The Red Lion - Menu

Lovely staff, great food. Staff went over and beyond to be very helpful. We were travelling from the West Country for a family wedding, got in touch a few months previous to organise a pre wedding dinner, we did not know The Red Lion and took a gamble so glad we did.

The food is always fantastic at this pub. We both had the home made steak and kidney pie and it was amazing, lovely vegetables to accompany it. Malbec was excellent too and all reasonably priced. The staff and management are always so friendly and we would thoroughly recommend for great pub grub!!

We recently celebrated a 70th birthday at this restaurant. The staff were exceptional, the food was delicious, and they went above and beyond to make the evening memorable. All 17 people in our party thoroughly enjoyed their meals. The service was absolutely fantastic. A big thank you to all the staff for making our experience so wonderful.

Have recently started using the Red Lion when visiting family in the area. I have eaten there several times, most recently last weekend on two days. The food was of good quality and good value. The service was professional yet friendly and there was a good atmosphere both nights. I'm not a fan of Hall and Woodhouse ales but good to see Ale for a King as an addition to Tanglefoot Fursty Ferret. If The Red Lion had regular guest ales it would get a 5* rating from me.

We absolutely love The Red Lion, a gastro pub in Eastbourne. The owner and his team are incredibly welcoming and efficient, always willing to go the extra mile. Even with a table of 10, our meals arrived simultaneously and steaming hot. The dishes are consistently well-presented and portions are generous, not to mention delicious. Their Sunday roasts are a great deal, with perfectly cooked meats and vegetables. The liver and bacon dish is particularly tender and flavorful. We will definitely be returning soon.

We booked a table to celebrate our Wedding Anniversary. We were greeted on arrival and shown to our table. The staff made us feel welcome. We ordered a sharing platter which was lovely with warm bread. We both decided on Surf and Turf which came with chips, peas and onion rings. The steak was cooked exactly as we had requested and was flavoursome. The prawns were succulent and tasty. We had also ordered a peppercorn sauce. The sauce had a lovely depth of flavour. All the food arrived hot and beautifully presented. The staff were attentive but not intrusive. We were very impressed with the whole experience and will definite be back again very soon.

We are staying nearby and thought that we would support the local pub that had been recommended to us. The dining room was packed and it is clearly a popular eating destination. However, I don't understand how this pub got such good ratings. It was such a disappointing Sunday lunch, maybe we caught it on a bad day. The meat and roast parsnip were the only passable parts of the meal, insipid gravy, flat tasteless yourkshire, too peppary red cabbage and undercooked roasties. While my husband had an equally mediocre tasteless pie. The service was good, but it was telling that no one asked if we had enjoyed our meal and so we felt unable to tell them how dissatified we were.

Pub is in a 'posh ' area and the clientele are largely well-off retired people so the atmosphere is a little formal but quite pleasant. Lack of unwanted muzak and noisy teenagers. Good! Lots of cars outside so you might have to park along the road a bit. Staff are nice and quite efficient. Beer is good. (Guinness £5.90). Food; my curry wasn 't great, with no bits of meat bigger than an Oxo cube and the rice dry. I guess I drew the short straw; Two pals had the meat pie, a very generous portion with nicely-cooked vegs; they both said Excellent 10 out of 10 .Third pal had liver and bacon, Great, at least 9.5 out of 10 . 'Afters ' all fine. Don 't think you 'll go far wrong dining here; go for...

Popped into the Red Lion at Willingdon today for lunch (12:00) we were the first in the lovely garden. When asked, we said straight up on arrival that we 'd have sandwiches for lunch (as we know they struggle with 'unexpected ' visitors). Having had drinks we went to order food but were told they 're too busy and we couldn 't order. Only to be followed immediately by two much larger tables behind us placing orders and sitting down exclaiming their food would be 15mins (we were the first in the garden, the two other tables were much bigger [there was two of us], and they were walk ins too). Not sure why we weren 't allowed to order food today. But can say the service when questioning this was...