Red Lion

Excellent service. Our waiter couldn't have been more attentive. Even though they were extremely busy, we were informed we would have to wait over an hour for food, and it arrived within 30 minutes. I even had a desert, and I could or perhaps should've shared it with the wife. However, she had opted for the crumble and ice cream combo, so I had to enjoy the Candy sundae 🍨 all by myself. Yes, it was a struggle, but I would wholeheartedly recommend it, but perhaps next time, as a sharing option. The decor in the pub is looking a bit dated, but I hear they are having a refit soon. So I look forward to seeing that. However,even if they don't, I would still recommend it.

(Update at the bottom) The food was incredible for pub-grub and the most reasonably priced in the area. However this place is hugely understaffed and waiting for staff to check in for our booking or order drinks was a nightmare. It was incredibly busy, and our table had been drowned with drinks from the previous customers. The menus were absolutely drenched and soggy - however the staff did everything they could to rectify this and clean it up when we arrived. They did run out of steak for the mix grill and only informed us after we had paid, although I was able to swap out for a different dish even though it was more expensive. Despite being severely understaffed the food arrived in reasonable time and was impressively delicious. What I did find ridiculous was that customers cannot swap items out - since there was no steak, they would not let me swap it for extra gammon or any other item. The bathrooms were disgusting and had no soap - though this is down to being understaffed and the higher management will seriously need to invest more into the staff budget for this place to do well. UPDATE:- Our party of 7 returned today for a Sunday roast. Under the impression you could get more than one type of meat in the £2 upgrade, we ordered that. We only got the one meat on each roast which made everyone's orders wrong - we should have been informed that you can only have one meat per dish when we ordered. The mash, stuffing and peas were missing off all the dishes. Staff did rectify the missing peas, but told us they had no mash or stuffing - something we should have been told when we ordered! A couple of dishes had cold veg and the green beans were a bit underdone, although the turkey, roasties and Yorkshire puddings were some of the best I've had.

Came for lunch on a Monday afternoon, found the staff to be exceptionally friendly especially Jodie who served us, food was average and kind of what you expect for this kind of place none the less still quite enjoyable and filled a hole. Good value also. Plenty of parking free round the back. We came with the dogs and they were more than welcome inside or out. We decided to sit outside and honestly this is where it felt let down really the outside certainly wasn't the cleanest with stuff all over the benches and rubbish everywhere. I'm not saying it put us off as inside did look clean especially the toilets which is always important but we wanted to be out. Otherwise it felt like the clientele inside was locals or regulars at that. Overall though the staff really were lovely and the food enjoyable enough so would use again if in the area.