The White Mare Restaurant in Copeland

Two meals here, first one was all good, second one was spoilt by chef shouting at the boy serving us for giving out wrong menu, non excusable behaviour by chef, all restraunt heard. Would think twice about returning. Food on first occasion was good, second occasion burgers were burnt, and garlick.mushrooms were presented poorly

First time in a long time I've had a steak pie that is actually full of meat

Passing through on our way to Braystones Beach, we stop here for a light lunch with our dog CJ, absolutely fantastic, staff truly helpful, service second to non.

Lovely atmosphere, great food, would recommend

Great time on vacation and the only down side was the hours .Beckermet needs a pub that is open for food every day

Great place for food 👍 we booked a table for three. Staff were brilliant and i asked if I could stay the night in our campervan in the car park. Brilliant location right by a stream 👍👍 Ps if you want to stay the night in a campervan please book a table and have some brilliant food to help out 👍👍

Very polite efficient staff. Nice food, dog friendly.

Really glad this place is open again. Didn't stay, just had drinks. Good selection of beers, wines and spirits. Nice outside seating, but go round the car park and you'll find more seating beside the beck (a large stream for non-northerners),

Nice and peaceful set in a quite village

We stayed in our VW Camper at Scallow Top, about 10 mins walk on a quiet lane. Ate at the White Mare every night, food was really good, with great choices for non meat and meat eaters alike. Staff were lovely and friendly, and tucked away at the back of the hotel was a small bar, that had the football on. Made for a great end to our day, after some challenging g hikes in the western lakes

Local village pub, nice friendly atmosphere. I was visiting the area and stayed in the village. Well priced by todays standards.

Pet friendly accommodation west Cumbria > search. Booked accommodation Was told on arrival no dogs in rooms. No refund

Popped in for some tea. Great warm and welcoming team here. Food was excellent. Popular with the locals so that's always a good sign.(that's us too now we live down the road in Seascale 😁) Can highly recommend. Cannot comment on their bedrooms as we didn't stay overnight. But if they're of the same standard as the public areas they'll be clean and tidy too.

Great meal, good value. Near where we were staying so handy to get to. Plenty of single track roads with passing places so drive careful. Really friendly bar maid had a great chat with us about local area, pubs and places to visit.

Lovely atmosphere for a drink with friends

Nice place in the middle of nowhere 🤣 good food, decent choice of beers, pool and darts available, great value for an overnight stay

Living fairly local to the Whitemare we are aware of the difficulties the pub has faced since covid (like many others), but it was great to visit the pub last night and experience a first class pub meal, nothing fancy, just honest pub grub, and at a reasonable price with good service. It has always been a nice pub to visit, nice decor & pleasant dining room, and we look forward to returning soon.

Stayed 2 nights for the second time. Beautiful Great spacious rooms Lovely friendly staff. Dog friendly. Great games room/TVroom

Beautiful rooms. Comfortable bed. Great bathroom. Lovely setting. Bar staff lovely and friendly.

We decided to try the White Mare for a bit of a change after it recently started serving food. We were not disappointed the food was first class. Started with prawn cocktail as they were out of Thai fish cakes and was not disappointed with my choice. For mains we had Thai green curry with half rice and half chips and our other main was salmon fillet with chips and veg. Both came piping hot and clearly just prepared. Mains were very enjoyable and filling, so much so couldn't manage the desert!! Service was first class the waiter was pleasant and accommodating and everyone else was very attentive and anything we asked was no trouble to them. All in all a lovely night and will definitely be back .

Delicious traditional Sunday Lunch in a quiet country pub. Lovely service with very friendly staff. Excellent value for money with options if 1, 2 or 3 course. Will definitely go again!

Brill food, excellent service 👍

Great pub, good to see it being a success after being told the story both village pubs shutting down. Good beer and great food

Great meals. We stayed nearby and had dinner here. So good, we came back the night after. Pie is amazing, steaks and even the curry got Great reviews on our table.

