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The sister restaurant to The Old Stamp House reopened in February 2020 with a new look, new "casual dining" menu and new chef, Dan Hopkins, formerly sous chef at the Old Stamp House.
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Summary
“Delicious food, beautifully presented in a relaxed environment”, has won plenty of admirers for this spin-off from the nearby Old Stamp House, where head chef Dan Hopkins’s “modern, accurate cooking” makes excellent use of prime Lakeland ingredients, including Herdwick lamb. It’s “good value”, too – especially for the “brilliant set lunch”. ‘Kysty’ apparently means fussy in the Cumbrian dialect.
Summary
“Perfect food” and “friendly service” are to be found at this more relaxed spin-off from the nearby Old Stamp House, where head chef Dan Hopkins’s interesting modern British cooking might be described as ‘smart casual’. ‘Kysty’ is apparently a Cumbrian term for ‘fussy’.
Summary
The sister restaurant to The Old Stamp House reopened in February 2020 with a new look, new casual dining menu and new chef, Dan Hopkins, formerly sous chef at the Old Stamp House. Early feedback is limited, but very positive about the interesting modern British cuisine in particular: “excellent, very tasty and good value”.
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3-4 Cheapside, Ambleside, LA22 0AB
Restaurant details
Kysty Restaurant Diner Reviews
"An unassuming cafe-looking place, tucked up a side-street in Ambleside. Our guests thought that this couldn't be the place at first. But when you enter and get a cheery hello from the staff it all starts getting better. The seating is laid-back with lots of lakeside moody art. And then the food starts coming - excellent amus bouche - the savoury macarons were especially good and a just baked individual loaf of bread. All the dishes were picture pretty (our guest could not avoid taking snaps to show her daughter, even though she hates the instagram trend). The skin on the Guinea fowl was the best tasting poultry skin I have had this year, lightly salted to just right, and crumbly. You can feel the Old Stamphouse influence. The only reason for a 4 not a 5 for food was my duck breast starter was a tad dry. Interesting and fairly priced wine-list - and no fuss when an over-excited greeting hug (we'd not seen each other for over a year) spilt nearly a glass full. We all had a great time and didn't feel hassled at all. So a really very good experience which is made even more appreciable as this set lunch was only £35 a head, which for cooking and service of this quality is an absolute steal. "
Prices
Drinks | |
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Wine per bottle | £25.00 |
Filter Coffee | £4.00 |
Extras | |
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Service | 10.00% |
3-4 Cheapside, Ambleside, LA22 0AB
Opening hours
Monday | CLOSED |
Tuesday | CLOSED |
Wednesday | 5:30 pm‑8:30 pm |
Thursday | 12 pm‑1:30 pm, 5.30‑8:30 pm |
Friday | 12 pm‑1:30 pm, 5.30‑8:30 pm |
Saturday | 12 pm‑1:30 pm, 5.30‑8:30 pm |
Sunday | CLOSED |
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