The Snooty Fox in South Lakeland

Very warm welcome and dog friendly. Fabulous selection of ales and the food is excellent quality and reasonably priced. Open fire and large beer garden. Highly recommend a visit.

Came to Kirby Lonsdale for my husbands birthday. We were going to go to the Royal but the menu looked fab here so we gave it a go. The girl behind the bar was nice but my meal was awful !! I ordered lamb shank with mash and tender stem broccoli. It was warm, not hot, the broccoli was just broccoli 🥦 and not tender stem but worse was the lamb shank. It was so tough I could get it off the bone. The girl gave me a sharper knife n still no good. It was like old leather. I didn’t eat any of the lamb. She asked if it was ok and I said tbh I said it wasn’t good. There was no offer of a refund or an apology from the manager etc. I paid £15.50 for luke warm mash n broccoli. Def will not be back. Would have been a different review score if they had at least offered a refund or even a part refund. Sad end to a nice day. In response - if your standards are high you would have offered me a refund.

Did stay but a lovely welcoming pub. Visited numerous times over the weekend and ate food during one of the stays. Lovely xxx

Lovely food here , very cosy atmosphere nice little gem of a place

Beer didn't taste very nice and toilets were dirty, great location though.

First time visiting the Snooty fox, and it would definitely be my last. There was a big group of us 9 to be exact. We arrived at around 19.45. Due to one or the party being 17, he was asked to leave at 21.00. This meant that the four of us had to leave. The staff were not welcoming in fact. We felt very uncomfortable. Not a great experience with them at all.

found staff to be quite rude and disrespectful

Food was very good. I had a Lamb Shank which was really delicious! The ordering system is through an app which was fairly easy to set up and navigate. Food was delivered within 20 minutes which was excellent.

Despite booking a table for lunch today we were advised of a 45 minute wait for food and several items were not available. And the food wasn't particularly brilliant either. Obvious lack of staff. Won't be returning.

I live in KL but l'm am from Liverpool. Wrote this moments after leaving, before a Man Utd game started (I'm an Everton fan so l do not care). The young lady from Australia behind the bar accused me of being too drunk to serve. This wasn't the case at all, if I was drunk then l'd hardly be able to write out this message... Ergo this review. I genuinely only wanted another drink before leaving but clearly this impacted their profits and so they advised they could not serve me. Stone Gate... is this common practise. If not this staff member needs training. Heavens forbid someone have a nice time at this time of year. AVOID AVOID AVOID!!!

Great location, good range of beers,only let down are all the tvs.

Lovely meal, great staff and allowed dogs, will visit again soon x

Went in for a beer but the staff seemed more concerned with serving people they know ahead of us so after trying for about 10mins, we just left.

Nice food friendly staff ,plenty of screens to watch sport my go to place when in kirkby lonsdale

Brilliant. Parking was tricky but a great place to stay.

Really good selection on the menu!! The staff are extremely nice and I must say Ben behind the bar has a very loud personality and is the star of the show!

Did not stay but had a lovely lunch of steak sandwiches. omg, it was so tasty best we've had any where, n the side salad was really lovely mix Staff friendly,great service n dog friendly perfect day 👌

BOUNCERS It was a lovely place and the bar staff were friendly and they provided a great service. Sadly, the bouncers were very rude and changed the atmosphere of the place by being hostile when as far as I could see in this sleepy town that there is no threat?!

Excellent service, room was quirky, however, clean and well presented. The food was delicious, particularly the Hake and scallop tagliatelle with a creamy lobster glace sauce. Great value for money. We will be back.

Works well for beers especially if there's a good football match on. Lots of tables and a beer garden for when the weather is ok. The food isn't so great.

We really enjoyed this friendly, warm, dog friendly pub. Our Saluki dog even got upset when we tried another. Food was good and we really enjoyed their Sunday roast.

We stopped to have lunch at the Snooty Fox and we had a great time. It was afternoon and the waitress/bartender suggested some good sandwiches and they were delicious. The bar and place to eat are old, 1700’s I’d guess, but the service is great and very friendly.

Friendly staff, Hannah and Naoise really chatty, and helpful. Good food, especially the apple crumble, absolutely delicious. Had the kids roast, very nice. Will be here on a regular basis.