A lovely old fashioned Lakeland pub lovely food delightful young waitress and dog friendly too

We stopped off for an unplanned lunch, the staff were friendly and welcoming, food and drinks were excellent. The steak and ale pie was homemade and packed full of chunks of tender steak, completely delicious. An absolute gem of a pub

Lovely pub/restaurant in a lovely village. The food is beautiful and staff extremely friendly. Nothing is too much trouble. Highly recommend trying it.

Sunday Luncheon, food was lovely and tasty, staff were friendly Definitely will be popping back in to try more meals.

Great pub, in three times this week on visit to the area. Good selection of real ale and wines. Nice staff, clean with great seating. Had a meal tonight, excellent, highly recommended.

We only stopped for lunch and it was very good

Lovely place to eat in the quaint village of beckermet. Staff very friendly and polite. The landlady Helen was super kind and caring. Food was lovely. Lovely clean place would definitely recommend it

This is a lovely village pub - there is a red upstairs but we chose to eat in the bar as we had our dog with us. There is an extensive seating area outside and a pleasant garden with a brook running adjacent We had a excellent Sunday lunch - the staff were helpful and welcoming. Highly recommended

We booked through Wowcher for a birthday weekend treat! The place has gone bust! We made a 2 1/2 hour trip in icy conditions to get here to find that out. Absolutely disgusting!!!

My wife & me live in Essex we were visiting our daughter & son in law, On previous visits we stayed at the White mare but that was a few years ago, on our last night i suggested we go out for dinner at the there what a great meal we all had its got to be one of the best steak meals I've had we all had clean plates, we will defiantly be back on our next visit ,,G Attridge

Really enjoyed our meals they were lovely. The menu was a bit limited due to a party of people before hand. Id suggest booking in advance and requeting meals to be saved so they dont run out because the meals we had were lovely. My husband was annoyed we avoided the pie after another review bit ot looked amazing. We had gammon, sauages and mash and salmon. They were very kind and accomdating. We had a nice meal and the puddings were amazing. Didnt get 5 star as the menu was limited

Excited to see the White Mare open once again after covid so went for lunch. Drinks were served really quickly by a friendly member of staff. This is where the positives ended. The restaurant is in 2 sections. We were the only ones in and for some reason were put on a table looking at a large area of wall where the wallpaper was hanging off revealing a very damp and black wall. Surely this area shouldn't have been used until it was sorted? - it certainly wasn't nice to look at. Ordered our food. 2 of our orders hadn't been handed to the chef so the rest of us had almost finished our food before the final ones arrived. One part of the meal didn't arrive until after everyone had finished. The pie filling was really salty and the mash potato had obviously been frozen in portions and then microwaved, was tasteless and the outside was dried up. When the bill arrived they had charged the main menu prices and not the lunchtime offers - this was sorted. Very disappointed and I'm afraid we wont be returning.

Lovely village pub - a very welcome retreat on a rainy day. Food was very good (warm ciabattas with chips and salad) and staff very helpful (adapted one of the dishes).

Food was ok but nothing outstanding, had Wild Mushroom Bruschetta to start, it was normal mushrooms on a couple of small prices of a baguette, slightly warmed, Roast Beef again was ok beef over done for my liking. The tables hadn't been cleaned properly, bits of rice on the seat and salt on the table, the windows had mould on them and generally a lack of eye for the small details.

Small menu of great quality Sunday roasts with nicely cooked vegetables. Service was good and the restuarant was well managed. Would recommend.

THis is a pub. A pub with a very good kitchen and accomodation. All the service is friendly and prompt. It is off the A595 and in the centre of th village below the church. It is well worth your making the very slight diversion.

I have tried this place twice now. The building it over 300 years old, has a nice open fire and beams across the ceilings. The food is great, it has a good menu and many local dishes including Trout and Sea food. The staff are friendly, its not over priced. I would recommend if you are looking for a nice place to have a really good meal.

