Had a meat at the Red Lion with my Wife and son this Mothers Day and honestly we were all very disappointed. The section we sat in although clean lacked any real atmosphere. The service was OK without any genuine feeling of warmth. However the food was very disappointing. My wife's fish and chips and son's scampi were both of the frozen variety which was a let down for a place that advertises itself as sourcing local products and even more so at around £10 each. My steak pie in ale had a slight underlying taste of vinegar to it which ruined the overall flavour and again the real chips were frozen. The only fresh produce I detected were the side vegetables which were actually well cooked, having a slight crunch to them, although they still managed to ruin the cauliflower which had a slight taste of cooking fat to it? Sorry I would love to be writing a good review for this but overall we thought it was very poor, contrary to many of the reviews we have read.
Red Lion – Macclesfield