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Very good traditional British restaurant in central Carlisle. I visited on two consecutive nights, and the quality of service and the food was good on both occasions. On the second visit the restaurant was much quieter than on the previous night. If you were to visit frequently, the menu is not that extensive and you would be limited for choice, as they do not offer daily 'specials' or the similar. The mid week menu is essentially the same as the same menu offered as at weekends, but at weekends you are charged more! Drinks are on the expensive side, and no half bottles of good wine are offered, which is a disadvantage to the solo diner.
On the Thursday evening when I dined at David's Restaurant, it was busy, but nevertheless the service and food were of a very good standard. This restaurant is a traditional good class English restaurant. The only lapse in service was when I asked for some tap water, I had to remind them. On Thursdays you are offered their mid week menu, which is actually exactly the same as the weekend menu but somewhat cheaper! The mid week menu is reasonable value. Drinks are on the expensive side.
Another great night at David’s . Great Service , Excellent food, all in all a great place. Will be back again. Kev n Dave
Great food good service made my 60th special Thank you
Great food and service. Nice atmosphere and decor. Would go again.
Fantastic meal and fabulous service! Hope to be back soon x
Fantastic place for a great meal service was top quality
Food was excellent and the mood of the room was just right. Perfect evening
Beautiful meal, the best steak I’ve ever had, cooked to perfection
Brilliant in all respects . A lovely place . Thankyou .
Excellent food and service We have been on a few occasions and never been disappointed
Enjoyable evening with family. Not keen on downstairs dining room. My starter (scallops) were very small and a little overcooked but we all had steaks for mains and they were AMAZING!!
Lovely food as always, and service of a high quality too
Had the most amazing birthday dinner..my husband is gluten free and it was so refreshing to be able to have 95% of the menu..and so delicious. Staff required no prompting or reminding that he was gluten free. Top marks. Excellent food and service. We will definitely be back! Thank you.
Very good food and service. Would recommend it to all.
Our visit was very good. The food and service were excellent as usual. I'm not a fan of background music so this detracts from my visits to most restaurants.
Excellent food as always. Great atmosphere. Lovely lunch. Thank you.
A nice dining experience in a good atmosphere with great food
We had a wonderful meal, and fabulous service as always. Our favourite place to celebrate any occasion, even end of SAT’s week for Oliver x
A few issues communicating with the waitress but food was exceptional as always.
One of the best restaurants in Carlisle, definitely recommend it.
As always, superb food, staff and atmosphere, a very pleasant evening
Lovely food and great service. Lovely restaurant good choice to choose from.
Have visited on a number of occasions for lunch and it is a favourite restaurant So much so that being in Carlisle on a mini-break, we decided to introduce a couple of good friends to the place. Disappointing on this occasion. The service was very slow and all four main courses lukewarm. We sent them back, but they were little better when they returned from the kitchen. Not enjoyable. Our two starters and one pudding were very good, but the bread was unusually pretty average. I shall return and hope that it picks up.
Excellent menu and wine list. Service was very good. Spot On
Beautiful food in lovely surroundings with attentive staff - always a pleasure and treat to dine here
Fantastic evening. The food was exceptional. Fresh, very tasty and well presented. A lot of care and thought had clearly gone in to it. We’ve not had such a good meal like it for a long time. Service was great too. Thoroughly enjoyable experience.
Still our #1 place for eating out in North Cumbria. Fantastic food & great service in pleasant and intimate surroundings. Excellent for Gluten free food.
Very good food as usual, good service, no issues at all
The food was delicious. The staff were as friendly and attentive as always. And the atmosphere was lively, but not loud.
We enjoyed our lunch, food was excellent, friendly attentive service.
Pleasant evening , good food although we did find pretty average
Very good food ,great service and value for money. Would visit again.
Super family reunion! Good food and good atmosphere! Highly recommend!
Once again Davids came up trumps...superb lunch...all 4 of us will be back again soon
We have been many times to Davids and always by our minds is the best restaurant in Carlisle
Great night, the only thing was there was no cheese board which my husband would have preferred.
It was very good as usual but service slower than normal
never disappoints, have visited here frequently for over 25yrs and despite a change in ownership in that period the food and service has been consistently high...
We will return! No more to say as it was a great evening.
We were early but despite this we didn't have to wait. The service was friendly and welcoming - like meeting an old friend. The meal was stunning, and not tiny little "nouveau cuisine" style portions. We had a bottle of Malbec that was really, really nice Can't wait to go back - special treat for Dad's birthday
The food was exceptional, by far the best steak I have ever tasted! Lovely atmosphere, can’t wait to go again.
Excellent food, excellent service, very comfortable surroundings, in a nutshell a wonderful experience.
A lovely atmosphere, fabulous service and impressive food. Great place for a celebratory lunch.
Excellent food and service - cannot fault at all x
Had lunch there on Saturday, the tomato and red pepper soup was sublime, very tasty. Followed by chicken with sweetcorn sauce. Sounds quite simple fare but this chef knows his or her stuff. Superb flavours, and thank you to the host for the ginger ale and angustera bitters non alcoholic, or rather post alcohol drink to accompany a lovely lunch.
We were visiting Carlisle on the Settle to Carlisle railway journey so had limited time. We were served lunch promptly and in a friendly manner by staff. The food was delicious, the restaurant very attractive and all at a reasonable price. We were very satisfied.
Wonderful as ever, great food...really looking forward to a return visit sometime soon.
An amazing evening the food was exceptional and the staff lovely, looking forward to going again soon.
As always David's was a very enjoyable evening and the food and atmosphere were excellent. We were a group of 4 and all chose off the mid- week set price menu (2 or 3 courses). We all had different mains and desserts and all were excellent. We did have to wait for quite a long while for our main course (over 40 mins) but I suppose when you are producing good quality fresh food maybe the wait is worth it.