The Crown & Thistle in Carlisle

Was my first time here and will certainly be back. Service and food was excellent. Beautiful country pub in a lovely location offering total value for money.

The dining area is well layed out, good space between tables. The furniture works really well in the space too. Staff were very friendly and happy to give suggestions. It was pretty busy when we were there and it has a great atmosphere. Food was lovely and good value.

The food was fantastic 😋👍🏻 Very tasty and very well presented 👍🏻 The service was brilliant, very attentive staff Nothing appeared to be too much. Can't wait for our next visit, next year 😊

It was our first experience at the Crown and Thistle last night and certainly will not be our last 🙂 The whole experience was outstanding. The food was delicious, one of the best meals I have ever had. We had the Cumbria Tasting of Pork, Wow 👌 😀 The raspberry dessert was lovely, plus the service was really good.

Excellent meal with friends Great choice on menu

A fantastic pub restaurant located in a beautiful place, dog friendly. The choice if food is good and really nice. The staff where very friendly and welcoming.

Spur of the moment decision to have lunch and we were very happy would definitely go again. I had the lamb kofta and they were very tasty. Fabulous chips too

Excellent food and atmosphere. Fantastic staff would recommend.

Very friendly staff and good food. Nice to sit outside on a sunny day.

Food was lovely nice inside nice staff

Really cosy pub with a great menu

Great food & drink Great village pub

A real gem of a place. Went here with the brother on the way past to get a break from the traffic queues. Had the burger, best ever, place was packed, turning people away so recommend you book. We were lucky to get a table, the lady who greeted us at the door was great and squeezed us in. Service was top notch, food came in a good time despite being very busy. Highly recommend, brother paid and the tight git didnt leave a tip, will get them sorted next time we pass.

Beautiful meals and great atmosphere 👌

Excellent food, service and atmosphere. Have booked for Sunday lunch next week. Could become a new favourite.

The restaurant was okay, look good but the waiters to way to long to get or make any of our food. There were about 10 other people there and it took them about 20 minutes for them to get us some water and we waited about 40 minutes to get our food. the food was also not that good and the deserts are the only thing to write home about because they were above average. So go there is your patience, really patience, and don't need to eat or like below-par foods, eat here.

A quick meal out on a whim for the family and we were not disappointed. We will certainly be returning for more meals out.

Cracking food, reasonably priced, friendly staff

What a wonderful place. Incredible levels of food and service.

Lovely food we have been here twice since being in the area and have booked again. The food is amazing and the staff are so helpful and friendly, we also take our elderly dog and he loves going too. Would definitely recommend The Crown & Thistle for a lovely meal 😊

Food is exceptional the fillet steak in particular is mouth watering thoroughly enjoyed my whole meal one of favourite places to eat.

Fabulous food and the staff were very attentive. A great choice for a family celebration with a range of menu choices. Very popular, you really need to book in advance for Sunday lunch.

Lovely food and brilliant service would definitely recommend

Still my absolute favourite place to eat :) Food is outstanding as is the service! Fantastic team 💛

Simply the best pub food for miles around. Service is always good, food is really tasty & well presented. What more could anyone want?! Best to book ahead, as walk ins may not always be lucky enough to grab a table.

What a wonderful little pub, food was lovely and a good portion size. Staff were welcoming and attentive without being overpowering (a rare skill in my experience). No obvious disabled parking bays and car park surface uneven which caused a small issue for one of our elderly party members.

Excellent food with many choices. Friendly and helpful staff. In my top 5 now. Booking a table is a must.

We took a very worthy detour from the M6 to visit this establishment. This is a charming pub with wonderful design features that create a comfortable and original feeling atmosphere. Very dog friendly a great selection of drinks on the bar but we were on the fruity cider as the weather was blazing. I was really torn between 3 different dishes that I knew would be amazing including one on the excellent specials board. I went for the lamb pie with fondant potato and the minty gravy in particular made this spectacular dish stand out. However it was the prompt and attentive service at this pub which stood out the most to me. Johnathan in particular with his keen observation and great customer service skills always seemed to appear just when we wanted him to, he impressed us in this manner on no less than 4 separate occasions during our meal. I can't wait to return and try something else from the menu, we were even saying how we would love to live near this pub.

Sunday lunch not worth it at all boil in the bag roast beef and gravy frozen potatoes not worth a pound never mind what they charge won't ever go back

Family meal at a pub I last went to about 30 years ago. Clean tidy with excellent service, my meal the burger was delicious my wife’s pork was excellent and my daughter had macaroni cheese tasty, I will definitely go again without waiting as long!

Amazing place, going back very soon .....the food was just wonderful what a great pub/eatery place 👌👍

Always enjoy it when I visit here. Lovely staff lovely food large portions. Lovely decor.

Great meal out for a family gathering. Great service and food great.

