The food at the Black Bull Inn was exceptional, we loved the dining experience for each of the three nights we ate there. The location of the property is in a lovely village that is ideally placed for those who want to hike in the area, although some walks have a steep climb, but worth it the higher you go. Beautiful scenery.

There wasn't much we didn't like. The service on the first night could have been better at the start, but improved towards the end of the meal, and the serving staff never really seemed to be too happy, two members of the serving staff did however lighten up the evenings.

What a fabulous place! We had one of the best dinners in a long time! Great artistry in the cooking. Exceptionally tasty food and a very long and interesting selection of wines to choose from. The restaurant was beautifully filled by a local florist with branches of blossom and an amazing display of Spring flowers in the big window. Very friendly staff everywhere – made to feel welcome. The next morning we had a delicious breakfast which we – unfortunately – couldn’t linger over as we had to rush off. They took our order and rustled us up porridge and perfect scrambled eggs in no time. A strong recommend.

We love coming to Sedbergh, this is our second time staying at the Black Bull and I can see it becoming a regular. The staff are very friendly, we are in the restaurant twice - different menu each day, but didn't stay for breakfast. The pub is a great place to relax in the evenings, playing board games (provided) over excellent beer (also provided). Room was comfortable with a good shower.

the kettle didn't work in the room - I'm not taking points off for that, it's very easily fixed, I just forgot to mention it to them

Fabulous staff, got a really good feeling as soon as we walked through the door. Nice old (in a nice way) building, with great character. Nice room overlooking the narrow main street, lovely bed, great shower. The food was fab, although I wee bit expensive, although we did go all out with 5 course, including steaks, and desert wines!! :-) Lovely evening dinner, and good breakfast. Make sure you book a table in advance for your evening meal, as we had so we were OK, but lot of people got turned away as they were fully booked.

Unfortunately the bathroom radiator was on full blast and we could not switch it off so it was pretty hot in the night, as was a warm night anyway, but we reported it on our check out so hopefully this will have been fixed for the next customer.

all v nicely set up, small room but totally functional. Good tea and coffee facilities in the room (ground coffee and cafetiere). Convenient parking right behind the hotel. We also had dinner in the restaurant - excellent! Great pigs in the yard!!! (no joke - they're in an eenclosure right behind the beer garden area. don't worry, no smells at all, just friendly huge pigs).

The room was comfortable and stylish.

We were walking the Dales High Way, but this wasn’t a walkers pub. The restaurant is fancy, and we didn’t realise the room rate didn’t include breakfast. There was a breakfast menu but it didn’t include an all-in price for breakfast so it was difficult to tell how much all the separate elements would add up to. Also breakfast started at 8.30 which is a bit late when you have a long day’s walking ahead.

Having booked two rooms to celebrate a birthday and Mothers Day, I struggled to speak to book a table in the restaurant. I was pointed to the Open Table app when trying to email the property. I was only able to book a mid-afternoon table which we were going to work round. When we got to the Hotel we were told we could check in and access our rooms a early. We were then offered a table for the evening which was fantastic so we had an afternoon brunch and lovely evening meal. We also enjoyed our full English breakfast on Sunday morning. :) Will be visiting again hopefully soon.

Limited parking on site but large public car park on a 100 yards away.

The quirky maze of rooms on many different levels and its decor and general ambience made the Black Bull far more attractive than a modern hotel. The staff went out of their way to accommodate our two dogs and made us feel very welcome with them. The food and drinks in the restaurant were excellent.

There was only one vegetarian dish on the restaurant menu, although that was excellent!!

location, character, staff

all good - would only suggest that Booking.com make it plain that, at this point in time at least, there is no kitchen service for evening meals on Mondays and Tuesdays. it’s clear on the Black Bull’s website, but we booked on Booking.com for Monday and Tuesday nights, on a non-refundable basis, and we’re unaware until after payment was made that we would not be able to eat in house on either night. I must stress that this is not the fault of the Black Bull, whose two ladies looked after us immensely well - our thanks to them both!

Clean hotel and friendly helpful staff Breakfast and dinner were good quality and on the upper end cost-wise (10% added for gratuity so be aware.

Unfortunately people are the unknown and in our experience it was the thoughtless dog-owners. We sat down to enjoy lunch and a family sat next to us. The smell was horrendous “sorry but the dogs have been rolling in sheep crap” really doesn’t excuse it.. it’s a restaurant. We ate elsewhere (very good food so it wasn’t disappointing) Through the night it was incredibly quiet and peaceful - except when the dog in the adjacent room barked at every sound. Again I blame owners but the experience was tainted by them.