L'EnclumevsHaweswater Hotel
Both hotels are highly recommended by expert writers. On balance, L'Enclume is preferred by most reviewers compared to Haweswater Hotel. L'Enclume ranks #6 in Lake District with recommendations from 3 sources including Travel + Leisure, The Telegraph and Michelin Guide.
L'Enclume
Cavendish St, Cartmel LA11 6PZ
From $0/night
- Free Internet
- Free Breakfast
- Restaurant
- Accessible
- Bathrobes
- Flatscreen TV
Michelin Guide
2 Stars
"Inventive, modern cooking uses top quality produce to create dishes with a pleasing lightness and a superb balance of flavours. Home-grown and foraged ingredients feature highly." Full review
Travel + Leisure
"Since the opening of this great value hotel in 2002, chef-owner Simon Rogan’s inventive cooking has quietly grown in acclaim, culminating in a Michelin star for the restaurant in 2005." Full review
The Telegraph
9.0
"Simon Rogan's two-Michelin-starred restaurant plus handful of rooms stay true both to the simple village location and rich surrounding land." Full review
Independent
"This is a wonderfully higgledy-piggledy sort of place, actually a restaurant with a smattering of cottage rooms dotted around the village of Cartmel"
Haweswater Hotel
Lakeside Road, nr Penrith, Bampton, Penrith CA10 2RP
From $82/night
- Pet Friendly
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Restaurant
The Telegraph
9.0
"Right on glistening Haweswater Nature Reserve and cloaked in inspiring fells; the swoon-worthy location is so serene it’s perfectly isolated from humanity - apart from the odd red squirrel or two." Full review
Lonely Planet
"This is the choice for glorious isolation: it's the only place to stay for miles around the shores of Haweswater." Full review