The Red Lion in East Lindsey

Visited twice on sunny Saturday. First visit very busy, several stag and hen do's, very noisy inside and both outdoor areas rammed. However, managed to get served reasonably quickly and 2 large glasses of wine good value. Returned 2 hours later, after checking into hotel. Quieter although still busy, and got a booth at the back of the pub. Ordered 2 chicken jalfrezi curries. Arrived in 15 minutes, good portions, fluffy basmatti rice, naan bread and 2 poppadoms. Arrived hot and very tasty. Excellent value and good service. Tommy's Margaritas to finish, premixed but great value.

Not as wide of choice of food as other spoons but the same speed although on the Tuesday we went it did take over ten minutes for our drinks to come! Both times we went there were things that were on the menu that weren't available to order and it was a little disappointing that gammon was not an option on the steak night. We all enjoyed the food that we did order and of course it's very good value food.

It was clean, easy to find and cheap enough where for a pint you're not really going to break the bank. Staff were very friendly

Beautifuly refurbished & ideal location for the town .superb value

Only had drinks in here, but very pleasant friendly staff.

Good food had breakfast and a meal the day before, food was spot on and the service good and pub nice and clean both times we went. Great staff.

Had breakfast and a meal the day before, nice clean pub .food spot on.

Great place always busy. Friendly staff

Good Pub with friendly Staff. It is a lot bigger inside now. It looks very nice after all the work done on the Pub. Cheap drinks and food.

Burger wasn't that good, had better in other spoons

What a cracking pub with brilliant staff 👏 👌 👍

Flying visit but wish I could have stayed longer. Compact pub for a Wethers but friendly quick service despite being fairly busy at 11.30am. Food was basic but edible & the price was right. Other battleship cruisers take note. Well worth a trip.

Calm and relaxed environment 😌 and the staff were pleasant and helpful.

The staff are very friendly and welcoming.

Had fish n chips ordered bread n butter half way through my meal had to pull someone up to ask about my bread n butter then ten minutes after my meal he came with bread n butter and just said sorry it's late what a joke wouldn't go there again

Love the atmosphere and friendliness of staff except for the big guy about 6.4 with the tattoos not friendly !

No flat cider ( old rosie similar)

Guy behind bar was not very pleasant to be honest ! But The lady serving never stopped from the time we got there till time we left ! She worked so hard ! Petite lady with glasses and blonde hair ( didn't catch her name think it may be Michelle) she was constantly cleaning , serving , checking on everyone she def deserves her wages !!!! Breakfast was cold unfortunately , no eggs but they did replace with hash brown , bit disappointed with breakfast . But it was busy! Nice and clean in there . Toilets spotless.

Lovely atmosphere, professional and helpful staffs. The lady who served me was very professional and knowledgable.

Lovely pub, fantastic atmosphere. Really efficient friendly staff.

Food was absolutely atrocious. Would of fed it to a dog. Avoid the mixed grill

Paid 98 p for Two of the smallest mushrooms around. avoid the mushrooms 🤣🤣 otherwise big Breakfast and eggs Benedict very recommended

I do love the breakfast but it's never hot its just warm twice now so please heat it up il can then give you 5 🌟

Asked if dogs were allowed in the premises. They said no, so we sat outside on the benches, and was denied any service as dogs were “not allowed outside their pub” as bad as her attitude was, we didn’t want to stay so left anyway. But absolutely ridiculous that a small dog that was on my friends lap can’t sit outside on the bench. DO NOT RECOMMEND!!

