Fabulous Venue For A Family Celebration The Red Lion - Graham, Louise and their team have just hosted a First Holy Communion Celebration for two little girls (ours being one) their families and friends.

We are all so impressed, from the first enquiry to paying the bill on the day, nothing was too much trouble, we opted for a 'Buffet Lunch' and 'Afternoon Tea' for 45 guests.

Graham said at the outset that he doesn't have buffet menus, preferring instead to ask customers what they want, he set a price per head, together we then chose items, hot, cold, savoury and sweet, Graham made note of our requirements and asked us to pop in and confirm numbers the week before the event.

As requested, we confirmed our numbers a week before and arranged to leave some balloons and party decorations in the day before our party.

On the day of our celebration, we turned up earlier than expected, no problem at all, everything was ready, tables ready and decorations in place, everything looking lovely and just as we had requested.

Our guests took their time arriving and trickled in over the space of an hour, again this wasn't a problem, Graham and Louise assured us everything was good to go and they would keep food back until we said we were ready, which they did.

The 'Buffet Lunch' and 'Afternoon Tea' were fantastic! A wonderful variety of hot and cold savoury items and dishes, too many to mention, all fresh, tasty and very well presented, further food being brought out as per demand.

The 'Afternoon Tea' was equally fantastic and to the same high standard, an amazing variety of cakes, buns, scones and fruit, with cups of tea or coffee included - Totally delicious!!

It was a beautiful sunny day so most guests chose to sit outside in the garden, although we also had the use of the lovely, newly refurbished restaurant and some of our guests chose to eat there.

Our party consisted of adults and a large number of children, the children had a fabulous time in the safe, enclosed garden and play area, whilst the pool table was a big hit too!

All our guests told us they had a wonderful day and enjoyed the delicious food.

Graham, Louise and team - A HUGE thank you from us all, you made everything so easy and stress free, we had an amazing day, thank you for making that possible.

Anyone looking for a venue for a celebration/party of any type, look no further than The Red Lion Thorpe, you won't be disappointed!

Highly recommended.

Great food · Child-friendly - Excellent Customer Service

Great Meal Today I took a party of 20 people for lunch and have to say the food was lovely. Everyone enjoyed their meal, which was fresh and well prepared. The restaurant itself has recently been refurbished to a great standard. All in all thoroughly enjoyable and would definitely recommend it. Oh and I must add well done for serving the food on hot plates!

Post Thorpe Park Perfect after a full on day at Thorpe Park, just 5 minutes away, plenty of parking, good outside space for the youngsters.

Service was second to none, very friendly, food was all cooked perfectly, we had a table of 6, and everyone said how good it was.

I would highly recommend going here after your day, to let the traffic ease. Brilliant, you will not be disappointed