Top quality food exellent staff

We had a family meal here last night. There was 4 of us and we all had 3 courses. The food was amazing, cooked to perfection and large portions. Best lamb I have ever tasted! Great customer service from all the staff too and served quickly even though the pub was fairly busy. No waiting around for the next course but enough time in between. Highly recommend X

Had a wonderful afternoon yesterday for Mams surprise 90th birthday, food was delish & service 👌🏻 everyone had a great time & atmosphere in this place is beautiful, thank you to all staff who were spot on 👌🏻excellent & will def be returning ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Excellent food, absolutely delicious, well worth a visit, staff were so friendly, lovely atmosphere

Really lovely food, service and atmosphere with a roaring fire on the go. Very friendly staff and very attentive service. Quality of the food was excellent with all locally sourced ingredients. We were staying in the area for Easter and wanted a nice meal out before we leave. Definitely recommend.

The food was gorgeous! I was really impressed with this restaurant, everything was locally sourced and the quality of food was great here! Server's were attentive, and the young man who served us was funny, charming and helpful! I will definitely be back, my highlights were the raspberry sorbet, the pithivier and ALL of the tasting of pork dish, wonderful food, great attention to detail in food, decor and service and extremely filling!

Beautiful Sunday roast. Probably the best I’ve had in Carlisle! Lovely food, friendly staff and nice atmosphere. Definately recommend.

Lovely food burgers are amazing

A busy and popular pub serving above average food. Booking advised as we saw folk being turned away.

A selection of dishes on offer. All wonderful, and a great selection of GF choices for my wife who suffers from Coeliac Disease.

Popped in for a quick drink on a Sunday and what a lovely place, the food looked great, had a lovely atmosphere with really friendly staff, we'll definitely come back XXX

Just celebrated my Mum’s 83rd birthday with an excellent Sunday lunch. I had mentioned when I booked it was Mum’s birthday & they had put lovely ‘happy birthday’ banner up on the wall at our table. The pub was very busy but the service was excellent. Great atmosphere, easy parking - would recommend to anyone.

The food was superb, all 4 of us really enjoyed our meal. Decent cask beers as well, and with a friendly staff this pub was a great find.

We booked for a Christmas night. It was excellent value for money. You had a great menu choice, and you got to have a dance as well. Definitely recommend booking to go here for any time of the year.

Not very children friendly and not a lot of information on there website versus when they open and start actually serving food

By far the best pub lunch I’ve ever had. Good job the chef owns it or he’d be head hunted. You can tell immediately by looking at the menu that it’s going to be worth the visit. The portions are large, the food is beyond expectations (better than fancy restaurant quality) it’s really not - that’ll do pub food. If you’re disappointed I’ll eat my hat or you think McDonalds is ok food

Lovely pub, great range of beers and excellent food. We had the Christmas menu and it had a good variety of choices alongside the traditional turkey. Highly recommend the Westmoreland ramekin starter of mushrooms and bacon cooked in cream and garlic.

Great night. Only the one visit so far but seems to have managed to keep the atmosphere and friendliness of a local, but with great food and space for groups

Have been here before and food was excellent. Sadly not so this time (Saturday). My host could not eat what he was given. He could barely get a knife through it(the light lunch of ciabatta ad sausage). Perhaps new knives are needed as they are quite blunt.) The French onion soup was overpowering with something we cannot work out making it unpalatable. We did complain at the time and they were very good any it. It won't put us off coming back as have eaten very well there before. Hopefully it was just a blip. One thing... The portions are way too big!

Excellent food. The steak was delicious and well worth the money. They managed to squeeze me in as I didn't have a booking. Also, they let my dog join us.

First time visit with friends, lovely pub with excellent food. Only slight criticism was we had pre-booked our table but when we arrived there were still other diners sat at it. Rather than giving us another table, which were all empty but reserved, we were told to stand at the bar until our original table was ready. I'm sure the staff could've re-jigged the seating arrangements to allow us to sit at a table upon arrival but it seemed a bit 'too difficult to do'. But that was the only slight negative really on what was a lovely meal and we would deffo return. Recommended.

What can I say but this place ticks all our boxes , we love it even though its out of our way it's worth the journey.

Beautiful place, service was wonderful and food was amazing. First time visiting today and I’ll defo be back. Can’t recommend enough!

Meal was lovely & staff were great but hurried up to leave without being offered another seat,took the shine off the experience 🤨🤨

Good parking, friendly atmosphere, amazing fresh homemade food.

Gobsmacked! What a find. Superb food, friendly informed staff, in a real pub. Well done to all.

Wow. We popped in for lunch today as we were in the area, it was already busy but the very friendly and helpful team squeezed us in, and boy are we glad they did! Everything on the menu sounded great, but we weren't ready for a big meal so ordered a Croque Madame and French Dip from the smaller plates choices, and a portion of chunky chips just in case. Despite being clearly busy service was timely, and the food was superb. Portion sizes were good, particularly so in the case of the Croque, it was all bursting with flavour, even the chips were some of the best we have had anywhere. If you are in the area I highly recommend giving it a go, if everything else is as good as the food we had you are in for a treat!

