Red Lion in South Norfolk

We popped in for lunch and were welcomed by lovely, friendly staff. The menu was quite restrictive for myself being a vegetarian. In fact the menu was typically old school pub food but it was hot, there was plenty of it and it didn't break the bank.

A busy "local" with attached small campsite. Food is very good value and there were interesting beer options. Food average, their "famous" lasagne not available sadly. Good portion size.

Had lasagna, salad and chips, billed as Sues famous lasagna. Worst I’ve ever tasted in my life! Total slop, hardly any mince to speak of or taste. To cap it all salad tasted horrible due to some sort of dressing on it which I never asked for. Probably worst meal I’ve had. Sorry but true, disappointed to say the least.

The food here is lovely. The staff are very polite. The service is impeccable with a warm atmosphere and surroundings. Lovely pub

Always good home cooked family pub Highly recommend this place although we don’t get out so much due to health reasons this is a lovely place to eat at reasonable prices and good food freshly cooked !

Best place ever for kids, dogs and families, great food and accessible toilets with caravan packing cheap over night stay with showers, toilets and electricity.

This was the most friendly, amazing pub I’ve been in for years restored my faith in humanity, food was amazing and the people were even better could not have been more welcomed, brilliant!!

Fantastic pub, VERY friendly staff and great food, everything was so fresh and good value. First time I had been as friends took me for a Birthday treat, DEFINITLY will be going again.

Came here for a family holiday that I have been saving up for since had my kids first family holiday owner was lovely when first got there then we was talking to other family’s told them we was Irish then next day owner has come down and said we had to leave even though we had another 4days booked which wasn’t fair as I then had three crying children and a holiday that I’ve saved for a long time ruined had to drive 6 hours back home to new castle so lovely place to stay and lovely owner which is a racist also he doesn’t like younger children as I was told my children wasn’t allowed to use the park on their own even though my caravan was right next to it !! Terrible experience I have got my solicitor on to this as we recorded the owner telling us why we had to leave

Our 4th time visiting here for a camping trip as a family, and booked again for august we absolutely love it here is a lovely quiet site and the owner is lovely and always around to help, lovely little shop selling all your essentials eggs, bread etc. One shower 2 toilets always clean (leave it as you find it) very respectful site. The food at the pub is second to none fresh local ingredients and excellent value for money .

Booked in with our caravan for a couple of nights - after first night we invited our friends with their caravan over as well, luckily there was one space left. Very quiet, peaceful and good facilites - they have obvously worked hard to make it what it is. The food is very good - I am gluten free so can sometimes be tricky,,,but not here the fish and chips were outstanding. Will be back soon (if there is any room)

Popped in, food and service excellent, beer was very nice, clean and tidy. Several people in the pub and al seemed to be enjoying themselves

Stayed at the campsite behind the pub, while we were staying we had 2 meals at The Pub a proper pub serving great ale and serving terrific value food. Staff very friendly nothing was to much trouble

Camping We stayed here for 3 nights with family 6 adults 3 children 3 tents over jubilee weekend Beautifully peaceful site and very clean acces able facilities have re booked again for august fab holiday and very friendly helpful owner

Came here for a meal. While staying at the campsite behind the pub with my family . Lovely food. Great service all food was fresh and very tasty. Would recommend to anyone. And definitely visit again.

Visited last night with my family for my sisters birthday we sat outside everything was lovely the food and service was superb lovely staff and a fab time had by all

This place has always been our favourite place to eat, drink and catch up with friends. Yesterday, after the lock down restrictions were lifted we went for a meal and few drinks with friends and were amazed at the professionalism of the distancing measures while still retaining a friendly local feel. Felt totally safe, yet comfortable, to the point of almost normality. Great food as usual too 😊

We visited Wortwell for a long weekend and Red Lion in Needham was recommended by the owners of our bed and breakfast. We visited on a Friday when they have a early bird special that was great value. The food was very nice and plenty of it, with good service and friendly staff. Would recommend.

