The Red Lion in Welwyn Hatfield

We have popped in before for a drink in the summer..Popped in on the off chance on our wedding anniversary ...food was amazing (portion size large) ..lovely friendly staff.. great service Would highly recommend Thanks to Eanna (sorry if spelt wrong )

Great meal, we all had Sunday roast. Family group of 9 adults 2 children. Lovely friendly service , very large portions ! Couldn't fit in a pudding. Definitely recommend.

I like to try the fish & chips when i eat at a venue I haven’t been to before so I can compare it with previous venues,so that’s exactly what I had. Very well cooked and good portion size. The only criticism is tartar sauce in a sachet that was awkward to open. The pub was busy which is a good sign and I’d be quite happy to eat here again

It’s my local even though I live in Stevenage. Fantastic food and ambience. I held my 60th here last night. Friendly staff lead by Sarah and the landlord Jackie. Live music or a disco/karaoke most weekends. Only 5* as can’t give 6

After a bit of a blip whilst going through a few chefs, I am pleased to say the food is back to being great! I’ve been here for Fish Friday at lunchtime and had the mixed plate which included huge juice prawns, goujons, lovely gently battered fish etc. We went with fries and onion rings too. Also went in the evening and my mother enjoyed their homemade lasagne and their garlic prawns were yummy too, as was the hunters chicken, and not forgetting delicious naughty waffles with toffee sauce. Service is always helpful and friendly. Manager Sarah is fantastic and so is the owner Jackie. Both will bend over backwards to accommodate you.

This was the worst pub lunch I’ve had in a long time. Had scampi, chips and peas and the chips were hard even though they looked cooked, the peas were poor quality and the scampi was unlike anything I had before although they were ok. The sticky toffee pudding was the best aspect of the meal. Service was pleasant if a bit hit and miss.

We booked this establishment back in September, after experiencing a superb meal. Little did we know that the property was to change hands even though a £10 non refundable deposit per person had to be paid in advance and menus chosen. There had been no communication by the new owners explaining the situation therefore, we had no reason to believe anything had changed. On the night I started to get concerned when there was only 1 or 2 persons in the restaurant section. However we all entered were greeted and shown to the table. To begin with, we had to ask if the music coming from a speaker, being directly beside our table could be turned down (unable to converse or hear it was so loud). This took 3 requests. All dining had been previously booked (with the previous owners) therefore we expected to get what we ordered. When the starters arrived, one of our party who ordered soup received a third of a small bowl full. This was returned and a full bowl was received. The prawn and avocado cocktail arrived minus any avocado whatsoever. The main courses xmas dinner turkey or pork loins arrived. Well, eack turkey dinner had a variety of vegetables some had sprouts others didn't. Some had one sort of cabbage others had different. The meat was dry however the roast potatoes were passable. The two having pork loins had the meat on a large pile of mustard mash AS WELL AS roast potatoes. The meat I was advised, was tough and unpleasant and left. The deserts were a joke. Xmas puddings were circular and about 2" wide and half to three quarters of an inch deep. Some of the guests had theoretically black forest cheesecake which was the smallest wedge I have ever seen, about 2 and half inches long by and inch wide and less than an inch deep. There was no sign of any black forest interest at all. I wouldn't advise anyone to eat here in any way, waste of money. On top of which this trip cost us £60 by taxi. This would have been worth it with the previous owners, but not now.

For ounce i found the reviews to be accurate! I only wish I had spent the time to read them before I was subjected to a roast of uncooked veg microwaved roast potatoes cardboard Yorkshire pudding and none existent meat!!! For a good meal avoid this place like the plague or like me you will wish you did !!

