The Mill Inn

Hotel

The prices of the drinks in this pub are like london, £17 for a large Pinot, large Pepsi and a pint of Carling are just wrong. We visited this pub in 2019 and it was amazing, food and drinks well worth the cost Unfortunately we won’t be returning as all we were offered for food was “pies” on a Saturday afternoon over Easter weekend. It seems this pub has lost its amazing food and atmosphere.

Lovely Sunday lunch with a great choice of beers too. Good value and dog friendly. Enjoyed our visit very much.

Friendly, welcoming, cosy country pub with friendly staff amd a cracking pint of Guinness.

Home from a lovely stay at the Mill inn on Monday. Couldn’t fault the food at all, was piping hot, fresh and absolutely delicious. Everything was clean and reasonably priced. They even nipped out to the shops to provide me with soy milk for breakfast which was very kind. Enjoyed our stay, many thanks.

Had a really good meal on Sunday evening Roast beef and all the trimmings Bar staff really friendly and helpful.

Really nice Sunday roast, good ale selection, friendly staff, look forward to returning soon, in a great setting.

Perfect location for a walking holiday. Friendly and attentive staff were brilliant for the whole stay. Great atmosphere, great service, great food!

The food is below sub standard. I have been in the hospitality trade for 35 years and know when food is not fresh. Cooking oil requires changing more often, as most of my family had something deep fried and it completely ruined all their meals. Cafe styled menus could be doing with updating by a designer and the menu done by a professional chef. Runny toffee sauce with the desert and runny water like cheesy mashed potatoe… Staff very friendly but tried too hard also please try and stick to covid regulations with regards to masks being worn over the nose and mouth and not the chin. Track and trace —. A couple of scanner stickers outside but not one member of staff asked if we had done this. Prices do not reflect all of the above unfortunately.

A very warm welcome, lovely food, great beer and good accommodation. Highly recommended.

Staff are welcoming, very friendly and helpful. Food was absolutely superb, definitely the best Vegetarian Full English I've ever had. Thank you for making my 30th one to remember.

Great place in great location with lovely friendly staff.

Thank you so much for having us at lunchtime today. The food was brilliant, ale was tasty and the service great. Greta AKA Spaniel love her sausage.
Thank you.

The food was great, just would prefer a plate instead of slate.

Under New Management, but well done to everyone. Great beer, amazing meal and outstanding customer service. Just a real shame you was let down by staff shortages and Londoners delays in service. But we did appreciate your efforts. Thanks for the free desserts.

Fantastic food and very welcoming owners.

Have raved about this place for years till today. Ordered 3 meals and all came out wrong. Sent one back as the misses hates mushy peas. I made do with them and the bairn made do with the fish. The pie came back out only for her to find the peas were still underneath. Absolutely gutted and disappointed in the food. No where near as good as it used to be. No effort was really made to make up for the mistakes and we won’t be returning sadly.

Very clean and excellent food all staff friendly nothing to much will definitely be going back.

Excellent pies, just what was needed after a cold, wet day on the fells. Really friendly staff too.

Great foodand beers. Very friendly staff.

Lovely food, friendly staff and nice atmosphere.

Beautiful location in the Lake District, great food, dog and human friendly staff, log fire. Perfect.

Lovely service and great home made pies on menu.

I used to come here as a child/teenager (a long time ago lol). Hadn't been for 20 odd years so to come here again brought back lots of memories. Great food and the owners are lovely, can't fault it.

Lovely meal and very friendly staff. The surprise bottle of bubbly for my birthday was such a thoughtful little touch. We will definitely be back if we are in the area.

Beautiful place, food was delicious, service excellent. Next time it's the Sunday Lunch.

Lovely place, amazing food, good price as well 8 of us went and came to £27 each with 2 courses and 2 drinks each, lamb was amazing and burgers are good.

Great staff, surroundings, food and drinks.

Awesome pub after a day in the fellsFab staff and great beer options on tap.

Fantastic hospitality, very friendly, great food and service, can highly recommended this place, beautiful room, 5 star recommendation! ❤️

Good food, nice selection of ales (including some local), prices very reasonable. Rooms were clean, tidy, shower was good enough to wash the hangover away. Breakfast was fairly average, rubbery bacon and dry sausages but staff were very friendly and happy to help with anything.

Stopped on a long hard day inn the saddle for food and drinks perfect place with great food I only had a sandwich but enough for the distance still to go.

Stayed here for 1 night. Ronnie and John what amazing hosts so funny and kind. Really made our stay special. Had an amazing meal cooked by Dave the chef delicious. Definitely worth staying here. Gorgeous surroundings.

Really lovely Inn, and dogs welcome anywhere inside too, which is a bonus for us! The food was very nice, portions of a good size, and about average prices. Waitress was pleasant and service was ok. Lovely situation. Tables outside too. Booking advisable.

What a really nice pub, we had been walking all day and were dehydrated, I mentioned this to the barmaid and she gave us a pint of water each even before we ordered the drinks. The Hawkshead Lager was very nice. We both had the Gammon, it was absolutely perfect.

Delightful picturesque Inn in quiet spot 15 mins from Keswick. Small rooms but with the best mountain view ever and red squirrel on the wall. Good food n genuinely warm friendly staff make u welcome. Fab value for money. Will b going back!

Rustic old pub waiting for a new landlord April 2018. Run by managers. Barmaid welcoming, chatty and friendly. Robinson's beers. Food reasonable. Twin room small, poor shower. Needs refurbishment.

