The Kingfisher - Menu

Quite extensive, well balanced menu, with decent quality food, locally sourced whenever possible. Staff are always pleasant, helpful and efficient. Not the cheapest in town, but a good place to eat.

Me and my family go here quite often for dinner and the waiters there are awfully funny and kind. They provide quick service. The food is always at a good temperature and is delicious. There has never been a problem here for us and the toilets are nice and clean.

I had a disappointing experience at the Trout Hotel, where I was served some of the worst food I have ever had at a supposed 4-star restaurant. All of the courses were equally terrible. I will not be returning to this establishment, as it is a disgrace to the culinary experience of dining out.

My daughter and I booked afternoon tea. Small slice of shop bought fruit cake and mince pie, tiny cheese sandwich also cheap tuna, hard scones. Had to ask 3 times for milk for the very weak tea extra teabag asked for, waitress bought them in her hand disgusting. Never again and would not recommend

We ended up in the Trout Hotel on a Monday night as most of the other restaurants were closed. However, we was so glad as we have never received better, or attentive service, from any other waiter. The food was nice, bur our Waiter, Steven, made our meal. Great to see good old fashion service. Thank you Steven.

We had lunch at The Trout. We both ordered the steak baguette with Dijon mustard mayo and a side of skin-on fries, along with two diet cokes. We were the only customers in the bar area when we placed our order. Our food arrived after about 25 minutes, but our drinks were missing. We asked a waiter to check on them. The baguettes were pale in color, doughy and lacked flavor. There was minimal steak and mayo, with no Dijon mustard as advertised. The manager realized our drinks had not arrived and apologized, removing one of the baguettes from our bill. The only enjoyable part of the meal was the drinks. As we have a business in Cockermouth and often recommend lunch spots, we sadly will no long...

Went for dinner when staying in the area. We have previously stayed there 3 times over last 6 years. Our visit did not start well, the car park was completely full and we had to park some distance away on the main street. It was a very wet night and we were soaked by the time we got into the restaurant. Arrived at the dining room,advised a membef of staff we had a reservation, he checked and then pointed to a table. Never said a word!! Dining room very dark, dismal and very old fashioned. Just 6 other diners, not at all busy. No ambience at. Menu very dull and uninspiring and again old fashioned. Little choice for vegetarians. Service was competent but charmless. Both our meals were tepid at...

We had dinner for three in the Terrace Bar on Saturday 17th February 2024. Starters goats cheese and chive soufflé, tasty but small for £10.50, garlic bread with mozzarella and salt and pepper squid were lovely. Chicken burger was good but frozen fries for £18. Chicken curry was nice but with two nan breads smaller than a biscuit? The duo of pork is supposed to come with crushed potatoes but was served with mash? The food standard overall was average and expensive for what we got, we ordered a dressed salad with our meal, it never came plus my daughter was asked if she wanted extra sauce for her burger, she asked for ketchup and that didn’t arrive either. Two chocolate brownie desserts with...

My wife and I stayed at the Trout Hotel on June 15th for 2 nights. My wife is in a wheelchair, so we decided to call room service to make ordering easier. Unfortunately, no one answered the phone, so I went to the bar to place our order. The restaurant manager took our order but did not provide an explanation for why the phone had gone unanswered. The next morning, we went to breakfast and were shocked to see a makeshift 45-degree ramp leading up to the breakfast room. It was very difficult for me to push my wife up the ramp. After breakfast, I had a hard time wheeling her down the ramp, as it was angled and not square, causing us to almost fall off the side. It was extremely dangerous. Alis...