The Italian Garden - South Lakeland

I recently visited here during a weekend break in Kirkby Lonsdale and I was left extremely disappointed. I tried to book a table for around 8.30 9.00 but was told I could only have a table at 8.00. When I arrived I was asked to sit in the bar until my table was ready which was fairly quick as I was 5/10 mins early. I found the menu to be slightly disappointing and not very Italian inspired despite the name. My order was taken and my starter didn't arrive until around 8.45 which annoyed me slightly as I wanted to book a table later and wasn't able to. (By now the restaurant was almost empty). The garlic bread was lovely but the garlic mushrooms was smothered in pesto ??? The main courses were a complete disappointment once again the chicken pasta was smothered in pesto, probably to hide the fact that it was tasteless and only two pieces of chicken in the whole dish. The carbonara was all curdled. Rather than a smooth sauce it was all lumpy and separated. No black pepper or Parmesan offered. The portion sizes were decent and the fries were lovely. When letting the staff know how disappointed I was with the meal I didn't receive so much as an apology and they quickly asked us for the money and we left. I would definitely not visit here again. Apart from the appalling food I found that I wasn't treated how all the other customers in the restaurant were. This was my wedding anniversary treat and it was far from it!!!

Your toilet is a disgrace not even been cleaned proper for months come on I WILL help .. hot water low cost bleach 70p a brush scrub your floor and tiles .. no soap to wash hands .. I'm not joking your toilets are shamefully CLEAN EM . YOUR RESTAURANT IS NICE DECOR .. BUT WHAT'S KITCHEN LIKE I WONDER

Called here with my wife,mother-in-law and 2 year old daughter.Firstly the two ladies on front of house were awesome, so kind,polite and couldnt do enough for us. More than happy to have a young child there and high chairs and baby changing is available.I had a chicken pizza which was, average. I'd take dominoes instead tbh. Chicken was abit dry and too much flour on the dough.The ladies I was with both rated their food highly however.Finished off with coffee and cake.the latter again, being abit dry for my liking.As Italian food goes it's probably OK but I personally wouldn't go back as there are too many other places to try here.

Had a prepaid deal. We bought extras too. Overall a lovely place to eat. Lovely owner/manager and beautiful plate(s) of foodHighly recommended

Great meal and excellent value. No problem with waiting to be served or a lengthy wait for food. Pizza and pasta were perfect. House wine was value for money. If you are looking for somewhere to eat, I'd highly recommend.