The Gateway Inn

The weather was horrible but this place was great ; lovely fire and nicely decorated for the festive season ; loved the arch and the stag ; great food and service although they seemed very busy and the manager, Lonela was bubbly and friendly ; would definately recommend

Absolutely love this place! Lovely, welcoming atmosphere and attentive, friendly staff! The food is amazing, fantastic place to stay the most quirky rooms and free parking. Worth paying a visit even for a nice coffee in the morning to admire all the Christmas decorations and the lovely open crackling fire; my first choice when breaking up the journey, see you all next time

Lovely room, nice bar and restaurant area. Nice food, especially the roast beef dinner. Breakfast good too. Conveniently located for Kendal and surrounding areas. Staff were friendly and efficient. My husband was unwell 1 day during our 3 night stay and they were very kind; asking me how he was and if he needed anything. There’s a farm shop across the road too with nice cafe.

Always our go to for a roast dinner and it never fails! The beef is cooked to perfection and the gravy is just delicious! Great service and lovely staff.. All round it's great, we can't fault the place! We'll be back and can't recommended enough!

We recently stayed at The Gateway Inn on our way up to Scotland. On checking in, we were asked if we would like to book a table for dinner, as long as it was an early booking, as they were busy that evening. This we happily accepted, as we preferred to eat early. Off we went for the afternoon to Windermere, passing many eating places, but rushed back to the Inn deliberately, in time for our reservation. On presenting ourselves for dinner, we were bluntly told there was no table booked in, but we could have a table much later. We explained that we had booked a table on arrival that afternoon, having been asked if we would like to eat in their restaurant, and were actually given menus to take up to our room earlier to help us pre decide. We also explained that we only wanted one course for dinner (the sunday roast) and wouldn't be in the restaurant very long. The member of staff said he would go and ask the chef, but returned immediately saying the answer was a resounding 'no'. No consideration was given to the fact that we had prebooked and no apology offered. The only choice was a late table ( not acceptable, as I cannot eat late, due to a medical condition) and as new visitors to The Lake Distirict, we were forced to make our way out again into the wet windy Sunday evening to find dinner. I wouldn'thave minded but we had already been out previously and would have found a restaurant earlier. Would we revisit the Gateway Inn...no. Would we book a table, if asked by the staff if we wanted a reservation? ....definateley not, not unless you triple checked your booking and then triple checked it again!!

We arrived here for Sunday lunch ! A bad mistake . If we hadn't chose the beef ,there was an extra charge of. £ 2.50 for a Yorkshire pudding on chicken or lamb !! Given the cost of. £ 16, 95 for the main course , which consisted of the meat , mashed potatoes , cabbage accompanied by a luke warm jelly gravy . No roast potatoes , cold plates , poor quality , A child's. fish + chips with NO fish content unless paste, greasy, inedible . Drinks on top , premium prics . Tatty surroundings . Our worst Sunday lunch ever . Your only plus is your staff . !!