Our stay was a tale of two halves. The rooms are lovely for the most part. The breakfasts were very good and we were well looked after by the very pleasant Emily who could not do enough for us. Unfortunately, that's where the good ends and we're left with the Mr. Hyde part of our stay. The pub is very much a sports bar, of the type you'd expect to find in a large town. We were a party of 6, 4 adults and 2 children staying on a Saturday. We had booked months in advance as part of a trip to Scotland. We were greeted by extremely surly bar staff, who seemed to consider us an inconvenience. There was a big boxing match being shown that evening. Upon returning from dinner we saw there were two bouncers on the door who said children couldn't come in. I thought they were joking so just walked through. But no. They blocked the kids from following me. We explained we were staying there and they relented, but told us they couldn't stay and have a drink in the bar and to go straight to our rooms. Fortunately we'd found somewhere else to eat but only after in the 3rd place we tried as everywhere was busy. Otherwise, I'm not sure what we could have done for food as clearly we wouldn't be allowed to eat at our accommodation. We knew to expect some noise from the bar, but honestly the ruckus was unacceptable for a place that advertises family rooms. There was screaming and swearing until gone 1am. The "family" room has a bed settee that is utterly knackered an be when we mentioned that to the bar staff they just said "no one else has complained" The only reason this isn't a 1 star review is because of the nice rooms and Emily. The Snooty Fox needs to decide if it wants to be a place for a family to stay or a place to go fight on a Saturday night. It can't be both.

Very poor service - from start to finish. Only 2 people on the bar sorting drinks and taking food orders. 5 Sunday dinners ordered - 3 turkey dinners, dry and shredded, not slices, 1 beef with the smallest shredded pieces of beef, 1 pork dinner with 2 small slices of pork. The next customers who were ordering food were advised there was no more pork or beef - we’d literally had the scraps! The pork dinner arrived with a teaspoon of mash and an empty gravy jug. Cauliflower cheese was immense but had to request spoons to serve. At the end of the meal we went to order drinks and waited 10 minutes whilst the bar tender, who had seen us waiting, indulged in conversations as opposed to serving - in the end we left for a drink elsewhere. Would definitely benefit from a manager overseeing the service and monitoring the quality of the food being served

Booked a short notice overnight stop here had t realised no parking you have to park in town car park only a short walk but in August lucky to get a space. On arrival I wondered what I’d walked into ,but landlady I think she is was very pleasant and friendly. My room was quaint but small I felt a bit off balance as floor sloped bit but it’s an old building with character. My room was clean comfortable. I ate in the pub and my food was restaurant standard cooked beautifully . Would I rerun yes for sure . They do warn you the pub can get loud but it was ok when I was there

Stopped off for a drink and food ,lovely beer garden ,would recommend

R Kid Oli absolutely smashed the quiz - love that kid

Great pub quiz - Oli at the quiz master was absolutely amazing!!

Great place with fantastic staff, made to feel very welcomed.

Didn't stay but had food, which was good, had a sharing platter, which was tasty and a good portion size for two it was good value for money it was £22.95 for the platter and two drinks .

Great night at the quiz in the Snooty Fox. helpful staff, free loaded fries in the interval and a really good laugh.

We stayed close by and were tempted by the pies on the menu. The weather wasn't great so we called into the pub to book a table for Thursday night. We were met by Joe who assured us the pies would be available so ordered them then and there. We weren't disappointed and loved the accompanying veg. Joe and the young lady who bought the food to the table were very friendly and helpful.

Lovely pint of wainwrights real ale!

Nice beer garden and dog friendly

Popped in for lunch and great food, great staff and definitely go again. Thanks for a nice day. Beer garden was amazing

Great room, fantastic food and service. Full English and coffees for breakfast with great service from Emily today 😃

A dog friendly pub , okay price food and service. Alittle dark inside and loud inside but the beer garden are pretty nice along with the location. Food are good and our waitress tend to us with all our need. That said our sausage were little burnt but still the over all experience were good. If you enjoy this review , please give me a thumb up and a follow it would be greatly appreciate. Thank you for reading :)

The best restaurant in England! ! ! The pie was so delicious! The kids menu is also gorgeous! Comfortable too

Terrible place. We went into the outdoor garden at back, I should have known by the state of the place not to eat there. Dirty plates and glasses left on tables, serviettes and other rubbish strewn everywhere. Rat poison boxes right there by tables - no bother to place them discreetly. Now onto the food - burger was hard and cold - so cold that the cheese had not even melted on it at all- I suspect it was left over from lunchtime service and they had tried to warm it up a bit. Husbands fried egg had to be sent back as it was very snotty. When his meal came back it was colder than mine. The place looks quite nice from the outside but beware it is not a good experience.

