Red Lion Hotel

Wow, what an unusual place Clovelly is, ive heard so much about it, me and my mate visite. suited me as very quirky. I dont think theres any other place on earth like this. sadly the weather was dreadful, but still explored up the very steep village cobble stones. SO the Red Lion, we were greeted by a very smiley young lady on reception, (didnt get her name) our room was very clean warm and comfortable. Had a lovely evening meal, superb fish and chips in the snug bar by the fire. Very friendly locals, good ales too. Rosie was at the point of our first visit in the bar on arrival, she was very helpful and, knowlegeable about the area and a great bar maid too. A great night sleep was had. Breakfast was fantastic with a vast assortment to choose from. Our full english was served by the lovely Rosie whom here now i cant praise her enough for her positive and attentive attitude. She was a DIAMOND. Rosie if your reading this a BIG THANK YOU, you made our stay all worth the while, and with that we will return and tell others about the Red Lion. This young lady will go far in life, and the staff there should be honoured to have her in their team. may she go far. Thank You Rosie, God Bless.

I am recently back from my 3rd visit & stay and your whole team were truly outstanding in every way. My first visit to Clovelly was from 15th - 17th November 2023 and I so enjoyed the real privilege of staying at The Red Lion for 2 nights. I came for a further 2 nights 13th - 15th Feb 2023 for a break and most recently I stayed again for another 2 nights from 7th - 9th November 2024. I can’t tell you how much I appreciate the fabulous team spirit of everyone from Jo who again met me on arrival at reception, all the restaurant, bar and house staff again set the highest stands of charm and efficiency with truly delicious food. On every visit Richard Gibbs the General Manager, was superbly and seemingly effortlessly efficient and very endearing. I have already booked to go back again in February 2025!

The Red Lion was exactly what we wanted it to be for a few nights away to celebrate our wedding anniversary. The "superior" room lived up to expectations, over looking the harbour, and with easy chairs to enjoy the view from the comfort of our room, including a fabulous sunrise. The room was clean and had everything we needed. The shower room was perhaps on the small side, for the price of the room. We ate in both the Snug and the main restaurant, with each offering something quite different to the other. Good selection of drinks on tap in the bar. The kitchen was very accomodating with dietary requests, with one of us needing gluten free which they fulfilled without any issues. Yes, the restaurant is pricey, but the food was delicious and well thoughtout, using veg from their own gardens. Breakfasts were excellent, with a great cooked breakfast for vegetarians, certainly not just an after-thought as it is in many places.

Amazing 3 days - nothing was to much for the wonderful staff, the rooms were fabulous and we can’t thank the manager Richard enough for arranging a room move to room 5 for my birthday best views ever .. and Prosecco and chocolates. Food was sooo good - restaurant or bar …we will certainly be back soon.

Absolutely perfect! The location is stunning and so peaceful, the room was spotless and spacious with an amazing sea view! The food in the harbour restaurant was delicious! Drink wise they have a great choice of local beers and ciders! The staff were great and so friendly they made us feel so welcome! In fact we enjoyed our stay so much we stayed an extra night! Richard and his team do a wonderful job and it was down to the experience we had that we chose to stay longer! We are looking to return in a couple of months we enjoyed our stay that much!

Efficient service they were busy we sat outside just up from the hotel overlooking everything great setting we had a coffee a coke and chips and coleslaw all come in paper or plastic packaging great idea has you would not want to drop glass outside I was given a pager and when it went off I went and got the chips this worked really well taste was good but portion size to small so for that reason a little over priced