Stags Head - South Lakeland

Shocking place, the beer selection was rubbish the 1st night we went in, then night after told no dogs when live music Is on, yet there was clearly a dog the building. Think it was just discrimination against non locals. No worries our money will spend else where

Stayed here many years ago in my youth and was pleased to see it hadn't changed much. Typical lakeland hotel steeped in history, muddy boots welcome, huge ancient log fire and fireplace in the bar. Great breakfast, friendly staff and when the days walking and sightseeing is done it was nice to see a well frequented pub with a good pint. Will definitely be going back.

Avoid if you can. No parking on site, at busy times you might end up walking 15/20 minutes from nearest available parking. Staff was rude and unprofessional. Room was overall ok, but the duvet cover was ripped. Very noisy surroundings with pub and club downstairs and a commotion between guests and security outside our bedroom door at 2:35am. Only saving grace was a decent breakfast. One of the worse stays of my life, I wish I could get some money back.

I booked this room with no big expectations as I was fully aware it was a room above a pub. Booked the Windermere Suite on a Sunday night for £130. However, all I really did expect was the room to be warm, clean with a decent hot shower. After walking on the fells all day in pretty poor conditions we were looking forward to getting in the room. Check in was easy, at the bar and finally found the room up the stairs. I was so disappointed when we entered the room as it was freezing! No heating on in February. The radiators were turned off. So I decided to warm up with a shower, there is no pressure at all and it just dripped out from the massive rain shower head. The room was large and was very clean with a comfy bed, but the freezing room and poor shower spoilt it. We had a Sunday roast, very poor, tiny portions and tasteless. The breakfast was average, cereal, juice and full cooked breakfast. Sadly, the lady who who was in charge of breakfast nearly turned the milk sour with her face and miserable attitude. The final straw was when she knocked on our door at exactly 11am(check out time) to ask if we were leaving. The price maybe really cheap for Bowness but the whole experience was a lot worse than it needed to be. Wouldn’t stay again

Hotel is in a good location very central to Bowness Pier for Windermere lake cruises and close to the town with a good selection of bars, restaurants and pubs. Windermere station is about a mile away. The room was quite small and although it has recently been repainted and had a new shower the hotel felt very chintzy like the UK in the 80s or American hotels now. £130 a night seemed steep for such a small basic room but expect the price is for the area and the staycation effect increasing demand for UK holidays with the covid restrictions this year. That said there were no issues. The room was clean. The pub downstairs offered a discount for hotel guests. Staff were friendly and although the reviews said it could be noisy from the pub below we didn’t hear too much noise, more loud selfish drunk guests returning to rooms then music downstairs. Breakfast is included and is pretty good. The Wi-fi is pretty hit and miss which isn’t great as mobile signal isn’t great in the lakes.