The Elleray Reviews Summary

Location

Pros:

• "Lovely hotel in a very good location, right near the train station, 20 minute walk to Bowness."
• "Best part of this place is location."
• "Less than 5 minute walk from Windermere train and bus station."
• "Located in the heart of Windermere, it's right by the train station with only a very short walk to all of the shops, cafes and restaurants."
• "Love this pub/hotel in Windermere, which is just around the corner from the train station/Booths/ Lakeland."
• "Especially good place to wait for your train from Windermere station."
• "Good location & although very near railway & bus station there isn’t any traffic noise."

Cons:

• "The parking was less than adequate."
• "They had one permit for the street right outside which was already being used so we had to park and pay elsewhere."
• "No local parking available, required to park 5 min walk away at the train station."
• "The only thing that it doesn't have is parking - which is not unique to The Elleray, however we did manage to find a street with free parking about 5 minutes walk away (Broad Street)."

Service

Pros:

• "The landlady was lovely as where all the staff, we where made very welcome."
• "Both times the food was excellent and service friendly."
• "Very welcoming and good service."
• "Staff were lovely, couldn't do enough for you."
• "Staff were friendly, attentive and helpful."
• "Service was great with three of the staff coming over to ask if everything was fine."
• "Service was great and the owner was very smiley, checking in on us while eating."

Cons:

• "Grumpy waitress, 50 minute wait for food with no warning."
• "No staff, waited for 10 minutes. Walked round pub and no one was around to service."
• "Terrible service from the evening staff (bar and kitchen staff and manager)."
• "Both manager and staff were very incompetent at their job unfortunately."
• "The staff in this place have poor manners and don’t respect the customers they knock someone’s drink over and refuse to replace it."
• "The attitude was extremely rude."
• "Unprofessional staff."

Food

Pros:

• "Food was excellent from breakfast to dinner."
• "The fish and chips are gorgeous the fish was beautiful with a lovely light batter."
• "Hearty good food in generous portions - and the best steak and ale pie I've eaten in years."
• "Food was plentiful, great value for money and delicious."
• "Food delicious."
• "Breakfast was sumptuous too."
• "Absolutely fantastic meals here."

Cons:

• "The food was typical pub food. Nothing wrong with it but nothing particularly special either."
• "Over priced for rubbish produce."
• "Beef was very fatty, stringy, and not enjoyable."
• "A lasagne that tasted as though it had been made with a tin of Heinz tomato soup."
• "Food was terrible roast beef dinner I could have soled my workboots with the beef."
• "Only for the food to be pretty grim on arrival."
• "The food was terrible, chicken breast I had was over cooked and dry and inedible."