We had the best Valentines night at the Red Lion with excellent entertainment from the lovely Maria Elayna and first class food - I had sea bass with a mango salsa, fillet steak with the best dauphinois potatoes I’ve ever had, and this “mini” pavlova !!!! And all for £22pp !! Thank you Michael Massey, Joe and Sue Massey.

The worst Christmas lunch ever. Only 2 serving over 50 people. Sat down at 12.45pm starters didn’t arrive until 1.50pm. Sat waiting for main course for over an hour. When it arrived it was very disappointing, 1 small Yorkshire, 1 ball of stuffing, a piece of cauliflower, a few carrots, broccoli, 1 tiny piece of roast parsnip, turkey was dry. No gravy, had to ask 3 times before it arrived by that time lunch was cold and could only manage to eat a few mouthfuls. Forgot to mention 2 roast potatoes which were so hard l couldn’t get my teeth in them, 2 new potatoes. By this time everyone was getting fed up, 1 table got up and left. I had my mum in a wheelchair and there wasn’t anyway l could get her to the toilet without tables and people having to get up and move. I had informed them twice that my mum would be in a wheelchair. By this time we decided to leave, 4pm still no desertto get my mum out a family had to get up move there table and chairs for us to get out. I also witnessed a table complaining about the service and the Landlady was very rude, no apology given. When my husband told them we were not staying and the food and service was very poor, they knocked £40 off a bill of a £180 bill. It wasn’t even worth a fiver what we had. To say we were disappointed is an understatement.We are local people and have been to this place on many occasions but will never go in again and l’m sure there were others that felt the same.Thanks to them our family Christmas was ruined. My Christmas lunch at home consisted of a piece of cake and a sausage rolll would never recommend this pub, bad food, service and very rude peoplel did get a message from the landlord after putting a piece on Facebook apologising saying 3 staff had walked out. If they had told people perhaps people would have been understanding. If they treat their staff like they do their customers l’m not surprised they walked out

My husband and myself were staying locally and decided to visit the Red Lion for lunch. We were warmly greeted on arrival and our order taken.We were given the choice of tables and we chose a window seat. We did not have to wait very long for our food, I had a meat lasagne with chips and salad and my husband had sausage, egg and chips. As dessert was included in my husband’s meal choice he had a strawberry sundae and I had the white chocolate and raspberry roulade.We thoroughly enjoyed our meals, the food was delicious and we also found the staff very friendly. This was the last day of our stay which was a shame that we found the Red Lion on our last day as we would’ve visited more. If we return the the area we will definitely come back here for a meal.

We called in here on the off chance on our way home only to find the pub packed due to Friday night “early doors” special offer. However we were told that if we wanted to have a drink and hang on they would accommodate us as soon as a table became free. We were given a table after about 15 minutes. It was well worth the wait. The food was great, the atmosphere was good and the staff and service were very good indeed. Very good value for money to boot. Couldn’t fault it in any way. Will call in again when in the area.

Great steak, we had the six ounce which was enough for us, beautifully cooked with chips, onion rings etc. If you come at 5.30 to 6.3p, meals are much cheaper. Great pub.Friendly customers.

Ate in this pub with a group of 16 The building is all so very clean especially the toilets!!! Great service from the staff with a lady obviously in charge and checking everything was right!! (Doing a great job!!)Spacious table nice and clean with comfortable chairsFood wad excellent considering the price we paid. We had a great steak, perfectly cooked with great flavour followed a by a lovely treacle pudding and custardI would return in a flash and can really recommend this establishment

went in to enquire what time they opened, as no signage anywhere to say.... arrived at 4:45 so wasn't sure if opened at 5 or 6pm. Back door was open just popped my head in to ask opening times. My question was what time do you open, to be met with the totally rude answer ... 'well its not now is it?!' we open at six was the eventual answer. for obvious reasons we didn't wait or want to go back. As why would we after being spoken to so rudely after such a simple question! way to go Needham red lion - how to lose customers in one easy step!!

