The Red Lion, Ipswich - pub details
Address: 284, Bramford Rd, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 4AY [map] [gmap]
Tel: 01473 416400
Ipswich (1.3 miles), Westerfield (2 miles), Derby Road - Ipswich (2.7 miles)
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> Current user rating: 4.5/10 (rated by 2 users)
> Local guides: Ipswich pub guide, Suffolk pub guide
other pubs nearby:
Emperor Inn, Ipswich (0.3 miles), Inkerman Inn, Ipswich (0.4 miles), Suffolk Punch, Ipswich (0.4 miles), Earl Kitchener, Ipswich (0.5 miles), Masons, Ipswich (0.5 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of the Red Lion, Ipswich
please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
| Passed this pub early this morning and noticed a hand-written note in the window advertising a disco next Saturday. Which means the pub is actually open for business, for the time being, contrary to my previous review. The events blackboard is still decorated with the same illegible grafitti I noticed in May. The windows are still blocked with dirty curtians. With apologies to the landlord, I'd like to ask him/her whether it's a good sign that someone posting on this site should find this pub looking so decayed that they genuinely believed it was closed down. How long before Punch Taverns are applying to turn the place into flats on the grounds that in spite of all their hard work (?) it just isn't viable as a pub any more.. edchambers - 13 Jul 2008 22:43 |
| Actually, ignore previous review. Closer inspection would suggest that this pub is actually closed at present- hopefully for refurbishment rather than the usual conversion into flats. edchambers - 1 Jun 2008 09:59 |
| I would challenge the landlord of this pub- or someone from Punch Taverns if they still own it- to stand on the pavement outsie and look at it from the perspective of a potential new customer. The two front windows are dusty and have blinds behind so it's impossible to see anything inside the pub. The 'events' blackboard has nothing on it but some illegible grafitti squiggles. There are no notices of any kind, no events (this is Bank Holiday weekend) no mention of whether food is served (somehow I doubt it) not even opening hours. Walking round to the side you can see there's a reasonable-sized carpark, but again the only notice is one threatening to wheelclamp non-customers. There's a substantial development of new flats and houses just across the road, and if I were a new resident one of the first things I would do would be to check out my 'local'. However, confronted by this scruffy and unfriendly frontage I wouldn't make it through the front door and would go elsewhere for a pint. I'm quite passionate about pubs and beer so it speaks volumes that I've been in every pub this side of Ipswich town centre at some point (I've even tried the Suffolk Punch- once) but haven't gone into this one. edchambers - 26 May 2008 22:51 |
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