Red Lion

I only ate here but kinda wished I never. Had the Sunday roast but was very disappointed. The roast potatoes and the stuffing balls were obviously ready made frozen ones. The chicken was...well 'white' is how I would describe it. No nice crispy brown skin. The worlds biggest chunks of carrot were near on impossible to cut and the gravy had no taste. The frozen peas were ok though!

We found the staff to be very helpful and friendly, food in the evening was good, room clean, bed comfy, continental breakfast laid out and plentiful. Yes, you do have to let yourself in and out the fire escape and there is no parking onsite but bakewell is notorious for that. I called ahead and was advised to use bridge street carpark which is family run, only a short walk away and allow overnight for £12. The red lion is a great location on the high street and has lots of character, it's a great place to stay

Ordered food and was told my allergy option was available but when food arrived it was wrong and when I pointed out the order was wrong I was told that they only did that option despite what the person who had taken the order had said , notices in the bar tell you to inform staff of any allergies which I did .I was given a refund. The time I waited for my food was 40 minutes and when I enquired was told they only had 1 chef on which would have been fine if I’d been informed of the waiting time when ordering … the staff need to be better trained on allergies as someone could have been made very ill

Well were to start....arrived to such a warm welcome from who we now know to be the landlord & landlady, Alex and Rachel. Alex carried our bags to our room and booked us a table for our evening meal. The room smelt so fresh and clean, lovely fluffy white towels and a chocolate nicely placed on them. We had a continental breakfast all laid out for us with ample coffee, tea etc. The bed was so comfy I didn't want to get up 😀 We had a superb meal, I had steak pie & my sister had gammon. All cooked perfectly and ample serving and reasonably priced. We then sat by a cosy roaring fire with a drink before bed. Will be coming back most definitely and recommend to everyone. Alex , Rachel and staff couldn't do enough for us.

The pub red lion bakewell a lovely friendly place nice comfortable rooms were special white towels plenty of them hairdryer in the room on the pillow was a treat chocolate . continental breakfast in my room to eat with drink tea coffee . my sister and I had our own room comfy pillows duvet , would recommend this pub to my friends and family and will be returning again in the future . Spent our evening enjoying a lovely meal and then sat by the fire with a drink. Alex & Rachel are so lovely.

Friendliest Staff in Bakewell. Good food, great night, will definitely be back again and again. Have lived in Bakewell for 5 years. This is now top of the list for a great night out for a special occasion. Thank you to Rachel & Alex who have only been running the Red Lion for 6 months. Would definitely recommend it.

I’d advise against staying if you are in anyway disabled. The bar closes at 9.45. & the only way to get to your room after this time is by climbing steep concrete & metal steps located through the beer garden. Then by using a code to enter the fire exit which was difficult to open. No booking out procedure. Had to leave key in door & exit (with luggage) down the same fire escape. Book parking before going as we had to park a quarter of a mile away. Absolutely no breakfast service. On a positive note the meals served in the evening were well cooked & quickly served.

Hotel Red Lion locked at 10.00pm had to access room via steep concrete & metal steps. To a key pad door which didn’t always open first time. Absolutely no sort of breakfast served early morning. No facilities for checking out had to take all luggage down steep concrete steps & leave key in door as front door was locked. Other B&Bs usually make bed each day, this wasn’t done. No parking near hotel. Tried to find overnight car park but none near by. Was informed you could book parking on line unable to do it. Beautiful area lovely walks & river. Close to other Beauty spots. Chatsworth house well worth a visit. Also Eyam & Matlock.

Went this Sunday for a roast I couldn't praise this place enough, staff were so friendly it is breathtaking inside, and the food was delicious, next time you go to bakewell you must try this place, it didn't take long for food and they have an enviable choice on the menu, I think the owners have only recently taken over the running of the pub and judging your visit it will be wildly successful, Guinness was nice too