Beautiful place to dine - We booked to have a meal for my birthday wanting somewhere special to go and liked the look of Lewis's, I'm so glad we did, we were warmly welcomed and... read more had a nice table.
The restaurant has lovely decor and we both choose the Fillet Steak which was cooked to perfection accompanied by hand made chips/onion rings/mushroom and peppercorn sauce
We found room to also have the Sticky Toffee pudding with icecream which was warmed and to die for
We can only speak from our experience and it was a very positive one, we thoroughly enjoyed our meal and we will be back!
We would absolutely recommend Lewis's as a special place to go X

  Excellent place to eat - Had an excellent meal here this evening, scallops starter which were perfectly cooked, fillet steak and pork belly for mains which were stunning.
Highly recommend this place and will be... read more back!!!

  Dinner - What a lovely find. Dinner was excellent. We had starters, main and dessert, all of which tasted incredible and beautifully presented. We were warmly greeted and seated straight away. Service... read more was excellent. Compliments to the chef. We had a lovely evening and would certainly go again if we holiday again in this area

  Outstanding food. Cold restaurant where we sat near bar - We booked here based on positive reviews on here and staying in grasmere. The food was outstanding and I can not fault this at all. We had baked Camembert and... read more scollops for starter. Main we both had pork belly. Absolutely delicious.
The only issue we had was the fact that we kept getting an awful cold blast from the kitchen. I assume from the door being open? We asked to be moved, but was advised we couldn’t (spare table at the time). I explained the cold and they seemed to close the door, as it improved. But by the time we got to our main it was freezing again. A chap behind us put his coat on and sat eating his dessert in his coat.
My husband (who had a jumper on), was frozen by the time we left.
On a cold November evening this was such a shame.
Otherwise we would have given this 5 star, as food was fantastic

  Not the warmest of welcomes but the food was great - We'd travelled for an hour and a half by car to the restaurant in really bad, stormy weather. Because of this we were 10 minutes late to our reservation as... read more our sat nav took us on a detour to avoid a flooded road. I had tried to call the restaurant on route but was unable to get through due to limited phone signal on the back roads. When we arrived I apologised and explained our situation. We received a very frosty reception and I was abruptly told our table had been given away as we were late (despite there being another 3 empty 2-seater tables in the restaurant). We sat down and felt really uncomfortable as it was obvious the staff felt really put out. We debated leaving but decided to stay as we probably wouldn't find anywhere else at short notice. The food was lovely and the waitress in question did improve as the evening went on but we won't be back in a hurry. Really disappointing, as it was our first child free evening for almost a year. I'm not sure if the restaurant has quite a few "no-shows" and this is why we received such an unwelcoming reception, but they risk alienating genuine customers if this is how those arriving slightly late are treated.

  Food disappointment - A warm cosy atmosphere where we have eaten many times and recommended to friends but on this occasion the food was not good. We paid £26 for a 6oz fillet... read more steak which we could barely cut (even with a sharp steak knife!).
The meat was tasteless and very tough to chew so left it.

At £26 for a small inedible piece of meat we will not be returning!

  Good food well cooked. - The menu had the makings of a good evening when we looked at the postings outside. The restaurant is popular and you do need to book in advance: easy to... read more see why. The ingredients are of good quality and the kitchen team treats them well to produce a very decent tasty meal. Quantities on the plate are generous, perhaps at the expense of producing something elevated. But there are other places aspiring to that; this is good well cooked food maintaining the flavours of the ingredients. The value for money is very good and the wine list has a sensible range of affordable with a tantalising choice of something more pricey and interesting. Service was very friendly and prompt
. Altogether a very pleasant and tasty dining experience. Far far better than pub grub in taste, and service, without being more expensive in my opinion. One to visit and enjoy definitely.

  Meal - Service was excellent and friendly. Unfortunately the food was not great. Nice venue with good seating.

  Lovely Lewis’s - I had a little tete-a-tete with Amanda last year in relation to our booking and it put us off visting Lewis’s again.

On our return to Grasmere it was... read more appropriate to support local businesses after the last couple of years and we decided to try this restaurant again as our first visit had been so good. So glad we did.

Our meal was fabulous. After advising of my dietary requirements I was advised that these could be accommodated with ease and indeed they were.

Our meals were so good: fillet steak with peppercorn sauce and sea bass fillet with lobster cream sauce and new potatoes. Finished with the most delicious STP.

The food was outstanding as was the service.

  Booked in for my birthday celebration and we had a fantastic meal.
No starters, as we had been once before and the portions are good plus we wanted the... read more lovely cheeseboard again!!

We both had the steak, cooked perfectly and was absolutely delicious. the cheese board again did not disappoint.

Big thank you to Libby, who is absolutely lovely and for a young girl who looked after us extremely well along with the rest of the team.

I had a lovely birthday celebration along with a couple of others in there that night celebrating birthdays.

