The Red Lion in Milton Keynes - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

Service and food were excellent. Good value in pleasant surroundings

Food is great value for money. Lovely view on the canal at the locks

We always try and visit during the summer and walks by the canal.

Great little pub by the canal. Great for good weather and sitting outside. Nice service, kind gentleman behind the bar!

Had a wonderful Sunday afternoon here yesterday, taking part in the virtual horse racing run by Gary Mac and family! Great fun, the sandwiches and chips provided by the pub foc for all were very tasty and much appreciated! Lovely, welcoming pub in a beautiful hidden spot.

Saturday 10th August 2024 This is a pub today that had 2 handpumped ales on, and the pub is a great interior staff and where it is on the canal side makes sitting outside a grat experiance

Lovely little hidden gem. I visited here recently to celebrate a dear friends 90th, food was thoroughly enjoyed by us all. Perfect location and great atmosphere

I visited this pub whilst enjoying a canal boating holiday. The staff were pleasant, the food was great, very accommodating the only blemish was the lack of a disabled-accessible toilet.

Had a breakfast 😋 and it was amazing

My friend and I met up for a lunch and drink. Friendly service and good pub food.

Loved this place from the first time I saw it. The garden and the canal are a perfect place to spend a lovely night with loved ones. Cold beer with a nice view. 🍻🤗

Great selection of food from a small pub, great pub garden with great views of the canal and the locks that come alongside it. Highly recommend this pub for great atmosphere and great food and reasonable prices

Lovely canal side pub great outdoors seating for the summer

Lovely canal side pub. Landlord very hospitable indeed

A great pub. Landlord and staff couldn't have been more helpful. A very enjoyable meal and a good atmosphere. It is in a perfect setting by the canal lock and a swing Bridge. Well located for MK Dons ground although not on the beaten track so not a main stop for football fans. Sadly we won't be back next season following relegation but definitely back after promotion.

We had dinner for two and the steak was amazing. Cooked to perfection, well worth every penny. Can't wait to eat there again.

Biggest Yorkshire Pud I have ever had 😋

Absolutely amazing food with lovely hosts .wonderful setting next to the canal.

One of my favourite pubs (and I've only been there once!) The landlord is a conniseur of his trade (really friendly and engaging, truly cares) The locals are fantastic (again, friendly and engaging, a wonderful and welcoming bunch) The location, right on the lake, with narrow boats passing and an outdoor area, couldn't be better. Went for an awayday (Newport County) and away fans are made to feel very welcome. This pub represents why Google Maps needs a 6th star

Just had a Sunday roast. One of best roasts in Milton keynes! With great hospitality. Beautiful location on the canal, and worth a visit

Friendly staffing & good service. London prices on drinks. A real shame.

This is my local pub in UK, it has changed hands with an upgrade, Back meeting friends and having many lovely afternoon's with new landlord Terry and side kick Steve looking after us real well. Great ale

Cosy canalside pub. Friendly atmosphere

Lovley little pub right next to the canal and Fenny Lock with beer garden and patio the pub itself has 2 rooms the left room is a little lounge area and to the right is the main bar with jukebox and dart board with live tv sports the landlords who served me were friendly and happy toilets were clean i visited today after a canal walk and ain't been here before stopped for a pint of diet coke and cheese and onion crisps and played darts the service was fantastic

So nice to feel welcome.top staff.

Great pub by the canal, good pint of guinness!

Did not eat , met the new landlord seems a great guy

Lovely,theyhave decorated it very nice what a transformation, wine is soo good,beautiful and nice staff and a beautiful pub kitten.

Nice canal side pub, recently under new management and they are doing a super job of getting it back to former glory. Good food menu, the pies are sensational and the chips were lovely(clearly fried in fresh hot oil) Nice range of beers and Timothy Taylor as regular ale which is rare to see these days and it's kept beautifully.

Didn’t eat so can’t judge the food. Great buzz for the music quiz.

Karaoke evening hosted by Sherrie Kelly music, excellent atmosphere, good bar service great night

Recently reopened under new management and the place is unrecognisable (in a non-physical sense. The building is as it has been for ages). New staff are friendly and welcoming. The landlord makes a real effort to get to know his regulars and is making a good effort with the real ale too which is great to see. Food menu looks good (not eaten there yet though). Dog friendly. My new local after avoiding it for a few years. Definitely worth a punt if you are looking for a decent, honest pub.

