The Bank Tavern — Restaurant in England

Fantastic little pub with all the amenities you can get in a bigger pub or restaurant in the area to enjoy a drink or a fantastic meal or something else for the rest of the day or if you are feeling up to it night out aswell then you can have a fantastic night out there for a meal or drinks there's something for everyone how comes in this little pub for the rest of our lives we will eat here as its now one of our top 3 places to eat in the area and we will be back in this little pub within the next few days and we will have a night out in Keswick and I will put a review on for that when it happens as we are due a night out with a friends and family to see my partner and I have to start to go out more with each other and I hope that we'll have a fantastic night out in Keswick soon as I need to do it more than once a year for my partner as well as myself and we will be happy for the rest of our lives and we will have a lot more to say on the bank tavern when we get our night out in Keswick and we are in need of it to so much more than we have already done so far this past year has been quite hectic for us and we are going to be productive with our lives and we have been enjoying the time we have together and we have had a few days out of our house and we have had a weekend away from the stresses of our relationship we have been through a lot of things in the past few years and we have had to change our ways in which we have been living our lives and we have had a lot of problems in our relationship with my partners health and myself with my mental health issues and I will always love the time we spend in your little pub for a meal and a few drinks in your pub is Farley cheap for the area too so that you can have a fantastic meal and enjoy a drink for 3 people who can drink or a cup of coffee or tea for less than £60 in Keswick is a good deal with the kids and your dogs are very welcome too so that you can have a fantastic time with your family and friends and all the best for the future as we will be back in the bank tavern in the next few days and we will be back for a night out aswell ASAP and we will have a few drinks and make new friends for the rest of our lives and we will stay in touch with anyone else in the pub for the rest of our lives and we will have a catch up with anyone who wants to join us and have a fantastic day and night out with us in the future as we are not to far away from Keswick and we are in need of a good night out with some new people who have been through a lot of crap in the last few years and have a good relationship with their family and friends and are willing to make new friends for the rest of your life with myself and my partner chatting to each other and we can have many more nights out in the area to help us make our lives happier and more importantly our relationship better than it has been in the past few years and I hope you are doing your best to have a fantastic new life with us as your new friends and we can become more than friends and become like family to be there for each other and all of us be forever and forever friends and family as we need to make some more friends and family to see my partner and I through all of the hard times that will come up in the future as well as the other people who we meet in the future to help them with their hard times too so that we can go from there to the best of our lives and we have to reach out to people who are interested in taking to us and we will be a valuable friend to anyone in the world who will be interested in being our friends and who are now in a place where you need help with your relationship with your partner or family and you are doing your best to work things out and do things with your partner and you are the people who are in the same place as we are in and about to go through the same process as we are in your relationship with your partner and building back the trust my partner is very much in the process of doing this for us to work on our relationship with honesty and respect and most of all...

One of many pubs visited in our stay in Keswick.

Visited it 3 times as we were running out of options and had a dog. Also the town centre was very busy.

It's find your own table. No booking as constant stream of customers.

Dogs only allowed on non-carpeted areas. Makes it awkward when people just sitting drinking on the other tables and you want to eat. Also the carpet was filthy so don't know why dogs weren't allowed everywhere. In my opinion you are either dog friendly or not.

Had a burger. Was ok. Asked for well done but was not as well done as I liked. But ok.

Had a salmon dish with crushed potato and veg. From the specials board and partner said it was the best meal they'd had during our two week stay

Had steak and ale pie. Again full of steak pieces and reasonably tasty. Can't complain.

Had a fillet steak. Asked for it to be well done. Well it came out so dry and burnt on the edges it was disgusting. A good chef can cook a steak well done without burning or drying it out. Served in a skillet floating in something. Not quite sure. Terrible for the price.

Sea bass was in the specials board and partner had it and said it was beautiful. Looked really nice too. Good portion of sea bass too.

Everything had to be ordered at bar including drinks and meals

Service ok. No real smiles or interaction. Heard someone mention the leek and potato soup was too spicy for them and the lady with the blonde hair by the bar couldn't care less and treated the woman with complete disdain.

Very unprofessional.

In the warm weather week and other visits plagued by flies. Not v appealing and a real nuisance as doors were left open.

Would I go back. No. But sort of one of the best of a bad bunch in Keswick town...

Good all round experience. Nice cosy atmosphere as an 18th century pub with good background music and locally sourced ales from The Keswick Brewery and Jennings located in neighbouring town, Cockermouth. It is rather low levelled with a lower ceiling than you would usually find anywhere else, so it can feel a little claustrophobic when it's very busy, but It's completely up to the diner which I understand. The restaurant goes back quite a long way and does have outside tables at the back of the pub which are accessible from the outside so table space is not a big issue for the paying public. The place is dog freindly which is a good thing for families, and for me too as a dog person myself! Although there is an unfortunate restriction for our four legged friends which doesn't allow them deeper into the establishment from half way through the front room that you initially walk into. The food is pretty decent with a reasonable selection of the regular grub that comes with this type of place. Service at the bar and table were good, staff were able to accommodate requests as far as dietry requirements go other than just gluten free. Some tinkering to the menus pricing may need to be addressed though to be more pleasing to the wallet, but the quality of the food reflects on that pricing so it's not really a huge issue for me personally. I had the rump of lamb with spring onion and chive mashed potatoes, vegetables and I think...red wine and redcurrant jus (gravy to us Cumbrians), and it was really good. The Lamb was nicely cooked, and melted in the mouth. Both my parents were happy with what they had, dad had the same as me, and he left a clean plate too! All in all, a good place to go and eat....