Village Inn Grill - South Lakeland

Lovely setting with great food and drink choices. Food lovely and beer great. Good atmosphere too and overall a great experience.

Don't order steak, requested medium but it was pretty much raw. Shame as the atmosphere was good and bar staff friendly.

Note: Further to this review I was contacted by Ranya Business Development Manager for Greene King who was most apologetic for my experience. Further staff training will be put in place and dishes will now be presented with a ticket to highlight the dish has been checked. I was also given a gesture of goodwill voucher which was a nice touch. Visited whilst on a weeks stay in Bowness and because they have vegan options. The first thing which we were surprised at was the price of a pint of Peroni and a bottle of Brewdog Punk IPA was £11.95, we'd just been to The Quayside and a pint of Moretti and half a Neckoil was only £8.50. I ordered the chickenless tacos, corn ribs, mushroom chilli and a vegan Beyond burger, I stressed several times I wanted the vegan options and told the barman I was allergic to dairy. The starters came and the tacos looked nothing like the description on the menu, it should have been chickenless goujons and it wasn't. We queried it and the barman had ordered the chicken tacos.... I haven't eaten chicken in decades and I felt sick at the thought I could have eaten it. I double checked on the Beyond burger to make sure they did not put dairy cheese on and thankfully this was served correctly. The excuse the barman gave was the till was at fault (whilst also telling me he had been in hospitality for 5 years, but I have to ask what's that got to do with it). Imagine if you had a severe allergy... I don't think they understand the horror I may have eaten meat, I know it wouldn't kill me but as a passionate vegan, this has really put me off ordering any kind of meat alternative in the future. I also make sure to memorise what the dish description is and on this occasion, it saved me the trauma of eating chicken. The actual food we did eat was very tasty once I got the right starter, but it did rather cloud our experience of the evening.

Having visited The Village Inn 2 years ago and giving it 4 out of 5, we decided to return twice when on a long weekends stay in the area. This time they deserve 5 out of 5.We ate on the Friday night and returned on the Sunday for the roast dinner. We were not disappointed. The place was so busy we were told 1hr wait for food, no problem, we found a table with a drink and within 15mins our food was out. The roast dinner was huge with the biggest Yorkshire pudding I've ever seen. All tasty and well cooked. The staff are so helpful and friendly, especially the small, short haired lady who was polite, helpful, chatty and never stopped working all the time we were there. We would definitely recommend it here and will be back on our next visit to Windermere.

A very welcoming place that serves lovely food. Dogs are welcome and catered for. Very good service, Jill goes the extra mile wherever she can and always has a pleasant and welcoming attitude. I would highly recommend you give this place a visit when you're in the area.