Good breakfast, good drinks, quick service, Mushrooms bit cold

The visit started off fine. We were just popping i for a couple of drinks then going for a walk. It wasn't overly busy, steady I'd say. My other half ordered our first lot of drinks at the bar, then the second via the app. No issues, served pleasantly and in god time. We were going to move on, but decided to have just one more. I ordered via the app. There was a single file queue at the bar, around 6 people deep. We waited for 10 mins and our 2 drinks hadn't arrived. I went to the bar to askthe gentleman about them. I've worked in hospitality and no the public facing roles can be stressful and often there are unpleasant customers so no matter the issue, I'm always very polite. I said "Excuse me" and he replied absolutely deadpan with "What?". A little taken aback, I showed him my order and said "I ordered these 2 drinks 10 minutes ago and..." he then cut me off and said "Yeah, we're busy, they'll be out when there out". I said "Erm, ok". 10 minutes later, our drinks arrived. Other than a nightclub bouncer, I don't think I've ever been spoken to so rudely by a member of staff. Definitely put a dampener on the time spent there.

Nice cozy place, good choices of food and drinks 🍻

Quality of the food here is good, and we have never not eaten an item because of a quality issue. Staff are very polite and friendly, but there is usually a 15-30 minute wait for food. Tables are not always cleared after the last customers so on occasion you have to ask for them to be cleared or move plates onto a different table.

Since the renovation and the extra space, it's much better. Good quality spoons and in a good spot.

Closed on the a Thursday night. No sign on the door No details on web site Thursday 20th February 2025

A bit cramped inside but we sat in the far end of the pub where there was no thru traffic! Quieter. Good food and nice staff

Well fruited up drink. Very nice

Staff and Service Brilliant and Food was Lovely considering the Deal ..... Brewdog Punk always a good choice. We will be back 🍺👍😍

Just had fish and chips very poor the fish was swimming in oil the micro chef's needs a lesson how to get the fryer turned on very poor even by wetherspoons standard's should have sent it back

Ordered a round of shots got told by staff that a lot of alcohol there. Staff have got a bad attitude. Would have spent more money but we decided to go elsewhere. I wouldn’t recommend this place at all.

Never before in my long history of visiting a Weatherspoon's pub have i been told that ordering 20 shots is too much and i would have to wait an hour before i could order again, bearing in mind there were four of us, 20 shots is not a lot. So much so they even had the audacity to refund a round because it was too soon after order the 20 shots. The staff are rude, stuck up and damn right arrogant, to say that is a pub is an understatement! I would personally avoid this place if you want to sit down, in a corner, being quite and enjoying time with your mates, if you want to only have one drink and be on your way, this is the place for you. Went to the Lumley across the road, who served us what we wanted at the same price.... Sorted!

Lovely atmosphere here a good night, however unsure of their name but one members of staff was very arrogant and seemed to write off my friend before even giving the chance to ID them, we are all of age so this seemed very rude, this really made us all feel uncomfortable and almost unwanted, and left a rather large stain on what would have been a decent night. I wish this wasn’t the case however I will find it hard to return to this location due to the nature of the service. Is it so hard to politely ask for ID? Ridiculous.

brilliant place although one staff member not sure of their name, ginger beard bald head, served us and we are 18, although he asked us for ID he did so in a very rude way telling my friend he was incriminating himself by coming to the bar with us, almost like he wanted him to be underage so he could a prove a point, my friend then showed him his id which was valid and of age, this annoyed because i’m not sure if the person was power mad but it felt like he thought he was above us and said the comment for no reason whatsoever as my friend simply walked up to the bar, normally would’ve made me very anrgy but let it go because some jobs worths aren’t worth it, ID is needed in a pub but ask in a nice way !!!

Unscheduled stop, had a great couple of hours there, and honestly the staff were really friendly and helpful. ( I'm on crutches cat moment due to an accident so needed a wee bit more help than usual)

Some of the best food I have ever had in my life the steak was so juice and cooked it to perfection I will definitely be visiting again I would definitely recommend to anyone who is in the area and wants some quality food

Good food is in a good spot. Prices are very reasonable

Food was a disgrace, ordered sirloin and mixed grill, all meat appeared to have been reheated, 8oz sirloin was half the weight, service staff couldn't be more helpful but there back of house seem to have no care for what they are sending out, what an absolute waste of time and money.

