Food & Drink

A personal choice of pubs and restaurants around Ambleside and Hawkshead.



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Ambleside
Doi Intanon, Market Place, Tel: 015394 32119 – excellent Thai cuisine, some of the best we have had!
The Jade Garden, Compston Road, Tel: 015394 31888 – Chinese eat in or takeaway
Luigi’s, Kelsick Road, Tel: 015394 33676. Cosy, small excellent Italian bistro, intimate. Nice.
Priesthole, Church Street, Tel: 015394 33332. English and Med food. Haven’t tried it yet, but it looks very good! Supposed to be one of the best in Ambleside.
Spice of Bengal, Kelsick Road. Tel: 015394 31250. Good quality Indian food and takeaway
Stampers, Church Street, Tel: 015394 32775. Cosy candlelit cellar restaurant
Tagore, Compston Road, tel: 015394 34346. Good quality Indian food and takeaway
The Log House, Lake Road, Tel: 015394 31077, elegant, fine dining
Zeffirellis Vegetarian, Compston Road, Tel 015394 33845. Even if you are not vegetarian, this place really is special, with an amazing modern atmosphere and excellent food. Definitely have to book. Well worth it! Impossible to get in without reservation.

Hawkshead
The Outgate Inn, Outgate. Tel: 015394 36413. This is our personal favourite pub in the whole area. Although it doesn’t look much from the outside and has only a small unassuming garden, inside it is a friendly, cosy pub with excellent food and beers. The bar staff are the nicest you could hope for and the lunchtime chicken goujons are superb! Well known for its live jazz on Friday evenings, although you do need to book. Nice long walk from the Barn (about 20 mins); down to the main road, turn left towards Ambleside.
The Drunken Duck Inn, Barngates, Hawkshead Tel: 015394 36347. 400 year old pub, with award winning restaurant and a location to die for. 15 minute walk from Oak Apple Barn, again, a restaurant for a special occasion.
The Kings Arms, Main Square, Tel: 015394 36372. 500 year old pub for locals and tourists, very comfortable atmosphere, good food and beer, lovely place. 15 minute stroll.
The Queens Head Hotel, Main Square. Tel: 015394 36271 The pub dates back to the 16th century, and has really good British food. Very much a traditional English pub, just as they used to be! Wonderful. 15 minutes stroll from Oak Apple Barn.