The new Red Lion menu is ready to preview below featuring some new dishes such as Duck Liver Paté with granary toast and cornichons, Baked Camenbert with crusty bread and special ale chutney and a Pint or Half a Pint of Large Juicy Prawns (half pint £6.00 pint £12.00) served with brown bread and spicy cocktail sauce and then there are two new veggie main dishes ……….Blue Vinney Homity Pie with coastal cheddar crust served with dressed salad and chips and our tasty Vegetarian Burger served in our special recipe bun with our famous chutney, homemade coleslaw and chips.

Then by popular request…. Proper ‘Surf and Turf ’ featuring our 10oz 21 day aged Ribeye Steak with breaded wholetail scampi, chips and salad. A new salad too… Fresh Crab and Lemon Dressed Mixed Leaf Salad

On the pudding front the Red Lion Mess has got all ‘summerlike’ with Meringue, fresh whipped cream fresh strawberries and raspberries and we have introduced some ‘liquid puddings’……

• Jamaican Coffee with Goslings Black Seal rum, freshly ground coffee and fresh cream
• Orange Creole Coffee with Orange rum, freshly ground coffee and fresh cream
• Wiese & Krohn Uniquely Chilled Rosé Port (ideal with our cheese board)
• Chocolate Orange Martini made with Orange Rum, Dark Creme de Cacao, fresh cream shaken over ice… a classic!!

There are some new wines too Tierra Alta Merlot, Chile. Perfect with our Steak and Ale Pie, Baroncini 1489 Chianti Riserva, Italy “The Baroncini family have grown grapes at their historic estate in Tuscany since 1489” or Tabali Cabernet Sauvignon, Chile “Deep blackcurrant flavours great with the Ribeye”. On the Fizz front Champagne Gremillet Brut NV, France has been ‘shipped in’ for the summer.

On white wines we introduce Bellefontaine Sauvignon Blanc, France a rich citrus character on the palate is livened up by zesty finish then the wonderful K-Naia, Verdejo, Spain, this wine was chosen as the best white in its class by our customers at our recent tasting!! Finally we now have a Sancerre La Clochette, France “The best Sauvignon Blanc in the house!!”

On the rose wines we introduce two new wines Mirabello Pinot Grigio Rosé, Italy and a popular White Zinfandel Rose, California “a Light ‘Picnic’ wine for the sweeter palate”

We have also introduced a premium cider list as an alternative to wine

PREMIUM ENGLISH CIDERS TO SHARE
Our Premium Ciders are served in an ice bucket with two glasses as a refreshing alternative to wine.

• Aspalls Draught Suffolk Cider 5.5% £4.95

This is a mid-straw coloured cider with a floral and apple aroma and more medium dry in taste (ideal with our Haddock Smokey)

• Aspalls Premier Cru 7.0% £5.95

Straw gold in colour with a clean, light aroma of dessert apples, drier in taste (ideal with our Cheese Board)

• Aspalls Perronelles Blush 5.4% £5.95

This blush cider has a subtle blackberry aroma with a hint of traditional cyder apple and is sweeter on the palate (perfect with our Fresh Seafood Plate)

• Thatchers Katy 7.4% £5.95

Light, medium dry and fragrant with a soft sparkle, (great with our ‘Old Winchester’ Chicken)

• Thatchers Green Goblin 6.0% £4.95

Made with English apples, and matured in oak vats, Green Goblin cider is a full-flavoured, bittersweet blend, beautifully balanced to give a fresh character with a medium dry finish (ideal with the Warm Seafood Plate)

• Westons Wyld Wood Organic 6.5% £4.25

The only Organic Cider we do! Earthy, with a good apple taste, (great with a steak or our burger)

To view the full menu click here

Happy New Year!!! Well it would appear everyone had a great time here at the Red Lion as the picture suggests!!

On behalf of landlord Brian, Our Deputies Kendra and Phil, Head Chef Brett and the entire team at the Red Lion plus of course Tim and Mary we wish every one of our customers a very happy and prosperous new year. We also wish to thank everyone for supporting the Red Lion through its first festive season since its restoration and indeed supporting us for the whole year!!!

Here’s to 2013!!! Let’s hope it is drier!!!

After a terrific Olympics and a magnificent effort by the entire Red Lion team their reward was our inclusion in the ‘Good Pub Guide 2013’. This is great recognition of one of Weymouth’s favourite pubs and we are truly honoured. We would like to thank all our loyal customers. We also got an acknowledgement for our excellent ales…take note good beer guide!!! So dig out a copy and read all about us. There will be a copy in the pub soon.

After an historic two weeks for Weymouth and Portland and here at the Red Lion too we have so many memories of The 2012 Olympic sailing!! Including seeing four times Olympic Champ Ben Ainslie enjoying himself after becoming the best Olympic sailor of all time and he did it here in Weymouth yippee!!