First time I have been in the red lion ... and I was very happy with the food , the waitresses and barmen were very helpful and pleasant..the price very good ... i will definitely go back for a meal when I return to skegness

As always good quality reasonable price. Can't go wrong

Never disappointed with the food, just a bit noisy in this branch and the rables are really close together

What a great place cheap and cheerful helpful staff nice coffee and meals Ross in particular was very helpful cheers mo

ID’d the oldest of the group absaloute shambles

Great food very friendly staff, will definitely go back

When we first walked in full of the usual suspects you see in a wetherspoons pub, shocked to see customers openly vaping inside, sadly won't be visiting again

Went to Skegness for the day and decided to try the red lion for lunch. My wife loves Witherspoon's Ramen bowl. She was not disappointed with theirs. I had a Pizza which was also value for money

Refurbished and extended. Very nice. Quick service and great prices

Regular Wetherspoons fare , good staff

Called in for a drink with my husband, one person getting served so we assumed we would be next. A group of young men came in and promptly got served. I suggested to my husband that he clearly had his invisibility cloak on. Then another barman approached my husband to inform him that someone had told them that he had been asleep all afternoon in the pub. WOW. You're staff clearly need retraining. There observation and customer service skills are clearly none existent.Obviously we left.

Went to the red lion to meet a friend from Sheffield The last time we went was before it closed for the refit and the food was great plenty of food. But yesterday’s food was a great let down I had the American burger and chips when it came I thought it was of the kids menu My wife and our friend said the same is this from the kids menu Won’t be going there again and won’t recommend it

Love the refurbishment staff polite and no problem with the food.

The food is what it is, and I'm always served pretty quickly.

Excellent service and food was lively, some main meals even come with a drink, bonus.

Food was cold didn't offer anything off what we had paid just a telling off to the chef poor show could have offered us another drink but nothing

Quality of food was excellent, staff are kind and polite

Staff are great and the foods is what to expect from a wetherspoons love coming here

Great food and service as normal thank you

Great pub and beer at good prices.

An excellent spoons..very quick with food orders

Came here on Sunday the 20th October, we have been here many times without a problem however on this visit the barman took it into his head to create one. My son is 34 and has been coming in this pub for years and being served alcohol without a problem, however on this occasion the barman took it into his head to demand ID which my 34 year old son did not have with him at the time, it is worth noting that my son has not had to provide ID in any pub including wetherspoons to buy alcohol for well over 10 years so we took it as the barman having a bad night and wanting to pick on someone to show what a big man he is and decided we were it. While here we had two sirloin steak meals and my wife had fish, the meals we had were excellent and my sirloin steak in particular was up there with the very best, we would normally have stayed longer but having eaten our meals we left to find a more welcoming pub to spend a family evening at.

They do not have the standardised Wetherspoon menu.

This is in a great location right at top of town but like all spoons that I have been in the issue for me is the same lukewarm or cold breakfast there is no excuse for that these days .

Only went in for coffee but had food there before, really nice

Really good pub with friendly staff. Prices very affordable

For under GBP10, I enjoyed a small (though actually quite generous) fish'n'chips with garden peas and a side salad. At 1400 hours, the pub was extremely busy. I secured the last empty table. The waitress was pleasant and the food very good. A large soft dri nk was included. The hotel is very close to Skegness railway station.

Why would anybody put garlic on a perfectly good steak?It tasted disgusted

I originally gave this place a 1 Star after it's refurbished the service and attitude with the Staff I thought was Shocking... After a revisit the Red Lion is booming and the Attitude of Staff is Great. 👍😃😃

I only wanted a pint stud in a Q asked if this was for food went to bar only to be ignored as two bar staff we're only interested in food. Asked one of the bar staff if he could serve me said there's a Q, I said would it be better on to serve for food and one for beer again ignored told them it was a rubbish set up and left the building and went to the Lumley for the rest of the day. Deffently wouldn't recommend the Lion for hospitality and customer satisfaction.

Not the best spoons, you would think Skeg would have a massive one but the red lion isn't that big and was rammed. I guess if you go out of season it's probably quiet.