We found this beautiful place by accident just passing by and we have been here every week since! Staff are lovely management are so friendly! The food and people bring us back time and time again! Sausage and Mash on a Monday for £2 and chilli on a Tuesday £2 the ingredients are all fresh! ❤️ Lovely kids play area if you have children! Love this place ❤️

Felt embarrassed and not welcome solo dining by hosts. Take away food and amazing, hats off to the chefs

Just got home after a excellent Friday after work meal. Excellent Covid precautions and now enforcing the wearing of masks inside unless sat at a table. Table service only and taking track & trace details when entering. All staff wearing mask.... excellent.Food was really good and big portions. Fish & chips and burger was really good and great value. Staff very friendly and welcoming.

We went to this pub to take advantage of the eat out help out scheme. Little did we know that while you pay less for food, they will over charge you for drinks. They charge £5.10 for a pint of lager and £5 for 2 soft drinks for kids, which should be 50% discounted anyway. So would the kids drinks be £10 without the discount??? Ridiculous. On top of that, this pub is only worth going if you stay outside (considering you like bad food). If the weather is bad and you have to stay inside, it's awful. Just a few tables around the bar, a bad smell of alcohol and not much to eat. Dirty toilets with no hand drying facility, pretty shocking considering these times when hygiene is so important. First time we went there and definitely last.

I have visited this pub a few times with my son and we really like the place, a special thanks to Lee the manager who is really helpful and freindly, The Red Lion has a very good selection of beers and wines and the we like the freindly atmosphere and great open log fire. I highly recommend a visit.

11 of us, all Senior Citizens, visited the Red Lion for our Christmas Party. We were well looked after by Lee, The manager. We had a superb 3 course lunch in a splendid atmosphere, the wine flowed and a great time was had. Thoroughly recommend.

I arranged to have a birthday meal for my twin daughters 21st. What a fabulous evening had by all. Wendy and her team worked so hard to ensure that everyone was looked after and catered for and not forgetting the excellent chef who cooked our delicious food in what has turned out to be one of the hottest days on record!.A big thank you to you all. Will definitely be visiting again. Wonderful place and very friendly, helpful staff.Ellen

Tried the pizza night here tonight and was great. Very friendly and helpful staff nice garden for the kids to play and me and my fiance to chill to. And the pizzas were very move aswell...

We visited yesterday on the off chance after being at nearby Knebworth Houe. The restaurant was full but the very welcoming staff found us a stop in the bar. Fantastic Sunday lunch for £14 and the bonus was that kids eat for free on Sundays so we enjoyed a great afternoon for £28 plus drinks! The landlady/manager was lovely and couldn't do enough for us. Very rare these days! Great family play area out the back. Highly recommended.

Wife and I visit this pub occasionally and find this staff very freindly, in particular the Land Lady, Wendy. Great food and fine selection of beers.

Very nice pub. Staff we're very friendly and we liked the atmosphere. Our meals we're all excellent ( rump steak, lamb steak, red lion burger ) nice bar area and good tables to have a good chat around.

Had yet another delicious Sunday Lunch at The Red Lion. Thank you Wendy for fitting us in last minute.

Running late for a funeral and very little time to eat after a bad journey- they couldn’t do enough for us. Checked what the kitchen could do in the very limited time and it was lovely. Couldn’t do enough for us! Thoroughly recommend!

Popped in here for a Sunday lunch with my daughter & really enjoyed it. The roast beef was fantastic, our young waitress was a credit to the pub & nothing was too much trouble. Lovely seating area in the conservatory. Very impressed

Visiting family in the area who took us to The Red Lion in Woolmer Green for lunch. I

We went for lunch and were surprised by the cheap menu of the day. We all three chose the Chinese chicken stir fry, so couldn't compare it to any other dishes. The chicken was bright pink for some unknown reason and very dry with a minimum of sauted vegetables. The rice was also dry. Not a very successful meal and we wondered if that was why it was cheap. We will not be back.

Had lunch today with super food. Very reasonable prices too. Very friendly service from the landlord down. We were well looked after.

What a great place The Red Lion is for food. It’s got a good menu catering for vegetarians and meat eaters alike. The service is good. I’ve never had a bad meal there.

