Driftwood Fish and Chips in South Lakeland

It is a Pleasantly enjoyable atmosphere under the covered seating areas. Enjoyed listening to the rain whilst cosy and warm with the patio heater on above. Fish of the day is either cod or haddock. Today was haddock and it was cooked perfectly with light and crispy batter. Washed down with draft Italian beer and super fast service made this an excellent experience.

Lovely fish and chips the best I’ve had in a long time maybe give us a few more chips as they came in a box all recycled 10/10 😊

A great spot with lovely staff and a nice vibe. I thought it was priced well (being used to highlands of Scotland prices) but I have to say I was so disappointed with the taste of the fish unsure if we are just spoilt up here for fresh fish but looking at the reviews I am not alone. I think if they prioritised decent haddock it would be the best eatery in the area.

Went here lovely little cafe , tad expensive , but you are right on the lake . Sevice and food good. My friends little boy had selected a cheese burger we ate in and when your little buzzer sounds you go and collect your food (great idea). He went to collect his food and consequently dropped it on tje floor at the counter. Now we were a family of 16 and spent well over a £100 on food. I would of thought as good customer service that they would of replaced it for him!! But no offer of a replacement and as it was fairly expensive we ended up sharing our food with him. Shame on you for not offering a replacement!! Thought it was really poor of them not to do this. I appreciate that he was the one that dropped it , but it would not of been so hard for them to give the little fella another burger. Very sad.

Extremely disappointed. The chips were chewy as if they had simply been reheated, fish wasn’t great either. Portion size was very very mean. Literally 10 good chips. All served in a crappy takeaway box even though we were eating in. Avoid this place

Not the best unfortunately fish n chips

Not the best unfortunately fish n chips

Good selection of gifts with classic fudge and sweets also for sale

Good selection of gifts with classic fudge and sweets also for sale

Go in here every time we visit Bowness.. Don't always buy anything but I love browsing and looking at the lovely array of goods available. Reasonable prices.

This is a great place to grab a gift. Plenty of different thing available. Staff were friendly.

Lots of lovely gift ideas I'll be back here in November

Really nice place very helpful 👍

Great little gift shop by the water

Disgusting attitude to customers Rude and obnoxious

Gift shop right by the lake with a good selection of souvenirs. I'm a fridge magnet man myself and I'm quite fussy about them. I found one that I liked, so it's an automatic five stars from me. Wasn't too expensive either for what I bought. A lot of these other reviews about food are mistaking it for the restaurant of the same name a few doors down.

Great goods selection and pleasant staff

Decent, all the gift items and little treats available.

Good selection of goods friendly helpful staff and atmosphere

Great shops, good food. Lovely place for a day or weekend visit.

Great shop plenty of choices only thing was a bag was 50p

A lovely shop for gifts. Friendly staff.

Quite a big souvenir shop along the road towards the ferry.

Excellent place to eat highly recommended great food great service

The overall experiemce was okayish. The food was bland. Extremly tasteless fish with good fries. The price and extra 15% charges of service fee was not worth the experience. The view was good as it near the lake and in front of main attraction. but the food taste could have been more better instead of bland.

Always pop in when visiting Windermere lots of stock that gets changed every time we attend

All my souvenirs an goodies I bought back came from this shop god bless all staff too at the lake district.❤🙏🏽👌🏽

Lovely shop that sells alsorts of gifts and home ware the prices are good for where it is.

Lovely retail shop full of great products

Lovely shop full of great holiday gifts, the staff are friendly and polite

Great place and interesting goods

To start with ordering food from this place was confusing as anything certainly not worth the price either. I went for chicken and mushroom pie it was like cardboard and no filling and I didn't enjoy it, I got a Latte that was just under 3 quid and came from a machine that was a rip off and was luke warm. When they shout your number from the kitchen hatch you can't understand what they are shouting and the older woman handing the food out was so rude. Props to the girl out front she was very informative and helpful as it was my first time visiting.

Great food, best chips I've tasted in a while.

We have tried most of the Fish & Chips restaurants in this area. This was not the best. We called in one wet & windy Sunday afternoon & was very disappointed. The service was very quick & we had decided to eat in car. They were cold & fish was rubbery. Award Winning mmmm not for us on this occasion.

Lovely chips and curry sauce and just next to Lake windermere.

