Westmorland - Eden

We had high expectations for the food given all the hype about the quality of the produce. The steak my partner had and the fish I had was excellent. Unfortunately the chips were undercooked, soggy and pale. Frankly inedible. We didn’t want to return the food for fear of the steak and fish being ruined. However, a better supply of chips could have been provided to us, as a gesture of goodwill. I can’t believe any self-respecting chef would serve such poor quality chips. Made even worse was the attitude presented when we raised this. The waitress fed back our disappointment to the chef and in her reply to us which was “I did raise it with the chef but….” we took this that the chef chose to completely dismiss and disregard our feedback. It was a shame because we were otherwise so happy with our overnight stay at the Westmorland Hotel and this put a dampener on it. Message to chef: listen and do better.

Some wonderful food, mainly locally sourced, cooked to perfection. Whilst not a wide selection, it is perfect for those spending a night in the hotel on route to somewhere else. My steak was really well cooked and very tender. We also had breakfast int he restaurant as part of our stay and that was delicious and set one up for the day. All the staff are very polite and attentive. The time slots make sure that they do not overload the front of house or kitchen teams so it is well worth going at the right time.

The restaurant isn’t cheap especially if you are having a bottle of wine, I had the fish cake to start, my wife had the goats cheese, for main my wife had the ribeye and I had the pie of the day, all the food was first class.

Perfect if you're booked in and the restaurant seemed full in the evening. The menu is short but well balanced with elements linked to the associated farms. All the elements of each dish were well thought through and nicely presented. Breakfast was vrey good again with local produce.

We ate in the restaurant on the first night at the hotel. Very good menu our choice was excellent. Good service nice table looking out onto the countryside.