L'al Churrasco in South Lakeland

Overpriced and we felt rushed although appreciate it's tapas. Didn't think it was anything special overall. Service was good.

We were really impressed by L’al Churrasco on a recent visit to Ulverston. The food was imaginative and high quality, totally surpassing our expectation. The carrot and fennel dish was a highlight (one of the best things we’ve had for ages) but all the food we had was good. Good, interesting margarita too. Highly recommend.

Friendly knowledgeable staff and great quality food, decent drink selection as well, would definitely book here again on our next visit to Ulverston

Delicious food, great cocktails, good wine. Never lets you down ✨❤️

Wow! We had such a lovely dining experience! The food was absolutely amazing! The dishes are served in order of what they are i.e. breads/charcuterie boards, vegetable dishes, fish then meat. They were evenly spaced out, meaning we could enjoy them without dishes getting lost or overpowered by another. They were presented beautifully and each dish tasted absolutely amazing! The staff were friendly, knowledgeable and very accommodating to an unusual dietary restriction! Will definitely be returning!

Great tapas food in a nice restaurant. Never done this type of dining before but thoroughly enjoyed the experience.

In a world when much of the great quisine in the lake district and been obliterated by the Inn Collection Group, these folks allow a gastronome to keep the faith. The tapas here is world class. It out thinks the tapas experts of Northern spain fusing flavours of the lakes with classic flavours of southern Europe. The pigeon breast was sublime, the Moroccan chicken audacious. You have to eat here!!!!!

We enjoyed a delicious variety of creative tapas-style dishes here. The vegetarian options were unusual and exciting - we were particularly impressed by the halloumi and the crispy cabbage. The service was attentive and the restaurant itself is clean and well decorated. My only point of contention would be that on the website they make a point of stating they are proud to be one of the first eateries in Ulverston to do away with plastic straws, yet my cocktail was served with two of them. I find that a bit of a strange thing to advertise if actually you've reneged on that effort to lessen your impact on the environment. However, that confusion aside we had a great night and will hopefully return!

Generous Portions cooked to a high standard a delightful experience The set menu for 4 was simply excellent Highly recommended

Fantastic food Fantastic service Attention to detail was amazing and the food was stunning Great atmosphere Definitely be back

Food was fabulous, all of it, and the staff are wonderful. Booked and advised that we had an assistance dog and asked if we could have a quote corner. When we got there they had a mat and a dog bowl laid out in a corner space, really appreciated, thank you. My favourite was the Moroccan chicken followed by the soft shell crab. Drinks are very reasonable as well.

Absolutely amazing place to eat. The food is fantastic as is the atmosphere. If you like Tapas style food then you must eat here. 10/10

Favourite restaurant in the area, food was amazing as usual and the service was fantastic too, definitely recommend visiting here!

Birthday celebration meal with the current Mrs H and what an excellent choose, great atmosphere in an industrial setting with great food in a Tapas style with excellent attentive service but not overbearing

Quirky tapas restaurant. Superb food, great service, very friendly helpful staff. Good choice of drinks, reasonable price. Excellent experience.

Excellent service, great food and drinks.Give it a go

Lovely food and great staff. I’m coeliac and the chef was brilliant and very accommodating. I would definitely recommend!

Usually have a lovely meal here.. but this time was a bit disappointing. Bread board was ok. The halloumi..still very good, but has practically halved in size. The Coley was luke warm.We both had the brisket and found it to be dry and stringy. We didn't complain as we hope this is a one-off.

A friendly welcome, great service, exceptionally delicious and well presented food and yummy cocktails. This is an excellent restaurant and a must visit for all who like good food!

Absolutely gorgeous food.... lovely flavours.... such variety.......

Thought it was great,great meal, great atmosphere and lovely people.

The veggie tapas were incredible. The dips with the bread were so tasty. Highly recommend!

A cosy little place with amazing food and good service. We had 6 dishes from the vegetarian menu and everything was delicious. Was about £25 each with a drink. Will be back- make sure to book :)

Ordered a Mojito as drinks menu was very limited. £9 per drink do pretty average. Bar staff ok I suppose but really no interest and “just doing their job” Mojito was disgusting, no kick and no taste or smell of alcohol. Took two sips and walked out

What a fabulous evening from start to finish. A warm welcome and accommodating reception to a walk in request. Menu was explained by the staff and then drinks order taken. Then it got better and better. Each dish individually brought and presented by the chef with an explanation of the whole process. A big build up that only needs the food to be good to reflect this and wow, was it. Stunning food with great flavour combinations that were just incredible. Wish I found this place earlier. Will certainly go back when in area. Menu is seasonal so looking forward to next instalment

Delicious food and a great selection of local beers

Amazing food, very friendly staff. great seasonal menu, highly recommend

Having visited this restaurant several times over the past year it amazes me how they change the menu to seasonal ingredients,always for the better. The taste are unbelievable the chefs skills and creativity are second to none. The waiting staff were all helpful and knowledgable.and yes we had a small table for two but that added to the evening

Amazing. Best food we have tasted in a long time. Shame it's not on our doorstep, we'd be here once a month.

