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Nº 128 in 307 in Bromsgrove

Nº 22 of 50 Other cuisines in Bromsgrove

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Brilliant Sunday lunch, love touch with the top ups of roasters ,Yorkshire puddings and gravy. 1 tiny moan pub doesn't do rattler

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craig hackett . 2024-11-03

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Fab service from Mia, Irie and Alex. Very good food.

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Maya . 2024-10-30

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Lovely pub, food was fab and a lovely open fire 🔥

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Kate Jarman . 2024-10-29

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Sometimes have a issue when ordering on the app. The signal is a nit hit & miss when in the place.

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Garry Russell . 2024-10-28

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Collette was so lovely and made my birthday extra special. The meal was lovely :) Would recommend to anyone.

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Annabelle . 2024-10-28

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Great place! Full of character. Staff were very friendly, Mia was our server, nothing was too much for her. Gluten Free options were amazing...fish & chips...salt and pepper calamari plus lots of other things. Great EV charger in the carpark, which was the main reason we stopped...the delicious food was a bonus!

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Mary Gatrad . 2024-10-25

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Great staff. Good food. Helpful and informative servers. Only stopped to get EV charge and got good food in the process. Recommended.

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Adil “Daff” Gat . 2024-10-23

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Great quiz night on Wednesday at 7pm.

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Chris Bridge . 2024-10-23

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A lovely meal out 3 adults and 2 children 6&4. Kids menu comprehensive with drinks and a side of veg batons @£8.50 great value and quality. Our server, Adam, was attentive. Polite and great with the children. Food was great quality. Plenty of parking. I would recommend highly.

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Ian M Baker . 2024-10-22

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Our visit was for a surprise 60th birthday meal for ten guests. Staff were very helpful in my arranging of it. Rachael was quite friendly on the day, although seemed a bit stressed. The table however wasn’t set up in the configuration discussed so people couldn’t get out easily. I had called and left a voicemail earlier in the day amending the number of people but that obviously hadn’t been listened to which was disappointing. The food was enjoyable though. And it was good to have a semi-private area.

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Scenic599918 . 2024-10-21

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Private fuction Staff friendly and polite £4.50ish per pint Food on buffet fantastic

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Kerry Williams . 2024-10-21

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Lovely food with friendly staff

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Mark Belsey . 2024-10-20

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We went there for a last minute dinner. Lovely pub and nice food, although it looks and feels more like a restaurant. We were served by twins Adam and Alex who were very helpful and knowledgeable in choosing our food and dessert.

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Pascale Breyne . 2024-10-18

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Great food, great atmosphere and extremely friendly staff

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Andrew Butler . 2024-10-15

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Just a thank you to Collette who was fantastic today. I met up with a friend I hadn't seen for ages. Collette was very patient with us as we talked that much we didn't look at menus for about 30 mins. What a lovely lady! Meal was great too. Lovely pub x

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Julie C . 2024-10-10

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We attended as a group of 7, service was slow but the pub was very busy with a constant flow of customers. Food took around 30 mins to get to the table but was understandable as there was 7 of us. I had one of the roasts and the food was lovely, the gentleman waiter who was serving us was great although seemed very rushed having to train new staff members at the same time. This is our second time coming and we will definitely come again.

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D B . 2024-10-08

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Although the food was to a very high standard, the time it takes from sit down to service is quite a wait. The service however is very friendly but you may want to consider the time you visit

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Dave Badsey . 2024-10-07

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Raw vegetables which were too hard to eat. Burnt roast potatoes Desert was a dry sponge with caramel sauce - not a sticky toffee pudding. Complained to the waiter but nothing done about it.

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Brummiebears . 2024-10-06

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Great food, lovely atmosphere and delicious food.

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Cath King . 2024-10-05

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Fantastic place to eat and drink Lola was a great waitress, looked after us well.

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Roy Williams . 2024-10-04

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Lovely food nothing too much trouble came for my husband's birthday and they brought out a lovely birthday treat for him

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Angie Williams . 2024-10-04

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Came for a birthday meal food was amazing , plenty to eat , good choice of food and the service was great definitely will come back

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Fay Morris . 2024-10-04

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Lola was a great waitress. Her and the girl Holly singing happy birthday for our dad made it special!

