"The fish was amazing; huge, no bones and crunchy batter."
"Had a fantastic meal here. The garlic and parmesan chips and the sticky toffee pudding that I had were the best I have ever had."
"Food was divine and a great price."
"The pizzas we had were lovely, really nice food."
"The fish and chips were the best we’ve ever had and the pizzas are AMAZING 🤤."
"Food was beautiful, well presented and delicious 😋."
"The food at the Yewdale Inn was tasty and locally sourced."
Cons:
"Didn't stay here but had evening meals consecutively... suffered food poisoning."
"Some one with me got a pie and it came quite cold in the middle."
"The food was below average and the pizza were a complete waste of time."
"The food was a little disappointing; a particularly dry Cumberland sausage."
"Food quality was awful when it eventually came, vegan pizza was dry dough with nothing but tomato paste on."
"The “warm rotisserie chicken salad” was cold and dry chicken breast and was most definitely not rotisserie chicken."
"Food quality was just awful and overpriced."
Service
Pros:
"Enjoyable stay, good food and drink selection, breakfast is not to be missed."
"Food and service fantastic, I've tried a couple of items on the menu and both were perfect."
"The lady that served breakfast was fantastic considering she had sooo much to do!"
"Service excellent - location even better, clean and friendly."
"Their drinks are cool, crisp and refreshing and their food is excellent."
"Staff were polite, friendly and very efficient."
"Staff were wonderful. Polite and quick service."
Cons:
"We spent £160 here on food and drinks, to wait an hour and a half for some pizzas."
"The staff were walking up and down chasing each other and all we heard was banging and clattering throughout the meal."
"The food was good however the service was awful."
"We waited over an hour for our food, which was only one pizza."
"When we arrived we had reserved a table, we stood at the entrance waiting but the staff kept walking past us ignoring us."
"Waited over an hour to place order and then waited endlessly for it to arrive."
"The service was really bad."
Ambiance and Location
Pros:
"What a lovely place to stop and have some quality food and local ales."
"Coniston is a gorgeous village to explore with ample walking options and natural beauty all around you!"
"What a beautiful location, sit outside in the sunshine with a beer and soak in the divine views."
"A really nice traditional pub, open fire and dog friendly, the atmosphere was really relaxing."
"The pub was really cosy, with stylish decor."
"Lovely to see pubs getting back to some normality."
"The Yewdale Inn is a beautiful building constructed in slate."
Cons:
"Atmosphere was dead despite six or seven different groups of people."
"The welcome we had was poor and we left as soon as we could."
"Overall got the impression that if you were local you're alright but if not you're not, then not so welcome."
"Tuesday evening on the other hand was absolutely awful! Spoilt by young members of staff, messing about, swearing and generally creating a bad atmosphere."
"Extremely slow service."
"Had to queue 5 deep to get our wine and would then have had to do same for food."
"The service was really bad."
Value for Money
Pros:
"Good value for money and food was good especially the pizzas."
"Food was extremely good and also sensible value for money."
"All of this for very little money (I guess depending on the season)."
"It still wasn't bad value though."
"The food was excellent (and breakfast and dinner were included in the price)."
"The beer was very good and we found that it was the cheapest in Coniston."
"This place offers excellent vegan options, the best I have encountered in the area."
Cons:
"£14 for a baked camembert sharer: camembert with some chilli jam on top and one slice of bread."
"We paid a lot for food, waited an age then decided to go and get our money back."
"Over £20 for a pie and a beer."
"A £15 burger I would expect a beef patty not a thin, dry processed meat product."
"Mediocre at best...I payed close to £30 for a very average scampi and chips and a bruschetta that was just simply tomatoes on bread."
"The only good thing was the food wasn't bad and came very quickly, but it definitely isn't worth the prices they are asking."
"At £4.80 a pint, I don't think we deserved being ignored."