The Peddler in Copeland

Unfortunately yet again The Peddler has been let down by the same rude member of staff that we have dealt with a few times. We were greeted by this lady shouting from across the room asking how many seats we need. When it was explained there would be 4 adults and room for two prams the waitress looked disgusted and barely checked before telling us they couldn’t accommodate us. The restaurant was empty and there was ample room for prams around all tables. The attitude of this member of stuff is always disgraceful, and everything seems to be too much of an ask. We’ve been to The Peddler numerous times and we will not be returning which is a shame as one person has ruined the reputation. Nearly £100 spent elsewhere.

Had Sunday lunch very tasty enormous Yorkshires well cooked seasonal veg altogether pleasant experience

Just a quick stop for cake and coffee

Really enjoyable place to eat. Always excellent quality. The breakfast is spot on and the flatbreads definitely hit the spot for me.

Very nice place nice service lovely friendly staff

Latest visit - double birthday celebration. Lunchtime Wednesday October. Mocktail missing 2 ingredients - fresh mint leaves & lime, £4.20 for a ginger beer, not impressed. Garlic bread ordered, cheesy garlic bread came out - daughter doesn't eat cheese. (Thought standard now was to ask about allergies before any order taken). Asked for bill, told to pay at bar. Total entered on card machine, I had no sight of itemised bill. Asked if wanted receipt - yes, then saw itemised bill going in bin. Sliders lovely in brioche toasted buns. Coronation chicken sandwich. Teriyaki pork tasty. Disappointed by this visit to our go-to place to eat in Whitehaven. (Waitess/service) Left old reviews below. Pork flatbread, 2 burgers. Fantastic chips & classy ketchup. Rose lemonade, neck oil larger £6 a pint! Been before, return visit. Specials menu. Vege options, cocktails. Family groups, sober hen table, couples. Really enjoyed it again. High ceilings. Popular. Good service & food came out soon enough.

Calm atmosphere very good. Breakfasts beautiful. Pizzas poor quality so depends what you get.

nice enough food, lovely restaurant would visit again

Lovely atmosphere and food is very good.

Disappointing food we went on pizza night expected they would be made fresh but made on Iceland standard bases so pretty rubbish really. Filled us up but that was about it. Look of the place nice and staff nice but the food didn't match up. Should be fresh bases for the price.

Another great meal in this place. It is well worth the money great food and drink with good service in a nice place

I thought the food was good overall, but a little overpriced for what we got. What really put me off was the service. A few times the waitresses (we were served by multiple waitresses) were exceptionally blunt and quite rude. I asked for cutlery after our desserts were put down on the table to which I got the reply, 'I've just said they're coming'. If I had heard her I wouldn't have had to ask and was stunned at this response.

We love The Peddler! The food is amazing! Lovely spacious area, so no issues bringing our pram inside!

It's a very nice place. The food was of a high quality, the service was fast, the wait for food was very minimal, and the decor was nice. It's a bit pricey, but I assure you the food quality is reflected by this. The picture here is the white wine and chicken pasta which comes with a garlic ciabatta.

Great food apart from frozen chips, I prefer home made 😁 great service and atmosphere, I can recommend it if you can put up with the fries 😜

Fantastic looking inside and out friendly staff fantastic food..

Excellent Sunday lunch make sure you are hungry before you go .

Very good service and friendly and very helpful good food 👍

A place to recommend to stay on the port in the evening

I visited with my two children. I parked my car at Tesco, conscious it was a 2 hour parking limit, I never thought I would be worried about going over time. I was wrong, the service was very slow, sat with plates in front of us for quite a while with numerous waitresses walking by. The quality of the food was good, 4-5 stars as it cost a little more than I thought it was worth so not a 5 for me. Went to pay on leaving and thought we would have at least of got asked “how was everything or how was your meal?” Unfortunately not. Overall a little disappointing for me and wouldn’t choose to go back.

Very good food and excellent service

These guys are legends. We lost a necklace there one morning (we were only passing through). They have safely returned it to us in the mail! Food was delicious and service really friendly! Thanks Peddler (specifically Jan!)

I like the spaceous interior and cheap food prices. Food itself is OK, my only issue is with the poor diswashing. Every time I drink a coffee I need to clean the mug myself.

We booked for a meal on a Saturday night. Original for 4 adults but a late addition with a 7 year old due to child care arrangements. No problem in changing booking and all reserved and confirmed via the website. We ordered drinks first, which swiftly came. Next mains ordered. We didn’t go for a starter. Although the menu is online we did have a special sheet. I ordered off the main menu and wasn’t disappointed at all. It was just the right amount and the beef was very moist with excellent presentation. In fact all our dishes were amazing. We decided to order deserts and what can I say but just divine. The sticky toffee pudding is too die for. Literally melts in your mouth. All in all we worth the cost and highly recommended

went in waited 3 minutes to be told it is closed.