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Paige Williams . 2024-10-04

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Amazing singing skills from Holly

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Daniel Heaney . 2024-10-04

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Sunday lunch just ok. Lovely gravy and tender turkey and beef. Pork belly undercooked & inedible, broccoli very firm, roast potatoes firm, salty and no crispiness. The pub's great, a very busy happy environment. But they do need to improve their food quality.

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Cumbrian Lass . 2024-10-03

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Took our nephew and had a lovely lunch and service was superb. Collette, our waitress was absolutely lovely. Would highly recommend and we will be back!

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Maxinekm . 2024-10-02

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Came here for dinner yesterday evening. I had the vegan burger which was absolutely delicious We were served by mya who was so lovely! Will definitely come here again

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Hannah B . 2024-09-28

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Wrong order asked for salad got chips

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Sarah . 2024-09-27

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Excellent food here and the service was too. Really friendly and couldn't be more helpful and attentive. Collette our waitress was very professional and friendly and really gave a great service. The food was excellently prepared , fresh and cooked to perfection. Thanks.

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John . 2024-09-26

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Excellent food . Good service . Will definitely return soon

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Kay . 2024-09-26

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Great food but painfully slow service. Arrived at 12.30, left straight after dessert, because we were going to a local football match, at 14.40. We had just main courses and desserts

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mark jordan . 2024-09-22

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Very slow service despite not even being half full. Food generally good though tea and coffee basically cold and flapjack seemingly uncooked

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B B . 2024-09-16

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Excellent food and service and friendly, staff well worth a visit. We will definitely back again.

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Graham & Lynne Homer . 2024-09-11

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Service was friendly and helpful if a bit slow as it was quite busy. Good choice on the menu and good sized portions Reasonable price

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Kate Hartigan . 2024-09-11

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Really slow service. Took ages to order drinks and then receive drinks. The roast potatoes were inedible and we told waitress this but she said she'd tell chef. I'm sure chef already knew! This was 2pm on a Sunday so not late in the day. The restaurant should have deducted something from the bill as they were so bad. Employ more staff as service was so painful.

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B K . 2024-09-08

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Very rowdy crowd and bad language with kids around! Didn't really appreciate listening to it

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Karen Tyas . 2024-09-07

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This is not a good place to eat if you have a gluten-free dietary requirement. Options are very limited and disappointing

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Caro Schubert . 2024-09-01

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Couldn't fault the staff who were friendly and welcoming. The beetroot arancini starter was excellent!!. However my calamari and my husband's fish were very dry. They tasted like they had dried out in the freezer. Such a shame and we will give them another try as food has been very good in the past

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J Corfield . 2024-08-30

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I had a meal with two friends. We were acknowledged as soon as we entered and shown to our table. The car park was adequate. Our server, Irie, was friendly, knowledgeable and polite...a credit to the pub. We will return.

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Julie Gray . 2024-08-24

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Adam was a brilliant waiter, and the food (especially the lamb) was excellent. An Amazing experience

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Herman Jansen van Vuuren . 2024-08-17

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Great pub. Nice beer, excellent food and service.

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Geoff Floyd . 2024-08-12

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We visited again, after our previous meal (which was A*) served by Mya and Erin with friendly and attentive service. We had a tasty Sunday turkey roast and fish and chips! Second time just as good as the first. We will be visiting again. Thanks you two.

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David . 2024-08-05

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Nice atmospheric pub with a good menu. Well worth visiting if you are in the area.

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Chris Harris . 2024-07-31

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Food is okay, normal pub grub. We tried to order on the qr code on the table and had to go to the bar to see where our drinks were 20 minutes later. Just go to the bar, it's quicker.

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Andrew Mcdonald . 2024-07-27

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Great meal but service O so slow! Took 4 hours over a mealtime

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Ian Cardinal . 2024-07-27

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The food was not very nice at all, really expensive, won't go back again. My first and last time

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Julie Jones . 2024-07-22

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Good food!! Limited real ales though!! Great, friendly service !!

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Vince While . 2024-07-18

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Food was lovely, service was a little slow, but staff friendly and helpful

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Jo H . 2024-07-18

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Went for a meal on Sunday with the family. I ended up getting the Vegetarian Burger and Berry Burst Mocktail. The service and food was great. It was quite busy and quite loud in there (which you can’t help really). Other than that, it was lovely. Great job Red Lion!

