Rooms - nothing special I cannot warn you enough about the quality of the food in this pub. Its simply dreadful. On first appearance the plates coming out of the kitchen looked really good, especially the roasts, how wrong could we be.... Firstly, out of the 6 of us, 4 went for the roast pork, unfortunately on 3 of the... more

I booked a night at the Red Lion as an anniversary surpise for my husband.On first arrival it was warm and welcoming and the friendly reception from the landlady was lovely...until she showed us to our room.The room was not ready and looked like the previous guest had just left!!! She quickly found us another room,smaller than the first but... more

I have just returned home from a 3 night stay at the Red Lion, and must say how much i enjoyed my stay. I was made very welcome by the landlord and landlady, and their friendly and efficient staff. The food and the accomodation were 1st rate, and i will certainly go back there soon. I would have no hesitation... more

We stayed here for a weekend away, which we needed! (2 couples) The rooms were lovely, very clean with crisp white linen sheets and there were definately no cobwebs!! We frequented all the pubs in Bakewell, I think there are 6 or 7 and I have to say we found this to be the cosiest, most traditional of them all.... more

We wanted a one night stopover in Bakewell and wanted to be in the centre so decided to give the Red Lion a try. We didn't have any great expectations on arrival but left feeling that it was overpriced, and, probably worse, that we wished we hadn't bothered. The room was adequate and indeed with a little effort (not money)... more

My girl friend and I stayed at the Red Lion as it was right in the town centre.It was a chilly day, but when we walked in it was very warm and cosy.We met Gary and Julie the propretiors who were very friendly and welcoming.We had a meal and apart from being very tasty was well presented, my girlfriend had... more