Having dined here a number of times in the past couple of years on our last visit we were incredibly disappointed. We have visited for lunch, evening and Sunday lunch before. First of all there’s no lunch menu just the general (evening menu) which I won’t grumble about too much but some might....secondly the prices on said menu seem to have sky rocketed for example 18.95 for a deconstructed hot pot....14.50 for a burger and no starters apart from soup under £7....the wait was around 45 minutes possibly more, the waitress knew the wait had been a while and did come over in her defence and apologised for the wait, however at 3.10 for a 330ml Pepsi a simple offer of some drinks would’ve improved this experience massively as most places would’ve offered as standard, explained the chef was alone and had a few tables before us, given there was only one table of 6 and one table of 3 before us this shouldn’t of caused too much trouble should it? For a pub displaying British pub awards so proudly but seemingly struggling. All be it these awards are from a few year ago and a lot can change in that time. As it seemingly has. £39 for 3 330ml Pepsi’s, a burger, and a alasagne and chips is very steep. unfortunately the quality didn’t match the price, the burger was a rushed ball of mince meat where the cheese wasn’t even melted and simply fell apart upon touch, we didn’t complain on the premises as we felt there wasn’t a great deal that could be done seen as though there wasn’t a great deal of interest surrounding the 45 minute wait and to request say a new burger would’ve taken even longer!! Had many great meals here all be it it’s never been too busy or too quick which I don’t mind as quality takes time as does homemade well done fresh food but unfortunately seems to have drastically gone down hill. Will be unlikely to return. Sorry guys.

Went here for Sunday lunch with the family and the food was excellent...price was very reasonable too...will definitely be back!!

Have family visiting. Booked the White Mare for 2pm for Sunday lunch. To receive a call at 1.30pm to advise there were no Sunday lunches left. Nor any alternative normal menu - I asked.Leaving us with no option but to try and find somewhere else.Insult was added to injury to receive a second phone call 5 minutes later to say that the Chef would put the normal menu on now. Too late.A lesson in incompetence (just how do you run out of Sunday lunches for the people who have booked to visit?) and poor communication (We would still have been going if they had said they would do the ordinary menu on the first call.)

We visited twice this week whilst we have been staying in the village and the food was lovely both times. My partner throughly enjoyed both of his meals and he is hard to impress as he is a head chef so compliments to the chef! Service was food and friendly. Only thing about the pub was the chairs weren’t that comfy, the tall stools were too tall for me, I’m only short and the benches were quite low too for my tall partner. But lovely pub and lovely food! Thank you.

We were very impressed with the choice of interesting dishes on the menu. In the end we opted for the pigeon breast and smoked duck/chicken starters and the trout and lamb rump mains. The lamb rump was a popular choice at the other tables. Everything was perfectly cooked and beautifully presented. We will definitely visit again when we are next in the north west lakes!

Had most enjoyable 2 night break. The food was excellent & we found the staff exceptionally helpful. Lovely area to visit. Had good chat with the locals in the bar!

Went here with four other friends to celebrate a birthday. We were shown to our table by friendly staff and our drinks order taken. A very extensive menu from which I selected the Cumberland lamb rump that came accompanied by a mini shepherd pie. The meal was really very enjoyable and I was pleased with my selection and I heartily recommend this venue.

Myself and two ex colleagues meet here one every couple of months. Great food provided by Norma the chef . Today we all had the fish and chip which were excellent. Great real ales on offer and the staff were friendly and attentive.

Dog friendly in the bottom bar, had lunch here and the food was very good. We both had small portions as they are very generous. Good selection of beers too. Service was good too.

lost on the coast road going south.wanted a drink so stopped a this place not knowing where we where.only us in but the lady was pleasant and the drink was vg.

We visited The White Mare today for Sunday lunch and it was excellent. We had two beef and one turkey and they were all delicious with beautiful vegetables and very well presented. The staff were so nice and helpful especially Kerry who was just lovely. Can highly recommend and we will definitely be back.

