Woolpack Inn

We booked 3 nights in the spa room, with breakfast and supper included. We also got a packed lunch on one day. We later found out this was the last weekend they were open until later in January, and in fact we were the only guests on our last night. We were still made to feel welcome, and the service was proactive. This is an excellent location for walks, and the hotel caters to walkers/hikers. The room was cosy, warm and comfortable, yes, a little tired, but quiet, good bed, large TV, everything works. We slept very well. The jacuzzi bath was very welcome after a cold wet day tramping around the Hardknott Roman fort and pass; the only regret is that we couldn't see anything out of the roof window because of the cloud cover. On a clear night, this would be spectacular. Breakfast offered a good range of meals, and the evening meals were also very tasty. The mutton chili sounded a bit strange, but was fantastic--not too spicy, flavourful, and a healthy portion size. The only downside of food is that the packed lunch (sandwich, biscuit, fruit) felt a little overpriced, especially after we realised (the next day) that we hadn't been given any fruit. However, we didn't want to fuss around packing in our own food, and there's nowhere else to buy sandwiches.

I stayed at Woolpack while doing circular walk around the Lakes with my 11 year old son. Having had a hideous walk in the wind and rain from Torver to Eskdale over the Old Man we were delighted to get to Woolpack and were given a warm welcome on our arrival. Given its location it’s very much a walkers pub and is well geared up for walkers arriving west through with a drying room and no judgement on muddy boots, etc. The room was quite tatty and in need of some TLC however the bathroom was more like the standard of a high end boutique hotel! It was lovely and very welcomed given we were cold and wet. The pub was great with lovely local beer and great atmosphere, 100% authentic and what a good Lakeland pub should be. We had wood fired pizza as the main meals had stopped as we had arrived late and it was very nice. A highlight was undoubtedly the breakfast which was delicious and again more akin to a higher end hotel - lovely local ingredients beautifully presented. The real highlight was the slightly eccentric chap that looked after us and offered a true example of great hospitality! We would 100% stay again.

Extremely friendly and helpful staff, without exception. Food was excellent, some really different options as well as the usual run of the mill pub food. Piping hot breakfast, top quality. Clean comfortable bedroom and modern bathroom. Can't fault this gem of a pub, perfect loaction for hiking in the area.

The customer service I received from the staff here, especially Miles was very accommodating, helpful and very personable with not just myself but everyone he walked past. Would highly recommend the restaurant! I’ve only been in the room 20 minutes but the bed was very comfy and the showers was lovely!

Nice hotel had a nice quiet room. But spent most of the day out walking. Did have breakfast, Lunch and Dinner here but not always Lunch. Food was good and I did enjoy it. Staff were not the friendliest in the world. Sometimes it was quiet and just me there and I did feel I was just a bit of an annoyance to them being there. Would maybe try somewhere else next time. But it was good value.

We stayed for 1 night and it was very plesant staff were friendly and welcoming. we stayed in room 4 which had a beautiful mountain view room and was a dog room as we had our puppy with us. The room was a little cramped we kept falling over the bottom of the bed as it was very close to sofa. The bed was lovely and big although it was quite hard. We had breakfast the next morning which was very tasty but dry.