please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Said to be England's only pub on consecrated ground - beside Kendal Parish Church.
Excellent food, beer and ambiance.
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Not terrible, but nothing special either.
Split into two, with the bar in the middle.
We had the misfortune to sit in the front parlour on our visit; the beer was fine, and it seemed as if the locals were ok. But then they started mouthing off about golliwogs and worse. We necked our pints and moved on.
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Its definitely re-opened. It opened on 12th March 2010 and is now a Freehouse so it is well priced and can be choosy over what it sells and where it buys it.
Trying not to make this an advert, but it sells: Cask Mild (Thwaites Nutty Black) which is the landlords favourite. Hawkshead Bitter and Wainwrights. Warsteiner, Carling, Thwaites Smooth, Kingstone Press Cider and Guinness.
Cask Conditioned Mild at �2.10 a pint.... nutty nectar.
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Seemed to be open again last night although I didn't get chance to visit.
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Has been closed for the past month or so. Unlikely to reopen any time soon I would have thought. A shame as used to sell a cracking pint many years ago.
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Unlike most of the other recent closures in Kendal (it has been a bad year especially for Punch Taverns pubs), this pub has risen from the grave and reopened. (Though I note from the web that the lease was still for sale as recently as last week.)
There's new garden furniture on the pavement and I have the feeling that there's been some new painting inside. (Is the amazing Dyson Airblade in the gents loos new?) It is a shame that the snug is not yet operational.
On my visit there were three beers: Abbot (in good condition), Black Sheep Bitter and a mild.
I wish it luck.
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This pub has now closed.
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Greshon may have liked it, but s/he doesn't know how it used to be. It is now quite ordinary, when it used to be outstanding - until the Landlord moved to the Riflemans up the hill.
Still, worth checking out as (one of?) the only pubs built on consecrated ground, with some interesting 18th century graffiti scratched on a window pane.
The tiny snug is actually a bar for the bearers at funerals, complete with coffin-sized table...
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I was in here recently with a friend, both of us laden down with rucksacks - from the train station, this pub is on the way into the Lake District National Park. We found it a friendly and welcoming little place.
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This small characterful comfy pub has three rooms including a tiny, but not very snug, snug. It has been in the Good Beer Guide in the past. Now with a new and very friendly landlady, the beer has still been good recently with a guests such as Abbot and Speckled Hen. I've not tried the food menu yet.
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