We were visiting an old auntie in Stevenage and had seen good reviews about the Red Lion. The day before we took Auntie out we visited the red Lion to see if they could cater for Aunties needs,Jo was absolutely lovely she picked a table in the conservatory for us and made a reservation for next day.Auntie loved the trip out and the meal, again jo and the Manager were friendly and helpful. Pity we live in Newcastle upon Tyne Red Lion would be a regular place for us.

I have been to the Red Lion several times and have always enjoyed it. Tonight I needed a bag of ice for a house party (the village had sold out!) and they gladly obliged telling me to drop the money in next time. So many places lack the personal touch. The Red Lion is a beacon of light!

We visited with friends on a Friday evening. We had a good, inexpensive meal - not fine dining, but good food, made with good quality ingredients. The staff was friendly and welcoming and we would definitely return.

we came for a sunday roast service was quite good and the meat was very nice but the roast potatoes were very bland and has no taste whatsoever to them!

we had a lovely dining experience at this delightful pub, which has a pleasant atmosphere , and an excellent and prompt service . My Scampi chips and peas was delicious and the ten of us from the club I belonged to were all in agreement at the quality of the cooking , and the promptness of service . will certainly return .

Visited with a large party of adults and children, staff friendly and accommodating. Food was lovely, and the large play area outside meant the children were happy. Will definitely be back.

We ate lunch here during a long walk as the place we intended to go was closed. The welcome from the man behind the bar was really excellent - warm and informative. We had a really enjoyable meal which was both hearty and flavoursome, accompanied by a good pint/glass of red wine. Followed it up with a decent cup of coffee. The food was probably 4* but the way we were welcomed pushed it all up to a 5* experience.

Wow so surprised as this ‘little local’ really has it. Love the staff, Stuart and the lads, so helpful. Cannot speak for the Sunday Roast but the fish and chips are great. Try it!

Four of us visited here for a lunchtime snack on a bitterly cold February day. The (real) fire was alight and the welcome was friendly.

Myself and 10 friends had a fantastic pre Christmas lunch here. The food was excellent and the service friendly and efficient

Visited here 24/11 for an evening meal with friends. Such a lovely friendly pub with extremely tasty food and excellent service. Will definitely be returning for a sausage and onion sandwich and a bit of bakewell for pudding!

I met a friend for dinner. Thankfully, my friend had booked a table as it was packed - a good sign, however it made it very noisy and having a conversation was not easy. The food was fresh and tasty. I had a stuffed pepper with a tangy tomato sauce. We both had the lemon cheesecake, which was delicious. The staff were all friendly and attentive. I would definitely go back but probably for lunch to have a conversation!

'Twas my pre birthday treat and I wanted fish n chips. How pleasantly surprised was I to decide on ordering this dish here for the first time. @ £11.50 it didn't break the bank, I loved a good serving of perfectly cooked chips and mushy peas. I've had fish n chips in about 25 restaurants across four countries this year and payed as much as £17/£18. So here I am a couple of miles from home with clearly I found the winning dish of all of these. The doombar ale was perfect and the Shiraz. Thankyou also to the patient skillfull staff for putting up with us, you are from the top draw! My daughter says the burger was also excellent and the salmon with new potatoes was notably worthwhile according to my wife. All of this was good value for money topped with FREE DESSERTS on a Wednesday night. It can't get better.

Does exactly what it says on the tin. Not fancy but good wholesome food with friendly helpful staff. The publican (wendy) has brought this place back from the dead and from sandwiches at lunchtime to a roast on Sundays its all good.

Yesterday I had arranged a Treasure Hunt with some special friends. We had arranged to finish at The Red Lion for a meal afterwards. We had booked the table for 14 at 18.30. Unfortunately our event finished a lot later that expected. However we we were very well accommodated an hour later for 19.30. The food was fantastic. All 14 of us had magnificent meals. The service was first class. The staff were very friendly. The pub also served Guest beers which were top notch! We will certainly return again!

