Red Lion Pub in Sandwell

I've been to many pubs where they serve Indian food, and this was not disappointing! The drinks were great, and the food quality was equally great. The seating was more than adequate (we were in a group of 4 adults and 3 children under the age of 8) The staff were friendly, and ordering was a breeze. Id recommend this to anyone!

Delicious food very very clean and service is amazing this is my regular place to go to and I will never stop going there

Great customer service from Charlie she was lovely very hard working and a smile goes a long way

I have come here for some years and have always enjoyed the service, atmosphere and food. However, I visited today as I hadn't been in a while and noticed there was a price increase which is alot more than other establishments that offer the same type of food. I do not mind paying a little more if the food is up to par but it was so disappointing. The butter chicken was not nice and was overpriced considering the lack of flavour, price and size! Why is the curry now served in a tiny dish which easily spills? The rice wasn't great and the chips were hard. I have never been so disappointed considering the last time I visited everything was lovely! Unfortunately I won't be back. Red Lion - please listen to your customers. There is clearly an issue food wise which needs to be looked at!

Good food. Lot of vegetarian options. Huge place. Lot of different areas for everyone to choose from. There was some confusion regarding ordering and our starter and main course came together. Altogether it was a good experience.

Pretty standard Asian food. Nicely presented in copper bowls, tasty and hot. The large mixed grill could feed two people for a week. Nan breads were tasty and hot and the bar had a good range of beers and ciders. The papadums and accompanying dips were poor value, but overall everyone enjoyed their meals

Always very busy, Food is in large quantities cooked to a very high standard. Great atmosphere Very tasty, Recommend lamb biryiani always a favourite!

Rude staff !!! Just standing and not looking after customers !

Worst food every! Mixed up me lamb sheesh kebabs I ordered n paid for and gave me chicken sheesh kebabs! :( Also when I spoke to the chef about his mix up with starter, I ordered main . Omg! Work lamb Karahi ever! It can not be call a kharahi . Made me sick. Do not visit or order food from here! Or regret it! Drinks super over prices too!! Avoid. Or be disappointed. :)

Parking difficult. Excellent food and service. Large screens for watching sports.

The food is excellent, friendly service and a lovely place to come and eat

Lovely helpful staff, even remembered what drinks I ordered on the first round. Fantastic choice of food and tasted lovely. Deffo will return.

Awful food . Ordered 2 special mix grills .32.00 each . 80% chicken that all tasted the same . Hardly any pakora and sheish kebab . Over priced rubbish food . Much better desi pubs in West Brom . Will never go again .

As always, a great service. Delicious food and value for money....

Went for a meal for granddaughters 18th. The food was really nice but we all made the mistake of over ordering not realising how generous the portions were. The mixed grill platter was literally a wall of meat & fish. Will definitely be going back there.

Had a takeaway mixed grill,obviously not the same as when your sitting in,but would of thought they would of put onions in with it but they didn't!!

Foods gone down hill, not the same anymore, main currys served in silly little pans, curry falls out as your serving it. So many other better places now.

Unrivaled taste and huge portions - it's why we keep coming back

I fw Zoe(y) so hard, thanks girlie, great service. You give Daphne from scooby doo (mystery incorporated specifically) xx

First visit here and it wont be my last. Outstanding food, great service and great atmospere.

Took my friends visiting from China to Red Lion, West Brom, and they really enjoyed the food and the local atmosphere. Great service, friendly staff, and a nice place to experience some local hospitality. Would definitely recommend!

Great place for an Indian curry

Love this place. It's very popular and always full when we go, and when you see the food coming out, you can see why. We had the sizzling chicken tikka, and it was spot on. A generous amount of chicken pieces, sitting on a bed of onions. It came with raita and chutney. Lovely. We were part of a birthday party of around 20 people, and we were served promptly. Pleasant, friendly, attentive staff, toilets modern and clean. Very family orientated, making for a relaxed atmosphere.

Because the food is nice and the place colourful and the patterns are too.

Service not the best or very welcoming,was offered to eat food at bar lol

Had my last meal from here yesterday! Usually great but food is now flavourless full of salt and over priced so disappointed!!

Despite some of the negative reviews we decided to give the Red Lion a go and we are glad we did. It was very busy but we were greeted warmly and shown to our seats without delay. The place inside is much more modern than we anticipated and most importantly it was clean and neatly presented. We waited around 20 minutes for our food , which was not bad considering how busy they were. We ordered a lamb curry and the mixed grill and naan. Everything was very tasty and tender. The grill was not at all over seasoned and salty like some other grills we have had. The service at the table was very polite and the young girls serving are a credit to the restaurant. They cleared away tables quickly and swept up regularly. I am quite fussy so for me to give a 5 out of 5 it not done easily. We will be back.

