The Red Lion in South Derbyshire

First time venturing into The Green Man, drove passed a few times back and forth to the marina. Outside seating front and back, two cosy rooms/areas inside. Staff were friendly and efficient, food hot delicious and quick, lager and cider reasonable prices. Not sure what's not to like, cracking lil pub.

We were here a year ago, and had a lovely evening, with great food, good service and lovely cocktails. We discovered before our trip this year that Amalfi had stopped doing food (apart from some bar snacks). This was a disappointment, but I had heard that their cocktails were still good. So, on the Friday of our trip (11th April), we booked somewhere else for dinner and headed to Amalfi for pre-dinner cocktails. There were a few people at the bar, but not all that many, but there were only two people behind the bar, and absolutely nothing was moving. After waiting to even be acknowledged for about 10 minutes, we gave up and left. We didn't see any cocktails being prepared. We tried again on the Saturday. There appeared to be a wedding party, but there were no restrictions to us going in so we thought we'd go up to the bar. Beyond the bar, i.e. after we'd actually got to it, there was a notice saying the bar area was restricted to the wedding party. As far as we could make out, they were all outside smoking. Again, no-one from the bar staff even acknowledged us. Such a different experience from the previous year.

One to avoid! We ordered a sizzling platter, definitely nothing sizzling about it, food soggy and soaking in a pool of juice and the platter was luke warm at best, although my daughter did enjoy her fish and chips. Waited at the bar for over 20 minutes while the staff served ‘regulars’ irrespective of when they arrived at the bar, then served a glass of wine in a 1/2 pint glass. At no point in our 2 hours of being here did we see a member of management grace the bar/lounge area. I usually love this brand but I found this venue seriously lacking.

I hired the function room for my wife’s funeral reception, everything was laid out perfectly, much than enough food and hot drinks for those that wanted refreshments. Thank you Ellen for organising this on what was a very emotional day for my self and my family and friends.

Stopped for a drink on a sunny day. Friendly service and great atmosphere.