Eating in Lancaster/Kirkby Lonsdale

Hey guys!

So i've been spending quite a bit of time in Lancaster and Kirkby Lonsdale recently and so thought i'd share with you a few of my favourite places that i'd recommend you go for a meal or two! :) I don't have any photographs of the actual food but i've linked each place so you can have a look on the website! :)

The first place that i'd really recommend a stop at is The Plough in Galgate.

(Photo from The Plough Website)

You'll find it as you leave the M6 at the Lancaster south junction (the university junction) and you'll reach it before you get to the University. In the 3 years that I was an undergraduate at Lancaster I only ever visited this place once for a christmas meal with my girlfriends and I honestly don't know why I didn't go more often! As a postgraduate i've been a lot for lunch dates, catch ups and family meals. 

It has a great atmosphere, the beer garden is beautiful in the summer and the food is amazing. They also serve their sandwiches on slate plates. (I have a thing for slate plates, everything would be served from slate if it was up to me). They let you book in advance (i'd recommend it!) and they also give purple card discounts to Lancaster students, so if you're a student, visiting a student or even just visiting lancaster you really need to go here!

The second place has the same name and is just as amazing if not more: The Plough at Cow Brow, Lupton.

(Photo from Google)

I only went to this place for the first time about two or three weeks ago, but I will definitely be going back. I have friends that live just around the corner that i've known for about 4 years and I hadn't seen them in a while so they invited me out for a family meal there and I don't think i've ever eaten pork belly that was as good as this one! We went on a thursday as it is Steak night so the steaks are on offer, and they looked amazing, everyone else had one and if my meal hadn't been so delicious I would have been seriously jealous!

This place is a real country pub. It has an elegance about it, without being stuffy. The decor is traditional with old wooden tables and gorgeous cosy fires, but in my white playsuit and mint dinner jacket I didn't look out of place, and that's the beauty of a place like this. The atmosphere is lovely and even though the place was full we could still sit and have long conversations and hear each others jokes! I could not recommend this place enough.

Stepping away from the Ploughs, and now onto my favourite indian in the county: Spice Essence in Kirkby Lonsdale

This Indian restaurant in Kirkby Lonsdale has been a favourite of mine ever since I lived in Cow Brow about 3 years ago, and i've driven up to it from the many places i've lived since. The food is fantastic (i'm extremely fussy about my curry but this place always gets it right!) they are always fast, especially for take out you're only waiting 15 minutes from hanging up the phone before it's in your hand! And best of all, it's always service with a smile, which many people forget is so important! So if you're ever in the area wanting an indian, I would definitely say this is the one to visit! I actually went there this week after talking to one of my friends from the area and saying how much I fancied one, so my recommendation couldn't be more recent!

I think my last recommendation has to the The Royal Hotel in Kirkby Lonsdale

(Photo from The Royal Hotel website)

I'm sure i've mentioned this place before in my blogs, but seriously, amazing. Their dinner menu is fantastic, the service is amazing and the food tastes incredible. (Can you tell I love to eat in Kirkby?) I've also been a couple of times just for a drink in the afternoon, and once even for warm cookies at lunch time (also amazing). If there is only one place you eat at in Kirkby Lonsdale, this has to be it. It's perfect for so many occasions, i've been for afternoon coffee, dates, family meals, celebrations, romantic dinners, seriously it's just perfect for all occasions, and i'm making sure it's on the list for the next time i'm up there, and you should make sure it's on yours too!

Hope you've all had a lovely weekend out in the sunshine! It's been beautiful blue skies here in Yorkshire and it would be a shame not to have made the most of it! :) Have you visited Lancaster/Kirkby Lonsdale before? What was your favourite place to eat? :)

Love Amylou xxx



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