The food is amazing and good portions sometimes to much lol. Ive not tryed there currys just the mix grill and that's alot of meat.

Some of the staff are good but some have let it down. The food here has also led to some of us not feeling well afterwards. it's a real shame as the place looks great now.

Saag paneer is very bad, it's a traditional dish which the chef doesn't know how to make.

We have been coming to this restaurant for a few years now but recently visited in December and felt really let down. When we first started coming it was great, you’d get a seat in a lively area and the food was 10/10 - however on our recent visit none of this was the case. I booked a couple of weeks in advance and requested a booth in the main dining area. This was not the case when we arrived. They put us in a dark corner in a small bar area with no TV to watch sports. The mixed grill is also now more expensive but a hell of a lot smaller than it was the year before. Also the service was incredibly slow. Half of our table had finished their meals before the other half arrived. I appreciate it is a busy place, but returning and pre booking customers should have some level of service. Might have to consider a new desi pub moving forward.

Great food and great service. The staff are excellent and always happy to help.

Overall, having dined in many times here is a combined review all in one. The service and atmosphere are excellent. You’re always greeted with a smile. The atmosphere is nice, doesn’t matter what room you sit in, they’re all well presented and cleaned well. The food The large mixed grill is £26. When you consider the other local establishments this is on the high end of the scale. You would therefore expect to get more than 1 lamb chop, more than 3 chicken wings. It’s mostly all chicken tikka. The taste is lovely so nothing taken away from that. The curry’s and naans are delicious absolutely faultless - just get them cooked to your preferred taste. All in all a definite gem of a place!

We have been coming here for the last 15 years. But haven’t been in last 18 months. It was our top three mix grill place. Not anymore. Mix grill- lacked spice and flavour. No chilli. Previously was great. We thought we will try two curries. After being advised to ask for it to be more spicy or desi style. Keema - was grainy and mushy. Tasted burnt Chicken karai - hmm tandoori meat in a sauce lacked salt and spice. Waiter listened but didn’t feel we were heard. Spent £100 (5 adults and 2 kids). Looks like we won’t be going back!

As always great food atmosphere and service second to none.

Booked a table for 15 ppl for a Birthday Party. They informed me when booking i could keep cakes in the fridge. On the day they didnt put cakes in Fridge and smudged them. Informed me i could arrive15-20 mins early before 7pm booking to set up balloons etc on the day the table was not free until 7pm. Table they provided us was not even together, half of the guests had to sit apart. Most of the food was ok Keema was absolutely awful. Extremely unorganised loads of staff standing around doing nothing.

Fantastic service, usually a great vibe, however it can be costly. You can find consistently better food elsewhere for less, however, you won't find much friendlier staff than at The Red Lion.

A Brilliant Meal....Huge Portions and Fabulous Service ! Highly Recommended AAAAAAA ***************

Heard good things about this pub so decided to book for my husbands birthday. There were 4 of us. We were shown to our table and we're asked if we want food to which the waitress then just pointed to a QR code. Others on other tables were given menus. The menu does not state how many the moxed grills serve. So we ordered 2 of the 32.99 ones between 4 as we thought they would be for 2 people. Wrong! One of these could feed 4 easily. The menu needs to highlight this! We ordered through the QR code at 7.43 our food arrived at 9.00! There was no explanation given ony once when we asked after 55 minutes and was told it would come in 5 minutes- it didnt! Others around us were being served in a timely manner maybe because it seemed they were regulars. Good tasted really nice but wouldn't return as service was shocking!!!

Rubbish food Quality the toliet Over priced

Our go to place for fresh desi food. We live about 10 miles away but still like to visit. The food tastes great/fresh and is reasonably priced. The service is great and the atmosphere friendly.

Good food. Attentive customer service and great ambiance. Will visit again.

Top quality food at a very good pub, the menu is superb if you love Indian cuisine.

Pub was decorated lovely. We were sat in the conservatory are as there were a few of us on our works Christmas meal. The food was delicious and plentiful, I couldn't eat all of mine and took a doggy bag home for my hubby, who also throughly enjoyed it. There isn't much parking space and the spaces are cramped together I felt. The toilets were nice and clean which is always a bonus. Some of the staff were very pleasant and polite but some were just rude. Would I go here again, most definately.

