The Red Lion

3.5 star property

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Daily English breakfast for a fee
Shower, free toiletries, towels
Individually decorated, desk, iron/ironing board, free WiFi
Exterior
Lake

Reviews

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful

Popular amenities

  • Parking included
  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Business services
  • Bar

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RED LION SQUARE, Hythe, England, CT21 5AU
  • Place, St Leonard's Church
    ‪4 min walk‬
  • Place, Hythe Beach
    ‪8 min walk‬
  • Place, Mercure Hythe Imperial Spa Naturel
    ‪16 min walk‬

Room options

Double Room

8.8 out of 10
Excellent
(3 reviews)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed
  • Free Wi-Fi

Twin Room

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful
(2 reviews)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Single Beds
  • Free Wi-Fi

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About this property

The Red Lion

Along with a restaurant, this inn has a bar/lounge and a garden. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Housekeeping is available once per stay.
The Red Lion offers 8 accommodations with coffee/tea makers and an iron/ironing board. This individually decorated accommodation includes desks. Flat-screen televisions come with cable channels.

Bathrooms include a shower and complimentary toiletries. Guests can surf the web using complimentary wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is provided once per stay.

Our customers tell us that they can't get enough of the helpful staff at The Red Lion. During your stay, you're just a quick walk from The Dolls House. Enjoy features like free WiFi in public areas and free self-parking, plus a restaurant.
  • Free WiFi
  • Free self-parking
  • Grab something to eat at the restaurant or stop for a drink at the bar/lounge
  • English breakfast served daily for a fee
  • Amenities include meeting rooms
  • Just a 3-minute walk from The Dolls House and 5 minutes on foot from Crypt of St. Leonard
There's a restaurant on site. You can enjoy a drink at the bar/lounge. WiFi is free in public spaces. Self parking is free.

Smoking is allowed in designated areas at this 3.5-star Hythe inn.

For a fee, guests can enjoy a English breakfast daily from 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM.
The Red Lion – This restaurant serves lunch and dinner.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Free self parking on site
  • Limited on-site self parking

Food and drink

  • Daily English breakfast available 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM for a fee: GBP 7.50 per person
  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant

Restaurants on site

  • The Red Lion

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (once per stay)

Business services

  • Meeting rooms

Outdoors

  • Garden

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Handrails in stairways
  • No lift

More

  • Designated smoking areas

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV with cable channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle

More

  • Desk
  • Heating
  • Individual decor
  • Iron/ironing board

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2 PM; check-in end time: 7 PM
Minimum check-in age - 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10 AM

Special check-in instructions

There is no front desk at this property
Guests must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions; your host will greet you
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in
To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property at least 24 hours before arrival using the information on the booking confirmation
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Host will greet you

Pets

  • No pets allowed

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
  • Cots (infant beds) are not available.

Payment types at the property

Important information

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

  • Fee for English breakfast: from approximately GBP 7.50 per person

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

You need to know

This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business or profession.
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Safety features at this property include a smoke detector
This property does not have a front desk. This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in. To arrange for check-in, guests must contact the property at least 24 hours prior to arrival using the information on the booking confirmation. Guests must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions. The host will greet guests on arrival.
If you cancel your booking, you'll be subject to the host's cancellation policy. In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, property booking services are not subject to the right of withdrawal.

Property is also known as

Red Lion Inn Hythe
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The Red Lion Inn
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The Red Lion Reviews

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 75 out of 126 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 39 out of 126 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 8 out of 126 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 126 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 3 out of 126 reviews

9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.4/10

Staff & service

8.8/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

Verified

8/10 Good

Anne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good breakfast, very pleasant staff.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Laura

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was a nice pleasant hotel, easy to find and accommodation goo
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Verified

8/10 Good

Anita

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
friendly staff,good food
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Julie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
People at the property very welcoming. Lovely place to stay. Has parking. We did not eat there. Went to a family bbq. Bed's are comfortable. Would recommend to family and friends a great place to stay
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great little place. Ideal as a stop over for the Euro tunnel. We would definitely stay again.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

A

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Brilliant stay.

