The Ambleside Inn Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food... This was amazing! Chicken peppercorn with the black pudding is unreal."
• "Food was well prepared and tasty."
• "We found the food to be delicious (especially the breakfast, fish and chips, risotto and desserts)."
• "Food was excellent- red pepper linguini and steak and ale pie are highly recommended!"
• "The food we had was delicious."
• "Food was good. Highly recommend the Fish and Chips and the Arancini both great value for money."
• "Food and drink was awesome."

Cons:

• "No idea where these good reviews come from about the food,value/quality.....absolutely shocking sunday lunch."
• "Foods just ok. Had the steak and the mushroom that came with it looked like it had just come back from it’s third tour of Afghanistan."
• "Food way overpriced, ordered the winter pan haggerty for £14.50 it came to the table as a small slice of layered potatoes with bland sauce."
• "Our food was good, but kids pizza tasted funny and was uneaten."
• "Food was distinctively average."
• "Came to the Ambleside Inn for a late lunch, food was very mediocre, Welsh rarebit was covered in sauce and inedible, no horseradish on the on the dry roast beef sandwich so unfortunately will not be returning."
• "Food is poor and over priced. ordered steak and ale pie received carrot and gravy pie with very small amount of steak."

Service

Pros:

• "Staff were all very friendly and eager to please great service food was very good."
• "Morning breakfast servers were great!"
• "Great staff that were happy to help out and very accommodating when booking for evening meals."
• "The service was excellent and all staff were amazing and super friendly."
• "All staff from front of house to waiters to servers were first class."
• "Staff were so efficient and had time to interact with my daughter."
• "The staff on the day were friendly and very good at their job."

Cons:

• "Honeslty the worst service I've ever received in my life. No one gave us a menu, no one came to take our order."
• "Poor barman left to fend for the whole place. Serving food, bringing cutlery and working bar. Having to abandon drinks half poured to wait tables."
• "Staff have no aptitude for customer service."
• "The gentleman with the beard was very rude and not friendly."
• "Service really let's this place down, I wouldn't come again."
• "Bar service is very poor and no real interaction."
• "Called in last night about 10.30 for drinks were eventually served by what I can only describe as a surly barmaid."

Accommodation

Pros:

• "Myself and partner have just spent a weekend at the queens hotel and thoroughly enjoyed our stay. The room was warm and comfortable and the food was really nice."
• "The rooms were clean and decor was fresh and new."
• "Lovely night away in Ambleside! Room was all you needed with a street view!"
• "As a family of four, we stayed in one of the family rooms which was great value for money and tastefully (and recently) redecorated."
• "Fantastic refurbishment."
• "The rooms were well presented."
• "Our room (208) was of a high standard. (clearly renewed) but again, very pleasing for us."

Cons:

• "Rooms are ok. Bit dated and finish is poor. Good price for B&B but kept running out of items."
• "The bed was a small double and very springy not that comfortable nights sleep."
• "Probably the smallest hotel room I have ever had."
• "Not the nicest place we've stayed. The room was small, the shower wasn't the cleanest and it was freezing in there too."
• "Rooms fairly dated."
• "Rooms 103 and 203 are very dark rooms very little natural light."
• "Upon entering the room it felt very small, not as the images portray."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Drinks were pricy, but with the reasonable price of the meal, it balanced out."
• "Their prices are reasonable and good portions."
• "A good choice on the menu and reasonably priced."
• "A good bottle of red was reasonable at £23."

Cons:

• "Very disappointed at the small portions at breakfast and a very poor menu with very little choice."
• "Over £10 for a very standard sandwich and chips is very steep."
• "The main courses are not cheap."
• "Food was decent. Although they completely, drastically, horrendously over charge."
• "We were shocked when the charge was £8.50. that is absolute daylight robbery."
• "Food was disappointing - especially for the price. £10 sandwich was supermarket sliced bread (2x slices) and one slice of thin ham."
• "They were a little on the pricey side at £16 a dish but it is Ambleside after all and everything is expensive here!"