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voice_of_reason do you even now what you're talking about.
a)im from london and apart from my local. the red lion is one of the best pubs ive had the pleasure of being in.
b)kevin has worked marvels with that pub, before the 'soul' was a bunch of bloody chavs, kevin came and sorted that out. it is now a pleasant place to drink.
c)i drink fosters so what.
d)Obi wan Kanobe was clearly the best character from Star Wars
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Hello. I am a fairly new reader to this site and I live and work in Egham and have done for twenty odd years. During this time I have visited all of the pubs at various times and for various occasions. On the whole, the pubs I have frequented mostly have been the Red Lion and the White Lion. I have found both to be quite friendly and nice with good food - and sometimes excellent entertainment in the Red Lion. However, I did notice a comment about a week or so ago in which someone referred to the people who drink in the White Lion as 'scum'. I have given some thought to this and felt I should state my feelings . I must say I found this comment quite deplorable. Both myself and my husband often drop in there for a drink and something to eat and I must say that the service is excellent along with the food and prices of their beverages. The place is always busy and the staff and customers very friendly - far from being scum. I must also say that the Red Lion has, in my estimation, sadly gone downhill recently. Due to the aforementioned comment I will not be drinking in the Red Lion anymore, but in the White Lion. That is all I have to say and will not stoop so low as to comment on your customers.
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I walked passed the White Lion last night. It was absolutely packed - no wonder, a pint of John Smith smooth bitter is only £2.00 a pint and a pint of Fosters £2.10 a pint. There is no other pub in Egham that can match that, I'll make sure I'll go back again. The staff were nice and friendly with a good mixture of customers - young and old.
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The Red Lion just gets better and better. I have finally moved to Egham and it has now become my evening local as well as my lunchtime local. Black Elvis on Saturday was great. And free! The pub was busy and yet I didn't have to wait to be served. The food is still great and the Stella is still cold. Who the f**k drinks fosters?! (apart from chavs and under-age drinkers)
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COME ON GUYS, THIS HAS TO STOP.
I WILL BE MONITORING THIS PROFILE EVERYDAY FROM NOW ON, SO ANY UNNECESSARY REVIEWS WILL BE REMOVED IMMEDIATELY.
MAY I REMIND YOU THAT ALL REVIEWS MUST BE WRITTEN WITHIN THE REVIEW POLICY BOUNDARIES.
THANK YOU,
FRAN - ADMIN
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Hi Kev, your comments on Saturday about The BLACK ELVIS sound a bit racist to me. You didn't get the papers on Monday morning saying Black
Man Wins British Grand Prix, nor was the concert at Hyde Park called The Black Nelson Mandella Concert. Would you bill a white person as a White Elvis? No, I don't think so. Oh, by the way, did I mention that Fosters lager is only £2.10 a pint in the White Lion?
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Hi Kev. We know all your aliases:- Egham Lady, Man_at_the_Bar, Egham Destroyer, Guv 1, Enemy 1, and Anonymous. Why don't you post under your real name? Funny, it's the same people that always have the best meal and cheapest drink in town. Well Kev, try going to the White Lion where the Foster is only £2.10 a pint - what's your cheapest Kev? And a good freshly cooked meal for under £5.00. You can't match that, can you? Remember everyone The White Lion is the cheapest pub in town.
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Egham High Street becoming bit bleak, full of charity shops and chemists. The Red Lion is only building of character and historical interest. Lets keep supporting The Red Lion and enjoying the good food and beer. A few people have had their 5 minutes 'of glory' having a pop at the pub for ulterior motives. Lets all keep any future comments sensible and relevant.
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Saturday night at the Red Lion, The Black Elvis show. no cover charge and no increase on the price of a pint.
Probobly the bast value entertainment you can find anywhere on this planet !!! Great show.
Nice poeple, never have to wait more that 30 seconds to get served, some new friendly bar staff, great atmosphere, quality !!!
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Your continual silly comments blackfingernail voids anything sensible your might have said. I made my comment because didnt want Matt and his fine band of staff being dragged into this. Have clicked on most your comments for removal.
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I HAVE RMEOVED MANY COMMENTS WHICH I FEEL ARE GETTING TOO PERSONAL AND MISLEADING FOR OUR USERS.
ANY FURTHER POSTINGS REGARDING THE PREVIOUS CONVERSATION WILL BE REMOVED IMMEDIATELY.
WE ASK THAT YOU KEEP IT CLEAN, APPROPRIATE AND RELEVANT FROM NOW ON.
