The best restaurants in South Lakeland North West

Amazing! Food delicious, staff lovely, building unique, ambiance spot on! Service was speedy but not rushed. Love it!

We love it here! Perfect spot for breakfast. I had a wonderful pancake stack and my partner had a halloumi & bacon roll - both delicious! Great for a post-walk treat. The team are all lovely too - super friendly, attentive and the place is spotlessly clean and nicely decorated as well. Very dog friendly and lots of space for families too.

Great value, fresh and delicious - we’ll definitely be coming back! If you’re looking for something around Ambleside/Grasmere/Windermere affordable and without any fuss look no further!

In all my seventy-never-you-mind years, the warmest welcome ever in an eatery. And not the professional synthetic welcome one sometimes gets, this was the real deal. What lovely people. Friday evening, 1830h, pretty full. Mostly locals, always a good sign. A boisterous family table of eight for instance, replaced while we there by a family table of nine. The bar, locals, busy. Even so, service was quick. The food is... sshhh... cheap, but very good and plenty of it. A cut above the normal standard of pub grub. I had whitebait, steak, cheese cake. The home-made white chocolate banoffie cheese cake at £4.50 was remarkable, like a marriage between a cheese and a cake. Unfortunately it came with two spoons and it got raided, shall we say, by someone who said they were too full for a dessert. Hmmph. Overall, great, just great. One tip... if you visit of a sunny summer's evening, as you drive up to the car park you'll need your sun glasses.

Best ice cream around! Fantastic choice of flavours, fairly priced, generous portions....cannot fault Roy's Ices! Never yet been disappointed!

A little gem of a cafe! Lovely friendly staff, food was super tasty, freshly prepared and priced very reasonably. Fruit loaf was delicious! Would highly recommend x

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.

Heavenly Everything g was superb ! Heaven in our mouths Heaven in our eyes Gorgeous - what a find Thu/fri /sat 10.30-4 at the moment Such a special calm friendly place Food was second to none !!! And all the extra love ❤️ added to this wonderful place - it beams joy 🤩 Thank you for letting us chat with you all My kids were so such a special place ! ( meditative ) Wish you were near us in Sheffield 😍 We will recommend highly - Thank-you all so much

We visited Kimi’s today and couldn’t recommend it enough, Gelato was delicious (I would definitely recommend the chocolate and honeycomb but all looked delicious). The lady behind the counter was so friendly and was really kind to our Labrador. Thank you! Would love to visit again for another ice cream when we are next in the area.

We were looking for somewhere to stop for a bite to eat on our way up to the Lakes. We came across the River Bela cafe and certainly weren't disappointed! A lovely little place with friendly hosts and delicious food. All this and dog friendly too, which is a must for us. We had the lovely home baked, hand carved ham sandwiches. On the way back home 2 days later we couldn't resist calling in again, this time for a lovely cooked breakfast - scrumptious! We will definitely be returning and recommending to friends and family.

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!!

We were travelling to hawkshead with our little one and needed to stop for lunch, having a google we found nikitas Bistro, and the reviews looked great so we popped in! Well it didn't dissapont,the bistro is quaint but charming and welcoming with plenty of amazing cakes on display to draw you in. The team were amazing with out dietary requests and made sure all our food was safe, they were all lovely and welcoming and we had a fab lunch, good portions and well cooked. Some vegan/dairy free alternatives which is amazing for us, we were able to do some switches to make the food safe that they were happy to do for us which was lovely. Would definitely recommend a visit 🌟

Great little gem, I had a chicken and bacon salad barm was amazing 😍 a lovely cup of tea, set me up for the afternoon. Will diffinatley be coming back 😀 great ice cream too.

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!

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.