The Brown Horse Inn

Very comfortable room and great shower. Superb breakfast and very good staff. Next time I would take a plug extension - there are 2 on each side of the bed (lights and phone chargers) and 2 behind the tv (tv and light). Not a huge issue but a faff for plugging in the hairdryer and kettle - really nitpicking here as it was a great stay and we would highly recommend.

Stopped for a family dinner whilst visiting Windermere, we come often but never tried The Brown Horse Inn. We left really impressed, the food was Excellent and will definitely return again. Staff were very attentive and friendly. Would recommend.

Absolutely exceptional meal. Chris**as Eve lunch busy pub but still every course that came out was cooked to perfection the staff were warm and welcoming and the whole experience was wonderful. This was our first visit but won’t be out last

Pleasant room. Only downside very cold when we went in. Disappointing as we were asked, and gave, our arrival time to ensure 'a warm welcome'! Lovely dinner & excellent breakfast. The hotel looked very Chris**as.

After seeing the good reviews and rewards, I thought the perfect place for a foodie/chef. I had the 10oz sirloin, I asked for it to be cooked medium rare. When it came it was medium well and hadn’t been rested long enough. I explained to the staff that it was over cooked and promptly it was sent back and eventually another one arrived. It was the same, over cooked and heading towards well done. I don’t normally write on here being a chef myself, but if you charge £35 you need to make sure you can cook it correctly. Also the cheese board was lacklustre and left wanting. I was expecting more from a place that prides itself on winning awards.

Excellent lunch stop with large car park. Staff really friendly, everything arrived quickly. The Caesar salad was delicious and well presented. I got the starter size which was plenty for lunch.

Prebooked a table for Sunday lunch whilst on holiday. What a lovely country pub. There is plenty of parking, and a little park out the back for children. All staff were friendly, polite and attentive. We ordered 1 x beef roast, 1x pork roast and a children's cheeseburger and fries. Everything arrived promptly and was hot. It was all absolutely delicious and was followed up with sticky toffee pudding all round. The portions were generous and we left full and satisfied. Highly recommend a visit if your in the area.

We spent two nights as part of our anniversary visit to the Lakes. On the 2nd night, our car broke down at Kirkstone Pass. Decamping back to the hotel by taxi, the hotel staff were extremely accommodating and did much to help upon hearing our plight. They allowed us to push back our check out to a later time, and booked a table at the pub so that my wife and little boy have somewhere to hang about whilst I sorted out the stricken car. We could not be more thankful enough to everyone, and can truly say that this is a place that cares it's guest. As for the stay itself, nice comfy room, fabulous food. We learnt that it is a well known place locally and it certainly lives up it's reputation.

The pods are beautifully decorated and spotlessly clean, they are also at the bottom of the pub car park, albeit a very leafy car park! The pub is more of a restaurant and so gets very busy with diners so it’s not really somewhere you can wile away an evening if that’s your thing, you would really have to drive to find another cosy pub or spend it in your compact/cosy pod. The pub required payment for breakfast the night before and at £16 each for a fry up we expected quite a feast….Tables were laid out in the pub, no real friendly welcome, we sat down the breakfasts arrived then we were told we had to make our own toast. It was fine. However the sausage was excellent! The evening we arrived I wanted a shower but found that the cold water was barely existent in the bathroom so the shower was scorching hot, we tried the following morning with the same issue. When we raised this after breakfast the manager/owner did try to fix the problem by offering another pod for me to shower in but we waited for the plumber to arrive (the shower had been newly fitted the day before) but he confirmed there was an issue with cold water supply to the bathroom. His solution was to turn the boiler down so we had a fairly warm drippy shower. That was really the last we heard from them….I didn’t really want to continue staying there, so even though we had paid for two nights we left after one and found a place we were thrilled with for the next three nights.