The Old Red Lion Inn

8/10

Excellent

20 Jul 2026

Matthew

The Old Red Lion is a convenient pub stay for the Cambridge area. The accommodation is in a separate building to the pub. The rooms are nicely presented. The pub is friendly and welcoming, with good pub food.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

18 Jul 2026

Neil

Nice clean room, friendly staff and nice breakfast. Had to check in before 10pm which could have been an issue but we tweaked plans. Would definitely stay again

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

10 Jul 2026

Allen

Lovely food room was huge staff so helpful and friendly

6/10

Pleasant

09 Jul 2026

Dot

I booked to stay one night with a chance I might need a second night. Room was a separate wooden chalet. Door very difficult to open. Small bathroom with shower a bit difficult to access unless you have long legs. Mirror near toilet not easy to see. Glad I didn’t need to make up.
Breakfast was a bag with croissant and porridge to mix yourself and an apple. Jam, butter orange juice also provided but juice not very nice and make your own coffee from Nescafé in room. I wasn’t expecting the ritz but went to Tesco for breakfast.
Dinner service a tad slow but I think they had problems. Fish and chips very well done so a bit overcooked. Just booked in for same price elsewhere, a world of difference.

Self

8/10

Excellent

06 Jul 2026

Simon

We had a wonderful stay, a lovely dinner, and the cooked breakfast was fantastic.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

02 Jul 2026

lance

Great customer service from Tracey and her team. Dinner was excellent with attentive service at s reasonable price.
Accommodation very comfortable and well maintained. Would definitely stay here again!

Friends

10/10

Exceptional

02 Jul 2026

Victor

Very friendly staff good food and clean nice size rooms.

Friends

6/10

Pleasant

24 Jun 2026

Nicholas

Warm welcome by staff. Shown to room in adjacent building. Room was tired, hanging curtains at one point t the pole fell down. There was a kettle and tea coffee in room and breakfast was out through door late evening in brown paper bag consisting of a croissant cereal bar apple and carton of juice.
Room was very hot and no fan.
The shower room had pubic hairs on the floor and sink.
Meal at hotel was poor too.
Very disappointed all round.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

09 Jun 2026

Lorraine

The staff tried very hard but there was a slight disorganization about the service. We missed having a rack/bench to put at least one bag on. Also found it difficult with no rack/soap holder in the shower and no hooks or places to put our clothes while showering. Lastly the only mirror in the bathroom was on the opposite wall from the sink. This made it difficult to shave.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

03 Jun 2026

Richard

Lovely place a a location to stay

Self

8/10

Excellent

21 May 2026

James

Nice place to stay, rooms need some TLC but the food is great onsite

8/10

Excellent

20 May 2026

James

Nice place to stay, rooms need some TLC but the food is great onsite

10/10

Exceptional

03 May 2026

Phillip

Nice stay, very nice staff, great breakfast just what we wanted

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

02 May 2026

David

I enjoyed another stay at the Old Red Lion. I was allocated a lovely room with a good bathroom. I appreciated the kind welcome from the staff especially as it was quite late in the evening when I arrived. I informed the staff in advance of my estimated time of arrival and they were reassuring that my arrival time was fine for them. Enjoyed a pint of beer at the bar about 9.30pm before going to bed. The breakfast provided in the room was great as I had to leave quite early in the morning to attend a meeting in Haverhill. Looking forward to my next stay at the Old Red Lion Inn. Many thanks to the staff

Self

8/10

Excellent

29 Apr 2026

James

Rooms are spacious, food is great, had a good nights sleep but showers are lacking

Self

10/10

Exceptional

21 Apr 2026

Kevin

Staff were amazing and food was brilliant, real old school pub food and great value.
Room was spacious and comfortable. Only slight niggle is that shower was an electric one and whilst hot enough it was not very powerful. Anyway, I'm returning so that hasn't put me off

4/10

Poor

13 Apr 2026

Graham

Breakfast very poor. Continental breakfast in room; gluten free croissant inedible as it needed to be cooked first and no facilities for that. Evening meal poor and definitely not “home cooked” as advertised.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

07 Apr 2026

Steven

Functional room , clean and tidy. Bit of road noise the only neg. Pub has good food and drink