Sunday lunch arrived there only 3 other tables occupied (So no excuse for bad service) We were seated and then ignored we ended up going for our own drinks. And getting our own menus. Our Order was finally taken after a table which arrived after us was served with drinks and had their order taken first Waited a while for starter which was creamy mushrooms lovely. Main course turkey also beautiful compliments to the chef. Unfortunately our table was never cleared after main course we sat and sat and sat actually for 30 minutes other tables left without being offered or having sweets we continued to wait still looking at dirty main course plates. We finally gave up and went to the bar to pay without having a pudding or even been offered one. To our disgust the waiting on staff were stood at the bar one with her bag and the other guy got into a car outside which pulled up whilst we were paying. The lady behind the bar asked if everything was ok so I said that we would have liked a sweet but no one had cleared our table or offered. Sorry would have been nice. She actually said NOTHING. Honestly no response just took our money and gave our change. That was worse than not been offered a sweet in my opinion.

Food was Brilliant evening meal, the staff were not very good.Very slow to take orders, didn't know about the various dishes, forgot things, we needed to ask for various things certainly cant fault the food

My niece and I visited the restaurant on Saturday 27th April19 12 noon.

Delighted with our visit, staff super friendly and welcoming, food to a very high standard and reasonably priced, catered for families and dogs, great little find we will return

Great service and food lovely and tasty. I got chicken in parma ham and my husband got cumberland sausage. Potion sizes big enough for me but not for my husband. £42 inc drinks. Will definitely be back.

I was looking for a place to have a decent lunch with some friends and family in the area as not local. I am usually quite fussy with taste and environment but I have nothing to complain about. The waitress was super friendly and welcoming. The food for all 8 of us (all different dishes) was very tasty and generous portions.

The food was tasty. Many places serve sides of vegetables with meals-here didnt and the food looked a little lost on the plate! I also felt there was very little option for plain meals-thats my personal choice. The girls who served us were lovely. Dessert was ok but a little pricey in comparison to other local eating places.

Second year of making the White Mare our works Christmas Lunch venue and already a dead cert for next year. Absolutely first class food, anything that was uneaten was due to being unable to physically eat (we took our mince pies home).

Standard of food, surroundings and service was excellent. Very reasonably priced. No soup available though!

Had dinner here after staying at The White Mare, the food is incredible. I had the Thai curry and one of the best I've had! Would highly recommend this place.

A hidden gem in West Cumbria this pub/hotel/restaurant is award winning for a reason. Food is plentiful and if you need something adjusted for dietary reasons then this is not a problem.

We arrived on a very wet Monday evening, very hungry after a full on day in the lakes. The waiter told us it would be a 40 minute wait for food as they only had one chef on and had had a number of walk ins hence the wait. Well, it was a good 40 minutes till we were served but well worth the wait. Our lasagne was piping hot and well cooked The restaurant area is lovely and cosy and the rest of the pub looks great. Parking could be a problem in season as the car park is small but probably plenty of room along the road. If you are in or near Beckermet give the White Mare a visit, we will certainly visit again.

Stayed with 3 friends after playing golf at a local course. We received excellent service for the duration of our stay. Meal in the restaurant was superb and good value for money. Will stay again in the future.

We are just home from a family lunch. 4 x adults and 1 x child. 2 of us had a turkey dinner, 1 the beef and 1 fish. This was the best Sunday Dinner we have had in a long time - the turkey was moist and tender, the veg seasoned to perfection AND the yorkshire's were beautiful. The only thing that let it down a wee bit was the service. The 2 x starters we had took a bit to come to the table.

We visited the White Mare twice during our visit to the Lake District, the first time just for drinks and the second being for an evening celebratory meal.

As title suggests this is what I believe. After reading the reviews i was looking forward to the food, and i must say it didn’t disappoint at all.

