The Brown Horse Inn

Spent the loveliest few days at the Pods at the Brown Horse Hotel Winster in the heart of the Lake District. This is local to me but felt like a million miles away from anywhere, we stayed in the Oresstt Head pod which is one of eight and is set just minutes from the pub up a little path, all the Pods have local names of places and are all individual. Our pod was just perfect for the weekend and I would certainly recommend to anyone near or far definitely a little gem to be found.

Visited today 17th November. Arrived around 3pm, we all chose the beef roast dinner, poor very poor! The beef was fatty, roast potatoes hard on the outside (obviously warmed), Yorkshire pudding just snapped (again probably warmed), half a carrot, a floret of cauliflower cheese, green beans (they were ok 🤷‍♀️) but the whole meal was lukewarm and we paid £21.95 each! A lot of money for a sub standard roast, avoid

Popped in for lunch and we had fish and chips after reading reasonable Google reviews and rated at 4.7 stars. The pub is pleasant, albeit perhaps ready for a refresh in terms of decor. Upon receiving the fish and chips, the first thought was wow what a large fish. Unfortunately, first impressions then turned to major disappointment. The fish was actually a very small fillet surrounded by masses of batter, which whilst crispy was too much with a tiny fish and sickly. Mushy peas were a dollop in a dish hard and probably scooped cold and microwaved for 15 seconds as were less than Luke warm and flavourless. The tartar sauce was homemade and flavourful and perhaps the star of the plate. Service was swift however only 6 other people were using the pub at the time. We were not asked what we thought of our meals at any time by the staff who whilst pleasant I think knew that their food was sub-standard and could see we had left masses of batter and chips. This in my opinion is a pub selling mediocre meals pretending to be a gastro pub and charging gastro pub prices. Nearly £19 for fish and chips should be lovely, this wasn't. Two miles away is the Hare and Hounds pub which is fabulous in every respect and charges similar prices.

We have stayed at The Brown Horse, Winster, on numerous occasions and it is one of our favourite special places in The Lake Disrict. It’s a cosy, rustic, warm and welcoming country pub that’s just far enough away from the bustle of Bowness but yet close enough if you want to explore the bars and restaurants. We have always had a warm welcome and the staff are on hand to help (this time we needed scissors and an iron and nothing was too much trouble!). Our room was clean, spacious and the tea, coffee and biscuits were appreciated after a busy night out! Breakfast, as always, was immaculate with a large selection of fresh fruit juice, pasties and cereals and then a freshly made to order fry up. The atmosphere is very relaxed.. think log fires, walkers having afternoon drinks and the smell of Sunday dinner being prepared was just divine (this is on our list for next time). I wouldn’t hesitate for a second to recommend The Brown Horse to anyone and we can’t wait to return at Christmas.

We booked a meal for Thursday 25th July. We were spending 5 days in Bowness. It had a good choice of menu. We all picked different meals.The Staff were very friendly and helpful. We all enjoyed our meals very much and would return again. I would recommend it.

We went here on Sunday for a roast dinner having had it recommended to us. We were very pleased with our meal, the food was amazing, it was the best roast we’ve ever had in the lakes! The staff were very friendly and helpful and the atmosphere was lovely too- we’ll definitely be back again- can’t recommend this place enough! The lady serving us was great as well, we ordered the Serrano ham croquettes to share for a starter and she took them off the bill- I was confused by this but when I asked she said they took longer to come than they had intended so they were on the house, we couldn’t believe it as we thought they came out in good time but thought this was very lovely of them!