The Red Lion in Mendip

After months of closure, the Red Lion at Woolverton has reopened under new management. Dan the manager gave us a warm welcome and told us of his plans, as we were chatting the pub started to fill up, obviously word has started to spread of the wonderful welcome, excellent food and drinks, it’s well worth a visit

Great to see the pub open again, the new management are amazing and the food is perfect pub classic food - very hearty, filling and tasteful! It was very easy to find the pub and parking was a doddle too. The three of us ordered sausage and mash, mushroom stroganoff and lasagne (with cheesy garlic bread as extra). We Didn’t manage to take a photo as the smell was too good and we dug in straight away! Bar staff are incredible; very friendly, polite and nothing is too much! Can’t wait to see this place busy with all the locals and passer bys- highly recommend to anyone looking for delicious home cooked food and a lovely atmosphere.

Good music, cozy environment. Small portions and relatively expensive. Great place for a beer, but not for lunch.

Showed up, after making a prior booking, to pub for a gathering of friends for dinner to only be told Chef sick no food available. Not apologetic and left us all in the lurch. No phone call to advise us either.

Decent Guinness. Local publike pub. Lovely staff, odgy internet re. card payments, but they take cash 👊👊

Amazing end to a long but awesome family day at Longleat..chef relaxing by the fire before a busy shift gave up his table by the fire..barman quick, efficient and polite..Great pint of 6x. Friendly with the wee ones

Lovely venue. (Loads of parking too) Helpful friendly staff. Nice atmosphere. 10/10 Food was very nice.

All looked well on entering the pub yesterday and ordered food at the bar. My husbands food and a bowl of veg was delivered to the table but 10 mins later I had to request my food. Food plonked in front of me with no gravy so requested that and explained the veg was now cold. Server actually went to feel it before taking it away and putting it in the microwave! She did deliver a fresh bowl after. Food was warm but not hot. Have just spent the night vomiting due to food poisoning (this was the only thing I ate yesterday). Will definitely not be returning.

When you walked in the pub was completely empty. Inside looks nice and cozy but the I tried was terrible. I ordered and beef and gravy and mash with Yorkshire pudding. What I've got was frozen food and the gravy was like water and its very greesy, plus the food was cold. The plates were dirty and some of them were broken.

Unable to give stars for above as when we arrived at 2pm we were refused food due to lack of it. Yet another table with 4 people were served behind us. Service was terrible as had to wait 10min for hot chocolate. And main hostess was abrupt, dismissive and had an aggressive attitude. Rest of staff did not know what they were doing. Would never go back again.

We really liked this pub very welcoming 😍

It was lovely, poor landlord was on his own & doing everything, bar, food etc. He did great 👍

Excellent pub, good range of ale. Clean and tidy..looked like a terrific menu

Beautiful location, dinner an staff was very nice!

Overpriced ..one pint of 6X plus a small tonic water cost £6.50...ridiculous.

Stopped for a quick drink on our way home. Friendly, relaxed atmosphere.

My wife has a serious bowel disorder and stopped on a journey past to ask if she could use the toilet to be told only if ypu buy a packet of crisps . Disgusting 🫣

Food rubbish, dont know which packet it had been opened from.🥺 Service brilliant. 👍

Terrible service and awful attitude from the staff! Never met such a rude man as the landlord of this place. Avoid.

Old fashioned country pub, with well cooked tasty food at a fair price. Value for money, not pretending to be a pretentious gastro pub, and friendly service.

Friendly staff, great food, all in all a great experience

Absolutely fabulous meal. What a find. Called in for Sunday lunch which was enjoyed by all adults and children both.

Only popped for a pint and sandwiches the staff are friendly the food is fresh and a great range of beer's and ciders , reasonable prices , handy stop off when going to longleat

Driven past many times taking my daughter to and from university in Bath so finally decided to stop off and pay it a visit. It was a weekday late lunch so not very busy. Staff friendly and service quick. Food was what you might expect from a typical pub.

