The best restaurants serving British food in South Lakeland North West

Hiked Helm Crag, stopped in for a pint and a snack. Great food menu and good lineup of beers and drinks. Plenty of places to sit inside and out. Beautiful old traditional pub feel. Food delivered very swiftly, my food great, partners was ok. No one checked on us to see if we needed help, assistance or more food or drinks.

I only ordered a small portion of chips £3.80.The prices have all changed and it is not a cheap chippy. I didn't expect the portion to be so tiny...half a spud. They were also very greasy, so the quality, the quantity and the price were all bad. I ended up giving most of them away to the birds. They were served with a smile though.

Tried to visit this place again after an amazing experience in 2021 and found it’s closed down. Disappointing as was an outstanding place.

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.

We come here every time we visit Bowness, and always will. Lovely staff, nice food, great cocktails and a perfect environment indoors or out.

We have been coming here since 2004. Alpine serves the best breakfast in Bowness. It is not pretentious like other cafes springing up and is not a tourist trap. It is where locals get their breakfast - simply the best!

Good local's pub, good beer not too far from the centre of Kendal

Don’t seem to stick to opening times or opening days. maybe time to update opening times, absolute joke!

My hubby booked our 3 night stay here as a treat for my birthday. On the second night it was my birthday so we had booked a table. We had a free entree, which was a nice surprise. When we went into the restaurant, we were the first ones in. The table had petals on it, and a birthday card, which was lovely. We ordered the beef skewer and the mushroom starter, which h were both lovely. We then had the pork belly and the duck. Both were great. Service was top notch. Our waiter was Raphael. Would highly recommend to anyone.

Lovely hot day and popped in for two ice creams. One waffle cone with two scoops and one cone with one scoup. £8.10 and the ice creams were very small. The lady serving used a small scoup not much bigger than a teaspoon! Won't be going again!!

We booked a table at Paisley's Restaurant by telephone a couple of weeks in advance of our visit and were told the booking was fine. Imagine our surprise then when we arrived at the Crag Manor Hotel to find their restaurant was closed. We were told it had not opened since the Covid lock-down and would not be opening for the foreseeable future. So why was our telephone booking accepted? Paisley’s Restaurant is part of the Crag Manor Hotel. If that’s how they treat their guests, I’m surprised anyone actually stays there!

Lovely country pub. Decent prices for pints. Didn't get any food so can't comment but menu looked great.

Very tired and in need of complete renovation and it shouldnt have been advertised as a four star hotel. Staff were friendly and helpful working under poor conditions. Breakfast choice poor unless you like eggs and the vegetarian full English was dry and obviously been kept under a heat lamp. Definitely not 4 star and I understand the day after we left the hotel was closed for renovation.

Excellent food and location but I was charged for the milk for the coffee.

First camping trip pub we ever went into back in 93 aged 18. Sad to see it closed today. Major rebuild in progress and will be I recognisable. So I'll never see how it was again.