We had a lovely lunch. We were welcomed on arrival by the staff and then shown to our table. The Christmas menu was really lovely, home cooked, yummy food. The beef wellington was to die for, really lovely, proper little parcel unlike some places that serve a slice- was fantastic.Kids ordered off the main menu and nothing was too much trouble! The onion rings and steak were huge. Lovely log burner and great atmosphere. Delicious ales too.

More like a works man’s pub in my opinion. Bar staff were really friendly. I was really welcomed and felt comfortable. If you liked this review please like. @davidcannonyesil

On a weekend away and came accross Red Lion as last pub we visited only done pizza! And on a Friday Eve! Anyway, glad we stopped as service was excellent (if a little slow) Food was HUGE and prices good for what you get. Cod hang off end of the plate and that was a small one! Great taste too! Only let down was dirty tables and no cutlery and tables wasnt cleaned before food arrived, otherwise excellent.

Popped in for a meal as it had been highly recommended... Customers busy eating... Good sign I thought, looked welcoming.

Probably the best and biggest burger I’ve eaten ! Very friendly staff and just a lovely pub well worth a visit

The staff are very nice and welcoming, food is excellent best steak I have ever had will definitely be going back again soon

staying at wortwell hall b&b;,needed somewhere to eat.we came across the red lion.nice homemade food.pie and chips the pie was the size of my plate.ate here twice,both times a pleasure.you may need to book .the locals love it

Popped in here for food whilst staying at Wortwell Hall Barn. I went for the steak night deal, and for the price, this was one of the best value steaks I’ve had. My wife has a burger and luckily she couldn’t finish it so I could taste it! Mmmm. Local butcher burger. Just great value pub grub with super friendly service.

Had a very enjoyable visit here this lunchtime. Quite busy , but the staff made me very welcome. I had the sirloin steak - which was really good. The price for 2 courses was so reasonable - and the food itself was faultless , with a lovely steak that was cooked to perfection. Well recommended.

Have been eating here on a regular basis for the last 3 years. Exceptional steaks on a Wednesday night, cooked to perfection. Great welome and typical country pub atmosphere. Good selection of dishes, fresh and quality produce. Nice selection of craft beers also. Highly recommended

The pub was heaving today and we had to wait but we enjoyed a very good lunch of fish and chips and gammon and pineapple followed by a hot pudding.

Have been to the Red Lion at Needham on several Wednesday Nights, steak night.

The Red Lion can always be relied upon for good pub grub - lunch time specials are great value, steak nights are a delight . We have been several times and have always expected and received a meal which is well cooked, well presented in a friendly atmosphere.

It was our first visit for many years and had been closed we think inbetween our visits. We had heard that it was now very good and decided to visit. We were quite disappointed on the choice of food, a lot of chicken on the menu, two sorts of curry, both chicken, 3 specials, two of which were chicken. The place was heaving so obviously it is well liked by locals, lots of people seemed to know each other so we presumed that they were all local. The staff were friendly but the food we thought left a lot to be desired. This is obviously our opinion and the fact that they were very busy (it was a Saturday when we visited) shows that others found it acceptable

The Red Lion has to be one of the best local pubs in the area. The staff go to great lengths to try and make your visit welcoming and enjoyable. The atmosphere is excellent and there is always somebody willing to pass the time of day.

The best thing about this pub is the car park.On entering and walking towards the bar we noticed a log fire but to be honest it was too far away from the tables to feel any warmth from it and the room heaters dotted about were stone cold.All this before we a group of four sit down to the most awful Christmas lunch.If you like processed turkey the kind bought sliced in packets from a supermarket this will be ideal for you and it will be folded in a nice little pile on the side of your plate.The waitress was huffing and puffing and pointedly remarking on the "hot plates" in fact my plate was stone cold, as were the carrots, peas and frozen beans and the one and only tiny new potatoe.There was a party of sorts for an elderly group of customers and all other tables were fully booked and the place was absolutely heaving.Adding to this the waitress tells us she was called away from preparing our desserts to attend another job.Well that made us feel very welcome indeed and also not forgetting it was nearly two hours from start to finish for a meal in this extremely cold, unfriendly and unwelcoming meal for four in this no atmosphere village pub.