THANK YOU,
FRAN @ BITE.COM
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so do i, wandering star,i have never had to look at this site so much,i have been in the trade for 34 years and i like looking back at the pubs i have run in the past,and sometimes laughing,and sometimes going what the hell are they doing,but now,well?there are loads of stupid postings going on all over the place,i have not posted for so long i had to reregister.we are both very upset at the postings going on at the moment,and hope it wont continue.we have barred the person that started all of this,and just hope that it will now all stop.all in all the lion is a good pub,and i just hope all of this crap stops now.cheers kevin no rating given.
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Come on now - lets have some valid comments about the Red Lion - which I hope will be positive - whatever comments I have made in past lets hope Red Lion will continue to flourish and be a permanent local pub in central Egham.
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me agin,strange i havent posted for 3 yrs and now im doing 2 in 1 day,he might not have the best voice in the world,but hes got balls,see you soon jim .kevin
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Sorry if I caused offence by the white paint over the cladding. Perhaps I am bit old fashioned and expect all pubs to be wood pannelled, roaring log fire etc.. I hope my previous post was fairly positive so hope I am forgiven lol. Perhaps we should all support our local pubs instead of complaining. It really saddens me when I read of the number of pubs having to close each week. Again suppose I am of the older generation - like to go into pub chat with friends perhaps make new friends and put world to rights, have moan about Gordon Brown lol. Feel sorry for landlords surviving these days - was in Tesco tonight and they had bottle of wine for £2.22 (dread to think what it was like). Even good quality New Zealand Wolfblass normally over £8 a bottle they were selling a few weeks ago for £4.99. So tempting to buy couple bottles and stay in. But anyway I digress - Good luck Red Lion, I realise previous posters were bit strong but dont take them to heart.
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The Red Lion offers something that no other pub in Egham can claim to be - a proper pub. Fantastic food, a friendly vibrant drink after work, a nice calm drink on a week night and varied quality live music at the weekends. The Red in itself is a community, a place where old and young, rich and not so rich can all gather for one reason - to enjoy themselves. No other pub in Egham can boast the reputation of the relationship that exists between the landlord/landlady, the staff and the customers!! Beer is always top notch and served in a reasonable amount of time regardless of how busy it is or who you are (try The Crown if you dont know what I mean). Sunday afternoons are most entertaining when the various golf groups return and recount their stories of foul play and fantastic (but lucky) shots. Definately the best pub in Egham!!
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Fantastic food, great bar staff, loads of different real ales always changing, sunday lunch is 10/10 friendly locals, horse racing on TV in one side of the bar, great atmosphere, even got a couple of tips off the locals and had a winner, and a great pub dog too !!! Much better than the Crown.
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Visited the pub, in the evening, with my partner recently and noticed definite imporovement in the atmosphere. Then I realised the Big screen sports coverage TV had dissapeared and unobtrusive music was being played. I really hope the manager has taken notice of previous posts and this is permanent. We have enough pubs with continuous sports coverage so lets welcome a pub as it should be.
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students yes, went once at lunchtime for a quick snifter between work, generally forgettable
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Have eaten there once and thought food was quite good. Reasonable selection of beers. Just wish they would cut out the sports coverage and market the pub as a traditional olde world pub for genuine pub/beerlovers. Lunchtimes are okay - it seems that evenings they not sure which market to aim for.
anonymous - 6 Oct 2007 22:44 |
well what to say,we went in at lunchtime,sat in the patio area,asked for one of the big umbrellas to be put up and it was straight away,ordered two ploughmans,a pepsi for me, a pint of waggledance for my husband.probally the best ploughmans we have ever eaten and my husband said that the beer was fantastic,we would normally gone to the crown but decided to give the lion a go,well done to the new landlady.
anonymous - 23 May 2007 15:46 |
ticked all the boxes for us last night,really good doomsbar,l.pride and spitfire we had just missed the summer lightning,but was assured it would be back on over the weekend.very friendly team behind the bar headed up by katie,service was good and fast but it needed to be (it was fairly busy )will almost definatly go back next weekend. one complaint was that it was a bit smokey,katie said that a lot of the regulars and all of the staff are looking foreward to the ban on the 1st.
anonymous - 12 May 2007 07:38 |
good visit,summer lightning,london pride and abbott on sale,tried the lightning and the pride all in good condition,service very attentive by a barmaid called lucy,but very smokey and full of students,seems to be a food house at lunchtime as posted earlier this house will benefit from the no smoking regs.
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i know the site is not really about food but,i was in lunchtime today with my wife and mother in law,and we had the most fantastic rabbit pies with cheesy mash and fresh vegetables,service was a bit slow,but it was very busy,LOADS OF STUDENTS,was driking youngs/wells waggledance very good condition,will almost certainly return,recomend to all my friends as well.
anonymous - 2 May 2007 16:16 |
cant remember a lot,band called yellowhouse playing,packed to the rafters,and far to many ice cold stellas,good friendly pub,good service and the stella was ice cold,did i mention that the stella was ice cold,going in again soon.
anonymous - 22 Apr 2007 14:56 |
not been in for a couple of months,doom bar t.t.landlord and l.pride had the landlord and doom bar all in good condition,now serving food in the evenings,friendly bar staff and customers,enjoyed my visit will return soon.
