The Priest Hole

Very good service from friendly staff. Plenty of choice on menu. Portions a bit small for the price but overall a good experience

We had a perfect evening with amazing food and impeccable service

Had a lovely time. The staff were great and friendly. The food was delicious and there was plenty of choice. Well worth a visit

Having had a great walk over Loughrigg we were all ready for Sunday lunch The Priest Hole didn’t disappoint - best lunch in Ambleside thanks for the fantastic hospitality

Waitress was lovely but overstretched. Steak was ordered rare but came out well done but they were happy to replace with a rare steak. Food was ok - pie looked very good.

We had a fantastic meal and the service was so good would highly recommend 👍

An experience with two sides. Firstly the waiting staff were top notch, friendly, attentive, and trying to resolve the situation. But then there was the food, not good! Starters of prawn pil pil and belly pork were good. Mains - 8oz sirloin was just fat, sinew, and gristle, and was inedible definately from the laziest cow in the field - Steak and ale pie was ok until you got toward the edge where the meat was hard and black, I wonder how many times the pie had been cooked. We were offered to have the steak changed, but why would we want to eat our meals separately. Also offered to replace both meals, declined this as why would other food be any different in quality? Won't be giving them a second chance.

Fabulous welcome when we arrived. Excellent service and food quality

Fantastic service, amazing delicious food and outstanding value for money

Lovely meal in a great friendly service. Loved the house red

Food lacked taste. Nice starter - mushroom in garlic, chilli, oil and butter Pie - appeared home made, however had been reheated as a portion and made dry and hard. Probably quite nice if eaten as made fresh. Meatballs with pasta. Meatballs - dry and over cooked. Pasta sauce was bland and probably just pasta, no garlic or taste. Was something I would have put on a children's menu Very under whelming food. Probably would not recommend or yeah back.

Really good food and delightful staff. I had the haddock with tarragon sauce and samphire and it was superb!

Had an enjoyable meal. Good food service.. booked online so easy

Stunning food as always and great service! Fully recommended this restaurant

Fabulous food, very nice wine, quirky atmosphere. Would definitely recommend

Lovely food and lovely restaurant! We had a great evening

Food good, service good not so sure about the musak!

The ambience is good, the staff are pleasant & efficient, there is a good range of bottled beers and the food is excellent. What more could you want?

Very slow service, veg wasn't as warm as it could be, the beef was not pink as was mentioned when ordering food. Steak and Ale pie, yorkshire puddings, gravy all good

Fantastic Sunday roast, everyone loved it, adults and kids too

Really enjoyed our visit. There was a larger table adjacent who were a little noisy but still really enjoyed

Staff were friendly and efficient. Food was excellent and we enjoyed it so much we returned on the Wednesday.

Enjoyable evening, friendly service and very tasty food ++ ++

Had the Sunday roast, the beef was terrible, why you would put fatty/gristle meat on a plate? Cauliflower cheese was bright yellow and totally unappetising. My husband had the steak pie, which he was struggling to cut. Wish I had taken note of other reviews on TripAdvisor.

Lovely staff, really know what they are doing. Had already put out a high chair for us as requested, but it's nice to see it was done. Mum loves it here and she really enjoyed it all, the food was good for all the people who needed to eat different diets, and it's a lovely setting.

Friendly greeting. Excellent service. Delicious food (in large portions) and even got to see the priest hole thanks to the chef. We had a lovely evening,, thank you.

Nice welcome and good service, fish and chip good and very hot, the mushy peas were a bit cold and too mushy for our liking. Website prices around £2 lower than the actual menu!!! Needs updating!

Sunday roast lunch was exceptional. Very much worth the visit .

Lovely meal and great service. Cosy atmosphere - would definitely eat here again.

Steak was tough and suspect not properly matured. Expensive meal.

It was so lovely and nice we be back soon thank you for a wonderful night xx

The food was absolutely grim....tough tasteless fried "chicken Kiev" with burnt crumbs which they tried to call a special 😂😂😂 it Was beyond vile and I could taste the chip pan Avoid unless you are absolutely desperate.. You'd be better off going to the Tesco express for a pot noodle.

It was my 60 th birthday, the ladies set our table up with balloons , which was lovely ty . Our food was delicious too we wanted a quiet lovely meal/restaurant and you delivered. Thank you again

This is our go to restaurant for a Sunday roast, food is perfect & staff are fabulous.

Nice food and friendly staff, not kept waiting in-between starter and main. Plentiful portions

First visit, will not be our last! Roast lamb dinner was great quality. Fantastic, friendly service

Very unremarkable food at best and overcooked. Expensive too. Wouldn’t have minded paying that if it had need delicious. Not good.

Good reviews directed us here, however not sure why. Had a Sunday roast, potatoes hard, meat not fantastic all in all very average. Better roasts around for the money I’m sure.

It was great. The staff were very attentive and polite. My steak was ok but my wife’s lamb was lovely. Will definitely go back again

Great food , great service would definitely recommend this restaurant

Staff very welcoming and efficient and happy to engage. The food was amazing, as it always is - the sauce with the Hake was absolutely incredible!

Lovely food, friendly staff, recommend Tuesdays for fish night , amazing

Lovely food and the staff made me feel really comfortable as a solo diner. Sunday roast was delicious

I love eating at this restaurant and as always the food was excellent. However i had to sit wearing my coat to eat as the restaurant was so unacceptably cold.

Visited twice. Sunday roast dinner was amazing. Burger, steak & ale pie was delicious. Staff very friendly, service speedy. Highly recommend.

Hoping food was going to be better. It was overall very expensive and we were a little disappointed.

Lovely venue, the staff were very friendly and attentive and the food was excellent

Service was good but the food was very mediocre and we were both still hungry after.

Lovely food and great service. We were well looked after. In fact we were so impressed we’ve already booked our next visit.

Nice atmosphere. The food was pretty good and fairly priced.