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Chris Woodward, Head Chef, and Mike Champion, Front of House Manager, continue to roll out the impressive Chef Taster Menu Dinners. These evenings are an extraordinary experience and incredible value. They will now be available once a month either at The Red Lion or at The Black Bull - see below.

Upcoming Events

Friday 10th February
Pudding Night at The Red Lion
Pudding Night Information
(There is also a Pudding Night coming up at The Black Bull Friday 24th February)

Tuesday 14th February
- St. Valentine's Menu at both pubs

Mothering Sunday 18th March at both pubs
- a Sunday Roast style menu. We will be open all day but the more popular times will go fast, so please book early if you have little flexibility.

Saturday 31st March
Chef Taster at The Red Lion.
Original format of six courses with six wines to match: £45/£55 without/with wine)
See menu here
see Cambridge Style Magazine October 2010 and
Agenda Magazine July 2010


Also at The Black Bull Balsham:

Friday 27th January
Gourmet Food & Wine Evening at The Black Bull
A "Chef Taster with a difference" .
There will be a Spanish theme for the food and wines being tasted.
We are offering a taster splash of each wine with the five courses - all in for £40.
Additional wines can be purchased on the night by the glass or bottle.
- see menu here
(The following Gourmet Food & Wine Evening at The Black Bull will be Friday 16th March)

! NEW ! Starters-for-Ten Club - every Thursday at The Black Bull
Have you ever thought that you would actually quite like everything on the menu? Well this night is for you!
On Thursday nights we are offering a selection of ten starters for you to sample - all taster sizes of our typical a la carte dishes.
Our introductory offer is Three Starters for £10 (or £4.50 a pop)
Booking in advance would be much appreciated but not essential.
See a sample menu here.

Emma Rice is Back!
Emma will now be playing at The Black Bull on the first Saturday of the month 7:30-10pm
First performance: Saturday 7th February

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.

The exception to the above is the Explorer Magazine, which we do subscribe to, as we find they write very well (see some of their articles here) and are well received locally.

Cambridge Style Magazine October 2010
Louise Cummings from Cambridge Evening News Style Magazine paid us a visit for our September Chef Taster Menu and was "surprised to discover that Peter was only 28 and yet such a culinary whizz ... the menu rose to a crescendo, with each course bettering the last - and the presentation was faultless...It had been a glorious gastro night ... the Tasting Menu Dinner had been a roaring success"

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."

Pudding Nights Information

RLH_Pudding_Night_Intro_0910.pdf

Sample Chef's taster menu

Chef_Taster_Menu_6th_04_09_10.pdf

Sample Pudding Club Menu

Pudding_Night_Menu_Sept_2010.pdf