The Red Lion - Tisch reservieren

Popped into the Red Lion at Willingdon today for lunch (12:00) we were the first in the lovely garden. When asked, we said straight up on arrival that we 'd have sandwiches for lunch (as we know they struggle with 'unexpected ' visitors). Having had drinks we went to order food but were told they 're too busy and we couldn 't order. Only to be followed immediately by two much larger tables behind us placing orders and sitting down exclaiming their food would be 15mins (we were the first in the garden, the two other tables were much bigger [there was two of us], and they were walk ins too). Not sure why we weren 't allowed to order food today. But can say the service when questioning this was very dismissive and very blunt. Today 's visit was very very poor and handled even worse. We 'll be giving the Red Lion a wide berth from now and sharing our experience. Shame.

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We are staying nearby and thought that we would support the local pub that had been recommended to us. The dining room was packed and it is clearly a popular eating destination. However, I don't understand how this pub got such good ratings. It was such a disappointing Sunday lunch, maybe we caught it on a bad day. The meat and roast parsnip were the only passable parts of the meal, insipid gravy, flat tasteless yourkshire, too peppary red cabbage and undercooked roasties. While my husband had an equally mediocre tasteless pie. The service was good, but it was telling that no one asked if we had enjoyed our meal and so we felt unable to tell them how dissatified we were.

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Have recently started using the Red Lion when visiting family in the area. I have eaten there several times, most recently last weekend on two days. The food was of good quality and good value. The service was professional yet friendly and there was a good atmosphere both nights. I'm not a fan of Hall and Woodhouse ales but good to see Ale for a King as an addition to Tanglefoot Fursty Ferret. If The Red Lion had regular guest ales it would get a 5* rating from me.

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The food is always fantastic at this pub. We both had the home made steak and kidney pie and it was amazing, lovely vegetables to accompany it. Malbec was excellent too and all reasonably priced. The staff and management are always so friendly and we would thoroughly recommend for great pub grub!!

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Lovely staff, great food. Staff went over and beyond to be very helpful. We were travelling from the West Country for a family wedding, got in touch a few months previous to organise a pre wedding dinner, we did not know The Red Lion and took a gamble so glad we did.

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