Food was beautiful,service was a little slow but to be fair it was busy. Drinks were fairly priced and there was a good range too. We will definitely be visiting again.

The food was nice and the service was very good too i will go back again

We came for an evening meal with family and friends.. food was outstanding and great value

Food is always fantastic, Richard is an amazing chef. We both had the sirloin and it was cooked perfectly. Portions were decent too, we couldn't finish it all. Service was great too as was the atmosphere.

First time here and the food quality was amazing! Not small artistic portions either. Maybe not the cheapest but definitely worth it!

Pleasant lunchtime visit with a group of colleagues, good food, plenty of parking.

We stopped here on route to Edinburgh. Wow.... what a gem, what a find. No medicore food here. Childrens food, lovely chicken in Panko breadcrumbs, we had their sandwiches. Best pub lunch we have had in too many years to remember. Service was top notch too! Recommend 100%

In a word fantastic. I would thoroughly recommend it.

Clean and tidy, friendly staff.

Excellent menu and friendly and efficient service from staff

Great food, friendly staff. Service is a little slow, but imagine food is cooked to order. Located a bit out of the way.

I was a stranger trekking through and needed food and a refreshing drink. I got both and the place was lovely.

Beautiful pub, great atmosphere and amazing food every time

Had an amazing Sunday lunch with friends. The fish pie is excellent ! Superb menu. Everyone had something different and we all want to return asap

Excellent place to eat food freshly prepared and served using local producers nice atmosphere and is recommended some unusual specials which were tempting too Well done team

Brilliant pub with amazing food and great staff. Never had a bad meal and I’ve been plenty of times over the years. I often book last minute for a few of us and Jo & team always manage to accommodate us so thank you!

Amazing. I called up the restaurant to ask if they could surprise my dad with a birthday pudding, what they done was nothing short of amazing. They done as requested and it made my dads day. The lady (sorry I forgot her name but she will remember me) was absolutely amazing. The feedback of my dad about the food was amazing and we as a family will all be visiting again.

Beautiful country pub. The food was great and the staff were really friendly and helpful. Lovely atmosphere.

Never disappointed when going to the Crown and Thistle, food is absolutely beautiful everytime I go. Staff are very attentive and the atmosphere is friendly and welcoming. I recommend to everyone!

Food, drink and the welcoming attentive staff could not be better

Excellent food and service even on a busy Sunday afternoon.This place is a little hidden gem.

Cold plates, chips cool, steak ok, needed seasoning. Dauphinoise potatoes dissappointed. Noisy table near the bar. Won't be rushing back.

Was recommended this pub by a neighbour so decided to visit for a meal on a Friday evening. We booked in advance and it was lucky we did as I don't think we'd have got a table if we'd just walked in. The pub is lovely and the staff friendly and welcoming . My husband had a beer and I had their g+t of the month, and very nice it was too. The food was delicious, so much so we ended up having 3 courses each! Definitely found a little gem and we'll definitely be back😁

Will definitely be coming back here. The food was delicious, best fish & chips I've ever had. Lovely staff, easy to find and plenty parking.

We had the 3 course option. Absolutely delicious all of our food. Will definitely be going back. Staff service was frieldly and excellent. 👍

Lovely staff, super food and pleasant surroundings

Just had Sunday lunch here. Food wasfantastic, thank you

First time we have visited and we could not fault one thing! Food was amazing and staff were very helpful....we will definitely be back!

Lovely sundah lunch, great staff very friendly and attentive. Highly recommend but you may need to book as gets busy.

A fantastic country pub with fantastic food to go with it. The pub has a lovely little beer garden out front, perfect for a sunny pint. For food I had the french onion soup which was superb and highly recommend. For mains I had the duck leg confit. The meat practically fell off the bone and went down a treat with the red wine jus. I was too full to order a desert but if starters and main are anything to go by then desert would have been just as delicious.

Great pub and restaurant. Food was superb too. A little gem when we were looking for something near the M6 that wasn't motorway services!

Can't recommend enough excellent

First class meal and service. Very reasonable prices.

Excellent food and service in very comfortable surroundings, sweets to die for. Will be back soon.

Great pub grub, staff friendly and welcoming will be back

Staff very professional really nice surroundings sadly disappointed with the meal there was two of us his fish wasnt fresh and a little over cooked chips under cooked not much to choose from for vegetarians just the usual dishes nothing adventurous thought you would have had a nice salad with the meal the onion rings were very oily and over cooked so in all rather expensive for the meal

Excellent food and lovely staff.

Would defo recommend it to anyone - good food, lovely staff. This is definitely a favourite of mine

Lovely pub in a cracking quiet spot, with nice space inside and out. Food excellent and great service.

Very friendly and attentive staff. Great food and lovely relaxed atmosphere. Dog friendly! Would definitely recommend for food or just a drink and a chat. Limited veggie options but the mushroom ravioli was delicious!