Our top recommendations for local restaurants are - click on the name to link to their website
Hooked - Seafood - Windermere - 01539 448443
Francine’s - French - Windermere - 01539 444088
Rastelli’s - Italian - Bowness - 01539 444227 Closed every Tuesday
Jintana - Thai - Bowness - 01539 445002
West View - Chinese/Japanese/Korean - Bowness - 01539 422180
Lake Raj - Indian - Bowness - 01539 445900
San Pietro - Italian - Windermere - 01539 444854
The Lamplighter Dining Rooms - British - Windermere - 01539 443547
Jackson's Bistro - British - Bowness - 01539 446264
Our top recommendations for British pub meals are - click on the name to link to their website
The Westmorland Inn - Bowness - 01539 444078
The Brookside - Windermere - 01539 445962
The Angel Inn - Bowness - 01539 444080
The Albert - Bowness - 01539 443241
The Brown Horse - Winster, 4 miles south of Bowness - 01539 443443
The Mason's Arms - Bowland Bridge, 7 miles south of Bowness - 01539 568486
We have teamed up with High Spirits Leisure Group to offer our guests 10% discount at each of the following venues. The venues are currently not taking advance bookings - just turn up and one of the team will seat you, space permitting. Please ask us for your 10% discount card before you go. Click on the venue name to link to its website.
Bowness on Windermere
The Flying Pig - British pub serving British dishes and cask ales
Caffe Riva - contemporary and relaxed Italian restaurant and bar
The Arts Bar - celebration of great food and perfectly crafted drinks
Ambleside
The Flying Fleece - British pub serving British dishes and cask ales
Ambleside Tap Yard - a destination for craft beer and real ale enthusiasts
Coniston
The Yewdale Inn - traditional Lakeland pub
Enzo's Caffe and Pizzeria - wood fired pizzeria, Italian coffees and cakes
For guests looking to take home a taste of the Lakes, our top recommendations for local food and drink suppliers are - click on the name to link to their website
A Day's Walk - online shopping and delivery service offering the best locally produced and sourced produce
Lakeland Artisan - an award-winning artisan food and drink company producing high-quality, hand-crafted products
Booths - regional supermarket in Windermere stocking an excellent range of local produce
Claytons - traditional butchers in Windermere, trading since 1907
Plumgarths Farm Shop - a family run farm shop set in an independent produce retail park near the A591, west of Kendal
Hawkshead Relish - an artisan producer of award winning preserves based in the historic village of Hawkshead
Penningtons - a Kendal based, family owned company providing a great range of ethically sourced teas and coffees
Cartmel Sticky Toffee Pudding - home of the original, much loved and home baked sticky toffee pudding - found in the lovely village of Cartmel
Grasmere Gingerbread - invented by Victorian cook Sarah Nelson in 1854 in theLake District village from where it gets its name
Roly's Fudge - artisan fudge producers in Bowness, started in 1987 in a farmhouse cottage kitchen
Helen's Chocolates - luxury chocolate products, award winning handmade fudge, bon bons, and traditional sweets, in Bowness
The Little Ice Cream Shop - independent shops in Windermere and Hawkshead serving over 40 flavours of ice cream
Bowness Bay Brewing -hand-crafted, Lakeland-inspired beers, brewed in Kendal
Shed 1 Gin - small batch gin distillery based in the lovely local town of Ulverston
West View Restaurant, Bowness
Always keen to try new restaurants which open in the area we ventured out last week to sample the menu of newly opened West View in Bowness. A ten minute walk from Ivythwaite Lodge meant we could leave the car and have pre-dinner cocktails at our favourite cocktail bar, The Country Hut, as well as a post-dinner drink in The Westmorland, across the road from the restaurant.
Although the restaurant has yet to receive its alcohol licence, they are very happy for you to bring in your own wine, though after our cocktails we stuck to the soft drink menu! It’s worth checking when you make your reservation whether you still need to do this.
The West View states that it serves modernised oriental cuisine and there was certainly a wide range to choose from, including a large sushi menu. My tempura prawn starter was superb and disappeared far too quickly. Andrew had the Miso soup to start and enjoyed its sharp, fresh taste. He had Japanese Katsudon curry to follow and declared it to be very tasty. My Yakiudor chicken was delicious and the very generous portion meant that I couldn’t finish all of it. We didn’t have dessert as we’re not really pudding people so can’t comment on the selection or choice.
We would definitely recommend the West View as a restaurant to try during your stay with us. The service was good, attentive without being too intrusive, and the décor is smart with beautiful oriental crockery. The toilet was amazing, incorporating a number of interesting features that are apparently typical of Japanese public toilets!
Abigail, October '20
