Cumbria & Isle of Man Restaurants
279 restaurants in Cumbria & Isle of Man
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Restaurant at Brown Horse Inn
Sunny Bank Road, Windermere, LA23 2EN [Map]
The Winster area is rich in wildlife. Nuthatches, buzzards, and woodpeckers are a familiar site. Badgers, roe deer, foxes, and hares also inhabit the valley. The village of Winster is a small and picturesque settlement of whitewashed cottages of rough-hewn stone, which lies almost hidden amongst the folds of the wooded hillsides that border the upper reaches of the River Winster. Situated here is The Brown Horse Inn a stylish venue where you can unwind after long walks or simply drop in to sample the cuisine and enjoy something bracing from the bar.
The restaurant offers a sophisticated menu with a contemporary take on traditional local fare. All of the meats and the majority of or vegetables are reared and grown on the Brown Horse Estate. The pub also houses a lovely, traditional country bar with open beams and a roaring log fire which offers a wide variety of bottled beers from around the world, and an extensive wine and spirits selection and some wonderful cocktails.
Gastropub
N/A£33.00
Restaurant at The Aynsome Manor Hotel
The Aynsome Manor Hotel, Aynsome Lane, Cartmel, nr Grange-over-Sands, LA11 6HH [Map]
The Lake District tends to be an expensive area to eat and stay in but Aynsome Manor eschews the normal pricing structure and presents a refreshingly reasonable alternative. Located in the still untouched Vale of Cartmel and with views southwards to the Norman Priory, meadowlands and woods, Aynsome Manor represents an ideal centre from which to explore the richness of the English Lakes or the hidden delights of the nearby coastline with its fascinating estuaries and inlets.
The food is English by description but could include such delights as: timbale of melon and paw-paw in minted champagne jelly served with mulberry coulis and candy floss; Aynsome's smoked haddock and fresh salmon fishcake with dill cucumber linguine and toasted coconut and lemon beurre blanc; hot salad of black pudding, chorizo sausage and soft poached egg finished with balsamic dressing or cream of summer vegetable soup with croutons, and those are just to begin with!
Mains might consist of seared fillets of red sea snapper cooked en-papilotte with Thai fragrant prawns, citrus and vanilla butter sauce; cinnamon roast Norfolk duck breast presented with apricot fritters and pink grapefruit reduction or a fried tenderloin of British beef resting on sweet potato ragout finished with bordelaise sauce - but leave room for their dessert trolley which is justly famed.
Wines from their enterprising and sensibly priced carte offer both good choice and excellent value.
British
N/A£38.00
Restaurant at The Snooty Fox
33 Main Street, Kirkby Lonsdale, LA6 2AH [Map]
Bar, Modern British
£25.00£29.00
Restaurant at The Brown Horse Inn
Winster, nr Bowness-On-Windermere, LA23 3NR [Map]
Traditional
£14.00£31.00
The Martindale Restaurant
North Lakes Hotel & Spa, Ullswater Road, Penrith, CA11 8QT [Map]
The North Lakes Hotel, conveniently located just off the M6 at Penrith, looks out over the Lake District, offering a comfortable staging post for passing travellers, or an ideal place to go for the rather different night out if you are staying locally. The Martindale Restaurant takes its name from the remote valley that snakes into the hills on the south side of Ullswater, where wild deer, ponies and spectacular birds of prey have their homes.
The restaurant makes the most of the robust Cumbrian approach to food, without in any way lacking finesse. Start dinner with the Cumbrian Hors d'Oeuvres selection, an array of salmon, fresh prawns, herring, cured meats, terrines and salads. Starters of fresh crab bisque with garlic mayonnaise, gruyere and croutons, or Thornby Moor goat's cheese stumpies, served with rocket and sweet chilli dipping sauce. Local produce features widely, as evidenced by Cranston's traditional Cumberland sausage served on mash with onion sauce and apple chutney, or pan-fried fillet of Fellside beef with blue Swaledale cheese and wrapped in bacon with a port wine sauce and thick cut chips.
It would be unreasonable not to find some of the famous sticky toffee pudding with hot butterscotch sauce, perhaps with a side order of Thwaite's "smoothie" ice cream made with the assistance of the local ale.
Though this is a modern building the attention to creating some pretty authentic antiquity is impressive and the hunting lodge feel is never far away. I enjoyed the friendliness, the very local feel and certainly the quality of cooking offered by Mike Haddow and his brigade.
International
£18.00£30.00
Restaurant at The Newfield Inn
Seathwaite, Broughton in Furness, LA20 6ED [Map]
Pub, Traditional
N/AN/A
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