We have just returned from a wonderful 5 night stay with friends at Hazel Bank Country
House.Sandra and Terry are great hosts and do everything possible to make the stay
enjoyable.The hotel has a great location and is tastefully decorated and furnished
throughout.Terry is an excellent chef producing wonderful food of "fine dining" standard.
If I had a hotel and restaurant of my own,this would be it.
We wll certainly return.

Hazel Bank House sits over the Stonethwaite Beck from Rosethwaite, secluded and quiet in its own park-like surrounds. Sandra and Terry greated us on arrival after the second day of our Coast-to-coast walk. Terry promptly carried our bag to our room after being told by Sandra was different from our original booking. It was very comfortable non-the-less.
Dinner was an excellent 4 course set menu that really did set the standard for the trip.
Perhaps the only slight negative is that we were told that we were unable to sit in the vacant one of two window tables because that was used by "other guests" who were staying. We were slightly amused by this as no other guests appeared during dinner and the only explanantion that we could think of was that they did not wish to reset that table for breakfast. We felt perhaps slightly less favoured and I must admit that it felt a bit Faulty Towers-ish. Still the hospitality was of a high standard and Sandra and Terry generally welcoming.
Although this was the most expensive of the guest houses we stayed in on the Coast-to-coast it was good value as it included a food offer that was of a high standard.

If you want to experience amazing scenery in a very peaceful location with no need to use a car this is the place. It was so lovely in the evenings after walking 10-15 miles to know that we were returning to Hazel Bank to experience the most delicious home baked local and fresh cuisine. I will most definitely return and recommend to my friends. Friendly, passionate people who made us feel most welcome.

My wife and I stayed for one night while doing the Coast to Coast walk. There are many good things about it, e.g. location, house, and food. Unfortunately we found it unwelcoming and unfriendly – the only unfriendly place of 17 we stayed at on the walk. We wondered if the proprietors don’t like Coast to Coast walkers, though we had booked as such and arrived dry and on time. The Tripadvisor “Bravo” on its website for 55 excellent ratings seems misleading, as most of them appear to have been earned by its previous owners.