didn't or couldn't be bothered serving us will not be going again

Lovely meal and service, especially by Kevin who was very attentive. We had the veggie lasagna and that was very nice.

Great food, good value and excellent service from Neil and Kevin

Lisa was good grip good service

Was here today 1st Feb , and although I ordered the wrong thing , Jon went above and beyond to get the food i wanted. And when it arrived it was delicious! Piping hot Brilliant service , food is lovely and staff are helpful

Great food ,staff was polite, place was clean

Lisa was lovely Food was lovely Waiting time was spot on Thankyou

Lisa is a very attentive member of staff. The food was fantastic, beers were promptly served! Thank you Red

Excellent service, excellent food 👌

Lisa was my server she was so lovely and very helpful

Shocking woman swearing in front of children allowed to stay 6 people walked out with their children manager useless will never go their again

The staff are always welcoming and very friendly, I come here every Monday for the quiz and we have food and a great time the staff re a credit to the company

Regularly eat and drink here for the weekly pub quiz! Excellent food and service! 👍

food was lovely. and a lady called lisa was our waitress and she was lovely very kind and helpful :)

Lovely food. Lisa was very helpful, advised on the menu excellently and served with a smile 🙂 thank you

When I got there to look about there is all food on the floor the service took a hour to cook our food staff are not nice don't go

Had a wonderful family get together at the Red Lion, everything from stat to finish was Fantastic, ,

The interior needs a serious revamp. There isn't much of an atmosphere. The food isn't great, one lasagna had to be sent back as half of it was cremated, and their "full" English breakfast would barely fill my 3 year old (1 sausage, 2 bacon, 2 hash, 1 egg, few mushrooms and beans) looked like a children's meal 😄.

Booked table for 18 people wasn't enough seating to start with then we ordered food starters came out then 3 main courses came out and the rest waited a further 90 minutes for ours to come which mine was not edible asked 3 or 4 times about where food was as a 4 year old was still waiting and got told different story each time the only thing good about tonight was my refund for such poor food place is a shambles

The food was fine and hot. No problems! However what let it down for us or we would have given full stars, we had to ask for dirty dishes to moved from the table before we sat down. There was food all over the table still but even after asking no one cleaned the table. So as a result we had to go and ask for a cloth and spray and clean our own table. I think that’s unprofessional that we had to clean our own table. Otherwise the staff were nice and food was fine. Made us think twice coming again over that incident as we come to eat quite often with the family.

I love coming here for something to eat and drink. Always a good choice of food and cakes. A good shop for those essentials. I also pick up my parcels from here

I have been coming here for 20+ years. The food has always been great. For the first time, we came to have breakfast with santa. We will now be coming every year! It was such an amazing atmosphere, and the staff truly went above and beyond for the little ones. It's worth every penny! 💕

Friendy staff and a nice pleasant atmosphere.

The food was tasteless, I had the lasagne and I have tasted better microwave versions. The staff were dismissive and looked miserable. The pub is dirty including the cutlery, we had to use napkins to remove food residue. The only positive was the price which unfortunately reflected the poor service, atmosphere and quality of the food. We booked for 11 people and when directed to our table we had to rearrange additional tables ourselves to accommodate our party. We will not be visiting this pub again.

Good food reasonably priced, staff excellent. Nice friendly atmosphere.

It is a green king pub with no green kind beer and had none for 4 years. And this season you have taken football off the screens you want to be a food only pub.

Fantastic service - James was very polite and helpful. Would go again :)

Lisa our server is very polite and always happy to assist. See you all on Christmas 🎄 day.

Lovely food, lovely atmosphere and lovely staff!

Excellent food, we've been three times since October, served by Lisa, very friendly and efficient

Went here with friends for the first time as was down for a wedding food was good service was great nice atmosphere nice an clean

Very pleasant, food great had to leave some, to much nice friendly atmosphere,pleasant staff,well worth a visit, big car park

Served by the lovely Lisa who was very helpful

Just had our dinner at the red lion in Bolton was served by a lady called Lisa she was lovely and very friendly will certainly be returning the food was lovely

Lisa was great. She made us feel welcome and nothing was too much. The food was excellent. It was a good meal. We had a pub meal with was good value for money.

Lisa was a great waitress and made sure everything was okay for us

Pleasant staff, service efficient and food very good, what more do you need. Well done Lisa and staff.

