Stayed here for the first time this weekend, got a weekend package deal. Although we have eaten…read morehere a few times in the past the rooms live up to our expectations are our stay has been great. The restaurant is fantastic quality and the Chinese waitress is a lovely woman :-)

We loved our stay at this hotel. Location was great between…read moreWindermere(15 min walk) and Bowness(5 min walk) Food was very good Bed was compfy Room was clean Staff were friendly . Some reviewed this hotel is a bit bland or need a face lift but I think we need to be fair. This is a 3 star hotel in the country side. . Will stay there again if we go to the Lakes.

The manager was aloof but the atmosphere was fabulous and the people there just fab…read more I liked the space and the different rooms.

I spent a night here with my family and had a great experience. The room was very nice: bed…read morecomfortable, nice view, nicely decorated. The staff was very kind and helpful. We ate dinner at the restaurant and it was excellent. My aunt wanted me to have a typical English dinner. The food came out fast and was really good. The steak pie was perfect with the mashed potatoes, mushy peas, and gravy. 10/10 would recommend.

Spent an evening here with my family for a wonderful dinner and it couldn't have tasted better…read more Opted to try the Cumberland sausage and had my expectations blown away. Great service, courteous staff, and enjoyably casual ambiance.

We stayed with Kevin and Andrea this place is amazing . Kevin won Master cheif and the food id to…read moredie for they have just finished a full refurbishment of the hotel and the standard of the rooms is 5 star. There is a great relaxed feel to the whole place the staff are brilliant

I booked this hotel for my husband's birthday treat. I chose the Lymehurst because of it's 4 star…read morerating and the reviews of the restaurant and welcome. First thing we noticed was how narrow the parking spaces are! With a car parked either side of us we could hardly open the doors and had to squeeze out of the car. Welcome not particularly welcoming. The lady who greeted us did not give her name. She spoke in a peculiar half-whisper and was quite gloomy. We did not feel welcome and were a bit unnerved. We were shown to our room the Kirkhead. This is billed as a superior double and the website describes it as having a settee. I would hate to see a basic double if this is a superior! The bed is a double bed but seemed quite narrow. The room did not have a settee. The room is long and the ceiling high but it is quite a narrow room now they've put up a stud wall and fitted a bathroom. The wardrobe was very small for a couple: we were unable to hang up all our clothes for the weekend and had to fold some tops/trousers. My partner is tall and he noticed dust on all the high surfaces: tops of mirror, tv that made us cheekily run our finges across the top of the door frames and we found heavy dust there. The hairdryer was not working properly: it would only blow air if I kept my thumb pressed hard to a button on the front of it. As a result it was uncomfortable and no good for styling hair. The furnishings could best be described as pleasant there is nothing plush about this room and it certainly wasn't conducive to a romantic getaway. The room was rather hot and stifling. I tried leaving the window open but had to get up and close it at 2am on the first night because of the noise from the terrace directly below our window. The bathroom was cramped. When we had a bath we realised the bath is not just shorter than average, it is also shallower. Also, we could see the stud wall at the bottom corner of the bath where it had not been properly fitted. And the hot tap on the sink is loose. A major flaw is that the floor is NOT non-slip! We had a couple of hairy moments after bath/shower when we both slid on the wet floor. Oh, and the bathroom door sticks after a shower/bath and was pretty hard to wrench open. The soap/shampoo/conditioner provided is a sort of all-in-one that smelled really quite masuline. I'd advise bringing your own. The overall impression is just of a place that had grand aspirations but neither the budget nor the will to live up to them. Food: we did not eat in the restaurant. My partner found the menu limited (4 selections for each course) and not particularly inspired. We did eat in the bar now this is a plus point. The bar is large, brightly lit with several areas to sit and eat/drink. The staff were cheerful and welcoming (which was something of a relief!) and the food/drink arrived quickly. Food portions here are generous and the burger/sandwich were both tasty (one minor quibble; my sandwich came with avocado. This was mashed to a paste and had turned that rather brownish green one gets when avocado is cut and then left). I can definitely reccomend the cocktails and the ice creams! Breakfast: the continental part of the breakfast was excellent: a good range of fruits (fresh, tinned and a mixed berry compote), yogurt, several different cereals, milk, danish pastries & croissants and 4 different fresh fruit juices. Had we just had this, we'd have been very happy indeed. Unfortunately my husband chose instead to have the Full English breakfast. This seemed peculiarly stingy especially given the portions of the food served in the bar the previous evening. He got one sausage (texture: very dense. Not come across that before except in ones that have been cooked from frozen), ONE mushroom, ONE HALF of a tomato. Oh, and I'm pretty sure the HALF potato cake he got was not made in the kitchen there was a distinct impression of shop-bought. Lounge; comfortable, although a little cramped. The hotel brochure says that games are available in the lounge. Unfortunately the night we were there the games were all in the corner of the restaurant and we were told they would be unavaiable until after the restaurant was clear. Now, in the Lakes it rains a LOT and there is quite a necessity for things to do in bad weather. To have all the board games unavailable was just another half-thought out aspect of our stay. To sum up: This is not a hotel. It is a B&B. I don't know how it got 4 stars: I'd have thought 3 was pretty generous, based on the welcome and the room. It (or at least the room we stayed in) was not good for a romantic weekend. We were left feeling deflated and left very early on the morning of our 2nd night. Despite the website saying you can check out any time after 7am we were unable to find anyone for checkout, nobody answered the bell (rung twice) and in the end I left a note and the key on the stand in the entrance hall. We were glad to get away.