This was our second visit whilst we were visiting friends and staying along the road in Brockdish this was an ideal location. Both meals were very enjoyable despite the place hosting parties on both occasions.The plaice that I had was the best i've ever eaten and we own a restaurant in Kent !Our friends also enjoyed their meals. Staff were excellent service was very efficient and would definitely return.

Second visit enjoyed so much last time the landlord served us my son had been begging to go back so while staying near by decided to take him, called to book the lady on the phone was very rude abrupt. Only to have her serving us.....she was very rude and disagreed with was we wanted to eat mocking and wasn't a very good host at all got up to get ourselves cutlery and sauces from another table as she dumped food and disappeared. She made out experience so unpleasant we won't be visiting again.

Went here for dinner, food was standard old fashioned pub grub, nothing very exciting. The food was alright for what it was but this place does have a feel of being stuck in the dark ages a bit and the bloke who serves behind the bar is not friendly or welcoming and would be reason enough not to go back as I vote with my feet.

Lovely roast dinner had here today for husbands birthday meal -all of which,especially the beef,cooked to perfection! All my husbands family who we went with enjoyed it too, and it was nice to have proper gluten free options for his mum.

Our food was tasty and enjoyable but the man on bar duty / restaurant service made us feel so unwelcome and an inconvenience that we would never go back

Took granddaughter mid-week for pub lunch. Pub was packed so we ate outside in a nice area but it was extremely hot - no fault of the pub it was a very hot summers day! They would have made room for us inside so we could have been cooler. Lunch was fine & the ice cream sundae went down a treat! Will definitely go there again.

Gin & Tonic was served to me in a half-pint tumbler without ice or a slice of lime or lemon. When I requested ice and a slice, a slice of lemon was produced but the bar-maid said they had no ice. Fish & chips eventually arrived which was quite acceptable, but spoilt by some persistent flies. The man who took over behind the bar needs to work on improving his attitude.

Went for a meal in the middle of the week while on holiday and the pub was very quiet. There was a very good menu and the food was excellent.

Extremely friendly hosts, who recommended us to a great B & B in the area. Great pub with great food well cooked & reasonably priced.

Large eating area. Good selection of food to choose from. Pub was very quiet at 6.30 and then between 7 and 8 a lot more people came in. The food was served promptly and was excellent. Would recommend it.

Excellent family run establishment. Have eaten here a few times when we are in the area and must say have always been made to feel welcome and had excellent service. The food is fresh and home cooked and the atmosphere is what you would expect from a family run pub - warm and friendly.

What a great pub and fantastic food, hosts and beer. Welcoming and friendly the food is very good and their is so much of it. I recommend the large haddock and chips - the fish is huge

Our friend and my Wife visited this true jewel in the crown on a murky December tuesday dinner time.

Three of us dined there yesterday. Service is on the slow side, I guess this is what happens with fresh cooked food you have to be prepared to wait. However the food is worth waiting for, it was excellent and the portions are large.

Fantastic food. Great atmosphere. Well worth a visit. The Sunday lunch is really good value for money and very tasty.

Good honest pub food and beer tasty and reasonably priced. I had a twelve ounce rump, the wife had a chicken pie. Both delicious. Couldn't manage a sweet, we were full. The pub does food until 3pm. Then from 6pm. Closed on Monday. I got caught out once. They are opening a 5 berth caravan site in the rear of the pub £10 a night. They have just got approval. They sell wonderful eggs. Cheap, no pun intended. Once bought goose eggs, they were huge. I think they will have to open longer when the caravans come. I highly recommend this pub. It's a true local. They know everything about the area. Friendly.

Visited the lion for Saturday dinner whilst staying in a cottage near by for the weekend. The pub offered good quality not messed about food. We had steaks, sea bass,pie and a mixed grill. The quantities almost beat all of us. The mixed grill was very good especially the two local sausages. We had starters but couldn't even think about deserts. On the bar for sale was local honey and goose eggs! Staff were friendly and with a few locals it made a very nice relaxed Saturday night.