We booked for 8 and arrived at 7.30 for drinks. The menus were given when we were shown our table after 8. We waited 1 and 1/2 hours for our food. There were a few tables seated so I expected they were busy but one of the tables of about 16 had pre-ordered their meal the day before and still had to wait for the same time. Nobody warned us of the wait, or gave us the menu early to start the process. The staff were friendly and attentive - possibly too much when all 3 girls came one after the other to check our meal and drinks were ok. :-) However the other thing which has grated on me was that the girl who cleared our table piled all the dishes up in front of me (dressed in white) and proceeded to pour the mussel shells and left overs onto the top plate while we all held our breath waiting for the disaster. I did not appreciate other people's left overs and mussel shells being scraped onto a plate front of me and suggested that she took the 4 plates she had and to return for the others. I have tried to visit to politely suggest some training on etiquette but have been unable to find the establishment open when I have been passing. The service and the huge delay in food slightly marred a special meet up with old friends. A shame as the bar staff and general cheerfulness was pleasant. They did reduce one of the dishes as an apology when the bill was paid which was nice and unasked for .

Saturday night was very busy but the service and cooking was excellent, the chef is top of her league!

A beautiful restaurant to dine in and a lovely Sunday lunch, Prawn salad for my dear wife, Chicken liver parfait myself. mains , Lamb roast for Joyce, Beef roast for me and lovely it was, two sweets , great value for money, very good service from every member of staff,we will return in the near future, Thank you all at the Whitemare for a lovely meal.

We stayed Easter Weekend and had a lovely time. The restaurant food was excellent, large portions and tasted great. I had the roast beef and all the veg that came with it. A feast fit for a king....as they say.

I recently visited on a Saturday night with my husband and four other couples. From the moment we arrived we were made to feel very welcome and nothing was too much trouble. There was a fantastic selection of beers and gins which just added to the friendly, lively atmosphere in the bar.

Booked table for husband's 70th birthday lunch. Looked at online menu at 1.00 with a 2.00 table booking - Pan Seared Scallops with Haggis Bon Bons - sounds good, Plaice rolled with Salmon and Spinach with a white wine cream, grapes and tarragon or Sea Bass with a cream and white wine sauce and Dauphinoise potatoes - Yes definitely the Plaice. Arrived at table and the menu we were presented with was definitely not the one on line and was told "that's the old menu" - but it's still on line. So what were the choices then - Prawn cocktail Oh come on out of date,boring and tasteless with two small fillets of sea bass which was dry and served with a sauce and boiled and roast spuds certainly not worthy of the 17.95 price tag, Husband had the beef and he said that was OK - it was a roast!!. Restaurants please note just because it's Sunday it does not mean that everyone wants a roast - I do not eat meat and the options were disappointing. If you have a menu online then you should be serving it. Not encouraged to visit again.

Beautiful place, lovely pleasant staff and fantastic food We had Christmas Day lunch here and the whole experience was fantastic and worth every penny

Visited the White Mare on the 27th of December for a family meal (9 people), which was pre booked a couple of weeks before. Initially, the service at the bar was good but when the second group of the party arrived we had to wait...

Disappointed with the overall experience. We booked and pre ordered the Christmas lunch at £30 pp, their wasn't anything to make it feel like a Christmas dinner, the decorations were poor to none existent, the staff were pleasant, the food was tasty but small portions,...

We visited mainly for the "Gin Bar" the menu seemed comprehensive. We ordered a Bloom Gin, which was supposed to come with Apple, Mint and Lime however it came with only a slice of lemon instead.I enquired at the bar as to why, only to be told "The freezer is broken" unsure why we were not told that upon ordering as we would have ordered a Gordons or similar instead however we were not.Just a bit disappointing as one of the main selling points is the Gin menu. Fair enough breakdowns happen but a sign on the menu or to be told upon ordering is all it would have taken to avoid disappointment, even an apology at the bar would have gone a long way!

