Red Lion Pub in Cherwell

It was a quiet Tuesday night late October but we were made very welcome. Menu is targeted and typical pub grub. It was well cooked and presented. Don't expect 'fine dining' but do enjoy a pleaant evening.

Excellent food definitely coming back in May

Traditional village pub serving to a local crowd. Games room and events.

Lovely, cosy, good beer and the staff and patrons were very friendly

A great old and friendly pub. Well worth a visit.

Traditional pub friendly staff basic menu but no complaints

Excellent pub serving delicious food . Great pub set in lovely cropredy. Pint & some excellent food. Service was fantastic. Great pub run by lovely people. Had the haddock & chips today. Very very good ! All freshly cooked .Good sized portions as well . Definitely worth a visit if you are in the area. Some lovely walks nearby through beautiful countryside, villages & canal towpaths . Thanks to everyone for making our visit today a memorable one. We will definitely be back .

Excellent beer and building itself worth seeing.

Quirky pub, good range of drinks, friendly atmosphere

Charged £14.70 for a pint of Moretti and 2 bags of crisps. Must have seen 'London' written all over me.

Quaint, friendly country pub. Hosts could not be more accommodating. Pubs these days can be a little homogeneous, however The Red Lion gives an authentic, pub experience with a friendly touch. Aunt Sally was a hit with our group of children and adults. Would highly recommend.

Nice pub large beer garden...we didn't have any food so can not comment..

We visited this lovely pub and we were made completely at home , the lovely landlady even let us bring fish and chips into the pub. Great atmosphere lovely people. Thank you

Friendly proper pub. Good food, good beer. And still the same one year on. 'Proper pub', thanks Sophie.

Didn't have food, all friendly and drinks we had were okay

We had a lovely time here having a drink in the garden with two of our dogs and five children. The staff were very nice and accommodating. Thank you

Gave 2 stars because it's pretty. Arrived with a party of 11 from our camping holiday to be told our booking had been cancelled. No explanation and no attempt to accommodate us.

Good ham, egg & chips using local ham ! 👍

Me and my family visited last Sunday and enjoyed a fabulous roast. Fresh and delicious and not expensive. I would highly recommend a visit and will return again soon

Delicious Sunday dinner - good selection of veg including yummy cauliflower cheese and vegans catered for toi. I'll definitely be going back!

Thank you so much for a great birthday. Truly a caring local.

Proper straightforward pub food. Dog friendly, great owner and staff

Nice old school boozer. Quaint country, not great for parking. Beers well kept though.

Stopped by after mooring up on the canal. Warm inviting proper pub clearly popular with the locals (a good sign) you even have the chance to witness a peculiar pub game called Aunt Sally which seems to involve teams throwing a stick at a wooden dolls head (I think). Record player in bar where you choose the album to play. A far cry from the modern gastro pubs so recommended!

The food was lovely and the staff were friendly and efficient. It is a dog friendly pub

What a great pub. Apparently over 600 years old and suitably atmospheric with very low ceilings and beams. They weren't offering food the night of our visit but let us order out and even furnished us with plates and cutlery. Beer well kept - I put away several Butcombes though they would usually have Otter Brewery's ale on tap which is a fav of mine. Really welcoming owners and staff who made us feel at home

Only popped in for a drink but a lovely friendly atmosphere. Dog friendly.

The owners was lovely and 2 of the cutest puppies ever for amazing lovely welcome will be back

Great little pub....clean the pipes.

Dee was the most welcoming host, I’ve never been here before, her and Keith welcomed 2 strange London lads camping like family. I’ve spent the last 2 hours playing records in the bar with Dee. I will be back in the summer, apparently there’s a festival with 2000 people. Let’s go!

This pub is such hidden gem. We popped in for a quick drink and felt like locals by the end of the night. Friendly service and customers!

It was a midweek evening so there was no food available. The hosts are very welcoming along with a nice log fire. If your in the area why not pop in.