Andrew Simpson and Iain Percy, silver medallists in the Star men’s class, were joined at the Red Lion by Paul Goodison MBE who missed out on defending his Beijing Gold in the Laser class finishing seventh in Weymouth while suffering with a bad back. Paul has lived in Weymouth for six years.

While the boys enjoyed a much earned beer here at the Red Lion, a young lady sat quietly eating a Red Lion burger building her strength up for the windsurfing RS:X women’s class climax the next day. Spaniard Marina Alabeu had a strong lead but still had to bring it home to win gold but after a Red Lion Burger a gold medal was easy pickings and she triumphed easily.

Nick Dempsey picked up silver in the windsurfing and can be seen waving from the bus as it passed the Red Lion!!

 

 

Supporters of Swedish sailors sing national anthem in Hope Square in Weymouth

THE Swedish national anthem echoed around the Red Lion at Hope Square in Weymouth thanks to family members of their sailing team. Supporters of Swedish sailors Anna Kjellberg, Astrid Gabrielson and Sebastian Ostling congregated at the Red Lion pub to make the most of the Olympic atmosphere.

The patriotic group were joined by the sailors themselves who said they intended to make the most of the sunny weather in Weymouth. Jonas and Gerd Kjellberg said they were ‘really proud’ of their daughter Anna.

Mr Kjellberg added: “Anna has been sailing since she was really young and we are just so proud of her. “She is a little disappointed but we love it here in Weymouth. What a fantastic place.”

Sailor Astrid Gabrielson, who raced in the 470 class, said: “I am feeling disappointed following my race but am so happy we have so much support from home here.
“I love it here in Weymouth especially as it is really good weather.”

Spirits were high as the supportive crowd, dressed in Swedish colours and flags, serenaded passers-by with their national anthem.

Olympic achievement by the Red Lion team!!!!

If there were gold medals for hard work serving hundreds…no…thousands of visitors at the sailing Olympics 2012, then look no further than our Red Lion team. As you will see from the picture, the barrels outside ready for collection say it all!!

The team, led by Brian and Kendra, have worked so hard in pretty hot conditions to ensure all the visitors to Weymouth got a great pint of cask ale with some tasty home cooked food from our kitchen team, headed by Steve. The atmosphere in Hope Square was electric and we are so proud the Sailing Olympics were held here. Everyone has given their all, so a big thank you to our team and to everyone who paid us a visit!!!

With just over a week to go until the Paralympics begin all is ready to give teams and supporters a warm welcome again……….Forgive the team if they look a little sleepy!!!

Photos coming in thick and fast!!!

As teams, fans and visitors arrive home after their trip to Weymouth for the sailing Olympics we are now receiving photographs!!! Here below is a lovely picture of the fabulous volunteer team who looked after everyone so well. They are described as the true heroes of the games and rightly so. Well done and congratulations to you all!!

Next up is the Finnish contingent putting up their flags in the pub as they celebrate great performances and a great shot of the Olympians whizzing past on their open top bus with medals glowing in the late afternoon sunshine!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Team RL are presented with their gold medals!!!

As a reward for their record breaking feats the Red Lion team were in celebratory mood as they were presented with their ‘Gold medals’ to recognise their Olympic Achievements during the 2012 Sailing Olympics.

New records were set during the two weeks for the Red Lion and the team really worked their socks off for the 2012 Olympics and then the Paralympics 2012 also.

They were sent off to Euro-Disney and Paris for two days while owners Tim and Mary held the fort with stoic Chef James and ‘having a baby soon’ Amy!! The team looked a little tired on their return but a good time was had by all.

Big thanks to all the team for working so hard during this record breaking period…you are heroes!!!!

As happens here in the UK the rain always comes at the wrong time!!!

Near typhoon conditions hit Weymouth on the Friday and particularly the Saturday and resulted in the Seafood festival being cancelled on the Saturday altogether!!!Gazebos were blowing in to the harbour and it was impossible to set the stalls up.

A great shame but the fighting spirit meant that everyone came back to have another go on the Sunday…and guess what? We were rewarded with beautiful weather. It was a busy day even with a Scotsman playing in the Wimbledon final!!! The sun shone and the prawn and crayfish cocktails and the mussels were enjoyed from our outside stall.

Thanks to the team who worked really hard on the Saturday to drive a bit of business in horrendous conditions and for putting on a great show on Sunday.

The festival is a great event and we hope next year it is at least dry for the whole weekend…next up the Olympics!!!

 

 

Since the Red Lion re-opened on Valentine’s Day 2012 it has been receiving a great deal of admiration for the caring restoration of our famous pub.

We are now in our 161st year and very proud of the pubs great heritage as an old Ale House and brewery tap for the old Devenish Brewery and being the nearest pub to the Weymouth Life Boat.

This heritage has been restored to the pub quite rightly and we are so thankful for all the positive comments to date.

If you haven’t visited the Red Lion since the restoration work then click here to visit our gallery of pictures, have a good look and then pop in and enjoy the atmosphere.

See you soon!!