Our sever Lisa was fantastic and very good customer service x

Served by Lisa, very friendly.and helpful, lovely meal, in fact to much, very filling, keep up the good work 😁

Lisa was lovley and made sure everything was ok with our meals.

Very friendly, quick service lovely staff. Thanks to Lisa especially

Lisa was amazing made sure we liked everything and made sure we had everything we needed. Lovely lady with amazing customer service skills. The wait for the food wasn’t long at all and it was so nice.

Lisa was lovely during our visit, thankyou for sorting an issue we had out with food. Lisa was very helpful and all round very professional and kind. Will be visiting again for lunch.

Had a great night, I planned a festive menu event for me and my work colleagues, we have a tradition of putting on a secret Santa event every year, this year i chose the Red Lion. The food was perfect for the great deal on offer on the festive menu and was satisfactory for everyone. We were given a prime spot right near the bar, where we could have the area to ourselves to host our event and be close to the bar for drinks. We had great service from the bar, restaurant and kitchen staff, we thank Lisa, Larnie, Lewis, Hamal, Rachel and all the kitchen staff for their hard work from everyone from The Pharmacy Team at the Royal Bolton Hospital who attended.

Lovely meal and professional service from lisa.

Nice food and great service. Lisa in particular was very helpful and attentive. Thank you.

Great service, amazing staff that make you feel very welcome. Lisa especially always makes sure everything is okay and makes us feel very comfortable every time we walk through the door.

Went for xmas lunch.it was excellent. Staff were very friendly .good value for money

Only had a drink here I came herd years ago. Sadly, it had a leak in roof corned off 😪 desperately which repairs a new bit of carpet and wallpaper to bring it up to its glorious standards but the staff were very helpful when my son lost his pound for machine

Fantastic meal as always, great staff, John was great and nice and relaxed atmosphere, very happy 😊

Thanks to Lisa for making us feel welcome ,the service was great and food was delicious

Great food as always better than a poor excuse of food from McDonald’s

Absolutely amazing. Lots of choices for food and drinks. Fast services and amazing, helpful staff. Came for a birthday meal and will definitely be regulars from now on. Chef, Tina Johns cooking was exceptional.

was served by lisa and was lovely. Had a great time !!

Very friendly server Lisa, big portions, chilled atmosphere

Lovely pub grub, nice staff member called Lisa.

We had our xmas party here Good gluten free selection the salmon melted in your mouth and the service was very good

We had our Xmas party here good gluten free range the salmon melted in your mouth Lisa our server was very good will be back thanks

Just had Lunch here. John always makes it a pleasant visit, service is spot on

Lisa was lovely and very friendly 😊

Lisa did absolutely wonderful making sure everything was okay very polite lady Thankyou Lisa

Lisa served and waited on us. Lovely lady very polite and helpful. Thankyou

Lisa was really nice, hospitable and couldn’t help us enough!

Always enjoy popping in "for a quick one". Food and drink are great and the staff are lovely. In fact, it sometimes seems a bit like the "Cheers" bar 🍻 We were served by John today, who went over and above to look after us 😃

Great service, lovely staff. We bring our children here every weekend. Highly recommended .

Always a very warm welcome , service with a smile … good food, great beer. Nothing is ever too much trouble . John dealt with an a minor issue very promptly and discreetly and can not thank him enough.

Excellent service couldn't do enough for me gentleman called John served me amazing guy thank you :)

Service from John excellent……..miss them showing football

Looking for food after a competition in Bolton. After trying a few places The Red Lion was the only pub local to our Hotel doing food after 8. Food was good, speed of service was very good. (It was quiet) Prices were also pretty good for the modern day. Overall very impressed. Would recommend and will look to head back here in the future.

Excellent service at the Red Lion - food was great, served quickly, hot and tasty. Thanks to server Lisa

Service buy Lisa thanks food was lovely

Fantastic service, friendly staff, Kevin was very helpful bringing drinks to the table

Food good, Rachael served us and was lovely to deal with, nice atmosphere for a lunch

Great pub, food was lovely. Rachel was great service from her was brilliant. Wacky warehouse part joined on to the pub which was great for the kids.

Lisa was a great waitress very polite and hope to se her again.

came for saturday night gin & catch up with my friend. steak was cooked & seasoned just how i asked. chips and peas pipping hot. all staff i came in contact with were lovely young gent behind the bar was very helpful in advising us which gin to try. bonus the wacky for the little ones to run around in before tea.will defiantly be back