Very good food recommended 👌

To bothered taking food order's and not serving people who just need a drink.Need more staff

Absolutely appalling rude and aggressive attitude from the ' lady: manager of this hospitality outlet today when it was pointed out that she had overcharged on a drink order. This I know is not the usual representation of Wetherspoons values generally and this person's attitude is a significant detrimental impression to a chain of pubs who's focus is usually so concentrated on customer relations. This venue is a tourist/ seaside resort and the manager here portrayed a very negative impression, according to other review on here not for the first time trying to overcharge. I understand that Wetherspoons operate CCTV coverage in their outlets and I will be contacting them to suggest they analyse the appropriate footage.

It's a spoons lol cheap great breakfast the first place to go to start your holiday

With everything shutting down for the winter, one of the few places to go is the Red Lion. A stone throw from rail and bus station, with taxi rank across the road. A very busy local pub, service is good, but seating can be difficult.

Great spoons, amazing breakfasts, friendly staff

The food was very good and everyone was pleasant.

I don’t eat a lot so ordered a small fish, chips & peas. Absolutely shocking to say the least. My friends ordered a regular fish, chips & peas, shocking amount yet again. Don’t bother waste of time & money.

Went here for breakfast and all thought extremely busy the food came within 15 minutes, it was lovely and would definitely come again! Thankyou

Fantastic service especially when it was time in there

Wetherspoon in Skeggness is a good pitstop right next to railway station. You can pretty much count on the all day brunch being always as good regardless of where of these you end up into! With a sneaky pint to wash it down, you'll feel like the absolute governor you are!

Great food excellent service worth the money

Ordered the small breakfast. Received it without the hash brown. Partner ordered fiesta breakfast, poached egg was solid, no runny or jammy yolk. The maple cured bacon was nice though

Had a lovelyz tasty, perfectly cooked eggs benedict on Sunday morning with fresh orange juice. The staff were really friendly and professional , would definitely recommend. Definitely value for money

Only had a couple of drinks. Friendly staff and good atmosphere

Can't comment on the food, as didn't have any, so will give it 5 stars. The service wasn't great though, as many of the empty tables were unclean and full of the previous customers' drinks... the atmosphere wasn't great in the back room, with super, super loud people. All this with the caveat that it was around 4pm on a Saturday, so maybe a bit harsh of me to judge on the service and atmosphere at this time, but just being honest. In general, a classic Wetherspoons, does what it says on the tin!

Had mixed grill and a pint . Great food . Great pint . Great value . Great pub . Great staff .

Staff very helpful and efficient. Was only drinking in there.

Nice wetherspoons in the centre of Skegness

As it was Steak Tuesday we both ordered 8oz Sirloin, Medium. It was Rare- very Rare, any rarer the vet would have been checking it for signs of life. It was also the toughest steak we’ve ever eaten. It doesn’t come with any garnish now; you used to get onion rings, half a tomato and a mushroom. Certainly wouldn’t return to eat here. Nowhere near as good as other Spoons we’ve eaten in.

Over cooked food also cold,and this has to be the worst Wetherspoons I have used the tables are filthy and so are the toilets the staff are so unhelpful and seem very annoyed if you ask for anything. Find them also very negative to children.

Ordered via the app 20 minutes ago, food has arrived and still sat with no drinks, wouldn’t mind if the bar was busy but there is literally one couple at the bar being served. Food is good though.

Our 'pet hate' is queuing at the bar. I appreciate there is a table app to order food and drinks but that is not something I choose to adopt. It was very busy and finding a seat was also a problem. JDW's are always popular for all of the right reasons.

Skeggys take on the Spoons formula. That's what I like most about spoons. You know what you're getting. Fantastic value for money with drinks and food. Heartily recommended

Great value for money. Very busy.

Absolutely shocking tables were filthy asked twice to clean still not done.food came sent straight back avoid avoid

Large cod n chips mashy peas be better to get microwave one from Aldi acid avoid acid