The Old Red Lion in Central Bedfordshire

Very good service and food. Would recommend

Alice was a lovely server! haven’t been back since the renovations and it is absolutely lovely! would come again and deffo recommend. foods absolutely lovely and was piping hot when i got my carvery. lovely service and atmosphere and beautiful interior decor

Our waitress Lydia was fantastic, she was very attentive and friendly. We had a lovely evening.

A couple of friends and I have been coming once a month for the Tuesday "Eat as much as you like " Pie Nights and although there's been a couple of hiccups with the food, ( not a choice of pies as the advert seemed to imply and last time we came the pie was not up to standard) the staff couldn't be more accommodating . We've had different staff on every time we've been but the 2 dapper gentlemen who served us on 04/03 were so friendly and great fun (sadly they didn't introduce themselves so I can't name drop). I shouldn't be shouting too loudly about this place though as the laid back vibe and chance to catch up that we really enjoy as well.

I'm sad to say my experience was bad. This is the second time, last time was good This time not. We waited 1 hour then a good 3/4 as we spoke to the waitress she had no intention of apology just excuses such a shame. Some of the food was good but I had a Carvery it was bad very little meet. Yorkshire was flat and really stale. The parsnips were so burned, almost inedible, when I nicely told the waitress she said they will be making fresh ones too late for me though, I couldn't understand that when they call you up 1h after ordering but no fresh anything!! This is the reason I'm never going to return. There was no apology, and after that, the food being so bad.

Came for the Sunday carvery, which was excellent. Choice of 3 meats and good selection of vegetables. Had apple crumble for dessert which was delicious. Finished with a latte. Service by staff couldn't be faulted. Will definitely be coming again. Thank you for a lovely meal

We recently hosted a surprise 30th birthday party in the venue here, I would 100% recommend and will be back! The food was great, as well as the service and Liz the manger went above and beyond for us and to make sure the day was a success!

Came for lunch today and wasn’t disappointed. Food was plentiful hot & fresh Our waitress was lovely ! Couldn’t fault it & we even got 20% off our food bill as we’re over 55 so qualify for the emerald club We will definitely be back

There is no words to say how bad the experience is Food was terrible Service was terrible Marque was very cold Was there at 7.15pm Waited half an hour for starters Prawn cocktail had No sauce Dinner took 1 hour to arrive Pudding was disgusting There was No disabled toilets in the restaurant Not disabled friendly Won't be coming here again

Thanks for a great burger and chips - well needed! Emma served us and was really lovely and looked after - thank you ll

Ordered carvery meal for evening meal. It was cold,I felt this meal should not be served as it was leftovers from lunch time. I should have returned it and asked for egg and chips. The worst meal I attempted to eat. I would never recommend this establishment. Very disappointed 😞

The carvery was delicious with a large variety of vegetables all cooked to perfection. The staff were friendly and attentive. I will be back.

Nice pub, quiet, good parking and great service

We enjoyed a very generous carvery ..Service & staff were excellent.. Thoroughly recommend A visit..

Would be 5 but they have got rid of the sharing Sunday

The food was okay, my personal dish I enjoyed less than the others I was with. They said the carvery was really good and great portions. I can't lie there is a poor selection of beer and ale so probably not worth it for a drink out.

Thanks to Liz & Kelsey for wonderful friendly service. We came for the Valentines menu & both enjoyed 3 wonderful courses, thank you Chefs! Great value. We'll definitely be returning!

Lovely food. Having dietary requirements was not a problem and all staff knew the menu. Love the atmosphere, cosy and clean . I'm looking forward to trying it out throughout the coming seasons. A real gem . Thank you.

I have been visiting the old red lion for a while and every single time the food and atmosphere is so lovely. I recently went again this weekend on a Sunday and decided to go for the roast! It was SO tasty. While we were there the staff were so attentive to us and everyone else with lovely smiles on their faces. My little one who is on the spectrum really enjoyed the snug area as it was lovely and quiet. Usually dinners out can be difficult but she ate all her food, and enjoyed a dessert with no fuss! Would 100% recommend!

Just eaten at the old red lion, what a fantastic carvery, meat well cooked , and the vegetables where just right too, thank you Luis, loved the entertainment, see you soon

10 out if 10. The service was over the top. Everyone so friendly and the place looks amazing. Food 10 out of 10 also. First time coming and 100% we we will be back. Highly recommend

The staff here were so accommodating. We had a wheelchair user in our group and they went above and beyond to make us feel comfortable. Lovely carvery too!

