Swinside Inn, Keswick

I know they have a captive market here for walkers around the Derwent water but please be advised - take a packed lunch instead and don't stop here. Having being greeted but a very negative man behind the bar saying they had no gas so couldn't do hot food except the soup which he said was asparagus 'that's what it was last week too, doesn't sound very nice, does it', we decided to go for a sandwich. �6.95 for a cheese and ham sandwich, the bread was verging on stale, the cheese tastless and very old & dry and the ham was the plastic, wet with no flavour type that you get in packets in supermarkets. And to top it all the toilets had no lights and were flooded. We had been advised from others who had visited a couple of years agao that it was poor, and now we know it's true. I've never felt so ripped off.

9 Mar 2009 20:08

Packhorse Inn, Keswick

Now I know why it was empty when we walked in...I asked the lady at the bar for a wine list and recieved a very short 'haven't got one' answer without offering anything else. My partner then asked for a pint of Guiness to be told 'its off' in the same disinterested manner. Not a warm, customer freindly welcome at all. When we did eventually get our drinks but the wine I had was undrinkable, I can only imagine the bottle had been open for some time. We certainly will be advising friends not to visit there as there are many other pubs in Keswick to choose from.

9 Mar 2009 19:57

Dog and Gun, Keswick

Should have known this was going to be a good pub as on a cold wet Monday eveing out of season it was packed! A great pub in the centre of the town with a fantastic atmosphere. We only had to wait a few minutes for a table and then ordered the Goulash and the Liver, onion & mash, which arrived within 30 minutes of walking in the door. Both meals were good homemade cooking and great portion sizes. The wine was the best out of all of the pubs we tried in Keswick too - Sauv Blanc and Rioja. The only downside is that they need a bigger pub!

9 Mar 2009 19:41