Reviews in Cumbria and Lake District

We have eaten at Artisan several times in the evening and the food and presentation is spot on.

Have eaten here a few times recently and the food was wonderful. Highly recommended.

Best coffee experience of our travels. Thanks you for the good conversation as well.

We wandered up from the Lake down this small cobbled street to find Porto. It really is a wonderful charming building with beautiful surroundings and decoration. We sat in the downstairs bar for pre dinner drinks then we were shown upstairs for our dinner reservation. I ordered the Arancini and the Lamb My friends had the soup, parfait, steak and pork. All the food was beautifully presented and the lamb was the best I have ever tasted. For dessert we shared a white chocolate risotto and the chocolate and caramel tart these were truly amazing. My only complaint would be I we were too full to finish them! The service was efficient and friendly. We would definitely recommend this place to friends and I would visit soon before this place gets really well known!

Absolutely brilliant breakfast menu. Best I've seen anywhere with over 35 choices of cooked dishes. They cater for meat eaters , veggie/vegans and coeliacs on gluten free diets. More like a restaurant than a B & B dining room. The home made granola on the buffet is wonderful as is the home made fruit compote.

Every visit to Ambleside needs a visit to Cafe Treff!, Great food lovely staff. If you haven't been before give it a go !!

My husband and I have a boat moored in Bowness Bay, and so we regularly visit Bowness. We have been going to the Villa Positano for 5 years now and never once been disappointed. Fantastic authentic Italian food. The best fillet steak in Cumbria and always cooked to perfection. We usually have to book a table, even in winter-always a sign of a good restaurant. Lovely to visit a real family-run Italian restaurant!

Having been a fan of Jintana Thai in Bowness for many years and travelling there on a regular basis from Lancaster, we were really happy to find they've opened a second branch in Kendal. Same great food, in an even more beautiful restaurant than the already beautiful one in Bowness. Staff are attentive but not too intrusive. definitely a must on visiting Kendal. Just wish they would open in Lancaster.

I bought into the hype and went straight to Lucy's on my 1st night in the Lake District, and my was I disappointed!!! The service was so horrible that I actually left feeling unhappy; the food looked like something out of a supermarket take-away bag... and I have no doubt that the drab salad leaves were exactly that! The dessert was nothing like the glorious pudding I'd anticipated, and the cost for all my dismay was way, way too high!! I eat out a lot (twice a week of late) as I travel quite a bit with my job, so I've learnt to be very accommodating of different eateries and regional tastes, but heavens!!! Lucy's is flailing on all counts! The hostess was out rightly rude, the waitresses depressingly dull, and the duck no better than a "2 dine for £10" supermarket special! Plus what is WITH the menu??! I'm only 27 and I was struggling to read it! It's neither cute nor cool... get a graphic designer, or go to a professional printers, that is just poor! I imagine that Lucy (and oh how I'd love to meet her and tell her to her face what I make of her establishment) thinks it's very clever to name drop guests on her menu, but I think her time would be better spent actually preparing the menu items! My deepest sympathies go out to anyone who actually paid to attend her cooking classes! Wow... my displeasure runs deep, but I'll stop here, with 1 final comment on hygiene: my table was sticky and dirty and despite my request to have it cleaned, it remained so! I've never felt so uncomfortable in an eatery, not even at my local kebab shop... it was horrid!! All in all: Lucy's On a Plate = Deep Dissatisfaction On a Plate! (...and in the décor, and in the service... and in the whole squalid affair!!)

A great place to eat, Staff very pleasant and very helpful. We go every week for lunch and sometimes dinner and is always excellent, fresh food cooked to order good value for money, what more do you want? Well done Oily's.

we came to amigos for a quiet Saturday night meal - and we were not disappointed.despite having booked we arrived late - no problem. we choose a quiet corner where the 5 of us sat with loads of space to lounge. we decided to eat where we sat (cellar bar) rather than go upstairs, again - no problem. the staff were all very pleasant and accommodating. for starters we shared two combos, excellent beginning for what was to follow in between we shared various iced cocktails. the mains were gorgeous; chili prawns, enchiladas and mine, which i think was the best, seafood burritos a fantastic medley of seafood and rice mixed in a wrap with an eye catching mouth watering salad - as you have probably guessed by now, a very impressive and enjoyable meal er - no - experience!!

Visited Keswick for a short break this week and ate here twice the burgers are scrummy recommend the wellie beefburger and chicken cheese and bacon burger. Very friendly waitress she was lovely

Visited here last Wed 4th May lovely decor and friendly staff tasted the best lasagna ever. My son enjoyed the wild boar and husband enjoyed the chicken pizza will return again.

An extremely friendly and well run restaurant. The food was both inventive and delicious, beautifully presented and certainly fresh. A really wide choice of flavours on offer with particular attention to 'foraging' finds. The staff were informative and attentive, nothing was too much trouble. Well priced too, a three course meal at £30.00 was bursting with flavour, variety and colour. Our family enjoyed an extremely warm welcome back on our 2nd visit, much the same as our 1st. Can't wait to go and be spoiled again.

I'll second the first recommendation.

One of the best in West Cumbria.

I can not believe that no one else has reviewed Zest Harbourside. First of this is a busy popular eatery in Whitehaven set right on the harbour-side. The menu covers everything from light snacks to a choice of meat, fish, veg or potato dishes that you can mix and match to suit your tastes and leave your taking that one more mouthful too many. I have eaten in Zest a number of times and have never had a disappointing experience, the staff are good, the menu has something for everyone and the prices are very very good. There is always a well stocked specials board and a good bar, the only downside is that you can't book a table its strictly first come first served. Well worth a visit anytime.

My family and I have visited the Hare and Hounds at Bowland Bridge on many occasions over the last few years and the present owners who took over late last year have transformed the place. We visited twice over the 2011 Easter break and can thoroughly recommend the food and ales ( the twice cooked chunky chips are to die for). The staff are first class and always take the time to chat to customers. Meals are served all day, so if you are in the area don't miss it