About Hotel The Inn On The Lake
The Inn on the Lake is a luxurious base on the shores of Ullswater from which to enjoy the beauty of the English Lake District; guests enjoy stupendous views of the area from the hotel.
Many of the 47 guest rooms offer wonderful views of the lake, and all rooms have en suite bathrooms with bath and shower, and hair dryer. Rooms have tea and coffee making facilities with biscuits, mineral waters, luxurious toiletries, Wi-Fi Internet connection, flat screen TV, and of course comfortable Sealy beds. There is a room service menu.
The Inn on the Lake is family and dog friendly, and also offers business and conference facilities for up to 100 delegates, only 12 miles from the M6.
Fine cuisine is available in the Lake View Restaurant, where booking for lunchtime is essential. Lake View Lounge, The Orangery and The Ramblers Bar are all splendid alternative venues.
A trip on the Ullswater Steamers is recommended.
Positive Reviews
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Location Superb.
The striking advantage of this luxurious hotel is the location on the banks of Ullswater, with stupendous views, something of which the layout of the hotel takes full advantage. Guests with lake view rooms were particularly impressed.
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Brilliant Staff.
The feature most commented on is the friendly attention and professionalism of the staff. A satisfied guest singled out the Bar Manager for his excellent attention and courtesy; all staff were found to be of an extremely high standard. Guests who arrive
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Warmth.
The Inn on the Lake is described by a guest as warm and friendly, they stayed there when it was cold but all the rooms were warm; they enjoyed the large open fire in the lounge.
Negative Reviews
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Choose Your Room.
Choice of room would seem to be critical here for the best experience, some guests wrote that he had a cramped bedroom, an awful view, and noise from kitchen ventilation systems and air-conditioning.
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Check-In Blues.
In contrast to the pleasant experience of guests who arrived early being shown straight to their room a couple who had driven all the way from London, arriving half an hour before check-in, were made to wait until the appointed time, without even the offe
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Mean Portions.
The greatest criticism by guests was of the meanness of portions. A guest from Qatar, limited in diet by his religious beliefs, felt that insufficient vegetable and fish was made available. Another was appalled that with his main course he had to ask fo