Hardens Guide to the Best Restaurants in Pooley Bridge
Hardens guides have spent 33 years compiling reviews of the best Pooley Bridge restaurants. On Hardens.com you'll find details and reviews of 6 restaurants in Pooley Bridge and our unique survey based approach to rating and reviewing Pooley Bridge restaurants gives you the best insight into the top restaurants in every area and of every type of cuisine.
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1. 1863 Restaurant with Rooms
British, Modern restaurant in Pooley Bridge
Elm House, High Street - CA10
“Fair prices for food that’s consistently pleasant to excellent” wins ongoing praise for this converted blacksmith’s – nowadays a restaurant with rooms in the centre of this scenic Lakeland village on Ullswater. Cumbrian born chef Phil Corrie offers a choice of three-course à la carte menu and seven-course tasting menu (the latter for £105 per person).
2. George & Dragon
British, Traditional restaurant in Clifton
Just a couple of miles from its stablemate, Askham Hall, which provides much of the produce for its kitchens – Charles Lowther’s charming Cumbrian pub (with 10 bedrooms) near the M6 reopened in mid-2023 following a year’s closure after a fire in June 2022. Previously one of the more commented-on destinations in this neck of the woods, fans have been “awaiting its return”.
3. Allium at Askham Hall
British, Modern restaurant in Penrith
Askham - CA10
“The most incredible wine list – in the league of the best three-star restaurants, with the added advantage of being relatively reasonably priced” is “coupled with a five-star level of food” from chef Richard Swale (who has held a Michelin star since 2019) at this dazzlingly good operation. It occupies a Grade I listed mansion dating from the 1200s, which has been inhabited by the family of the current owners since 1724. Converted to a restaurant with rooms in 2013, it offers an “amazing all-round experience”: “we had a stunning 1952 Pomorol, and then sat in front of the lounge fire with a gentle Cognac!”
4. Angel Lane Chippie
Fish & chips restaurant in Penrith
17 Angel Lane - CA11
2022 Review: “A rather ordinary looking chippie on a narrow pedestrianised lane in the centre of town” that’s something of a local mainstay. On limited feedback, it gets a strong thumbs up: “the long queue is tightly managed. Portions are large and there’s very good chips, plus homemade tartar sauce and a wedge of lemon. Good to see that potatoes are local and fish are MSC certified”.
5. Four & Twenty
British, Modern restaurant in Penrith
42 King St - CA11
“Behind a rather nondescript exterior of the local red sandstone”, this converted old bank near the town’s market square “was once the sister restaurant of the remarkable Mrs Millers at Culgaith, which disappeared with the closure of the garden centre which housed it” a few years ago. “It continues where Mrs Millers left off, with an attractive and attractively priced short menu”: “very comforting, hearty dishes, but also delicious” and “beautifully presented”. “We live in Darlington but regularly drive over to Four and Twenty. The food is amazing value! The staff go above and beyond to make us feel welcome and comfortable” (“jugs of iced tap water come unbidden to the table!”).
6. The George Hotel
British, Modern restaurant in Penrith
Devonshire Street - CA11
2022 Review: This old-school market-town hotel is a cosseting sort of spot, whether you opt to dine in the “comforting bar area” or the silver-and-ruby-red restaurant, garlanded with two AA rosettes for its “consistently high standard” of “well-presented” food.
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