Reviews in Cumbria and Lake District

We enjoyed an evening meal at Grants of Castlegate on the first night of a two night stay in Penrith. It's in a rather un-prepossessing street in Penrith, but once you go in, you are treated to a wonderfully warm welcome from Front of House, Mike - and then you can enjoy the excellent ambiance in the restaurant, as well as their delicious food, service and generally wonderful dining experience! We were just knocked out! We both enjoyed the fillet steaks and because we don't eat carbs in any shape or form, we were given some extra green vegetables to enjoy. I had the prawn and chorizo starter, and my husband enjoyed the twice baked cheese souffle with creamed leeks, both of which to die for. Obviously no sugary dessert, so we enjoyed a plate each of local cheeses - 4 cheeses I think, 3 of which were from Appleby and absolutely delicious - so much so that I went into the local deli the next day and bought some more to take home with us! A wonderful memorable meal. Many thanks to Stephen, the Chef Patron and front of house Mike!

Lovely little restaurant, great vibe, really lovely staff and great food! Service was attentive and quick too. Will definitely be back!

We came for a family meal to celebrate a birthday whilst we are staying at the haven holiday site down the road. All of the meals were piping hot and very good portion size, especially the children’s meal. We also had the apple crumble which was incredible, best we’ve ever had. Highly recommend the hope and anchor. We thought it was reasonably priced too.

We had a fabulous meal here last night on the 1st night of our holiday . The food was beautiful and the service was excellent. Small intimate little restaurant which would be great for any special occasion.

Excellent all round meet and greet very polite, table clean, food superb, definitely will be returning.

Lovely meal with great service. Very accommodating to different preferences. I will definitely be back.

Visited while staying in Keswick. Even though it was really busy there was no question that our custom was appreciated and every effort was made to serve us well.The fish pie was excellent and worth the extra time and effort.

Second time we have eaten here and really struggle to understand why it isn't full all the time. Very varied menu and quality and cist are impeccable. Maybe people don't like food done well and just want mass produced. If you want good food go here.

What a gem of a pub god knows why we have never been before . Fantastic food and good price . Staff were great and so friendly and lovely atmosphere will definitely be back our next time in Keswick ☺️

Fantastic as always

5.0

Mags

Excellent Sunday lunch. Perfectly cooked beef with a huge Yorkshire. We are regulars

Beautiful restaurant. Fabulous food. Will definitely be back.

Great little pub restaurant far better than those in town. We popped in during the day for soup and it was do good we went back in the evening. Food freshly made and is excellent as is the beer, the vanilla and oatmeal stout was superb.

Absolutely fantastic food! We have eaten here many times and always had lovely food with a fabulous service and with a great atmosphere. I am coeliac and I have always had a good menu selection and never any problems.

A lovely evening, lovely people, lovely food!

This restaurant was recommended to us so we visited and were really pleased with both the quality of the food and the friendly service.

Excellent meal, very friendly and efficient staff in a very comfortable setting. Would definitely recommend!

Poor service really let Lewis’ down on our visit. We had a long (around 45 mins) wait between our starter and main, whilst other tables were served around us. Assume there was an error somewhere but nothing was communicated with us, servers avoided our table and it was almost impossible to catch their attention for more drinks etc. The visit was for my husbands birthday, so it was a huge disappointment to have a poor experience