Red Lion Inn

The Red Lion Inn from the outside is your quintessential English pub, whitewashed outer façade, outside seating to the front and a large car park to the rear, complete with the occasional pothole. The interior again reflected a typical country pub beams, open fire, a good range of tables and a friendly atmosphere. Locals and visitors mingled easily and the bar had a fantastic range of beers, wines and spirits. The staff were friendly and inviting, and the Red Lion had numerous events including quizzes, steak nights (£10 for a steak/​catch of the day + dessert) and supper evenings. This weeks was an Aussie Christmas in July! a seafood barbecue, unfortunately it was fully booked. Food wise, a good range of steaks, burgers and curries, as well as other interesting dishes like Randang Malaysian curry and catch of the day (Hake with a potato salad). Settling on an Italiano Burger, it arrived as is the fashion currently on a wooden board, with thin crispy fries, homemade coleslaw, parmesan dressed salad, to compliment the Aberdeen Angus Burger, which was topped with Parma Ham and green pesto. A superb meal, as was my wife’s sausages with seasoned mash, in a rich onion gravy, with seasonal vegetables, as a side dish. A dessert is almost compulsory, again two cracking dishes strawberry crème brûlée and a iced lemon tart, that tasted like a giant sherbert lemon! Finished with a good cup of strong coffee, this was a meal to remember! The Red Lion also serves takeaway curries and burgers, and had Doom Bar on draft, now that’s my type of pub!