The Lingholm Kitchen Reviews Summary

Location and Setting

Pros:

• "Stumbled across this on our walk around Derwentwater and it didn’t disappoint."
• "Well worth the visit. The food is sourced locally and you can wander around the walled garden too."
• "The setting and view are beautiful."
• "Nice to visit the surrounding area, very beautiful. They have Alpacas and Llamas."
• "Beautiful house and gardens right on the lake side."
• "The cafe is in a lovely setting over looking the gardens."
• "Lovely afternoon looking around the gardens and wandering down to the lake."
• "Set in the Lingholm demense. Extremely popular cafe/restaurant overlooking the walled garden."

Cons:

• "There is no parking space inside the property."
• "Parking is expensive at £5 (this includes a £4 voucher to redeem in the cafe)."
• "It's a lovely establishment but I felt the food let it down a bit."
• "Everything was brilliant until we had to pay, I had an issue with my card and when I offered to pay by cash I was told they don't accept cash."
• "Nice but expensive. Terrible if you have a nut allergy!"
• "Disappointed that it is card payments only. Even for an ice cream."
• "We were turned away after a 3 hour drive, in sorry if phoning ahead and trying to book the day before."
• "It might be lovely. We don't know as we were unable to get an answer from the telephone number we are told to call on arrival, to access the accessible parking."

Food Quality and Variety

Pros:

• "Incredible food at a lovely location."
• "A great place to have Lunch and/or afternoon Coffee, Tea and extraordinarily fantastic cakes!"
• "Had brunch at lingholm kitchen following our alpaca walk. Menu had a great selection - lots of vegetarian options."
• "Amazing amazing amazing. Loved this place. The food was great."
• "We only had ice cream and coffee at the La'al Hut. Coffee was good as were the ice creams."
• "The Lingholm Rarebit is very nice."
• "The mains were tasty. Roulade was soggy - not much meringue."
• "Excellent modern spacious cafe. High ceilings lots of light, really well presented."

Cons:

• "It's an absolutely wonderful location but I felt the food let it down a bit."
• "The service was very good however and we did not have to wait long for a table."
• "Lunch menu poor choice what has happened to some good local Cumbrian products."
• "We had a bacon/sausage/halloumi roll plus avocado and halloumi sourdough and both were very tasty."
• "Waited nearly 15 minutes to be seated."
• "A very pleasant place to have a coffee and some lunch. Ideally placed for walkers especially for Catbells or a stroll around Derwent."
• "Ordered expresso, soup, eggs; all arrived within 10 min."
• "Poor review is mainly about the service. I had to flag down a server for everything- to order and get the bill."

Service and Staff

Pros:

• "Had to wait for table but staff v pleasant."
• "Lovely staff and coffee was very tasty."
• "Staff are friendly and helpful. You can walk around their garden after having the meal."
• "Friendly helpful staff, quick to seat and take our order."
• "Staff friendly and helpful. Cakes lovely, breakfast well cooked."
• "The service was exemplary and nothing was too much trouble for the friendly and attentive waitress."
• "We were a large group of 9 and they accommodated us no problem and very nice patient staff with our 3 smaller ones."
• "The staff are excellent, friendly and helpful and we felt covid-safe."

Cons:

• "Waited nearly 15 minutes to be seated."
• "Waited nearly 15 minutes to be seated. There were two clean(ed while we watched and waited) tables spare outside and more inside."
• "We were turned away after a 3 hour drive, in sorry if phoning ahead and trying to book the day before."
• "It might be lovely. We don't know as we were unable to get an answer from the telephone number we are told to call on arrival."
• "There was a long wait and queue for a table. Followed by a long wait for food."
• "A very modern, beautiful cafe and setting. The food was excellent quality however the taste of cheese and tomato flatbed was a bit spicy and odd."
• "Poor review is mainly about the service. I had to flag down a server for everything- to order and get the bill."
• "Slow service for a table so we ended up going to the takeout hut."