Definitely worth a visit and we will be back next time we are in Grasmere

  Vegan Aribiatta was the tastiest pasta dish I’ve tasted in a very long time. Huge pasta shells with vegan, smokey sausage, chunky pieces of carrot, courgette ribbons in a tasty... read more spicy sauce. Accompanied with ciabatta garlic bread.
Followed by fantastic STP with toffee sauce and thunder and lightening ice cream. Perfect texture and sweetness. Good helpings too!
Staff were lovely.
Looking forward to going back. Highly recommend.

  Every time we visit Grasmere (which is quite a few times a year) we make a point of having a meal here and are never disappointed, food is absolutely amazing... read more from starters to desserts staff are very friendly and welcoming would highly recommend, be back soon guys Thank you.

  What an absolutely fantastic eatery- food was excellent and so were the staff with a special mention to Libby who looked after us. We’re already booked to go back in... read more a couple of days. Highly recommend the local lamb with a bottle of red

  We a group of 4 dined here this week, our first visit to this restaurant. We were aware of recent views and have to say we had a most wonderful... read more experience. The staff were very polite, helpful and organised. For starters we had scallops and garlic bread. For main, lamb chops, steak and sea bass. The service was excellent, the food was delicious and cooked to perfection. Our best meal in Grasmere. We would highly recommend and would definitely return.

  Terribly impolite, pretentious male front of house, suspected owner, other staff delightful. Easy to see why this place not at capacity. Great wine, won’t be returning though, i’m planning to... read more open a restaurant around the corner instead v.soon !!! good luck !!

  Having read the glowing reviews off Deborah’s service I was a bit sceptical as to whether her suits were really as good as they appeared. I needn’t have worried as... read more I am now the proud possessor of a simply magnificent two piece suit. Deborah’s care, attention to detail, endless patience and professionalism of the highest order have resulted in a first class suit of the highest quality - and, what’s more, excellent value for money. Don’t go anywhere else! Thanks Debora, from a very satisfied customer.

  We dined here last year and thoroughly enjoyed it so booked again this visit. Starters of French onion soup and baked camembert were delicious. My husband had steak and ate... read more every morsel and it was delicious. I had seabass which was nice but not outstanding. The veg that came with it was a mix of overcooked beans and aldente carrots so not up to the standard of last year. The service was excellent, the young geordie waitress never stopped, always checking on every table, very efficient and friendly. Other staff were also friendly and efficient.

  We enjoyed a delicious meal at Lewis's. They were short staffed but everyone was really friendly and it was a good atmosphere. Portions are very generous (but we still managed... read more the sticky toffee pudding and treacle tart for dessert). Would definitely recommend

  My husband and I dined here last night and it was a fabulous experience! A warm welcome awaited us, attentive staff with a customer first approach! gluten free friendly and... read more nothing was to much trouble. This is the type of place you dream of after a days walking! Look out for the best belly of pork on the planet and sticky toffee pudding! we will be back, again and again!

  Delicious food and lovely atmosphere! We went for the earlier sitting, and had a table reserved for 18:45. As a family of four, we started by sharing the scallops and... read more the camembert which were both delicious. For entrées we had the steak, lamb chops and two sea bass’s, which were all lovely.

It’s such a shame that some reviews are harsh on the food, as we found the meal to be very good.

  We were very disappointed. Food was bland. Recommended wine pairing ordered only to find out when ordering food the entree was off the menu. There are better places to eat... read more in the Lakes. Save your money.

  Excellent! Family of four and all delighted with our food best steaks ever eaten, amazing slow cooked pork with super crispy crackling, and hugely accommodating for our quasi-veggie daughter oh,... read more and made a real fuss of our dog!

Great food, service, and very pleasant decor and ambience.

Will be back!

  WOW!! Great visit - a welcoming atmosphere with lovely staff, service was efficient and friendly with all requests accommodated for. The food was just incredible - would definitely come here... read more again , recommend to everyone the menu is wide with something for everyone

  Visited tonight during our stay in Grasmere with our family of 4 plus dog. Our dog was given treats and fussed over. We ordered 2 steaks and chips , one... read more belly pork and 2 starters for my daughter who wasn't particularly hungry. The steaks were cooked to perfection. Melt in the mouth, my husband thoroughly enjoyed the belly pork with crunchy crackling. Prices in grasmere are very expensive across the board but was absolutely worth spending a few extra pounds on a beautiful meal compared to the local pubs. Would highly recommend.

  Visited 10th August 2022 .My Husband had steak and I had Pork Belly. A little gem of a restaurant and without doubt the best meal of our week's holiday, absolutely... read more first class. Our first visit to Lewis's but definitely not the last.

  What a fantastic restaurant, great service, excellent food (we had the lamb chops and the pork belly).

Staff were friendly and helpful

They also allow dogs

  We visited this place on our second night, it’s menu looked appealing.
My daughter opted for tea as she doesn’t like fizzy soft drinks, I had a rather good Prosecco.... read more /> We ordered main and puds, I had the chicken supreme and daughter had sea bass, which she said was excellent. The meal sizes where a really good size; great if you’ve been out walking all day! Lots of vegetables too.
I was unsure about whether I wanted pudding but as daughter did, I decided in the lemon curd & treacle tart with cream, daughter had the cheesecake. All are made on site. My tart was nice; the cheesecake portion was massive, and daughter ended up only really eating the base of the cheesecake, but I think that was only really because of the size of it.
All in all, good service and hearty meals.

