Lake District 2 Rosette restaurant at Swinside Lodge

We take great pride on the quality of the food we serve created by our award winning 2 Rosette Chef Clive Imber. We are recommended by Michelin as a very 'Pleasant Hotel', and have recently been given a breakfast award by Visit Britain.

Our evening starts with aperitifs together with canapes individually prepared by Chef. Ingredients for our daily changing four course menu are sourced as locally as is practical, including beef and lamb from farms in the immediate vicinity, bacon dry cured by our butcher himself and eggs totally free range together with fish sourced only from sustainable fish stocks. Selections of fresh vegetables accompany the main course and each evening we offer a traditional hot plus cold dessert. Coffee or tea and petits fours will round off a memorable evening.

Throughout the menu home grown, local and wild fruits are utilised extending to the making of chutneys to accompany an assortment of the best of Cumbrian cheeses and classical French ones.

Selected herbs used extensively throughout the menu are grown in the hotel gardens and all breads used during dinner, soups and ice creams are home made.

Seasonal game is readily available both through our local butcher and supplemented by our neighbour, Lingholm Estate.

Guests with special dietary requirements are carefully catered for with equal importance being given to the preparation of vegetarian dishes.

Dinner is incomplete without fine wine to complement Chef's delicious cuisine. At the Lodge we offer wines sourced from family growers who use traditional methods, observe conservation cultivation in order to respect the environment and produce ‘clean’ wines. The wine list has recently been extended with an impressive choice of over 120 bins.

Non residents are welcome to dine with us by prior arrangement – canapes and set four course dinner is £40 per person.

We hope you fully enjoy your dining experience in the knowledge that as many ingredients as possible are sourced locally and as always we welcome your comments.

Please note that any attempts to kidnap the Chef will always be prosecuted!