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The first pub on our Sat lunch crawl, and a very good start. Can't remember the ale selections but the Pride was probably the best I have ever tasted and a wall poster suggested that Doom Bar bitter from the excellent cornish brewer Sharp's would be serving soon. The friendly Landlord offered to call us a cab to our furthest targetted pub but one of the attractive young barmaids had already given us a taxi#. The guv then went upstairs and printed the BITE page for the Fox & Hounds for us! Two plasmas and a small tv were all showing the match but without being intrusively loud. When we returned later, somewhat the worse for wear, there was live music in the shape of a young lad on base & an older Gorton bloke on guitar & vocals. They may not appeal to everyone but I thought they were very entertaining. Missed the train, oh dear, more beer. Good pub, will return.
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very friendly pub,just had a most marvelous roast lamb dinner (7.45)washed down by two pints of top rate doomsbar bitter,service was very good,but what a smoky atmosphere inside,roll on the 1st.
anonymous - 1 Apr 2007 15:10 |
went in friday evening,quite busy,but the service was very good,tried broadside and the abbot both in very good condition,the landlord tells me that doom bar was on its way in,all in all a very plesant visit,but so smoky,this pub i think will benefit from the ban when it comes in,oh by the way no chavs.
anonymous - 24 Mar 2007 07:06 |
was in last night (friday)very busy,spotted two of the camra brigade quaffing the ale,tried the spitfire was in very good nick,but the main thing was NOT A CHAV IN SIGHT,well done to the new landlord.
anonymous - 10 Mar 2007 10:41 |
was in last night, packed (black elvis )what a great pub,never seen such friendly bar staff,stella (ice cold)spitfire,broadside.abbot,what more can and his wife want
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Friendly enough pub, reasonable choice of ales.
Can be full of Students in term time, that's the only real down side to it
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Footy quizzer gone, gutted I won my popperdom money on that before hitting the local curry house.
Very smokey place, reasonable choice, not bad.
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Only been in at lunchtimes but the food is varied and very nice, the staff are friendly, but the pub is really really smoky. Even the "non-smoking" area (which has a smoking table at the end!) gets hazy and you come out stinking of fag smoke.
Big TV's, fruities and a trivia machine all add to the atmosphere.
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Now has a real cider on (Addlestones) with a couple of ales too (usually a GK Abbot plus another random).
nice.
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once the bet pub in town, now just a pub in town (and there's a lot less to choose from)...
Do yourself a favour, go to the train station and head to Staines, Twickenham, Richmond, London or even Reading!
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Getting better, small and slowly changing Real Ales, less chavs too.
Footy quizzer has gone though, boo!
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Greatly improved, friendly, decent food with reasonable prices, well done
anonymous - 6 Nov 2005 19:32 |
By day: nice little pub, good food a great quizzer (you can clean up on the footy game if you have a good knowledge of Bolton Wanderers reserves circa 1998) and nice atmosphere.
By night: Quality of drinker degenerates somewhat. Gets crowded. People shout a lot, especially fat men in 100% polyester Chelsea shirts. Occasional Chav appearence.
Abbott Ale beer of choice, tastes good. Just drink it before 8:30pm...
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Its the summer again and we welcome the official opening of the Red Lion's annual festival of chavs. Infesting the beer 'garden' these pillars of society amuse the local community with their nightly antics of screeching up to the pub in their chavmobiles that look like they crashed through Halfords window and everything stuck, shouting at each other even though sat 2 feet apart and offering helpful comments to members of the passing public unlucky enough to glance at them whilst passing. And the owners of the pub wonder why it doesn't generate more revenue. Hmm.....
anonymous - 23 Jun 2005 09:11 |
This pub is very old, built circa 1565 I believe, has a traditional old English pub name, mullioned windows and a prime location on the High Street. Shame it's so bloody crap then.
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Good local pub and cheaper than its competition up the road the Crown. Just applied for planning permission to fence off the beer garden.
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Pleasant pub on a pedestrian street. Well kept real ale. Bit quiet when I visited early in the evening.
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Used to be a bit dodgy (and I used to work in there on the bar!). Now seems nice, CHEAP drinks, good cheap food, especially nice for a daytime drink. Locals are a laugh. Entertainment on Saturday nights. Check it out.
Aaron - 9 Jan 2004 01:15 |
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