Red Lion, W5 5RA
- 13 St Mary's Road
- W5 5RA
- Brewery: Fuller's
- Nearby Tube stops: South Ealing / Ealing Broadway
Drinks
Fuller's beers: London Pride, ESB, Chiswick - Pride �2.25/pint (March 2003)
guest ales! (They had Adnams and Gales BBB on)
Draught Staropraven lager
Food
This pub is aiming at the gastro market, and successfully achieving it.
A good range of excellent food, although I paid > �10 for a steak, it was worth it --IvorW. This pub serves proper chips like mum used to do them.
Service and Ambience
This pub was packed on a Saturday evening, but a welcome respite from the horrible pubs in and around Ealing Broadway (all of which had bouncers on the door). Despite this, I was able to get a table after a short wait. -- IvorW.
Bar space can be at a premium, as many locals enjoy drinking their pint at the bar, standing or sitting on a bar stool.
The staff are very friendly and efficient. Note: the landlord is a tenant, not a Fuller's employee, and he is delighted to talk about the guest beers. He is responsible for getting the Staropraven in (which is actually on Fuller's list, hence does not count as a guest beer).
The walls have framed prints (many signed) relating to Ealing comedy. Ealing Studios are just over the road.
Layout
The pub is L shaped, with the bar and alcove style seating at the front. Prior to the refurbishment in the summer of 2002, this front section was all there was. The refurbishment saw a small extension at the rear, and the removal of storage areas and the relocation of toilets so that the pub now extends back to the rear with dining tables. There is also a concrete patio at the rear.
Toilets and all facilities are all on the ground floor.
Awards
The Red Lion is a bit of a favourite of CAMRA members and has won the CAMRA West Middlesex Pub Of The Year award for 2002 and 2003. It also picked up the Fuller's Griffin Trophy in December 2003, for Fuller's Pub of the Year.