Sheila's Cottage

Had an absolutely gorgeous dining experience here last night! Food was some of the best we’ve had. Lovely staff and service! Awesome place

We have eaten here a few times over the many times we have stayed in Ambleside and it never disappoints. The food is amazing and the service is great. Staff are friendly and attentive. Definitely our go to place to eat in Ambleside.

Delicious food and fantastic ambiance! We visited for lunch and were impressed by the attentive service. Highly recommended if you’re in the area!

Brilliant place to eat, especially if you have a dog with you. They made our pup so very welcome. It was wonderful to be able to eat out with our dog. The restaurant is split into two levels with one floor for dog owners and one for without. We ate out on a Saturday evening and the place was full of dogs with their owners. All well behaved. The food was excellent and reasonably priced for the area. This is definitely our go to eatery when we are in Ambleside.

Amazing find! Book in advance to not be disappointed. Service was friendly with a smile. All food was delicious. Highly recommend the sticky toffee pudding.

Wonderful place to be welcomed and eat good food with our Labrador. Prices are reasonable and inline with other establishments. 2 levels, lower level for dog owner upper for those without dogs. Very popular with dog owners. Will be our go to place when in Ambleside

Excellent food, friendly staff. In the group we had an excellent venison casserole,the pheasant burger which was amazing, and the lamb chumps, all super good! Only downside for us is that we didn’t notice the sign outside that said that dogs are welcome downstairs and we are not that keen in sharing eating space with dogs, we could have been warned and if we knew how good the food was going to be, we’d have done it anyways!

Relaxed and casual. Food lovely, good size portions. Staff really welcoming and pleasant. Would definitely recommend this restaurant. We will be back for sure.

Myself and my husband were looking for somewhere nice to eat in Ambleside. We were sure what we wanted and stumbled across Sheila's Cottage. We hadn't booked prior as we just thought we would see what we could find. The staff were lovely and happy to seat us. The interior was decorated really nice and had that homely feeling. The food was brilliant! Loved it all. I ordered the butternut squash risotto for mains and sticky toffee pudding both were lovely I would recommend these!

Great food, in a town without a lot of great choices. We ate here after a long day of hiking - our original plan was to have dinner at a pub but none of the pub options in Ambleside looked remotely appealing and Sheila's Cottage did. It was a great decision. The lamb was the best I've had in a long time (be aware it takes the kitchen about 35 minutes to prepare), and my partner's risotto was excellent too, if almost too creamy. Someone else in our group had the penne pasta entree, which I didn't try, but they were happy with it as well. Service was friendly too.

We stumbled on this place after being turned down from other restaurants (8pm saturday night); We were so lucky! I had spaghetti and haddock in a creamy sauce for starter and shoulder of lamb for main. It was possibly the best meal I've ever had. It seems like they have gone for the approach of perfecting a small menu and providing a pleasant environment allowing you to spend a whole evening there, slowly getting drunk on their selection of wines. The other half very much enjoyed this!

Wonderful food - great value. Sought non-touristy from locals and this name came up several times. Eclectic menu leans toward Italian plus features sophisticated starters. Service personnel warm and accommodating. Family friendly. A little difficult to find but worth the effort.

This visit was not an accident! Two friends were having birthday and we were looking for some place to have a nice dinner and I suggested Sheila's Cottage. While shopping, we stopped in and made a reservation. The food is good and it is a nice atmosphere, but unlike some places in Ambleside that will charge you every limb and your first child for very nice food, Sheila's doesn't. It isn't extremely cheap, but I find the price reasonable for the quality and amount of food you get. I ordered the soup of the day to start with: broccoli, bacon, and thyme with some bread. It was good, minus the bits of thyme I was chewing on. Other starters ordered were the Goat's Cheese Tart (delicious according to the person who consumed it), and the Westmorland ramequin with mushrooms and a cream sauce (also delicious according to those that consumed it). For the main, I had the haddock with an herb crust, creamed leeks, and lemon and ginger roasted potatoes. The haddock was lovely, but I could've used with less crust, in fact I thought it was a bit much and scraped some of it off. The creamed leeks were nice and the lemon ginger roasted potatoes were heavenly. Wished there had been more of the potatoes. In addition to your main, they bring out large portions of veg and some braised red cabbage. Other mains ordered: salmon with cous cous (again delicious), Cumberland sausage and mash (plate was squeaky clean), and spaghetti with flakes of smoked haddock and cream and parmesan (too much to eat). Then it was time for dessert. Really I don't know if any of us had room for dessert, but it was happening. I wasn't sure if I could handle a stodgy pud, so I went with the soft baked meringue with homemade Rocky Road ice cream. I love soft meringue! There were a few bits of it that were a bit overdone to be sold as soft baked, but it was still good. And I'm used to a chocolate ice cream base for Rocky Road and no cherries, but it was still good. Other puds ordered: sticky toffee pudding (a classic), baked American cheesecake with sultanas, vanilla, and lemon (no complaints there), and a Raspberry crème brulee with an Eccles cake finger (apparently the Eccles cake finger was rather weird as it was not very sweet and just kind of fell apart). Overall dinner was really good and everyone seemed to enjoy! Minus a couple bits here and there and I think it is safe to say it is still one of the top places I like to dine at while in Ambleside!

Very good, attentive waiter, quiet position, potatoes from Somerset as we are. From Somerset that is, not potatoes