The Red Lion Hotel

It was cheap and convenient for 1 night stay.

When I arrived at the property (at around 10:45) the hotel doors were locked and there was no one to open. I stood outside and knocked and tried calling the bar for over 20 min and had no response. I eventually gave up and started looking for alternative accommodation when someone eventually came and opened for me. The really put a bad taste in my mouth regarding the hotel. It was late at night, I am a single female and I started to panic, especially when I couldn’t reach any of the phone numbers that were provided on the website.

Checking in was simple and the staff welcome and general helpfulness was great. I loved the single room on top floor with its own bathroom. It was very quiet, given the location and public thoroughfare outside. I was able to get a parking space in the pub car park and there was not a lot of noise from other residents, despite it being a well-patronised venue in Luton's town centre. There were a lot of local places to eat, had I wanted them. These were also a range of supermarkets available within easy walking distance. Also great to have access to free onsite parking facilities.

There were no decaffeinated options for tea or coffee in the complementary refreshments. A small thing, perhaps, unless (like me) you cannot take caffeine, in which case you had to go without or go and buy some Decaff Yorkshire Tea teabags.

I was pleasantly surprised by the standard of the room. It's great that there was a bath and a shower in my room. Great location only 10 mins walk from the interchange. Great that they supplied earplugs in case of traffic noise but I didn't hear anything so didn't need them.

I arrived at 1pm - I would have happily paid for an early check in but it was made clear that check in starts at 2pm. I had lunch whilst waiting which was ok - however later looking at the website details I saw that it should have been discounted for residents. This was not offered.

Easy to find in the centre of Luton. Nice big bar/restaurant. Rooms in a separate building at the back. Ours was on the ground floor. Ear plugs provided but not needed. Read they have loud music on at the weekends. Would stay again.

Car park very small and spaces can't be reserved. We managed to get in as 1 small and 1 larger space left. However there's an NCP multi-storey a couple of minutes away which was where we had to leave our car the next morning and wait for a minibus to take us to Luton airport as got a cheap airport transfer deal.

The room and bathroom where extremely clean. the bed was nice and comfy. the room was equipped really well with a fan, heater, iron, ironing board, teas & coffees etc. Fresh towels where given daily. the staff where all lovely and the breakfast in the pub was delish and a good price too! We went into London to Winter Wonderland and it was super easy to get to the station and the train to St Pancras was only 30 mins!

the shower pressure was quite low but I think there was a split in the pipe from the tap to the shower head which probably affected it but everything else was great! no other faults :)

Lovely little room in a super cool pub, Very clean, not fancy but I don't need all the bells and whistles. The room was clean, warm and the wifi worked great. I also had breakfast in the pub and it was very good and reasonably priced. I always like to visit local pubs on vacation and this one felt like a very genuine English pub. I would stay here again to be sure.

I wish I could have gotten a late checkout since I was switching hotels and had to wait for my other room to be ready, but it was no big deal, I sat in the pub and had breakfast and a couple of pints. They were fully booked at the pub hotel and I understand they had to turn the rooms so it is not really a complaint, just a wish.

Size of the bed, the vibe of the room. I liked that there was a hairdryer available since I had to wash my hair. I also liked that it was close to airport (5min taxi drive). But we were there only for 1 night, actually just until 3am.

There was a hole in the wall of the bathroom and a few stains in the shower. I was very disturbed by their restaurant - we arrived at 8 pm and the staff told us that they are still serving food until 8.45 pm. We arrived at the restaurant at 8.20 and waited there for quite some time and then went to the bar since nobody came to us. They said that they don't serve food anymore and that tonight they closed early. That was very disturbing since we were very hungry and waited for so long.

Location in the centre of town. We didn’t venture out really into the town centre. It’s mainly a town high street. Ideal train links into the centre of London with a 25 minute fast train. Perfect for day trips and reasonably priced.

There is limited parking facilities. Parking can add unforeseen costs and needs to be considered. However, the value and cleanliness of the room we would certainly consider staying again.

Friendly, helpful staff. Only walked through once since I was only there for the night but the bar itself looked lovely and had a good atmosphere. In the hotel room the bed was comfy, the place was clean and the other person I was with noted the towels were nice too :)

This didn’t bother me and they tell you before booking but take note that there’s a nightclub there at the weekends til very late if that sort of thing would keep you up. You could definitely hear it in the room but they do provide earplugs

The staff was very friendly, the room was clean, comfortable mattress and I loved the bathtub!

Loud music was playing so not ideal if you want to watch TV or if you're struggling to sleep as it was playing all evening. I also had to have my curtains closed most of the time as there were offices opposite and they could see everything in the room.