My daughter took me for a carvery today. Haven't been there for a while. The meal was lovely. Generous serving of meat, obviously help yourself to the large selection of veg. The staff were great and Louis/Lewis 😁 too. Could not fault anything. Will definitely visit again. I wish them well and keep up the good work. Sue and wendy.

Staff were very friendly I did not order anything but I had broken down not far from the pub and parked in their car park as soon as I walked in I was greeted by the Friendly manager who offered me a table to sit at while I sorted something out for a ride home. Wasn’t able to catch her on the way out but the restaurant was lovely and definitely recommend to people. Thank you red lion staff

Tasha was amazing,thankyou very nice dinner

Food was fantastic.Emma was very professional and lovely. Food really cooked well.only critic was the charge for peppcorn sauce extra considering stake cost 24.00. please rethink this.also a splash of lemonade at 1.80 again wrong.

Went with friends for a carvery. So impressed - food was fabulous and loved the decor

Nipped in for a pint. Nice beer with plenty of choices.

Liz, Eduard , and all the other staff at Old Red Lion are very attention to detail. The atmosphere is better than it ever has been since it reopened! Thankfully someone has found out how to charge the music 👏👏. Over a year of the same playlist was dreadful. Keep up the good work, and to the company learn how to keep good staff! I can’t remember how many staff you had in this place.

Old Red Lion, Sunday roast 🐑 🐮 🥕it never disappoints it was lovely. Lydia was our server for our party of 4. She was very polite took her time to ensure our needs were meet, she even informed us about the new diamond club for the over 50s. She is an asset to your company and had such a nice friendly bubbly feeling when attending to our table. We will see you again very soon. Lydia to you thank you for making our experience worth the visit.

We turned up without a reservation and the manager found us a table. Kelly served us and was very pleasant. She made sure our teenager could get onto the WiFi. At the end Tasha sorted dessert for the teenager. They were so polite and professional with the right amount of fun. All together a great experience from the service team. Also the food was lovely.

Lovely atmosphere, staff excellent and the carvery was fresh. Will be back! Thank you to all the staff on who helped me with my disabled mum.

Me my brother and parents went out for a little late birthday dinner for my brother. Food was excellent some of the best we have had when going out. Service was amazing, would definitely come back and would recommend others to go there.

Food was absolutely lovely! Staff here are very attentive and professional and we were served by Kelsey who was lovely. Will definitely be returning.

Don't go for the Monarch Burger or the Food Challenge!! A group of us ,all in our 20s, came to this pub because of the advertisement of the Monarch Burger and the Hall of Fame Facebook post on the menu. But its essentially a scam, one of us finished the burger and all the sides and was then told no one gets posted on Facebook and its just a marketing strategy! That was bad enough on its own, but then the burgers came and loads of ingredients were missing from all of the burgers!! There was no bacon or gamon, but for the food that did come it was delicious. In the end we got a 20% discount on the order off the price due to the missing items but feel like we were a bit conned tbh, don't go just for the Monarch burger or the challenge!

My wife and I have been 3 times now on each occasion we had the carvery but today the wife had the pie all 3 times the meal has been hot service by the staff outstanding I ask for peas today and got ...before they redecorated the food was poor so stop going now comfortable chairs friendly staff joy to eat there again 10/10 keep to the hight standard you have ...

I don’t normally give bad reviews, but in this instance I feel compelled to comment. I took my family (10 of us) to your restaurant last Sunday (12.01.25) for lunch, and having visited prior to this with no problem was expecting a good meal. Our table was booked for 1 o’clock and we arrived on time. Six of us ordered a carvery, but unfortunately we had to wait until almost 2.30 before being allowed to get our meal, by which time all the meat looked dry and unappetising and the vegetables, few and far between, were badly cooked and inedible. Some of us had dessert and the lemon pie I, and my son had, was tasteless and bland. To say I was disappointed is an understatement having paid almost £300 for the ‘pleasure’ of eating in your restaurant.We won’t be back.

Awful attempt at a roast dinner. I really wish I could give this no stars but not possible. First, waiter poured a glass of wine over my Nan who’s birthday it was. Then went for the carvery. The server said to my family that u can have one small Yorkshire pudding and one cocktail sausage even though it says as much as you want of that. Meat was overcooked, Veg was rock hard and potatoes tasted raw. Would not recommend to anyone. £17 needs rethinking they should be paying the customers to come in.

