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Good pub although I've always considered it a little wanky, or rather some of the clientele with high powered fuel injection cars and loud ra-ra voices provide the wankiness. If you can tolerate this, you'll find the beer and open fire and coziness a treat.
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Great little pub, good food, and a wide range of excellent beers. Pity the barman I encountered couldn't pour a pint (5cm of head, and, despite a polite request, moaned when I asked for a top up). Trading Standards should pop by for an ale!
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Love this place, been there many times. Unlike some of the previous entries, I prefer the regular Hawkshead bitter to the Hawkshead Gold. The setting of the pub is fantastic. The lamb is exceptional. I don't think it's particularly expensive considering the quality. Sometimes the service at the bar can be slow. Also stayed there and the accomodation is great. It's self-catering, so you have to go down to the Post Office/cafe in Bowland Bridge for your breakfast if you don't fancy cooking with a hangover
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I popped back here for a latish Sunday lunch on a cool May Sunday. We managed to get table 6 (very much dining pub upstairs: or dining rather than pub) and it didn't seem too busy. Food was good (huge and good fish in the fish and chips but only a 6/10 for the chips; good gammon; delicious-looking sweets) and there were four well chosen and kept local beers. In other words, it is still a fine, somewhat posh lake district pub where one can eat well but also still simply go for a good beer.
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we went in late May wich wasn't terribly touristy. Food was very good and portions large. Beer also good. Only fault,they won't let you view the evening menu until 18.00 So if you are there at 17.45 you can't read the menu to choose you're meal until they start serving from that menu at 18.00
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Very nice pub. Agree that it is a bit touristy but in the Winter with the log fire going it's great. Good pint of Hawkshead Gold, yes a bit pricey but worth it. The food is also worth a go. The gents is interesting, all built in slate. All in all worth the effort.
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Particularly busy, especially on a hot July afternoon and very difficult to park. Food orientated, we felt a little in the way just wanting to drink. I concur with the previous Hawkshead Gold comment, very nice. Expensive and touristy.
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As a post-script. I ate here on a very sunny Sunday in July and, although it was very busy outside, having booked a table upstairs (table 6 is wonderfully formal, by the way) enjoyed a pleasantly quiet meal. Although the food is expensive the Beef Cobbler was well worth it (if perhaps sufficient calories to outweigh the good effects of a week's walking). It's not far (though a drive) from Gummer's How if you fancy staggering (after the Cobbler!) a half mile from the road up to a good view.
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This is a delightful pub but it can be very busy even though it is off the main tourist track. It overlooks the broad valley of the River Winster and has tables outside in a yard. Inside there are three small rooms, one with a fire. Of the four beers, the Hawkshead Gold seemed the most interesting and was in good condition. It is a food-orientated pub with an interesting but therefore fairly expensive (even for these parts) menu.
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