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Patsy “Cat” . 2024-07-18

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Table booked for 5pm. Ordered 5.10pm starters eventually arrived 6pm after enquiring re the excessive delay several times. Mains arrived 6.35pm after further enquiries. Food excellent but over priced.

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Roger Sheriff . 2024-07-14

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Family dinner on Sunday 7th July, first waitress was fine, however she must have left after giving us dessert menus, we were just left for ages. When we asked another girl, I was trying to tell her we had, had our dessert menus for ages but no one had come back to our table, I was expecting some sort of explanation… I was met with “okay!” Yo shut me up! So rude ! No apology, no explanation just a pissed off look! This was my second visit for food in a week, it’s not cheap, but apparently we haven’t paid enough this week to be treated with respect.

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Catherine Wheatley . 2024-07-11

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Called in for lunch, great food great service from Collette and Reece. Will definitely be calling in again. Thank you.

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Graham Beaumont . 2024-07-11

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We had a stopover here on a long journey, great pub garden to give the dog a break. The food was lush! So tasty and such care put into preparation and presentation. We had the set lunch menu, which was reasonably priced for the food quality. The highlights were the mains - steak and chicken salad, the salad particularly was delicious. We’ll definitely be back as it’s on a regular journey for us visiting family.

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Freya . 2024-06-20

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Very nice place,friendly professional staff

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anthony kulas . 2024-06-19

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We came to the Red Lion for Father’s Day Lunch on Sunday and it didn’t disappoint. We had a fabulous Sunday roast , amongst other dishes. Great place and atmosphere. Big shout out to Adam who served us throughout, he was fantastic, always smiling and so helpful.

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Anna Danks . 2024-06-18

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The food was lovely, everything was reasonably priced and the service was good and pretty quick. We were seated at a nice table and very much enjoyed our trip (as we have with all previous visits also). Can't think of anything that needs improving, keep it up and we will for sure keep coming back.

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Katie Walsh . 2024-06-18

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Adam was fantastic, food was lovely

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Susan Danks . 2024-06-18

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Met up with good friends for a mid-week get-together. Food was lovely, and arrived promptly. The young lady who served us was so nice, really friendly and polite. The place was busy - even for mid-week- so recommend booking a table. All in all, nice atmosphere, and would definitely go there again.

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Brenda Davis-Bates . 2024-06-17

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Nice atmosphere. Decent service from very polite and attentive staff. However, food wasn't anything to write home about. Usual pub-grub standard. Travelled from Redditch to try it out. Quite possibly won't return.

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Pete Mertens . 2024-06-13

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Really nice pub food was excellent friendly staff

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gina roe . 2024-06-08

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This waitress, I believe her name was Karen, was an absolutely lovely lady. She ensured the pillows were puffed, food came out fast and was always smiling. Deserves an award 💖☺️☀️

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Phoebe Tracey . 2024-06-07

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Great pub for the area which had a really attractive interior. Nice food and drink options.

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Beezus Fuffoon . 2024-06-05

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Food and service absolutely brilliant

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David Burton . 2024-06-04

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Amazing presentation, food cooked to perfection, Holly was fantastic could not of asked for better, very relaxed atmosphere,beautiful pub all round.

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Maxine Hegney . 2024-06-02

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Absolutely disgusting behaviour on behalf of the lad behind the bar, my mom expressed her disappointment after waiting an hour for food and people came in after us being served food (ours was blatantly rushed because they forgot about us) sausages where burnt, kids meals didn't come with drinks or dessert. There was one nice person serving & said she'd sort something out at the end to which lad behind the bar was tunnel visioned on the payment and being fake completely ignoring us expressing our dissatisfaction. Absolutely got my blood boiling we are definitely not going back again which is sad because we've been there a lot and had good times but this was it for us.. 1*

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Enlightenedartisan . 2024-05-29

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Very nice and cosy pub. Suitable for dogs as well. Food nice Very reasonable priced

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Rose Grindrod . 2024-05-22

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Had the Sunday lunch parsnips and carrots were that hard I couldn’t cut them with the knife supplied the rest of the meal was not the best Sunday lunch I have had either. I certainly won’t if I come again I certainly won’t be choosing the Sunday lunch.

