The Red Lion — Restaurant in Thanet

The Red Lion in St Peter's in Thanet, Broadstairs, is a large traditional style pub at the corner of High St. and Vicarage St. The interior has been refurbished to modern standards but still traditional style. My visit found staff friendly, the pub food good and reasonably priced, and the beer well kept. A new menu since refurbishment has been added, more upmarket but still affordable, with lunch specials, afternoon teas, and barista coffee. Sundays feature roast dinners and live local music. I visited here during Broadstairs Folk Week to watch The Okee Dokee Band, and young children and families were welcome. The pub offers a function suite with buffet room for hire. There are outside areas for seating: one on Vicarage St, the other separated from the pub car park on the more secluded High St which is a nice paved patio garden behind a picket fence, with bench tables, climbing ivy, and flowers in planters and hanging baskets. Drop into this pleasant local if you are passing or staying...

The pub has a very nice atmosphere and had music on and a meat raffle.

However I was driving that day and being responsible I chose to have a soft drink only to be charged £5 for a pint of coke!

I do not appreciate being ripped off and this spoiled it for us.

After working in a pub for years I know that coke costs the pub very little

With respect, couldn't sit down on their chesterfield seatee.or vintage high back two seater.tryed but found my self sinking to far down,as l haue a bad back, would haue been difficult to get up .staff very friendly, enough.but the look of pub.is lacking character,and needs a refurbishment, keeping to a old vintage Victorian warm...