The Angel Inn — Restaurant in England

Stopped in with friends on New Years Eve and have never been made to feel so welcome anywhere. When we first got here, we thought we’d interrupted a private party, as everyone in the pub (which was near full) seemed to know each other! After chatting to some of the very friendly locals, we quickly got the impression that The Angel Inn is at the heart of the community. The night we visited, they were holding a fundraiser for the village hall, so they'd put on a raffle - we bought a tenner’s worth of tickets between our group and when we didn't come up lucky, the landlady Debs told us that one of her tickets had come up and for us to pick ourselves a gift instead, which I just thought was a really sweet and lovely gesture. There was a delicious curry and chilli (which my boyfriend practically couldn’t get enough of) put out for everyone at the event. The atmosphere in here was brilliant all night, full of warmth and laughter from everyone, especially the pub’s lovely landlady. Before we left, they even let one of our group lead a singalong to a bit of Robbie Williams, which was a great end to the evening. I cant talk enough about what a good time we had here - gutted we didn’t have chance to go back before we came home but if we ever find ourselves in the area again, we’ll be back. If you’re ever in the area yourself, make sure you stop in at The Angel Inn - warm, friendly and very traditional, it’s everything your classic village...

We thought we would drop in for lunch on our way to the lake district and were greeted by what could only be described as the most miserable member of staff in history! She definitely wasn't happy about the fact that we hadn't booked a table but showed us to a table nonetheless. We ordered what was described as a bacon chop with creamy mash and a prawn sandwich with a side of chips. The 'mash ' was the cheapest frozen mash pellets and wasn't even 'cooked 'properly as it was still grainy and basically inedible. To be fair the prawn sandwich was actually quite nice but the chips were also frozen and quite horrible definitely not homemade. We also had a glass of diet coke each which was out of a large bottle and was flat and warm....

First day out of lockdown and came across the angel pub, only wanted a quick beer so popped in, masks on and shown to a table by Amber, who looks after front of house and runs the bar, mother runs the kitchen looking after the food.. 2 real ales, Timothy Taylors was my choice, turned out to be a very wise one, superb pint, as we're walking stayed for second, log burner going and locals very friendly, all willing to chat over a pint, returned next day lunchtime fish and chips and chicken parm with fresh veg, some of the best pub food we have had on our travels, thank you the angel, took photos at opening time to avoid crods...