Self

10/10

Exceptional

08 Mar 2026

Michael

Plenty of onsite parking. Went to check in at the bar lovely warm welcome and we were taken to our room. When we checked in which about 20:55PM we asked what time the restaurant stops serving unfortunately it had already closed. We started unpacking and there was a knock at the door. One of team came to see if we would like soup, sandwiches or fish n chips as they would hate to know we were hungry. That was amazing as we stay away a lot each year and never had such good service. The food was plentiful and delicious. Breakfast was too again great service the team are very courteous, helpful and can’t do enough for you. My only drawback was the bed was uncomfortable so I didn’t get a good sleep. Other thank that a lovely place to stay and dine.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

14 Feb 2026

Malcolm

Lovely and well done out with all you need, great communication from the host. Easy to find, parking right outside the door. Well equipped rooms and friendly staff in the pub with nice food. Breakfast was a Harvest Festival in a paper bag - a nice croissant, butter, apple, cereal bar and an orange juice. Will definitely use again.

Business

10/10

Exceptional

11 Jan 2026

Tony

Up to the usual standard.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

14 Dec 2025

Tony

Always a pleasure

8/10

Excellent

26 Nov 2025

George

very nice staff, clean warm room but let down by a poor breakfast of a croissant an apple and a tiny orange juice...

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

25 Oct 2025

Paul

The staff at this pub with accommodation were possibly the most friendly that I've ever come across. The menu was very good and the food tasty and possibly the hottest thus freshest I've ever had. The restaurant had this working method which I usually don't like which is that no one person is responsible for you but in this case it worked seamlessly. The room was large, clean and well appointed although I have concerns about soundproofing due to the construction method but when I was there the occupation was low so I had no issues with that, just take earplugs just in case as I always do. Good shower, good continental breakfast in a bag. If there was one thing that I would change-and this isn't a deal breaker as the mattress was comfortable- is upgrade the mattress. This was by no means a fault in fact I'm happy to say that my stay was faultess and I would thoroughly recommend The Old Red Lion.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

01 Oct 2025

Anthony

Lovely place and excellent food. A+++

Business

10/10

Exceptional

30 Sep 2025

Tony

Our accommodation of choice in the area

We've stayed at the Old Red Lion before when attending family gatherings in Withersfield and this time it was just as good as before.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

16 Sep 2025

Tim

Graat food,

Great food, ales and room

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

08 Sep 2025

Brian E

Old Red Lion, Horsheath

Staff very friendly & helpful

6/10

Pleasant

07 Sep 2025

Jason

Lovely dinner service

Stayed here for a business trip and dined here both nights. The meals and draft beers are higher recommended. The room itself was very basic, it felt like a portable cabin rather than room. Mid week a hot breakfast is not offered so we went to McDonald's instead. I am sensitive to sound and found the noise from the adjacent A road a bit disturbing. Keeping the windows closed blocked the noise out suffuciently.

Business

10/10

Exceptional

31 Aug 2025

Nigel

Really nice country inn, peaceful, great dining and bar, staff really friendly and attentive

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

20 Aug 2025

John

Good room, small but comfortable and great breakfa

Lovely stay due to a work conference

Business Self

8/10

Excellent

13 Aug 2025

S

Lovely stay

Everything was great, food, location, staff, service, breakfast, room.

The only thing I can suggest is the bed and mattress needs updating very noisy (only have to sit on it) and mattress dips into the middle.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

05 Aug 2025

Sarah

Everything was amazing

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

10 Jul 2025

Colin

Musical Rooms.

Very friendly staff and atmosphere. Good parking. Good restaurant and bar.

Business

8/10

Excellent

01 Jul 2025

Maureen

Lovely Pub and great food. Just a shame about the traffic noise which did disturb us in the night. Would consider coming again if the road was quieter

10/10

Exceptional

29 Jun 2025

Robert

boband

spacious quiet room with a comfortable bed. slight issue with room extras but this was soon resolved

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

09 Jun 2025

Ann

Good sized room and easy access shower.
No charge point for phone

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

06 Jun 2025

Carolyn

Lovely room but no shampoo. Staff great, food amazing

Self

10/10

Exceptional

20 May 2025

Grant

Lovely pub with great staff. Restaurant excellent with good value food and wine.
Rooms nice, perfect place for a stopover.