After a long hard stressful day I would hope to have a great meal.I sat down to order my food i sat in an uncomfortable chair.I ordered a beef burger and it was still cold felt like it has been microwaved.The chips were still in a shape of a potato.I don’t suggest this place.

Rubbish, absolutely rubbish. My Chicken burger tasted like sweaty rubber and made me sick

Een korte stop hier gemaakt. Espresso met cheesecake en thee met appelgebak en vanillesaus. Het gebak had te lang in de magnetron gestaan en saus had eeb dik vel zodat je hem niet kon schenken. Wat een vieze bedoening. Tafels werden matig schoongemaakt en alles lag op de vloerbedekking. De short van de kok was ronduit smerig. Zoals ook de deuren en wc. Het theekopje bevatte een haar. Bah. Het enige positieve was de smaak van de espresso. Advies doorrijden.

Great freindly local pub. Made us very welcome on arrival.

Haven't been here for quite a while and we were very impressed with the friendly atmosphere. The quality of the beer was very good too so we'll definitely make it a regular place for us from now on.

Impromptu stop for Sunday lunch. Delicious roadt beef and pork, great selection of vegetables and nicely cooked.

The food was basic but cooked well. The staff where really friendly and welcoming I definitely felt at home. But the building it self need work like the garden and the toilet let it down.

I felt not welcome because of a young boy working on the 24th of June behind the bars,, he was being rude about cyclists coming in and out refiling their bottles with water, very slow looked like he didn't want to serve them and he did an ironic face when a cyclist sneezed out of the pub, was very rude. He didn't want to be there but he shouldn't show this to the costumers,,, i travelled so I can go there but I left after his behaviour.

Visited The Red Lion, Woolverton today. Extremely disappointing. Food was not good. No vegetarian options so I ended up with ham, egg and chips, without the ham! Chips ok but the eggs were very overcooked. Not a nice runny yoke but set and not drained properly so had added cooking water .... yummy!!! My husband ordered the steak and ale pie. Pastry was very hard. Gravy watery and the vegetables were swimming in water. The bar staff member was very pleasant. Would we go back again - NO! Would we recommend this pub - NO!

Would not recommend food service was terrible and food was not that great

Very mediocre food , meant to be Pie day , only 2 options available , no vegi option as wasn't made apparently.!! I had chicken and leek , well mainly leek and two pieces of chicken, vegetables well just peas and no gravy as advertised on menu. Very limited vegetarian options partner had sandwiches which were okay but might be better going to get a loaf of bread and make them yourself. Won't be visiting again .

Absolute horrid place to visit, young lad behind the bar was nice and pleasant but the food was stone cold, gravy looked like water and the veg that was apparently fresh was frozen. My advice is to keep driving 5 miles to the next pub and avoid at all costs.

We popped in as been past this pub a few times. Decided to have the rost pork dinner, asked if vegetables were fresh and was told yes, however when the dinner was served the gravey was cold and It didn’t look like gravy, a very small bit of crackling and for £12 dinner it would have been more enjoyable eating a ping ding dinner from Asda. Very disappointed Try white hart at Corsley then ya understand what a fresh roast is .

Wow - visit after a day at Longleat Called in at around 5:45pm to find that it wasn’t yet open for evening meal but would be around half hour. No problem this looks like a great traditional pub and it’s got a real fire - cosy - and a playground outside for the children. Traditional ales etc all round 👍 Bad news what we’re ordering will take about 20 mins. Really? Mine host is on his own and 4 hungry adults and 2 young children are eagerly awaiting their meals. 20 mins is a Really small time to wait. Right on cue our meals arrive and what a feast everything cooked to perfection I had the steak pie ( advertised as big enough for 2 to share) and what a tremendous pie it was. Lovely buttery crisp crust, lots of tender meat and accompanied by a separate gravy boatlet and peas and carrots which were delicious- too full for a dessert Many thanks to mine host considering we descended on him unexpectedly Lovely food, great atmosphere and if possible we’ll be back Outstanding 👍

Very good brisket, very good price!

