Just had Sunday lunch here, wonderful delicious meal for our party of four. Service was lovely, they have got it just right. Now our top place for Sunday lunch, looking forward to a return visit.
Just had Sunday lunch here, wonderful delicious meal for our party of four. Service was lovely, they have got it just right. Now our top place for Sunday lunch, looking forward to a return visit.
We really enjoyed our evening out here. The pub is really nice with a lovely Christmassy feel to it! The restaurant is well laid out and cosy, with a log burner in the middle of the room. We were seated promptly and both our servers...were friendly. The menu has a good choice; we had a starter each, a main each and one pudding. All of the food was presented well, was very tasty and served piping hot. I had the pork belly for main and the flavours were fabulous. My only slight critique is that the portion sizes are on the small side. We will definitely return.More
Four of us met up for a meal. We all had something different and all found it to be excellent. As we were all former National Servicemen our ages ranged from 85 to 92 and it was remarked that it was a considerable improvement of...the forces catering we had endured! It proved to be an enjoyable occasion helped by the good food and pleasant ambience.More
Me and several other members of my cycling club happened upon the Red Lion looking for a halfway stop to have lunch this Saturday. The premises looked very upmarket outside so we were worried we may be turned away being in cycling kit but this...was not the case. We couldn't have been made to feel more welcome and the staff were very friendly and accomodating. We all thoroughly enjoyed our meals and decided to ask if we could also stop there on our return journey the next day which was not a problem. We all enjoyed our meals the next day too. Many thanks for having us all.More
I have visited this restaurant in the past but not for 18 months or so. Diabolical food placed in front of me and my Mum this evening. Belly pork with crackle was ordered, what we were given was a luke warm soggy, congealed piece of...fat which you couldn't put a knife through let alone chew, we are both well aware of what it should have been. I'm not sure how we could have been served something so poor. The service was as good as it could have been under the circumstances. We left without eating. Very disappointed and would not recommend travelling out to this remote restaurant for a decent meal.More
Food was cold. Staff were rude. Not enough staff. So service was poor. Very disappointed. Heard it was good, but was very let down ☹️
A very disappointing menu. If we hadn’t been with a friend we would have left and gone elsewhere. The menu lacked imagination and any sort of inspiration. Fir the amount of food on the plate it was expensive. Two of us only had a main...course because of the poor choices available. This pub is part of a larger group and we have visited them all. This was by far the poor relation!More
A thoroughly delicious meal which we could not fault. Generous portions, but not over facing. Our choices were beautifully cooked and presented pork belly and 3 meaty sausages with mash. Neither my sister nor I could fault our food nor the service. Quite the nicest...dining experience in a long time. Thank you. We’ll be back!More
Went here as a family with a two year old for dinner. Could not fault the service at all. They were so accommodating, especially with our toddler. Very friendly and attentive. Food was delicious on the whole. Only issue was oversalting of the sauces. We...like salt but the steak sauces and gravy was inedible. Gammon and steaks were superbly cooked. Will definitely give it another try but might give the sauces a miss. The waiting staff here are absolutely excellent and the pub itself is lovely.More
Have used Red Lion for years and recommended it as the place to go for Sunday lunch. Following yesterday’s experience I can no longer do that. They have adopted the ready plated manner of serving which I dislike, pork no longer of previous quality, veg...weary and I suspect had been hanging around, preceded by a bland parsnip soup. Place appears understaffed ,thus long waits, leaving Tom struggling to hold it all altogether and mollify clientele .More
I last reviewed The Red Lion in 2017 and at that time I was very impressed with the restaurant, the menu, the quality of the food and the outstanding service. Well the restaurant in this lovely old pub hasn't changed much since then, it's still...a cosy well furnished room with lots of oak beams and well spaced tables - somewhere very pleasant to spend some time. Service is also still excellent and they took very good care of us. They also still serve a range of cask ales and have a varied well priced wine list including a very nice NZ Sauvignon. The menu still has a pubby feel with old favourites like fish & chips, pies, steak, gammon etc. but it no longer offers much in the way of more up market items like pork belly, sea bass (outstanding last time) or duck 3 ways which is a shame. Our meals had their ups and downs. The duck pate starter was smooth, creamy and tasted lovely but it only came with two tiny pieces of crostini. The starter of vegetable spring rolls were crispy as hoped for and were well presented. The battered fish was absolutely perfect, a nice fish in a thin almost tempura like batter, the best we've had in a long time. Unfortunately the chips were greasy and undercooked, not crisp at all (probably the temperature of the oil was too low) but the mushy peas were nice. The sausage and mash with vegetables was very good with meaty strong flavoured sausages but there were only two when I expected three, as a result I ended up only eating mashed potato at the end of the meal. Surely for £15 they could have run to one extra sausage. Both of our friends had the chicken & ham pie with mash, while the pastry was thin and crispy the contents of the pie were a bit dry even after the separate gravy (which seemed to be beef or onion and didn't go too well with the chicken) had been poured over them. On a wet Wednesday lunchtime it was very quiet (probably because it is off the beaten track) and there were only 3 tables taken in the restaurant which may be why the menu was not as varied and why some of the food wasn't of the same standard as our previous visits. As it is such a lovely pub and restaurant, and because overall we enjoyed our visit, we intend to give it another go in the near future.More
Went for a family meal. Food and service was excellent. Perfectly cooked food, try the ham hock terrine and the lamb. A hidden little gem outside Stafford
Give the Sunday roast a miss, potatoes ( supposed to be roast like bullets ) must have been the last of joint fatty and tough, over cooked parsnips not at all what you would expect from the Lewis group on the plus side friendly staff
Been several times before, and raved about the food (service by two male servers are always good) to all our friends and family who live in Staffordshire. On this occasion, we were sadly disappointed in our meal (fish and chips - previously enjoyed several times...back in 2022). Don't know how they could charge the price to compare to the portion size of what they have given us before. Nor could anyone say the fish was battered - more like a dusting. Its one of my husband's fave dishes, and he was so disappointed this time round. I am not sure how many chips people do get from memory, but its never been presented as a stackable cut to perfection 9 oblong chips - if only they spent the same amount of time on the presentation of a batter fish - then I may be speaking about a different outcome. Both the chips and fish were nice - but no way near to the fine dining/gastro pub experience that we had before (or compared to their sister pub, the Dog and Doublet, where we go often). Shame really. I would say the last times we have been there, there has been only a handful of people in the place (including bar area) - however this time they had a large table of people of 6, and several other tables of 3 to 4 people - so this may be the reason of attention to detail was different to the other times - which is no excuse as standards should be maintained. But my husband, put a different spin on it. Perhaps they changed the chef from last year? Given them an overall rating 4 out of 5 based on previous visits - as they were excellent before.More
My boyfriend and I visited the red lion yesterday for a Sunday roast and we were not disappointed! The beef was cooked to perfection (pink) just how it should be, we were asked if we’d be okay with it being pink as the chef could...cook it more brown if preferred. All aspects of the food were fabulous, roast potatoes were delicious, nice and crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, veg had plenty of flavour and the gravy.. wow! After our mains we both had the crumble and custard for dessert which was just the right amount of sweetness to finish us off for a Sunday evening. We were greeted at the bar by a young man and shown to our table by the wait staff in the restaurant. All the staff were friendly and very helpful! Would recommend the red lion at Bradley to anyone!More