"Food just okay. Under cooked veg, chips a over cooked, black bits."
"Ordered a gammon chips and pineapple and was served the but of the pineapple which was totally unedible and the gammon was as tough as old boots."
"Veg was over cooked, chips had been sitting waiting to be used and so dry, oily and almost inedible."
"Soup was salty unedible.sunday roast carrots over cooked cabbage like mush looked like sick, runner beans hard uncooked, beef was ok the rest was unedable."
"Food was not good,could not eat most of it, chips were frozen and was not nice."
Service
Pros:
"Service is very friendly and fast, and the menu has many classic pub food options."
"The waitress was lovely and was always looking for when we needed to order."
"Staff were pleasant, service was quick."
"Great service from arrival with the staff very welcoming and efficiently organised."
"The staff were really friendly and I'd gladly go back there."
"Staff were super nice and courteous."
"Great food and excellent customer service."
Cons:
"The girl serving had no control of the queue and didn't seem bothered at all."
"Whilst waiting a mere 5 minutes for two meals we observed one waitress picking food out of her teeth then serving meals to diners."
"Called in today for a pint and a meal, on the board outside it says food served ALL day and early bird between 2 and 5, so went in got a table went to order to be told, kitchen is shut don't open till 5."
"Worst services ever, no friendly at all, waiting for main course MORE THAN 40 minutes."
"When we first went in the table was still covered with food from the people who had eaten there last."
"Just had a rude bar staff member that was young and mumbled."
"Entered the pub to a sign saying 'please wait to be seated', about 4 staff members saw us waiting but continued chatting."
Atmosphere & Cleanliness
Pros:
"A great pub for food and drink, very friendly staff and always happy to help."
"Nice pub, food looks great but haven't tried it, toilets are clean and tidy, staff are friendly and attentive."
"This pub was very good clean air con food was fantastic service second to none staff very friendly could not fault it everything first class highly recommended."
"One of our favourite haunts when we are visiting Keswick. Lovely atmosphere, always busy and great after a full day out on the fells."
"Lovely cozy pub down one of the alleys off the main street in Keswick."
"It's a great pub, in Keswick Town centre."
"Lovely pub with a mixture of locals and tourists. Great atmosphere."
Cons:
"We had sat on a grubby looking sofa that was in desperate need of a clean."
"One, it was a wet day and the place was full of wet dogs, the smell was awful so put us off."
"Slow service, one child's meal we ordered was burnt, sent it back, everyone else's food nice, staff friendly and polite but wouldn't go again, no atmosphere in the place."
"The pub has lost its warm, cozy atmosphere."
"Food this time wasn't as fresh and appeared more mass produced."
"Sunday roast was one of the worst I've had. Yorkshire pudding was thick and tasteless, roast potatoes were dry and overcooked."
"Very disappointed with this place."
Value for Money
Pros:
"Not cheap but worth paying for the quality."
"Value price for proper food."
"Cheap meals in a tourist hot spot, dog and child friendly."
"Drinks and food very reasonable prices and pub was busy every day."
"The prices are cheap considering the quality and portion sizes and they have a very large drinks menu for both alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks."
"Great food at good prices."
"There was no complaints with the food and it was all at affordable prices."
Cons:
"Was very pricy as well and that's before we saw the food."
"Very expensive at 10 95 for burger and uneatable chips."
"Food was just OK. Was supposed to be Cumberland Sausage but it certainly was not. It was just better that Frankfurter. Overpriced as well."
"A little bit on the expensive side - £60+ for meal and drinks."
"Food and drink prices are average with most main meals costing between £14 and £18 pounds."
"May be a bit pricey to some."
"Cost nearly £100 for 4 main courses and 4 drinks (2 of which were water)."
Additional Amenities
Pros:
"Staff were friendly and welcome dogs."
"Plus they allow DOGS! 😍"
"Excellent selection of cask beers."
"Good selection of drinks."
"Great staff, good drink choice always very clean and normally has some great live music at the weekends."
"The best pub food in Keswick, I enjoy a meal here whenever I visit the area."
"Lovely little pub with delicious vegan options. The drinks list also lists everything that is vegan friendly."
Cons:
"but the owner looks like he is lacking in the friendly communication department,, on the whole nice pub to visit."
"Different price for the same drinks every time you go to the bar very annoying busy entertainment very good expensive night you never know what you are going to get charged."
"The barman I had did not know what a Bitter was. He offered me an IPA (!!???).... and then wanted to argue the difference."
"The rude service from at least 2 members of staff was unacceptable."
"Our youngest child is autistic and was eating sweets, a young woman told us she had to stop eating them because they sell food."