Had a lovely Beef & Ale pie with Veg on the Tuesday carvery. No space for dessert today. Will definitely come back. Nicely decorated . #warm #cosy #pie #dogfriendlypub #freeparking #burgees #steaks #carvery #vegan ##kidfriendly

We had a supertime. My parents had the belly pork main so tender. We had the carvery taken round by our waitress and pointed out where things were so helpful. The food was very nice. My son could have done with the veg being cooked more. Given enough time between courses the puddings were great. Couldn't have asked for better service. We will be returning thank you Sharon

We were excited when our local pub finally reopened. Yet it has been a disappointment since day 1. Carvery - only ever has gammon, turkey and beef - apparently lamb and pork is too expensive; served on school dinner plates to avoid wastage. Too often we have had to send food back - a medium sirloin served rare, rack of ribs dry and tough - the meat should be falling off the bones! And why open the carvery every day now when the place is so quiet. You arrive and it is covered in tin foil - not exactly appealing. Despite a change of ownership the food quality and offering could be much better. The one saving grace is that the staff are generally lovely.

Great meal, food was delicious! And the server, Edward, was really nice and helpful.

I cannot fault the service and friendliness of the staff at the Red Lion on Saturday 14th December. Our food was delicious and the staff were super accommodating and helpful. Super efficient and the food came out very promptly. No issues whatsoever! Can’t wait to return :)

We came here for our Christmas work do. The service was absolutely amazing - thank you to Tasha and the team. Amazing gluten free options and even gave us gluten free pigs I'm blankets! The carvery was delicious, only complaint is that the potatoes were a bit hard. I'm sure we will be back again!

Great service, superb food really delicious and great variety with some really home made traditional food with passion . Thanks very much Eduard, keep up the good work excellent service

I visited the Old Red Lion 5 times over 2 weeks during a recent work trip. Twice for drinks and 3 times for food and drinks.I was always greeted with a warm welcome by the manager, Andrea. The staff we all very polite, helpful and friendly, especially the new recruit on her 1st day The food was always very tasty and hot. On 2 occasions I took colleagues with me and they said the same. I would highly recommend paying them a visit. I will definitely go back next time I'm in the area

Jeremy was super helpful and went above and beyond to check ingredients for me as I have a rare allergy to an ingredient which isn’t listed as an allergen.

We had a voucher for a free bottle of wine with a meal so decided to take advantage of the offer. We opted for the carvery but was very disappointed. The option was Turkey, Gammon & Beef. I only wanted gammon but the chef gave me exactly 2 thin slices which to me was flavourless and could do with some extra glaze & left to cook a little longer to make it tender..it was tough. The stuffing did not taste home made and felt like it had ben ‘over heated’ in the microwave. The parsnips and carrots were totally under cooked and hard and the Yorkshire pudding was rubbery and everything was difficult to cut. The cutlery was so blunt so that did not help either. The best thing about the dinner was the free bottle of wine. I have not been out for a long while and been so disappointed with a meal. It’s a lovely cosy pub, staff are friendly even though there only seemed be two people and one of them was a trainee (I believe). It’s a place you can chill and has a homely atmosphere. We dined at 1830 so just at the end of family dining so it was only adults left where you could sit back and relax with your drinks. We saw an advert for Afternoon tea but after a disappointing meal we will not be going to the Old Red Lion for that. Very sad

Popped in for the first time for a quick drink, ended up staying for food. Was greeted with a really warm welcome and accommodating. Host was fantastic, embarrassed to say we forgot his name, but he couldn't have done more for us. Loved it so much have booked for festive meal in December. Well done to all the team, makes a pleasant change, see you again soon.

Returned here for the first time after many years! Staff were very friendly, especially our waitress Maria. Carvery was lovely, very generous portions (meat) and great selection of vegetables/trimmings. Deserts were also very nice, too many to choose from 😋 Looking forward to returning soon as there is also plenty of choice on the main menu! All in all, a very welcoming pub/restaurant with a cosy /modern and clean atmosphere!

Eduard served us this evening & he was brilliant! Food, service & setting were all lovely!

The meat on carvery was nice, but ALL vegetables and potatos were freezing as was the gravy.

Lovely pub that has recently changed hands. Beautifully refurbished and refreshed. Menu is fab and food was delicious. Waiter was attentive. Lushhhh event marquee too!

Down south for the weekend, so popped in here for a bite to eat. Dog friendly. Staff were great, especially Tasha. She was so polite and attentive. Nothing was to much for her. Well done Tasha. Food was really tasty and throughly enjoyed the Royal burger. Definitely recommend.

Lovely Roast Dinner... Sat in the snug, Lovely atmosphere.

The food was extremely bland, tasteles, and overpriced. It took 45 minutes to bring out our starters. The service was not friendly and staff appeared stressed. We gave up on main courses and left to eat somewhere else. Very disappointing.

What a lovely lunch, carvery excellent and so we're the ribs. Great service and very welcoming!

