Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel Great Langdale Reviews Summary

Location and Setting

Pros:

• "Fantastic location, with reasonable parking prices, great starting point for a day walk."
• "Iconic Lakeland pub set in the beautiful Langdale valley."
• "The valley is especially beautiful at sunset."
• "The location is stunning and convenient for adventures."
• "Absolutely amazing scenery, great food, great beer and reasonable prices."
• "It is in a good location for quite a few walks including Scafell Pike."
• "Unbelievable setting."

Cons:

• "Parking is 7.50 a day (make sure you have coins, because coverage is rubbish in the area and can't pay by the app)."

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "Mark, who i believe is the landlord really makes this place, his attention to detail with his customers provides such a homely experience."
• "Very helpful staff, helped us called Taxi as we missed the last bus of the day."
• "Staff can't do enough for you."
• "The staff are hardworking and super friendly."
• "The bar staff are friendly and the food is delicious."
• "The hotel staff went above and beyond to lend us their phone and helped us call a taxi to take us back to ambleside."
• "Staff were all lovely and very helpful."

Cons:

• "When I asked for a decaf latte the barman mumbled my order under his breath shaking his head."
• "Terrible, slow service."
• "The atmosphere is now very aggressive, caused by the bar staff."
• "The presumed manager/ owner wandered around the pub drunk, making passive aggressive comments and being generally quite rude."
• "Went in after a long walk, only one person on the bar and when she saw us served the next people in the other room that arrived after us, hence left without being served."
• "Awful. We were camping at Great Langdale which is fabulous, 4 adults and 4 children. We decided to have breakfast at the Old Dungeon Ghyll on the day we were leaving... What an unhelpful rude person she was for absolutely no reason whatsoever and what a shame to have left us with such a bad impression of a lovely pub in a lovely setting."
• "Awful, barman barely polite."

Food and Beverages

Pros:

• "The 'Old peculier' beer is to die for ❤️."
• "Small menu but food was great (steak & ale pie / beef & walnut stew with mash, followed by sticky toffee pudding and custard)."
• "Food was good quality and delicious."
• "Food was fantastic really great portions for people who've been walking the fells."
• "Food is really good here and on summer days it can get busy although there hot chocolate brownie with custard is well worth the wait."
• "The food (fish and chips) were amazing, and huge portion sizes."
• "Food was fresh and very good, homemade chips."

Cons:

• "Beer was good enough but the quality of the food was very poor."
• "Food was undercooked (chips hard in middle). Salad poor (lettuce stalks in it)."
• "Negatives came from the food - the £12.50 veggie burger was really poor."
• "Overpriced, unappealing food and the kitchen didn't know how long it would take to get orders out."
• "The burger patties had almost certainly been microwaved."
• "Service maybe could do with some slight tuning but forgivable due to the current circumstances however the bar area needs a good clean."
• "The bacon cheese burger is extra special in the bar the restaurant is unreal for a special occasion."

Ambiance and Experience

Pros:

• "It's a great atmosphere when you go at around 6pm when everyone's returning from their walks."
• "Love this place, one of the Lake District's classic pubs."
• "The pub is really traditional but great selection of beers."
• "Been here a couple of times hopefully lots more love it.❤"
• "As a hostelry, it really is one of a kind and a must visit if you are in the area..."
• "This is literally the best best place in the world."
• "The open fire and feel of the place was truly warming and we will certainly be going again."

Cons:

• "If fine decor is your thing then perhaps you wouldn't like the Hiker's Bar... but you would be missing the point."
• "The friendly light hearted banter among the customers has also disappeared, probably due to the attitude of the staff."
• "No WiFi signal unless in bar with different code given in hotel."
• "With no TV or phones in the bedrooms and the internet connection only working intermittently."
• "What once was one of my favourite bars to spend an evening in the Lakes has become something to avoid."
• "70's foil christmas decs."
• "This is the least pretentious pub I've come across and, in my view, that's one of the principle reasons people like it."