Ignore anything you read about this hotel before the 3/4/2025 it has been taken over and I can't…read morespeak highly enough about the hotel. Although still dated the new proprietor is working hard to update the building and the staff could not have done more to make our stay pleasant. The room was clean warm and comfortable. we booked direct over the phone by doing this breakfast (which was delicious) was included in the price . We will definitely be staying here again looking forward to seen the change

Another nice meal at the restaurant, staff very pleasant & helpful. Would certainly return.read more

Lunches here are good to normal. Baked potatoes and sandwiches with various fillings are £4…read moresomething. The lounge bar where we ate was interestingly decorated. There is a dining room, but the lounge is more comfortable. The bitter is Hartley's . The Crown is also a hotel, with 12 bedrooms. The building is great, apart from that I don't know about the hotel side. The building is on a quiet road with tables and chairs on the terrace. Not the most beautiful pub in the world, but apleasant place to sit and have drink.

After a longer tour we stopped at the Crown Inn. An interesting pub with a very mixed audience. The…read morefood is okay to normal. We had an interesting carrot soup and the dailies special. For what reason ever we had to pay up front for everything.

Incredible views from the main house drawing rooms, dining rooms and lounges. The lake is…read morebreathtaking when seen from the main building of Sharrow Bay. Our rooms were very well appointed in gorgeous antiques, a king-sized bed, a sitting area, for tea and coffee service, bottles of still water, en suite combined tub/shower bath, and morning paper delivery. The location of our suite was approximately a quarter mile to the main house where tea and meals were served. As pointed out previously, things are quite pricey and a bit pretentious, but, to some, this would be appealing. A full seven course meal was served for dinner, and an incredibly tasty breakfast of Eggs Benedict was a welcome surprise in the lake district over the usual traditional English breakfast. Sticky toffee putting was supposedly created here, and it was by far the best version we had in our 10 days in the lake district. We made reservations online several months in advance, and were able to purchase a room with both dinner and breakfast included. Given the prices on the menu, this is a fantastic deal, and I would highly recommend going this route. I probably will not be staying here again, and this is only because such luxury is not my cup of tea. If you were looking to be pampered and hear the instrumental version of "My heart will go on" four times during dinner, then this is your place.

I stopped in here for a Beer while camping in the lake district, and it's pricey (£5 for a…read moreBudweiser Budvar), but that's pretty obvious from the moment you enter the grounds. But honestly, the staff are friendly (possibly because we were clearly purchasing something - I imagine others enter the grounds and try to get out of purchasing anything simply to enjoy the view), and I managed to rent my space looking out over the River, beer in hand, for only that £5, enjoying a relaxing hour following a long walk along the shoreline, so this will always be a bit of a favourite spot for me.

It was an attractive lodge but we were there for one night doing the Coast to Coast walk. What we…read moreneeded was an early breakfast (there earliest breakfast was at 8; much later than most if the lodging on our route. This gives us a late morning start. They did sell a packed lunch for the next day but priced it "over market" in that we purchase these each morning for the days hike and there's is more expensive. Lastly, we want to send home pictures of the days hike and we do it by WiFi internet connection. They had their own captive WiFi but it provides no internet connection. I think overall theses issues made the stay disappointing.

Old fashioned in a good way, very friendly, good generous traditional food as part of the…read morearrangement ie bed breakfast and evening meal. This is a place for people who love the lake District, they have books. local knowledge and a drying room! Packed lunches every day on request. The staff really try to help and the whole experience is like being at your own home or at a friend's home. They have a lot of walkers who are doing the big walks like Coast to Coast but also longer stayers and a lot of repeat visitors. If you want to go out in the evening -no problem the staff just offer early dinner. However the lounges are so friendly maybe staying in is just as nice.