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.
Featured Pooley Bridge Restaurants
1. George & Dragon
British, Traditional restaurant in Clifton
“Newly renovated and as charming as ever” – this Cumbrian pub is in the same stable as well-known Askham Hall and is again winning strong all-round ratings in our survey (having been forced to close till mid-2023 after a fire). One fan notes: “It was by pure chance that our holiday house was across the road from this fine establishment. How fortunate we were! We enjoyed a fabulous Sunday lunch, and the veg was particularly good (including turnip and kalette!)”.
2. Allium at Askham Hall
British, Modern restaurant in Penrith
Askham - CA10
Proceed from one of the cosy lounges to dinner in the intimate dining room, complete with open kitchen of this accoladed Lakeland destination, which sits inside a picturesque Grade I listed mansion dating from the 1200s (occupied by the family of the current owners since 1724 and converted to a restaurant with rooms in 2013). Chef Richard Swale presides over a seven-course tasting menu for £125 per person, although he does well to outshine the “huge book of a wine list” – “an amazing selection for all tastes and budgets”.
3. 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).
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
“A rather anonymous exterior in the ubiquitous local red sandstone makes this excellent little restaurant somewhat missable at first glance”, but venture inside the former bank and you’ll find a “remarkably creative restaurant” offering “a menu of essentially bistro classics, all done well and with obvious generosity”. Add in “relaxed, thoughtful and non-intrusive service”, and it won nothing but praise this year, with one reporter even keen to award it “11 out of 10”. Top Menu Tip – “The slow-cooked beef with Parmesan and truffle chips was a dish of the year”; “a venison suet pie, rich with port, and served with an improbably delicious blue cheese mash and whisky stock-based sauce was the ultimate tasty comfort food, whose deliciousness outweighed the large portion… I still managed a lovely sticky toffee pudding though!”
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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