The Red Lion in South Oxfordshire - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

Good selection of ales 🍺 good service proper Local pub..can't go wrong

The Red Lion is a gorgeous traditional pub nestled in the serene Chinnor at the foot of the Chilterns. Well kept beer, period features and a cosy and welcoming atmosphere, this is a true gem of a pub!

I frequently visit this pub or more precisely it's car park because of the quality of the street food vendors that visit there. Dependant on the week night, you may find Pizza, Middle East, Greek, or Burgers to eat at the pub or takeaway. Given I'm usually driving, I don't get much chance to try the available brews inside, but when I've been lucky enough to get a pint, they are always well kept.

Nice beer. Nice pub. They have different foods in wagon outside each night. We had greek, it was lovely

What a Gem! Such a lovely pub with great atmosphere both indoors and out, great variety of drinks along with food vans at the ready. And directly across from what can only be described as the best restaurant for a few miles, always a good time when I visit the red Lion!!!

Excellent pint, friendly staff. Will pop in when next in the area.

Great pub. Interesting selection of beers and ciders, friendly staff. Lucky to have it in the village. I only wish they'd use their website to publish the schedule of the visiting food vans regularly and reliably, then I'd probably visit more frequently.

A lot better since it was refurbished and decorated! Including the public convenience! A lot better than recent years ago!👋👋👍

In this day and age it's difficult to find a warm pub... The Red Lion is a rarity. Good choice of real ale and a table by the fire. 🔥🔥🎄👍

A great pub, our first visit, staff were very friendly food was good too

Nice old pub, I want to try the food soon. I van comes around I've heard.

We just popped in after a walk and just ordered Guinness and a fizzy drink. This pup is nice. Summer time you can enjoy the garden and winter around the fireplace.

Friendly, happy, clean pub with a good selection of hand pump beer. Didn't eat so dunno about the food.

Fun quiz night with a very friendly atmosphere

Brilliant choice of real ales and pizza van was excellent also

We had a lovely time at Red Lion. It is a dog friendly place, even though you don’t have your own dog, this allows for a great atmosphere. They serve local beers as well as your classics. Reasonably priced. I’m definitely coming back. At our time of visit, they had Dyllies pizza van parked in the back so we enjoyed ourselves a pizza with our beers. Great time!

Great pub, great beer, and great staff

Lovely, warm reception. Excellent beer and great selection of ciders.

Fun quiz night Wednesday's, very friendly crowd

Great beer and pleasant ambience. Good outdoor seating. Good family atmosphere.

Only pulled up outside to meet someone

Open fires, dog friendly and excellent Guinness. What else do you want?

Great place, excellent atmosphere.

Great pub, great beers, great company, and music

Lovely pub, great staff very friendly. Lovely outside area with some of it under cover and some out which is great for all weathers. They usually have a food van (changes all the time) which is great and usually the smell tempts you over. Toilets are always clean, the ceiling height quite low with it being an old pub but nothing alittle ducking doesn't solve

Enjoy sitting outside with a fantastic burger from the food truck. The inside looks great, the service is top notch... highly recommended!

Lovely country pub. Only stopped in on a bike ride but was made to feel welcome.

Great choice of well kept beers very friendly host great open air seating with a great choice of beers

Vastly improved over the last year.

The pub itself is really lovely However in terms of drink prices I would have to give a low score for this. I attended a christening here and I paid £4.55 for a blackcurrant lemonade, which I had to query as the cider I had earlier on was cheaper I was advised by the bar staff that a pint of lemonade is £3.20 but as I had a dash of blackcurrant in it this is £1.35 extra. Personally think this is ridiculous

Excellent pub with a great atmosphere. & good quality beers. The themed food nights where a van provides different types of food, Greek, Pizza's, Burger's etc are a fabulous touch

Friendly staff, lots of outdoor seating and good food trucks regularly. Would recommend the timber wolf beer

Quick visit, were made to feel welcome, great selection of beers on tap, and lovely pizza from the food truck that was there that afternoon. Fully recommend!

Went to the Greek pop up, food was amazing will definetly go back for other pop ups 😁

Went to the Red Lion to meet my son had a lovely time a warm evening so sat outside lovely beer garden and topped off with very nice drywhite wine will definitely go again 😊

Love this pub,great covered and heated outside space,lovely locals and good ale!

Very friendly and accommodating staff. A pleasure to visit. Guest mobile food vendors provide a great service.