Great food good service especially the 2 young girls as waitresses very polite always go therevwhen I am up in frome food was good

Great pub, always friendly and "a good old fashioned proper pub layout" as my friend remarked. VERY reasonably priced food from sandwiches to full Sunday roast (£11 apparently!) Busy road so better to sit inside but huge character.

Lovely pub, friendly hosts and great food!

Very good and friendly staff and an excellent menu. Good atmosphere.

Stopped off on our way back from Bath. Had a lovely home cooked roast dinner!

Very pleasant pub and staff, the meal was very good quality and value.

Lovely pub. Friendly staff and a great pint of Thatchers and the latte was top notch too

Friendly staff sadly the food is rubbish and overpriced! Chicken burger was an Iceland special not even McDonald’s standard!

Owner was a nob when we stopped we had two small dogs and sat outside but he complained when they had a wee outside.

Nice country pub. Lots of seating, food was good and the staff were friendly.

ordered meal today at lunch time fish& chips meal arrived very quickly very disappointed with it .Fish was nice peas were cold and think we got the end of a bag of frozen chips ( all tiny crispy bits) only a few chips . I mentioned this to the lady and the only reply we got was I will mention it to the cook no sorry need to work on their customer service would not recommend to eat there

Good choice of real ales. Service was poor, had to wait ages for food without any apology. When food finally arrived it was of poor quality, chips dry and overcooked, salad was just browning leaves. Bathrooms were not at all clean. Having been here a few years ago, quality has gone downhill dramatically and will not be returning.

Amazing Food & Very Welcoming 🙏

Had Sunday brisket meal. Home made with lashings of fresh veg. Scrumptious!

A wonderful country pub and restaurant. We were very impressed with our meal. Traditional menu. Very well cooked. Very tasty. Excellent portions. Very fair price. The staff were very friendly and genuinely helpful.

Great choice of beers and amazing chicken pie. Great value

A very nice evening meal, and jolly hosts.

Friendly staff. Waitress apologised for the appearance of the pie (in a foil dish), and said it had got crushed in the box. Home made, don't think so. Cash and Carry, definitely.

Aardige mensen, prima pub-eten en lekkere biertjes

Vile. The landlady is very odd, stopped serving me halfway through to turn around and have a conversation with one of the staff about how long his shift should last. Then proceeded to lecture me about how I couldn’t have a tab as I was sat outside even though I hadn’t expressed any interest in having a tab at all. The food is mediocre at best, no better than you would get at a Weatherspoons. Then they had the cheek to charge me £2.60 for a can (yes, a can, not a pint) of coke. Daylight robbery. Avoid at all costs

We stopped off at the red lion pub on our way back home to Evesham from Longleat for food and I've got to say it was first class 👍

Lovely little stop off, great sunday roast we have had, good service ,nothing was too much trouble x

Lovely pub with very helpful and friendly staff and very enjoyable Sunday Lunch!

Very nice pub very nice meal really good staff 👍

Nice little rural pub , food is excellent and a good choice of real ales . Very friendly staff and nothing was to much trouble for the bar staff , ordered drinks , set up a tab and paid at the end when we finished our meals . Highly recommended

Nice pint of IPA and a pleasant and informative chat with the landlord.

Good food. Needs a guest beer. Only choice is Wadsworths

A very welcoming place for lunch. Clean, very reasonable and lovely people.

Found this gem on a recent trip to UK from USA, great hospitality, owner / chef was amazing and food was top notch british pub standard. A rare treat, if you are ever in the area stop by and soothe your taste buds with their homemade delights.

Not impressed with food. Sorry.

Really friendly staff and good food. I'd highly recommend 😊

Used to be a lovely pub, sadly has now changed hands. The people are friendly but sadly the menu choice is pretty shocking. Hopefully will get better in time.

Food was absolutely vile. Had a burger and it tasted like something you would get from a boot sale burger van. Bun was going soggy from the grease and the chips tasted like yesterdays. Other meals in my group weren’t great either. Then the chef had the cheek to come out and shout at my mother. Not a great experience overall and was not worth £10.95.