Very nice staff, the food was good and served nice and hot, we all enjoyed ourselves. Parking is easy too.

We never been there before. Charming place. Staff is amazing . We have Eduard and he make us feel welcoming 🙌food is fantastic Sabrina and Ian

Went to The Old Red Lion for first time and from arrival we were treated really well . Tasha our waitress was great from beginning to end of . Food was Delicious and place looked fantastic. We will definitely recommend it and return too. ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Good food, great service and warm frei fly atmosphere. Jeremy has served us on multiple occasions and remembers us each time we come. He's a great addition to the team.

I went here with the family recently for a birthday celebration. We used to come here when we were growing up and I have to say is the new owners have done an outstanding job in modernising the place while still keeping the nice aesthetic of the old pubs original building. We were served by Eduard, a lovely, friendly young man who was very attentive to us. The food was delicious, I had the ribs and it was quite frankly the biggest rack of ribs I've ever seen, and oh so tender. We overall had a great dining experience and would highly recommend.

My first time coming here and won’t be the last. Brought my nan out for some lunch and we enjoyed every mouthful of food. I had the pork belly and eaton mess and my Nan had the salmon and crumble. The service was also amazing (thank you to Kelsey) and all staff are very friendly! would definitely recommend to family and friends!

Recommend to try this place, well worth a visit, from arrival, stepping in it’s nice cosy atmosphere, service by all staff was superb - especially Edward, enthusiastic and knowledgeable about the food and menu. Prices for food and drink were reasonable and about what we expected. Good quality food and produce, good selection of drink.

Eduard thanks for the service tonight spot on !!!

We were served by Edward he was fantastic, attentive and very welcoming nothing was too much trouble. He is a real credit to the team.

Edward was a great host and really friendly. For 3 weeks in he did an amazing job

The waiter Cristian was very polite and helpful and a pleasure to do business with. The food was delicious and plentiful

Eduard was a great server and all the food was incredible major props to the chefs

A table of 4 visiting from Spain. Lovely carvery on a very wet evening!! Eduard served us very friendly and attentive

Our server was absolutely 💯 amazing!! They loved to have a chat and all around funny. The food was divine and the dessert was amazing. Defo lately a play to go if you like amazing service, good food and all around a good play to spend time with family definitely would go back again!

Didn't know it had reopened. Far better than it was. Will visit again.

Friendly atmosphere, great service, and delicious food. Neither my wife nor I are big eaters and ordered a sharing platter, which was fine for us. Looking at the size of our neighbours dishes, that was a good decision -- they were huge!

This was a excellent visit the food was delicious lovely and hot well presented and the staff made us all feel very welcome,will definitely be going back there

I came here last Thursday with my partner and little girl. Served by Eduard (it was his birthday on the day) he told us he hadn’t been there long but his service just blew us away. He was super professional and attentive and made so much effort with our daughter which made it a really enjoyable experience. I would love to have someone as great as him in my business and I am based in customer service! The food was yummy. And we met the manager who was so lovely-we even got a complimentary bottle of wine. It looks so much nicer inside too! Well done to you all-fab service! Thank you

Jeremy, served us today he was attentive and funny the banter at the table with my mother in law made the visit really enjoyable. The carvery was really great as well. Thank you 😄

Eduard served us during our visit here and he was very attentive. Nothing was too much trouble. Great service and well definitely be back.

It's quite pricey, and the first steak was overcooked, but the manager wasted no time in taking it back and getting the kitchen to cook a new one. The 2nd steak was perfect, and the manager gave us a free dessert and a drink each as compensation! 👏 We really liked the vibe and are looking forward to going back. Update: Unfortunately, this place has gone down hill massively. We used to be made to feel really special, but not this time. My steak was over cooked, but I didn't think it was worth sending it back. Eduard, the young lad that served us was very pleasant, but I think the new manageress let him down and hasn't trained him in the niceties of waiting tables (not sure she knows herself, as we hardly saw her). The previous managers always made a real fuss of us and made it really special. A real shame, as we have eaten here before on numerous occasions, but I don't think we will be back.

Nice pub, good atmosphere - great for drinks and a catch up. Food looked good too, so we might try that next time!

Recently moved to the area and decided to visit the local pub, bartender was really friendly on arrival. Had the turf platter and tempura prawn starter between 2. Perfect size for a filling lunch. The mushrooms and chorizo were the highlight of the dish for us. Reasonably priced.

Wow! What a glow-up! This recently refurbished countryside pub has been transformed into a classy gastro pub with a delicious menu and an impressive carvery to offer. Service was top-notch, honestly better than some other restaurants I have visited. Would recommend.

