Wainwrights' Inn Reviews Summary

Atmosphere & Location

Pros:

• "Cosy pub with a good selection of food and drinks, many of which representing the local cuisine."
• "We absolutely love this pub. Really top notch food, warm and welcoming atmosphere."
• "Fabulous walker's pub."
• "Lovely traditional pub in great location for walkers."
• "This pub was a perfect stopping point for lunch on our holiday in the Lake District."
• "Proper pub in a beautiful setting. Sit on the terrace and take in the sun or sit inside and enjoy the atmosphere."
• "Lovely olde worlde place with a real fire in the bar - very welcoming on a cold day."

Cons:

• "Do not go on a Wednesday they have a coach party and suspend parking."
• "Very over the top re COVID."
• "The way I was spoken to was not polite at all."
• "The welcome was less than warm and friendly, with a sullen front of house staff and less than customer focused bar staff."
• "His slightly taller colleague with a beard is pretty rude as well."
• "Only downside was a local sat next to the fire who was watching videos on his phone rather loudly, and being encouraged by the staff."
• "The staff were gossiping with locals and ignored us."

Food & Drink

Pros:

• "The food was good, the drink were expensive."
• "The food here is exceptional value for money, big portions and very tasty."
• "Food was well cooked and tasty."
• "Craft beers and ales were really nice and best of all the food was amazing."
• "Great friendly staff and home cooked food."
• "The food was great."
• "Tasty food, and not too bad value for lake district food I guess."

Cons:

• "Quality of dishes not like they used to be."
• "Someone must have poured the end of a cheap bag of nachos into a bowl, shoved some cheese on it and put it under the grill for a minute then served it with sour cream from a tub. For £9 that was very bad value!!"
• "A child's dish was ordered but it was the last dish to be served so quite a disappointment."
• "The menu has been reduced to an almost laughably small selection."
• "Good beer but the food is too expensive, pub food at hotel prices."
• "The other items on the menu was also expensive compared to other pubs and inns."
• "So almost every main is 19-20 pounds even a three bean chilli."

Service & Staff

Pros:

• "Service friendly, but extremely slow even though it was late Feb in the snow with few people to serve."
• "Staff could not of been nicer."
• "The service was great (especially the tall Hungarian chap - he was fantastic)."
• "The staff were extremely friendly and welcoming."
• "Staff friendly as can be."
• "Staff friendly and welcoming as always."
• "Friendly staff who were smiling and making you feel welcome especially Dave, Rachel, Christine and Tomas."

Cons:

• "Certain members of bar staff don't seem to be able to cope with being asked for more than one drink at a time."
• "There was a fire drill which delayed us further 'not there fault' but it was obvious they were understaffed."
• "The staff were not friendly. Would not recommend, we felt ill after the food!"
• "The staff are so so lovely and one chap in particular kept us laughing with jokes and made us feel so welcome."
• "Sadly not very good sat outside for an hour before the order went through."
• "The short dark haired chubby male with stubble has zero customer service skills."
• "Having indicated to staff that we had a serious milk allergy in our group... we were very concerned to have the food arrive with added butter - lots of it!"

Value & Pricing

Pros:

• "Great value, lovely food and friendly service."
• "We enjoyed our lunch again a high standard of food and service."
• "Great beer, great food (and decent value for the lakes!)"
• "Really friendly, helpful staff, great ales, reasonably priced."
• "Prices are reasonable for the area."
• "Lovely ambience and really great food for a fairly sensible price."
• "Great beer, great food (and decent value for the lakes!)"

Cons:

• "We used to visit Wainwrights a lot in the past but the food got so expensive that we did other things."
• "Food prices have gone up, the selection and quality of food have gone down."
• "Disappointing overpriced food."
• "Food prices have gone up, the selection and quality of food have gone down."
• "The rest of the food was average and overpriced."
• "Portion sizes are small, nice tasting food but not great for the prices they're asking."
• "Expensive especially when the food was not good, asked for some veg with the sausage and mash and they charged us £9 for it, which was clearly frozen veg."