Staff were lovely, as was the room. We couldnt fault it. It is a real gem, right in the middle of town. Worth paying for breakfast too. Lovely food and a great price.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Gareth

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Outstanding B&B, huge room.

This B&B is absolutely great. The room we had (room 4) was huge compared to other hotels we had stayed at as part of our previous 2 weeks holiday. Great little pub with a good selection of ales and food options. Breakfast was great quality as well.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Caroline

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely little hotel. The manager is super friendly and very funny 😂 All the staff are very welcoming. Rooms are lovely, clean and comfortable. Food is also top notch. Will definitely be back.
Stayed 1 night in May 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The staff is wonderful. Highly recommend
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023
Verified

8/10 Good

Roger

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Pleasant overnight stay.

Very pleasant overnight stay in Room 9, a front corner room with 2 windows overlooking the road. Had a drink in the Beer Garden before eating a well cooked meal in the restaurant. Friendly staff. Would stay again & recommend.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022
Verified

8/10 Good

Richard

Ok pub with rooms

Pub was ok, good for evening meal, pub it was a noisy pub Friday night much quiter on Saturday
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We had a brilliant weekend. Sunday roast and breakfast was lovely. We will be back.
Stayed 1 night in May 2023
Verified

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very nice staff who go out of there way for you. Room was large and comfortable.
Stayed 9 nights in Aug 2022
Verified

8/10 Good

Janet

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Room looked newly decorated, was bright clean and comfortable, traffic on the road can be noisy but we knew this when booking. Good value breakfast, restaurant staff very helpful. Convenient for town centre shops/eating options, close to lots of green space for walking along by the canal, walking distance of steam railway.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Dean

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

More than suitable.

Very warm welcome from the owners.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022
Verified

8/10 Good

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Really helpful and friendly staff. Thank tou
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2022
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Doreen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The food was excellent, traffic noise took some getting used to. A fan was provided so we could close the windows.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Hugh

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The staff at every level were very good and every one had excellent interpersonal skills from the cleaners, bar-staff, waitresses \ waiters , kitchen staff and the management team. Nothing was too much for them to make our stay a very pleasant one. We shall return!
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2022
Verified

8/10 Good

DAVID

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

Handy but noisy location.

Room was good size and comfortable. Shower was a bit tricky to get right heat. Cooked breakfast nice. Rather noisy location by busy road. Handy for high street , steam railway and safari park.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2024
Verified

6/10 Okay

Jan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff is very friendly, but it is a pub with B&B: limitations. It is a location next to the channel crossing, but for seiht seeing I would choose a different location.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Verified

6/10 Okay

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Breakfast was poor Polite staff
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Colin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Welcome was friendly and helpful. Evening meal and breakfast good and reasonably priced. Room was spacious clean & comfortable. Staff are very friendly and helpful. Car parking limited but safe. Only issue no sockets near mirror for wife’s hairdryer. Overall good experience would return if in area again.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2022
Verified

8/10 Good

Richard

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Friendly staff, comfortable bed (and chosen because 3 minute walk from the event I attended). Downsides: an old building so lots of noise because floors creaked when neighbours moved about, and the plumbing was old-fashioned (took ages for hot water to reach the shower!). I was happy to stay one night (and would again) but not for a week.
Stayed 1 night in May 2023
Verified

8/10 Good

barry

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great staff. Old building so could hear people walking around as floors creaked and doors banged at unsociable hours. Probably due to people arriving and departing for Eurostar.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023
Verified

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness

GOOD BUT BASIC.

Good location, rooms basic, lunchtime food good, breakfast basic but good price. Pub closes at 10pm on friday and Saturday and closes at 7pm on Sunday, can understand to cut costs but during August its a bit of a shame as we had returned from a function for a nightcap before bed and bar was closed at 9.45pm.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023