Cafe Ambio - South Lakeland

The food at this restaurant is wonderful, and they are dog friendly! We stopped by after visiting the motor museum, which is also dog friendly, and grabbed a quick bite to eat. The restaurant offers lovely views of the lake from the window, and there is plenty of outdoor seating for when the weather is nice.

Met family at this Cafe for drinks. Think we timed it well as a coach 'load ' were just leaving as we arrived. Weather was good and many were taking advantage by sitting outside on the terrace overlooking the river. Always a good venue to meet up. Friendly service.

Have eaten here a couple of times recently on the last 2 occasions we were lucky to get a table, the cafe is huge with loads of tables but it's obviously very popular hence the difficulty getting a seat. Once seated we loved the menu especially as we are vegetarian so lovely to get some different options. I had the eggs ambio which was gorgeous then today had the goats cheese and onion toast with additional chips. Yes it's a bit expensive and did have a little wait both to order given the size of the queue then to get the food but it's worth it. The cakes look amazing and I really enjoyed the slice of coffee cake I had. The tables outside looking onto the river are great. Loads of free parking and next door to the motor museum, couldn't ask for more.

Steer clear of the cheese sandwich. Roasted peppers and tomato chutney. Sloppy with cheese slices. Horrible. I can honestly say it was the worst I have ever tasted

I had the open beef sandwich which arrived promptly but was so tough I had to give up half way through so my teeth were left intact.