Four in Hand, Keswick - pub details
Address: Lake Road, Keswick, Cumbria, CA12 4BZ [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 917 0007 (ref 14067)
Pub facilities/features:
- Real ale
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> Current user rating: 5.6/10 (rated by 12 users)
> Local guide: Cumbria pub guide
other pubs nearby:
George Hotel, Orton (0.2 miles), Keswick Lodge Hotel, Keswick (0.3 miles), Pack Horse Inn, Keswick (0.3 miles), Dog and Gun, Keswick (0.3 miles), Lake Road Inn, Keswick (0.3 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of Four in Hand, Keswick
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| Agree about the price of drinks. £2.95 for a pint of bitter is a bit over the top although the Sneck Lifter was served well. Food we had was OK. Pub certainly needs a refurb as it was looking a little worn on our recent visit. davewat - 9 Nov 2008 20:04 |
| On Saturday the 18th October 2008, my partner and I went to the Four in Hand pub in Keswick for a meal and to dry out after a wet walk. The interior had a dog-eared, under-maintained feel to it, but it was lovely and warm and everywhere else in Keswick was full, so we decided to stay as we only had a couple of hours before the theatre. I was charged over £6 for 2 drinks and then we ordered food - a bowl of mushroom soup each and tachos to share. The tachos had some nondescript bland cheese sprinkled over the top which had been superheated in a microwave, resulting in rock hard cheese holding together a large lump of soggy tachos. This was served with half a tub of mayonnaise, salsa out of a jar and 2 large onions, roughly hewn. This, however, was a delight compared to the mushroom soup! First impressions were of a bowl of watered down tar, with some curdled streaks of white liquid slowly sinking into the middle. Anyway, always ready for a challenge we tasted it. It was disgusting. Completely disgusting. We suspect the "soup" had been made by pouring boiled water into 2 bowls, dumping in a handful of dried field mushrooms, then throwing in half a jar of black pepper. It was tasteless, watery and very very peppery. After several attempts, we gave up and my partner sent it back to a shrug of indifference from the waitress and no offer of a refund. Do not go to this pub, even if you're cold, wet and hungry. You will waste your money. This is clearly a pub whose only goal is to rip off the tourists. Cumbria doesn't need boozers like this, with no concept of Customer or Quality. happymarra - 20 Oct 2008 12:41 |
| should be the best in keswick but something has gone very wrong a this once great pub,when it was the firs to go smoking it did well but now they all are it is unforgivable ope something changes cos i miss going in there Amigo - 11 Jan 2008 19:18 |
| Bar staff seemed a little disinterested and I would describe the decor as "having seen better days" rather than grubby. These are the bad points. On the up-side, the beer was very good, Jennings beers plus excellent Black Sheep. The food was also good, particularly the pies which were homemade (or if not, very good imitations of homemade). Chicken goujon starter was average but the main courses and deserts were very good and generous portions too. spacehopper - 16 Dec 2007 14:36 |
| I don't know what's happening at this place, the staff look depressed and demoralised. The pub is grubby, sticky, and worst of all - the food is absolutely awful, the worst I've had in years. The only think I could stomach on the plate were the chips, which isn't saying much as frozen oven chips are hardly difficult to cook. I ordered a vegetable kebab, which consisted of a couple of massive clumps of soggy onion, some rank old shrivelled mushrooms, a few sliced peppers, and a lot of new potatoes - who serves new potatoes with chips (and on cold kebab skewers)? Maybe the cook doesn't know chips and potato are the same vegetable, or more likely they don't care. The accompanying pitta bread was like a piece of dried up cardboard. Putting a few boiled tasteless vegetables on a cold skewer does not a kebab make. Avoid the Four in Hand at all costs as there are some smart and welcoming restaurants in Keswick. anonymous - 9 Sep 2007 17:53 |
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