Historical version 17 of Red Lion, W5 5RA (view current version)

  • 020 8567 2541
  • 13 St Mary's Road, W5 5RA (streetmap) (osm) (gmap) (bingmap) (streetview)
  • 11am-11pm Sun-Wed; 11am-midnight Thu-Sat

A large, popular Fuller's pub opposite Ealing Studios, and Local CAMRA Pub of the Year 2002–04. It is on the 65 bus route with two bus stops within about a minute's walk. It is about ten minutes' walk from Ealing Broadway Station.

The food is excellent, and correspondingly priced (£9-17 for a main course as of March 2008); evening dishes might include slow-roasted lamb shank with thyme and red wine, served with root vegetable mash; fish stew with halibut, prawns, mussels, and coriander; root vegetable and mixed bean stew with herb mash; or confit of duck with sauteed new potatoes, green beans, and caramelised onion gravy. During a 2007 visit, the menu comprised seven meat dishes, four fish, and two vegetarian. In the evening food is served from 7pm until 9:30pm. On an evening visit in March 2008, the food was very slow to arrive (about an hour in some cases), and a rare steak ciabatta arrived well done, and in a baguette. The quality of the food remained good, however.

There is a different lunchtime menu served from midday until 3pm. The dishes are cheaper and it is more fixed than the changing evening menu.

Four well-kept Fuller's ales on tap (ESB and London Pride at all times, Chiswick or Discovery and a "guest", normally from the Fuller's or Gales' range) and a longish wine list. A pint of Pride was £2.60 (March 2007). They also do takeaway beer in paper containers that they keep behind the counter. They charge less for takeaway than 'drink-in' beer.

The pub has a few tables outside at the front, as well as a back garden with mushroom heaters.

According to the Fuller's website, food is served noon-3pm and 7-9:30pm Monday to Saturday, and noon-5pm Sunday.

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Regularly visited by Billy, but last updated March 2008. Opening hours and food times taken from Fuller's website, February 2008.

GPS data collected by Kake on a Garmin eTrex, 8 March 2007, and released into the public domain: OSGB 517722, 180155, just outside the entrance.

OS X co-ord: 517722 OS Y co-ord: 180155 (Latitude: 51.507565 Longitude: -0.303530)
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