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Pub food in Carlisle

Pubs in and around Carlisle that serve food, from city-centre bar menus and a Wetherspoons breakfast to the village inns that are worth the drive. Kitchens often shut well before the bar does, so check the hours on each pub's page.

• Apple Tree

  City Centre State pub

  Big, cheap and central.

• Beehive

  Warwick Road State pub

  Out along Warwick Road, and a solid all-rounder, freshly refurbished in 2026.

• Blacksmiths Arms

  Talkin

  Village inn at Talkin, open seven days.

• Border Gate Beefeater (closed for now)

  Carleton

  Closed on 10 September 2026 with the rest of the Beefeater chain, and not reopened since.

• Bordo Lounge

  City Centre

  All-day cafe bar on English Street, part of the Loungers group, in the old Topshop.

• Brampton Golf Club

  Brampton

  Clubhouse bar and restaurant at the Braid course above Talkin Tarn, open to non-golfers and well reviewed for food.

• Brewed Awakenings

  City Centre

  Cafe and restaurant with a licence, on the curved corner of Fisher Street and St Albans Row in a late-Georgian listed building.

• Bridge End Inn

  Dalston State pub

  Country pub with a separate bar and a big dining side, plus a garden.

• Carlisle Golf Club

  Wetheral

  Clubhouse bar and restaurant at Carlisle Golf Club, out at Aglionby, looking over the 18th green.

• Coach & Horses

  Kingstown State pub

  Kingstown Road local with a serious kitchen.

• Coco Mill

  City Centre

  Bar and kitchen on Lowther Street styling itself a brewhouse, open all day every day.

• Crown Hotel

  Wetheral State pub

  Country hotel in Wetheral with a bar, restaurant and a spa.

• Crown Inn

  Ivegill State pub

  Out at Ivegill and only open evenings, but worth the drive for the burgers.

• Cumbria Indoor Bowls Club

  Denton Holme

  Ten-rink indoor bowls centre on the Viaduct Estate with a bar and a cafeteria that gets better notices than most pub kitchens.

• Cumbria Park Hotel bar

  Stanwix

  Hotel bar and restaurant on Scotland Road, open to non-residents.

• Dalston Hall Golf Club

  Dalston

  Clubhouse bar in the converted stables at Dalston Hall, open to visitors as well as golfers and park guests.

• Fox & Pheasant Inn

  Armathwaite

  Village inn at Armathwaite with rooms, dog friendly and used as a meeting spot by the village.

• Gibby's

  City Centre

  Charcuterie, cheese and sharing plates with wine, in the shop unit that was House of Malt.

• Gosling Bridge Inn

  Kingstown

  Large family pub on Kingstown Road, open from nine in the morning.

• Graham Arms Inn

  Longtown State pub

  Longtown's main inn, with rooms and a busy bar.

• Greyhound Inn

  Burgh by Sands State pub

  Village pub on the Solway road out towards Bowness.

• Harraby Pub and Kitchen

  Harraby State pub

  Big estate pub done well.

• Headquarters

  City Centre

  Big late bar on Botchergate, under Felson's.

• House of Vodka

  City Centre

  Late bar and bistro at the top of Botchergate, describing itself as big beats and food and vodka.

• Howard Arms Hotel

  Brampton

  Brampton's main hotel and pub, busy most nights.

• Lakeland Gate (closed for now)

  Harraby

  Closed on 7 September 2026 with the rest of the Brewers Fayre chain.

• Lane End Inn (closed for now)

  Hayton

  Village pub at Hayton on the old Newcastle road, shut since 2017, with plans to extend it.

• Lowther Arms Inn

  Cumwhinton State pub

  Family-run free house at Cumwhinton, the last of three pubs the village once had.

• Metal Bridge Inn

  Metal Bridge State pub

  Busy roadside inn north of the city near the border.

• Museum Inn

  Belle Vue State pub

  Old-school community local on Moorhouse Road, closed ten days in September 2016 for a full refurbishment.

• Opera Bingo

  Denton Holme

  Bingo club on Denton Street with a bar, in the old Denton Holme quarter near the Milbourne.

• Plough Inn

  Wreay State pub

  Village pub at Wreay just off junction 42, with rooms and a big garden.

• Print Yard

  City Centre

  Street food and drinks in a courtyard off the main drag, with a big graffitied outdoor area.

• Royal Oak

  Scotby State pub

  Village pub in the middle of Scotby with a serious kitchen and a loyal following.

• Royal Scot

  Morton State pub

  Big Morton local with a separate bar and restaurant, a large car park and a kids' play area.

• Sketch and Sip

  City Centre

  Art cafe and bar on Carlyle's Court, open since 2024.

• St Nicholas Arms (closed for now)

  London Road State pub

  London Road pub, closed since November 2025 and being marketed for a new tenant.

• Stanleys Bar & Cafe

  City Centre

  Bar and cafe doing cocktails, brunch and bottomless.

• String of Horses Inn

  Faugh State pub

  Country inn at Faugh with rooms and a restaurant.

• Tam O'Shanter

  Little Bampton State pub

  The hamlet's only public building, a village pub out on the Solway plain west of the city.

• The Andalusian

  City Centre State pub

  Redfern's most extravagant building, a Hispano-Moresque pub of 1932 in terracotta with a Moorish balcony, now a tapas bar and restaurant.

