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Best Restaurants in Lake District
143 restaurants analyzed out of 740 identified · United Kingdom
The Lake District's dining scene has evolved from pub food and cream teas to include some of England's most ambitious cooking - L'Enclume in Cartmel put the region on the culinary map. Each town has its own character, from Kendal's everyday market-town eating to Ambleside's more ambitious restaurants. Prices are moderate overall, with the tourist towns commanding a small premium.
Lake District has 143 analyzed restaurants. Some of the strongest areas for dining are Lakes, Windermere, Ambleside. Top cuisines include Modern British, British pub food, Mediterranean.
Top Restaurants in Lake District
- L'Enclume A+ · Modern British, British · Cartmel
- Four & Twenty A+ · Modern British, British · Penrith
- Boot Inn, Eskdale Valley A+ · British pub food, British · Eskdale
- The Old Stamp House Restaurant A+ · Modern British, British · Ambleside
- The Cottage In The Wood A+ · Modern British, British · Braithwaite
- Brook House Inn A · British country pub food, British · Boot (Cumbria)
- Fellinis Restaurant A · Vegetarian, Mediterranean · Ambleside
- Cafe Olive Kendal A · Turkish, Mediterranean · Kendal town centre
- Forest Side Hotel A · Modern British, British · Grasmere
- Tacos del Sol A · Mexican street food, Mexican · Ambleside
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Serious fell-country dining in a small town, with polished British and European menus built for celebrating big days out
Cumbrian produce drives the menus here, and the kitchens actually know what to do with it
A market town that dresses up well, with proper dining that rivals far larger places
One of the Lakes' best spots for a proper post-fell dinner, from relaxed pubs to considered evening menus
Lakeside celebrations done properly, with modern British cooking that justifies the splurge
Quietly serious about British cooking, with restaurants that take their food seriously without demanding London prices
A Morecambe Bay promenade town with unhurried, generous British cooking and long lunches worth planning around
Tried and True
Grade Distribution
A+5 restaurants
A14 restaurants
A-38 restaurants
B+43 restaurants
B23 restaurants
B-11 restaurants
C+4 restaurants
C1 restaurants
C-4 restaurants
Price Distribution
budget3 restaurants
expensive74 restaurants
extremely_expensive6 restaurants
moderate42 restaurants
very_expensive18 restaurants
Cuisine Strengths
- Modern British — 21 restaurants, 14 rated A- or higher
- British pub food — 42 restaurants, 11 rated A- or higher
- Mediterranean — 8 restaurants, 3 rated A- or higher
- Modern European — 4 restaurants, 3 rated A- or higher
- Italian — 4 restaurants, 2 rated A- or higher
- Southeast Asian — 3 restaurants, 2 rated A- or higher
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