A proper English pub! Very warm and very welcoming, definitely recommend!

Very welcoming, great atmosphere, good value for money.

Wonderful centuries old pub. Good real ales and hearty country food. Very friendly staff. Great atmosphere and friendly locals.

Favourite pub, and I mean good old pub on the south oxford canal. Old school pub atmosphere helpful staff. A great landlady, and lovely regulars. The locals made us feel at home, the cider and wine was lovely. Don't miss this if your on the river 2min walk from the top lock.

Friendly pub alert... OMG what can we say, we stumbled across this lovely proper pub when on the canal. ( it's not on the map) but closer than the new style gastro pub. We would say restaurant. The golden lion is a proper old pub like the ones of yesteryear. Friendly, helpful, good prices. I landlady was a massive help hearing we didn't have an horseradish or yourkshires for our roast on the boat she gave us a small pot and two youkshires. An old chap in the bar picked up a guitar and started singing some amazing new and old music. Went back in the evening and the locals were just as nice offering a space at their table. 5 star great place. Don't miss this one.

Canal pub with boaters as lunchtime trade. Nice sarnie and good choice of ales.

A good old country pub set in a beautiful village, excellent ales 3-4 kept on top notch., even allowed us to order food locally when kitchen was shut and supplied plates and cutlery

Fantastic traditional pub. Very friendly and good access from the canal. Would definitely return when passing through Cropredy.

Brilliant old pub down the side of the church , good beer & friendly staff .

We recently attended the Fairport Cropredy Convention festival, from Thursday 10th August to Sunday 13th. We dropped into the Red Lion on the Thursday afternoon for two pints of lemonade, for which we were charged £6. I was told that the plain, reusable plastic glasses were £1 each, with 50p going to charity. My wife noticed a sign saying that the charity was 'Cancer'! So £2 for a pint of lemonade and ice. We returned on Saturday afternoon, with our reusable plastic glasses, and were charged £8! £4 a pint as I used previously bought charity glasses! When I asked about the discrepancies I was asked, 'Who served you on Thursday? ' and told 'Those aren't the stackable charity glasses we were selling.' I told my story as above, but they had no explanation for doubling the price of a pint of lemonade from £2 to £4. Some 20 minutes later a young lady brought over a couple of plastic stackable glasses as an apology, maybe? Festival prices were prevalent, a local man told me; what a way to treat the thousands of festival visitors 'eh!

Friendly staff and landlady made me most welcome explained background for visit which she remembered from sometime back. Lunch in the garden service excellent nothing too much trouble. Many thanks will return again when passing.

Well-kept beer at reasonable prices. Nice atmosphere, pleasant staff. A jolly little boozer, if you are in the vicinity.

I have been drinking in the red lion since 1989, not had food since 1995 so can't comment about it, but boy, the days of a Yorkshire pud with faggots and gravy were the best! Beautiful old pub, some nice real ales and friendly staff. Shame I'm only there once every second week of August.

Great beer great atmosphere 😎👍🍻

My family and I have been coming to the festival for many years, and The Red Lion is like home from home. The ambience is truly heartwarming, and the food, service, and ale great. This is all set in an utterly beautiful area. A definite must to visit 😊 Oh, and I mustn't forget to mention Pepper, their family doggy who's also utterly beautiful 😍 ❤️

We enjoyed well kept real ales, a friendly atmosphere and a few games of pool. A traditional Oxfordshire village pub which is very welcoming and a great place to spend the evening with friends.

We called in here for a drink after reading reviews of the other pub in the village, saying that this was cheaper. It was, but only by 50p! The pub was tiny, which was nice and cosy, but we sat outside as it was a nice day. The outside area is ok, looks like decking has recently been added. Think we'll try the other pub next time as I think it'll be worth it.

Stopped off whilst on the canal, superb hospitality from the staff and owners. Recommend this quaint little pub to any visitor. Defiantly will visit again.