Smashing place with smashing staff and smashing food and drink 🙂👍🙂

Nice cosy pub, staff were friendly and helpful but I’m afraid the food was really really poor. We ordered some starters and a ‘sharer’ they were all totally bland, luke warm and uninspiring. Had better meals in cheap pub chains.

Bar service very poor. Fawlty Towers came to mind. Hardly anyone in and there was a queue to be served. Experienced staff very blasé. Learners very basic. If I owned that business …….

Lovely food,friendly staff, Nice atmosphere, beautiful Beer Garden ,Good prices for food

We booked the Snooty Fox for a Saturday lunchtime as part of an extended family weekend away. There was 19 of us right from babies through to grandparents. From the moment we booked they couldn’t have been more helpful or made us feel more welcome. Despite it being an incredibly busy Saturday lunchtime for the pub, the staff were all extremely cheerful, helpful and professional. The food was all delicious with great choice, quality and portion sizes. The lighter lunches and kids menu are insane value for such great meals. We had a wonderful lunch and would definitely recommend to anyone visiting KL.

We had a really lovely lunch. We were looked after by Henry, who was cheerful, helpful & efficient. The food was delicious & served quickly. I had a house salad with grilled hake, all I left on my plate was the pattern😂 My husband had tagliatelle with scallops & fresh hake. Good value for money in a lovely place.

Excellent fantastic night great service great beer 🍺

Dog friendly (as you can see she was happy!) with a lovely beer garden and proper home cooked food. The gammon was one of the best I've had, home made onion rings and buttery mushrooms, attentive friendly staff. The only negative is I wish it was down the road from our home, not 110 miles away!!

A proper pub with proper food, friendly staff and as many dogs as people.

A nice pub but food service was very slow so much so that we left before ours came however the pub garden was littered with dog mess, dog owners should clear it up but if they don't then it should be the responsibility of the pub to ensure that it is picked up

Amazing little pub with a great atmosphere, the food here is top notch. Popped in today with the dog for Sunday lunch and it was just what the doctor ordered 🤤. Jay was great with the food recommendations will definitely be back.

It was always a pleasure to visit. The staff on duty were pleasant and courteous throughout the whole time we were there, even though it was a very busy day .

Stayed here and had the included full English breakfast. Great place, location, beer, and food. Recommended

Came here for lunch last week. Bar, restaurant and outside dining are fantastic. I had a lovely lunch, and the young lady behind the bar was very helpful and friendly. We have 2 staffies, who were made welcome too. Love it here, everytime we've been here we always come out happy. Good choice of food and drink. Highly recommend.

Good real ales and friendly staff

Poor welcome when checking in and at dinner.

Called in for lunch. Nice beer garden, very pleasant staff. Mushroom Wellington was just chopped onion with flecks of mushroom. Veg was just about warm. Altogether uninspiring. Shan't go back.

Called in on off chance they were still serving food. A warm welcome for ourselves plus the dogs (who were given dog treats) from the guy behind the bar. Ordered food which was absolutely beautiful and tasty. Young lady taking pudding orders polite. Lovely place

