Overwater Hall Hotel in Allerdale

This was our first visit to The Cottage in the Wood and it was a fantastic experience. The staff were, without exception, all friendly and helpful. The tasting menu was amazing and occupied the whole evening. Every course was personally explained by the attentive team, who also introduced the vegetarian options where they differed from the standard menu. After a night in one of the comfortable rooms, our stay was rounded off by a wonderful breakfast with a breath-taking view across the valley.

Best pancakes in town! And a mean sourdough to boot! Kids love it here. 😀 100% need to book to guarantee a table.

Let’s start with the best part of the meal…the dessert. The gluten free gingerbread pudding was one of the best GF desserts I’ve eaten. Outstanding. (Came back the next night to get it to go.) The fish curry for the main really lacked flavor. I dumped a couple of tablespoons of their hot sauce and it helped greatly. The pork belly was fine. Tasted like basic BBQ sauce on it. And thanks to the chap in the pic who is sticking his tongue out at the camera.

Best Lamb pie I ever had! Like a Sunday roast with mint sauce and spuds in a pie. Magnificent. And the staff were lovely too!

Absolutely amazing was working on turbines close by and checked for a local little bakery and wow I wasn’t let down absolutely amazing little shop massive variety of cakes and pies lovely staff and very affordable I would highly recommend and will be making the long journey back.