We were a group of 20 people wanting to have dinner.

Had a meal here a while ago when the new owners first arrived. A little bit more expensive than your normal little pub but then, this pub nearly got knocked down and closed so I don't blame them. The food is lovely and the staff are even lovelier.

We had friends visit from overseas and took them here for an evening meal and British real ale. The service was excellent, everyone enjoyed the food. It was nice to sit in the conservatory overlooking the garden in sunshine at 7pm.

The Old Red Lion was a bit intimidating to be honest. Now that it has been refurbished, we had been in a couple of times for a drink and really liked the new decor and relaxed atmosphere. So booked a small party dinner. We were a group of 6 adults and 2 children and booked a table on 3rd June. Waitress was lovely but really became exceptional when we mentioned that one of our group was gluten free. She went far and above the call of duty double checking every ingredient in the special (lambs liver, gravy, home fries etc all gluten free) and had the dessert selection already sorted for the same guest. Another of our party requested a steak to be cooked blue, and she immediately went to check with the chef whether he was comfortable with this. He was, steak was cooked perfectly per request. We had a fantastic dinner, we ordered a wide range of food which was all served at the same time and perfectly cooked, drinks were reasonably priced and it's clear that all food is really freshly prepared on site. When asked if anything could be improved, in all honestly we had to say no. We will definitely be returning!!!

Visited this Pub/Restaurant on Friday 16/06/2017 for lunch with my Wife. We came away feeling more than happy with the politeness and service received from all staff but especially Chloe. Nothing was to much trouble and the food, the best French Onion Soup I have had in ages, my wife said that her fish was superb and my sausage and mash was too much for me to eat. Their 'Fluffy' mashed potato was truly 'Home Made'.

Great food, fantastic garden for children and adults, pleasant atmosphere friendly staff. We visited this pub for a family and friends gathering/celebration and we had an amazing day. Great facilities for all. The buffet lunch was amazing.

Had a family meal today was great food and atmosphere, plenty for our toddler to do outside, and inside, the beautiful garden with play area for different ages and books and games for when indoors,food was lovely especially the roasts and burgers, I had a vegetarian roast which was delicious and so nice to have that option as usually it's hard to find. Short wait for food to arrive and chocolate cake for dessert is to die for! Will defo be returning soon.

i had a pleasant lunch here, i had the sweet potato fries but found them a bit dry even with mayo. the staff where very friendly

The ale is excellent every time we visit. Friendly atmosphere. Gin list is also very tempting. Food options good. High levels of cleanliness. Nice beer garden

What a great time we had!!!! Amazing food and even better atmosphere ! Great service !!! Will be coming back

With so few pubs with kids play areas, it's great that this not only has the play area, but also great ale, good food at reasonable prices and caters for all - young and old.

We went for a family meal on Sunday, the service was superb, the London Pride well kept and the roast was very good. The desserts appeared to be bought in rather than home made, but tasty nonetheless. The children enjoyed the play area, although the beer garden isn't huge it has a number of tables and a sheltered area which was great as it was a hot hot day.

Came here for Mother's Day. Party of 11 at 12pm. Food was lovely. Plenty of meat on the roast dinners. Deserts were lovely too. Well done. Thank you.

We went there for a family wake. The staff were attentive without being obtrusive. We had a buffet laid on, the food was fresh, tasty and plentiful.

Despite moving to the area 2 years ago, I had never ventured inside as it looked a bit 'rough and ready'. It has recently had a refurbishment so decided to give it a go.

At last a Knebworth pub that has a smart setting with good beer, but most importantly a warm and friendly welcome. On each occasion I've been there the service has been quick and efficient.

The staff were really nice and friendly, food really good. My other half said The London Pride went down a treat.

Staff were friendly and helpful. We dined in the conservatory, a bright area overlooking the garden. We had delicious chicken ceasar salad, and our neighbours' dishes looked tempting too. The combination of food, service and ambience mean that we will be returning again.

