Miller Howe Hotel & Restaurant

The priceless views over the lake towards Langdale Pikes are not the least of Miller Howe's attractions. Inside, the place is decorated with all the sumptuous sense of comfort the location demands, and the linen and glassware in the dining room sparkle proudly in the daylight that floods in through full-drop windows. Andrew Beaton offers a gentle style of Lakeland cooking, showing off his technical ability in a twice-baked Cumberland cheese soufflé, served with a salad dressed in aged balsamic, and celebrating local produce with a main course like braised Cumbrian feather beef with a herbed suet dumpling, roots and red wine jus. Finish on an equally traditional note with plum and almond crumble with custard and plum ice cream, or there are British cheeses with grape and apple chutney.