Red Lion Oxford

Excellent service, thanks Alison! Superb food at a very reasonable price. Me and my partner shared the chateaubriand with additional sides of onion rings and Mac & cheese. Steak was perfectly cooked and full of flavour.

Might be a bit harsh as the place only had 2 staff on floor/Bar area the lady behind the bar was amazing and really friendly and the guy running food was polite if not a bit rushed off his feet sorting whole restaurant out. This place has so many different nooks and crannies it looked empty but there was quite a lot of people for one person to deal with. My main reason it scores low was the food. My gammon and eggs was actually ok but person I was with had fish cakes which came with a supposed lemon veloute which was the most underwhelming sauce I'd ever tried. I'm an ex chef so know a good sauce this was as far away from this as could be. No seasoning, no depth of flavour and limp in consistency. The fishcakes looked like they had been chucked in a dirty deep fat fryer and were too crunchy. And the poached egg looked as deflated as we were eating this dish.Absolutely no finesse. The red lion is trying to be a gastropub but with food like that costing nearly £16 it was a huge let down. Wetherspoons could do food almost as good and it would be half the price and a pint would cost £3 rather than £6. The place looks lovely and huge amount of space and garden. The staff were 85% good. Food was just annoyingly plain and without skill. Hire a new chef is my advice. I'm happy to come and show chef how to a make a lemon veloute which is a entry level skill sauce!!

Nice, surroundings in heart of Oxford. Dinner was good, had to ask for condiments and no salt and pepper on tables. Alison was helpful and friendly. Cauliflower cheese could have been cheesier. Would come again

Amazing pub in the city centre and fantastic food! We have been served by Nell and she is super nice and gave us a 5 stars service. Nell has an incredible memory, we were a table of 6 and took our drinks and food order without wring it down. I don’t know how she did that but our order was 100%accurate and she managed to remember everything. Highly recommend!

A quality establishment, lovely decor, 3 ales on the bar, pub interior leads to a large outdoor garden terrace. Has a reputation for good pub meals.