The Red Lion in Chiltern

Probably the best pub in the world!

Good atmosphere friendly owner.

A lovely local village pub with friendly service and pleasant atmosphere. Had the beef sandwiches with chips & horseraddish sauce. Very good indeed. Everything fresh and tasty. With a live fire place and harth this truly is English tradition. Will be visiting again in the near future. Thank you.

v poor customer service and food i.e. spicy chicken salad was Tesco beaded chicken breast next to a few slices of cucumber, tomatoes and some sad lettuce

Great beers. Friendly customers. Attentive staff. Overall a lovely experience. Never tried the food so could not give it a rating.

Very nice pub with friendly staff

Really enjoyed our time here and the staff and locals were great

Great country pub. Live music Didn't eat so unable to comment on the food

A beautiful setting and a proper traditional pub, just wish I lived closer to it

Great old pub a little like stepping back in time.

This Thai restaurant is fabulous. It has a lovely atmosphere with music in the background. The staff are very friendly and helpful and will explain about the menu. We had Green Thai prawn curry, it was delicious. Dessert was lovely too. They don't rush you, which was very nice. Will be going again soon.

Lovely garden to enjoy a meal on a Summer's day but beware the thieving red kites 🦅

Beautiful pub - quaint and cosy. We were on a walk and stopped off for coffee - we didn't have food.

Good food, good service, superb gardens

Great pub, great food and just a lovely place to eat after a long walk (or even without a long walk!)

Our favourite watering hole. Unpretentious traditional country pub. Friendly locals and OK food.

Nice food the arbroath smokies was really tasty but a bit miserly with only 1 slice of bread. But the surroundings were wonderfull with a duck following people around . And the garden is just wonderful.

Update the website as says it's open all day but is shut at moment and is 5pm

A lovely experience and the staff go above and beyond with service

Good pub for beer and modestly priced good food

Lovely old traditional pub with great food and beer. We had Sunday roasts which were both really good!

This pub is shut not as advertised hours there Friday at 5 not open by 5.30 we and another family walked to Crown down the Road

Visited today 4.00pm. Closed but website says open 9.00 a.m to 11.00 pm ?

Excellent Sunday Lunch, at a decent price, in a good old English pub. Staff attentive and very friendly. Really enjoyed our short visit, didn't get time to go outside into what looks like a lovely setting by a river. Will definitely be returning.

Had the day special Lamb shoulder and it was very nice. We sat in the lovely garden at the back. Friendly service.

We stopped here for lunch while on a Hike in the area. We were a big group (approx 20) and they were amongst the few pubs happy to have us. As it was a nice sunny day we sat outside, and as per the pictures, it's a pleasing sight, with the pond, the bridge and loads of character. The pub on the inside too is full of character. Staff are a happy bunch too. Food was served with no issues and came out really quickly, which was perfect as we were all starving. Finally, coming to the food - this is where I'd mark them down. It's not the greatest food and is simply quite un-loved! Mine was fish with some steamed veggies, which were quite overdone, and not much in terms of flavour. Others who had veggie burgers were also underwhelmed with their dishes. So if anything, would be nice to have food that also leaves a smile on the customers face. It is value for money, but I'd rather pay for nice food.

Friendly staff, lovely ambiance.

Great little pub for a Sunday lunch! Delicious fish and chips and ploughman's!

Lovely little old place. Full of character and in a picturesque location. Prices not bad either.

Nice pub in a village setting. Nice garden by a stream. Friendly staff. Food was fine but was let down by portion control. My two friends and I had cold ham and beef ploughman lunches at £11 an £12 each. Tiny teeny portions. We all left hungry, and that’s not the way ploughman’s should be. I can’t recommend the ploughman lunches.

Lovely old pub with a beautiful garden

The most kindest people. We where let down on a B&B and stumbled upon this place. The reception we received was unbelievable. Although it’s no longer a B&B they took pity on us and offered us their old room. Not only that but one of the ladies dropped us off to our family party in the next town. Later that night when we returned we had a drink with the lovely chap who owned the place whilst listening to the acoustic band who where also fabulous. I can’t express how overwhelmed I was at the incredible hospitality of The Red Lion. What a wonderful place run by wonderful people. Thank you so very much xx

Lovely old traditional pub. No trendy cuisine here, just great pub food and probably the best Ham, eggs and chips on the planet. Friendly staff and beautiful garden with a large pond and wildlife

Nice old pub in little Missenden village, we had a ploughman's and a drink

Went on Saturday... not as busy... didn't need to book. Table was laid for new customers, but was still sticky. We had sharing dish only. Very tasty.

