Reviews in Cumbria and Lake District

Excellent service and food is amazing

A very understated bistro - beautifully cooked sea bream thank you . Excellent service .

We enjoyed the meal a lot. The food was all tasty and nice size portions. We would recommend.

Visited here with my family including a young baby and all the staff and the service were excellent from start to finish and couldn’t have been more welcoming and helpful to us, and the food was really top notch as well with a really good range of options. If you haven’t visited here before you need to give it a try and you won’t be disappointed.10/10

Booked a table for a birthday meal for my husband . Service very friendly and attentive . Food delicious and a wonderful atmosphere . Took our dog along too and he was made very welcome !

Great meal in a comfortable, cosy, friendly setting.

32 of us visited the restaurant as part of our golf trip to Carlisle. From the moment I contacted the restaurant 3 weeks before we received a very professional and customer friendly approach and experience. I liaised with Jane regarding menus and our choices of starters and mains in advance. On arrival we were met by Rachel and shown to an upstairs private room, which was perfect for our group. The team allocated to us served us with distinction over the next few hours and we had a great time. We will certainly be back.

Best restaurant in Carlisle, food is incredible, atmosphere is always buzzing, and the service is A class and always with a smile!

Excellent food and service. Will definitely be back when we return to Keswick!

excellent, very good quality food with a home made feel to it, the lamb henry was superb, friendly and accommadating staff, just a great feel good vibe to the pub

Staying in Keswick for a couple of nights , booked here based on reviews and it didn’t disappoint. Fantastic food, fantastic staff , fantastic night . We will be back .

Food was excellent. Atmosphere was friendly and inviting. Fabulous experience

Really enjoyed the food service good great atmosphere

Excellent meal with great service and good value meal, will deffo return, well worth a visit

Atmosphere was good but food disappointing. Starters were nice but coq au vin was chunks of chicken on top of a sauce that was too sweet. Dessert was thrown together and not nice.

We ate here late on Sunday The staff were lovely really attentive but stayed away enough to see if you needed anything but not hung over you The food was amazing I had lamb Henry and mash and my partner had steak pie We had Thai fishcake and baked Camembert for starters We will be back if we’re in the area Thank you for getting it right!

We always try and book into the Horse and Farrier at Dacre on our frequent visits to the lakes and this time didn’t disappoint. Fantastic roasts and gorgeous venison burgers with the usual great service and a beautiful setting. See you again soon!

We dined on Saturday the 18th October and we both really had a great meal . The staff were on the ball and very pleasant to deal with it was very busy and a good atmosphere in the restaurant. I got talking to the chef at the back of the restaurant over 2 nights we were there a very nice man he gave me some good cooking tips . I told him we dined at forest side on the Friday had a great meal there but if I am honest both me and my wife like the bistro better says it all really .