The best restaurants serving British food in South East

Popped in on a sunny Sunday afternoon and enjoyed the afternoon treat which consisted of sandwiches, sausage roll, a very large scone with cream and jam, a chocolate brownie and pot of tea, very good value served by the lovely staff

Had a fresh vegan baguette filled with rocket, tapenade and avocado. Wish there were more different fillings and croissants too (vegan). For a big place this is a very limited menu.

Decided to pop into Ikea for lunch and were looking forward to their famed Meatballs something we haven’t enjoyed for quite some time. Given it was lunchtime, we were surprised that it wasn’t particularly busy and it didn’t take too long to work out why. Menu has changed and it looks like Ryanair have had a hand in it as we now have a basic meatballs dish, but if you want more instead of being a different dish, it's now extra cash, even a price for extra peas. Wonder what other prices are in the pipeline. Not sure if they are cutting staff but two lanes were open but trust us to pick the wrong one. Two servers at the other and one at ours (the first lane when you enter). 20 minutes before we finally got served partly due to the single server having to keep going back to refresh the bain maris. Terrible. We were there in the run up to Christmas and they were doing a Festive Meal consisting of Meat Balls, the most delicious cabbage, sprouts, roast potatoes, gravy and lingonberry jelly - amazing meal and what a portion. Add cake and a cold drink and two of us getting change out of £20 - brilliant and almost making up for the 20 minute wait. No longer doing their cooked breakfast though so clearly they have changed their overall meal range. Lots of dishes waiting for removal, probably because all the tray holders were full and sitting either at tables or in the return areas. Clearly insufficient staff to cope with a relatively quiet period. Hate to think what it would be like if they were busy.

Tonight we visited the pub for a work meal/party, all paid for by the amazing boss, but I can not say enough how amazing the whole experience was, the meal was on time/ fast, each course within short waiting time between courses, the food itself was absolutely amazing, the size, the flavour the whole thing was so nice, each of us at the table had different choices but each meal was 100% presented well, the portion size and taste was just exceptional! The atmosphere and staff/service was lovely and the decor was just to die for, I can't really say much more because I'd be here all night, just an amazing experience! We will be in future coming for some dinner and also recommending for future functions/weddings, honestly am very amazed! Thank you everyone!!

We booked for Sunday lunch, it was so brilliant I couldn't eat everything. Staff are on the ball and very attentive. Selection of wines etc are good and the staff are always happy to give a recommendation. It's a must to try

The Red Lion was already our go-to when in the area visiting family and on a super-busy Sunday at Christmas they did not let us down. Family festive booking for 21. Age range 10-83. Every member of staff smiling, welcoming & patient. Food excellent as always (no mean feat when dealing with these numbers) and service efficient & accurate from start to finish. Thank you so much to all at The Red Lion for giving us such a super afternoon.

A truly dreadful “salad” bowl that contained what appeared to be a whole tin of chickpeas, 12 French beans, 2 slivers of cucumber and a couple of bits of sun dried tomatoes. This was topped by a very small portion of dry chicken and a complete absence of any fresh salad vegetables. Definitely not recommended.

La comida era tan agradable esta noche, los propietarios son encantadores y siempre como una charla. Pub familiar con mesa de billar, etc. Volveremos definitivamente

Very friendly staff. Great chips and fish goujons. Good price and quick efficient service. We will definitely be back.

The Sunday lunch was really good and excellent value for money! Staff were really friendly, helpful and attentive. We will definitely be back!

Nice pub, great atmosphere, great staff. But I wouldn’t bother with the roast, we came in first thing today (12pm on 15/12/24) thinking the food should be good and fresh and more importantly warm ( my family had been a few weeks back just before the kitchen had closed and the food was all pretty much cold except the gravy). Unfortunately the time of going for a meal didn’t make any difference the food was cold. I appreciate it’s cheap for £10 and the quality of the food is what you expect for what you are paying but it being cold is not good. Cabbage was pretty much raw. I think they used the wrong flour for the Yorkshire puddings they were like bullets. Meat portion was pretty small and about the same for the adult and the child portion. No offer to try and make it right in anyway. Other food we have had there is good, I just don’t rate the roast.

Facile d'accès, avec un parking, à l'entrée de Reading, ce pub est classique en proposant des plats traditionnels comme du fish & chips, burgers, grillades, etc... La salle est grande et on est pas les uns sur les autres, c'est plaisant. Les plats sont bons et pas chers. Le personnel est accueillant. Le choix de boissons est vaste. Vous pouvez y aller tranquillement, vous ne serez pas deçus.

The staff were friendly the food was lovely and served with a smile and hot nothing was to much trouble will be returning there again highly recommend

Staff are very friendly but food roast was very disappointing.

Booked here for Sunday lunch. We were not disappointed. The cooking, quality of ingredients and the quantity was exceptional. We will definitely book again