Fermento - Italian Family Kitchen — Restaurant in England

What a find! A friendly and talented young couple from Emilia-Romagna - the foodie region of Italy - made their home in the wettest (but beautiful) part of the UK : in the pretty and characterful town of Cockermouth. And, true to form, they are serving the best pizza I have had for a seriously long time. They do it in style too. If you want to eat-in and take in the friendly family atmosphere, you are well advised to book one of the four (maybe five?) tables. They also make take-away. ones. I would suggest you have it there though.

What’s the pizza like? Well, to begin with it is made from the best classic ingredients, with no corners cut, they use slowly ripened flavourful dough and the best way to describe it is that this is what a good pizza should be like.

They serve starters, pizza and desserts. Everything we tried was outstanding.

There is a nice choice of drinks, not overpriced good wines and I really enjoyed a G&T with limoncello.

What else? They are just nice people - the kind that I would invite for a meal to my home.

Oh, and well behaved dogs are welcome there.

I am so pleased they are only an hour and a half from where we live - we will...

Fermento's is such an amazing pizzeria and restaurant. The atmosphere feels like being at a home with the family. Carla was such a great host. We felt so welcomed.

The food was some of the best Italian I've ever had. The pizza was crispy and chewy. The sauce was so sweet and all the ingredients were packed full of vibrant flavours. The Caprese salad was so fresh that it was if they had grown the tomatoes themselve. The buratta cheese was so creamy. The tiramisu was absolutely the best desert to finish the meal off.

I would highly recommend booking a table and eating in. They also do take away, but make sure you get your order in early because they can sell out of their freshly made...

Fermento is the best traditional Italian restaurant in the Lake District.

The menu offers a variety of authentic Italian dishes, which had the warmth of homemade food. The chef, Alessandro, takes care selecting fresh local food and genuine Italian ingredients.

The service was outstanding. Carla is always around willing to help you with nice description of each dish and wine selection.

If you never been before at Fermento I would strongly suggest the “Italian experience”. A seasonal menu, which includes six different dishes in a testing menu of four courses.

I can’t recommend this restaurant...