Lovely little pub in beautiful setting with delicious food. But shhhh! Keep it a secret.

Great pub atmosphere. Decent food.

Really good garden alongside stream. Lots of seating and outside loos. Good range of ales. Mine was only OK on this visit.

Lovely little spot , great garden in the sun, children welcome , friendly staff

Sweet, friendly little village pub. We left before the live music on a Sat evening. Nice menu, generous portions.

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Amazing family pub… great food and always looked after… highly recommended

Good food. A pub with character

Very nice pub with lots of atmosphere 🙂 can't get any better that a good old English pub. Staff are welcoming and great walks near

I really wish google would let me do 6 stars instead of 5. Soon as we pulled up outside, two what i assume to be locals where out the front having their drink and with out missing a beat, turned to us and said hi guys and i like that, you don’t get that in any pub in wycombe. We then walked in and you definitely get the proper quintessential British country pub vibe. All the little trinkets and things round the place really add to the vibe. The drink selection was good and varied. I went for a pint of Stella. It was a very good pint of Stella too. You could really tell how clean the lines are because of how good it tasted. We then sat in the garden for a little while. Like on the inside, there is so many cool things in the garden, from classic bikes, steam engines and olden time equestrian things. Theres a huge pond with some of the biggest fish i think i have ever seen in a pond. Even a really cool duck. We headed inside and ordered 2 roast beef dinners. Where do i even start with how good the food was. Portion size spot on, meat cooked perfectly, veg cooked well and the roast potatoes, i cant even tell you how good those where. To top it off, its great value for money. The chocolate cake i had for desert tasted fresh, presented well and didn’t feel dry like most pub cakes are. The staff where very helpful and all ways greeted with a smile every time you go to the bar. The locals seem very friendly too, even learned about shire horses. The whole experience made me want to leave high wycombe and move to the village. I only have two bad points to which i cant really say they are bad points. I wanted guinness but it wasn’t on. My guess is that its popular in there and just ran out of barrels. (These things happen) wasn’t that much of an issue like i say as they have a good range of lagers. The second point that my Stella wasn’t in a Stella glass, it was in a camden hells glass but thats a better beer either way and the hells glasses look nicer too. All in all: Venue: 10/10 Staff: 10/10 Food: 10/10 Star rating: if google would let me, 6 stars I cant wait to go back again

My wife and I visited here for Sunday Lunch (15/1/22) and it was quite busy in the bar, with lots of local walkers stopping for a drink or more. The pub is old England quaint in style, with a small, but interesting bar and some good real beers. Staffed by overseas people, but very friendly and accommodating. Menu has a good, if quite English standard variety and is very reasonably priced, compared to other similar pubs in the South Bucks area - where we live, so we know. My wife had the roast topside of beef and I had the shoulder of lamb roast, and they were very good value and tasty. Decent meat, properly cooked and generous portions of vegetables, served on hot plates - a touch often forgotten and so 9/10. Bread & Butter pudding with custard for desert was also good and so 8/10. The seating areas inside are OK and quite cosy, but the inner rooms and the toilets really need some good money spent, refreshing the main rooms via a gentle redecoration, which would lift the place and make it even more appealing and eventful. It would be good to get the other main room fire working too, for cold days and evenings.

Had a lovely dinner and we was a large group. Really enjoyed it.

Lovely meal with the family Good menu and choices of excellent food for carnivorous members Perhaps needs a few vegetarian options?

Good pub to come across on my Boxing Day walk, good beer and Morris dancing, what's not to like. For midsummer murders fans this pub has appeared in two episodes.

Cosy and friendly with mouthwatering food.

Went for lunch with son and enjoyed the food. Its a small pub, with lots of tables and chairs quite close together. Garden has pond and huge fish. Quite a lot of items in garden so you'd need to be very careful with young children.

Service, food and beer all excellent.

Enjoyed our burgers and coffees. Warm friendly atmosphere. Delightful service.

Very tasty roast beef sandwitches; I can highly recommend these. But the bar has a feel of "this is a local bar for local people " about it.

Lovely Traditional Pub beside the river (Check out the huge Trout and Koi Carp). The Dressed Crab Salad was on the Specials Board. Great value and very tasty. Excellent Pint if GK IPA. Definitely a pub to return to.

