Bar in London, United Kingdom

The Red Lion & Sun

125Pearl Points

Easy pub choice

About The Red Lion & Sun

A practical Highgate pub pick for an easy North London booking, especially if the group wants a relaxed local room rather than a high-effort dining plan. The Good Food Guide 2025 recognition adds a useful trust signal, but the main reason to choose it is flexibility: daily midday-to-late evening hours and an easy booking profile.

The Red Lion & Sun is a London venue with a simple set of verified planning facts: it is open daily from 12–11 PM, the dress code is casual, and it is recognised in The Good Food Guide 2025 as GFG Good. Those details make it easiest to assess through confirmed basics, rather than through unverified claims about cuisine, menu format, price, or service style.

Because the verified information is limited, the safest recommendation is to plan around what is confirmed. Expect casual dress, use the daily hours for scheduling, and avoid building the visit around any specific dish, drinks programme, chef, or price point unless you have checked directly with the venue.

A London venue with straightforward verified planning facts

For someone considering a visit, the strongest grounded case is practical. The Red Lion & Sun has consistent 12–11 PM opening every day, so it can fit a range of London plans without needing different weekday and weekend assumptions.

The Good Food Guide 2025 recognition gives it a verified point of distinction, but the available facts do not support a more detailed verdict about menu, atmosphere, or booking difficulty. Treat it as a casual London option with confirmed daily hours and recognised standing, not as a tightly defined special-occasion format.

Use it when confirmed hours and casual dress matter

The most useful confirmed planning detail is the schedule: Monday through Sunday, The Red Lion & Sun is listed as open from 12–11 PM. That makes it direct to include in a London itinerary, provided you confirm any meal-specific plans directly with the venue.

Dress code is casual. No verified cuisine, menu, price range, seat count, allergy policy, delivery option, or take-out service is available here, so those details should not be assumed.

For a wider London plan, compare confirmed details across other London venues before deciding. If you are considering other named options, Aperivino, Authentique Epicerie & Bar, The Bull & Last, The Flask, Highgate, and The Parakeet can be reviewed alongside The Red Lion & Sun and other London dining and drinking options.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does The Red Lion & Sun have happy hour deals?

No verified happy hour information is available here for The Red Lion & Sun. The confirmed planning details are its London location, daily 12–11 PM hours, casual dress code, and Good Food Guide 2025 recognition.

What's the best time to go to The Red Lion & Sun?

The Red Lion & Sun is listed as open 12–11 PM every day in London. Choose a time that fits your plans, and confirm directly with the venue if you need details beyond the verified hours.

Is The Red Lion & Sun open late?

The Red Lion & Sun is listed as open until 11 PM every day in London.

What is The Red Lion & Sun known for?

The verified recognition available here is The Good Food Guide 2025, where The Red Lion & Sun is listed as GFG Good. It also has confirmed daily 12–11 PM hours and a casual dress code.

Location

25 North Rd, London N6 4BE, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

Compare The Red Lion & Sun

Comparison snapshot

The Red Lion & Sun is the low-friction Highgate choice: easy booking, broad daily hours, and a pub format that works for mixed groups. The Flask, Highgate is better for visitors prioritising old-pub atmosphere, while The Bull & Last is the better pick when dinner is the main event.

For drink-led plans, Authentique Epicerie & Bar and Aperivino are stronger wine cross-shops. The Parakeet is the better option when the group wants a more polished bar-restaurant feel. Pick The Red Lion & Sun when convenience, neighbourhood feel, and group flexibility sit above ceremony.

Where to go if this does not fit

If the group wants a more food-led North London booking, try The Bull & Last. If the plan is mainly wine rather than pints and pub pacing, Authentique Epicerie & Bar is the cleaner alternative.

How it compares in Highgate and North London

Choose The Red Lion & Sun when ease and flexibility matter more than a tightly defined food or wine brief. The Flask, Highgate is the more obvious historic-pub cross-shop for visitors who want a classic Highgate stop, while this is the cleaner recommendation for a repeat local plan that does not need to feel tourist-facing.

The Bull & Last is the better cross-shop if the meal is the centre of the plan and the group is willing to work harder around demand. For a wine-led evening, Authentique Epicerie & Bar and Aperivino make more sense than a pub format. If the room itself needs to feel more like a contemporary bar-restaurant, The Parakeet is the sharper comparison.

Value is hard to rank without published price data across the set, so the practical distinction is booking effort and occasion fit. The Red Lion & Sun is the easiest recommendation for a casual Highgate meet-up; The Bull & Last is the stronger dining play; Authentique Epicerie & Bar and Aperivino are better for wine; The Parakeet is better when the night needs more design and energy.