Red Lion

Ideal location for seeing Bakewell. Nice atmosphere, shame they stop serving food at 6pm.

This is my second time coming to the Red lion, the staff are always happy to answer any questions you have and it always service with a smile. Menu has plenty to choose from, presentation is brilliant and every dish I saw come out the kitchen look appetising. Will be back again very soon

Nice people Nice people

Came here on a Sunday afternoon, after a three hour hike that had done a number on my feet. Needed a boost. Overall, it delivered. We came in here wanting a roast dinner but unfortunately we were slightly too late and they had stopped serving (it was around 4pm). Got fish and chips instead which was very tasty and good sizes. Slightly disappointed with the choice of lagers on tap and lack of table service but still recommend.

Lovely little room The stay was brilliant. Good location, and perfect little room. Plenty of goodies left out for us - hot chocolate sachets, biscuits, and even porridge pots for the morning. Lovely staff/service

I was staying in the area for work and decided to have lunch before going home. Solo-dining, especially for women, can be daunting. I picked the Red Lion because it's quite large and has little nooks to hide in and dine fairly inconspicuously. This attempt was, sadly, ruined by the bar member (short grey hair, glasses, over 50), who decided to make an example of my solo-dining. As I ordered my food at the bar, she asked me if there was any other food for the table. I said no. She asked again, slowly, if that meant that there was no other food being ordered for the table: I confirmed that this was the case. She then said loudly, in a high pitched voice "Aww, just you by yourself then"? This felt patronising and insulting and I wish I had left then and there. Sadly I continued with the order of steak sandwich (rare), which turned out to be more of a lettuce and mustard sandwich with some overcooked and tough pieces of beef thrown in as an afterthought. The "bloomer" bread was standard white bread which was a little stale and the fries had been cooked a significant amount of time before serving, and had clearly been reheated. They were dry and I left most of them. Overall, an unpleasant experience marred by bad food, average beer and terrible service.