The Red Lion, Norwich

Large riverside pub with a terrace with views across the Wensum.It's open plan with the L shaped drinking section first with a large banquette with small tables and traditional furniture elsewhere.There are sports flatscreens and the large picture windows give a lot of natural light.The far end seems more for dining and the food was popular with family groups and older folk. The ale options on my trip were Moon Gazer Triskelle,Wolf Mad Wolf,Humpty Dumpty Swallow Tail,Vocation Bread & Butter (NBSS 3.5) and Adnams Ghostship.With a lively atmosphere and a decent ale range it's worth including on any real ale tour and the location is a big plus.

Official site of The Red Lion - redlionbishopgate.co.uk

Official site of The Red Lion - redlionbishopgate.co.uk

Large riverside pub, inside the room wraps around a central servery on three sides, there is also a fair amount of outside seating overlooking the Wensum. Six handpumps on the bar and all were in use, S7P Darkest Hour, Hammerton N1, Lacons Encore, Amperstand Pulpit Pale, Adnams Ghost Ship and ELB pale which was in good shape. A solid beer selection and a pretty solid pub but I found things here a little too prim and proper to really warm to it, worth a look though.