Friends_and_family Friends

8/10

Excellent

20 May 2025

Wade

Nice stay great location

Great location and comfortable room, but our room was a bit tired.
Didn't appreciate being woken up around 6am with the bins being emptied outside below our window.
We would definitely stay again but ask for a different room.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

11 May 2025

Colin

Great all round with very pleasant helpful staff.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

07 May 2025

Peter

Very enjoyable.

Business

10/10

Exceptional

20 Apr 2025

Robert

boband

excellent hotel, well appointed, comfortable with very friendly staff.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

13 Apr 2025

Vikki

A great place to stay for the night, away from noise and bustle and convenient for visiting family.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

31 Mar 2025

David

An enjoyable stay

The Old Red Lion Inn was great for my two night visit to the area. I arrived in Cambridge by train and chose to stay at the Old Red Lion as it was on a good bus route to Haverhill. The staff were all friendly and welcoming which makes a difference and important to me anywhere I stay. My room was fine and the continental breakfast bag delivered to my room was just what I needed. The evening meals I had in the pub both evenings were delicious. The best bit of my stay. I would stay at the Old Red Lion again when next in the area. Thank you to all the staff at the Old Red Lion

Self

8/10

Excellent

22 Feb 2025

Wade

Nice

The electric wall heater had stopped working, my room therefore was very cold on arrival. After asking reception about it I was given a small plug in panel heater which gave off a little heat, unfortunately with bei g in the end loft room it did not warm up sufficiently

Business

10/10

Exceptional

18 Feb 2025

Robert

clean room, decent bed, nice and quiet, pub was open for food and drink, parking no problem, good location, fair value. Would stay again.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

15 Feb 2025

Gareth

Great food at the pub. Very friendly and helpful staff. Lovely spacious room.

Business Self

8/10

Excellent

14 Dec 2024

Jeremy

Nice place, decent food, comfy room, complicated shower experience though

10/10

Exceptional

17 Oct 2024

Peter

Stayed 4 times in 2 weeks whilst working in the area and found the hotel to be just perfect. Dining was a pleasure, staff were great and room was comfy and well equipped. Would defo stay here again

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

13 Oct 2024

J

Old Red Lion review

Brilliant, quiet and relaxing rural pub . Excellent food very friendly staff . Just perfect !
Would definetly , highly recommend it !

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

10 Oct 2024

Davd

Great value & friendly staff

second visit to friendly, comfortable pub. Traveling on my own, I booked a twin room but on arrival I was offered a free upgrade to a king room. Very comfortable & although situated near the outside drinking area, being October there were not any late night drinkers. I was offered a table in either the bar or restaurant for my evening meal. The menu covers all options & the specials were also appealing. Excellent food & service from friendly staff. Sunday breakfast was from 9am however I wanted to be off by 8.45am. Although hot food was not available I was offered my pick of the pastries, fruit etc. Great value for money & friendly place to stay.

Self

8/10

Excellent

05 Oct 2024

Louis

Pleasant stay, good food, good beer in a good, convenient setting

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

28 Sep 2024

S

The food was excellent, as well as the staff.

Self

6/10

Pleasant

23 Sep 2024

John

Bathroom was very basic with no toiletries other than watery hand wash. No shelves in room for clothes. Lighting very poor so impossible to read. Continental breakfast consisted of an airline type bag delivered to your room the previous evening and containing a croissant, orange juice, cereal bar and apple. Very poor.

On the plus side, the bed was large and very comfortable. The food in the pub was excellent and the staff very pleasant and helpful

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

22 Sep 2024

Mary

Friendly staff,clean. Good continental breakfast at the weekend.Evening meal good.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

08 Sep 2024

Ruth

Great overnight stop.

Lovely rest stop. Nice to have a private chalet away from the pub and noise.
Continental breakfast was amazing which was included.
Upgrade to full English for £10.50. My husband said it was great. Staff were friendly and helpful.
Close to Audley End which is why we chose it.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

23 Aug 2024

Gemma

Lovely hotel, peaceful setting, loved our room, staff friendly

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

22 Aug 2024

Vera

I love the room!

