RestaurantsCumbriaAmblesideLA22

survey result

Summary

£84
 ££££
3
Good
2
Average
3
Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

Also home to the Barngates Brewery – whose brews are on tap – this rural pub is a popular destination on the Lakeland tourist trail. It didn’t generate much attention in our annual diners’ poll this year, but such as we received was ‘all good‘ (although some feedback suggested “mains aren’t as good as the starters and puds”).

Summary

£77
 ££££
3
Good
2
Average
4
Very Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

This “out-of-the-way gem” in a “wonderful rural location beyond Ambleside” is a “brilliant pub with terrific food and very tasty ale” from its own Barngates Brewery, out the back. It gets “very busy” at holiday times, but – even when “full of tourists and short of staff”“the food is well prepared and presented”.

Summary

£72
  £££
3
Good
3
Good
4
Very Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

This “wonderful old pub” is just a “great place to eat, drink and be merry” while enjoying the “terrific” food and “great locations and views” of an old Lakeland sheep drovers’ route.

Summary

£67
  £££
3
Good
3
Good
4
Very Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

“Idyllic Lake District country pub”“the food is great too, and surprisingly inventive” at this perennially popular inn on an old Lakeland sheep-driving route, run by owner Steph Barton for 42 years.

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Restaurant details

Highchair,Portions
Yes
No dress code
56

Prices

Availability 2 courses 3 courses coffee included service included
Always £45.00 £55.00

Traditional European menu

Veggies Pudding
£0.00 £0.00
Drinks  
Wine per bottle £35.00
Filter Coffee £4.00
Extras  
Bread £0.00
Service 10.00%
Barngates, Ambleside, LA22 0NG
Opening hours
Monday1 pm‑2:45 pm, 6 pm‑8 pm
Tuesday1 pm‑2:45 pm, 6 pm‑8 pm
Wednesday1 pm‑2:45 pm, 6 pm‑8 pm
Thursday1 pm‑2:45 pm, 6 pm‑8 pm
Friday1 pm‑2:45 pm, 6 pm‑8 pm
Saturday1 pm‑2:45 pm, 6 pm‑8 pm
Sunday12 pm‑3 pm

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