Reviews in Keswick

James S

On a (very) wet October Saturday in Keswick we ran for cover and ended up at the Pack Horse for lunch. Good choice – nice beer and a lunch menu big on comfort food. When in Cumbria how can you look past the Cumberland sausage and red onion chutney baguette – yum! Lovely friendly staff too.

4.5

Adam and Trish

Have driven past here many times but never stayed so an autumn weekend here was well overdue. This hotel – or really restaurant with rooms – is in the midst of the Whinlatter Forest between Keswick and Buttermere. It has a well-deserved Michelin star but isn’t in the least stuffy. You can choose between the inclusive ‘standard’ menu which changes every night or the tasting menu for a supplement. Beautifully presented food and top quality. Great walking too in this less-visited part of the Lakes. Recommended.

5.0

Nicky

Great pizza!

4.5

Will

All new Horse and Farrier! great spot right underneath Blencathra. Good food and accommodation.

4.8

CH

First class 3 course meal at Ravenstone Manor last week. Prawn Tempura, perfectly cooked fillet steak and lemon tart. The steak was the best I've had in a long long time, well charred on the outside but v rare and tender inside. The matching wine was very pleasant too. The hotel is in a great location by Keswick, Bassenthwaite and Cockermouth. Great views of the snow peaked fells from my bedroom window!

4.5

Non vegan

Thought my lentil Daal was excellent. Want to return and try more of their vegan dishes!

Fantastic decor, well laid out, very clean and staff very welcoming. Good choice of food and drinks. Unfortunately when saying 'Goodbye and thanks' on exit, no member of staff acknowledged it.

Hi, Have a lovely tea break at your cafe, and fell in love with your teapots......is it possible you could let me know where I could buy one of these. Many thanks

We frequent the Lion quite often as locals and always find the food and hospitality really good. My partner arranged a suprise party for me food brilliant, try their breakfasts from 10th mmmm.

Visited this pub and omg what a transformation. Must be the best revamp pub in Keswick. Absolutely beautiful decor and the food is faultless. We as a family completely enjoyed everything about this dog friendly pub. The staff were all very helpful. We will definitely be returning, we recommend this beautiful pub.

As a regular visitor to Keswick I'm simply aghast at what they've done to the best and most atmospheric pub in Keswick. A new plastic fake imitation olde worlde pub has been achieved from what was a genuine magnificent traditional olde worlde pub. Well done Spirit that's some achievement.

After going up and down trying to find a tea shop the Pillar House attracted me from the outside. Beautifully decorated and very busy which is always a good sign. The food was very nice and all looked fresh and home made. The only down fall unfortunately was the either owner or Manager! He was very stressed which he took out on the staff and very short with the customers. Just because your business is doing well, it's the customers that make you money! Did put me off going back as the staff looked on edge and unhappy.

I posted the first review. Since then I have eaten here 3 more times. I will not eat here again. Both the service and the food have deteriorated (or the usual chef (travesty of the word) came back from holiday. If tepid, swimming in stale oil and unexciting is your thing then this is for you. One of my offerings was a broccoli and mushroom pasta bake. The bake had 3 slices of mushroom. The broccoli was like green dust sprinkled through a tasteless white sauce (it was meant to be cheesy I think) poured over cheap and nasty pasta shapes. It can't have cost more than 50 pence to make and they were charging £10.99 for this. Pig swill would have been tastier. Tepid fish cake was another faux pas and then more tepid fishcake (not even luke warm) with chips which needed arm bands to survive the north sea oil slick they were served in. None of this food is cheap and it just keeps getting nastier,

My parents and I ate here 3 weeks ago. The service was spot on, small village welcoming, professional in it's delivery and attentive without being overbearing. The food was well presented and enjoyable. Sea bass with black olive and tomato sauce, new potatoes, seasonal veg and steaks cooked as requested which were tender enough for my older parents to eat. This was washed down by real ale, locally made and sourced. We spent £55 for 3 including drinks and tip. We're going back this weekend. And dogs are very welcome!

We Visit Pillars every-time we take a trip to Keswick now. Its just beautiful, immaculate and the food is delicious with great service. Although the interior is beautiful I'm dreading the winter when I wont be able to enjoy the lovely balcony area and soak in the outside atmosphere. I'm hoping that it will be open in evening by Oct so we can take our family when we visit for a weekend and introduce them to a very special place......

Scrumptious food...service first rate! We had a takeaway which was ready exactly time ordered....not only will we order again when in Keswick, but the restaurant looked so welcoming, we will also treat our selves to a meal out......soon.

I bought two cod and chips tonight (Friday) and was very disappointed. The chips were fine but the batter on the fish was awful, it was soggy and tasted of flour just terrible. I have always come to the Windebrowe chippy and usually it's great but I am very sorry to say tonight it was not. I hope you appreciate this feedback.

What a charming host....Graham has a brilliant sense of humour and a very intelligent gentleman. The Tea room is a must on a walk, we thoroughly enjoyed the time spent there on Thursday last, when walking from Brackenrigg. Cake is lovely and the tea was just the ticket.....Really folks, you are missing out if you don't stop for a cuppa and a chat here. You will remember us Graham, I was the lady who had to come back for a second cuppa as I couldn't make the pass due to my fear of heights. The surroundings are great. We will definitely be back, thankyou Graham, a charming gentleman.