Set within easy reach of Milton Keynes’ hustle and bustle, The Old Red Lion is a modern pub with a strong food focus, delivering British comfort dishes, pizzas, and Sunday roasts to locals and visitors stopping by at Great Brickhill. It’s a reliable go-to option for all occasions, whether you’re planning a relaxed family Sunday, after-work drinks, or merry gatherings with friends. Think familiar pub favourites, generous hearty portions, and an upbeat feel.
From the outside, The Old Red Lion is the picture of a classic rural pub. Inside, it feels more upscale, complete with a blue accented dining room fitted with deep buttoned leather banquettes, floral wallpaper, and comfortable bentwood chairs. To the rear, there’s a very attractive beer garden, offering stellar views of some very impressive sunsets.
Menus at The Old Red Lion make full use of the local larder, starting with a selection of plates for the tables, including stone-baked garlic pizzette topped with garlic olive oil and rosemary, warm ciabatta with olive oil and balsamic, and marinated green and black kalamata olives. Starters, meanwhile, might range from crispy duck gyoza with hoisin sauce and panko crumbled calamari with lemon mayo to chicken liver parfait with pink pickled onions and Stoles ale chutney and a creamy, garlicky mushroom gratin.
Mains offer up international and Italian classics like chicken Milanese, butter chicken curry and penne arrabbiata, alongside the chef's specials and a small set of pub classics. From here, you might find Cumberland sausages with sticky ale onion and buttery mashed potato, a choice of steak and ale or chicken and wild mushroom pies with chunky chips or chive mash, prime sirloin steak with onion rings or ale battered haddock with all the traditional pub accompaniments.
On the pizza menu, the usual suspects are present and correct. We’re talking garden pizzas with baby spinach, mushrooms, and black olives, Margheritas, and BBQ and ‘Carne Feast’ options for the meat lovers.