New owners doing a brilliant job

Went to try the new menu today and was not dissapointed. Hard to decided what to have as everything read so delicious. Ended up going with I'll start at the top and work my way down on future visits so I had the steak & Kidney pie with chips, veg & gravy. What arrived 25 mins later was a freshly cooked pie that was extremely tasty. Fantastic filling and pastry made for a quality pie with homemade gravy. Can't wait to try the next one down on the menu.

Wonderful FOOD! We had their pies for lunch today and they were DELICIOUS. Fresh crispy pastry with very tasty filling and homemade gravy! We had the chicken gammon and leek pie and the steak and kidney pie. Definitely come for the pies!!! Fantastic atmosphere- Terry is very warm and welcoming, it’s a perfect location with super staff and I would highly recommend!

*Under new management* This is a cracking little pub right on the cut. Lovely beer garden overlooking Fenny Locks & swing bridge. They keep a Timothy Taylor's that is worth the visit alone.

Brilliant place to eat, staff went out of their way to make our time very stress free and enjoyable. Food was 10/10 and very fairly priced. To finish it off, the atmosphere and music was spectacular

Lovely food, atmosphere and service

A formally great pub but they now seem to spend more time closed than open. Hope a new owner can revive it in future.

Lovely little pub. Great atmosphere with very friendly staff and great location

Welcomed after a trip down from wirral for the football at mk. Gemma was a great laugh and looked after us with food and drinks ,recommend ,great spot on the canal lock

Very welcoming staff friendly and helpful not sampled the food yet but on my to do list

We stopped off here on Friday evening around 7pm as we were staying locally. We were told the kitchen was just about to close but the lady said she would stay on to make us some food. The food was tasty and it was nice to sit outside and watch the canal boats and the lock open. The girl serving behind the bar was lovely. She was really friendly and polite.

Decent pub and the food is outstanding.

Was in there for a quick drink whilst I was fishing and honestly, the person behind the bar was so polite and it was a treat talking to her. Would definitely recommend this place 10 out of 10

Great pub, friendly staff and lovely food cant wait to come back

Friendly staff in a pub on the canal side.

Lovely spot next to the canal beer is good and very friendly staff

Beware of this pub. Got a parking fine. Not properly signed and no one tells you to enter your registration. On further investigation the landlady gets a cut of the parking fine. Avoid this pub at all costs.

PARKING SCAM!! went as customer. Despite talking with staff noone told me about the parking. Landlady said she'd help me appeal parking but then ghosted my emails. For that very reason my appeal was turned down. £100!!! Fine which no doubt the pub take their share. Just awful behaviour for local pub during a cost of living crisis. S*** of the earth

Great place. It always feels like I am on holiday when I am in The Red Lion. Great for chilling! A bit of Costa del Sol on your doorsteps!😅😉 😎 🤙 😎

Popped in for a pint, surprisingly nice.

Very impressed ...popped in 4a drink , great location , Sunday Roasts look the mutz nutz & was impressed that they do x2 Rib Eye steaks & a bottle of Vino for £35 squidley didleys on a Wednesday( booking advised)....don't forget 2 register your number plate or cop a £100 fine 2🤔...Enjoy👍🏻

Fantastic revamped pub right on the canal, a beautiful spot, it serves ales & the usual suspects in keg & bottles....food looked amazing & it also has a car park, you must enter your reg at the bar to avoid a fine.

No last orders. Stopped serving at 10.40. Your custom not appreciated

They don't have clients and they put the parking penalty to make money. I was there for a drink and I get a penalty . The lady should ask people when they come,but they don't bother because is a scam.

Nice canal side pub. Watch canal boats using the locks

Not from the area, just had a dog walk around a mile away and wanted to find a nice pub for a drink before going back home…found this one looked lovely! Parked my car in the car park and had a drink. A month later I have received a letter with a £100 parking fine enclosed from this pub! Absolutely disgusting. How can they expect to attract new customers when they find them for parking in their car park!

wonderful pub and lovely spot next to a canal ,weather was great , beer very good and bbq was good and off course lovely bar staff and big thanks to them .

Great pre match pub especially if the weather is nice. Staff very friendly

Lovely friendly pub. Canalside location. No food left when we arrived. 😔. Will prebook Sunday lunch next time, as they suggest on website, food looked amazing.

Very friendly and patient staff. In a nice setting.

