The best restaurants in Windermere Applethwaite and Troutbeck South Lakeland North West

Wow! What a fabulous experience from start to finish! We visited for my friend’s 40th and everything was perfect! Location, service and food- just beautiful! I have coeliac disease and they were so attentive and careful and went out of their way to ensure I didn’t miss out on anything. I even had different kinds of bread- believe me, this is wildly unusual for anything GF and I felt so special! All of the food was divine. I ate the lot, but totally regretted the sugar rush later on when I had a two hour drive home :-) Everything was perfect - the best afternoon tea I’ve ever had!

What a great find, lovely place and Lynn was a fantastic host, great food, down to earth atmosphere, food was spot on and plenty of it… highly recommend. Even let me charge my phone… superstars…. Duane and Ben… (big burrito ideal after climbing Helvellyn.)

This place is friendly, jolly and enthusiastic. Lovely homemade greek food, with service to match Full up on 4 dishes between us but we squeezed in Aunties Orange Pudding, worth it!

Fantastic! I’m a regular visitor to this shop and I’ve never bought anything that hasn’t been perfect. From the “Cumberland curl”, a variety of marinated chicken breasts, lamb joints, bacon (including treacle and breakfast), a variety of different pies, “chilli growlers”, marinated lamb shanks and so the list goes on. Absolutely first class. I’ve been nudged into writing this review after my husband tried their new spicy lamb pie. He said it was “excellent” with “great spices”. All this with such friendly, professional, informative service. All I can say is if you’re in Windermere don’t miss a visit.

Super tasty Korean inspired sandwiches and great coffee. You can tell the owners care about trying to create something great and unique. So all in all, just the sort of place you want when you need a sandwich and/or coffee. Thanks guys!!

Great coffee, cake and ice cream visit. Everything we saw delivered to other people looked great, we regretted having had breakfast already. Lovely staff. Beautiful location, and handy when visiting Townsend.

We had a gorgeous meal in Oaks restaurant. A 3 course feast that started with Coquilles St Jacques (a wonderful mixture of scallops and potato) main was perfectly cooked lamb and, to finish, Creme Brûlée. My fellow dinner guests all had something different but every plate was clear and a lot of contented nodding was going on. Bravo!

Staying locally and last day treat a fab cooked breakfast. Cooked fresh, lovely service and atmosphere. Would recommend a visit. Thanks.

So happy I found this little van of treats after a long dog walk. It was based at the National Trust site and the guy who runs it, and his friendly dog, were really nice. I'm a fussy coffee consumer but his coffee was really great, and the vegan offerings made by his wife were truly delicious....and very filling as they are generous portions! The cinnamon bun and the oreo cookie were gorgeous but my favourite was the choc flapjack. Unfortunately I had to share it with my husband so I very much plan to stop by here again the next time we are up in the Lakes and treat myself again. Thank you!!

Small very niche cafe in centre of windermere staff was amazing so friendly and chatty food was fabulous soup was chunky veg and was the best I Have ever tasted not messed with just natural flavours and the coffee again was supurb throughly enjoyed and the advantage is it is licensed to with cocktails what more do you need on a old wet day .

Wonderful cosy pub in Troutbeck fab good and service!!

Had afternoon tea yesterday which was very enjoyable. Upon arrival we were warmly greeted by staff and shown straight to our table even though we were early. As for the afternoon tea itself it's the best we've had for a long time with a good mix of sweet and savoury and plenty of it. The staff were very friendly and attentive frequently asking if we needed more tea. Would certainly go back.

Fantastic place loved every minute staying here staff was lovely and got us everything we needed during our stay

Went here as it was the first cafe we saw on getting out of our car and just came in for coffee. However when we saw how nice the food looked we decided to stop for lunch. We had a pizza and a pasta dish and we both thought these were some of the best we’ve ever had. Service was excellent - prompt and courteous and whilst not cheap, the food definitely wasn’t substandard and was well worth the money. We’ll definitely come again if we’re up this way and would recommend to anyone to give it a try.

Worst meal we have ever had. Staff most unwelcoming.