The best restaurants serving British food in Keswick Allerdale North West

Took my 91 year old mum here for lunch. We should have listened to instincts and turned round. The place was cold. All the radiators were off and the waitress said that the owner had just gone out and she didn’t know how to turn the heating on. We did not take our coats off and noticed that another couple were sitting in their coats too. Very strange for a cold and miserable December day. We persevered. I ordered the Cumberland sausage in a baguette and my mum ordered Fried Egg, Chips and Beans with the eggs fried very hard. She also ordered a half strength, decaffeinated latte. My baguette arrived and it was very nice and tasty (although a bit expensive for what it was). About five minutes later, my mum’s meal arrived. The eggs were runny. My mum hates runny eggs so we sent them back. They came back with hard yolks - and inedible whites. My mum said her meal was totally bland. The coffee lacked one thing - coffee. Half strength doesn’t mean none (or next to none). There were notices everywhere saying “staff only”, even at the counter and asking customers to wait for staff to come and take their order. The waitress almost broke her neck getting to the counter in time to stop a customer putting his empty cups on the counter, stating that it was a clean space. What the heck! Shades of Covid. Again, very strange and quite unwelcoming. I had two diet cokes and the whole meal came to about £31. Very pricey for mediocre food. Rest assured, we won’t be back!

Food, staff, setting all excellent. The lemon posset is to die for. Great location close to high street. Very reasonably priced.

Very good food from imaginative menus. We ate from the Tapas and the Main. Veal escalope from the Main and the spicy meatballs plus patatas brava from the Tapas menus are highly recommended. Generous portions.