The best restaurants in Askham Eden North West

What a great experience we had this morning paddle boarding on Ulswater. The instructor was nothing short of superb and got us all up and enjoying the water really quickly. The equipment at this centre was also really high quality and we felt totally safe with the buoyancy aids provided. Our group was diverse - me a rotund 50 something to my 18 year old daughter and while the duration we stayed stood up may have varied we all managed it and enjoyed crossing the lake. In summary - this is a superb activity, great value for money and I highly recommend the experience to anyone else.

Pooley Bridge is a great location to stay and explore the Northern Lakes with several very welcoming inns with great beer gardens and decent food. The 1863 Restaurant & Rooms however is on a different level altogether. We stayed for two nights in the Luxury Suite (room 7) which, although smaller than we had anticipated, was extremely comfortable and well appointed. The real reason to stay here though is to enjoy the restaurant experience. On our first night we had the 3 course option which was imply superb. The presentation, quality of food and level of attention from the team were all exceptional. We indulged ourselves with the 7 course "Taster" menu on the 2nd night which actually turned out to be almost 10 courses with the little extras that arrived. We thought our first experience would be hard to improve on but night two and the 7 course option was simply sublime. Thank you to all of the team for making our stay so special.

Amazing place lovely wedding if you book you not be disapointed

We stayed in pooley Bridge for 3 nights and managed to visit nearly every day, lol. Lovely place, an amazing outside area too with fantastic views, staff professional and friendly, baileys hot chocolate to die for. We only called in for hot drinks and cake, but we will definitely be back to try lunch or maybe even afternoon tea. Our dogs also loved the dog sausage

A comfortable and friendly pub, offering delicious classic pub food. I didn't stay over here, so I can't rate the rooms.

I could send this review on tripadvisor: Feel free to make changes: We went to try the pizzas but the whole experience wasn’t good! When ordering food and drink from the bar, my son’s partner was not given her change from a £50 note! She had to ask for her change (about £9). The person who served her said she was simple too busy, offering no apology. Two of the pizzas were good but mine was undercooked, a soggy base and my son’s pizzas wasn’t appetising because of some sauce that had been squirted over it. Three out of the four pizzas ordered arrived; one was the wrong order pizza 1 instead of 11. We were told we had ordered the wrong one! Not a great experience and we would not recommend this place as the customer service isn’t what you would expect!

Big pub ,loads of outside tables fast service, good meals

We were in the Lakes for a few days and heard this restaurant was amazing so booked a table for 6pm on a Sunday, the only date we could do due to being in the lakes a short period of time. The restaurant texted me 3 hours before our booking to say they were closing early and we either needed to reschedule or cancel. We were so disappointed that it took them so long to contact us about this. Lack of communication caused unhappy customers, due to this lack of service and first impressions not being the best we will not be making a booking again.

Terrible service very slow. Staff were talking with each other rather than making sure customers were OK. It took an hour before they took our order. Won't be back!!!!

Had an evening meal with friends and we had a lovely meal-where they catered for veggies, gf as well as meat eaters! Friendly staff and a lovely atmosphere.

Arrived in the bar at around 7.20pm on a Wednesday and my family and I waited to be seen to by someone. At around 7.25pm we were attended to. We said we were looking for a table for 3 for dinner and were told that they stopped taking orders for food at 7.30pm and so were summarily dismissed. No apology, no would you like to have a drink, the server just walked off. Unsurprisingly, we didn’t stay for a drink and won’t be eating here whilst we are here on our break either.

Always a go to for our family whether it’s sit in or a takeaway. All fantastic homemade pub food! From the beef stew and chilli con carne to the chips, coleslaw and raspberry pavlova pudding! Not forgetting the proper whippy ice cream!!

This place is an absolute shambles, the boiler did not work leaving us without hot water and heating for the weekend, the place was filthy on arrival, all the crockery and pots and pans where dirty, When we told owner that the TV didn't work, he told us to buy one. I would not recommend this place until the owner has brought it up to standard. The advertised hot tub overlooks the neighbours house and gardens, and looks as if it was shoved in the only place it would fit.

Nice pub/restaurant on site. Poretti is a nice pint.

Did not stay at the hotel which looks very nice, except for all the flies in the pub down stairs. No really, sat down to watch the England, Ireland game, supposed to be 22 players on the pitch, looked like 32 with the 10 extra flies on tje tv screen! I asked the manager, who was a lovely woman, is this normal? She said yes. I asked for fly spray but she said no with all the other customers, but i can move. We couldn't move because we were watching the game. Need pest control desperately.