After looking on trip adviser we decided to pop in for some lunch. It was busy but the service was spot on. We had lasagne and burger. Both were super filling and yummy. There is a garden with children play area so would highly recommend for families. Not 100% sure but think it is securely fenced.

I have not been to the Red Lion for years but, having heard good things about the new management and the refurbished premises we thought we would give it a try for lunch today.

We were passing and needed lunch. Home-made pie looked a good idea and proved to be so. Other people had thought so too because the choice was getting limited. We have rarely had pies with so much good quality meat - no nasty bits at all. Generous quantities but no problem because we took away what we couldn't eat and enjoyed it the next day. No synthetic welcomes - just very good service throughout.

Having heard local gossip about the food at the Red Lion we went for Sunday lunch today. What a treat!! Pub Sunday lunch like it used to be before "gastro" pubs made a mockery of pub grub. Everything, ambience, service price and quality deserved a 5 star rating. From the attention from the young staff to the enormous amount of meat on piping hot plates there was only excellence.

Myself and partner are locals and have frequented the pub since childhood. Before it's current refurb it was awful and the food was really bad. With that being said we were excited to eat here, and have now eaten here twice and both times the food was brilliant!

Went for lunch here with my friend and we had a lovely time. Great food, friendly staff and lovely ambience. Can't wait to try the afternoon tea

iv past this place many times i pop in for sunday lunch food was first class and the service is a credit to the restaurant i will go back for sure

Most things during our visit were good including children's facilities in the garden however the food was possibly best described as average pub grub not amazing but not terrible....,

Had a lovely evening meal there when it first re opened and loved the food and service so went back with my family for my birthday! Food again was very lovely with good size portions. Service was very friendly and made to feel welcome. Interior is lovely decorated, great clean toilets ( I always love a clean well decorated loo!) Lovely big garden which i hope to see more of next summer when its warmer. Heard they have great bands on too so hope to give that a try.

Had a family lunch here very nice to see the refurbishment done. We had a Sunday lunch for seven and what a tastey meal.The staff are fantastic good food and good price we will be making a return visit.

I arrived after a long day at work, in need of a nice snack and a cold drink. The service was friendly, polite and attentive.

We had a wake here, the food was great and plentiful, cakes were particularly good. The service was wonderful and thoughtful thank you all.

Fabulously modernised local pub within walking distance. Huge portions of good value and tasty well presented food. Wine a bit expensive

Wanted to try The Red Lion since it has had its re-furbishment and wasn't disappointed. Its a lot brighter and cleaner and lovely atmosphere. Sunday roast was very good and didn't have to wait long for it to be brought out. Nice garden and play area. Good value for money. Will be back to try the lunch or evening menu

My husband and I visited the pub for my birthday lunch and we weren't disappointed.

Since the refurbishment this place really delivers world class service and food. Initially took my 84 yr mother, no complaints and had her thumbs up for cooking great Yorkshire puddings. ..an achievement in it's self as she's a Yorkshire lass!

Since it's undergone a refurb, it's a great little pub. They have an area out front and out the back to enjoy the sun and the Sunday roast was really nice. Really friendly staff. Clean and well presented indoors. Nice little patio out the back to shelter from the sun, but also a few benches to enjoy on a summer's day. Great little family pub. Worth a visit!

Recently visited after the refurbishment. Lovely, open, modern interior. Garden to rear is very nice. Serves very nice real ales and excellent gin options. Food is reasonable price and although not a gastronomic experience it was good, simple food. Good customer service. Great addition to the area. Well done.

Visited this pub for the first time for a family Sunday lunch. Food was lovely. The staff were very friendly and welcoming. We will definitely go back again!

Had a great meal with great service and some of the best ale for a while easy to find with a good local bus service

This pub has recently undergone a £250k refurbishment and a new landlady is in place. They reopened on Friday 8th July 2016 after an eagerly waited period since it shut shortly after Christmas.