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This place serves very good food and has a good wine list, there is a fair range of wines available by the glass. The staff are friendly and the right level of attentive; the service was fine. The venue is smart, certainly a step up from many around here. There is a fixed price menu and a la carte choices too. We had the fixed price, the portion sizes were perfectly fine. The menu had some less commonly seen items, I had a very successful dish of Cornish sardines, while my wife had pancetta which she said was delicious. Overall, we definitely enjoyed our meals and our time there. Slightly on the down side, the room can be quite noisy if there are children present, and we had 12% added to our bill as a service charge (although we were only a group of three). This latter might be becoming more common, but it seems a bit off to me.

Super friendly and chilled atmosphere, booked our table a month ago luckily as super busy. We popped in for cocktails before going to Outlaws and felt so welcomed. Then we had food 2 nights later.. crab fritters, scallops, oysters , sole and beef skewers. All were sheer perfection, the tastes and quality of produce provided superb.

Lovely people, fabulous menu, super delicious Indian fusion food and drinks, good spot, nice relaxing vibe and grebackground music. Great vegan options. Would definitely recommend and we'll be back!

Gorgeous ice cream and lovely staff. Not over priced either for a busy tourists destination. Would recommend the sticky toffee flavour

We yet again had a wonderful dining experience. The food was excellent. The table settings were very attractive. The service was second to none. This is our fourth visit to the Dining Room this year every meal has been delicious. It well worth a visit the students are very professional.

Adecuada inicio - grub formulada en su mejor. Era un servicio realmente bueno, una persona de nuestro grupo es alérgica al gluten. Después de mencionar a Mike todos estábamos completamente atendidos y muy feliz! La alternativa verdadera ventaja sobre la opción libre de gluten. Seguro que volveremos, delicioso

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.

Nice staff very helpful, had a bacon baguette, bacon was very fatty, spoiled was was otherwise a decent sausage and bacon baguette.

Been meaning to write this for ages. ‘The butchers mate is in my opinion the best cafe in Bassett! The food is beautiful and top quality but more than anything it’s the people that work there that so obviously care about what they do that makes it. I first started going 2.5 years ago when I had just moved to bassett. I had a 3 year old and a new born and we were just coming out of lockdown. For any new mum the chance to have a cup of coffee in peace without feeling you and your kids are in the way, causing distraction or generally be a pain is a god send. The people at the butchers mate always made me feel welcome - took the time to interact with my kids and never judged when I would inevitably have two screaming kids, tantrums or a just a normal crying baby! My kids now know and love the cafe and lovingly call it the ‘beans on toast shop’. It’s great and I am very grateful! Massive shout out to Claire and the team. Xxx

A superb family run business, excellent service and Phil is a really great genuine host with so much time for a chat. An absolute pleasure to be there.

A consistently excellent experience at Meadgate. Breakfast menu was extensive and we all chose something different. Everything was served together and was hot, tasty and plentiful. Will be back soon!

Hemos disfrutado el maravilloso pan y bollos de Jane y Craig durante un tiempo, maravillosamente hechos y deliciosos, con un servicio tan amable. Sin embargo, mi hija de 12 años y yo nos unimos recientemente a uno de sus cursos de panificación por primera vez y tuvimos un día maravilloso. Hicimos tantas golosinas y Craig y Jane fueron muy generosos con su tiempo, conocimiento y experiencia. Aprendimos mucho y trajimos a casa tantos panes y bollos diferentes, fue una excelente relación calidad-precio y nos ha dado una habilidad para toda la vida. ¡Gracias a los dos!

Always a warm welcome accompanied by great food and fast service even when busy. In an atmospheric Victorian cottage A real Gem. Simon

I come in here every few weeks when I have to visit the area. I usually have an americano but today I had a flat white which was exceptionally good - super tasty but also a lovely consistency and at just the right temperature. This place definitely does the best coffee in the area and the staff are really friendly plus have a nice loo.

My wife and I treat ourselves sometimes to a breakfast at the Ango and it never disappoints! Great food service and people, we shall return.