Ravenstone Manor is perfect for this kind of holiday. It's the best place we've stayed. The house is amazing, the staff are brilliant, and the food was some of the best we've ever eaten. The location is also perfect, with different kinds of walks clearly highlighted by the staff and the car park safe and away from the road. We also really appreciated how dog-friendly it is, and how thorough they've catered for people travelling with pets.

Ravenstone is a stunning small hotel, with warm friendly and helpful staff. The room, which was at the front, overlooked the lake and Whinlatter Forest. It was very comfortable, clean, and beautifully decorated, which is true for the whole hotel. A particular favourite place in the hotel during our stay was by the wood burner in the sitting room. After a day out walking to come back and read there was just so relaxing. We ate out one evening but the following night had dinner at Ravenstone, which was really tasty with a good range of choices. It’s our second stay at Ravenstone, which says a lot as we don’t tend to stay in the same place more than once. As we drove away we said to each other that we’ll definitely be visiting again. It’s so well located, very relaxing, well managed and staffed and provides the perfect setting for time away from everything.

Fantastic stay. So much character. Food was great, room very spacious, comfortable and homely. Bathroom really modern. Toiletries to notch. Most notably the staff are exceptional.

I’ve stayed before and I find the hotel to be brilliant for my needs. Great friendly staff, clean comfortable rooms and great food 👍

Small neat room had everything we needed..Nice helpful, friendly staff. Food was beautiful had breakfasts and dinner. I must say that it was the best breakfast menu Ive had. Cosy snug area with fire and lovely bar area. Four of us stayed 2 nights for my friends birthday. Good find, will definitely be back

Wonderfully dog friendly hotel. Made us welcome from arrival, lovely staff, food and relaxing environment. Hotel has been well maintained and decorated yet retained many original features. The bed was super comfy!

This is a small independent, dog friendly hotel. Its quite old fashioned, but the fact that it is independent makes up for any minor flaws...the staff were brilliant, frindly and efficient.

Relaxing atmosphere, clean room and friendly staff.

Every aspect of this hotel met our requirements and expectations.A great place to enjoy a relaxing break

Wonderful stay as always. The staff are so helpful and friendly. We had a roast dinner and the food was outstanding. I would recommend this lovely hotel to anyone and the fact your dog is welcome too is a huge bonus.

Lovely hotel, top quality food, great staff, would highly recommend

Room was spotless with fantastic views. Staff couldn't have been more friendly

The staff and public spaces are wonderful

Very welcoming staff, a lovely ambience in the hotel & very dog friendly. Hotel is in a great location for exploring local walks.

Room very warm & cosy, lovely underfloor heating in the bathroom. Not really a wardrobe but a small cupboard with hanging space!! Fab food, great breakfast but you can’t have a latte coffee at breakfast!! Also breakfast finishes at 9.45am even at the weekend! Lovely dining room and great bar. Definitely good value and lovely location. Xx

Lovely hotel Staff excellent can’t do enough for you! Breakfast very good

Great Stay, Great Food and Great Service. Would highly recommend this hotel, situated in a stunning part of the lakes.

Everything was perfect, loved the weekend

I know this is a dog friendly hotel, and I have had several really enjoyable stays here. However this time I was almost bitten by a dog that was viscous and the owner had no control over it. A very frightening experience. It was so aggressive it knocked over a table, spilled drinks and smashed glasses and a lamp on the table. Staff didn’t seem concerned and animal was still allowed to be in the area. I was travelling with my elderly mum and if it had attacked her she wouldn’t have been able to get out of the way. Equally it could have been a child. I understand dog against dog sometimes in these environments, but dog against human is a very different thing. I think management should have asked the people with this dog to leave the communal area. They had a second dog which came at me behind the aggressive one and it was adopting pack mentality. Both looked like a hunting breed. One staff member did come over to me and check if I was alright, however it was such a serious incident that the manager should have been informed immediately which they weren’t. I think Ravenstone Manor is all about getting people in with dogs because I guess this type of customer is abundant for them, however they have lost sight of what really matters. Very sad. I will not stay here again.

The staff were courteous, unfortunately there was a pair of unclean knickers under the bed, I mentioned this to reception on check out, i asked her to mention this to housekeeping, she didnt respond with anything