Excellent - the food was super. We had the 7 course taster. Lovely beetroot and cheese, heritage carrots. The best calamari I’ve had - lovely and chunky and pipping hot. Chorizo and venison. The portions were more than enough for the 4 of us. We couldn’t fault this meal.

Would give no stars if I could. Looking through the window in the early hours, mice can be seen running all over the floor.

Snotty woman now running the spot. If there’s more than 4 of you you’ll have your dishes chosen for you like a toddler. The restaurant is a shadow of its former self

I hope you’re not a fan of choice, because if there are four or more of you, they’ll force you to have the “taster” menu, which is actually just a subset of their menu and you need everyone to agree on what menu items you get. God forbid anybody have allergies or intolerances, because they will not be catered to by this, good thing there is a McDonalds near by. Their excuse for this is their “small kitchen” - if only tapas famously came out when ready so they could make full use of their space. The menu, when given the correct one, was still different on each card. The food, despite the small kitchen, arrived quickly. Too quickly for the table, turned into a game of Tetris very quickly. Mediocre is the only way to describe it. It’s fine.

Been waiting to go here for ages, and went with friends so 6 of us on a Saturday night at 8.30pm. Boy oh boy was it worth waiting for. Superb food and we took advantage of the sharing menu at £29 per head. Plenty of food, amazing flavours and a memorable meal had by all. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

The beauty of this small but beautiful restaurant is the consistency of both the quality of food and service. Every time we go the food is excellent and service is exceptional. Highly recommend for a experience different from any other restaurant.

Visited this fabulous tapas restaurant in half term with my children and grandchildren. The service and food were excellent. Our every need was catered for. Will definitely return when we next visit the Lake District.

Disappointing. Everything over salted. Staff weren’t really bothered. Been here a lot before but unlikely to rush back

Food amazing, atmosphere amazing, service and explanation of menu good. Be clear if your a vegetarian as it confused them and they weren't sure what they could offer us at first from the set 7 course deal but this might just be an individual staff member.

Amazing food, every dish was full of flavour. Menu had a good variety for food and drinks, cocktails were top notch. Can’t decide which one was my favourite as they were all great. Staff were lovely and very attentive. Would definitely go back and would highly recommend to anyone.

Absolute gem of a restraunt. Great food, lovely staff.

What a lovely little hidden gem this place is, serving beautiful dishes that are fresh, tasty and so so good! we loved every dish we ordered, they are not tiny plates making them lovely to share, you must must try the beetroot and calamari (delight not to be served in rings) and Halloumi, we will be back!

This place is amazing! From it's industrial-chic bar area with counter seating to the Aladdin's cave secret dining room with flying Aztec carpets on the ceiling, it's a super cool place for an intimate dinner with someone special or cocktails and tapas with friends. The menu is fantastic; a wide but not overwhelming range of veg, fish and meat plates, which, as our waitress explained, are served in the order they appear on the menu. I found it really tough to choose because they all sounded exciting. The pace of service was perfect. We were never left waiting for the next dish to arrive, or with too many plates on the table. The waitress explained everything as she served it to us and the dishes themselves were out of this world. The aubergine was the best I've ever tasted in my life. The calamari in polenta was perfectly tender. The cocktail menu is equally excellent and hats off to the mixologist, he really knows what he's doing and could rival his peers in the big city bars. One thing that struck me was that none of the diners were on their phones! Everyone, including the staff, seemed to be engaged in the experience of being there, and there was a lovely buzz of conversation. I would highly recommend this place and will definitely be back. Many thanks and congratulations to all the team

You know it's going to be good when the customers leaving basically force you inside to try the food. It did not disappoint! Really delicious tapas, excellent portion sizes and a really great bloody mary to boot. If i lived closer I would be in here all the time!

If you are ever in Ulverstone I highly recommend to have food in Lal’ Chrrasco. Book in advance. We had the Tapas Taste Menu. This way you can try so many things and come out with full stomach. The food tastes great! Very polite service. I highly recommend to try ‘El Fuego’ cocktail. I am not a massive fan of Tequila but this one tastes amazing!

Wow 😋 The food here is delicious, full of flavour, creative dishes, prepared using fresh ingredients, making each dish a taste sensation 😋 Good service, great ambience. Highly recommend a visit to this restaurant 😋

Really nice place, a little cramped but busy and the food was excellent. Service by the waiting ladies were off the scale. Really efficient and friendly.

