Confused a little by going to an English traditional country pub and having a menu that is half traditional pub food (burgers, scampi, fish & chips, pie) and half Indian - but good Indian food! Pub itself is a little rundown, more rustic than chic. Great service, if not a little over-attentive (we got asked by three different people if our food was okay) and we overheard the owners saying they'd only been open a month. Foodwise, we had the baked camembert with garlic and rosemary, the salt and pepper squid and I had the chicken liver pate with onion marmalade and ciabatta. Not sure why the pate was scored, a slightly unnecessary presentation detail. The ciabatta served with the pate and the camembert was more like a baguette and ratio of bread to cheese/pate was low. Squid was good with a decent fresh chilli I had a small plate murgh kabob (grilled chicken tikka) for my main. Good flavours, moist chicken but it would have benefitted from a good char. The others had the beef kala ghost bhuna, half and half which was naan and some excellent steamed rice topped with crispy onions. The beef was tender with a good subtle afterheat. Naans were disappointing and I'd suspect mass produced. Floppy, no char and slightly soggy sponge. Apple crumble was plain (no cinnamon or nutmeg flavours) with canned custard, but fine. Would definitely go back for more Indian food.

Looking for somewhere for a pitstop to break up a 160 mile journey home, not wanting to run the gauntlet of motorway services, our 3rd attempt was the Red Lion and boy oh boy was it 3rd time lucky!!! We both ordered a chicken korma. It arrived quickly and was huge. It was made fresh to order and quite possibly 1 of the best curries I have ever had. The staff were friendly and very welcoming. I would 100% recommend eating here though if it was local to me I would definitely need bigger jeans!!!!! Thankyou everyone for a wonderful meal and warm welcome.

This pub has changed hands a number of times, and I was skeptical. Indian food? In a village pub? But it's *excellent*! Lovely food at a very reasonable price (it was a weeknight special), and amazing service. Highly recommended if you're anywhere nearby. (There's pub food, too. ????)

please read it's long but informative, Popped into the red lion Islip after wanting to for a while for Sunday lunch, was pleasantly surprised by the atmosphere ambiance and warm and cosy nature of the pub great surroundings and lovely venue with lovely garden area and good parking, was greeted by the barmen and taking to our table then asked if we wanted a bigger table or was this ok very helpful and friendly, once seated we were asked if wanted to order drinks and he explained lagers ales etc arrived promptly with said drinks after a couple of minutes Lilly our waitress arrived and explained the Sunday lunch options chalk menu in hand very bubbly and friendly a credit to management we ordered lamb shank which was served with all the trimmings well cooked meal all was of decent quality pleasantly surprised with the carrots which were peeled and cut fresh cooked with a slight crunch only negative only three roasties prices are moderate to high depending on what your use to, but will definitely be returning the staff can't do enough for you has a little shop area at the back full of weird and wonderful things to purchase if you would like to high security conscious pub lots of CCTV.on a personal note I'm surprised with some of the negative reviews but understand different people different days etc. Well done red lion.

Great selection of Indian and traditional pub food, I had salt & pepper squid followed by Mutton Dhansak and it was all delicious. Couldn’t fault anything at the Red Lion the staff were friendly and happy also. We will be booking again soon.