Reviews in Cumbria and Lake District

One of the best in West Cumbria.

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

Spent a lovely evening at Her Citi recently at one of the acoustic music nights they put on. Great food, a friendly, welcoming atmosphere and quirky, fun decorations! Looking forward to visiting again, and can only recommend it to anyone that hasn't been.

great place, very welcoming and staff are all good with children. delicious food and brilliant service us as a family will be back and definitely recommend.. thank you Woodstone and good luck!!

A fabulous pub with all the right 'ingredients' Great real ale, excellent food, warm friendly reception from the locals, and the family run owners. A visit is a must!

We ate here for my birthday after hearing such good stories about the food. Absolutely lovely - both the food and the staff. We will definitely be going again!!

Quite a good meal with my wife. Service was slow but the staff were friendly and Angela very helpful, young drinkers unfortunately ruined the atmosphere with bad language & rude behaviour later on in the evening. Would prefer to sit in the bar like we have on previous occasions to eat as the restaurant isnt the cosiest even though it has just been refurbished and the bar has a lovely log fire & old fashioned features. Desserts were a let down for me as they were not homemade as before but still an ok quality just lacking the wow factor to finish off on.

Popped in for an early evening meal, a little disappointed to hear the young couple who have had it left in January, however the meal was nice & service ok too. The food isn't quite as specialist as before so if you are more of a foodie & you have been before you will notice a big difference, just not as rustic & homemade as the previous offerings but nice all the same.

Fabulous welcome, fabulous rooms and absolutely stunning food. Well prepared and intriguing in description, dishes turn out to be delicious every time. The staff are warm and friendly and everyone is approachable to he with questions and queries. We will go back again.

Excellent service, good quality food items, and as a Trainer/Assessor in the Hospitality Industry it is good to see places offering good quality at prices everyone can afford. Definitely recommended.

I would definitely recommend this restaurant for both small parties and large. I recently had my 21st birthday and a group of 9 of us attended. The staff were all extremely friendly and helpful and the food was incredible, not one of my party was disappointed! It was hard to choose off the menu as it all sounded so tempting but in the end i went for the Calabaza, and this is a dish i would strongly recommend. Overall it was the best meal out i have had for a long time and both me and my party would like to thank you for a wonderful meal!

Dined at the Pheasant on Saturday then felt compelled to return on Sunday. The main course was delicious followed by a fantastic dessert. My husband had the belly buster burger both times and I had to have the duck twice. The sticky toffee pudding was devine and the blackcurrant crumble and custard was absolutely wonderful. Hope to return to the Lakes later in the year and will definitely visit the Pheasant again.

We enjoyed a fabulous meal at woodstone last night. The steak was one of the best we've had and the chicken Parma was delicious. We will definitely be going back and would certainly recommend it to anyone!

Love the new Brasserie here. Nice change from the more formal dining room. It's encouraged more of the locals to go more regularly. If I didn't live so close I'd stay over too

We visited your inn yesterday with friends on their recommendation. We were looking forward to having a fabulous meal but were disappointed at the level of the music at 6:00 Saturday evening. Our friend asked for the music to be lowered so that we could enjoy our meal. This was not lowered to make any difference. We saw people walking out. No one came to take our order and when we realised that the music was not going to be lowered to an acceptable level we also left. That was the valued customer level of 6 folks walking out. I see that you are recommended by CAMRA but am afraid you have fallen in our estimation. We were visitors to Cumbria and were looking forward to a lovely fish meal as the lady above and our friends had said that you do fish and chips to die for. Your comments would be welcomed. We had to finish our pint in double quick time as we could not enjoy the atmosphere of the pub. Particularly as I wear hearing aids and found the noise to be quite depressing. Regards Pauline Julian

never go again have seen manager be very aggressive to young couple ( wife was also pregnant) all just because they complained food was poor. Rotten

We visited Jumble Room for my 40th birthday, was unsure of what to expect as it was recommended. I was definitely not disappointed, it was fantastic. The venue is really pleasantly disjointed, sofs, big fluffy cushions, jazz music playing all night, service was brilliant, lovely ambience, food fantastic, especially the chocolaty chocolate brownie with homemade custard:) Definitely recommend going & I can't wait to go back.

Lovely place, outstanding customer service, amazing food. A*******