My first reaction upon reading the last review,is that surely they must have been in a different pub.I have visited this on several occasions for sunday lunch and lunchtime and evening specials.Its a cosy ,clean country pub serving excellent ,well priced meals ,with pleasant ,friendly staff.Forget trip advisor if this is an example of reviews ! Go and see for yourself.My guess is that ,there are some people you could never please. I shall continue to visit The Red Lion.Its always a pleasure and always busy,so that says it all.

First visit was for their Early Bird offer. Supposed to be from 530 to 630, but we were told that arriving at 520 was too late to take advantage of the offer by a very rude barman.

A cosy pub, good food, pleasant barmaid/waitress, but the guy who manages made our party feel on edge by his abrupt manner when we questioned a menu item. We later asked about local honey advertised for sale at the bar, when told it was sold out he ripped the signs down in such a manner that we felt very akward. Sorry no people skills evident here.We won`t return which is a shame, maybe he was just having a bad day, but there are other pubs in the area.

The kind of pub you want after a long walk. Pleasant staff, good beer and a menu which takes up most of one wall above the large inglenook.

Having found our usual pub closed for food we ventured into the Red Lion. First impressions from car park entrance not so good-needed a little tidying up!! BUT beautiful fluffy cat was a bonus. Through the doors and into the main lounge area and things hadn't really improved- there were grates, fixtures etc on the floor plus a tray of glasses left on the bar.

At last, a pub in the Waveney Valley, that offers you good decent food at a very reasonable price. We tried this pub with our guests after being ripped off the night before at another local pub. I had the monster cod and chips which turned up looking like whale and chips. A fabulous large fresh piece of cod, cooked to perfection. For dessert I had BlackBerry and Apple crumble, which was absolutely gorgeous. The rest of my party were equally impressed and we shall now be regular customers. It's so refreshing to at last find a decent pub to dine in.

My Wife anf I ate there last night for our 10th Aniversary. The menu is extensive and displayed on black boards near the bar. They do special nights and music nights. We arrived and there was several tables occupied which was encouraging, we sat next to a table of 3 and they had huge fish portions, (they didn't finish too much, took a doggy bag home).

We go to red lion about once a month for a meal .food is always hot and well cooked staff are alwa ys very helpful menu is very good

We have visited the Red Lion on several occasions for a family lunch. Their Sunday roast is delicious, Vegetables always lovely and fresh. Good family atmosphere and friendly service . Their deserts are also very good and yummy.

I have to declare an interest here. The Red Lion Pub is my local and I have had the opportunity to see said pub, improve greatly over the years. During the winter months there is a very welcoming and warm woodburner to sit by and in the summer months, there is ample restaurant space both inside, or outside to choose from.

A party of four of us went for lunchtime meal. There was no greeting whatsoever, no please, ,thank you in fact no conversation with us the whole two hours we were there. Admittedly they were quite busy for a week day lunchtime, but surely it takes no time to be polite. When we left all we got was glares, which we thought he may have thought we were leaving without paying so told him it was on our table, still he said nothing. Unbelievable. The food was excellent and good value we only live a few miles down the road so could have been a regular customer, but not to be treated like that.

I have just been into The Red Lion to try the 'Early Bird Special' a Friday night offer of a main course meal together with a drink. It was superb value for money. The haddock that I chose was a generous size, beautifully cooked and was served with a portion of golden chips and garden peas.

I was with a party of twenty people and we all sat at a long table together. My steak was perfectly cooked. The service was friendly and quickly efficient. There was a good selection of wine.

Waited an hour for lunch to be served after ordering. People who had not booked and came in after us were served first. When enquired as to how much longer we would have to wait we received a curt reply of "we're busy" no apology was given. The actual lunch consisted of tinned new potatoes, deep fried "roast" potatoes, tasteless peas & carrots and the turkey was just a pile of crumbs. If you want to be insulted and waste your money this is the place to go.