Brookside Villa B&B in Carlisle

This is the best sandwich shop in Carlisle. Highly recommend it to anyone wanting a tasting baguette.

Just absolutely perfect!! From the lovely welcome, the friendly service, brilliant atmosphere, all homemade cakes which is very rare these days, great tea, and the loveliest Christmas cake served with cheese if you wanted it (yes I did) which I tucked into while reading my slimming magazine!! You have something very special ladies. Also while your visiting the cafe you should tie in an Indian Head Massage with Zoe above The Posting Pot at Enliven Therapies.

What a find! Outstanding homemade food and cakes, brilliant and attentive staff, and an incredibly warm welcome ... just wished we lived nearer so we could visit each week! Many thanks for amazing service.

We ate and stayed at Farlam Hall. The tasting menu at Cedar Tree overall was good. Breaking it down the set of three paired snacks were delicious and really set us up for the mains. However the duck was average, the scallops were poor, the 2xgame terrine was ok but the two sauces served with it just didnt work and the liver parfait sandwich was out of place and unneccesary. The sorbet/granita was beautiful and the main dessert and petit fours were fine. Overall I would say that the food was just below average for a 1 starred restaurant. Service was mixed. The sommelier (Bulgarian lady) was superb and clearly well trained. The rest of the staff however whilst very pleasant were below par - spilled sauces whilst serving, dishes brought to the wrong tables and when our scallops were served there were no scallops in the dish!! Staff realised this after a few minutes and whilst we were hunting madly through the sauce for signs of a scallop..!! To be fair it was rectified promptly and provided a comedic moment for all but this is a 1 star restaurant. Also whilst staying in our room we could clearly hear from our bathroom two chefs outside yelling at each other outside the kitchen in the yard for about ten minutes using some pretty extreme language. The way the senior chef was speaking to his subordinate was frankly appaling and extremely unprofessional. We learnt later on that Hrishi was not working that evening…. Would we return? Probably not and I think Hrishi needs to sort these issues out…there’s too much competition in the area to ignore them.

Excellent food and good value for money. Everyone enjoyed their Turkey Pork and Fish, and absolutely no complaints.Roaring log fire added to the atmosphere, and everyone agreed to try and return soon.