The Red Lion

Milbanke Cl, Ouston, Chester-le-Street
0191 388 2247

Recent Reviews

Karen Brown

Went for Gyros which was on offer 25% off, hubby ordered and paid and didn't realise he'd been charged full price. Waited 45 minutes and then lady behind bar checked if we'd had our food. When we said no and that I thought we'd been charged too much she agreed, arranged refund of difference and said she'd given order to kitchen (blamed till in bar). 25 minutes later still no food so we said we wanted refund. Told food being plated up but said leave it and just refund. Issue we have is I'd booked a table on mother's day and when we got there, they had no record of it!! Squeezed us in even though I'd booked well in advance. This is our local we want to support them but they have a long way to go ?

Colin Lynch

We were met with a lovely smile. Guinness is fantastic (wine could do with being cooler not a negative as some people prefer wine cool I prefer mine freezing lol). Food was fantastic I had the Penang Chicken Curry main and the sticky pork belly bites for starters and my son had potato skins for starter and double cheese burger both really enjoyed our meals. Service was excellent and will be back again.

Anne Marshall

Had Sunday, (Mothers Day) lunch at The Red Lion and I could not fault it. The food was excellent and the service was exceptional. Even though it was very busy the standard of the food and service were not impacted. We have been a few times now and cannot find any faults. It's nice to have a good pub in the village.

Alyssa Kent

Lovely Mother’s Day dinner. Very busy for the staff but they were all still very attentive. Portion sizes

dawn best

Mother’s Day lunch was beautiful , extra gravy and crispy roasties. Portion sizes very generous and each ingredient treat with respect and cooked to perfection. Loved the red cabbage with a hint of festive flavour ! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ . Great friendly team , there’s nothing here they can improve on so bravo ! So happy to see the pub being ran so well !

Lynne Agar

Just had a large helping of mince and crispy dumpling it was piping hot and tasted delicious - highly recommend - will definitely come

Nev Storey

Food was really good I would definitely recommend, very clean and good

Peter Scott

Great to have our local pub back. Food was excellent. Disappointed for the 3rd time that there was no real ale on but there is a decent selection of other beers.

nigel ETHERIDGE

Nice place. Food was good and plentiful. Food and drink is reasonably priced. Lovely staff. Parking is available if some what limited when the pub is busy. Will return and I do recommend

Ronald Agar

Just had mince & dumplings. Very tasty, filling and red hot. Not a long wait. Re-furbished lounge comfortable. Nice pleasant staff. Definitely to be recommended, will return.

Shelly D

First time trying a Sunday dinner here. We booked a table, good job really as the place was packed. The food came really quickly after ordering. We had 2 beef dinners, 1 turkey and one scampi and chips. It's got to be one of the best roasts we've had for a while. The meat was moist and fell apart, the Yorkshire was scrummy. The only negative was the service at the bar was slow. The young staff seemed a little disorganised. But I can forgive that for lovely food.

Kathleen Holmes

Amazing food and

Dawn A

Terrible Sunday Lunch worst one ever. The meal was cold and the vegetable that were served were practically raw. Sent them back and they came back exactly the same way. Totally ruined the meal.

Webbem

We were staying in a room so decided to have some dinner in the pub. The food was great, very tasty, but the service was quite slow. There was a large party which I think was taking up a lot of the staff’s time.

Capastian Luna

Went to this pub only once, when going noticed how relaxed the staff are and how little drinks where on tap, most in cans which was the most disappointing part, for a pub you'd expect plentiful on offer than buying cans (even with cans I would of done a cheaper offer so customer base doesn't drop), yet one can only dream!As for times of opening hours, do not use google maps for an idea, they open when opened, in short "which ever time the staff are available", imagine this is to do with the new owner (bless them), as for the food.... Haven't tried any, at lass though, heard okay to even positive remarks on the food.So in total giving a 1 star with mixed star reviews, been to other pubs just this one is a let down on different levels, was thinking of a 2 to even 3, just that would be pushing it.

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