Langstrath Country Inn

Booked for 7pm for dinner hoping to have awake before hand to make a pleasant evening. Typical heavy Cumbria rain meant we cut the walk short and turned up early. The staff made us very welcome and accommodated us and made the whole evening very enjoyable. The food is good “pub grub” prepared to a high standard. We will be back again hopefully on a drier evening.

**** where to begin. Food Expensive but for a reason. Incredible, cannot recommend highly enough. I had a ribeye steak, which was perfectly cooked, with a mind blowing peppercorn sauce, a huge portion of homemade chips and beautifully cooked tomatoes and a flat mushroom. Guinness was an 8/10 and a huge selection of great single malt scotch. Don’t let the price deter you, this is a hidden gem.

We visited The Langstrath while staying near Keswick and it was the best meal we had during our 2 week stay in England which included a week in London. The steak and ale pie was packed with tasty meat; the sea bass was a very generous portion and delicious and the stuffed chicken was succulent with crispy seasonal vegetables. The service was excellent big thank you to Dan . Definitely the place to eat if you are in this area.

We phoned ahead on the day, and secured a table for 18:45 from the helpful waiter. There is a good carpark just past the inn, to the right. We were given lovely fresh bread with pesto with our drinks. I had garlic prawns to start; super tasty, and I mopped up the butter and herbs with the bread. We both had roast lamb for our main course; amazing tender lamb, perfectly done to pink perfection, with great greens, colcannon mash and black pudding.

Oh dear, I have never come a less hospitable pub in the lake district. Unable to serve 6 portions of chips due to being short staffed but still able to serve meals. We ate Sunday dinner 2 days ago which was average at best and certainly overpriced at £20 for a steak pie £18 for sausage and chips. Went back this evening just for a snack but rudely dismissed. I would reccomend any other pub in borrowdale ahead of here. Certainly the scafell Hotel was much more accommodating.

What a find! We spent two evenings here, having dinner and drinks either side of walking up Sca Fell Pike. First of all the staff and management were lovely, friendly people and did everything they could to cater to our needs. Genuine and down-to-earth they made it feel like a home from home. Secondly the food was fantastic for the very reasonable prices and we ate 2 courses each day. Finally the Borrowdale real ale was one of the best I've had. All in all I'd highly recommend a visit.

Second time we have been here and the experience has been the same both times. Beautiful food and even nicer staff! Came in for Sunday lunch with the kids. We ordered 2 roasts, one lamb, one beef and chicken goujons. All of the food was served in a timely manner, nice and hot. Janine who looked after us was gorgeous. So friendly amd genuinely interested in having a nice conversation. We ordered desserts after, my daughter recommends the sorbet. The apple crumble was also a hit! Overall lovely experience. We will be back!

I have come to the Langstrath for years as a regular to the Lake District. I have always rated it with lovely food and friendly staff. More recently the prices have become ridiculous. last week I came and I felt £20:75 for a steak pie Hefty… but there was a good amount of steak and it was a proper pie… it was yummy so I paid. Tonight I had sea bass. Now I have always been led to believe a sea bass is filleted into two pieces. I was shocked that for £19:50 I got half a portion (one small fillet) and I walk away hungry and disappointed. I certainly wasn’t going to pay £9.25 for a pudding

Appalling attitude from a member of staff (Barman, Bold head, tattoos). First we asked for an expresso, he refused to make it so a lady behind the bar kindly made this for us. He then went on a rant about the campsite close by labelling everyone who stayed there a “drug addict” and he hated the custom from anyone from the campsite, the bar should just be for locals and people who stay there. I found his tone and attitude disgusting so much so we left and ended up not eating at the pub. It would be such a shame if the national trust do take over the fields and end up not allowing any campers in the area…wouldn’t be good for business as I’m sure the “drug fulled” campers help with business.