£20 for a double vodka (belvedere) and coke mixer btl. Can anyone confirm if the price is correct or are they just putting prices up for the sake of it. I thought the girl behind the bar got it wrong! Always disappointed when I come to this place about once a year and then remember why I don't come for one reason or another. Sort it out Jeet (owner)!

If you’re Indian I wouldn’t recommend coming here. Came here on a busy Saturday, called and the person said it was fully booked, checked online they had multiple slots available. Asked the waitress about the heat level on the chicken curry and prawn curry and she said it’s medium to hot, it wasn’t even slightly spicy it was basically Nando’s level plain (definitely caterers to ⚪️ ppl). My partner couldn’t even eat his because it was so bland, I was going through mine until I found a black hair in the prawn curry. We got a partial refund and left for Royal Punjab. They never disappoint.

Went in after a review on YouTube about the mix grill platter. I literally paid over £25 for a chicken platter and not a mixed as there was only one over cooked lamb chop and one lamb kebab, the rest was chicken . Initially it looked and tasted alright but as we ate our way down we realised it was leftover chicken reheated. Very disappointed, waste of money and will definitely not be going back.

Beautiful food Staff are so friendly Highly recommend

I visited on Thursday 21st Nov I asked for a mix grill and got the regular. I asked for some tap water too There was half a kebab, a small piece of fish pakora and 99% chicken not quite sure how that qualifies as a mixed grill. I was told it’s £19 was then charged £19.99 The tap water never did arrive, when I asked if the food I hadn’t eaten could be packed, I was given a bag to do it myself. Self service I guess. In short paid £19.99 for chicken.

Beautiful food. Lots of selection. Lovely staff. A very busy place. First visit and will definitely return.

Great place to eat out, watch match or have a small party in separate room

THE ONLY PLACE THAT HAS CAFFREYS IRISH ALE. THEREFORE IT GETS 5/5 , NO CAP, FOR REAL FR.

Had a lovely lunch here with generous portions of flavoursome curry. Also the range of beers is good with 2 real ales.

I have to say I had the best chicken balti and boiled rice from here last night . Delicious . Best I’ve tasted . The service was great

Super food, highly recommend. Brilliant atmosphere, seating area was very clean.

Large mixed grill superb, disappointed by being charged £9:60 for 2 zero Guinness.

If you love meat, I recommend visiting this place.

First time visit, very popular ( you need to book) . The service was very good and the food was fabulous and not expensive, neither were the drinks . Really enjoyed ourselves will definitely be back. Only down was limited parking.

Good food, clean place good service says everything. Definitely go there again.

We ate in the Restaurant in September 2024 & really enjoyed the food......we then ordered online for a birthday treat & collected our food to eat at home and was really disappointed, the chicken tikka masala tasted and smelt like Tomato soup with Chicken in & 2 members of my family were ill after eating from here.....needless to say we won't be returning & was very disappointed as the takeaway we had was not cheap.

Still my favourite food from where I grew up always a warm welcome and attentive staff, my moms favourite so we spent her 80th birthday with family

Beautiful place to eat , delicious food ,my favourite Indian restaurant definitely recommend, lovely atmosphere,staff are very helpful and friendly

Excellent food highly recommended

Best place for a grill in the midlands!

Food was amazing 10/10 deffo recommend. Best chilli prawns have ever had.

Curry had gallons of cumin and lamb chops were tough if my culinary experience serves me well they actually used mutton instead of lamb.. I can cook but after a 12hr shift you want ease but instead I wasted money on inedible food.

I've been in Australia for 10yrs. 10yrs longing for a decent curry. The Red Lion did NOT dissapoint. I had the sheekh kebab to start. Flavourful, tender, served on a sizzling cast iron plate. One serve was enough for 3 people. I then had the lamb jalfrezi, fried rice and chilli naan. Again, full of flavour. I should also mention the service was fantastic and attentive. The place filled up very quickly once we had finished and I could see they needed our table but no pressure from the management to leave. We did, of course, leave not long after. These guys scratched a 10yr itch and nailed it. Thanks 😁

1st time going here. Friendly staff. Room where I ate, it's a pity it's so open and mismatch seating. Really spoilt the decor with the tatty chairs. Ordered chicken Bhuna. OMG it was so salty, way to go to get you to buy more drinks. Bit quick of the mark with wanting payment, just as food arrived and not tasted. No one came around to collect up empty glasses I would give it a 2.5 rating, but stars don't allow for that.