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Ian Young . 2024-05-20

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Recently hired out the function room upstairs for our team party. From initial enquiry to the event, Curtis & his team were on hand to support and accommodate. The food & drinks were delicious and Luke & Curtis were fantastic hosts for the whole team. Thank you! Lottie

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Lottie Fisher . 2024-05-15

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I came in last night for my team night out, Curtis & Luke were incredible. The food was amazing, Couldn’t thank the team enough

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Sophie Blagrove . 2024-05-15

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Attempted to book a table of 10, not interested. Said there were offers on and so wouldnt take the booking. I explained that we would have the normal menu no offer- not interested. I asked if we could book two separate tables 4/6 and was told you can try but we’ll sit you far apart. I asked if we could walk in for 4.30 table and was told they wouldn’t sit us even at 2 separate tables. Madness. Why wouldn’t you want 2 tables not using offers in at 4.30, we’d be out before the rush of people at 6 onwards?! Being told “do you understand that” repeatedly rather than saying sorry we can’t help you at this time really added to the situation. What a shame.

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NJ . 2024-05-15

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First visit and impressed by lovely service from Mia. Food was ordered from lunch menu and was well cooked and nicely presented, all served at thd same time. Will call again sometime and may up the review rating if the service remains on par with today's.

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Josephine Loader . 2024-05-10

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Went for a few drinks, with the possibility of staying for food. Waited at the bar area, just one barman serving whilst four members of staff were stood talking oblivious that customers were waiting to be served. The barman had to call them over and you could see he was exasperated with the situation. The bar was sticky and wet from spilt drinks. The waiter had to be told the order 3 times, and it was only two glasses of wine. Went to find a table, full of empty glasses, tables not cleared, so had to clear it ourselves. Table was dirty and sticky. Had a couple of drinks and left. Nice pub but lacking in any proper management as staff were just left to talk instead of serving customers, clearing tables and wiping them down. Probably won’t go again. Better places to spend £10 for a glass of wine.

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Louise O . 2024-04-22

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Food was lovely Waiter was very friendly Nice atmosphere

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Liam Hogan . 2024-04-19

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The food was excellent the sea bass was the star of the show. The starts and mains were of generous portions. As an improvement I would recommend trying to make the lasagne a little more unique as I feel it was nice however a little average.

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George Turner . 2024-04-18

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Lovely welcome. Really professional and allergy aware staff. Delicious piping hot food with a really good choice.

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Alison . 2024-04-18

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Rachel is was a lovely waitress to have and serve me. Very happy with the service she was very attentive and friendly. Can't wait to be back again

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Kathryn Smith . 2024-04-18

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Rachael was great, top lady, friendly and knowledgeable. Food a little dry, could have been fresher. Great atmosphere as always

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Relax780848 . 2024-04-18

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Wonderful evening thanks to Rachel our lovely hostess. She was very attentive and charming. The food was perfect and the wine was lovely too!

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GrandTour59629821598 . 2024-04-18

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Took my parents,great food,very clean,great selection of drinks,friendly staff, collette who look after us was fantastic xxxxxx

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Wander29413801733 . 2024-04-18

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Rachel as always attentive and friendly, helps keep us coming back. She is always very friendly and makes sure you need get what you need. Very happy with our meal tonight.

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Jon S . 2024-04-18

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Lovely atmosphere with friendly staff and good food. We had the Green and Grains salad with chicken and the Vegetable Panang Curry. Good value. Thanks to the team.

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MR2466 . 2024-04-14

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Another lovely family meal at the Red Lion. Rachel was very attentive and the food was delicious. We never struggle to choose from the menu. Back again soon.

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Samantha A . 2024-04-12

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Good value lunchtime menu with well cooked food. Collette, our server was excellent and attentive. Happy to eat there afain

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JeanetteM836 . 2024-04-09

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Collette, our waitress, left no stone unturned when pursuing the happiness and satisfaction of her clientele. She is to be commended on her competence. Other members of staff were awash with good humour and charm, and together they made our lunch a memorable occasion. Fabulous food, tastefully prepared and presented. Our complements to the chef. A charming and homely environment in which we were totally at peace with the world.

