Reviews in Penrith

Despite pre booking our food several days in advance, we were told when pudding was being served that they were out of custard. Can’t understand this if we had pre booked. The decor was very tired. Food was ok. I wouldn’t return.

Excellent food, our table of four couldn’t fault a single item. We received pleasant service also from all waiters staff who seemed happy to be there. We would recommend for anyone in the area and will return next year when we revisit the lakes!

Delicious food, beautifully cooked and well presented by friendly and attentive staff. Over 2 visits, our party sampled meat, fish and vegetarian options for starters and mains and can recommend them all. Rhubarb crumble tart with ginger ice cream is a perfect pud. We'll be back!

Excellent meal with lovely friendly service. The steak and seabass were superb and good wines.

Spot on every time. Consistently perfect. Roast beef perfectly cooked, just that nice pinkness in the middle. Always a good selection of ales and lovely staff with a great view across the fells. If you have room don’t miss the puddings.

Perfect place for a sunday roast.

What a perfect Sunday lunch Lovely traditional pub setting in village just off the A66 near Penrith Beautiful tender roast beef served with tasty vegetables which had been prepared with the same attention Perfect Yorkshire pudding Couldn’t manage a pudding but had to share an affogato

Two excellent meals on consecutive nights. The soufflé was outstanding and the specials on both nights were inventive and well executed. Staff were super, friendly and helpful. The chef is very talented.

Excellent meal with attentive service. Food superbly cooked. Had steak and chicken both beautifully presented. Quite expensive but worth it!

The food was very tasteful and ‘just right’. All of the staff were brilliant. A pity we don’t live in this area and can be frequent customers.

Lovely evening out. Excellent food and service in a relaxed atmosphere. Highly recommend

Lovely food, really nicely presented with ample portions. Waiting staff were quite abrupt and not terribly welcoming, although it was incredibly hot and they may have had a very long day!

What a great evening. The food, wine and service was excellent. The lamb and pork were cooked to perfection. Nice and chilled atmosphere

Another great meal at the Horse and Farrier, delicious food beautifully presented ! The fennel ham on the stone bass dish was amazing ! Compliments to the chef ! Friendly staff a great night .

Beautiful food with lots of flavours and taste. staff service excellent. We love coming here before going to the theatre close by. Such a luxurious treat at good value prices.

Totally brilliant in every way! A beautiful historic country pub, nicely decorated with great food (we could have happily had everything in the menu) and lovely, warm, friendly atmosphere. The staff were excellent and we’ll definitely be back soon, thank you!

Excellent Stone Bass and Excellent Service. Friendly efficient staff, lovely table in the window…. Really nothing to find fault with! Came back today because we liked it so much !

We chose Grants for a pre theatre meal @ Penrith Players because it was recommended on our tickets and as we didn't really know the area we thought we might as well try it. We weren't disappointed! On the morning of our visit I emailed for parking information and Grants replied very quickly and suggested a car park nearby. When we arrived we were greeted by a very nice waitress and asked if we would like the pre theatre menu, our drinks selection arrived in a timely manner and we were given bread & oil dip whilst we made our meal choices. We chose Vodka & Beetroot Cured Salmon and Bourbon & Maple Southern Fried Chicken starters, both of which were excellent in flavour, presentation and portion size. For mains we chose Roast Chicken Breast with Madeira Sauce and Sea Bass with Lobster & Prawn Ravioli both of which again were excellent in every way. We decided to share a cheese board for desert and this came with crackers, butter, chutney, apple slices and three cheeses. The staff knew we were visiting the theatre and made sure that our food was served in plenty of time but in no way rushed. All in all a fantastic little restaurant that we would highly recommend. Looking at the standard (non theatre) menu we both agreed that we would come back for a meal very soon. (For information, our theatre performance started at 7:30pm and we booked our table for 6:00pm)