When I found out that my walking club were coming to Alston. I was very excited. Why's that? 1) I love the area around Alston, 2) I was very excited to go to the Cumberland Inn. Which is one of my favourite pubs. A cold, frosty and brilliant day.
We visited here at the start of December. It was the only place open on a Tuesday, and they were serving a turkey dinner. The food and service was fantastic. Such a great place to eat and had a lovely stove to warm our dogs.
Proper pub and proper home cooked food! We were up visiting friends and this is the pub/hotel they visit. Food was tasty and service was great! Offered samples of beer before deciding which was great. Rbn like a local business not a chain
Absolutely fantastic place! Staff are friendly and welcoming and nothing is too much trouble for them. Great atmosphere and friendly welcoming locals always ready for a conversation and to get to know you. A brilliant giant leek auction happened while we were there as part of a year end growing season of produce. Very random, and very entertaining... will definitely be back for that next one! Food was excellent also!
We were staying in the local area, looking for somewhere to eat our evening meal. The reviews for the Cumberland inn were good so we decided to give it a try. There is free street parking. The front of the inn does not have much kerb appeal and in entering it takes you a second to work out where the bar is. It is an unusual layout not traditional, at some point I believe this may have been a family home. We were treated to a warm welcome from someone who could have possibly been the landlord. He welcomed us and our two dogs. We asked if there was a table available as we hadn't reserved one, it was about 6pm on a Saturday evening. He had to check his bookings fortunately we could be seated. There were a few people at the bar drinking and as we sat looking at the menu more people were arriving and it wasn't long until all the tables were full and other people were been turned away . So I would recommend making a reservation. The menu was very traditional pies, sausage and mash , fish and chips , burgers. There was a good specials board. Some lighter salad and fish options could be added . We opted for steak pie chips and peas, and fish pie with veg and new potatoes. The wait was not long and the food came out pipping hot. The fish pie was very good but the vegetables were a little over done. Overall we had a good meal, in a pub with a nice atmosphere, dogs were welcome. We would have liked to sit DMD have a few drinks but we had a drive to our accommodation. There is plenty of seating inside, tables to the front of the pub and there looked to be a terrace at the back which would be great to sit and enjoy the cricket on the field opposite.
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Alston, Cumbria, CA9