The Kendal College - South Lakeland

Food, presentation, attention to detail and service. Absolutely OUTSTANDING. It’s hard to believe the food served has been prepared by young, adult students. Certinaly some very talented chefs of the future

Allow for the fact this is a training restaurant and what you get is a stonkingly good meal and excellent value. The restaurant is comfortable and the staff/trainees are warm and welcoming. The food is as good as anything you might get in a high end restaurant, but at a much lower price. What’s not to like....nothing. Highly recommended. We’ll be back.

This restaurant is part of the Kendal College catering department (one of the best catering colleges in the UK! . They serve lunch on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays and offer a Taster menu on Wednesday evenings during term times. The purpose is to train the student chefs and waiting on staff. The food is aimed at 'Fine Dining ' level with a menu offering a choice of 3 starters, 3 main courses and 3 desserts followed by coffee. There was also a small but excellent wine list. The cost for a three course meal is under £14! We had a wonderful meal here. We were met at the entrance to the College by a very friendly and efficient student who welcomed us and showed us where to go. In the restaurant we were welcomed again and shown to our table. The students waiting on table were good and were working under a tutor who was managing the restaurant. They did a brilliant job in looking after us offering high quality customer service. The food was excellent. Well cooked, delicious and beautifully presented. We were given three courses that would not have been out of place in a top Fine Dining restaurant but would have been 3 or 4 times the price. The restaurant was large, clean, bright and airy with a relaxed atmosphere. This really was a great experience and one well worth doing not only for the food and value but also as a way of observing young people working well and achieving really great results. Would I go back? Yes every week if I lived nearer!! I am just about to book an evening Taster meal cannot wait! Do go; Go often, be well fed and support some great young chefs in the making!

Superb quality service with the young students, combined with excellently cooked and presented top quality ingriedients in a comfortable airy restaraunt. Kendals hidden gem

Invited to the restaurant as a treat by my daughter. The students had been working with Rob and his team from The Castle Dairy Restaurant which was devastated by the recent floods in Kendal. The food that was produced was outstanding. I have paid more for meals and been served food well below the standard of food served last night. It started with a small selection of canapes which got the taste buds roused and looking forward to what was to follow. The confit of chicken with apple and pickled walnut was great.First time I have tasted pickled walnut and I will trying them again. Then came the dish I was looking forward to dressed Cornish crab, I was not disappointed. I would have loved this to be a lot larger and served as a main meal. This to me was fabulous. Pastrami spice-cured trout followed. Described by my wife as 'gorgeous '. The slow cooked rump of lamb was served to perfection tender, tasty and pink absolutely delicious. Then came the sweets. Passion fruit curd, pineapple and coconut very delicate flavours that impressed our table. Finishing the meal with candle-light rhubarb, green tea sorbet. I must admit I was not looking forward to the sorbet, however, it was just as impressive as the rest of the meal. The meal was held at Kendal College to raise funds towards the appeal for those suffering from flood damage. I then found out it was a weekly event were the students work with chefs as part of their catering course to produce meals like this. They also serve lunches every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. I 'll be visiting their website to find out details of how to book. To sum up a great meal with no disappointing aspects. I understand the cost of a Wednesday Dinner to be £25 and their lunch menu to be £11-50.