Carvery was amazing! Atmosphere and service was great. Jeremy was very friendly and attentive. Highly recommend!

Friendly staff.. but sadly the food quality has gone down since opening.. the waiting times r ridiculous.. came in for breakfast awhile back and had to wait about half hour for our coffees we asked twice.. then 45mins later the breakfast arrived and was nothing like what iv had previously there.. then the other day i went in for carvery but £17 was ridiculous for what was there.. then i was going to order a dessert and drink.. but was told i cudnt because they were closing the kitchen although it was only 8pm.. and the carvery was still out.. the girl i spoke too was very polite and shes served me there b4 and was lovely.. but the food standards seem to hav drastically gone down theres no love put into the food nomore and the long waits r really puttin people off and its never that busy so i dnt understand the waiting time and im certainly not the first to hav a lil moan bout that.. lovely pub decor wise since being completely renovated.. some nice staff but jus very over priced for the quality of food u get.. which is a shame tbh bcos i know thats what puts many local people off going there and they then choose the local italian restaurant instead.. or chequers (were the foods jus as bad lol) but prices r cheap for familys.. this pub is jus in the wrong location for the menu prices.. the old red lion was a complete dump 🤣 inside b4 the new makeover but was always still busy!!! Cos the prices were reasonable.. where as wen u got there now it’s literally jus the bar staff and kitchen staff in there! I dnt understand why they dnt try to reduce the food prices.. also no ale on tap.. yet it says there is..

My extended family and I ate here twice in the past week as the first visit was so good we had to come back. I live out of town and this is now my go to place when I visit my family who live nearby. The menu is broad, the quality high and the portion size large. This is good quality pub grub in a clean and pleasant environment. The staff are very attentive and I want to mention Jeremy in particular who was very friendly. We have two young children and they provide colouring pencils and paper sheets with activities on to keep them entertained. I recommend that you visit.

Fantastic food and fair price for the quality and portion. Staff was really attentive Would highly recommend a visit

Great pub with beautiful garden!

Very tasty food. Big parking space, friendly staff and cozy atmosphere.

Went on spur of the moment and so glad we did...shown straight to table and took drink order which came promptly...food order taken quickly and first course served in good time....and i must say that although i felt the prices were a bit high the food didnt disappoint...decent portions which made them worth the cost...our server was happy and friendly and informative and nothing was too much trouble for her...will be returning soon with other family members to sample other dishes off the menu.

Really nice lunch. Great service by Jeremy.

We've been twice recently and both times we've had a really nice Carvery and been served by a lovely waitress called Megan.

Just had an amazing carvery today. Lovely food. Great portion size. Friendly staff and very tasty food. Highly recommend

A lovely pub/restaurant and food, good, friendly service. Simple, nicely cooked salmon, a great combo of ribs and chicken (huge!)

Lovely and clean...inside and the gardens .lots of parking.. received a nice welcome...given menus..ask if we required a drink while looking at the menu...not rushed at all...food arrived and was very well presented and cooked as it should be and tasted very good... service by the young lady was very good..polite.. friendly...2nd time we have eaten there recently and will continue to do so..thank you...

Top notch service and food was great 👍

Great food great staff great service and atmosphere also very clean.

My daughter and I ate here the other day. We throughly enjoyed. Great food and great service!

Great place great vibe. Service good. Great food every time I’ve been.

Amazed by the look of an old pub we decided to go for lunch on Saturday. Despite the signs outside and inside the building, they don’t offer Ales on the tap because apparently they are not “popular” there. Nothing better than having a look at the menu while tasting a nice crafted Ale (of course, my personal preference). Ordered the drinks and 5’ after, the food. We had to wait 40 minutes for the food, and the pub was nearly empty, only 4 more tables at the time. To mains and a kids meal, one main came first, 2 minutes after arrived the kids meal and 5 minutes after that, the other main. Absolutely ridiculous, considering that we had to wait 40 minutes for this and they couldn’t even serve everything at the same time! Food is tasteless, to be honest, like frozen. Definitely NOT home made like they claim on the signs outside (where they also offer local ales). The prices they charge are definitely expensive considering the poor quality of the food and service. Won’t come back and definitely won’t recommend to anyone.

The range of food is good. At times. Unfortunately today the potatoes were overdone, as were the chewy crusty Yorkshire puddings. The green beans were burned a cd the onions over cooked. They sell quorn sausages but only at breakfast. Shame. Was here a week ago and had much better service and food. [thank you for the person replying 8 years later - hopefully it has improved]

First & last time there if the toilets have this standard ! Don't want to imagine how it's looking in the kitchen & storage food rooms , will not coming back poor hygiene standards.