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The Red Lion Hinxton - Free house pub & restaurant

Free House Inn & Restaurant
AA 4 Stars & a Rosette
Alastair Sawday (since 2008)
Good Pub Guide (since 1992)
Good Beer Guide (since 1986)

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* Peter is now doing regular Chef Taster Menu Dinners - see below for next dates - see last menu, see Agenda Magazine review July 2010

Upcoming Events
Summer Barbecues
Saturdays 1pm-5pm
10th July
24th July
7th August
21st August
28th August

Saturday 31st July
Chef Taster Menu available - booking & deposit required

Monday 2nd August
7th Annual Red Lion Golf Day

Saturday 4th September
Chef Taster Menu available - booking & deposit required

Friday 24th September
Pudding Night

Saturday 2nd October
Chateau Musar Dinner

Please book events as far in advance as possible to ensure you get a table!

Feast_East_Flier.pdf

The Red Lion Hinxton in the Press

All the below have been printed on a merit only basis - because The Red Lion Hinxton was doing something that the journalists genuinely wanted to talk about and there was no quid-pro-quo commitment to take out advertising space.

Sunday Times 13 June 2010

Settle in for the summer
You can’t beat a good pub garden – and this lot are the finest, with plenty to keep you amused, from cricket pitches to petting farms
Vincent Crump

A good pub garden is hallowed ground — just add a spot of sunshine, tasty food, a quenching tipple and sparky company, and you’re all set for the afternoon. Here’s where to find the finest.

4 Red Lion
Hinxton, Cambridgeshire

“We’re now even prouder of our garden than of our pub and bedrooms,” says Alex Clarke, mine host at the Red Lion. And no wonder — it has been freshly primped by the designer Ian Shooter, a Chelsea Flower Show medallist last year, and now has a dapper new patio, all teak and trellises; contemplative corners under the church tower; a flutter of doves to the dovecote; and Alex’s pride and joy, his arbour. “Our wisteria has flowered in its first season,” he bubbles. “I’m tickled lilac!” The menu has a red rosette from the AA and includes wood pigeon with beetroot vinaigrette. Don’t tell the doves.

Agenda Magazine - Cambridge April 2009
Editor, Olivia Abbott, visited a Pudding Night and found the "starter and main were gorgeous and nearly overshadowed the stars of the show - the puddings ..."

Cambridgeshire_Agenda_Apr09.pdf

Cambridge Evening News July 2008
"A village pub has roared to success and scooped the top prize at a food and drink award ceremony (Local Secrets Eating and Drinking Awards best place to visit in the south of Cambridge ..."

Daily Telegraph 2 May 2008
We were listed as one of 50 great pubs in England and Wales, selected from Alistair Sawday's latest publication:
"A lovely spot for peaceful summer sipping. Pop in for a beef and horseradish sandwich or linger over pot-roasted rabbit. Adnams and Woodforde's beers add to the appeal, as do eclectic menus that list a range of classic pub dishes, all at good prices. Puddings are wonderful: sticky toffee pudding with caramel sauce, passion fruit pavlova."