The best restaurants serving British food in North West

Fantastic friendly staff - cakes were exceptional and perfect with a cup of tea after doing the nearby waterfall hike. Sitting in the garden gives you great views down the valley. Would highly recommend!

Not impressed. It was 1pm at the end of a walk -we decided to get coffees and snacks. Being vegan, we’re limited but were made up there were choices! There was a sign at the entrance to the cafe blocking the way but didn’t investigate. We probably would rather sit inside. Not sure why that was closed - even if it was. Its the Easter holidays. Lovely day so we went to the back to the window hatch and would sit outside. Ordered three vegan sausage balms and coffee. Server said she’d have to check and man came up and said ‘no no no its far too late for breakfast now.’ I hadnt realised this was breakfast. He offered nothing more and was dismissive so we just came away and they lost around £20 sale. Need to be more accommodating, especially for people with limited diets.….but we wont be going back.

The Royal is an hidden gem the food is outstanding all home cooked, and excellent value for money. The menu caters for all, the Sunday lunches are amazing all freshly prepared and if you don’t have room for your dessert you can take it home. The homemade pies a choice of Cheese or Meat are freshly made by Alison are a worth a try they are delicious. It is well worth a visit and the prices are extremely reasonable. The staff go above and beyond they are so friendly especially Alison & Nicola.

There aren't many cafes quite like this one.

We’re regulars in the pub, we thought that we would check out the new menu! We didn’t wait long for food, was delicious. We overheard that the pub was going through some chef changes this didn’t affect our food it was the best soufflé I’ve had in a while!! Would highly recommend, lovely staff members!

All food was fresh home made and lovely and hot. Kids meals absolutely beautiful and fresh. Beef roast dinner was tender and soft

My husband and I were staying at the nearby county hotel and decided to call in for a coffee on the way into the shopping area. The coffee was great and the millionaires slice was lovely. Service was very good.

Staff were so friendly, welcoming, bubbly and warm, they really made our experience when they were having a laugh and bantering with customers. The food was delicious, really good portion sizes and reasonably priced. Didn't have to wait long at all for service, drinks or food. We are so glad we decided to try this place before we left Cockermouth to return home. We even asked to take some scones with us for when we got home.

Lovely quaint cafe in Heysham, great selection of cakes, great quality. Seating inside and out, dogs not allowed inside. Lovely coffee and friendly staff

Well kept secret! Although this hotel is in centre of town the restaurant is surprisingly quiet. Not frequented by many locals. The food here is excellent. Great menu, every course we had was delicious. Our party had beautiful cheese soufflés, seafood pappardelle, cod, and chicken mains, all well presented and tasty. Lovely desserts too. A couple of bottles of wine reasonably priced. Everyone enjoyed the dinner and would definitely make a return visit.

Lovely people very helpful and friendly, good cafe food

Absolutely fantastic service and food. A group of 8 cyclists turned up on spec and we were wowed. Thank you for looking after us so well and what a fab breakfast.

Called in last Friday evening after deciding to go for a run out in the car to try somewhere different for a change. We looked it up online before we went to see if it was dog friendly. On arrival, we walked past a group of lads who thought it funny to make a comment and have a good old laugh about one of the people in our group who happens to be disabled, like they've never seen a disabled person before. Didn't even bother to wait until we were out of earshot before pointing and joking to his mates. What a lovely welcome. We couldn't get near the bar to get served for all the locals clogging up the bar and not one of them had the courtesy to move aside to allow us to get served. There was a fella with a big black dog clogging up the thoroughfare who could see I was trying to get past and just sat there with no intentions of getting his dog to move out of the way. I either had to step over it or walk round the other way. He clearly had a sense of entitlement. We'd just called in for drinks but the first woman who served us told us we couldn't sit in the main part of the pub as we had a dog and had to go and sit in the back room because it had a wooden floor, even though the main part of the pub was full of other dogs as well as a few rowdy kids playing darts, so not sure why we weren't welcome in the main part of the pub. We were shown to a room at the back which was dark and dingey and had no atmosphere because nobody else was in there except us. We felt awkward and far away from where all the atmosphere was. We'd specifically chosen to go to this pub because it said it was dog friendly and it looked like it had a warm atmosphere on the photos with it's wooden beams, real open fire and cosy seating; it looked like a traditional country pub. It was this part of the pub we really wanted to be in not some dark candlelight back room on our own. It felt like we were about to conduct a seance. Not sure why we were pushed in to sitting there when the rest of the pub was full of dogs and there were tables free by the fireplace. I went up to the bar for a second round of drinks and asked for a vodka and coke and the girl reached for a bottle of coke from the fridge to which I said, "No, I'd like draught coke please" rather than pay through the nose for bottled coke. Rather rude and condescendingly I was told that the draught was Cola and NOT coke, like it was my mistake for not specifying. Surely it's obvious that when I say coke I mean it in the generic sense. She should have asked rather than just assume trying to make me look stupid. She was just being pedantic and rude. We felt overall the staff and customers were quite rude and ignorant and made us feel quite unwelcome as if it was a locals pub for local people. We decided after two drinks to head back home as we didn't feel comfortable staying there any longer. The locals starred at us as we walked out like we were aliens. Rather apt given the name of the pub. Wouldn't be surprised if they gossiped about us after we left. A local village pub with rude, small minded people. Quite expensive for drinks as well. Not worth the visit. Won't be returning.

wasted journey for the 3 rd time in the last 6 weeks, the place is always closed with no notice in the window. i wonder if it has closed !

Stayed here on the night of the 3rd October! Had dinner and breakfast the following morning. We both had the steak, tasted amazing. Breakfast the following morning was also a success. Our dog joined us in the mezzanine area, which was great. Hotel is very popular, would recommend booking for dinner and breakfast as also very popular. Look forward to eating again at this restaurant. Also had drinks in the bar, lovely area with a roaring fire.