Inn on the Square

We love visiting this restaurant. The service was good and the main menu meals were delicious. However the children's meals chosen were not nice at all - ordered by children and then tasted by adults to see what the issue was. Not sure how garlic bread can be so dry and tasteless (supermarket garlic bread tastes better) and the fish and chips not pleasant to eat? A pity because the main menu tasted really good.

This is a very well located hotel if you are planning to stay in Keswick. It is a 10-15 minute walk to Derwentwater lake and the Keswick Launch area where you can buy tickets to go to the Catbell hiking trail. The hotel is right in the city area. The Thursday and Saturday market is right outside the entrance of the hotel and is a good place to get souvenirs. Walkable to several stores right outside the hotel which includes boots, cafes, a pizza place and several outdoor hiking stores. The rooms are cozy and clean with a nice shower. Though note the rooms can get a tad bit warm at times. There is no fridge in the rooms. The TVs are also a bit older with no apple play or screen-share options. So bring a HDMI cable if you need to watch anything that needs streaming. The elevators were not working on the day that we came (we did get an email notification about this prior). We did get a room on the 1st/2nd floor that made the stairs bearable! Friendly staff. Paid hotel parking available. Just make sure to book the hotel parking before hand. There are some parking areas right behind the hotel which is another option that can be considered. Would definitely consider this hotel if I am ever visiting Keswick again.

Hotel is lovely and room was very nice. Good hot shower with nice products. Bar was really nice and comfortable to sit in in the evening. |However, as the room (305) was unbearably hot the tiny windows had to be left open. The noise!!!!! The town clock chimes every hour which is not the hotels fault but if you are a light sleeper this will be an issue as it was for me. Eventually just getting to sleep at 5am the workmen/binmen (??) started immediately outside hotel. Again not the hotels fault but so much noise.|Breakfast was absolutely delicious served by lovely waiters. |Lovely hotel but if you are a light sleeper and like a cool room this is not the hotel for you!

This was our third visit to Inn On The Square. Booked for Dinner Bed and Breakfast. On arrival went to our room which we found very cold. Put the heater on. Went for dinner at 6pm to find AC on in the dining room. Couldn’t get out quick enough my hands were so cold. Retired to the Front Bar. This room was also extremely cold. Had one drink and left. Returned to our room hoping to find a warm room! It was 3am before I was thawed out. Came down for breakfast to find the AC still on. Never again. Couldn’t fault the food. The staff all very pleasant. Please put your heating on.

Had a lovely stay at this hotel with our dog. Booked a town room this time which I thought would be noisier than the herdwick we had stayed in before. It was noisy at times but I loved being able to see everything going on in the square. |The room was nice and large, very clean and serviced daily by some very friendly ladies. The bed was very comfy.|Breakfast was very nice with very good attentive staff, and a good choice on the menu, and on the buffet section. We tried the full breakfast, haddock and poached eggs, eggs Benedict with ham or bacon and the avocado on toast. All good size, well cooked and piping hot. We ate in the dog area, which was set up each morning for the correct number of customers and the dog sausage was a lovely treat for the dog.|Also had the margaritas and tacos, and the tacos were some of the best we have eaten, beautifully spiced and tasty.|We found the staff to all be very attentive and friendly.|Had prebooked parking and would recommend doing this.|Would highly recommend this hotel.

I visited The Inn on the Square on Saturday for my boyfriend’s birthday meal, and unfortunately, it wasn’t the experience we were hoping for. The service was quick, but it felt more like they were trying to rush us through the meal rather than offer a relaxed, enjoyable dining experience. The lady who served us didn’t smile at all and stood uncomfortably close while taking our order, which made the whole thing feel a bit impersonal and awkward.||The food looked great but sadly didn’t taste as good as we had expected. It wasn’t terrible, but definitely not worth the hype or the price. Considering it was a special occasion, it’s a shame the service and food didn’t live up to what we were hoping for. Unfortunately, I wouldn’t return, but I’m glad we gave it a try.

We have stayed in this hotel quite a few times now and this was the worst experience.|The hotel has gone down hill massively. Upon entering our room it was clear that the cleaning standards have dropped, with a layer of dust across the whole bathroom shelf, and all over the back of the vanity mirror. There was mildew mould around the shower tray, cracked plaster above the shower head, loose carpet between the bathroom and room, and the room looked pretty tired if I'm honest. Outside my daughters room there was a cork on the floor that remained there for the 3 days we were there. I reported this to reception upon arrival, but nothing was done, so this questions the cleaning standards. The breakfast has also gone down hill in terms of presentation and quality. The full English is literally one piece of each item, if they do manage to put them on your plate, as mine was missing a hash brown and black pudding, which I had to ask for. The chef literally has one job. We also ordered 3 x avocado on sourdough bread with eggs, for which 2 had a fair amount of avocado and the 3rd had basically what was left, a 1mm thin spread. I had to request extra avocado as this was unacceptable. The extra avocado took about 7 min to arrive, to which my eggs were now cold. I could go on about the hard yolk in the poached eggs and other stuff, but you get my drift. The downstairs and bar area are nice, but our rooms were very poor and I would think twice about returning as £200 per night is way over priced for what you get. This hotel is 3 star at best.

Recently stayed here in room 211. Fantastic location and the views were stunning. Breakfast was spot on too. Would give 5 stars all day, but the rooms were hotter than the nuclear reactor at Chernobyl! It was absolutely roasting, there was a thermostat in the room that was not wired in?!?