Lakeside

Beautiful hotel and location. If you are looking to explore England beyond London, highly recommend the Lakeside Spa and Hotel. Wonderful food, beautiful surroundings and wonderful spa!

The view saved the experience and is the only reason for the two stars. A Caesar salad was 15 which could be considered reasonable but when three slices of chicken and lettuce showed up we were not impressed. Further, although most of the staff were lovely, they clearly lacked experience and when sharing our concerns to a member of staff for the sake of potential future service they just shrugged the statements off. Will be dissuading friends from coming here.

Great stay. Only thing I would say was that there were quite a few flies in our room and some other insects. Apart from that a really lovely place with wonderful, kind and helpful staff.

Brilliant hotel. Grizdale Suite room 11 was spectacular. So much space. Spotlessly clean, well equipped. Full bathroom plus walk-in shower. Could not fault the food. Spa beautiful. My only gripe was we were able to check in at 3 pm room wasn't ready until 4 pm. However 2 complimentary drinks were offered while we waited. Would highly recommend and return in a heartbeat.

We only came for food, but it was delicious. It was a very relaxed afternoon. The staff were happy for us to sit as long as we liked, by the Lakeside. It was perfect for a relaxing lunch. I can fully recommend the salmon and cream cheese sandwich.

Went for afternoon tea with a group of friends. The food was really good with a nice selection of sandwiches and tasty cakes and scones. The staff were friendly and allowed us to borrow the large Peter rabbit from reception to eat with us but struggled slightly with the prewarned allergy requirements. Enjoyable experience and great views down the lake.

Disappointing. We have been before on several occasions and it used to be our luxury treat. We used to pull up to the front of the hotel and they would take your luggage and valet park the car - alas no more. The large conservatory with views over the lake used to be spacious and peaceful. It now has too many tables in it and is cramped at meal times.

In spite of all these extra tables and in spite of booking a room with dinner we found that there was no available space in the restaurant when we checked in. The only food we were offered was a bar snack. The chips which we had with the snack and again on the following evening with dinner were supposed the be triple cooked but they were rock hard and completely cold in the middle (were they frozen chips?).

The food was otherwise edible but unimaginative. They used to have a nice choice of ales - no more. The wine was expensive and ordinary plonk at best in quality. My wife had an upset stomach the 2nd morning of our stay. The room was clearly in need of a refurb. The curtains were ragged and the bathroom had a big black stain on the ceiling where they had had a leak.

If this were my hotel I would close that room until it's refurbed. Your standards of service have dropped a million miles in the last 15 years since we first stayed there. The location is outstanding, breathtaking and gorgeous. I don't know if that will be enough to get us back for a repeat visit.

Lakeside is a great place to stay, well located for trips to other parts of the lakes and with good access to plenty of good walks. We used the spar and found it very relaxing. Our room was comfortable and the meal that we had later on was delicious. This was the second time we had stayed and we would happily stay again.

Tried to eat at the restaurant. It was far and away the worst service I've ever experienced.

Long weekend stay at this 4 star lake side hotel. A perfect hotel for being away from bustle of a town but still 20 minute drive to Bowness for restaurants and shops. Next to the cruise port which is great and a steam train station. Aquarium is also next door, very handy if you arrive before 3pm and tour room is not ready. We stayed in a family suite.

The decor was tired although bed comfortable. Turn down service good and room cleanliness good. Carpet has dirty large stain by entrance door and only black out curtains I'm the room. There woken in the morning by stream of light through centre of the curtains. The spa area is fabulous. Pool and changing rooms great. Very clean and warming. The grounds are also very nice to look at and the staff very friendly and warm.

The food in all restaurants apart from breakfast is very samey. Dinner for two adults and one 5 year old with just one bottle of wine in the brasserie set us back 122.00. The alternative restaurants are the same sort of prices and to be honest the food really wasn't worth this cost. Breakfast was lovely and a great choice is available for all of the family.