The Red Lion, Bromley - pub details
Address: 10 North Road, Bromley, Kent, BR1 3LG [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 5256) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Sundridge Park (0.2 miles), Bromley North (0.3 miles), Bromley South (0.6 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Real ale
- Outside seating
Pub suggested by Simon Bigg on 5 Nov 2003
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> Current user rating: 7.5/10 (rated by 81 users)
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other pubs nearby:
Anglesey Arms, Bromley (0.1 miles), Freelands Tavern, Bromley (0.1 miles), Crown and Anchor, Bromley (0.1 miles), Railway Hotel, Bromley (0.3 miles), Crown, Sundridge Park (0.3 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of the Red Lion, Bromley
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| Could've sworn I'd remembered to drop a review of this one shortly after I last paid it a visit (some 6 months ago now), but the register below suggests I didn't. Anyway, it's intriguing to see the Red Lion of all pubs on the present daily BITE Top 10. Not because I considered it to be lacking - I recall a very healthy selection of cask beers, kept in decent condition, friendly and efficient service from the landlord and staff, a jolly hubbub of conservation from a lively mix of punters, and a pleasant traditional pub interior to match its charming exterior (with its unusual, if a little twee, picket fence). Rather, it's because there are surely so many pubs of a similar calibre that deliver well and consistently and receive positive comment and scores from BITE users, and I suppose I just wondered what is making this one stand out that little bit more from its many peers. Granted, it is good, but not by my reckoning at least 'excellent' in the way that some of the other current Top 10 blatantly are. Perhaps the answer to that is simple and lies in the location: sadly Bromley is not overburdened with excellent ale houses, and so maybe when one does pull out a few more stops and nudges ahead of the lackluste competition, it sets itself apart from its counterparts so starkly that it means locals rate it all the higher in relative terms. Unfortunately, the Red Lion probably is by some distance the best pub in the vicinity, at least by the measure of the more discerning visitor. So on that basis, I hope its additional exposure on this site's daily rankings will help it catch on even more. If in Bromley, you might as well just cut the crap and come straight here! TWG - 11 May 2012 11:57 |
| Without a doubt my favourite pub in Bromley. They always have lots of guest bitters on and it is all very well kept. The food is good honest pub grub and very reasonably priced. The locals are also very friendly as are the bar staff. There is a dartboard at the rear of the pub. Just a shame I had to move from the area, always pop in if I go back to visit my parents though. Top place. Murphster - 10 May 2012 17:08 |
| Great beer, light and sunny (south-facing), stacks of papers on the fire place, great value simple none-smelly bar food if required, low key live football if required. My Central Bromley drinking knowledge goes back some 20 years – in which time this has always been the best pub. beerandpaperman - 26 Mar 2012 10:31 |
| This is a great local pub in this quiet area of Bromley, the quality of beer is always exceptional and with a couple of guest ales to choose from as well as Greene King IPA and Harveys Best. Recently decorated, it's not lost any of its charms. The outside area is small, but OK for a pint on a sunny evening. We'll be sad to loose this as our local when we move next month :( roryfear - 18 Aug 2011 13:52 |
| Just a dammed good pub, with the bar staff always there to serve you, the staff on hand to tidy up the front garden, none of that leaving rubbish near the table to blow every where, here things get swept up. The food could be better, but lets face it, for the price they are charging, it's a bargain. But the main thing is the people and the beer. Always a good selection of guest ales, and if you want a quiet drink, just stay towards the front, but futher back is where the action is. Toilets are clean and there is never ever any trouble there. Shagnastie - 9 May 2011 16:33 |
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