Delicious tempura shrimp, The view is lovely. Great stop if you're planning on watching the tide…read morecome in

This pub is in a great position overlooking Morecambe Bay and Grange-over-Sands across the river…read moreestuary. There are 2 bars and a restaurant area as well as a large outdoor seating area to savour those views. This pub has a choice of Thwaites beers - try the Lancaster Bomber. Wide choice of good quality food with daily specials. Worth a visit.

Amazing meal. Sister restaurant to the Michelin starred L'Enclume n CTI door. Lovely, tasteful…read moreinterior, thoughtfully prepared British comfort food. Charming Lake District town.

It's the second restaurant from Simon Rogan in the village and serves as the casual dining option…read moreand where breakfast is served each day. The menu is an a la carte with choices of starters, mains and dessert. The wine card is also quite nice and we had a couple of glasses of wine off the list. Breakfast here was divine with thick bacon, toast, homemade baked beans and porridge. Poached eggs cooked to perfection yummm. Dinner was also very nice and I had a lovely meal here on one night. Prices are reasonable for this part of the world and they are open for lunch. Happily come here again. It's good food, good service and reasonably priced.

On A Works Trip & Staying Here... The Sea Food Is To Die For... If You Love It... & The Staff Are…read moreThe Most Friendliest Of People I'veHad The Pleasure To Meet...

The drunken duck is a favorite of our friend who has come here for 40 years, starting with golf…read morebuddies, then with family and best of all to celebrate weddings, and great moments. Relax here, the staff is ready to make this luxury even better with whatever you need! Directions to many local hikes or hot coffee on the picnic tables. So much fun to have, there are gardens, strolls, patios and quiet libraries too. This is the most beautiful place I've ever stayed because I can get some rest, unwind and enjoy the great outdoors. Yesterday there was a local marathon- yes!- great runners charged past into the local town of Ambleside. Hikers and dog lovers are here too. National parks close by... what a get-away we are having!!

Such a charming pub and inn right in the middle of the Lakes District. There's a glorious view…read moreoverlooking the mountains right in front of the venue (with picnic tables if you'd like to sit and enjoy it with a pint). Brunch, lunch, dinner, and bar snacks are served at the Drunken Duck, and I'd only really recommend booking for dinner. The beer and cider are mostly local I believe. We did the curry bowl to share (vegetarian and VERY tasty - kind of wish I could get the recipe), scampi, fries, and tartare sauce (those fries are to die for!) and the lamb kofta, hummus, flatbread, and mint yoghurt (great for sharing and noshing). There's plenty of parking on the side of the inn. The inside is decorated beautifully (very insta-worthy), so maybe consider renting out for an event. And yes, you can bring your dog to dinner/drinks.

This is the highest five-star rating I can possibly give, and it's strictly for the restaurant…read moremenu. The food is just out of this world. As starters go, the salt and pepper calamari and beef carpaccio are PERFECT. Fisherman's platter is large and well prepared, and certainly worth a go to get your meal started. The duck breast is perfectly cooked, and prepared in a complex blend of cauliflower puree, spinach leaves, potato, jus and spices that requires careful eating to ensure that you get a bit of everything in every bite. Thank god it's a menu constant - I'll be going back just for that dish. This weekend's beef special was, well...special. Again using a butternut puree together with a blend of the typical beef-required accoutrement, just roasted and spiced to a mouth-watering breath stealer. Ok, this is getting a bit intense. Let me calm down a little bit before we get to the deserts... The pub burger was just OK - nothing otherworldly - and the onion rings are a complete miss. The "aged" cheddar on the burger is unidentifiable to the taste buds, the bun was sloppy and easily fell apart while eating, and though the beef was quite good and cooked just right, the spice was boring and kind of just like you'd expect a pub burger to be. After everything else, this was a shame - should have been much more interesting and elevated as well as being meaty. Wine selection was decent, and plenty of the basics on tap and behind the bar. Avoid the restaurant side of the place and just sit in the open-seated pub to ensure that you don't get a side of unwanted pretension along with your steak (and save the 12.5% service for an extra wine, of course!). Now, the desert... The rumours are true, and the sticky toffee pudding is undeniably the best desert on the menu. The pool of sugary syrup that covers the bottom finger of the bowl is plenty to have every bit swimming in the stuff, and the cake is the right kind of wet-spongy to make you lose your head. Baked Alaska - interest and complete. But wow, waaaaay too much sugar by desert number two to palate that last 1/4 of that. Just to be clear, had I eaten the sticky toffee last and got to the last quarter with the same amount of sugar in me, I would have made the effort and finished off the sticky toffee...not the case for the Baked Alaska, however. Disappointed that the ice cream throughout the desert wasn't better - it certainly didn't match the quality of the rest of the restaurant - but if that's the major error on the desert menu, I'll still go back there 10 times out of 10. This place, by itself, will bring me back to the Lake District time and time again. I've not had such wonderful food on vacation in my entire life....oh, to be those lucky locals who get to eat here every evening... Hats off to the chef and his team.

