The Red Lion, Leytonstone, E11

David Walton left this review about The Red Lion

Visited 22/09/25

Three hand pumps but only one operational delivering Five Points Best Bitter in good nick. Extensive keg range of Neck Oil, Moretti, Two Tribes Dream Pale Ale, Asahi, Signature Brew Backstage IPA, Guinness, Cruz, Inch's, Brixton Reliance Pale Ale, Amstel, Jubel Peach lager and Gipsy Hill Hepcat.

High ceiling, bare boarded, large window frontage corner pub. There is a studded leather banquette around a good part of the perimeter of the larger front of the venue. The bar counter is along the rear part of the right-hand side with a few tall stools at the counter. Regular tables and chairs serviced by the banquettes with a mixture of regular and tall round tables in the middle of the floor space. The kitchen serving hatch is on the rear wall with some tables set for diners in the area in front of it in the rear left-hand corner. Large TV screens were showing early evening TV absent sound, that provided by a cool soundtrack. The lighting is grand and the height of the ceiling takes a look or two, albeit the ceiling is in need in repair in a couple of places. There is extensive seating out the back, generally with a lot of overhead cover, with some picnic benches in the bit not covered in front of a large outdoor TV screen. I only spotted on the way out that there is a rear bar accessed via a separate entrance that is smaller scale then the main bar with a subset of the keg beers being dispensed from its own bar counter. There are a lot of framed photos and prints on the wall space, both inside and in the covered outside space. Visually impressive but a bit disappointing on the beer front on my visit.

On 6^th April 2026 - rating: 6
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