Wheatsheaf Inn, Brigsteer in South Lakeland

Fabulous food in a very busy Wheatsheaf on Saturday 24th May 2025. A super new menu with some value favourites such as fish, chips ‘n mushy peas and some new interesting mains such as cheese soufflé and individual steak pies. A great atmosphere with a lively buzz! Definitely going back again VERY soon! 😋

What an absolute gem of a place. There's nothing not to love about staying here. Rooms super clean, food amazing and staff wonderful. Great location for some nice walks to enjoy the beautiful scenery

Amazing food from Johnnie and the team!

We stayed in April 2025 having booked through booking.com. Bit of a mixed review overall. This pub is no longer to be found on 'booking.com' and their own website does not allow room booking online as yet - all the dates on it currently come up as unavailable so we are not sure how you book now unless it's directly by phone perhaps. It has been under new ownership since Feb 2025. Unlike our previous times here we were disappointed to learn breakfast is no longer included in the price of the room making it a tad more expensive, something which we only found out on arrival. We were offered but declined a continental style breakfast and decided not to ask the price after we realised the price of the sunday roast was on the upper end of the scale. We had originally booked through booking.com and at the time had booked a meal for 7.15 on the first night, a Sunday. On arrival we were told they knew nothing of this and would stop serving food at 6pm. We duly came down in good time and had an expensive sunday roast. The food quality matched the prices however and was delicious, professionally cooked and beautifully presented. There seems to be some sort of communication problem with booking.com/new owners as although our booking was honoured some changes were not communicated to us e.g. no breakfast included and our meal not being actually booked. We have put this down to 'teething problems'. The staff were very all pleasant. Room was smallish but recently decorated. Bed very comfortable but disappointingly our room service was overlooked on one day of our stay. The actual location is in a lovely small quiet village and well situated for visiting the area.

Fully booked for food, but sorted me a bowl of chips, that was absolutely beautiful. Good pint of Hopnik Citra IPA too.

Food was excellent! Did Easter Sunday roast here, amazing outdoor setup under a blossoming cherry tree!

Amazing food, really decent menu which is executed perfectly. Great atmosphere in the bar with a great selection of ales. A must visit if you’re in the area and worth travelling for.

Fantastic Sunday lunch, we had roast beef and every part of the meal was delicious! The staff were very welcoming and helpful, highly recommend!

Country pub with relaxed atmosphere & Dog friendly too - The food is fabulous! Great flavours and generous portions - the steak pie ‘for two to share’ is very rich - enough to feed three! Waiting staff are friendly and attentive, without being overbearing. Beer is also good. Booking.com’s system messed up our reservation, but the manager did everything he could to resolve this - service from him was great. The room was nicely decorated, with crisp white bed linen and the bed was very comfortable, but little things like the toilet roll holder hanging off the wall and the miniature shower gel being half used took the fifth star away. Shame the details were missing. There is no information in the room about breakfast service, reviews looked like a great breakfast option was on offer, but we were surprised on a Saturday morning at 9:35 to be told that breakfast service was 8:30 to 9:30, so it had finished/we were too late and that there wasn’t any hot-food option - best to check if you want breakfast?!

Lovely stay off of the beat and track. Nice and warm and welcoming. Clean and inviting rooms. Very dog friendly. We loved it and great value. Short drive into Kendal

We had Sunday lunch there. Amazing Sunday roast menu. We had venison ragú and lamb meatballs for starters, followed by roast beef. Creme brulee and buttermilk tart for dessert. All was delicious, with friendly service and a relaxed feel.

When we arrived the staff didn't acknowledge us.. But they were busy so we let this go... But a simple we'll be with u shortly woukd have done it... But once we had their attention they were friendly and attentive and funny ... Myself and my group of 4 sat and had a few drinks before our meal... We were shown to our table and we chose from the set Sunday menu.... Soup and ham Hock terrain for starters... All delicious and then 4 roast dinners for main... 2 beef.. 1 chicken breast and 1 pork with crackling.. absolute perfection on a plate....👌 Served with mash and roast potatoes.. Parsnips.. Mange tout... Broccoli... Turnip and carrot and cauli cheese.. And a huge Yorkie pud... The only down side to the meal for me. Was that the cauliflower cheese was luke warm... But that aside evething was delicious.... No room for dessert as we were stuffed... If u haven't been here for food then why the hell not!!!!!!..... We will definitely be going back and they do deals every day of the week.... So get urself there... Thank you to the Wheatsheaf Brigsteer team....ur chef is the dogs bi!!0cks 👍

