The best restaurants serving British food in South Lakeland North West

Staff cant cope. Went today at 10:30am. Had a short walk with our dog and then sat outside and ordered 2 coffees and a cake and waited and waited and waited. 25 mins later, seeing others being given their coffee’s and cakes as soon as they ordered them, my husband went back to see where our order was. Having queued another 5 mins at kiosk ! Beautiful as the place may be, if you wait something as simple and quick as coffee and cake, be prepared for a long wait. I cant say they were over busy , but they were clearly struggling to cope with demand. Hate to think what it will be like Easter weekend !

Went for tea with our two young boys, the pizzas were OK and chips amd drinks are expensive for what you get. Nearly £70,for two pizzas, one chips, wine, Guinness and two soft drinks. The biggest negative is that they put £5,95 service charge without telling you. If they tell you up front we wouldn't have minded. Pity won't be going again

Overnight stay at The Crown, Coniston. Lovely place, friendly and welcoming staff. Evening meal was lovely, as was the breakfast. Rooms lovely and clean. Will definitely be back

Excellent pub, service fantastic, food cooked by David superb. Everything about our stay was perfect, rooms, staff , beer and lovely atmosphere.

Great service. Refreshing to see staff so confident in all dietary requirements and allergens! Hanna was very helpful. Will be back again 🥐👍👍

Just a quick visit on a Saturday night for a few beers but the place was buzzing due to a match being screened. Drink and service was very good and it makes a good alternative option to the other Ambleside bars x

Excellent pub food and great selection of drinks. Great atmosphere. Friendly staff. Would highly recommend the lasagne!

Very good mother's Day lunch. We were a large group. All the food came out together and was delicious. Desserts too were traditional and lovely. Service was polite, and well organised. Only thing I would have preferred is a local beer.

Superb food and excellent serice from Tom this evening. All the food was delicious, especially the braised belly pork. Highly recommend.

Ok, now it’s a bit confusing here as there’s two The Station Inn TripAdvisor profiles/categories here as one shows up in hotels and the other one for their restaurant and food bit? This particular review I’ll call it *part one* is my reviewing of the restaurant and the evening meal/food side of things served up in the pub/restaurant section of The Station Inn. We’d booked into the B&B part of The Station Inn but I’ll give that part a separate review as *part two*. The Station Inn part itself was rammed to the rafters which did come as a bit of a surprise for a Thursday night as I’d presumed an outskirts of town Inn and B&B would be far more touristy and not a drinking spot for the locals but ah well, fair enough, business is business and it was the prelude to the Bank Holiday Easter weekend. Two adults, two teenage boys and two dogs found their reserved table with the humans looking to get fed. I ordered us in some drinks and then suggested everyone give the young chap waiting our table their choice of starters and main courses rather than a tired old me have to remember and order in the lot. I’d originally chosen the black pudding fritters starter but apparently these weren’t available? So, I opted for the Scotch Egg instead, yet this came with pieces of black pudding served in a whisky sauce? Hmmm ok? There was black pudding for the Scotch egg but no black pudding for the black pudding fritters themselves? This black pudding saga would continue at breakfast in *part 2* The Scotch egg was very good though, borderline excellent. Everyone else chose their respective starters, and there was no further issues there, thankfully. For mains I went for the trio of sausage which to be fair was very nice, the sausages themselves tip-top and flavoursome served up with a nice mashed potato plus I’d ordered in a side of chunky chips to bolster things up a bit, but that tiny portion of extra chips certainly wasn’t worth the £3.25 charged. My good lady had a chicken sizzler which looked amazing and it did actually sizzle whilst the twin lads had both picked the steak and onion pie. Everyone reported back to me they were happy enough with their meals, but I’d clocked the vegetables the lads were served up. One plate had mostly cauliflower plated up on it and the other mainly had broccoli rather than them both getting a 50/50 of each vegetable portion (See the photos) Come on, I know it can be pretty hectic during food service but some basic attention to detail here, having cheffed myself many years ago in much busier venues, I can safely say that I never made such trivial schoolboy errors! The Station Inn pub and restaurant bit itself, yeah, it was pretty good, clean, tidy and very busy, the poor bar/serving staff looked like they were getting run-ragged but remained smily, helpful and pleasant, the food itself was fine, and other than a couple of trivial errors regarding food and drink served I was happy enough, I’ll not go into great detail into my 0% Heineken served with a small Birra Moretti glass when I wanted it all served up as a pint of shandy…haha ah nevermind, anyways, we all gave the desserts a miss!

We had a delicious breakfast at the More? Artisan Bakery. We sampled porridge, a bacon and egg bap and a pain au chocolat. All the food was made with first class ingredients and tasted great. The tea was a lovely big mug full. The cafe has a nice lively atmosphere and is well decorated. We will definitely make a return trip!

Very welcoming atmosphere. Recently done up and very cosy. Food excellent, best triple cooked chips I’ve ever had! Owner very nice and welcoming and fab entertainment on a Saturday night. A must, highly recommended.

Called in with the family on a whim. I had heard that a new chef was in and had heard good reports regarding quality etc. I know the pub well and it certainly is well looked after, the fire a massive bonus, service was warm and friendly, menus pointed out to us. There was quite a range of dishes and I settled on lasagne, mum and dad had the sea bass and hubby had the venison. The food was amazing, presentation immaculate. We couldn't manage a dessert but enjoyed a gin or 2 after. Well worth a visit.

We stopped here today for afternoon tea while on a day tour. We had an amazing afternoon tea which was fresh and delicious with lots of cakes to choose from and only with 5 minutes until they stopped serving lunch. The staff were amazing and accommodated us and even boxed the left over food for us as we were called back to the tour bus earlier than expected. We also loved the pot of freshly brewed tea which was lovely and the courtyard outside was so pretty with colourful flowers and a very relaxed vibe. I only wish we had longer to relax here but we will definitely be back.

Visited Grange Over sands for the day recently and popped into this little place for lunch. They offer something different in that they have English and Phillapeano dishes. They have a lovely terrace that you can sit overlooking the bay. Both of us had omelette freshly cooked absolutely lovely. We also had Portuguese tarts which the lady who owns and runs the place makes herself, they are delicious highly recommend! Some ladies at the table next to us had Phillapeano dishes and they smelt amazing. Coffee was really good too. Reasonably priced as well. Definitely worth a visit.