Good location in a quiet village on the banks of a small river. Staff were friendly unfortunately the food let this place down. When it came out it was cold. They did replace but should have Been OK in the first place. Won't return. Sorry.

We had the most lovely 5 days staying at the Mill Inn a couple of weeks ago. We had stayed before, about 8 years earlier and fell in love with the pub. On subsequent return visits to The Lakes we often popped in for a pint but had mostly been staying in B&Bs in Caldbeck. This time our favourite place wasn’t available so we decided to give the Mill Inn another go. We weren’t disappointed! It’s cosy and friendly, and very reasonably priced. The staff are fantastic (all of them! …), and Dave and Sharon couldn’t do enough for us. The food is good and the whisky selection is vast – both of which made me very happy! We had a lovely room, room 6. Huge bed and a bathroom with a bath and shower. It overlooks the front of the pub but it’s so quiet and pretty all around, it doesn’t matter that it’s not a mountain view (which some rooms have). It’s in a lovely location, just 15 mins drive from Keswick, and there are some nice walks straight out of the pub (we would definitely recommend Bowscale Tarn. Fairly easy walking with amazing views and a beautiful tarn at the top. ) We will definitely be back to stay again. Just need to learn not to eat too much for dinner and save space for the delicious full English breakfasts next time!

Quaint little place, amazing countryside location. Nice evening meal and hearty breakfast. Beds need renewing though, not very comfy.

We were welcomed by a warm and inviting log burner, we had great food and friendly service. Great place in an amazing location. Try it.

Had the blencathra burger last night and my partner had the chicken and ham pie. Both meals were top quality and the staff are very accommodating. Looking forward to sunday lunch.

Clean, tidy and very welcoming. We felt right at home and were even given a torch to help us get back from the pub! Fantastic breakfast and all in all we had a great time.

Wonderful location. We popped in after walking Catbells. There was a nice selection of real ales and the bar man was very friendly and welcoming. Will most probably return as the lamb (that the next table was having) looked delicious!

Beautiful location, staff really friendly, food great steak and ale pie to die for, good choice of ales and plenty for us non ale drinkers. Comfy bed only downside is the Wi-Fi.

Came to stay for my 75th. Decent car park, friendly welcoming staff. 4 terrific ale's on in perfect condition, they must have a great cellar. Food is to die for, we have never had better anywhere we have been. Would have been 5 star but our room showed signs of damp and the toilet door was Louvre with glass! You have to know each other very well for that sort of thing!

Just spent 3 days based at this lovely inn which is is in a fabulous location, off the beaten track, but only a few minutes drive from the A66 and the busier parts of the 'Lakes'. Staff really nice, great breakfasts, and overall a most enjoyable return trip I had been looking forward to.

Great staff, good food, good beer, great to put back the sweat after a hard walk!

Dropped in here late on in the afternoon, no reservation but made to feel welcome and a table found. All walkers want is a pint and good food at the end of a day when you've put in a few miles. Friendly staff, reasonable food off a varied menu.

Just come here! A lovely old coaching inn situated in a beautiful Valley. An excellent starting point for great walks but only a short drive to Keswick The breakfast is very good and the evening menu is wide ranging with something for everyone. The pie is to die for! The staff couldn't be more friendly or helpful. We will return and recommend others to give it s try.

Grey, rainy day but still a lovely place. Everything looks so green at this time of year.

Food was brilliant, great portion size. Quite out of the way but worth the trip out. Went for fathers day, my little brother went for the Sunday roast but had to swap it for a pie as the beef was tough but all was swapped and service was brill.

What a Gem of a place to stay. Really good food, good selection of real ale, whisky galore and a warm welcome. Excellent nights sleep in comfortable bed. The full English breakfast was a perfect start to the day. We decided to make the short detour from the M6 to stay in a traditional Inn instead of a Plastic motor lodge. I will now make this a regular stop on my travels.

Very enjoyable evening, good food & very pleasant surroundings. Nice staff too.

Even though ive known Dave for more years than I care to remember, him & Yve are the perfect hosts. The Mill Inn is a traditional pub with some great ales on tap and fantastic pub food. I had the steak & Ale pie which was amazing. The steak just melted and the shortcrust pastry was great. My wife had the gammon steak, which was huge and like the steak just melted in the mouth. I would thoroughly recommend The Mill Inn to everyone. Thanks Dave & Yve for a great meal.

Extremely personable staff. Very good beer (wizard particularly good). Well priced rooms and comfy beds.

Great staff; pleasant atmosphere. We had a lovely meal here last weekend. We have already booked for new years Eve can't wait.

Fantastic staff and excellent service. Well equipped rooms would make a great base to explore the Lake District. Superb food available and an amazing choice of drinks from the bar. Would wholeheartedly recommend staying here.

A very nice pub in an outstanding location, with lovely staff and manager. However, the beer — Wizard — was so poor I couldn't finish it. I won a free pint of it as well in a little competition being run — seeing as I couldn't finish the one I bought, didn't claim my prize… The other 2 beer drinkers in our group of 4 had no complaints with their beer having said that.

We've not stayed here yet but had a look at the rooms and they are very nice. We come to the region every year and intend to stay here next time. We always come here for drinks and food which is superb as are the friendly staff. We love the place as does our dog since the place is very dog friendly. Highly recommended. Geoff, Jan n Sam.