The Red Lion - Mid Devon

We enjoyed a five day stay as a family in the family suite. This pub is brilliant. They have got it so right. Great staff, friendly locals, lovely food and beautiful rooms. Our second stay here and we keep coming back. The breakfasts are fabulous and enormous felt totally stuffed for the rest of the day. Friendly and efficient staff and nothing is too much trouble. We loved the location and the rooms are relaxing and comfy. Immaculately clean. Had such a fantastic stay. Didn't want to go home.

Was booked in by the owner of our guest house as they hadn 't got a chef that night. Reputation was pretty good but we noticed that they had a large family booking which seemed to take precedent to the average punters. The family were also noisy which didn 't help but the main issue was the service which was a little 'hit miss ' i.e. had wrong order etc. They tried to rectify but I couldn 't be bothered to be honest. Food was a little rich e.g chilli dish and had a steak without a steak knife which meant me clubbing away at it for a bit. School boy errors but OK in the end hence the average rating.

Visited with a really mixed crowd, a dog, a child, some old traditionalists (where nowts as good as it used to be! and my wife! And all loved it, now pulling that off is no mean feat. The dog was awoken with two magical biscuits appearing before her very nose which went down very well and the food was excellent as was the beer, very well kept all in a lovely old building modernised with charm and an eye to retaining the character. All the staff were amazing.

Today we enjoyed an excellent Sunday lunch at the Red Lion. The roast beef in particular was excellent. And a special mention for the salted caramel brownie with Devon clotted cream. Such a friendly welcome and real ales on draught.

This place was horrible. I went with my mother my grandmother (her dog) and my brother. We sat down and could hardly fit. We waited almost an hour to get our food and it was average. Later on just before we were leaving someone had found a maggot in there food! On the positive side the staff were nice.