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The Wateredge Inn, Ambleside
Waterhead
Postal town: Ambleside
LA22 0EP
Served areas
Reviews of The Wateredge Inn (Average Rating: 7 of 10) see review guidelines
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Will Larter left this review about The Wateredge Inn
Now in the same ownership as the nearby and confusingly similarly named Waterhead Inn, this former pub has also been amalgamated with the former Regent Hotel across the road, which has been restyled Windermere Rooms. These changes prompted a massive refurbishment that coincided with one at the Waterhead. Now that it's reopened, I thought it was about time I called in for a beer. Having just come from the sister pub I spotted the same beer, Bowness Bay Fell Walker, on the bar here, so decided to do a comparison. Actually, it was more of a contrast, because whereas the previous beer was too warm and too lacklustre, this one was well poured ("just leave it there and I'll top it up when it's settled" said the friendly bar person), in very good condition and, for a bland modern pale, quite a pleasant drink (NBSS 3.5). Same beer, same price but worlds apart in care, skill and customer service. The surroundings are much the same - very smart, very expensive and in very poor taste, the trademark of the Inn Collection Group - but this is very much a decent pub experience. The decor is slightly more pub-like, the background music slightly less dire, the seats slightly more comfortable; it all adds up to "much better", as my notes made at the time record.
On 24th December 2023
- rating: 6
[User has posted 4273 recommendations about 3935 pubs]
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Mike Hewitt left this review about Wateredge Inn
After a trip on Windermere we sat in the lakeside beer garden and had lunch. Just a sandwich and a couple of pints of Bluebird. Very pleasant.
On 12th September 2006
- rating: 8
[User has posted 83 recommendations about 71 pubs]
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Staveley, 7.77 miles, 2 hr 29 min walk (show)
Burneside (Cumbria), 10.64 miles, 3 hr 25 min walk (show)
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- Accommodation : Yes last updated 24 December 2022 by ROB Camra
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 24 December 2022 by ROB Camra
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 24 December 2022 by ROB Camra
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 24 December 2022 by ROB Camra
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 24 December 2022 by ROB Camra
- Car Park : Yes last updated 24 December 2022 by ROB Camra
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 24 December 2022 by ROB Camra
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 24 December 2022 by ROB Camra
- Live Music : No last updated 24 December 2022 by ROB Camra
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 24 December 2022 by ROB Camra
- Micropub : No last updated 24 December 2022 by ROB Camra
- Pinball : No last updated 24 December 2022 by ROB Camra
- Pool Table : No last updated 24 December 2022 by ROB Camra
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 24 December 2022 by ROB Camra
- Real Cider : No last updated 24 December 2022 by ROB Camra
- Wheelchair Access : Yes - No access via front door though - last updated 18 December 2023 by Will Larter
- WiFi : Yes last updated 18 December 2023 by Will Larter