Delicious food. Friendly staff and high quality of services.❤️

Amazing place, really tasty food, good pint 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Had a lovely meal. My wife had a curry & I had a sausage / black pudding dish, both were excellent. Pleasant ambience, good service, would recommend this restaurant.

Great food, excellent staff. They've definitely upped their game since the last time I was there.

Could do with some chill-out music in the background as the place is very large, and just lacks a little atmosphere.

Surprise meal out with our team today. We were happily accommodated by the staff for lunch as a table of 6. The portions were very ample, the food was delicious & there were clean plates all round. Couldn't fault it.

Had afternoon tea here with a friend. The food was lovely, a great alternative to sandwiches! Helpful staff too. Would definitely recommend.

My wife had a voucher that she got for her birthday, Wow, it was amazing. The service was fantastic, we got there 30 minutes early, it wasn't a problem at all. The food was excellent and very tasty. Staff brilliant and very helpful. Our son is in a wheelchair. Definitely recommend and definitely going back. Thank you Keep up the fantastic work 👏

Nice place for a breakfast. Service was a bit slow but ok.

Excellent pizza tonight and great service I am lactose intolerant let them know this and everything was taken care of

Lovely steak, cooked as requested (rare) Friendly and efficient staff 👍

Massive portions and very good quality.

The restaurant is very spacious and staff are pleasant. We all had the beef dinner and the food was outstanding! Service was very prompt Location is very good and is close to the town centre. I would say this restaurant is also very good for business meetings during quieter times given that the upstairs has been converted into offices. Would definitely recommend a visit!

Walked into the establishment to be told we might be closing this was 9pm approached the bar to be told the manager had called lsst orders, I said this is a bar surely last orders is 11pm, no its a restaurant. Obviously making too much money to be closing early on the busiest weekend of the year. The lasses were lovely just carrying out orders. Won't be back.

Brilliant food, great staff, and dog friendly .

Finger linking good food and amazing staff. Nice atmosphere. Highly recommended

Food was amazing and well presented!! Staff were efficient, kind and polite! Service was amazing!

Food was lovely and service was great. Especially Eve- she was very welcoming!

Large space converted nicely into a restaurant but not a lot of atmosphere. Staff efficient and friendly and food good. Signs claim they use local sustainable ingredients but did wonder where the wild boar for the sausages and mash dish came from :-(

Booked at 7.15 but over half an hour later they couldn’t take our order until the next order came out of the kitchen? Even then everything came very slowly. Food was nice but overpriced. There are far better places to eat in this area

Poor service: we were nearly 2 hours in here waiting for just an olive or two with gins and a main course. Food quality patchy - fish and steak ok but more adventurous stuff (e.g. Israeli cous cous and Greek salad) not so. Disappointing because it started off a year or two back so well but no-one seems to be in charge now and the staff are wandering about on autopilot. We complained a little and they did give us a rebate on the bill but would rather it was more like it started off when everything was pretty darned good.

Called for lunch Good meal friendly staff. Will visit again

My experience was good , the salmon I ordered tasted great . Unfortunately our server made a little mistake on my daughters order. But he was so good with solving the issue.

Food looked fantastic Taste was average at best under seasoned, burger was over cooked, pork undercooked and chips rock hard Service was friendly but generally poor service reasons being the food came out staggered so others where cold before some had even came out and very slow service waiting for table to be cleared and big wait in-between courses very inattentive Prices were slightly high Unfortunately don’t think I’d return

We had a very nice lunch, portions were abundant and tasty. Desserts were the best.

For a restaurant with a supposed good reputation we left very disappointed. Wasn't busy but waited 25 minutes and had to ask if could order because staff too busy gossiping at the bar! 2 of meals ordered were OK, but the Thai curry was very poor quality so was not eaten. Staff did not even ask what was wrong when they cleared the dishes. Very expensive for quality of food and very poor service.

Good breakfast good price get the chance go in great staff

Brilliant service and excellent food

What a disappointing start to my first visit here. I ordered the steak and kidney pie and was pleased to see that both the steak and kidney were plentiful and tightly packed, but then noticed that instead of them being freshly cooked on the day they were old and dry, and had also probably been in the fridge or freezer too long as well, although they still retained some taste. The pastry was also past its best as I could not cut some crust with my knife. Basically what should have been a good experience turned out to my being served leftovers. But on the positive side, the potatoes and gravy were excellent, and the sticky toffee pudding was the best I have ever tasted, so full marks for that. Good and attentive service. I will return, but I will have learnt from this.