  Beautiful, well-cooked food. Not particularly cheap but worth it! Great menu choice and good service. Lovely ambiance in typical ‘bistro’ style. Would definitely recommend and will most definitely return!

  Recently made a visit whilst exploring the Lake District. It was our first time in the area and we were pleasantly surprised! Once we mentioned it was our first time... read more in the area, the lovely waiter serving could not be more welcoming and recommended the best local spots to visit. Now onto the food... My husband and I both ordered a classic meal of steak and chips. Perfectly cooked, melt in the mouth steak with fluffy on the inside and crisp on the outside chips. What more could we ask for! The food was delicious and perfectly portioned (enough to even fill my insatiable husband!)
We will definitely be dining here again next time we visit the Lakes, and moreover we will be recommending Lewis's to anyone who visits the area!

  Shame! Great little building and location, but sadly the food you are served is terribly below expectations. Overpriced and overcooked, carrots with the life boiled out of them, dry, bland,... read more a food massacre!
Shown to our table, a little squeeze, but its a weekend in July and great to see a local business bustling with a nice atmosphere (highlight). Table menu is slightly different to the window menu, couple of dishes missing.
Two ladies at our side when leaving were subjected to an over-mature waiter (possible owner) trying to hit on them like a 70's Blackpool comedian. Cringe! They couldn't pay and leave fast enough.
Our turn. Young girl clearly on her first night brings the menu, and casually remarks a few things are missing tonight, leaves the menus then goes behind the bar to eat her finger nails! The food choice is average, the prices are above average, awful value for money, but in their defence, inline with Grassmere. You want nice food go to a 5star hotel and pay big prices, sadly everything else here is overpriced and at best average, Lewis's is certainly overpriced and below average.
Starters, garlic mushrooms on ciabatta (menu description), served, in a dish almost soup like with toasted granary on the side, 3 pieces, but two fell on the floor as the waiter/owner struggled with ONE PLATE in EACH HAND.... haha! Seriously.
he only thought he'd dropped one piece, returned with a replacement and gave it to me and not my partners whose dish it fell off. The third piece took shelter under the table until we left!
My partner is a vegetarian and ordered sea base in a lobster cream sauce, my dish was chicken and chorizo (blink and you missed it) with veg (different veg on the menu to the seabass dish - important to add).
Chicken dish, overcooked with bisto or maybe at best a stock pot (doubtful), the driest butter potato you have ever seen (cardboard texture) and carrots and green beans, I had to check the menu as the carrots were so dry and overcooked the were no longer orange! Worse was to come. The Seabass came with exactly the same veg, overcooked and appalling, but it does get WORSE, the lobster cream jus was the same BISTO on the chicken. I dare anyone with tastebuds to tell me otherwise! The meal was edible, just not enjoyable and certainly not value for money.
We hung around for dessert, surely they can't get this wrong? But having bent my spoon on the hardest Eccles cake you have ever seen, we finished the wine and retreated in shock, horror and laughter! It wasn't a life changing amount of money, but the food was no better than my lunchtime meal deal from the Co-Op next door!!! Having read several reviews I fully expect Lewis to jump on this and start being all nasty and rude, don't bother Lewis, its only your ego! Accept the criticism (or truth) take notes and pointers to improve your business - you have an amazing location, potential to reap more trade, just a few tweaks here and there and you can turn this place around. It's tough coming out of the pandemic, staff in hospitality is hard to find, hard to keep, but culinary basics are just that BASICS. Don't overcook the veg, try add a little butter or mustard, don't boil it to death or nuke it in a microwave, if it's a lobster cream jus, then serve that - we were told it was a lobster glaze..... really!!! Show the world a picture of your bisto or move on!
It's not personal Lewis, don't take it personally and come back fighting or lashing out with your verbal excuses like you normally do.
Improve yourself and move forward. Not the worse place to eat in Grassmere I admit, so give it a try.... if you can't get a Co-Op meal deal!!! ! Ding-ding.

  This is an alternative to the average pub grub - slightly more effort in the kitchen, and high aspirations in the pricing department. If you look at the "cost per... read more enjoyability" here - it's quite overpriced.
Staff would rather be somewhere else.

  Paid £26 for a fillet steak which isn’t too bad but it was the thinnest fillet I’ve ever seen, was cooked well but just wasn’t worth the money. The chips... read more tasted like they were frozen I really couldn’t believe they charge £26 for a tiny fillet and a few rubbish chips !! the onion rings were ok. The staff I found quite rude, we weren’t shown to our table they just pointed and said you are sat over there!! The staff member who served us was young and obviously didn’t have a clue what she was doing. Saw the staff being quite rude to some of the people who came in to ask for a table, the staff seemed flustered and didn’t ever ask if everything was ok with our meal. Will give this place a miss in future