Is The Red Lion pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

What time is check-in at The Red Lion?

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 8:00 PM.

Where is The Red Lion located?

Situated in Bakewell, this guesthouse is within a 5-minute walk of Baked Well Pottery Painting and All Saints Church. Old House Museum and Bloomers Original Bakewell Puddings are also within 10 minutes.

The Red Lion Reviews, Deals & Photos 2025

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

20 November 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Good value stay

Clean and warm. Dated decor but everything you need. Good all round value.

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

Lee

18 February 2024

Liked: Amenities

Very nice

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

6/10 Okay

Dayna

1 July 2023

Liked: Staff & service

Great area. Nice staff. The rooms are above a pub, so be prepared for everything! Very and I repeat VERY thin walls.

Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2023

6/10 Okay

david

5 February 2023

Disliked: Staff & service

Night away

Customer service really poor waited a while to be booked in, room was ok. Went into the bar to get a drink bar staff nowhere to be seen. Went elsewhere and ended up in the bar and was told would we like to go elsewhere so we can close early! Not made to feel very welcome. Breakfast was awful no fruit juice offered and no butter for toast, full English not hot just warm like it had been standing, will not be going back here !

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

6/10 Okay

Geoffrey

24 July 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Disliked: Staff & service

You have to be kidding: very poor value for money.

Our room at the Red Lion was nice and comfortable but there were many other problems: i) there was no reliable internet service; ii) there was no breakfast; iii) the kitchen stopped serving dinner at 7.00. When we came down at 7.15, they said they would fire up the kitchen again!; iv) the front door was closed until 12.0 noon which meant we had to come and go in the morning via the fire escape although we had been told that the front door would be opened at 8.30am. This was very very poor value for L164 per night (pounds sterling)l

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

6/10 Okay

Ethel

28 May 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

Poor accommodation

One night stay, Room was small no where to sit except on beds, bathroom very small and very tired, access not good for people with mobility issues, departure exit less than safe down fire escape, not good value for money,

Stayed 1 night in May 2025

6/10 Okay

Dawn

27 May 2025

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities

Sorry Red Lion It’s not as clean as you’d like to think - see pics , chair leg is broken so could only sit on bed But Bed linen fresh, towels pure white, room smells fresh (apart from people smoking in pub garden, but that’s not your fault) Slept ok but room could do with makeover, update and consider how to use the space more efficiently

Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Mark

27 April 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Would stay here again.

We were made very welcome! The room was clean and comfortable - brilliant shower! Basic breakfast provided but it was all we needed. Bar times and fire escapes explained. Staff were very helpful when I realised we`d left something behind after checking out. Very cosy bar.

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

David

7 April 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Nice people

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Daniel

20 February 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Lovely little room

The stay was brilliant. Good location, and perfect little room. Plenty of goodies left out for us - hot chocolate sachets, biscuits, and even porridge pots for the morning. Lovely staff/service

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

4/10 Poor

Peter

26 November 2024

Disliked: Staff & service

Room and food were fine but radiator in the bedroom could not be switched off so it was too hot all night. No-one could advise how to fix it. There was no overnight parking within 500 meters of the hotel. This apparently is normal in Bakewell. There was also no wifi internet access in the room or the bar area. Not good!

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024

8/10 Good

David

23 November 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

The Red Lion is ideally situated in Bakewell,although there is no parking at the accommodation,there is plenty nearby. The only negative comment id make about the accommodation is the double bed is very small,other than that the rooms are very clean etc The town is very quiet,and there's not a lot happening on an evening

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024

4/10 Poor

Robert

30 October 2024

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Room need some attention

Room 3 very tired, bed uncomfortable. Bathroom very cramped and needs updating. Water system very noisy. Staff very friendly.

Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2024

8/10 Good

Susan

8 September 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Nice traditional pub

Well placed in centre of Bakewell. Friendly staff. Nice large double bedroom with en suite. As they don't serve breakfast there were a couple of complimentary porridge pots and breakfast biscuits. Tea and coffee making facilities with plenty of t-bags, milk, coffee and hot chocolate sachets with packets of biscuits. Hallway outside room decoration was looking a bit tired. Had a very nice evening meal in the pub

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

4/10 Poor

Kay

3 March 2024

Liked: Room comfort

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service

Lovely area disappointing hotel.

Hotel Red Lion locked at 10.00pm had to access room via steep concrete & metal steps. To a key pad door which didn’t always open first time. Absolutely no sort of breakfast served early morning. No facilities for checking out had to take all luggage down steep concrete steps & leave key in door as front door was locked. Other B&Bs usually make bed each day, this wasn’t done. No parking near hotel. Tried to find overnight car park but none near by. Was informed you could book parking on line unable to do it. Beautiful area lovely walks & river. Close to other Beauty spots. Chatsworth house well worth a visit. Also Eyam & Matlock.

