The White Horse, Maplehurst

good little pub in a lovely spot. simple but reasonably priced food, decent beer and a bar with a lot of character

nice garden out the back too, so plenty of things for the kids to play on or space for them to run about

doesn't take cards though - so take plenty of cash if you're planning a session or a meal!

21 Aug 2009 22:52

The Brackenrigg Inn, Watermillock

oh dear, oh dear, oh dear

a pub in a lovely location, overlooking Ullswater and the surrounding hills, but spoiled by crap service and overpriced food.

Unfortunately, this typified a lot of the pubs in the Lakes that we visited during our week in April - great place, shame about the food and prices. Since when did it became ok for pubs to charge over �10 for sausage and mash or fish n chips?! But that seems to be the norm in many Lakes pubs

this particular pub was one of the worst - a relatively quiet weekday lunchtime order for 8 people turned into a farce - with the adult meals turning up 15mins before the kids (despite a request to the contrary), very average sarnies for over �6 a shot and an inability to find anyone to serve us resulting in us leaving early, having got bored of trying to find someone to order coffee or food from

perhaps we caught them on a bad day, but the service had an air of Fawlty Towers about it, which was probably normal. Maybe ok for a quick drink on a drive down Ullswater, but unless you enjoy paying top whack for average food, give it a miss!

21 Aug 2009 22:47

The Dragon, Colgate

Went here last week with the family for lunch in the beer garden on a sunny Saturday. There were about 8 other customers apart from us, so it was disappointing that a simple food order took 45mins to arrive. And more disappointing that the chicken in the burger was burnt on one side and the bap stale.

kids meals ok, but it's just very average - ok if you're starving, but not where I'd take friends. The Black Swan at Pease Pottage is a much more consistent pub for good food and service - would recommend that over this any day

21 Aug 2009 22:34