The Priest Hole - Carta

Had the lamb 2 ways, and now it's all I can think about. Absolutely outstanding food. Been to the restaurant many times, and that's not about to change any time soon. Jess on point as always.

Visited tonight for my birthday was really impressed. The food was amazing as was the staff! We will certainly be visiting again in December for our 45th wedding anniversary. We'll done the priest hole ,excellent food service

Visited on a Sunday evening whilst staying in Ambleside. We had the Sunday lunch which was delicious and plentiful. The restaurant was busy but service was good and the staff friendly. Would definitely return when in the area. Ver carta

Amazing restaurant , the food was fresh and portions good. I had steak, my partner had steak and ale pie, both were delicious. would definately recommend, suspect better to book as it got really busy, and the gin cocktail was great

We booked this based on the excellent reviews, but quite honestly it was anything but excellent. It was steak night, the meal was just warm and the steak was nothing special. Service was ok, waitress was friendly, but we wouldn’t go back or recommend it.

Have to say after not being here for a good 4/5 years the quality of food and service has not changed it is still top notch and the staff are so friendly and make you feel at home. Will definitely return yet again but hopefully won’t have to leave it so long next time Ver carta

This is a very old historic building but it is clean and welcoming, with a good choice of food and drink. We just had a sandwich lunch but they were the best sandwiches we had during our holiday, with generous fillings , good quality bread and side salad. A perfect lunch.

Friendly helpful service from Katie . Thank you. We both opted for the “hot meat of the day “ sandwich . Beef on the day we visited This comes with a dinky pot of gravy and salad coleslaw garnish . We also ordered and shared a generous portion of good old fashioned chips . Tasty and filling . Highly recommend this characterful place.

Food is very good and we really enjoyed what we ate. The service however was pretty poor. We stood waiting to be seated for over 5 minutes. This was whilst staff stood talking behind the bar. When we were eventually seated we waited another 10 minutes before anyone brought us menus or asked us if we wanted a drink. One staff member explained they were short staffed but I watched them talking at length behind the bar. Our drinks were left on the bar for ages, to the point I was about to go and collect them myself. Being busy is absolutely ok, being disorganised isn’t for me. I wouldn’t rush back. Ver carta