We called in the White Mare on a Friday lunch time. There were a few cars in the car park but there were no other diners, just a few people at the bar. Shown to a table quickly ( there were plenty available ) by the lady who was serving behind the bar, food order also taken quickly. However to took an inordinate amount of them for our meals to arrive. The food was nothing particularly special and fairly expensive for what we got. The bar service was hit and miss as the lady left the bar to talk to a supplier and the man who took over was busy doing other things. The place was nicely fitted out, bit of a change from the last time we visited, about forty years ago, but then it was a very active pub that sold 'pub food' and the place to go. maybe it is a bit better in an evening.

We came here to celebrate a birthday, after reading the various reviews and the recent awards it had won, my mum was keen to try it. The starters were ok, two of us had garlic mushrooms, the filo pasty was quite well executed, but the mushrooms were supposed to be mushroom and avocado, 3 thinly sliced pieces of avocado stuck on top to me doesn't count, my mother had soufflé, again it was ok, slightly overdone.

We'd read and heard about The White Mare and were keen to have dinner there, having dropped in for a drink a few weeks previously. Jack, behind the bar, is a very charming and entertaining character we found that evening.

Me and my girlfriend stayed here for 3 nights friendly welcome from owner and staff room was just as pictured had lovely stay breakfast was A1 eggs cooked to perfection compliments to chef , we eat here for two of evenings and both enjoyed the lovely meals made from scratch and enjoyed a drink in the bar would def stay again when in area thanks for making us feel welcome

The staff are nice and work hard. However I was sat outside with my wife and dog. What I found disgusting is, I was standing at the bar waiting to be served. (Only one girl behind the bar who was busy sorting all the drinks out for all the tables in the pub) I'm assuming that the lady who came behind the bar and helped herself to a drink right in front of me was the landlady, not only did i get no hello or are you being served, she then proceeded to talk to the girl behind the bar and walk round me whist talking about another patron and slurping her drink

This was my first visit to the white mare and we will definitely be back. The location is really lovely and the menu offered something for everyone in our large group. A selection of hors d'oeuvres were brought to the table and then my starter of the prawns with chorizo and sun dried tomatoes was very tasty. My main of the sea bass en papillote was excellent but left absolutely no room to try dessert!

My partner and I ate here. The pub looks great from the outside and inside is just as lovely (not much parking though). The food was amazing, good portions, good value and very tasty! Staff were friendly but a little slow considering it was a quiet evening. We had the fondue to finish! Amazing!!!!

We went fo my husbands birthday lunch I had fish and chips fish beer battered badly with very yellow coating and long wait for it to arrive

Stayed here1 night with my husband and we were made welcome from the start of our stay till we left.The room was spacious, modern and well looked after with little extras that make it special.The bar had plenty of choice including a good choice of gin, the bar staff couldn't do enough for you including giving you directions to places of interest.We had evening meal in the bar area and breakfast in the dining room. The choice of starters and mains was varied and the prices reasonable. The food was hot and well presented and very enjoyable. Breakfast was made to order and was also hot nothing seemed too much trouble.The owners were present a couple of times and chatted about the local area. We would recommend a stay here to anyone it was great.

Today together with some of my family I had lunch at The White Mare, in Beckermet. Lunch was booked for 12:30, we arrived at 12:33. There were 8 adults and my 3 year old grandson. The restaurant had 16 people in when we arrived most of whom were eating or about to.. Our order was taken early after arrival, we then waited 45 minutes before our food arrived, standard Sunday Roast so nothing needing to be cooked from fresh and no starters. The food was fine if not a little on the lukewarm side nothing that can't be found in any number of places nearby. We ate our food and waited an age, probably 25 minutes for our table to be cleared, eventually I had to ask if it could be cleared as we were ordering pudding. We then waited another 20 for the puddings to arrive, 6 of them in a now almost empty restaurant. We gave up after twice asking for them to be served. They had not even been portioned out I believe.Food average but plan to take sleeping bags if you go for 3 courses.One young teenage man was doing everything, rest of staff were either eating themselves or chatting in the bar area about a Gin event that was starting later in the afternoon.What a shame that the speed of service hasn't gotten any better over the last year or so.