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E7222OBjuliac . 2024-04-08

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Nine women out for lunch but nothing was too much trouble for our waitress ( Collette) Very enjoyable pub. Spotlessly clean. Wide choice of menu .

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brendajstrachan . 2024-04-08

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Had the set menu, there is a very good choice on all courses. The food was well presented and very good, fresh and tasty. We had two servers, Colette and Luke. Both were extremely pleasant and helpful.

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Susan May . 2024-04-05

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Had a lovely lunch, served by Luke B. The sticky crispy chicken was AMAZING!

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Rachel McDonnell . 2024-04-03

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Fabulous meal in a very pleasant atmosphere with Carletta as our waitress who was very cheerful and informative ps apology if I haven’t spelled your name correctly

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Christine Edwards . 2024-04-03

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I hadn’t visited this pub for sometime and chose to come here for a family lunch on Easter Sunday. What can I say , we had a wonderful afternoon. We had a drink in the bar beforehand which was lovely , very nice atmosphere in the pub . The meals we had were really tasty and well presented . The Service from all staff was excellent despite it being a really busy afternoon. When we are in the area next we will definitely call in again

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DavidW365 . 2024-04-01

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We had a lovely Easter Sunday Lunch today at The Red Lion with family, all meals were delicious. We really enjoyed the Baileys Amaretto Choctail they were serving for Easter, very nice. Today we had Alex serving us and he was as attentive and friendly as always. A lovely afternoon was had .

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Annaspanna75 . 2024-03-31

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Collette was just so lovely. Great waitress. So friendly and welcoming. Food was also great. Really appreciate it Collette!

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timothean769 . 2024-03-29

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A very nice place will be going back

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Trevor Pemberton . 2024-03-28

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Had a wonderful meal last night with friends. Food and service was excellent. Very friendly and helpful staff. Special thanks to Rachel for looking after us !

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Jennifer C . 2024-03-22

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Holly and Mia served me today and they were superb and attentive!!! Will be back

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Tamsin Neath . 2024-03-15

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A fantastic family lunch on a very busy Sunday. A table of 5 plus a toddler. Food and service was first class. I particularly enjoyed the duo of lamb. Congratulations to the team. Russell

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Russell H . 2024-03-13

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Their was mix up for daughter's 21st birthday 🎂 meal Had first 📖 in online 2months ago & asking for dog friendly area to bring our small pup 🐶 Wasn't giving me the option to book it So booked in restaurant but called into bar in wk to tell them one staff saw said they would beable to change to a table in bar area & was quite reassuring me that it was all changed Id call by with pup 🐶 for coffees & checked couple times calling past Staff said properly have two tables put together to left of bar next to fire place Then rang day before checking about bringing in some banners & balloons 🎈 before our meal they told me it be ok as long knew not responsible for them When arriving on evening sat 9th march Was told that our table won't be ready in restaurant before our time Id explained we was in bar area with pup Was asked if anyway we can take dog bac ?? Even thou we wanted to bring him also we came in taxis 🚕 that cost if we went home again If wasn't for lovely family offering their table to us we won't have got seats together 😔 Tables wasn't cleared & glasses stacked up Altogether very disappointing & upset that through lack communication we had such bad experience

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melanie m . 2024-03-10

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Had a nice meal with my family, really enjoyed my signature burger & mac and cheese side. Katie our server was also good, made sure we had everything we needed. Only down side was no asahi beer as the barrel was being changed.

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ع و . 2024-03-09

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Cosy and comfortable atmosphere. Friendly but not intrusive staff (Collette looked after us) Excellent fresh, well presented food . Good hot drinks and mini puds

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Alison L . 2024-03-08

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Meal "experience" was top notch as usual. Only slight problem, possibly due to trying to bring all 16 meals out at the same time was the Hunters Chivken Schnitzels were dry, even with the BBQ sauce on, they came out dry. Separate BBQ sauce was added but its not the same

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Chris Onions . 2024-03-05

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I was served by Molly on my visit to the Red Lion. She provided fantastic service and was extremely keen to make our visit enjoyable and relaxing.

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Tom Williams . 2024-03-03

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