What can I say. I took my husband for the first time ( normally it’s a girl thing as not really his cup of tea). And from start to finish. The hospitality , staff venue and most importantly the food was amazing. That much so for a husband who’s not that keen he was so impressed he can’t wait to come back. Thanks agin. Amazing food as always

Fabulous food and drinks served with a smile.

I've been before, but the food this time, July 2023, was the best so far.

Beautiful meal... Best tapas in Cumbria and would highly recommend

Absolutely superb - we have been trying to dine here for some time now, the wait was well worth it. Wow, the food is brilliant, we chose 7 plates and shared, we really struggled at the end to pick our best. Needless to say we didn't pick the same one. Cant wait to go back. The atmosphere was buzzing and the decor just took you to another place.

On reflection the last reviews I can see are from 11 months ago. Poor untrained service, did not change plate’s between courses which in my opinion is a must when eating different types of fish / meat and hot and cold food .OH and the food was not great either ,over cooked under spiced, the chef seems very confused . We are in the area to celebrate my wife’s birthday and had a wonderful day in and around lake Windermere but this completely ruined the day.

Fab place and great food at reasonable prices. Highly recommended.

Came here for a meal with my wife. Incredibly helpful staff, wonderful atmosphere and the food was incredible.

Excellent experience, fantastic food, some of the best food I have tasted. Great service, amazing menu. We had the taster menu. Absolutely brilliant

I cannot rate the tapas here highly enough for a large group. I’ve had some bad ones before. Fresh, tasty, colourful and great portions. Service was nicely friendly and prompt. Wish I lived closer so I can come again.

What a gem. Where better to spend a hot bank holiday weekend in May than L’al Churrasco? Delicious tapas food. Every course spot on. Delicious cocktails. Cold Cervezas. Finished off with delicious coffee and baklava. Service with a smile. Great atmosphere. What’s not to like?

Poor value for money as most dishes are tiny even for tapas. For example the charcuterie board had a handful of super wafer thin cut of cured meats for £10. I've never seen salami sliced so thinly in my life. Some dishes like mackerel were very bland which is quite an achievement for such a flavourful fish. The calamari was good with great aioli but again tiny. The service was good. Spent £35 per person on food alone and didn't feel full. If the dishes had been uniformly tasty I wouldn't have minded so much but I left feeling I'd been fleeced. I won't be going back unfortunately.

£36 spent on a round of drinks. We ordered a Jack Daniels and Coke and we were seved diet coke. We asked for it to be changed and we were told by the bar man that a diet coke was ordered and that we would have to pay again. His word against ours but we are sure we ordered the right thing as my partner never has diet coke. Isn't the customer always right? End result is 6 people who won't be coming back.

Great little restaurant in Ulveston, it has a small bar on one side where you can enjoy pre meal drinks. The food was fantastic and is made up various tapas dishes. Great value and would gladly book again.

Been a couple of times with friends and both time, this place delivered. It delivered on service, quality, taste, ambience - the full package. This is a 'small plates' type eatery so every dish ordered comes as it's ready so there aren't really any courses. So you have to firstly be ok with that and also be ok with sharing as the dishes are primarily made to share. Every dish we had brought something new and exciting to the table combining seasonal and local tastes/ingredients with Mediterranean ones. It certainly made my tastebuds sing! Dishes I would highly recommend are the Pork belly with the meat so juicy and crackling perfectly crispy, the prawns with their garlicky and buttery sauce utilising the bread provided to soak it all up, the chorizo which was the perfect combination of salty savoury flavours with the sweet and sourness of the caramelised onions. There are soo many more dishes that I'd like to discuss but that would just make this review too lengthy. Just try as much as you can - you won't be disappointed!! Oh and they have an excellent drink's selection too, give one of the cocktails a go while you're at it.

Simply fantastic food, efficient staff, vibrant atmosphere, fantastic veg options

Went to pop up Sunday lunch, a great twist on a traditional Sunday roast. Great staff

Another wonderful evening at lal churros I. It really does feel like nothing is too much. Had a fantastic meal, such wonderful flavours. Highly recommend!

Quality venue get it opened back up asap 👍

Amazing food loved it, couldn't recommend enough, service was fantastic

First visit for my birthday...wow great food and service. Loved it.

Lovely food nice staff who talked through menu.would recommended.

Excellent service, food delicious great evening

Absolutely lovely meal here tonight. The food is of an excellent quality and staff are polite and helpful. I would heartily recommend eating here.

Food superb !! Fresh & full of flavour, reasonably priced. Good choice of drinks.

We stopped by on a Friday night with no reservations. The staff were exceptionally helpful and were able to seat our party of 4. It was our first time there, and we loved it. The food was fabulous. Looking forward to going back!