First visit, and I was really impressed

Had the Thai panang curry ,was really nice would definitely order again

Passing through Whitehaven, we stopped here for lunch. We had the seafood platter, satay chicken skewers, prawn and crab tian, and the sauted veg. The veg was great. The Tian was ok after adding salt and pepper and lemon to it. The Pate was so salty to the point of being inedible. Bread was doughy. Prawns were tasteless and cold. I've never left prawns ever on the plate at a restaurant but this time over half were left uneaten - we didn't even want a doggy bag! The staff didn't even ask us how our meal was, I suppose it's because they already knew that it was bad. The drinks didn't suck though.

Pretty good , really liked the decor 👌

Very pleasant place, huge plus tables are not crowded in

Service was really poor. Definitely needed more staff as it was extremely busy.

Had the sausages and mash. Was absolutely delicious! The waiting staff were attentive and friendly too. Prices were reasonable, although the interior decoration was a little odd. Overall though lovely restaurant would definitely go again.

A breath of fresh air for Whitehaven, hopefully a sign of things to come. Amazing to think this was the old bus station when I was a kid. We had brunch - pricey compared to the usual Whitehaven offering but you get what you pay for. Recommended.

Finally (after a year of him bugging me) tried The Peddlar one Saturday lunchtime - and been back twice more since! Saturday lunch visit, hadn't booked, sat in bar area. Timed it well as within 20 or so minutes, staff were having to turn people away as no tables left. Service was good, food was amazing! I had the mighty marra burger (omg, I only ate half and gave the other half to him!), He had the feather blade steak and prawns (might have been surf n turf). Steak just melted in your mouth, prawns were enormous. Twice cooked chips were yummy. (Pics are of the lunch visit). Booked for a Saturday night couple of weeks later, service good but a bit slower than the lunchtime had been. We both had steak - chef did a cracking job on my medium/well-done but his medium was much better. Twice cooked chips again but they were different from the previous time and not quite as yummy. He is so impressed with the food we were back the next morning for breakfast! Cooked brekkies all round and again, no fault to be found. It's definitely on our list now, probably top choice for eating out. Hits the spot for me for menu choices (he eats owt, I'm the fussy one), uses locally sourced food and has soya milk for my tea. That's a winner right there. Worth checking the menu regularly as I'm sure they change the food choices - I've looked previously and thought there's nothing on there I'll eat but right now there's loads.

Visited recently and once again the service has been really poor. It’s a shame as the food can be good (hit and miss personally when iv experienced it). However for the price and the reputation the establishment would like to have they need to pick the service up.

Food ok but not anything special....service very slow. 45 mins after each course finished before next course served. Wasn't that busy either. Based on this visit I can't recommend.

food was okay, the staffs where reallyyy polite❤️❤️, I trusted the person who summed up my bill but when I looked at the receipt at home I paid for someone else’s bread and Pepsi, that did not make me feel good at all. So moral lesson, look at your receipt!!

Very beautiful space, friendly and attentive service. Fresh and sustainable food choices which are delicious. Can't recommended enough.

Lovely atmosphere, really nice furnishings, staff were lovely and the food was great. Excellent value too

Really enjoyed the food and the price wasn't too bad either.

Had a lunchtime meal here. Really impressive building and pleasant place to sit and eat.

Fantastic.. Food was gorgeous all six different plates were rated by all. Fresh seafood... beef that just falls apart. Compliments to the chef. Great service drink orders were kept flowing and food was quickly brought out. Fully recommend

Lovely inside. Staff great. Was just a little too posh for me with fancy food and not a steak pie in sight but the food I got was gorgeous

The food was a very highstandard beautifully presented

Great atmosphere, lovely food, service was excellent including water for the dog.

Went for breakfast and was faultless

Delicious food and friendly service.

Visited for the first time on a recent trip home and was incredibly impressed by the surroundings, and the welcome received from the staff, and noticed how busy the lunch trade was We decided to share the local butchers board as a starter - it was massive and fed the three of us easily. Highlights were the Ham hock terrine, the chipolatas, and the pulled beef brisket I wasn’t that hungry so had one of the small plates which was a generous size, my dining colleagues loved the sea bass fillet and the oven roasted chicken filled with chorizo - again tasted fresh and delicious and we all commented on the size of the portion It was all washed down with a pretty good Sauvignon Blanc which really hit the spot A great experience and would happily recommend

