The Lion and the Lamb

Really good me and my daughter go there often and we love it every time. Good food and service really nice staff and good beer garden at the back and good for if you want to watch a football match or meeting friends. Family friendly just really good.

Gastropub with accommodation. We went here for a late lunch after all other eateries were found to be closed – strange for a village full of them and billed as the hub for tourists to the Western Lakes – Gosforth is always busy, is actually inside the Lake District National Park, and we were there in late summer. Nice décor – “ultra-mod”, with a large bar area and cubicles for privacy open to the pool table in the middle. Usual pub food, with generous portions, but nothing special as regards taste or being appetising. No parking nearby. OK for food if there is nowhere to go! We’ve seen worse.

The pub looks lovely from the outside and we were hungry. The order was 2x meat feast pizzas, and fish and chips. The pizza tasted odd to my daughter’s palette, and both of them cannot be wrong. The fish and chips I had, had soft textured cake like batter and when cutting into it had juices within my fish as if it had been prepared in a microwave. This meal now tops the worst had in a pub anywhere in the UK. None of us could finish the meals. Also, overpriced for the type of food they’re dishing up, at any price it should be better than what this was.

The good points: The staff are friendly and helpful and you can see they want to do a good job. The rooms are clean, well decorated and have plenty of power points. Things that could be better: Comfier beds and pillows. Somewhere in the shower rooms to store toiletries rather than on the floor. More storage for clothes. No breakfast - just a voucher for the shop. It would be better to knock some money off the price and just say they don't provide breakfast. Things that aren't good: The food - pretty much everything is deep fried and forget it if you are veggie or just want something wholesome and healthy. One of the menu items is called Tits 'N' ****. Really? I find that pretty offensive. Noise levels - from outside with traffic and from the pub across the road, ending late at night and starting again from 4am. And from inside the hotel, again starting from early in the morning - from around 4/4.30am. And I could hear the person in the next room snoring!!! For an odd night it's ok, but I think it would be a struggle if staying frequently or for a few nights. To be honest my score would be 2 if it wasn't for the cleanliness of the rooms and friendliness of the staff, whihc can mkae up for a lot. It feels like a drinkers' pub that has rooms upstairs rather than a hotel.

No idea how the food is. Visited Monday evening for birthday meal. Waited for an hour for meal to come and eventually had to cancel as my son began to feel unwell as we was so hungry. Despite it being quiet, when we asked all they could say was they were busy with deliveries and still had no idea when we would be served. They even suggested delivering to us. If they had advised it was a long wait at the outset we would have gone elsewhere. Received a refund but whole experience left a bad taste and would be reluctant to go back.

States there’s parking but it’s actually down the road. States there’s breakfast but it’s a voucher for budgens down the road. To be fair there is a cafe area but it was closed when we were there so got a bottle of water and fruit. Then had to go find breakfast. Also the walls were thin so heard everything including people getting up at 4am. Dogs were barking but guess you expect that with a dog friendly place. The bed was apparently a double but felt smaller.