Self

8/10

Excellent

20 Aug 2024

Trevor

We had a very pleasant and comfortable stay. Staff were extremely friendly and helpful.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

18 Aug 2024

Robert

Great stay. The staff are helpful and friendly.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

14 Aug 2024

Jack

Looks a little tired from the front however inside is nicely maintained and a great option for accommodation and meals.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

14 Aug 2024

Wayne

Nice stay

Good sleep, breakfast is continental and if you open the window to there is traffic noise but when closed was fine.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

10 Aug 2024

Samantha

Lovely stay

Lovely find! Beautiful rooms - room 12 has a very low bed but still comfortable. Lovely staff and the restaurant menu looks amazing. Lovely continental breakfast included. We will be back!

Partner

8/10

Excellent

10 Aug 2024

Verified traveler

Lovely, friendly and clean

Lovely little pub and really nice room. Couldn’t fault the cleanliness or the service at all.

The only thing missing was a full length mirror in the room (we were going to the races!!)

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

10 Aug 2024

ian

Nice room

Nice room, Very clean and comfortable

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

07 Aug 2024

Debbie

The only thing that was a bit disappointing is
The breakfast time not long enough

Leisure

4/10

Poor

05 Aug 2024

Verified traveler

Not great...

The hotel was ok there was no hairdryer or toiletries provided in the room. The breakfast was served in the pub on the sunday but then brought to your room on sunday night for monday morning which was very odd and meant that was not fresh.We left all the fruit as it was warm.
The pub shut at 630pm on sunday night which meant there was no food available for residents after this time.
The main entrance to the hotel block door is open at all times night and day which felt unsafe.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

03 Aug 2024

Verified traveler

Very good, no complaints

Partner

8/10

Excellent

02 Aug 2024

Dianne

Nice place for a stopover for 2 nights while visiting the air museum.
Decent continental breakfast with pastries, fresh fruit, cheese, ham and selection of cereals.
Cooked breakfast was £10.50 per person and looked like a huge plateful of food.
Room was huge, clean and bed comfortable.
Not sure about the faux leather pillow covers but maybe just not my taste!
Area outside window could do with a quick clear up and possibly cut the shrubs back a little to let some light in. However, the lack of light did mean we got a good lie in.
Staff were very pleasant, public areas welcoming.
All in all, fully recommend.
Oh, and prices in bar were not a rip off unlike some places in the centre of Cambridge!

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

27 Jul 2024

Richard

Lovely hotel friendly staff good value for price we paid

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

25 Jul 2024

Daniel

Good overnight stay

Great country pub. Nice rooms and lovely atmosphere in the pub.

Business

6/10

Pleasant

24 Jun 2024

Paul

Giving it an average because it served a purpose.
The staff were excellent.
Very comfortable bed.
Breakfast was ok but limited as a continental.
Room condition was \"well used\" and needs some TLC. Lots of cobwebs when I walked in the room.
Close to a busy road with noise throughout the night

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

06 Jun 2024

Mark

Very good. Nice place. Decent food with great staff

Self

10/10

Exceptional

03 Jun 2024

Davd

Great for Duxford Air Shows

Overnight stay to be near Duxford for airshow. Couldn't have picked a better pub/hotel. Only 17 mins from hotel to show on quiet road. Rooms were high quality, large & recently modernised. My room had shower over roll top bath but father-in-laws had walk in shower. If unsteady on feet, ask for separate shower. Food in pub was excellent & reasonably priced. We skipped breakfast as they don't start serving until 9am on a Sunday & we wanted to get off to the show. We were offered continental breakfast in a bag that would be delivered to the room. Declined offer but it looked pretty good.
Great location if visiting Duxford museum or the air shows & not far from Cambridge etc

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

05 May 2024

Caroline

An excellent stay staff were brilliant nothing too much trouble.

Business Friends

10/10

Exceptional

21 Apr 2024

Jamie

Havent stayed here for a while and still as comfy as ever. Love how out of the way it is and no chains just great comfort and service. Food was excellent and service excellent from the two ladies whho served me ( didnt get their names) will be back again soon

Business

10/10

Exceptional

18 Apr 2024

Helen

Excellent mid week stay, the rooms were clean and nicely furnished, the bed was super comfortable.
We had a delicious meal in the restaurant and the staff were faultless. I would thoroughly recommend The Old Red Lion.

Leisure Friends

6/10

Pleasant

18 Apr 2024

graham

Rooms and public areas are somewhat dated.
Continental Breakfast left in the room was poor to say the least
OK for a one night stay
Website unclear as indicates check in only from 6pm whereas the pub is open all day

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

17 Apr 2024

Sue

Friendly country inn

Good stay, friendly staff, excellent food

Partner

2/10

Poor

12 Apr 2024

Verified traveler

Disappointing is an understatement!!

