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4.0 (1 review)

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Tarantella

Tarantella

4.8(4 reviews)
98.5 km

Quite simply the best food we've had since arriving in the Lakes. We were attracted by the…read morelunchtime special £8.50 for soup of the day and any main (pizza/pasta) on the menu. It would be fair to say it exceeded our expectations the tomato and basil soup was served with bread and genuinely excellent. Followed by carnivore pizza which again was excellent with really high quality ingredients Italian meats, spicy sausage, fresh chilli etc. I would have been thrilled with this quality of food doran evening out never mind lunch. Staff were very pleasant and the restaurant though small was immaculate. I strongly recommend you give it a try.

Excellent italian food and friendly, efficient but not overbearing service. Plenty of choice…read morealthough they seem to be slightly biased towards sea-food as three of the four specials were fish based. There were five of us and we chose a variety of dishes,I had red mullet, ratatouille and green (pesto?) mashed potato, whereas my son had pizza. Mine was absolutely delicious. So was the cappucino brulee that I shared with my wife. Everybody else was very pleased with their choices too. Quite a small premises with straightforward decor and ambience, but clean and well run. Definitely worth a visit. I believe you pay a premium for eating in Ambleside but we spent slightly over £20 per head and I think that this was most reasonable overall. I hope that you enjoy it too.

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Haddock risotto (July 2015)

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The Olive - italian - Updated July 2026

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