The Red Lion — Restaurant in Surrey Heath

What a let down.

Poor food, three out of five of our guests eating did not enjoy the so called home cooked food. My pate was insipid in colour, very cold as if just taken out of the fridge and solid to cut, no taste not even sure what pate it was as it did not tell you on menu. Chilli con carne came like tomato clear sauce and hardly any mince to be seen and tastless again. One strawberry on a tiny meringue with small scoop of ice cream so please call it one strawberry on ice cream but definitely not call it strawberries and ice cream. Horrible conservatory with decor out of the dark ages, every plant and the flower on the table is plastic to match the plastic table cloth and plastic place mats. Room had empty wine bottles around as some sort of decoration again in the dark ages. Asked for a sherry it came in a big wine glass . Loked ridiculous could found a smaller tumbler. Waiter was just ok with no enthusiasm about his job, I think he feels the same as the customers depressed when entering this pub. This is me being polite as there was plenty more to...

Visited this pub to kill some time whilst in Lightwater. Visited during the day on a Thursday. I did read some of the Google reviews before going but there were so many positive I didn't have any reservations. I don't recognise the poor reviews from my experience there today. I've been to many pubs over the years and this one had a nice feel to it. Very relaxed and informal. Staff were all nice as were some of the patrons who seemed to be regulars. Few comfy old sofas as well as more typical seating. They had the cricket on (great for me) and also Golf and other sport on a different TV. Food was very good and tasty. Very prompt service too and, although they were quiet, sometimes pubs can take ages even then so every credit to them. Can't really fault the place so deserve 5...

Shabby but not Chic, decor needs attention. We are all for cosy but this is plain complacent. We were very disappointed with the decor but mostly the poor quality food. We ordered a Chicken breast main course and it was reheated! The sauces tasted bland with a lot of thickening agent used and chips were overdone, it was just awful. The owners maybe extremely friendly but that doesn't compensate for very poor quality food. Lots of staff but the owners need to take a serious review of image and food standards. OK for a drink but if you want half decent food drive over the M3 to the...