We visited The Peddler last night for the first time, I arrived with an open mind having heard and read mixed reviews about other people’s experiences at the restaurant. Upon booking we were told we had to pre order as there was a few of us (12), no huge issue but would have been better to order when we arrived as this meant, there was no availability of any daily specials. When looking at the menu there was not much choice and everything was in a red wine sauce (Gravy) apart from the sea bass and Big Marra burger. When our food arrived it was staggered some were halfway through their meals while others were only just being served. The quality of the food was terrible on my own plate the featherblade of Beef. The veg was burned the beef was Luke warm and the chips weren’t cooked through, to top it off the full plate was drenched in (red wine sauce) which tasted like bisto best gravy! Where do I start on the Cumberland sausage given that we are in fact in Cumbria home to Cumberland sausage! Expecting a nice Cumberland ring with creamy mash as their website states locally sourced produce. Locally sauced was a trip over the road, for Tesco finest Cumberland style sausage!! Not a traditional Cumberland ring from any local butcher! The mash was more smash than creamy mash and the pork crackling was undercooked and soaked in oil. The Sea Bass though tasted nice was dripping in oil the veg was covered in oil the plate was running in oil, there is no need for any oil to be used on fish and veg such a simple meal to make - being grilled Sea Bass and steamed veg with crispy Kale. The service was awful and slow once we had finally all been served our meals no one came to check if all was ok. This then lead to a complaint when they came to clear the tables. In which they insulting gave a discount of £1.60 off the beef having told them that it was burned luck warm and under cooked all on one dish! The Vat on the meal was more than their discount for something that was just awful and half of it left! We will not be visiting again I could cook better quality food in my own kitchen. I’m not a huge fan of McDonald’s but being starving after not eating half of a very disappointing meal we called by McDonald’s on the way home which was far nicer than the food served in this restaurant! The only good thing about our experience was the company we were in.

Lunchime menu and offer available. Very good value. Very good food.

Lovely breakfast and good service

Miles ahead of every eatery in Whitehaven, 4 people had 3 courses all different, and all amazing

Breakfast is served until 11.30, my wife & I both had Eggs Benedict with the sauce in a separate jug. (1 jug is enough for 2 people) The meal was very well presented & poached eggs cooked to perfection. Bacon & salad were also included....

Decent weekday lunch menu £15 for two courses the food is good and the service is friendly.

I dined here on Christmas Eve 2022 with my partner and my brother who is a regular at The Peddler. The restaurant is very spacious and staff are pleasant. We all had the beef dinner and the food was outstanding! Service was very prompt -...

2nd time visiting. The restaurant itself is decorated beautifully, similar to what you would see in a city. Had no problems with the service. Plenty of staff and quick to take orders. The problem is with the food. On both occasions we have found the...

First time we've tried The peddler today,we were not disappointed. The staff are an absolute credit to the business...Lisa was our server...absolute treat she was,nothing was too much trouble. 5* We were so impressed we've booked Sunday lunch. Great menu,atmosphere and food...x

I visited The Peddler for my sister's birthday and was very impressed. Firstly,. what was a dereliict bus station has been transformed into a spacious restaurant and office complex with an industrial theme and an open plan design. Secondly, while the meals aren't particularly cheap(...

Had a wonderful afternoon tea for a baby shower. Huge portions of home made savoury and sweet food. Amazing staff, we were all well taken care of and boxes provided to take away the excess

Complete waste of time. Entered Saturday night when restaurant was completely empty. Told by the women rudely chewing gum their fully booked.

Food was outstanding. Popped in on the off chance after getting done good news. We had the pulled pork and apple flat bread and the Cumberland sausage. Both delicious and a step above. We will return.

Always fantastic food and great service.

A very nice place with good food, and well laid out inside.

Lovely modern, spacious restaurant, varied menu. Service was very quick, dog friendly & the menu was varied. My wife & I had variations of Egg Benedict & both were very good. Staff were very pleasant, would recommend

The food was delicious and very filling. It is a beautiful decorated place, a bit industrial. So the place can feel a bit vast in relation to space. If this is not your cup of tea it would feel a bit cold maybe. But we do have to remind ourselves they opened during a pandemic so they had to comply with spacing to sit their customers. The waitresses were super friendly, but once when we wanted refills we did have to flag someone down. Nothing major but this accounts for the 4 stars. What I can say is the prices are phenomenal. £108 for 4 people, 2 drinks each, a main each, and 3 puddings. Definitely making this a more affordable option for anyone.

Amazingly tasty and well put together food. Great music and atmosphere. Staff friendly and professional. Dog friendly as well.

We had a very tasty lunch.The starter tempura squid was delicious. The braised beef yummy. All in all very enjoyable.

Best restaurant in whitehaven by a country mile. Ate here around 5/6 times now whilst working away and cannot fault it.

Amazing place great food lots of choice and menu changes often so lots of new foods Amazing staff very welcoming and great for kids they bend over backwards

Just had a wonderful beef berginyon for our anniversary lunch just fabulous great service great food great wine. Couldn't ask for more.

Lovely place for brunch. Cumberland sausage ciabatta in my case.