Red Lion, Stratford Central, Stratford-Upon-Avon

Our second pub on our visit to Stratford been in here before and never disappointed had a good pint of old Hooky 4.6 sat out side in a very big beer garden well kept it was busy and the staff were rushed off their feet well worth a visit

The Red Lion is a largish pub that loked fairly nice from the outside,once inside the pub had been opened out into one room which was carpeted and fairly smart. A lot of the tables were laid out for diners but as a drinker i was made just as welcome,this pub was a Whitbread tied house and there was only one real ale on here this was Boddingtons bittter which was drinkable but not that good. The pub was very quiet as i got in here before the dinner time rush. Pub visited 23/6/2001

A large detached Whitbread ‘Table Table’ pub and eatery in white with that olivey green paint work, with patio and beer garden next to the canal. Does a 2 for £10 offer weekdays. The interior in just an open plan sprawl with little areas, in that modern food factory Ember Inns, Sizzling, Table Table et al kind of way. The décor is white, plum, red, salmon, wood panel, with a white ceiling, with some arty pictures and a wine display. I would have had a look around and described it better, had I cared. We ate and the food was better than the functional stuff I expected. The service was very good here, the one chap that served us was friendly and the kind of person you hope to have behind any bar. The clientele were mixed, all eating. There was general background music at a decent level and no TV that I saw. Beer: tap stuff with London Pride and a pretty flat Wadsworth 6X on handpull. A bog standard, tediously generic, pub/eatery, which is pretty soulless and yet so many like. It was made a lot better by the service we received.