Hi ,great place ,great staff ,had a laugh with them ,food good room fair ,secluded ,a nice spot for a base to the lakes ,quiet ,it's haunted as well but didn't see anything ,breakfast was great ,the lass looking after us was lovely ,I'm sorry didn't get your name ,would stay again thanks guys xxx. Graham and Geraldine Rowe

Called in for a snack and a drink on our way to Kendal, lovely find, nice seating areas, friendly staff and gorgeous food

Lovely village pub, excellent food and service was very friendly and accommodating. Dog friendly too

Great place with fantastic food and the staff are brilliant

Comfy, cozy, human-friendly, and dog-friendly. What else could you ask for!?

New staff member struggled to acknowledge us at the bar. Asked us to sit down, but we wanted a drink. Seemed flustered trying to open a bottle of wine for ten minutes.

Tale of two evenings. Monday evening was wonderful, good service and excellent food. Thursday after they had been taken over and run by a management company still had great location and service but the food was average to poor

Fabulous, friendly, comfortable pub with everything you need along with excellent food and staff, will be back soon 🤩

Lovely quiet pub off the main track. If you want peace and quiet this is for you. I payed £5.20 for a German Bier which is great for the lakes.

Lovely pub serving proper home-cooked food with a great selection of beers too. Would definitely recommend the steak and ale pie with a pint of Pitch stout to go with it

Dog friendly is an understatement! Welcomed warmly, great service and well spaced tables with plenty of room.

Beautiful place...lovely food !!

Nice pub in secluded location nice room with access to fridge. The staff are friendly and the food excellent and a good selection of drinks. Evening meal was very nice with a decent selection whilst the included breakfast was very good with a decent selection.

We sat outside on the decking by a stream and it was lovely, we ended up staying for hours by accident just enjoying ourselves. Excited to come back and try the food soon

Fantastic Sunday lunch. Great service. A gem.

Lunch out weekday so very quiet. Menu poor choice and pricey for lunch. Decoration needs updating.

Close to the cottage we stayed in. Super value food on a Monday. Tasty too! 😋

Great attentive friendly staff, great food and lovely setting, well worth a visit. Kate in particular needs a mention very warm welcoming

Best night out in ages. Evening meal on a Monday night. Starters & mains were beautiful mozzarella salad, fish n chips & veggie burger), prepared with skill, care & really good ingredients, together with very nice & reasonably priced wine, all delivered with courtesy & personality. Highly recommended 🙂

Had a fabulous Sunday roast with the family. The staff were very helpful and friendly, and the atmosphere was excellent. Definitely recommend this place for Sunday lunch.

This place has to be one of THE best for a quality and value Sunday lunch. The roast beef is sensational.

We stopped by on the off chance and we were very pleasantly surprised , having never been here before we found the staff very accommodating and the food we chose was very nice indeed , a welcome break from our journey , we will definitely be back. Our thanks to the staff 😊

Great night, very comfy, and had a fab meal the evening before

Some places say they are dog friendly but these guys really, really are. Great breakfast and outstanding chips!

Stayed here one night. The food was amazing and absolutely delicious and the service in the bar was great. Sadly the rooms were really not value for money. Loved that they had a fridge in the corridor for water and milk, but the room was really small, the toilet roll holder was hanging off the wall, and the doors in the shower cubicle wouldn’t open far enough to actually fit me in. A slim / regular sized person would be fine. But anyone bigger than average size just cannot shower. The opening was the length of elbow to wrist (about 35cm) and it just wasn’t enough. Mentioned when checking out and they assumed it was a problem with the doors (we explained there wasn’t and there was simply no more space for the door to open) rather than accepting that their showers are just not accessible for larger people. Strangely there was absolutely enough room in the bathroom for a proper shower cubicle, so it doesn’t make sense to have such a small one. Might visit again for food, but definitely won’t stay here again.

Great food and warm welcome. Somewhat slow service but worth the wait!

Visited for a family evening meal. Service was attentive but not intrusive. The quality food was well presented and cooked to perfection. The best Pub food I have ever been served. Definitely going to revisit. Thank you to all the staff for ensuring that we enjoyed a memorable evening.