Nice fresh tasty fish. Hot chips and the added bonus of tartae sauce and mushy peas, all for £7.50, what's not to like. Well worth the money and great tasting food.

Best fish and chips I've had . Good service . Staff very friendly

This has to be 1 of the best chippies around, far from the cheapest but extremely good, I wouldn't usually do a review on a take away but this is very good indeed

Visited on one of the most miserable rainy days sat under the covered area and had fish chips and peas and a cuppa fish and chips were to die for the best we have had in a long time I even complimented the owner on her superb food highly recommended don't miss this chippy if you are in bowness.

Very nice, freshly cooked and a good sized portion

Funky but was leaky when we went

Good Ice Cream but didn't have any other dietary food substitutes.

Bit pricey for a restaurant/cafe that doesn’t have a toilet. Food was nice except the sausage

Love this fish & chip shop we visited on a very wet day and they have outdoor Canopy seating with self controlled heating. We didn't wait long for food and everyone enjoyed their food. Can't complain. We always visit when we come to Windermere.

Nice place,good service,but the fish was dry,possibly a day or so old.

Everything tasted like it was reheated from the morning won't be going there again

Best fish and chips in the country. Small booths setup for covid what else could you want.

Bland. Small soggy fish and dried out chips. We got end of the line stuff, not fresh at all... small portion and very expensive... 15% to sit inside an unfinished seating area. Porter loo was filthy and hand washing broken. Would NOT recommend.

Rustic in every sense. Limited menu.

Fish & chips nice Pies rock hard Coffees great You eat out of cardboard boxes even if you eat In You get what you pay for

Fish and chips is great value for money but the staff are rude and arrogant.

Best fish and chips i had so far.

The food was nice, the service was friendly but they got our order wrong and we missed a meal. Considering it was basic fish and chips it was also quite expensive.

Probably the only chip shop I can eat from without feeling unwell after! Would recommend

Good chips. No jumbo sausage. Dogs welcome 😊

Pleasant overnight stay. Food was was good and served by friendly staff!

Very expensive, also got charged extra to sit in. No service dry fish. Wouldn't recommend. Disappointing considering they have all these signs outside saying they're great.

OMG.. this is the worst place I have ever come across. They make it sound so good, but it's just a 2nd rate chippy. I ordered a gourmet pie with hand cut chips, mushy peas and gravy. I had hardly sat down when it was ready.. a basic pie with a handful of chips ,a small pot of peas and small pot of gravy.. and JUST a wooden fork.. nothing else. STAY AWAY.. THERE ARE MUCH BETTER PLACES

Nice food,good concept of dining but the dog crowd need controlling.

fish appeared rebattered and hard and chips reheated definately a no from me

This is a great place to have your fish and chips there are plenty of tables undercover, you can order at the front of the shop and you can either take a seat inside or take away. We opted to sit at one of their outside/ undercover tables which is great as it keeps the birds away from your food unlike one of the other fish and chip places along the lakes edge at Bowness. The food at Driftwood is very nice and the staff are really friendly and helpful and the place is kept clean and tidy I recommend this place and would definitely go here again 👍

Not sure about award winning fish (especially for the price) ....food was mediocre at best, they charge you extra to sit and eat their own food, seating area smells and is full of flies

Great fish and chips and perfect location next to the lake. Social distancing well organised. Will go again. Not too expensive.

Really lovely freshly cooked fish and chips. The oil was clearly good quality and fresh as no residual taste you sometimes get with old oil. Also one of us had the Cumberland sausage in the bap and really enjoyed it. I have lived in various coastal locations and this is amongst the best fish and chips I have ever had.

Fish was ok . But Oil was dripping from the chips we ordered and the picture I posted was the replacement one .😅 Nuggets : Hard.chewy.cardboard taste probably it was old stock and fried the cold ones again. Definitely not for kids ..

Lovely little fish and chip restaurant. Can either sit in or take out. Plenty of seating, friendly staff. Reasonable prices considering the location. Have a great selection of pies too, which were lovely. Order and pay, then they shout your order number to collect your food.

Had takeaway sausage & chips, it was lovely, the chips were very tasty 😋

Probably the best Fish & chips ever! Funny set up, order them join another queue till order is called…but speedy service…real lush!

Good quality fish and chips, perfectly prepared, comes with mushy peas and tartare sauce. Helpful staff.

Great place .. fabulous fish& chips 🍟

Excellent food and reasonably priced.