I feel angry with myself that I have just walked out of this place and not complained and just paid the bill. The food was so awful. When our starters arrived (which were mediocre) she went to serve it to me which I kindly asked if she could give it to my mother (we ordered the same) to which she replied ‘I’ll just give it to you as I’m next to you’ and proceeded to put it infront of me. Couldn’t quite believe it, Really rude and so unprofessional. The food was basically freezer food, me and my son ordered a burger to which I had about 7 chips and he had a big portion, seemed like customers were clearing the table, couldn’t work out who was who. It really was a complete shambles and I will not visit again, ruined what should have been a good night. All in all really not worth a visit.

First time visit on New years Day. Very nice little pub and the food was delicious.

Excellent food.five star ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐. rating

we turned up at 11am, were served a lovely tasty breakfast which we couldn't fault, staff very attentive

Nice food ,there's dart board like this pub

Excellent, friendly service, good quality of food, good variety available, I would definitely recommend it.

Breakfast was lovely and nice staff to

Really enjoyed my stay there ..meals and drinks very reasonable priced and very friendly staff..from the Barr staff to the cleaners so l couldn't fault it ...if l could make a suggestion l would say if they hold a wedding there a bit of music wouldn't go a miss.. but that's just a suggestion ..but a lovely place and well worth a visit

Lovely place, we were turned away by two other local pubs, wish we'd found this first. Staff were lovely and friendly. Food was delicious and at a reasonable price for a 3 course. We don't often find a style of pub like this with it's particular kind of atmosphere. This was perfect and turned our day around immensely. Thank you to the staff at The Red Lion.

Excellent. Definitely recommend this one. 5 stars. Great food. Great pub Great Staff.

Very good service and excellent food.

We were made very welcome and were able to have a drink outside in the sunshine before enjoying a wonderful Sunday Roast inside. Meal and service were first class. Highly recommended.

Fantastic staff. beautiful food great pub. Plenty of parking and a nice little park for the kids.

Nice stop on long drive food looked great but didn't eat myself very hearty portions staff friendly

Wonderful place to take a time great place, good atmosphere and great food. Nice staf. The chef is the best.

We visited this place It was nice inside and it was not busy at all..keeping the comments short: Both our snacks took 40mins to arrive even tho l enquired twice what was the holdup . The assistant was smiley n polite andsaid there's only one chef on. Some more people came in. Later she took their order. She was busy herself doing bar n serving. Later a man/staff helped out. Anyway l asked for a discount on our bill as we were leaving, which she kindly obliged to do. Admittedly my friend's drink was ok tho not what she wanted as they had run out Mine didn't taste good and she willingly changed it. So not a 'good snack/lunch day' l suggested this place as it used to be a nice place to have meals Hopefully things have changed for the better since then. Good luck

Had a Roast pork and fresh vegetables. Open for food all day.

Extremely impolite and grumpy staff, so much so that we left before eating our food. Avoid if at all possible

Lovely pub lots of character, very friendly staff and delicious food 😋. I would definitely recommend it

Nice little country pub, nice coffee, food menu looked nice.

A quick pit stop one Saturday just for a lunchtime drink. Very pleasant bar staff, easy parking, and ample outside seating. Clean toilets.

A very busy day, the guy who served us was really busy. The food was substandard and all the veg accompanying the Sunday lunch was grossly overcooked, Yorkshire puddings where bought in. The only reason for three stars is to represent the hard work from the guy who served us.

Lovely welcome but food disappointing, kitchens first day open after lockdown so that may have been to blame

Lovely little pub! Friendly staff, fast service and delicious food :) Vegan options available. Dog friendly

Reasonable atmosphere, slow service.

The pub was nice and staff were nice , the snack was good as well

Comfortable, spacious, clean, Good parking and good food. Service could improve as pub looks rather light on staff on our Las Sunday visit. Due to slow service on desserts we were offered our desserts without charge and a drink or coffee without charge. That was a very generous gesture on the part of the management. Just one minor complaint and that was a very noisy dog that frequently had a loud bark. I know its not illegal to bring a dog into an eating establishment but...........! Highly recommended for a good Sunday lunch.

Food was noticeabley bad however the staff and atmosphere was okay