Red Lion

Pub Details

Address
The Street
Icklingham
Suffolk
IP28 6PS
Telephone
(01638) 711698
Opening Times
Weekdays
12 - 3 (4 Sun, 2.30 winter weekdays) , 6 - 11
Sundays
12 - 4 (3 in winter)
Closed
Sun evening, Mon (except bank hols)

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Red Lion, Icklingham, Suffolk, IP28 6PS – The Good Pub Guide
Pub Details | Good Pub Guide Recommended | Good Pub Guide Food | Awards | Good Pub Information |  Rating | Comments

Good Pub Guide Recommended

16th-c thatched pub with a relaxed atmosphere, good food and local beers
With interesting local beers, good food and friendly staff, this old thatched pub is extremely popular with our readers. The most striking part is the beamed bar with its cavernous inglenook fireplace and attractive furnishings including a nice mixture of wooden chairs and oriental rugs on the polished floorboards; board games, cribbage, darts and piped music. The carpeted and candlelit dining area is behind a knocked-through fireplace. Earl Soham Albert Ale and Victoria Bitter and Humpty Dumpty Bad Egg and Railway Sleeper on handpump, nine wines by the glass plus pudding wines, and quite a choice of coffees. There are seats on the back terrace overlooking surrounding fields; boules. West Stow Country Park and the Anglo-Saxon Village are close by.

Good Pub Guide Food

Using local seasonal produce, the inventive bar food includes filled baguettes, pork, apricot, cured ham and pine nut pâté, crab, prawn and crayfish cocktail, ham and eggs, portabello mushroom, spinach and goats cheese risotto, chicken, tiger prawn, coconut and cream goan curry with mango, pawpaw and orange chutney, and slow-cooked lamb with redcurrant and red wine gravy, yorkshire pudding and rosemary and sea salted roasted potatoes; they offer two- and three-course choices, too.

Bar food times: 12 - 2.30, 6 - 8.30

Awards

Good Pub Information

Children welcome if well behaved
Dogs allowed in: Dogs Bar

Rating

  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
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Rating: 3/5 (283 votes cast)

Reader Comments

lauralazuli

Friday 30 December 2011 6:17:16 pm

Went here today with my pug, with a view to having lunch... however, food is not served in the back bar where dogs are allowed.

dicknruth

Friday 21 October 2011 8:02:50 pm

We went there yesterday evening - 4 adults and 2 children - and had a very pleasant meal. The menu was straightforward but with a good choice, the food was nicely prepared and cooked and the portions generous (a shame because we barely managed more than one of the appetising puds between us!). The atmosphere was warm, friendly and welcoming. We would certainly recommend this as a place for a relaxed evening meal.

rosswinter

Wednesday 24 February 2010 2:33:02 pm

Without doubt the BEST food and beer in the East of England.

My wife and I held our wedding reception here and with the help of Ed and Aileen had a perfect day.

All our guests commented on the fantastic meal and surroundings. We did a LOT of research before choosing the Red Lion but are so glad that we did. It really is that good!

Trust me and go for Dinner to find out!

I cant recommend them enough :)

Ross

sheilahartley

Tuesday 04 August 2009 11:21:55 am

Staff friendly, the food was excellent and particularly fresh - thank you.

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