RestaurantsCumbriaWindermereLA23

survey result

Summary

£101
£££££
2
Average
2
Average
4
Very Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

Ratings weakened this year at this luxurious Lakeland hotel, whose wood-panelled, traditional dining room provides a splendid vantage-point for gazing over Lake Windermere. One reporter felt that the “competent, but potentially excellent, cooking was not value for money, due to willing but overstretched service” – perhaps signposting that the blip was due to the tribulations of the times?

Summary

£99
 ££££
3
Good
3
Good
5
Exceptional
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

“Luxury, on all fronts” helps summarise the appeal of a meal at this well-known Lakeland hotel: originally built as a hunting lodge with a “gorgeous” wood-panelled, traditional dining room and “sensational views” over Lake Windermere. Fans applaud its “truly elegant” cuisine too, but ratings are capped by sceptics who consider the performance “overrated”.

For 33 years we've been curating reviews of the UK's most notable restaurant. In a typical year, diners submit over 50,000 reviews to create the most authoritative restaurant guide in the UK. Each year, the guide is re-written from scratch based on this survey (although for the 2021 edition, reviews are little changed from 2020 as no survey could run for that year).

Have you eaten at Holbeck Ghyll?

Holbeck Lane, Windermere, LA23 1LU

Restaurant details

Highchair,Menu,Portions
Yes
25
No jeans
52
7+ at D
Yes

Prices

  Cost Availability Courses
Menu1 80.00 Always available 8
Menu2 55.00 Always available 5

Traditional European menu

Starter Main Veggies Pudding
£12.00 £33.80 £7.00 £11.50
Drinks  
Wine per bottle £50.00
Filter Coffee £4.00
Extras  
Bread £4.60
Service 12.50%
Holbeck Lane, Windermere, LA23 1LU
Opening hours
Monday12 pm‑10 pm
Tuesday12 pm‑10 pm
Wednesday12 pm‑10 pm
Thursday12 pm‑10 pm
Friday12 pm‑10 pm
Saturday12 pm‑10 pm
Sunday12 pm‑10 pm

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