We were a family of 7 three were children. We were seated at a great table and served promptly. The small bites we shared as starters and were great, especially the king prawns and chorizo. The sausage and lasagne both went down very well. Great job

Had a great time, lovely room, lovely food and great entertainment. Hospitality was also excellent, Thank you for a great time and will definitely book again

The food was tasty, well presented and fairly reasonable priced The decor is lovely and the staff very friendlyA great pub/restaurant, in a great location. Worth a visit

We stayed in the hotel for the weekend, we had dinner the first night and were intending to go elsewhere the next night but the food was so good we ate there both nights. Food and service outstanding

Our meal was delicious, the portions were very generous and everything was so tempting that I'm sure I should have shared some of my courses. We had moules for starters and that was practically a meal in itself, served with a creamy garlic and herb sauce. All of our party chose the Barbary duck breast for mains, which was roasted to juicy perfection and served on a bed of wilted pak choi alongside a variety of other veg. But who could resist a home made pear and frangipane tart, a Bailey's cheesecake or even a chocolate fondue? Not us! It was delicious.

Two couples ate in the White Mare restaurant as part of our stay at the Inn. The food was first class, some of the best we've ever had, and the prices were not too expensive either. I would highly recommend this Inn and restaurant to anyone thinking of staying and/or eating there.

Had some great starters with nice service throughout, but the fish and chips-- allegedly cod- wasn't!!-- it looked like it was straight out of the freezer, was greyish and very thin.Wanted to send it back but being a shy brit and not wanting to upset my guests-- i told the barman taking my bill only to find out that someone else had sent theirs back!!-- wish I had done the same now!!Shame given all the accolades the place is getting!Wont be going back or recommending.

We have been to this pub as a family for nearly 40 years. We were able to introduce a new member of the family making four generations. The service was quick and helpful. The starter course of prawns was good. The main courses of chicken and sea bass were excellent. It is obvious that the chef is able to introduce real flavour into the food and can employ more complex culinary techniques. The wines were not cheap but very good. The whole family including my granddaughter enjoyed their visit here.

Well it was a Monday night, not the busiest time for a bar, restaurant I suppose. One member of staff seemed to be expected to provide service in the restaurant as well as serve at the bar. Hence service was slow. To be fair the food was lovely, tasty and well presented and for that reason I rate it as very good. Both main courses and deserts appear to be prepared and cooked freshly in the kitchen, rather than bought in from Brake Brothers. Each dish we ate had a small taste sensation, the honeycomb toffee with the panacotta, the intense flavour of the summer pudding, both very memorable. We have visted this pub through many incarnations over the last 30 years. Under the new owners it seems to have lost much of its character, with wooden floors, heavy wood furniture, and minimalist decor it reminds me of many a trendy city centre bar in Manchester or Leeds, or for that matter pubs in Scotland. If you can get the food so good why not the decor?

My husband and I really enjoyed our lunch date last Tuesday . The avocado salsa with duck and red pepper paint was lovely as a starter . My hubbie had goats cheese brûlée with olive bread. Amazing. The steaks we asked for medium and they were both cooked fabulously . I hope the peppercorn sauce was home made as it was Devine . Service was swift and very friendly. A lovely lunch on a wet Cumbrian day in a lovely setting .

We ate as part of a large group in the evening and were very impressed. The place itself has lovely decor and surroundings and there's a very convenient play park opposite.The staff were brilliant from arrival to departure, professional yet friendly and always ensured we had enough drinks - nothing was too much trouble. The landlady/owner was also very friendly.The menu was varied and reasonably priced. By far the best meal we've had out in a while, really high quality. The draught lagers were also very nice.We will definitely be returning soon.

I've been less than complimentary about this place, but having been back a couple of times recently, I have to say I am now a fan. Last week we went for lunch and I had one of the best Thai beef salads I have ever had - also, my wife's lasagne was deliciously authentic (and enormous!) - well done.