The Old Red Lion — Restaurant in London

🚇 Kennington 🍺 £5.70 Paulaner ❤️ A traditional down to earth Kennington pub. . The Old Red Lion is located on Kennington Park Road and is just a two minute walk from Kennington tube. . There has been a pub on this site since 1750, the current building was built in the 1930’s. This former Charringtons pub is built in a mock tudor style and is Grade II listed. . This is a two bar pub which continues the Tudor style inside. There are oak beams, low doorways between bars and a central servery. At the back of the bar there is an additional seating area which is bright and airy. At the rear of the pub is a good size sun trap beer garden. Throughout the pub are comfy chairs and sofas which make for a cosy feel. . This pub is part of the @portobellobrewing stable of pubs, the beer offering here is diverse and varied with sixteen to choose from. My beer choice today was Paulaner, this is one of my favourite beers and it really hit the spot. The food menu is full of pub classics with some cosmopolitan influences. This pub also has a strong roast game if you’re visiting on a Sunday. . I visited on a Saturday lunchtime just after opening and had the pleasure of meeting the Guv’nor Ralph. He was telling me all about the pub and especially how popular the roasts were. He mentioned that the pub is starting live music evenings, the first is tonight with blues band JKS Blues. . Kennington has another top top boozer here. The @oldredkenn has a wonderful down to earth feel to the place and is a great spot for beer and food. Definitely check this pub out when you’re in SE11. . ℹ️ Information correct on visiting 06/08/22

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We had one of our most disappointing experiences at The Old Red Lion Sunday Roast last week. Something must of been going on, but everything about our dinner just wasn't good. Looking at prior reviews and pictures we were very excited for our reservations.

There seemed to be a larger group with a reservation 30 min after ours, but we were told that we couldn't place an order for 15/30 min. I understand being busy and having a larger group, but then what is the point of a reservation.

This was going to be our last Sunday roast before we left back to the US. We had a couple of great ones at The Duke's Head and The Queen's head over the last few weeks.

Everything about this meal was almost uneatable. All of the sides were completely undercooked with the carrots almost raw. The cabbage and greens were cold and mushy. The chicken roast was so over cooked and tried that no quantity of gravy was going to make it good. The sirloin roast had so much fat that i couldn't even cut it with a knife. Where were the potatoes (what is said the there were potatoes ( I forgot about them until I looked at the picture before posting and they were on the plate and the famous Yorkshire pudding was not where to be found.

You know its bad when you have to go to the local Weatherspoon's to get something because you are still hungry after a famous roast dinner.

I truly hope that this was just a one off or the larger party caused some issues, but this became the must disappointing part of an amazing...

To start off, the mock Tudor look is fantastic, it adds to the relaxed friendly atmosphere inside. We sat down & was immediately greeted by the staff. We said we were eating & were given a bottle of water for the table & informed of what had sold out to avoid disappointment. I went to the bar to order the vegan chicken burger & the cheese/brisket beef burger (I added bacon as an option). I enquired about non/low alcohol drinks & was offered to try a sample of the 0.3% beer (Free star maybe?), Suffice to say we ordered 2 pints as it was very nice. Without asking, we were provided with ketchup/mayo & vegan mayo which was a nice touch, the food came in around 10-15mins (which felt about 5 mins as it is so relaxing). To start, the chips come lightly salted & are very nice. The vegan burger was tasty with a grilled bun. The brisket burger was fantastic, the brisket has gravy on it which took the burger to another level. The only disappointment we had was that the vegan brownies had sold out which on a positive note gives us an excuse to return. If I lived closer, without question this would be our local....