Derwent Walker Cocktail Bar and Restaurant
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A cocktail bar and restaurant serving small plates with a focus on tapas-style dining. Dishes include duck, venison meatballs and steak with oven potatoes, alongside gluten-free and dairy-free options. There are espresso martinis and a selection of other drinks. The space has an upstairs dining area. Some visitors come for lunch, while others visit in the evening. Vegan choices are available.
Customer Reviews
We visited Derwent Walker restaurant while we were staying in Keswick for a few days… what a little gem of a place, excellent food and lovely friendly staff. We had a load of the small plates and shared them… we didn’t know what size they were so ordered 7 between two of us, it’s a good job we’d had a few drinks and were hungry! All of the dishes were delicious! We’ll definitely be back in the future 👍
Popped in as a walk-in whilst visiting the Lakes and was massively impressed. The upstairs restaurant was well laid out so that you’re not on top of each other and can enjoy a great meal without hearing the conversations of everyone around you. The tapas plates are a good size, the halloumi sliders (with fries) are delicious with the chilli jam and toasted brioche bun. With this, the beer and bacon mac & cheese was, again, delicious (recommend dunking a few fries in the sauce). The larger plates are a perfect size to have with a small plate on the side, as our server Grace recommended. The steak option was incredible, with perfectly seasoned potatoes and asparagus. However, the Tuscan chicken was the dish of the night. My wife said that it was the best pasta she has ever tasted and the little bit she left had loads of chicken and tomatoes. My wife also had a mocktail which was, in her words, “refreshingly delicious”. On the whole, it was pricey but was a brilliant evening and I shall be trying to recreate the food at home because it was so good.
Had an absolutely incredible dinner here. So many gluten free and dairy free options that were served as intended, without the need to modify sauces or garnishes. The service was warm and exceptional - big thanks to our kind server who was totally on top of the dietary requirements. 4 tapas for 2 people was plenty. We had the patatas bravas, peri peri chicken skewers, duck and pear salad, and loaded potato puffs. All were bursting with flavour, but if I had to choose the potato puffs were *chefs kiss* incredible. Also had a choc-orange espresso martini which was the best espresso martini I've ever had. You can't go wrong here. Just go in!