The Swan at Newby Bridge sits on the edge of the river Leven which runs out of the foot of Lake…read moreWindermere. On a hot day it's the perfect place to laze with a drink. I must admit that my round came in at twelve quid for 4 drinks, 2 of them cokes for the children. I could easily been tempted by the gorgeous looking scones with clotted cream and strawberry jam, being consumed at the next table, but L decided that it was too hot for that.The Swan is also a hotel, with a nice looking dining room.

Exceptional food and service, fun relaxing atmosphere, great vibe and friendly, attentive staff but…read morenot overbearing. I had the king prawns with garlic and chili for my starter and it was superb - I think I could eat that plate of food everyday and not get tired of it and I know this sounds like hyperbole but it was one of the best plates of food I've ever had. It includes fiery hot red chilies so it's not suitable for people who don't like or can't tolerate spicy hot food. For me - the dish had subtlety, complex flavors and a spicy, comfort food experience with a beautiful broth. My husband had the tomato basil soup followed by the mushroom risotto, which was pure perfection. I had the tomato, pea potato cake for my entree. It was beautifully presented, a great option for vegetarians. I liked it but didn't love it, I found it a little bland. But I generally don't lean towards vegetarian food, I just wanted something a little lighter to pair with the prawns. The risotto - perfection! The potato cake, not punchy enough for me but good enough. We got the suggested wine pairings and that was super good and we shared a sticky toffee pudding for dessert and it was divine - light, flavorful, perfectly prepared and presented. The whole meal, the whole experience was beautiful - I would definitely return to this restaurant, it was great!

Both food and service were good, generally it was a fulfilling experience that day…read more The place had lot of people that day, everyone is chilling and chatting, we felt very relaxed. We had two dishes and two drinks and the total expense was about £70. We had two people,so I would say average consume for one person is about £30

Dear Fox Hole. I have to tell you that in our 21 days visiting in England your food was the best we…read morehad! I can't stop thinking about and wanting your garlic mushrooms in cream sauce! It was heavily! My husband raves about the chicken & brie sandwich he had. The chicken melted in his mouth and was a perfect sandwich. In addition to great food the location and ambience was so pleasant. We wished we could had eaten at the Fox Hole a few more times. It was such a pleasure to discover your quaint and yummy place. Thank you. Debbie

The food was amazing, wonderful service from all of the staff. Love the outlay of the restaurant…read more Highly recommend..

Went out for lunch here today. Having passed it many times & always appeared to be busy. The menu…read moreis extensive with a huge specials board. Tons of seating in coves & circular/square tables. A large bar to stand at if required. Vast amount of space for disabled customers. The food was pretty good & we got 2-4-1 so a bargain really. I had heard some good reviews hence the visit. Would return to try some other meals in the future.

My wife, dog and I came here for a delightful afternoon tea to celebrate our first wedding…read moreanniversary. This place clearly was an old coaching inn and you can really sense the history and age of the place. There are many different rooms which cater for different things, a lovely bar, a larger dining room and some smaller ante-rooms for things such as afternoon tea which I would definitely recommend. Well worth a stop en route to Keswick!

Wonderful and amazing choice of whiskey. Cider choice poor. The food is good, small quantity, quite…read moreexpensive and the food is bistro/gastro pub. Would rather have had good basic food.

Going camping in the Lake District eh! Sounds very scenic and a wonderful way to spend a weekend…read more.. that is unless you have to work! With a lack of phone and therefore 3G connection at our campsite I ventured on-line before leaving London to try and find somewhere to plug in and upload. I came across the Red Lion - whom it appeared was not only the drop off point for our campsite, but also provide a free Wifi service for those in desperate need to connect to civilisation! Walking into the pub I was greater by the owner, whom after asking him if he had a power socket, suggested instantly that I must be the London Lass that needed to use the Wifi! I was impressed that he remembered me as I'd called quite a few days before. The Red Lion itself feels very rural and rough around the edges, but the staff are extremely friendly, the food isn't half bad (although not gourmet, definitely much better than a camp stove offering), and surprisingly they have a fantastic selection of beers. I would highly recommend the Dizzy Blond if it's on and the Liefmans was also a refreshing choice. But what surprised me the most is they had drinks that I hadn't even heard of in craft bars within London. This included a passion fruit Regardless Cider. Spending quite a few hours away from the campsite at the Red Lion, I also got to know the staff quite well, they were very approachable and very friendly. If you're in the area, do give this place a go, they have a little beer garden out of the back for summer days, and car/bike packing for those not walking.