Sedbergh Restaurant Guide

This Victorian inn has long been run by the Dinnes family, and the interior is “full of interesting nooks and crannies and curios”, with “a truly nostalgic, traditional feel as opposed to the sham nostalgia so often fabricated”. It makes “an excellent place for a delicious Sunday lunch”, and one reporter this year “particularly appreciated the attention paid to vegetables”. Further boon: it’s “good value if you stay overnight” (the most adventurous option being to glamp in a yurt in their own slice of forest by the river).

“A regular stop when heading north” – this Lune Valley stalwart near the Cumbrian and Yorkshire borders is true to the Brunning & Price DNA: attractive surrounds (a coaching inn dating from the eighteenth century, featuring log fires and flagged stone floors); “very consistent” and wide-ranging pub food (pies, Sunday lunches and decent veggie options too); and “friendly and efficient staff”. Top Menu Tip – the “crispy beef salad is still amazing”.

This “very creative Pan Asian” – one of three restaurants at the swish Gilpin hotel – rates highly for its “theatrical open kitchen and super food expertly prepared by staff who clearly love their job” (“I wouldn’t have thought of a Lake District hotel as being good for sushi, but the maki rolls were really rather good, if definitely more of an American west coast vibe than Japanese purity”). Steady ratings support those who say: “I’m pleased to say that chef Hrishikesh Desai’s departure from Gilpin has not affected the quality at all” (while the menu gives the impression of “ranging more widely across southeast Asia than it did under his direction”).

A 17th-century hostelry in a “very attractive setting”, with a “popular bar” and “well-furnished restaurant” serving a “straightforward menu” which offers a British take on Mediterranean food. Long-serving landlords Andrew & Belinda Wilkinson retired in 2024 after 43 years running establishments in the Lune Valley, and thus far the standards they set have been maintained. Top Menu Tip – “excellent Boeuf Bourguignon”.

“A real treat for overly stressed adults looking to unwind!” – the “high class” dining room of this “lovely” Lakeland hotel provides a very accomplished all-rounder. “Food is very well-prepared by a big brigade” under the watchful eye of chef Ollie Bridgewater who joined in 2023 after a ten-year stint at the Fat Duck. The front of house team are “genuine and caring” and present the “innovative cuisine, with key foundations in sourcing and tradition” and producing a “great balance of dishes”. There’s also a “very good wine list with some not overly expensive, extremely good wines”.

A “pleasant, dog-friendly country pub with good food in a warm setting” – the secret to the success of this Georgian coaching inn, located in the picturesque Winster Valley, and long run by the Edmondson family (latterly sons Craig & Shaun). If you overindulge, there are nine bedrooms to sleep it off in, or else make the most of the leafy locale by staying in their more recent ‘pods’, which are set on the grounds.