Amazing cocktails, super friendly staff and probably the best place in Ulverston.

Best tapas! Pork belly & sea trout the best I ever had! Thanks

Amazing food and a brilliant atmosphere! We thoroughly enjoyed our visit, would highly recommend! Best restaurant in Ulverston. Amazing cocktails, a must try!

Very atmospheric, beautiful food. Tapas came gradually so not overfaced. Every course was delicious and i mean delicious. Well priced, quality food in lovely surroundings.

We visited while holidaying in the area and had a really tasty meal here. They were very accommodating of our 3 year old and all the food we ordered was delicious. We also had 2 of their non alcoholic cocktails which were very tasty and inventive too. We had the bread and dip board which had 3 very tasty dips and some oil and vinegar, olives (served warm which is something I've never had before and were extremely tasty), falafel which were served on a bed of pickled vegetables and were delicious, pulled pork with mojo rojo - absolutely gorgeous, wrinkled potatoes with garlic sour cream (divine) and chorizo with red onion which was melt in the mouth. All the staff were lovely and very helpful. My only constructive feedback would be that the menu is very limiting for vegetarians. I am not vegetarian though prefer to not eat meat but my parents are vegetarian and I would not bring them here as their options are very limited, especially as my mum is unable to eat chillies (and at least 1 of the 3 vegetarian options had chillies in it). I did ask whether the vegetarian offering was ever expanded on and was told that they've never had a problem with vegetarians but I suspect that's more because vegetarians choose not to eat there having seen the sample menu rather than anything else. It's unfortunate as it would be very easy to add a few vegetarian options (a cheese board in place of charcuterie for instance, a good old Spanish tortilla and some grilled vegetables etc.) and I think it would make it easier for people who are vegetarian or have vegetarians in their party to choose to eat here.

The best tapas restaurant I have been to. If you live or are visiting Ulverston in Cumbria I highly recommend that you visit this restaurant.it serves really delicious food.

This is a great place to eat or to have a drink. Friend staff and good food in lovely surrounding, can't ask for more!

Utterly amazing....sublime food...fabulous staff.

Fantastic food, superbly tasty.

Amazing dining experience, I come to Ulverston for my birthday every year and come here without fail each time. Highly recommend, and when visiting enter with an open mind and try each meal in the taster menu.

Arguably the best restaurant in town as far as quality goes. If you're after a tapas style evening there is no where better. Cocktails are stunning also. Better book in advance though!

4 of us had a superb meal here last night. The service was excellent and the food was too! Great atmosphere and I especially liked the décor. Thanks!

Popular smallish tapas type restaurant with pleasant staff and good food.

Excellent food,excellent service

From the breads and spectacular dips to the lamb meatballs everything we ate here was wonderful. The food was outstanding, so flavourful, and presented beautifully by the knowledgeable and lovely waitstaff. Absolutely without fault. If your first-time visitors from London could come back every Saturday evening, we would!

Sunday lunch isn't on every week, but when they do it, its done with their usual style and panache. Superb beef and vegetables that are prepared in a fashion that makes you question just how good can the humble carrot taste because they take it to a different level. Can't wait for our next visit!

Friendly staff, great atmosphere and seriously delicious food. We will definitely be coming back.

Brilliant. Everything was brilliant. The booking, the welcome, the decor, the vibe, the drinks, the service and of course the food. Oh my....the food. Incredible. Fresh, clean and full of amazing flavours. A small menu (one page) with food done amazingly well. Can't wait to go back !

Great service and happy, friendly staff. Love it here.

So good fantastic cocktails and excellent quality food staff are very welcoming would definitely recommend

Great place for good food & exceptional customer service. Buzzing atmosphere with happy friendly staff. Well worth the visit .

Best food we've had in ages! We ordered 7 dishes off the tapas menu as recommended by the staff as the perfect amount for 2 guests to share, we loved everything and was just the right amount of food. We cleared every dish, so much flavour and beautifully prepared! So glad we found this place and will definitely come back next time we are up this way!

Wonderful experience. Food was amazing! Definitely worth booking a table ahead.

Great food, but used to buying tapas in Spain, also I Liverpool in Luna, so they are excellent but expensive in L'al Churasco

One of our must visit restaurants in Ulvaston the food is always great and it's the perfect way to end the weekend. For some reason we've never tried their cocktails before. We tried them last night and they are genuinely some of the best cocktails we have ever had.

Nice cozy venue, good tapas, enjoyed the ox cheek balls.

Lovely food. Menu looks a bit limited but all dishes are excellent. I'm veggie and had lots of choice

Delicious food, fantastic staff 🥰♥️ A really enjoyable end to a holiday in the Lakes