Mediterranean Mezze
The Red Lion Oxford

The Red Lion Oxford

14 Gloucester Street, Oxford, United Kingdom

Pizza • Cafés • Seafood • European


"We visited Oxford for my birthday, as neither of us had been before and wanted to explore a new city. We fancied Posh Pub for dinner, and after having read other reviews on Tripadvisor and looked through the menu we decided to visit The Red...Lion huge mistake. We arrived at the pub and saw the lovely interior and thought Yes, great choice. This looks like it 's going to be nice. that 's where the good things ended. We were seated in the restaurant part of the pub, which was about 7 tables off in a dark corner of the pub. We were the only diners in there tucked away from any wait staff, and after them dimming the lights we were essentially dining in the dark. We ordered our food, to which we were told the starter we wanted wasn 't available, neither were either of the mains, so we both chose other things. Keep in mind though, this was early in the evening on a Tuesday not last orders on a Saturday. How were they out? Our backup starter came out, and was ok at best a few pitted olives and some cold toasted bread. I had the deadest burger which came in a stale old bun with some overcooked chips. My companion had the rotisserie chicken which looked like it had come from the hot counter at Tesco and been kept in a sweaty plastic bag all day, with a few chips on the side not a fresh bit of salad or dollop of coleslaw or anything in sight! Really disappointing. We were then waiting for about 20 minutes before someone came over to take our plates ask about desserts etc. She asked how our food was to which we said not great and rather than asking why or even pretending to care, she just said Ok and walked off without clearing our plates. At that point we decided enough is enough and we went and paid at the bar to avoid waiting any longer and left. Overpriced for what we got. Genuinely, I 've had better food and service in a Wetherspoons. Would not recommend do not come."

The Old Bulls Head

The Old Bulls Head

134 Main Street, LE12 8RZ, Loughborough, United Kingdom

Pub • Arts • Steak • British


"recently visited on a week night for a family dinner. overall, eating was ok (with taking the Aubergine curry). the service was awfully slow and the supervisor/manager had a real job and was not friendly at all. after a first greeting. we were shown on our table and after a certain waiting ordered our drinks with the superior. one of our parties (old ordered a non-alcoholic apple wine, only to be challenged for id. when we explained that as a child with an adult to eat and order a meal that allowed the law that the year old even have an alcoholic apple wine, and that was only one, he claimed we were wrong and that the spatial license does not allow. we wanted to avoid a argument that we accepted, but when leaving we staged the spatial license at the entrance and noticed that no such condition was bound to the license. it is in order when it comes to business policy (maybe this is the case) but the employee member has been quite lied and created an unnecessary embarrassing situation for all of us. the same person then presented a terrible attitude that makes us feel the most unhappy for the rest of the evening. the drinks that were ordered took the minutes to arrive, and the co-worker who brought them to us began to serve other tables after we had brought only half the drinks we ordered and left the rest on the bar. later in the evening we ordered a bottle of wine that was delivered to us unopened, and it took a few minutes for someone else to come and open it for us (sadly it was not a screw bottle of this place was recommended by two family members who participated in this meal, and they were very disappointed about how the dings turned out (as we were all). to finish everything after we tried, but not to tie all the workers to get the bill, we just had to pay at the cash while our tellers were sitting on the table unclear. obviously the superior had no appreciation for it, as he offered the Dessert menu, as we were about to go and had already paid the bill. it showed a complete ignorance of what was going on in his own restaurant. In summary, the personal can do with some retraining ladders/managers that are very much potential in the service front but difficult to do. would not recommend."