The Red Lion, Sittingbourne - pub details
Address: 58 High St, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 4PB [map] [gmap]
Tel: 01795 472706
Sittingbourne (1.3 miles), Kemsley (1.6 miles), Newington (3.3 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Food served, Real ale
Pub suggested by Jimbo Smith on 4 Sep 2004
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> Current user rating: 7.4/10 (rated by 7 users)
> Local guide: Kent pub guide
other pubs nearby:
Bull, Sittingbourne (0.0 miles), Summoner, Sittingbourne (0.1 miles), Ypres Tavern, Sittingbourne (0.2 miles), Barge, Sittingbourne (0.3 miles), Three Hats, Milton Regis (0.7 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of the Red Lion, Sittingbourne
please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
| Visited this pub on 25th November 2006. Although I thought the Bull over the road was pretty nice, I think the Red Lion is Sittingbourne's best boozer. It's a fine 15th Century public house, with excellent facilities, a good choice of drink, and very good service. I could have sat in this pub for most of the day, but with match to take in, and several other pubs to sample, alas, I couldn't. Well done the Red Lion, although the competition in Sittingbourne is pretty poor, you knock the socks off most other pubs in the town. Also a nice beer garden to the side, but beware, there is a food area at the back, which on this day, was packed with kids! DAFCpubreviewer - 14 Dec 2006 01:29 |
| Great pub, have had some fantastic times in here this summer. Serves Heineken my current fave lager, friendly barstaff, great garden. Only downside is that it can get really busy on a weekend - but surely thats a sign of a good pub! packet - 7 Sep 2006 16:55 |
| I want this pub to be great. It is an ancient coaching inn on the ancient Great Dover Road. Henry V drank ale here on his way home from Agincourt. Henry VIII stopped here, as did Pepys. The pub serves several cask ales in good condition. The staff are friendly and helpful. There's bare brickwork and ancient oak beams and a curious great fireplace. It should be cosy and gloomy and charming and redolent with British history. But instead it feels like you're sitting in a corridor in a workingman's club. The bar is long and large and dominates the pub. It is a wood bar, but it feels wrong. It looks wrong. It is wrong. There are walls missing. The place has been poorly drerssed up. There's a lack of the little pieces here and there that make a great pub a wonderful place to be in. I mean, this is not a bad place. Far from it. It's just that with a skillful and sympathetic touch this could be a wonderful place famous throughout Kent. Instead, it's just another pub, albeit with a bit of history and some bare oak beams. SilkTork - 15 Jan 2006 00:23 |
| Got to agree with all of Jimbo smiths comments to me that is the atmoshere..food well cooked and presented.staff friendly.one of sittingbournes better pubs.. sigtech - 20 Jun 2005 09:37 |
| Part of a 15th Century coaching house, this pub has a modern-ish bar, with wooden floors. The lounge/eating area is more reminiscent of a working mens club with its lay out of tables. The beer was excellent on my visit and the courtyard drinking area, which shows the pubs architectural features was a pleasure to visit. Rated 8 Jimbo Smith - 4 Sep 2004 08:58 |
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