The best restaurants in Staveley-in-Cartmel South Lakeland North West

Just stayed at this hotel after it has been recently renovated by new owners and wow. It is amazing, the rooms are a great size, they have all been done differently and are very unique. The breakfast was to a very good standard. They offer a free car service into Cartmel and back which was really helpful as we were dining at L’Enclume and were dropped off and picked up. Would definitely recommend staying here when visiting Cartmel .

Lovely pub. Bar food no disappointment if restaurant full

Christmas 2 nights stop over with our Labrador , first time we had been away for Christmas and will definitely do it again , no stress , no dishes , very relaxing , and made very welcome

A busy place in a fab setting, food ordered quickly and staff very friendly and helpful. Tables clean and cleared quickly. Food quality good, our burgers fab but the beef sandwich was pretty rubbish, very stringy and difficult to eat. Not usually like this.

Always a great place to meet with family Staff efficient and friendly. Food and drinks of a good quality. A mix of table and chairs seating and a couple of areas with more comfortable seating.

Fantastic food and great atmosphere, such high quality produce with great service made for a great lunch treat

Outstanding food! My partner and I really enjoyed our visit here. We didn’t stay in the hotel but would consider it on our next visit. The staff were really lovely and made us feel very welcome. We both had starters- I had Pork Cheeks and my boyfriend had Camembert- both were incredible! For mains I had Chicken, Bacon, Leek Pie which came with sautéed potatoes, green beans and gravy. My boyfriend had Fillet Steak, which came with chips, tomatoes, broccoli, mushroom purée and he asked for a Wine Sauce. Wow! Both our meals were fantastic. We had no room for pudding but what we ate was very well worth it and we will be back!

Heft excelled themselves this weekend! They hosted an amazing wedding... beautiful, tasty, elegant food, stunning decor and the most polite, friendly, hardworking, efficient staff I have come across. Many people I spoke last night were in awe of your effort and I wish you all the luck going forward with the beautiful new rooms! I, and many others, appreciate the hard work that goes into running an establishment like this. Thank you so much Kev, Nicola and your team. Cheers!

Gorgeous in every way! Beautiful pub, very old and quaint. The food is lovely. Roast dinners are perfect. Open fire is a bonus. Absolute must.

Great food, super atmosphere , idiosyncratic in a wonderful way. Would visit again and again. Steam Train is an added bonus

Fabulous little pub just off the main road in Haverthwaite. The food was absolutely delicious- proper pub food at reasonable prices. The service was excellent too. Lovely warm family atmosphere and a good selection of drinks too

This was so disappointing and no idea where to start. The picture shown shows no resemblance to the food which was piled all together in a pile which we had never experienced in a restaurant before. Initially shown to a cold room to the left on entry. There were only 3 other couples in the dining room which for a Sunday Lunch was surprising. The Yorkshire pudding was soggy, beef tough and when extra gravy arrived it was lacking in taste. Overall not a pleasant experience.

When we arrived at the pub at 6.00 last Thursday evening for a meal we were the only people in the restaurant, we placed our order to a lady in a fleece!!!! Not very professional, we placed our order starters & main course, we waited 45 mins for the meal to arrive, when it arrived it was our main course no starters my husband said to the the young lad where was our starters!!!! He said he didn't know we ordered starters did we still want them we said yes he came back & told us they had not been ordered, he took the main meal back & we asked him not to keep the meal warm & we don't want it to be heated up, another long wait for starters to come prawn cocktail was disgusting it was served on a limp dark lettuce leaf. After another long wait main meal arrived the sirloin steak meal I ordered was not very nice the steak was very light in colour it did not look like a steak & it was tasteless also the chips were frozen thin cut chips, think on we were the only People in the restaurant so they were not rushed of there feet. The ambiance of the pub could be better it is not a very good advert to see the double wall lights bulbs with only one bulb working in all of them!!! I wonder if they are short of money as it looks like they cutting down on funds which is not a very good advert for the customers. This pub was a great pub years ago & it looks like it is struggling, needs something done with the ambiance & better served meal!!!! This pub could lend itself of being a great pub with good meals!!!

Very limited menu very expensive,no decent priced children’s meals,no variety on menu apart from change of pie ,very little vegetarian options,not a particularly well executed menu, unfortunately it’s impossible to get any food delivered to hotel as it’s in the middle of nowhere,I would never book this restaurant

Poor choice of food and very expensive. £8:50 for a cheeseburger chips £3:95. Also not the best quality. If travelling on the steam railway probably better to plan ahead and bring a picnic.