The best restaurants in Carlisle North West

Attended a reunion with friends here, private dining on the terrace, the service was appalling, they had 3 large parties and obviously insufficient staff. The starter arrived some 25 minutes late, tepid soup, not very appetising, then a 55 minute wait for the mains, overcooked beef and lukewarm veg, no gravy, the a wait for sweet, sticky toffee pudding, can't go wrong with that, oh yes they could, pudding had sort of crust on it and was served with a miniscule portion of ice cream. All in all a huge disappointment and not what we expected, they really need to up their game.

Well kept secret! Although this hotel is in centre of town the restaurant is surprisingly quiet. Not frequented by many locals. The food here is excellent. Great menu, every course we had was delicious. Our party had beautiful cheese soufflés, seafood pappardelle, cod, and chicken mains, all well presented and tasty. Lovely desserts too. A couple of bottles of wine reasonably priced. Everyone enjoyed the dinner and would definitely make a return visit.

I just wanted to leave a review following our stay last night (18/11/2023) An absolutely amazing stay, bedroom had all we needed. We had a fantastic sleep and a wonderful view. The food was amazing the best pub grub I have had in a very long time. The breakfast equally as good. The staff were all friendly and had excellent customer service, very welcoming. The locals made us feel at home and a good time was had all round. Stephen was a wonderful host and a brilliant chef. We can't wait to return next year to try out the glamping pod

Excellent service from friendly staff, had one of the nicest tuna melts i have ever had. Prices very reasonable and would recommend to anyone with spare time while waiting for their train.

I was really looking forward to our meal here tonight. As normal you turn up hungry but to be greeted with “there’s a bit of a wait because we’ve got a big order up stairs”, thought ok a wait will be 20 mins sounds ok. 60 mins later greeted with good sushi and substandard dry temaki. 25 minutes later our main course arrive, but which point dry fish (like chewing on cotton wool) and 85 minutes after walking g in anything would have done. Honestly thought about popping out to the Golden Arches to stave my insides eating themselves 45 mins in. If they knew there was a large order phone us and tell us can you turn up 30 mins later to stagger the kitchen…. Yep sounds reasonable. Left feeling significantly disappointed. Lots of apologises but nothing off the bill, no complimentary drinks, here you go full bill, a long long wait and left feeling bitterly disappointed. If you want quality food on time I’d honestly go somewhere else. If you’re unfortunate enough to be booked in have some snacks before turning up. On a positive drinks/cocktails delicious

Nice cosy restruant. Went for my birthday. It was a tapas type menu good portion size and all dishes were very tasty. Would definitely go back.

brilliant breakfast and very good value.best breakfast I have had in 79 years(my age). very pleasant and efficieint service also

After developing some nasty blisters walking Hadrian's Wall, I found the this place to rest up. On the door as you enter it's rated as a 3 star BnB but the service is certainly not! Staff were amazing! particularly Elaine who checked me in and looked after me. The rooms are basic but very clean a serviceable and the food is delicious and fairly priced. I had the steak pie and I'd recommend it. I will be back to pick up my walk from here once my feet have healed up. Thank you so much.

A warm welcome from Jayne, Malcolm and the team. Homemade and freshly cooked,the food was amazing and great value. We had lasagne and Cumberland sausage.

Its all here - cafe, shop, gallery, books. Friendly staff and good coffee and scones. Locals happy to chat. A really good atmosphere.

A nice meal and range of food and drink in the old fire engine room. Sitting in the area where the fire engines used to deploy from until the mid 2000’s with interesting wall pieces.

Ordered a kebab and it was barely recognizable as a kebab. The bread reminded me of a wrap and i had to eat it out of a box with a plastic fork. It didnt taste bad, but not good either. If I wasn’t as hungry I would’ve asked for my money back. Can only recommend if you’re really hungry and not picky.

Do not recommend. Me and my partner got a crab and prawn baguette and safe to say it was disgusting. The woman told us it was “fresh crab and fresh prawns” it was not it was seafood sticks blended with prawns. Asked for salad and got a tiny amount. Soft bendy baguette. Asked aswell if it was margarine or actual butter (we’re both chefs we can tell!!) and got told “no it’s butter” but it was, in fact, margarine. We scraped out the entire filling and ate just bread on the way home not even finishing it. £4.00 is ridiculous for a baguette that is just purely vile. Shame it’s been taken over by people who lie and clearly don’t care about their customers or food. Oh and all the staff were stood about on their phones🙄!!

Been going to sarah,s for my breakfast for a few month's now find it strange to hear someone say that they had sausage was not real meat but a cheap synthetic type. I have always been served real meat sausage's and always been look after have had to wait once or twice but only because sarah was serving in the other part of her shop as she also cook's as well and I have never had anything to complain about

I called in for breakfast at about 10am whilst on a cycling trip and was served the most delicious breakfast baton with a cappuccino in double quick time. The place was extremely busy whilst I was there but the staff were clearly used to it and treated every customer as if they were beat friends. Great value for money and spotlessly clean.