Strickland Arms, Kendalback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Excellent pub with good service, food and beer. Have been a few times and it never dissapoints.
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we make this a destination venue, for the beer and the food never fails on quality and choice on both. my hotpot on sunday was the best ive had and the choice of local real ales was well chosen with a blonde a bitter and a stout all featured. well deserves the awards it has won, may it continue to thrive in these difficult times in this trade
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Well, I haven't been here for 54 years, when Bob & Ethel owned it, so maybe it's time for another visit!
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Visited this pub for dinner last Friday during a weekend break in the Lakes. What can I say, the food was exceptional, the atmoshpere relaxed, and the staff very friendly. I had the nicest pint of Thwaites Wainwright I'd had anywhere, and returned on Saturday to sample their other ales (Coniston Bluebird and another local ale the name of which escapes me), which were excellent also.
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Great beer, great food, great staff, a great pub. Give this place a go - you will not be disappointed.
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Nice pub just outside the gates of the National Trust's Sizergh Castle. 4 real ales on offer (2 Thwaites and 2 from Cumbia on our visit). The food appears to be mainly locally sourced and looked and smelt fantasic, although not sampled. Very busy with diners and castle visitors yesterday afternoon. Outdoor seating at the front of the pub quieter than indoors. Pianist and singer, whilst ok, seemed a bit unneccesary in whats essentially a dining pub.
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After a period of closure, the Strickland reopened two years ago as a nice foody pub, owned by the National Trust. Downstairs there is a bar to the right with a fire. The beers are usually Thwaites Bitter and Lancaster Bomber, Hesket Newmarket Doris 90th Birthday and, often, Coniston Bluebird. On the left is a larger room and there are a couple of dining rooms upstairs. The impression is one of (deliberately) slightly faded grandeur.
Whilst the menu seems unnecessarily complicated (one needs to examine 4 pages), the food is consistently good.
Though a bit too close to the A591 Kendal bypass for complete peace, there is a pleasant beer garden and tables between the pub and the quiet (because bypassed) road. It makes a pleasant cycle ride via Natland and Sedgwick from Kendal.
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