Quaint pub on the canal side by the locks. Run by two effervescent ladies who go out of their way to make you welcome. Good menu choice. Well worth seeking out.

Walked there today with our dog, they were very welcoming with us and our dog and the food was lovely too!!

A good friendly pub. Visited as an away fan. Plenty of parking. Outside seating. Friendly and helpful staff.

Brilliant little pub, but definitely needed to be selling beer outside when Derby county were in town, difficult to get in the bar.

Nice location on the canal and friendly staff. Make sure you register your car in the pub for the car parking.

We had table of 13 an our food was yummy and service fantastic

A nice spot for a canal or indeed lake walk. We just had coffees as the wood burning fire was lit. Star deducted for the ANPR parking, however the locals made sure we knew how to register, very neighbourly of them. Honest to goodness old school pub, unspoiled by "upmarketism" if that is a word. I will go back for a beer test......it is just a 20 min cycle ride along the towpath.

They sell Madri which is good enough for me, a cute pub by the river and live football!

Loved it. Haven't been there 4 years. Lovely pint.

Had a delicious meal chicken & mushroom pie,creamy mash & peas last night . Well after nice meal 2nights ago - what a let down today. Advertised Roast dinner served until 5pm. 2.45 told finished serving. Weatherspoons didn't let us down. Can see now why other reviews are very up & down. Rating now gone from 4 to 3 !!!!

Nice setting, very clean inside however the outside tables were dirty and covered in birds poo. We ate outside as we had a dog . Food was not very good

Not really been in apart from a quick pint and a game of darts but it'd always busy and never heard a complaint about it

I love this pub We usually walk and this is a destination to include in ur walk Met with warm friendly welcome and the location is spot on We got to see boats go thru the lock and its lovely to sit outside We don't visit often but it's nice when we do

Lovely location right by the canal and a stroll from Fenny Stratford Railway station

Probably best to avoid. Arrived at 7.30 on a Saturday. Asked if still serving food. Told kitchen just closed so had a drink only to watch others served food. So asked again (at 8.00) if serving good and told yet again the kitchen had just closed. Think locals must know about the poor service as the place was virtually empty on a sunny Saturday evening.

Lovely little garden on the canal

Lovely to have this pub open again, great outside area which lots of people don't know about we haven't many pubs now in Dunstable so this is such a bonus to have as place to go

Great little spot good beer Timothy Taylors . Nice to watch the boats go by.

Best pub for beer in the area. Friendly bar staff and nice seating area by the canal too.

Awful food, high prices, unhelpfull. Will never go there again until someone new takes over!

Good location and good food and drink and friendly service 👌

Good place for a garden pub, very nice actually, but be aware of the parking and make sure you register your car at the premise, otherwise you'll get a PCN. Other than that, very lovely setting!

Pub has a fantastic location, WiFi access was bluntly refused, sasuages were claimed to be 'not frozen'! You decide! No peas but without asking they plonked some 'creamy leeks' on there instead! For £12 it was very disappointing. I will avoid in future in favour of the 'Bull & Butcher just 5 mins away. Far better, friendlier pub with what looked like VGVFM food!

Nice garden, lovely setting, superb quality sharing platter, will definitely be back for rest of menu

Lovely to sit out by the canal for a drink.

Nice to sit outside and watch the canal boats.

Absolute rip off. Went for steak night, £35 for 2 rib- eye steaks & bottle of wine. Would have been ok if what was served was rib-eye but at best was sirloin but was probably rump. The chef doesn't know how to cook steak, 3 of us asked for medium rare & one medium well done, all came well done. Thee chips also came over salted. Will

Loved it here. Fantastic team and brilliant atmosphere.

Good pub lovely setting right next to the canal lock and swing bridge. Plenty of canal action to observe. Food reasonable price and good quality and quantity.

Brillant. Staff lovely as was food.

A wonderful relaxing great value Sunday roast in the sun trap of a canal side beer garden 🍻 👍

Lovely pub with a cracking beer garden ,sat on the canal right next to a lock

Stopped serving food at 3pm,just missed them.

Very good cask conditioned ale in a canal setting.

Good beer good Sunday lunch nice garden. Friendly helpful staff.

Nice canal side pub. Good beers

Nice peaceful pub by the canal, good Pub food, nice outside seating, already for the warmer weather, Sky Sports shown.

Great food. Good beer, nice beer garden.