Welcoming local with an OK beer garden. Historic pub in lovely village

If you want atmosphere avoid this place

We booked the Red Lion for lunch prior to a long walk around the area. Unfortunately, we were slightly late for our booking and a large party were also there. Despite this, the large party were all served their meals and we were served very soon afterwards with only a very short wait. Only Sunday roasts were available but all four of us were very happy with that and we thoroughly enjoyed our food. Plentiful and very tasty. The pub is a beautiful, thatched roof building in a lovely village by the Oxford canal. Lots of lovely walks around the area. The staff made us feel very welcome and were good fun. We eat out a lot around Oxfordshire and this is now one of our favourites! We will have to return.

An excellent individual pub. Homely and full of character. I will definitely return.

Nice pub, good beer, friendly, was shown how to play aunt Sally, a Oxfordshire game👌

We were on a narrowboat holiday and looked for somewhere to eat close to the canal. I rang the pub and asked if they could accommodate 16 at short notice. I spoke with ‘D’ the landlady who said she could get us in if we didn’t mind waiting a few hours as she had to sort out extra staff. Big thanks to whoever turned up for an extra shift. This was perfect as we still had a couple of hours of sailing to get to Cropredy. The pub is very warm and inviting. It was nice to find a pub with a decent pool table. The food was lovely and despite there being 16 of us it all arrived pretty close together. D took time out to sit with us and chat which was a nice touch. A lovely time was had by all.

Lovely pub with lovely staff.great home made meals.very friendly and relaxing atmosphere and the food was amazing

Needs a bit of a tidy up outside, the beer was good and a bit cheaper than the other pubs in Cropready.

Lovely traditional, friendly pub and fairly priced drinks.

Nice friendly pub with loads of character serving some decent beers. Beer garden out back needs a bit of TLC but apart from that all good

Nice choice of beer & friendly service. Dog friendly

Excellent pub with very limited and expensive menu but cheaper than the other one! Dogs are allowed in. Clean toilets. Very old pub, used to be a Police Station and a mortuary. 400+years old. Low ceilings (bad acoustics) aids one to hear everyone's conversation. Get a beer sit and listen. Friendly Tennant Landlord and the lady. I would recommend due to no other option for holiday makers on a tight budget.

Quirky and fun 500 year old pub. Open mic night once a month is great.

Ideal for boaters being only a two minute walkrom the canal. Beautiful old thatched pub with great unpretentious food at reasonable price. Good beer choice and friendly owners.

Friendly atmosphere, welcoming landlady good beer and decent food.

Dee is one of the owners of the Pub and restaurant and is a very nice lady. My husband and I came in their pub to watch the Rugby game and play dominoes. Dee had a dominoes board that we could play on. Dee told us the history of this 500 year old pub and the ghost(s) that peaceful roam there every now and again. If we ever visit Cropredy we will surely visit their pub again.

Staff, food and service excellent and a reasonable price 👌 perfect Sunday roast with all the trimmings.

What a great village pub! It is exactly what I look for in a pub - warm and welcoming with good, well kept beer. There were plenty of friendly locals, as well as a lovely landlady, to chat with and a very cosy fire burning in the hearth. Perfect

What a great village pub! It is exactly what I look for in a pub - warm and welcoming with good, well kept beer. There were plenty of friendly locals, as well as a lovely landlady, to chat with and a very cosy fire burning in the hearth. Perfect

Lovely evening spent with friends. Staff had gone all the way to make it a special evening representing Burn"s night. Thank you to all the staff, well worth a visit.

Visited with a large group. Efficient service, tasty food, excellent range of beers, complementary coffee.

Had a few drinks .friendly ,cosy ,welcoming , local pub , Price for drink normal . Shame it wasn't doing food .would have loved to try . Nice small local pub beside church

Friendly warm and welcoming. Great local atmosphere and amazing staff. Thoroughly love it in there 😀

Great pub friendly staff and locals. Good choice of 4 real ales slightly cheaper than the other local pub.