Fully transformed by new management and refurbishment!The pub is SO much better and has been transformed from probably the worst pub in Chinnor to being in contention to being the best!Great beers on tap, well kept, great spirit options and fantastic welcoming staff make this a lovely place to visit.

Beautifully renovated old pub, and excellent selection of beers. Service was very friendly too. They don’t serve food but they have food trucks come by occasionally.

Lovely proper pub.Lovely staff,very friendly and great well kept beer.

Great selection of beers, warm friendlt atmosphere and sometimes hosts variety of food vendors at the weekend

Popped in for a couple of quick pints on a Sunday afternoon. Staff friendly as ever and beer well kept.

Had an amazing stay over the weekend. Great breakfast and lovely locals for decent chat while enjoying a few drinks.

Beautiful pub , so nice inside and out. Lovely staff, and a great selection of quality beers. Would loved to have spent longer there. Pizza outside too.

Great pub, the owners have done a great job of making the pub feel welcome, recommend a visit

Best pub and real ale for a country mile plus a proper land lady. Well worth a visit

Delightful pub, great beer terrific service

Nice pub with a good outdoor space which works well in covid times

Chinnors best pub without a doubt. Great beers and a friendly atmosphere.

Good selection of ale, very busy Saturday evening, nice atmosphere, food available if wanted from mobile kitchen.

Lovely interior. Great beers. Pleasant staff. Super expanded covered outside area.

Rustic, charming village pub with really friendly staff anf great beer!!! We didn't eat there but its a great place for a drink, the car park was turned into agreat outside area because of the covid situation so the owners have been very responsible for keeping thier locals and visitors safe!

This has gone from the worst pub in Chinnor to the best pub in Chinnor since it’s recent renovation. They have excellently well kept beers, fantastic range of Gins and the staff are amazing!The car park has been (temporarily?) converted into an outdoor seating area with a marquee with great (socially distanced) seating area.

Pub has been fantastically refurbished and is the best pub in the parish by a mile. Good varied choice of ale and very well kept. No food but that’s good as it keeps it an old fashioned drinking establishment.

What a transformation! Now a lovely village pub after a much needed makeover by Oak Taverns. 🙂 Clean, a good selection of ales, beers etc, and a friendly atmosphere. 👍

Lovely pub, great atmosphere! Fabulous range of drinks and bar snacks. Friendly welcoming staff! 👍🍻🥂🍾😀

Congratulations to the new owners of the red lion on an excellent transformation of the red lion. All the best for the future

A bit tatty, but welcoming and smaller on the inside than the outside...

...ist dieser Pub. Man fühlt sich wie zuhause, auch weil man hier stets viele Freunde trifft. Zwanglos und ursprünglich...

Great pub. And wonderful yearly Beer Cider and Music Festival today 😀😀

A good local, but with food limited to mainly burgers.

Very nice old country pub on the edge of village. Good range of beers and ales.

Lovely friendly traditional pub

By far the best pub in the village.

Easy to find on Chinnor High Street, easy to park enjoy the good food etc.

Good beer, nice atmosphere. Can be a little cosy when busy.

went into eat board outside said pies only think on offer was burgers staff were very unhelpful that's the menu pointing round the corner. l said what about the pies on board outside OH that should have been taken down was the answer

Comfortable old world pub with a good selection of ales. Have large screen TVs for those interested in sports and a large external decking area

Good for a pint and Pie after work, kids enjoy going to play on the bouncy castle. Normally have a good selection of real ales available.

Mi esposa y yo a menudo a la Red Lion por una pinta o dos, nos gusta sus tartas de especialidades que son siempre bien preparado, por lo que, si se siente un poco de hambre siempre vamos por una tarta. El pub tiene un buen ambiente si te gusta ser una mosca de bar o hay un par de rincones acogedores si sólo quieres una pinta o dos. :-)

Mi marido y yo decidimos salir a comer y queríamos un tradicional almuerzo de pub.nos encontramos el Red Lion en Chinnor tienen un menú de tarta. Era justo lo que nos apetecía, así que fuimos debidamente. Es un pub tradicional. La nada especial, pero tuvimos un buen servicio y una carne muy sabrosa tarta con acompañamientos habituales. El vino que eligió también era bueno. Si le apetece una comida sencilla es el lugar a donde ir. Buena relación calidad-precio y agradable servicio.Mi única carne ... perdonar la pretendo hacer ... era el plato lo servían en frío.