Brilliant best curry have had for years , will be going back

Nice clean place, delicious food and drink, excellent service, definitely recommend,a big thumbs up 👍

Had visited recently for a family members birthday, however became hugely disappointed. The service was poor due to miscommunication between staff members and the food was basic.. the chicken was dry and flavourless. We ordered 2 large mix grill (amongst other things ) and it was mostly just chicken tikka. The table we were seated at was sticky and dirty we had to ask for it to be cleaned. To say we spent quite a substantial amount here the quality of food and service did not meet expectations, I strongly suggest that you go else where!

Always great food and friendly service.

Very bad communication with coustomer bad attitude food was very poor

The communication with the staff is poor. They made us pay before having the food, so any issues you have with the food cannot be resolved. The food was disgusting and they overcharged me. There was hair in the food and they did not resolve this either. Do not recommend.

Allways good good and service 👌

Hadn't been in a long time ,ordered drinks then the food must say was very nice and tasty 😋

Food was great, service was slow and we waited quite a while for the food but staff were friendly. If service had been a bit more on point I would have given 5 stars. I will be back and will update my review based on that experience.

Can sometimes be a little too loud to just sit in the lounge.

Food was excellent - full of flavour and generous portions. Service was attentive and professional. The atmosphere is relaxed with great facilities.

The food is always top class here. Went for the Tandoori Balti tonight and it really didn't disappoint. Perfect tbh spiced and tasted so fresh. As ever, service was spot on.

Great atmosphere, delicious food great evening out, can't fault the place, be going again soon, lamb sagg and cheese garlic bread, 😋 plus sides great value for money, lovely meal.

I did not eat food as can not have spices however it looked and smelt beautiful that is why I could score the place is great place to go something for everyone

Great Pint..fresh and crips Stella and Staropramen. Good selection of beers. Place was clean and service was prompt. Was told to order using the table QR code but the app is pretty poor. It wouldn't allow adding various items. Ended up ordering via a assistant. Orderd the small mix grill which was £19.99 as there were two of us. Came with lots of chicken which was pretty dry, 1 lamb chopped which was chewy as hell, 1 solitary fish pakora and 1 chicken kebab..a second lamb kebab was given later on when we discussed the poor quality of the mix grill. Chilly chips were dry and not very saucy. Bowl of salad was plentifu and freshl. Garlic naan was lovely and crisp and fluffy and well made. Would avoid the mix grill and chilly chips if this is the gerenal quality these days. In the past the food has been better.

Great food and a superb range of drinks, my girlfriend and I now go there regularly because the food is absolutely ace and the prices are very keen indeed. We both highly recommend this restaurant 😊

My food given to another table, when i asked the waiter if that was my food he said yes, he then said we will prepare again. I stood next to the food counter only to find they give me the same food back lol i watched them! Got a refund in the end..

Nice atmosphere and good prices and food

Great Indian food and the service were very good. The portions are excellent with quality , and the family loved it .

Delicious food and really generous portions. Well worth a visit

Really enjoyable evening. We were actually lucky to get a table as we called quite late. We were able to get a table outside which was really comfortable, the staff were very friendly and attentive to our needs and served us well. Food was really tasty and just right in quantity, so we didn't leave uncomfortably stuffed. We will definitely be visiting again very soon. Just a warning, this place gets really busy, so you really will need to reserve. Otherwise, you won't get in.

The Red Lion fuses traditional pub charm with vibrant Desi flavours. Enjoy unique dishes like chicken karahi & the Red Lion special mixed grill, all served in a cozy, lively setting. With friendly service and a great drink selection, it’s a must-visit for a deliciously different pub experience.

Getting too expensive, rarely go now due to prices, special mixed grille had increased by £10 in 4yrs.

Standard pub nothing exciting or bad about it. Food could be better however

Cracking place food was fantastic and very large portions. Staff are friendly highly recommend.

Brilliant restaurant for parts and atmosphere 👌

Terrible place what happened to chicken breast in a curry .....why use cheap cuts of meat ie chicken thighs that are over cooked and rice that's been cooked two days old ! I won't be returning sorry .....very disappointed....

Came here at the recommendation of a friend - food was lovely, generously portioned and reasonably priced. The drinks were priced a little higher than average for West Mids. Friendly wait staff, look forward to returning again.

Quality food..would go back..friendly staff

Lovely restaurant. Quick service by efficient and friendly staff. The food was amazing. Fabulous outdoor area with sliding roof, so ok for all weather. A little more pricey than average but you get good value for it. Highly recommended.

had my birthday meal on Friday night big group of us.. bar staff really friendly and food was so good! will be returning to try more of the menu!

Nice people, good selection of draught lager and food was excellent with really good portion sizes.