Lovely pub. Nice food. Lovely atmosphere

Visited the pub after a 15 year gap and the place is still as incredible as before. Drinks are nice and staff are very helpful and good conversation. Bonus points for the Apple Crumble dessert

Cracking locals pub, not a brilliant choice of beverages but the friendly welcome and joke of the locals make it worth visiting 👍👍

Great little pub. Good atmosphere and nice bar staff

Such a warm welcome from the owners who couldn’t do enough for our party. It was great that it’s dog friendly too so that we could take our 2. We stopped in Cropedy on our canal holiday and The Red Lion was walkable even for members of our party with disabilities. Thank you for a very pleasant evening.

Good beer,very friendly staff and locals

Lovely and friendly pub, food hours vary so check before turning up. Loved the welcome we received and nothing was too much trouble. My 9 year old said best pub ever, not sure if it was the hustling us for jelly tots whilst playing pontoon or the dinner we ordered. Either way a very enjoyable meal and family time. Would definitely come again!

Great pub and really enjoyed the live music as part of the Fairport Festival.

Festival weekend and no food being served, beer the most expensive in the village. Such a shame as this was always our meeting place in previous years.

You cannot go wrong with the Red Lion. Simply delicious food served by friendly staff. Comfortable surroundings to relax in and you will want to stay as long as possible. In winter a lovely warm fire to sit by and ponder. I love this place.

Terrific local pub fully in the swing with the Cropredy festival with friendliness, a wonderful location and great cask ale.

Looks q lovely little village pub so Popped in for a few drinks made to feel not welcome.. wished we hadn't, group put 100s behind the bar but barstaff treated visitors poorly. Shame as was going to eat there and stay longer, but their loss.. lovely village this pub spoils it.

Great pub. Friendly Landlord and Landlady. Proper pub. With excellent beer.

Popped in for a quick drink and ended up staying for hours. Alas no food but the staff and locals were great. Pop in if you’re in the area…

We found the staff, atmosphere and drinks, first class, BUT the food was atrocious. The starter of mushroom was clearly deep fried and over done and the fish main course was breaded cod from a supermarket and again deep fried. The chef should be truly...

What lovely homley welcoming pub the staff were helpful and friendly and the food was excellent not to big of a potions the cottage pie is well worth a go and the bread and butter pudding was very nice as well. I would definitely recommend going to The Red Lion

What can I say, I was a bit dubious when friends said they had got tables to dine at the red lion cropredy. My last adventure there though be it sometime ago. Was less than impressive. How wrong was I this time, after turning up...

Lovely small friendly pub. Nothing was too much trouble. We had a lovely meal which was very organised for 22 of us. We went back for tea and biscuits after ringing the church bells.

This is a lovely pub, full of character. We had a very warm welcome, as boaters passing through. We were there on St Georges Day, and enjoyed the trio of sausages with mash, and Eton Mess to follow, served in a cross shape. The sausages...

Enjoyed from the moment we entered the pub. Only went in for a drink but stayed for the second and left feeling like a local regular.

Great pub food. Nice friendly atmosphere and would strongly recommend a visit.

What a charming pub in this charming quintessentially olde English village. With thick walls and beams this is truly a bit of history. The home cooked food is absolutely delicious. It’s a smallish menu but what they do they do very well with a hearty...

We stayed on a local campsite for 3 nights and were advised to visit the Red Lion by the campsite owner. The pub is a great local and we were made extremely welcome by the owners, staff and regulars. We ended up going for 3...

Warm welcome & dog friendly. Good ale ! What more do you need ?

A lovely olde-worlde English pub with a typical warm welcome. Just beware of the low beams which have an affinity for careless heads. There's a good range of beers and lagers for the thirsty and a broad menu of good country food for the hungry.

I think this is an authentic and natural British pub, with a great crowd and a very customer-orientated set of owners. The food is home cooked to perfection, giving me memories of being in my home county. I am very pleased I chose to spend...