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Visited this Pub today at noon, we were the only customers. Had a Pint of Brakspears Best Bitter. Unfortunately the Barrel went and we waited for a new one to be connected, this was very good and at £3.30p a pint reasonable. The other hand Pump beer available was Morrells Varsity. Pub advertises DJ and music nights and offers free WiFi. However I found the Decor to be Tatty and souless, there were bare floorboards and formal tables, more of a restaurant than a Pub as it advertises itself as a Thai Restaurant. Staff were friendly, but sorry will not be returning as there are better pubs in Wokingham.
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Nice relaxed pub that always has a couple of real ales on and some very nice wines.
Also, the Thai food is some of the best I've had (certainly the best in Wokingham) and they do takeaways too.
Can't actually fault the place.
Big_K - 14 Feb 2011 10:39 |
The most expencive pint I have ever had
�4.50 for a pint of Guinness in March 2010
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If ever a pub was ruined by being sacrificed to 'modernity' then this is it. Used to be a smashing old pub now its like a Harley Street waiting room. Thai food is good fun tho!
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Excellent child-friendly pub, that even goes so far as to host NCT coffee mornings. Good food in both the bar and the restaurant, freshly cooked from an extensive menu. Staff can be a little slow sometimes but make up for it in friendliness. This is the one pub in Wokingham that parents can keep going back to.
anonymous - 19 Feb 2007 16:00 |
Our friends in the US told us about this great english pub, The Red Lion in Wokingham and told us that when we take our vacation over there we must stop for a meal, so we did....and what a great place..Fantastic atmosphere, very very good food and a good selection of beers/spirts and wines. The Chef (William I think his name was) was very attentive as he came and talked to us personally and then cooked us a perfect meal, very fresh....The Bar Manager was a nice young man called Christopher, and very knowledgeable he selected a perfect wine for our meal....And after our meal we sat in the pub and had a few more drinks and sat and talked to the Landlord and Landlady (Stirling & Angie)for quite sometime, and they told us of there plans to open the upstairs into another bar area....great idea..We will be back in 2007 and will go to The Red Lion Again....First Class English Pub one of the best we have see..
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The Red Lion is a more restaurant orientated pub during the day, probably why you got very nice food, starky87. The place is a bit pokey and can get extremely crowded at times. Variety of bitters is quite limited as well.
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I stand corrected, there are now two pumps. One serving Hobgoblin, which was well past it's best, and the other dispensing Brakspear Bitter, which was OK.
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just to add to my last post. This is probably THE only pub in Wokingham that makes all the food from fresh. No microwaves involved at all. You can really taste the difference.
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Quinno, if you were to walk to the end of the bar, you would have seen 2 Real Ale pumps.
This is a superb pub, excellent food served, probably the best I've had in Wokingham. Beautiful interior. I think people need to forget the old Red Lion and get to grips with the new. They were the first in Wokingham to change into this sort of lounge bar style, and I totally like it. 9/10
anonymous - 23 Oct 2006 15:17 |
Refurbed a while ago, all whitewash and chocolate brown chairs now. Fairly pleasent, in a forgettable way.
Food is served, so maybe somewhere to take a hot date if you don't fancy Prezzos.
No Real Ale that I could spot, so I won't be in there again in a hurry.
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just another wokingham pub
can anything be at least a little bit exciting?
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The general feel in here is that of a local's pub. I can't currently think of a good reason to go there, apart from the fabulous Thai restaurant upstairs.
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