April 12th seems like a date we’ve had in our minds for a while. The sun is out here in Cumbria and a lot of our local businesses are opening their doors for the first time this year and I am excited! I wanted to create a guide to where to eat outside in Cumbria this April.
Whilst the weather might be changeable (I mean we had snow yesterday!), a perk to eating outside in Cumbria is you’re going to be eating with a view.
From cafes to restaurants, this is a guide of where to eat in Cumbria!
Where to eat outside in Cumbria from April 12th

Appleby & Penrith restaurants and cafes with outdoor seating
The Yard Kitchen, Penrith
Simple Goodness Vegetarian, Penrith
Ice cream Garden & Tea Room, Penrith
The Chopping Block, Penrith
Courtyard Gallery, Appleby
The Royal Oak, Appleby
The Mill Yard Cafe, Morland
The Sandford Arms, Sanford
The George and Dragon, Clifton
Keswick restaurants with outdoor seating
The Round, Keswick
Bar Es, Keswick
Brysons of Keswick
Casa Bella Gelato, Keswick
Laura in the Lakes, Keswick
Fellpack, Keswick
Treeby & Bolton, Keswick
The Lingholm Kitchen & Walled Garden, Portinscale, Keswick
The Royal Oak, Braithwaite
The Kings Arms, Keswick
Bowness, Windermere & Ambleside restaurants and cafes with outdoor seating
The Little Ice Cream Shop, Windermere & Hawkshead
Bandito Burrito, Windermere
Homeground Coffee & Kitchen, Windermere (From April 14th)
The Crafty Baa, Windermere
The Magic Roundabout, Windermere
Chesters-by-the-river, Ambleside
The Queens Head, Troutbeck
Fresher’s Cafe, Ambleside
Graze Coffee, Windermere
Henrock, Bowness on Windermere
Siam Cafe, Windermere
The Garden Shed, Brockhole
Pooley Bridge & Glenridding restaurants and cafes with outdoor seating
The Secret Garden, Pooley Bridge
Granny Dowbekin’s, Pooley Bridge
The Crown Inn, Pooley Bridge
Fellbites, Glennridding
Outdoor eating in West Cumbria
The Moon and Sixpence Coffee House, Cockermouth
The Lifeboat Inn, Maryport
Sugar Tongue Cafe, Whitehaven
Barra Jacks, Whitehaven
The Coffee Pot, Grange-over-Sands
Skye Farm Tea Room, Buttermere, Cockermouth
The Fish Inn, Buttermere
Where to eat outside in Carlisle
Bites Cafe, Brampton
Hidden River Cafe, Carlisle
John Watts Coffee, Carlisle
The Print Yard, Carlisle
The Halston, Carlisle
I’ll be updating this post as we go through the month but I’d love to know, where are you heading out to eat first?

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