Simply the best…the lamb is to die for, live music, new friends, amazing little gem. Absolutely fabulous :) will come back for sure. Thank you all. ❤️

The perfect family pub. The dream local!!

Typical village pub with several real ales and a very good, reasonably priced menu. Be aware that although there is a lot of seating outside the pub isn't very large. Feeding the ducks on the big pond at the back is a nice diversion for kids.

Had two pints of Betty Stoggs. Very nice pints and bar staff were friendly. The pub has a pond out the back which is lovely during the summer. Feeding ducks is always a treat.

What a lovely family run inn. We had such a lovely evening here having walked from Chesham. The pub is a beautiful example of a proper traditional pub. The fire dates back to the 17th century. The landlord was so very generous and let us look at the visitors log book dating back to when his family first took over the inn. 1911! It truly made me feel at home. The comments were beautiful. French visitors during the first world war. I can only imagine they must have been refugees. Soldier exclaiming how wonderful the hosts are and the rest they had. Our food was delicious - squid was so tender - Arbroath smokie was delicious - ham egg and chips (could not beat it) and the pie of the day was like a full roast dinner in a pie (my idea of heaven) There were two of us ... I didn't eat all of that to myself. There was enough food for three thought. Remember we all need to support local run business. Shop local and forget the big player. It's the local that will be pushed out first.

Very disappointed in this place. Travelled 200 miles to visit family then they brought us here. The garden was crap the seating was crap. The pond was dirty and the bridge a bit unsafe if your bad on your feet. The large black dog wondering around wasn’t my cup of tea. Sitting and staring at us and I’m a dog person. But not when he’s wet and pooing every where. Ordered 2 steaks both medium but arrived well done. Thought I just continue as in a family group. Then the side salad brown and slimy. Eat a bit and got a soil taste and the sirloin Steak was full of grizzle. I complained to the manager who came out and agreed it was well done. Offered another and I said no the salad made me feel sick. Father in law wasn’t happy but didn’t want to complain. Menu is ok if you like sausages.. One of the burgers had to be returned as it wasn’t plain like asked for so spoilt it for him as he had to wait while we finished. The toilets were the worse I’ve seen and smelt bad.

Quiet as too hot today probably! Food always excellent,we had cheese ploughman's and salmon salad. Have eaten lots of times here before though and always consistently good

2nd visit in a month. Lovely lamb, crab salad a special was lovely as was the chicken and mushroom pie. The only place that has been consistently good in service and quality since covid, I think it's my new local

Nice pub in a quaint little village

I visited this pub years ago, but only for a drink, little did I know. For years I've tried to find lamb like at The Plough at Cadsden when it had it's original landlord. Eureka, I've found it, absolutely beautiful lamb in a beautiful village and still the same landlord. Alan and staff, thank you for a lovely Sunday dinner, we'll be back

Excellent place for food and drinks.

Lovely pub, amazing garden! We had lunch and it was very nice.

We have been here several times as a part of a group each time we have had good service and reasonably priced food It is a pretty location and in good weather it is nice to sit outside I would recommend it

Great oldie worldy pub, excellent food and live music every Saturday night.

Probably the most Beautiful little English pub for any visitor to see with its beautiful garden, stream, trout and ducks. Great beer, food and service. Fantastic

Good food good price A collection of old motorbikes farm tools and lots of wild life ,,,Water features in a lovely village

Nice spot for a morning coffee passing through by bike.

Very nice little pub with a fantastic garden.

Great friendly country Pub Good Menu and choice of Beers and wines 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿👍

Garden and service were fine. Ploughman's lunch very disappointing for the price - tiny, catering-quality cheese portion, bread like stodgy cotton wool. From memory nothing else on the plate apart from chutney. We didn't plan to eat here having had the same experience on our previous visit. Unfortunately the kitchen in the other local pub was closed.

A friendly country pub with an excellent pub menu. Very welcoming. Food was ordered and promptly served. A good range of beers and an open fire. No complaints at all.

Ideal for great home cooked meals with fantastic portions at lunch time. Lovely small old fashioned pub in a beautiful unspoilt village.

Outstanding as always. Dan even put another log on the fire to thaw our bones..

Had some music on...the lamb was really good...

Very nice coffee outside under cover after a walk.

