Reviews in Cumbria and Lake District

We were in Keswick for a week from 30th September and visited the Pheasant on both Tuesday (3rd October) and Friday (6th). Tuesday was absolutely fine, but Friday didn't go as well. We sat at our meal table and ordered drinks. It seemed though that these had been forgotten, so we had to remind another member of staff about them before they appeared. Another group close by ordered just before us, and after they had started eating a staff member noticed some time later that we hadn't received our meals and reassured us we would be next; it seemed like we had been forgotten. The main meals arrived, then the potatoes, but no veg! Another reminder had to be made to the staff and the veg were brought to us perhaps three or four minutes later. However, we did enjoy our evening and would go again on our next visit to Keswick.

Amazing food as always..friendly staff and good atmosphere

Great food, very interesting menu and presentation. Small but perfectly adequate menu, well balanced, same goes for the wine list. All for very sensible prices.

Superb freshly cooked food, superb attentive service & a great ambience. We all had different main courses : fillet steak melted in your mouth, the monkfish was brilliant, cannon of lamb was so tender & the twice baked soufflé was divine. Would definitely recommend !

Friendly village pub. Very good food. Landlady’s own recipe for delicious steak and ale pie. Took us back to caravan site after dinner!

Great small restaurant with a good varied menu and wine list. Attentive service. Good value. Highly recommended.

Visited on Tuesday 3rd October at 7.30pm and received a warm welcome. The meal was fantastic and plentiful. Reasonably priced as well. When in Keswick give the Pheasant a visit. You won't be disappointed. I would personally rate it the best pub/restaurant for food and drink in Keswick.

Great food & atmosphere Staff always friendly and efficient

Outstanding food! I am a first-time visitor to this region. I’m from Texas and I expected to be eating a lot of fish n chips and Shepherd’s Pie. The food is such a lovely surprise! I had the French Onion Soup—we totally mess this up in the States with the giant gloop of cheese we smother the soup with. I loved the simple richness of the broth and just the right amount of bread and cheese. The Grasmere rack of lamb was tender and succulent with an excellent t sauce of red wine with just the right touch of mint. But the dessert!!! Oh my yummy goodness !!! The Sticky Toffee Cake with fresh cream is a culinary delight that I will miss greatly! My wonderful meal was complimented with a beautiful Spanish red wine.

This beautiful restaurant was a great find. The staff were delightful and went out of their way to make sure you got exactly what you wanted. The food presentation was beautiful and tasted delicious. On the whole a most enjoyable evening. We would highly recommend it.

My wife and I went for Sunday Lunch which was fabulous. Lovely pub, great staff excellent food and drink. We always try to call in for a meal when in Keswick

Fish & Chips excellent Sticky Toffee Pud excellent Roast Beef mains average Great attentive staff & not expensive Generslly a very pleasant experience

Excellent food, good beer. Unfortunately we were the only people dining so atmosphere was missing. Waitress was good at serving but required training on wine list etc.

Amazing meal as always at the Pheasant. Specials Board is always a great option. Updated menu has some great new additions. Best food pub in Keswick in my opinion. Never disappoints and very friendly attentive staff make it an enjoyable visit.

Stayed on the Sunday Special, good value at £109 for dinner bed and breakfast. Quaint village in the countryside despite being minutes from a busy road. Very dog friendly.

Had Sunday Lunch yesterday with my husband and 2 friends, the roast beef was of good quality, and tasted really lovely, vegetables presented in a bowl were plentiful with lots to choose from, the cauliflower cheese was especially good, can’t really fault the actual lunch. We felt rather let down due to the fact that there was only one dessert on offer, we felt a choice of maybe 3 items would be good, even if one of the items was ice cream, it is always nice to follow savoury with sweet, I know there was cake on offer, but cake is not a dessert, hence I can’t give a 5 out of 5 for the food.

Absolutely amazing as always

The food at this restaurant was amazing. I had the best macaroni cheese that I had ever tasted. I would thoroughly recommend this restaurant.