Really enjoyed the new pie menu and the fantastic pint of Timothy Taylor's Landlord. Wife was full from the big portion and I had to help her finish. Always a pleasure to visit.

Lo que un encantador pub local, había dejado en "prueba un pastel' con algunos amigos y todos quedamos encantados! Las tartas eran fantásticos! Con una amplia selección de buenas las raciones estaban bien lados todos nos fuimos totalmente llenos. El pub sólo tenía un muy buen ambiente y el personal y la gente era acogedora y amable.Sin duda lo recomiendo y volveremos pronto para probar las otras tartas!

Acabo de regresar de una fantástica comida en el Red Lion. El personal era muy acogedor y tuvimos una agradable mesa en la habitación en la parte trasera. Había una buena selección de cervezas y tenía una pinta de Timothy Taylor que fuimos muy bien. Comimos en el galardonado variedad de Pieminster de tartas que sirvieron con garbanzos blanda y puré de patatas o papas fritas. El pollo y jamón y venado tartas eran ambos deliciosos. Altamente recomendado.

Un agradable pub, el interior parece que ha sido reformado con mobiliario nuevo, un buen "ambiente local.Recomendaría tartas para almuerzo o cena, la orden de guisantes gurtas eran preciosas.Yo sólo pagamos alrededor de £8.50 para tarta y dos lados, el tamaño de las porciones grandes y varias tartas para elegir. Parece que están haciendo una promoción en determinadas noches para dos personas, incluyendo bebida, volveré otra vez!

No me puedo quejar de la comida o el servicio pero difícil concentrarse en una conversación, etc. debido al espantoso ruido sordo de la música ambiental. Si te sientes la necesidad de hacer que todo el mundo escuchar música por lo menos que sea algo fácil en la oreja con un gran atractivo, no machacar supera monótono que creo que sólo veinte y tantos adolescentes y me gustaría.Vivo localmente y me encantaría ir allí regularmente, pero no fue hasta que hacen que el ambiente un poco más agradable. que se mantendrá en el Peacock por la carretera en Henton, y la ladera del pastor en Crowell

Today my children and I went to The Red Lion in Chinnor as we were passing and it was just there.

We ate here again recently, the day after Our Wedding as we did not want to cook that day for all the family that were still with us. I had pre-booked and the Landlord was most accommodating in catering for our guests [Eg, One Vegetarian Adult who did not want the Nut Roast but preferred Veg Sausages and 2 fussy kids that wanted sausages....sausages were not on the menu but the landlord was able to provide them specially.].I have rated this 'Very Good' as the Sunday Lunch was such good value for money [£6.95 Adults & £4.95 Children]. The Landlord had obviously noted my previous comments so this time around we had lots of roast potatoes and veg, with the offer of more of anything if we wanted it. Well done Landlord! You take note of comments, act accordingly and this is appreciated.

I first ate here at a Lunchtime, exhausted after a hospital visit and did not feel like cooking at home! What was on offer was varied and good food at a reasonable price!

After driving past many times I decided to give it a go. Very traditional in side with an authentic feel. Unfortunately it was the worst lunch I have ever had! I think the lady who was nice enough was slightly embarrassed to serve a panini which was a part baked roll with no salad or crisps. Cut in half to be slightly longer than my index finger. Outrageous! The price charged was a disgrace. Couldn't wait to leave!

Came with family and friends (who live just round the corner). Kids really welcomed and the place had a great family atmosphere. The food was typical pub fare but well priced. all in all worth a visit.

Having seen the board outside The Red Lion several times advertising 'Sunday Lunch £6' I decided it was worth trying as even if it was not so good, we wouldn't be losing much. BUT, having booked 12 of us in at very short notice, what a gem this pub turned out to be. We were welcomed into a real old-fashioned English pub where the Sunday lunch choice was Roast Pork or Roast Beef - both with all the trimmings. This meant, succulent roast potatoes, tasty yorkshire puddings, 4 different vegetables and tender meat, all beautifully cooked and pork crackling that just melted in one's mouth. I didn't take much notice of the other puds as my treacle sponge with cream was 'to die for', and Emma, our young waitress who was the Landlords daughter was utterly delightful. This will be a regular Sunday Lunch venue for all of us in the future and, a real treat for the 'Real Ale' lovers amongst you.