About Red Lion Coaching Inn
Occupying a traditional 16th century building, the Red Lion Coaching Inn is a pub with rooms offering straightforward accommodation in the pretty market town of Ellesmere, Shropshire.
A choice of standard, deluxe and family rooms feature either en suite or shared bathroom facilities. Each room has tea and coffee-making facilities and satellite television. Ground floor rooms with accessibility features are available.
Free Wi-Fi is provided throughout the Red Lion Coaching Inn, which also features a beer garden. Parking is possible nearby.
Hearty meals are available in the pub, including a children’s menu, vegetarian options, indulgent desserts selection and Sunday lunches. A full English breakfast is provided for guests.
Just 100 meters away, guests can feed the ducks and take a stroll around The Mere, Ellesmere’s very own ice age lake. Ellesmere town center is less than five minutes’ walk, boasting dining options, independent shops and the Shropshire Union Canal.
Positive Reviews
positive:
Plentiful pub grub and friendly service.
This is a popular dining haunt for locals attracted by the friendly service and hearty pub food. Most reviewers agreed there was a wide range of menu choices with often huge portions offering good value for money. Very many guests were glowing about the friendly welcome and swift service from the personnel during their stays.
positive:
Quaint location near lake.
Guests generally liked the location of this accommodation, which is a short walk from the town center and lakeside promenade. Walkers thought it was the perfect spot for taking leisurely strolls by the canal or around The Mere.
positive:
Good value adequate rooms.
The en suite and deluxe rooms generated mostly positive responses from visitors who found them to be adequately clean and comfortable for their needs at this basic accommodation. Many reviewers felt they got decent value for money.
Negative Reviews
negative:
Obstacles to sleep encountered.
Guests staying in rooms adjacent to the kitchens and bar area occasionally complained of noise and cooking smells from the pub interrupting their sleep. Others thought the bedroom curtains were too thin to block out light and that traffic noise was too audible in rooms facing the street. There were also claims of thin walls allowing neighbors to be heard together with noisy plumbing.
negative:
Room standards varied.
According to reviewers, the cheapest standard rooms at this property, which use shared bathroom facilities, were some way below the quality of the en suite and deluxe rooms. Some visitors called them dingy or cramped; others refused to stay in them altogether citing dated décor, small showers, mold in bathrooms, dim lighting and minor cleanliness grumbles.
negative:
Some features require updating.
Some visitors described further aspects of the property needing an update to address reported issues like dark corridors, patchy free Wi-Fi coverage and aging carpets.