Bistro At The Distillery

Lovely food, confidence-inspiring precautions and helpful staff. Distillery gin aperitif of course, and steak was really excellent. Well worth visiting from Keswick even if not doing the tour. Bonus was £10 discounts.

We promised we would return here after our last visit prior to the pandemic and we did. It’s a great restaurant with a full menu to suit all tastes. Service is great and the price very competitive. Facilities great to cover the age range if our party 14 -90. We will call again.

Having read all the reviews we decided to visit, had 2 pieces of cake and a cup of tea over £15 with a service charge added. Had to wait for a while to pay, when final got the attention of a waitress she seemed put out and put the bill on the table and left, had to wait again to get the attention of another waitress to pay!

Great visit! The bistro is to an amazing high standard and would defiantly recommend visiting, was greeted by a very warm welcome, all staff came across very friendly. We had our meal in the bistro, it had a great menu and our food was gorgeous- very high quality! Can not complain. Amazing experience and will defiantly be returning soon.

Amazing place. We were an hour early for a tour of the distillery , and popped in for lunch. Very friendly staff, varied menu of local produce. We both had salads, one Thai beef and one pulled chicken. They were amazing. Table next to us had the open sandwiches which looked just as delicious. We were expecting much, but this place totally surprised us with the quality of food and the service.

We visited the distillery for a tour and thought we'd get a spot of lunch in beforehand.The setting of the bistro is crisp and clean. An enjoyable environment.The menu was quite spartan. We both chose the same main and the same dessert, owing to a limited choice. Whether this their menu or a covid thing I don't know. We had the chicken schnitzel followed by the whisky caramel. Both were tasty, well cooked and nicely presented. However, the schnitzel came with mayonnaise which they had decided to smear all over the top. I would have much preferred the flexibility of the sauce on the side. Wife was happy though probably just a personal choice.Service was friendly and attentive.

On our last day of the holiday in the lakes, we decided to come to the distillery and do the tour, followed by lunch at the bistro. The tour itself was excellent and really interesting, followed by a bit of tasting of the vodka, whiskey and gin which was great! What I loved was the food in the bistro though. I had one of their own gins and a toastie, my mum had the eggs and mushrooms on toast and my dad had the chicken schnitzel which was topped with fried eggs and truffle mayo and served with thin fries. Every dish was delicious I shared half and half with my mum and her eggs were out of this world! Would definitely recommend both things there tour and bistro to follow. Reasonable prices an...

We 've been to the bistro many times and each time we really enjoyed it. We loved the food and the service hand in hand however... Today was not as enjoyable unfortunately.It felt like a mixture of the current climate, dislike for non-locals , ageism or a cocktail of everything.It was a super quite late afternoon with an abduances of staff available but none wanting to actually provide service to us. However a table of elderly local folks next to us were regularly checked up on and offered drinks and further courses.We did not receive such attentive care unfortunately which was a real shame because we used to love visiting the bistro and spending a few Bob in the gift shop. However for our f...

Each year dear old Grandma visits the lakes for a couple of weeks to spend some time with my parents I live just down the road. As a small and random treat, my partner and I took Grandma to lunch after a previous visit to the distillery. The service was efficient and friendly, being sat at a comfortable table and being very accommodating for Gran. The drinks order was taken and arrived in good time. The food menu had a good variety and waiters worked well as a team to ensure that the experience was smooth, enjoyable and well orchestrated. The food arrived in good time and was very enjoyable. What more can I say on this front? We loved it! One point I will comment, as someone who has waited s...