• The Auctioneer

  Rosehill

  Restaurant and bar at the livestock mart on Rosehill, open since 1991.

• The Blue Bell

  Dalston State pub

  Gastropub on Dalston square.

• The Clubhouse, Stony Holme

  Warwick Road

  Bar and restaurant at the municipal golf course by the Eden, open to anyone.

• The Crescent Bar

  City Centre

  Small independent speakeasy-styled bar at 1 The Crescent, in a listed 1820s terrace facing the Citadel.

• The Crown & Thistle

  Rockcliffe State pub

  Village gastropub out at Rockcliffe, and people drive a long way for it.

• The Crown Inn

  Stanwix State pub

  Large, airy pub on Scotland Road with rooms upstairs, a wide beer range and plenty of screens for sport.

• The Currock Inn

  Currock State pub

  Community local on Boundary Road with a bigger food menu than you'd expect, including a full breakfast.

• The Drovers Rest (closed for now)

  Monkhill State pub

  Country pub at Monkhill, four miles north of the city, with a serious kitchen and a reputation well beyond the village.

• The Duke Of Cumberland

  Castle Carrock State pub

  Country pub at Castle Carrock with a pub dog, a good ale range and a big reputation for food.

• The Fleece at Ruleholme

  Irthington State pub

  Country inn with rooms at Ruleholme, rebuilt from the ground up in 2021 on the site of the Golden Fleece.

• The Greyhound Inn

  Cotehill State pub

  Village pub at Cotehill with a very good kitchen, including proper vegan options.

• The Griffin

  City Centre

  First pub you hit coming out of the Citadel station, on the right.

• The Highland Laddie

  Glasson State pub

  Family-run village pub at Glasson on the Solway, reopened in 2025 after six years shut.

• The Horse and Farrier

  Morton State pub

  Refurbished and reopened on Wigton Road, on the west side of the city.

• The Kings Head

  City Centre State pub

  A proper real ale pub on Fisher Street with a rotating range of cask beers at a spread of strengths.

• The Last Zebra

  City Centre State pub

  The old post office that became the Gretna Tavern, the state's first pub, in 1916.

• The Milbourne Arms

  Denton Holme State pub

  Proper local on Milbourne Street with cask ale and home-cooked food.

• The Near Boot

  Kingstown State pub

  Family pub at Whiteclosegate with a sunny beer garden and a well-regarded Sunday lunch.

• The Nosey Cow Inn

  Harraby State pub

  Out at Carleton, food-led these days, in a pub the state ran as the Greenbank.

• The Oak at Curthwaite

  Curthwaite State pub

  Destination dining pub out at Curthwaite, west of Dalston, in a listed late-Georgian inn.

• The Old Bank

  City Centre

  Chef-run gastropub in a Georgian former bank, and Cumbria Guide's Gastro Pub of the Year 2025.

• The Otter Inn

  Little Corby

  Village pub out at Little Corby with a short menu done well and some of the cheapest prices round Carlisle.

• The Pheasant Inn

  Cumwhitton State pub

  Village inn at Cumwhitton with rooms, out in the Eden valley.

• The Queen Inn

  Great Corby State pub

  Handsome old inn on the green at Great Corby, open seven days with food from noon.

• The Queens at Warwick on Eden

  Warwick-on-Eden State pub

  Village inn at Warwick-on-Eden, a few minutes off the M6.

• The Reiver

  Morton State pub

  Estate pub on Holmrook Road at Belle Vue, run by Star Pubs.

• The Royal Oak

  Moorhouse State pub

  Small village pub at Moorhouse with well-kept beer at village prices.

• The Sally

  Irthington State pub

  Village inn at Irthington with rooms, open from ten every day.

• The Ship Inn (closed for now)

  Thursby State pub

  Country pub on the green, popular with locals and with motorhomes stopping over.

• The Sportsman Inn

  City Centre State pub

  Tucked down Heads Lane behind the Marks & Spencer, and easy to walk past.

• The Stag Inn

  Crosby-on-Eden State pub

  Low Crosby's pub, and one of the best kitchens near the city.

• The Stone Inn

  Hayton

  Small village pub at Hayton, a Thwaites house, which isn't a common sight round Carlisle.

• The Wellington Inn

  Great Orton State pub

  Village pub with a small caravan site attached, out west of the city.

• The William Rufus

  City Centre

  The other Botchergate Wetherspoons, two minutes from the station.

• Thin White Duke

  City Centre State pub

  Craft beer and cocktails on Devonshire Street, with a kitchen that draws people in on its own.

• Thirty Two

  City Centre

  Late bar on Botchergate with two pool tables, a jukebox and cheap cocktail deals.

• Toby Carvery Carlisle

  Botcherby

  Carvery chain out on Warwick Road, open from eight for breakfast.

• Turf Tavern

  City Centre State pub

  Big Hungry Horse pub on Newmarket Road near the racecourse end of town.

• West Walls Brewing Co.

  City Centre

  Brewery and taproom in a converted building on the city walls, brewing on site.

• Wheatsheaf Inn

  Wetheral State pub

  Wetheral's village pub.

• Woodrow Wilson

  City Centre

  The Wetherspoons on Botchergate, named after the US president whose mother was born in Carlisle.

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