My husband visited a week ago and appears unable to leave a review so I'll have do it for him. This is written by him: I have to say I am a very, very unhappy customer. I have only ever been in your establishment twice and you have failed twice, first time you ran out of food.(See my other post) but this time I am gobsmacked with how I and other customers were treated, let me tell you what happened. Me and my disabled friend came into the pub to watch the challenge cup final. We were told it would be on the garden TV so we got seated and enjoyed a few pints before the game started other customers asked if the Rugby league challenge cup final was going tobe on and we confirmed it would be, quite a few gathered. then one of the bar staff came out and put the Rugby league onto the TV. we watched the teams come out and then as they were playing the national anthem, another member of staff, turned the TV over for 2 customers who had just entered the establishment, I asked why when there were at least 10 customers already watching it. He said he had to look after all his customers and the Rugby league was actually on in the bar. After feeling numb about what had happened we all filed into the pub. There were no seats available and we were squeezed in between tables where people were dining. If i had paid to eat a meal I wouldn't want somebody stood in between me and the next table. I had a word with the staff member who had turned the TV over and he said there was nothing he could do. So we had to leave as my friend is unable to stand for any period of timel. We asked a local if he knew where we could watch the Rugby league game and he told us, he even gave us a lift up to Kirkby Lonsdale Rugby Union Club. The bar staff in the club were very welcoming and the game was being shown on a big screen. So we missed the first twenty-five minutes of the game and the tribute to Robbie Burrows, so I've got to say I'm not using your establishment again or recommending it to others and just a word to wise KLRUFC are showing some of the Euro games on a big screen. If anyone is struggling for a welcoming establishment to watch the games. shame on your staff for not even respecting the national anthem or a customers disability! Dave Lowram

Great place good staff nice meals

This place was very short staffed who where struggling to cope. The food was nothing special. Reluctant to visit again unless the staff situation is improved.

Always happy to let dogs in,great place for food and good choice of drinks

Came in for the liverpool match on Sunday, great atmosphere, friendly & welcoming staff. We ordered the combo sharer really good value for money fed all 4 of us!

Not overly busy but staff were miserable! £6.10 for a pint of Beavertown...

Great pub in the middle of Kirkby Lonsdale, good value and friendly atmosphere, great for watching a wide range sports and enjoying a quality beer or 2 ,

The Snooty Fox in Kirkby Lonsdale If you are looking for a Pub in Kirkby Lonsdale that shows sport fixtures then the Snooty Fox is a great place to go, not only do they have all the latest sporting fixtures televised on large screen, they have a good selection of beers and ales and nice friendly staff.

Had a great lunch and drink here. Lovely place to eat. We spent approximately £15 each for food and a drink.

Dog friendly pub in lovely Kirkby Lonsdale that serves really nice coffee and best fish finger butties with tartar sauce and choice of sides but recommend the thick cut chips.

A great local, good food, great beers and a warm friendly atmosphere.

Food was good and very reasonably priced.

Fair enough pub food and a decent pint

A lovely hotel in the middle of kirby Lonsdale great rates on their website

If you like badly executed frozen food & even colder management: This is your place. But given the choice of far better places in KL - for food, drink, atmosphere, interior, service, management… you’d only bother here based on its old reputation. Don’t. That is long, long gone. Walk on…

Waited 30 mins. For a coffe for my partner. He had to chase my drink up. I got it They were not busy. If you want a coffee. Devil bridge hot snacks. Will do one for you. I got my money back.

Attended short notice. Very surprised at extensive menu. Food good abd plenty of it. Dog was made welcome too

Stopped here for a bit to eat Nice and cosy and the food was decent.

Popped in for a craft beer as I noticed the Cask Beer Tuesday night sign in the window. The only beer on offer that wasn’t a lager was John Sniths, which was disappointing, so I bought a lager, which I don’t normally drink. Every craft or real ale style beer pump had a sold out or coming soon sticker on the tap, which is a shame. We only stayed for one round and went to another pub, for a craft beer.

Great rooms, great pub, lovely beer garden, highly recommended

Fab pub in Kirkby Lonsdale. The food was really excellent and very reasonably priced. Sports on TV, good beer, what more could you want. (Couldn't give any stars for the rooms as we didn't stop there)

Lovely country pub, great food, excellent service very friendly staff, very welcoming. Had a lovely stay with husband, would definitely recommend for a night away 😀😋🍛🥃🥂

A great welcoming pub, dog friendly and lovely roaring fires. The staff are courteous the food is lovely I came with mu mum and adult sons for mothers day the 2/3 course deal was amazing value for money and the free prosecco for mum and I was a lovely addition. Rae and her team are running a great establishment for either food a room or a drink ( which were the cheapest we found in Kirkby Lonsdale)