I travel a lot so booked a week’s stay at this particular hotel because it looked okay, was reasonably priced which included breakfast and was near where i needed to be.

After arriving late on the Sunday night and having not the best of sleeps, I had to leave on the Monday due to a family emergency. So I explained this to the hotel and asked if I could have a refund for my remaining nights and was simply told “no”…. No refunds…. I asked again and was told again, it’s a no.

Because I booked this via hotels.com I assumed they would help me and they tried…. But they, like me got a “no” from the hotel… which is disappointing to say the least when you take into account the reason I had to leave. I was told that they even rented out the room I had left…

Needless to say I won’t be staying here again, I won’t be recommending this hotel to anyone in my network and I won’t be giving them a good review…. Because i didn’t feel as though I was a valued customer….

Self

8/10

Excellent

04 Mar 2024

Lisa

Great help with last minute room good response

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

21 Feb 2024

James

Last minute booking as working in the area. Friendly staff, nice bar & restaurant, evening meal was delicious and good selection of ales. Very spacious room with comfy bed and good water pressure on the walk in shower. Also had a fridge in the room with complimentary bottled water. Continental breakfast provided the night before to eat in room10/10

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

15 Jan 2024

Maree

A great pub and inn. Would totally recommend. Meal was delicious - one of the best we’ve had on our trip. Staff were friendly and welcoming. Clean and comfortable room with everything you need.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

08 Dec 2023

William

We had used towels hanging on the bathroom door
otherwise the staff were very nice

8/10

Excellent

23 Nov 2023

Jan

Very warm welcome which was lovely and while I didn't eat in, I did drink in the bar and again, everyone was super helpful and pleasant.

Room I had was spacious and very quiet.

Business_and_leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

15 Nov 2023

Robert

Lovely little place

Nice rooms plenty of space nice and clean good bar and nice food

Business

6/10

Pleasant

30 Oct 2023

zoe

The property is in a remote location. Breakfast was continental (toast and pastry) unless you paid an extra fee, and the coffee was not very good. The rooms were fine, but could do with updating, the carpet, furniture and tv were tired and old. The bed was a double with a solid end - my 6ft partner struggled to be comfy as his feet hit the end - would not recommend for anyone tall. There was also only one bottle of water in the (very noisy) fridge and one pack of biscuits. We ate in the restaurant and the food was quite good, check in was easy.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

22 Oct 2023

Simon

Fantastic pub and hotel

Amazing service from extremely friendly staff. Lovely food and comfort spacious room. Lively, but welcoming atmosphere during the rugby

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

18 Oct 2023

Michael

Lovely old pub. Great rooms and VERY VERY good food. Will be back and highly recommended.

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

24 Sep 2023

Paul

One night away

Friendly helpful staff lovely room

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

24 Sep 2023

Kevin

Lovely, large comfortable room. Great staff.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

20 Sep 2023

eric

excellent food. very clean. Very friendly staff

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

18 Sep 2023

Daniel

Perfect

10/10

Exceptional

10 Sep 2023

Josephine

Excellent customer service, really goid food. Bedroom was spacious and comfortable.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

29 Aug 2023

Brian

Lovley place, accommodation could do with a little maintenance

10/10

Exceptional

29 Aug 2023

Geoff

A warm welcome. All Staff absolutely brilliant and looked after us totally. Would recommend and we will return in the future.
Our thanks to all Staff and the Team.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

14 Aug 2023

Peter

Nice local pub with rooms , rooms clean but do need a little maintenance, the curtain rail is coming off . Food great. We had lunch and it was excellent, breakfast was nice

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

13 Aug 2023

Marilyn

Was very disappointed that it was continental breakfast,although think that was the fault of Expedia who we booked with not stating the fact in the booking. Expected full breakfast and got 1 slice toast,1 croissant a banana and a yoghurt. If you wanted a cooked breakfast you had to pay £10.50 and then didnt get the continental. Better booking at Holiday inn and Hilton for the price, with a fantastic breakfast included and better facilities. Will think twice about booking with Expidia.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

12 Aug 2023

Louise

Great stay!!

Large and very comfortable
Room. Bed very comfortable and lovely linens. 😊

Partner