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The Red Lion, Moorgate, EC2
EC2
EC2M 7LS
Reviews of The Red Lion (Average Rating: 5½ of 10) see review guidelines
Blue Scrumpy left this review about The Red Lion
Corner pub that is quite prominent as you look down Eldon Street from Moorgate, as it juts out a little from Wilson Street. I last visited here in 2010 and it has become a Greene King pub at some time since then. Greene King IPA & Abbot & St Austell Tribute are the regular cask ales. Guest beers were Portobello JPA & Autumn Red. On keg, there was Greene King Level Head & Hazy Days, as well as Beavertown Neck Oil. There is a 10% discount on cask ales for CAMRA card holders.
We chose to sit in the much quieter upstairs bar, as the ground floor had standing room only. Our JPAs were ok, but nothing to write home about.
On 15th December 2024
- rating: 5
[User has posted 3040 recommendations about 3038 pubs]
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Bucking Fastard left this review about The Red Lion
A good looking street corner building almost equidistant between Liverpool Street and Moorgate stations,this has always been a popular after work city persons boozer,but an expanded ale range make it worth popping into if in the area.The ground floor bar room has a traditional bar back,mirrors ,lots of wood panels and a selection of high tables and chairs,it is quite small but folk spill out into the street in most weather.The flatscreen here will show football matches but is switched off when there is no action.The first floor dining and bar has further screens,but had closed on my early Saturday evening visit.
Ales on for my trip were GK IPA,Doom Bar,St Austell Tribute,Trumans Swift and Hammerton N1 ,on good form but at city prices.Better than I expected,I would be tempted to pop in again for a quick one.
On 18th September 2016
- rating: 6
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Tris C left this review about The Red Lion
A more traditional pub, at least externally, falling by just a few feet outside the City and into Hackney. If we'd known that this was a Taylor Walker pub we may well have avoided it, but it's one of the best yet encountered from the TW stable, though yes, the pictorial burger menus still persist. Otherwise it has wood panelling, traditional high tables and stools, a games machine and TVs showing the Olympics with the sound off; muted music played. Clients, unsurprisingly, were mainly drawn from the City - unlike many other TW venues, this one doesn't attract tourists.
Ales up: St. Austell's Tribute, Sharp's Doom Bar, Greene King's London Glory, Truman's Swift and Rio Gold at £2.20 a half and good it was too.
Worth a visit if in the area, but that said there's no real reason to actually visit this area.
Closes at 8.00 pm on Saturdays and 7.00 pm on Sundays.
On 20th August 2016
- rating: 5
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London Liverpool Street, 0.22 miles, 4 min walk (show)
Old Street, 0.53 miles, 10 min walk (show)
Pub Details
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- Accommodation : No last updated 19 August 2016 by Tris C
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 19 August 2016 by Tris C
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 19 August 2016 by Tris C
- Beer Garden : No last updated 19 August 2016 by Tris C
- CAMRA Discount : Yes - 10% - last updated 06 December 2016 by ROB Camra
- Car Park : No last updated 19 August 2016 by Tris C
- Darts : No last updated 19 August 2016 by Tris C
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 19 August 2016 by Tris C
- Jukebox : No last updated 19 August 2016 by Tris C
- Karaoke : No last updated 19 August 2016 by Tris C
- Live Music : No last updated 19 August 2016 by Tris C
- Live TV Sports : Yes - Sky and BT Sports - last updated 18 September 2016 by Bucking Fastard
- Micropub : No last updated 19 August 2016 by Tris C
- Pinball : No last updated 19 August 2016 by Tris C
- Pool Table : No last updated 19 August 2016 by Tris C
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 29 July 2013 by Dave McNally
- Real Cider : No last updated 15 December 2024 by Blue Scrumpy
- Wheelchair Access : No - Gent's WC downstairs and upstairs. - last updated 15 December 2024 by Blue Scrumpy
