The Punchbowl Inn

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : Very welcoming staff, excellent food, great location
  : Nothing to note

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : Lovely big room, clean, fabulous view over the village, large bathroom. Comfortable bed. Great food and beer. A lovely pub in a fabulous village with great walks
  : Nothing

Poor
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : The location. Askham is a particualrly quaint part of the lakes. Less busy than other towns and well sited fro Ullswater activities and walks.
  : The landlord was rude, obtuse and unwilling to offer a refund for a round of drinks that was charged twice without significant wrangling back and forth. 11.90 for a pint of lager and a red wine!?!.. What on earth are they thinking? The evening meal we had consisted of frozen veg and a week old peice of pie that had been reheated in the microwave. Disgusting. A 2-part divan style bed was broken with the head end of the bed significantly lower than the foot end. This meant you were lying down on a severe slope with your head lower than your feet!? The room was dirty - our feet were sticking to the bathroom floor. Pulling the bed out to try and rectify the 'slope' we discovered the filthy conditions behind it. Not pleasant. Also, there was a party of rowdy geordies in the bar until around 2am disturbing the whole Inn. Unnacceptable behaviour. For 160 a night, there are vastly superior choices in the lakes. Please avoid this sub standard 'locals pub'.

Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : We stayed in one of their caravans. The property was lovely and great for our needs.The staff in the pub were lovely and the area is absolutely beautiful. Lovely food, but expensive.
  : It was spacious and on the whole clean, but this is where I have scored it slightly lower as there were the odd areas where the cleaners had obviously failed to ensure full cleanliness from the last guests. If the owners want more details I will expand but dont thinks it is fair to outline it here as more to do with the previous disgusting individuals and was not pleasant. I just think the cleaners need to be much more attentive. This did spoil what was a lovely stay. The food prices were rather steep.

Very Good
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : Breakfast was delicious and we were kept topped up constantly with tea/coffee and toast. Breakfast was ordered the night before with a tick box form. I really just fancied a sausage sandwich one morning which wasn't on the list but it wasn't a problem. Staff were really friendly.
  : I understand that the hotel is very old but I do think the rooms could do with a makeover. Maybe also a check on housekeeping as one of the bedside drawers was full of someone else's left over sandwich wrappers and a vape. Also one day the towels from the bathroom were on the floor as we walked in and the door was unlocked! Just a minor thing but for security the door really should have been locked after housekeeping had been in - obviously by the towels on the floor they meant to return but didn't. However, the bathroom has obviously been refurbished recently and was excellent.