Hardens Guide to the Best Restaurants in Sedbergh
Hardens guides have spent 33 years compiling reviews of the best Sedbergh restaurants. On Hardens.com you'll find details and reviews of 7 restaurants in Sedbergh and our unique survey based approach to rating and reviewing Sedbergh restaurants gives you the best insight into the top restaurants in every area and of every type of cuisine.
Featured Sedbergh Restaurants
1. The Punch Bowl Inn
British, Modern restaurant in Crosthwaite
This “consistently enjoyable” and much commented-on gastropub – originally a village blacksmiths from 1829 – wins plaudits for its “helpful and friendly staff” under owner Richard Rose, and for its signature “cheese soufflé that always hits the spot – which is why they keep it on the menu”; other dishes also go down well, not least a “raspberry soufflé to die for”.
2. The Black Bull Inn
British, Modern restaurant in Sedbergh
44 Main Street - LA10
“A charming old pub with a lot of atmosphere” – James Ratcliff and Nina Matsunaga’s “well- run operation” is to be found in a “lovely town” between the Yorkshire Dales and the Lake District. The “really good” cuisine makes an unusual find in these parts, reflecting as it does chef Nina’s Japanese heritage with some interesting Asian inflections to the traditional Yorkshire fare.
3. The Black Swan
British, Modern restaurant in Ravenstonedale
Fell Road - CA17
2023 Review: This “small, family-run hotel” in the idyllic Eden Valley has a “lovely restaurant” serving “good-quality locally sourced food” which includes “some very unusual dishes with lovely flavours”. The “front-of-house staff are great”, and you can make your stay more adventurous by glamping in a yurt in their private forest.
4. The Highwayman
British, Traditional restaurant in Nether Burrow
Burrow - LA6
This much commented-on Brunning & Price stalwart in a Lune Valley hamlet is a “justifiably popular” place at any time of the day thanks to its menu of “consistently good” food (the “crispy beef salad is an all-time favourite”), its “nice atmosphere” and service that is “very relaxing and unhurried” too.
5. Gilpin Spice, Gilpin Hotel
Indian restaurant in Windermere
Crook Road - LA23
This modern Lakeland dining room – an Asian dining alternative in this luxuriously updated small hotel – is nowadays presided over by Aakash Ohol, who – prior to the departure of Hrishkesh Desai in December 2022 – was sous chef of Hrishi (since relaunched as Source, see also). Notwithstanding the odd disappointment registered this year, feedback suggests its diverse dishes (inspired by countries along the Spice Route) can be a useful relief to the native fare generally prevalent in this neck of the woods; even if “sometimes it’s difficult to choose and the dishes come as and when they’re ready”.
6. The Lunesdale Arms
British, Modern restaurant in Tunstall
Main Street - LA6
2022 Review: An “interesting, imaginative menu” giving a modern British twist to Mediterranean cooking “caters for all tastes” at this pub, which features an attractive contemporary interior. “Desserts are especially delicious.”
7. Source (fka Hrishi), Gilpin Hotel
British, Modern restaurant in Windermere
Crook Rd - LA23
“Never failing with the quality of food and service” – ex-Fat Duck chef Ollie Bridgwater did well to hang onto the Michelin star at the Cunliffe family’s Lakeland hotel, where he succeeded Hrishikesh Desai (who previously ran the dining room as Hrishi) just a matter of weeks before it was due to be re-rated. Despite the constant updating of the property, it is a relatively traditional space. There’s a three-course à la carte for £90, or a six-course tasting option for £120 (£200 if you go for the accompanying wine-tasting accompaniment). There is also a less informal option of the Knipe Grill at Gilpin Lake House, which is a waterside building elsewhere on the estate. And see also Gilpin Spice.
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