Sedbergh Restaurant Guide

2023 Review: This “small, family-run hotel” in the idyllic Eden Valley has a “lovely restaurant” serving “good-quality locally sourced food” which includes “some very unusual dishes with lovely flavours”. The “front-of-house staff are great”, and you can make your stay more adventurous by glamping in a yurt in their private forest.

This “big and busy” Lune Valley link in the Brunning & Price chain – a “well presented” 18th-century inn a few miles from the Cumbrian and Yorkshire borders – “deserves to be as popular as it is”; “the menu is carefully thought out” (the “best dish is crispy beef salad”, but vegans are also accommodated) and “they always look after you well” to boot.

“A very good find in the Lake District” – this modern pan-Asian dining room of a swish, contemporary hotel is a break with Lakeland traditions, with its contemporary decor inspired by far-off lands and open kitchen delivering an eclectic mix of cuisines. Reports say the food’s of “a high standard” and lunchtimes here are a particular favourite – “we ladies who lunch try different restaurants in the area and Gilpin is the best so far xx!”

2022 Review: An “interesting, imaginative menu” giving a modern British twist to Mediterranean cooking “caters for all tastes” at this pub, which features an attractive contemporary interior. “Desserts are especially delicious.”

“A smart but ultra-comfortable Lakeland hotel with a stunning restaurant from ex-Fat Duck chef Ollie Bridgewater, who has really put his stamp on the menu over the last year, with cooking that is original, refined and absolutely delicious”. The venue itself is “spread over a couple of dining rooms, with well-set tables complete with white tablecloths”. This is “clever cooking” such as “gnocchi with identically shaped mousses of the local St James cheese – a remarkable dish with an intense truffled jus gras”; or “Lobster pappardelle – thin pasta with some herbs rolled in, excellent sauce and Oscietra caviar”. The menu is based around three courses with an ‘Origin’ menu for £90 per person; or a ‘Source Culinary Journey’ for £120 per person. As well as its evident gastronomic attributes, it’s also often recommended as a “romantic” destination too.