Not a big portion at all fish like rubber and a charge for sitting in. 25pounds for 2 fish n chips and 3 soft drinks

Great fish n chip shop with terrace seating. Good quality food :)

Very tasty fish and chips at a competitive price (£7.75) for the location (Lake Windermere). We ate once and then decided to come back the next day for more. They give you a 10% off next time coupon on the refresher tissue packet. Their fish and chips is cooked completely separately to meat products. We are on holiday in the area and plan to have fish and chips from there again! The only negative point about their fish and chips is that the size of their portions are not consistent. Sometimes their portions are large and filling, while at other times they are very small. We have eaten 3 times from there in the space of just a week.

Very well organised, fast, friendly and delicious food

Really nice fish and chips. Just the right size portion- not over facing. Polite and prompt service. Option to use their terraced seating ( for a little bit extra) or take away. Would recommend.

Very nice fish and chips plus a pint of lager for 10.95 ,pleasant staff

A great place to have Fish and Chips. Lives up to its 5 Star rating. Fish/Chips are freshly cooked for you which make for an enjoyable feast.

Delicious and good size portions.Read menu then go the far left down fewsteps then order food and pay.You will be given a small ticket with a number on.Return to your table then wait for your number to be called out then go and collect boxed food.They do takeaway too.They regularly clean the tables after each use.👍

Overpriced and poor quality! Do not recommend!

Awful experience. I purchased 2 boxes for chips just before they closed. A family were in front of me and we were asked to wait at the collection point. After 10 minutes the manager came out to close and the family asked about their order. The manager asked them for their order number but they didn't have it. He was aggressive and said 'no number, no food' for a moment I thought he was joking but he was totally serious. The family objected and he told them again that they wouldn't receive anything. I interjected and said that their number must be 1 less than mine but he wasn't interested. Finally, the family found their ticket and he rudely said that they go ro the collection point for their food. When I got mine it was bland and did not include everything I'd ordered. AVOID AVOID AVOID.

Food amazing, set up very well organised, order and pay at one window and collect at another. Staff very friendly

Best battered fish I have ever had!!!

Outside area, very clean and well controlled. Disappointing fish bites, more like small nuggets not much fish mostly batter. Good service, pleasant surroundings.

Superb! Stopped here on the way to our boat trip. Great fish and chips, great outdoor seating area, excellent service... No queues, they've got it all nailed down order and pay up front, then collect and take back to your table, and enjoy straight from the box... perfect. You can see and taste why they call it award winning.

Day out in bowness on Windermere, Parked up just in time for dinner fancied fish and chips, at Driftwood excellent choice first class large portion hot and very tasty

Without a doubt, the worst fish and chips I have ever eaten. Soggy batter, unbelievably dry cod tasted like it had been cooked 3 times after a month in the freezer and totally uneatable. Chips were cold and were like bullets. I did eat the mushy peas, which were passible. I can only imagine that the people that gave a good review for the fish must be realated to the owners. I wish I could give it zero stars.

Absolutely fantastic fish, chips and peas at a reasonable price. If I'm ever in the area again, I'll most definitely visit again. Best fish and chips I've had in a while

Very nice.. but no john smiths available at time. Picked another beer which wasnt that keen on..

Really good takeaway fish and chips with mushy peas and good value too.

Lovely food, nice setting overlooking the lake, nice prices and a warm welcome

Food was OK, staff were friendly

So much more could be made of this place, from the outside it looks good with the rustic sign and lovely flowers! But, staff were not that friendly, the Chips were horrible and curry sauce very runny!! The loo, was a porta-loo!! It... was.... FILTHY!!!! 🤢🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮

Really nice Chips & Cumberland sausage

Fresh cod and chips, good food at a good price. We were a group of six and had attentice service from staff. Unfortunately the temporary builder's toilet is awfully uncomfortable, although they did clean it for us without making a fuss.

Had fish chips mushy peas and tartar sauce. Absolutely beautiful. Probably the best cod I've ever eaten! Thanks.

Dry chips, dark fry colours and completely tasteless. Lots of sauce needed!!! Curry sauce was very watery. Wouldn’t go back, not sure how they are award winning!

Quick service, very much takeaway standard, portion size bit on small side.

After all the hyp about the place. Disappointing dry chips fish not the best good points the box it came in won't rush there again ....

Good service. lovely fish good value for money. Definitely recommend.