Very quaint lots of atmosphere. Food good but would of been better served on hot plates.

2 stars for a quaint pub in beautiful rural setting and lovely staff seems a bit disjointed. Unfortunately, for a group of vegetarians and one vegan this pub offered very little to eat. Not having a single main dish for veggies is pretty poor, even for a 'traditional' pub. We settled on chips, beans and cheese for £9. Very steep for the portion size. I caveat this by saying the staff were very friendly and tried to accommodate. Maybe the owner should take stock....literally.

I didn't complain about the ploughmans, when I asked what does the ham ploughmans come with and the reply was ham I should have guessed this is not the place to come for food! I’ve had a few ploughmans in the past, usually local ham beautifully cut, with crumbly mature cheddar and homemade chutney, with wonderful fresh bread. This was literally a piece of plastic looking tasteless cheese (dunno what it was) with bit of dry lettuce, couple of soft grapes, with chewy bread and a bit of branston pickle for the bargain price of £9. Joke!!!! Then I found a hair on one of the scallops, to be told 'that didnt come from my kitchen' in a shouting manner from the so called chef! And then told 'What more do you want you're getting your money back for that'. Yeah mate but I'm not getting my money back for 2 cheese bits and bread (2 x ploughmans £18) and I'm not being compensated for your atrocious customer service and disgusting experience at your BAD PUB!!

Sunday lunch in the garden was very nice. Food arrived with no cutlery and the waiter tartly suggested we get up and get some from the bar....charming!

Quaint, cozy, friendly, tradition pub in the Hart of the community, a must visit.

Lovely little pub, great selection of drinks.

Situated in the small hamlet of Little Missenden, a typical village pub. Good pub grub and sensible prices. Worth a visit.

Good atmosphere friendly staff, decent pints cheers

Very friendly staff, beautiful picturesque location

Really nice little pub with friendly staff and good traditional British food. Would definitely pay them visit again.

Decent small pub. Very relaxed atmosphere.

First time visit, and on a gloriously warm day it was a treat to be there. A lovely cosy pub with a nice garden with water feature and interesting old machinery dotted around. We had the dressed crab salad and thoroughly enjoyed them. Salad was well presented nick radishes and olive too. The crab was delicious washed down with a nice pint of cider. Would recommend and will be back again....

We passed thru and enjoyed an evening meal this week. The whitebait deep fried in breadcrumbs were delicious and we both had the homemade beef burgers which were very tasty. The citra ale was quite superb. The staff were helpful and informative. It's a quirky setting with some humorous touches and the surreal presence of a gently flowing river through the middle of the pub garden. Overall a pleasant couple of hours and well worth a visit if anyone's in the area.

The Red Lion is one of 2 pubs in the picturesque village of Little Missenden. ( Villagers are lucky to have 2 pubs in a small village ). Some people may recognise the Red Lion from its appearances in the " Midsomer Murder " series , albeit under a different name. I like everything about the pub : it retains its old fashioned interior - has not been trendified. There is a large garden out back. A hard surfaced area is divided from a grass area by the river /pond which runs through & is connected by a bridge. Lots of tables , generally well spaced. Also seating to the side & front. Friendly service. Having read previous reviews I note that many people were not happy with the food. I thought the menu was limited & rather reminiscent of pub food 30 -40 years ago. Nothing for vegans. However, as one who has often moaned about the increasing dominance of food in pubs , I don't mind that much. There is enough for anyone who is hungry & I reckon the general ambience outweighs any perceived shortcomings in the food department. The water area is home to assorted ducks & some decent sized trout. Would have liked a wider choice of ales. Reasonable amount of street parking. If you like a traditional English Village pub , I recommend a visit

Charming pub in very pretty village in the Chilterns.Come here to enjoy a lazy afternoon sitting in the beer garden next to the River Misbourne, or sit out front under the umbrellas whilst the kids play safely in the village playground opposite. The Red Lion burger was delicious as were the fries.

Great place,lovely grounds,great food,friendly staff .

An excellent lunch very covid aware 👍

I love this place. It's an eccentric, traditional English pub in a beautiful village. It has a good selection of beers, a huge carved gorilla, a pond, ducks and bits of old tractors and motorbikes. What more could you want from a pub?

The food tastes fresh and home made. The staff are lovely, the garden is picturesque and even has a hybrid bird in the garden! Perfect English pub!

fab place. first meal out after lockdown. Didn't disappoint!