I’m not one to write bad reviews when I can help it … but we stayed at the Snooty Fox last night and sadly it was a poor experience. The noise from the bar was very loud in the bedrooms. In fairness, in the info we received after booking, it did mention that entertainment from the bar could be heard in the rooms but we would never have expected it to be so loud and so consistent - from 7pm till midnight. Loud enough to drown out the tv. We couldn’t sleep until the pub closed at midnight. Having already lost precious hours sleep - the fire or burglar alarm then went off at 7am. The rooms were comfy and clean. But lacked bedside tables … you don’t realise how much you need them until you don’t have them! Breakfast was mediocre. All in all, I’d have been ok with it if was priced in the cheap and cheerful bracket of a travel lodge for eg .. but we paid £130 for a very poor nights sleep. Let the staff know it had been a bad night and apology was offered but no compensation. Unless you’re gonna be out til late - I’d avoid.

Food very nice warm welcome. Made an observation on portion size, but all was fresh and hot

2nd time staying here. Rooms lovely, clean and cosy, friendly helpful staff...Great food! Lovely bar and atmosphere. Highly recommended

Been coming to the fox for years great pub.

Cracking spot, cosy, lovely rooms and a good solid hearty breakfast. We decided to spend a couple of nights here, midweek, on the spur of the moment. The pub itself is really old. It’s a grade 2 listed building dating back to the late 17th/early 18th century and you can really feel its age in the thick walls and wonky lintels!! The bedroom was lovely, really snug and warm and our dog loved it too. Massive double bed, tv, coffee machine and kettle, on suite was good with a powerful shower over the bath. I’ll be back here because it was way better than the price we paid! Even the wife loved it!!

Had a lovely time whilst visiting the Snooty! Staff were really friendly and helpful and food was incredible! You need to go and experience this place!! Didn’t have the pleasure of staying over so can’t comment on the rooms but I’m sure they’d be great!

Enjoying our drink in the pub until the dog owner at the opposite table left with his 3 dogs. Leaving their dog mess under the table.

Staff friendly Rooms spotless Breakfast far too big lol

We dined here on Valentines Day and we had a fantastic meal. The ladies who served us were excellent, the food was good value and the atmosphere was nice.

Great forst visit, will 100% return. Amazing service

lovely pub and delicious food, service was superb, i think their name was Rae, couldn't be more helpful, good selection of Ales, all in all excellent visit and would return

Delicious food and fantastic service. Will definitely be back and highly recommended.

Staff behind the bar were extremely welcoming and friendly! My daughter and I ordered 3 small plates to share and I was super impressed with the food! All had such good flavour! Prawn and calamari was extremely tasty! As was the topped Doritos started with lots of jalapeños! Would highly recommend!

Great place for good ales and food, also for watching sport. Staff are friendly and helpful and right on the crossroads in Kirkby Lonsdale. Always worth a visit if you're in the area.

Definitely wouldn’t recommend this for food and to top it all we were told that there was no puddings available. The service was absolutely terrible

Definitely wouldn’t recommend this for food and to top it all we were told that there was no puddings available. The service was absolutely terrible

Recently stayed overnight and everything was great. We were greeted and checked in quickly. Our 2 rooms were lovely, warm and comfortable. They had been recently renovated to a great standard and the colours and style were lovely. The stairs up to the rooms are quite steep, but our 92 year old mum managed with help! The breakfast was great, only suggestion is maybe a later breakfast time on Sunday would be appreciated, maybe until 9.30/10am? A lovely stay, thank you, would recommend.

It’s a great location & the pub downstairs is nice. Welcome upon arrival was pleasant enough. Make sure you don’t miss breakfast which finishes at 9am sharp; wife went down at 9.09am and was told that breakfast was finished ‘and it’s in the booklet’. Thanks for that. We weren’t told the time breakfast closed when we arrived. The bed was on the small side and broken, so beware if you have a bad back. The bathroom is very nice but the ceiling of the shower is papered and so has mould. We came back as we had last visited just before Covid & wanted to support a local business. It’s a bit off the motorway so it’s a dark country road drive if you’re arriving late, as we did. Kirby Lonsdale is beautiful but I wouldn’t stay at The Snooty Fox again, as the lack of hospitality at breakfast is a big No from me. The Royal Hotel across the road looks like a much better option & had a great breakfast!

We both had braised rib of beef and it was superb. The service was fast and professional. The beers arr all in top condition too. Our room was spotless and warm.