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

4/10 Poor

Sarah

4 February 2024

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

One night stay

Hallway smelt of cigarette smoke

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Andrew

21 January 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Thornbridge and Chatsworth visit at Bakewell

Staff were lovely. Location in the town centre, very convenient. Beautiful town. Surprising quiet in the hotel.

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

Arthur

3 December 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

overall, 4 out of 5. Would stay again. Thanks

Great pub in a beautiful village. Very cosy bar area with friendly staff, people and dogs. The room itself was very comfortable and warm. However, we only had enough milk for 2 cups of tea, and only 3 'normal' tea bags. We tried to get more but the downstairs door was locked until 8:30am. We tried again at 9am but the door was still locked. The only way to exit was the fire escape, which we had to take at 10:00am as that was check out time - the downstairs door was still locked. To make matters worse, it had snowed over night making the fire escape a slippery danger zone - not so good for my girldfriend's bad achilles and probably also not so good for elderly guests etc. overall, 4 out of 5. Would stay again. Thanks

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

2/10 Terrible

Dr Genine

1 July 2023

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Terrible bathroom, shower dod not drain, toilet stopped working, dangerous. Access via back stairs fire escape also dangerous and awful. Wished I didn't stay here

Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Craig

29 May 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great little find

Last minute night away. Great welcome and accompanied to the room on check in. Nice touches of fresh water, coffee and even a Bakewell tart! I must say the bed and bedding are the comfiest ever, I wanted to take it home. Only downside was the walls are pretty thin which can’t be helped, we had a group of noisy boys next door who disturbed us at 4am!! The owner was made aware and was very apologetic. All in all I would definitely stay here again.

Stayed 1 night in May 2023

6/10 Okay

Susan

2 April 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort

Disappointed that the quality didnt match the cost

For the price charged for this double deluxe room we had certain expectations especially as it was on a room only basis. On the positive side, the bed was clean and comfortable and the room warm. On arrival we were told there is no onsite parking but we could park for free at their sister pub approximately 2 minutes walk away. We were provided with a bottle of fresh water and 1 small bakewell tart (curtesy of Mr Kipling). The room was decorated to a reasonable standard but had one area tge feature wall colour had been scratched exposing the previous lighter colour. The bedding and towels were of a good standard and there were plenty of toiletries provided. However on the negative side the was basin had 2 cracks in it, the shower tray had several chips in it and the tiles surrounding the basin had a big chip out of one corner and alas the hair dryer provided didnt work. The hair dryer was reported and replaced however rather than automatically replenishing our tea, coffee, milk and biscuits each day (we stayed 2 nights) we had to go and ask as no one entered our room to service it. We ate in the pub on our first night and found the food to be well presented, hot and of reasonable quality. So to conclude, our experience was somewhat spoilt by a lack of effort and attention to rectifying issues.

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023

6/10 Okay

Anthony

9 March 2023

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

Room was very dated and needed re decorating, but nice pub in nice spot

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

4/10 Poor

Samantha

1 November 2022

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Very disappointed. Staff rude on arrival. Rooms dirty, used cotton bud on floor, hair in shower, dirty cleaning cloth left in the sink. Drawers didn’t open on the dressing table & the only one that did had a tablet in it, clearly not been checked let alone cleaned. Very obvious floor had not been cleaned. We were told to use the fire exit if returning to the property after 11pm, a code was provided to open the door, code not required on our return door wide open, great security! On entering passageway contained multiple bags of linen making it extremely difficult for us to walk. Safety seriously compromised. Breakfast the following morning was a shambles, no menus provided, waitress came to the table & asked us what we would like to eat, our reply was what choice do we have. We had to ask for water in the kettle, milk, cups, for the fresh juice jug to be filled up, butter for the toast….. we gave up asking & went in search of sauce & cutlery ourselves! There was one young lady on her own doing everything!!! She had obviously given up on customer service. To complete our stay the property have charged us twice!!!! We are still awaiting our money to be refunded. Not happy at all. I would not recommend this property at all, avoid, avoid, avoid.

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

melvyn

3 May 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

The staff was friendly and helpful rooms was in need of a up lift, the bed was very clean and that goes for the room also, There was a very big breakfast and it was very well cooked, We will be back, the only down side is that there was no on site parking but we got over that. The owner did say that they was having a big refurbishment very soon .

Stayed 1 night in May 2022

4/10 Poor

David

25 February 2022

Liked: Staff & service

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Bad lion

A warm welcome, room was very basic not like the photos at all, room was dirty especially under the bed, lots of dust and old reciepts? Cracked bathroom sink and very dusty. Never slept due to the boiler noise there was a constant loud buzzing sound!! The breakfast was very poor, i only ate toast and marmalade.

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2022

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