Visited this favourite hotel again and found it just as good as the first visit many years ago. The decor is elegant and comfortable, the attention to detail is perfect and the food is excellent. Set in the countryside close to Carlisle it is ideally situated for visiting the Lakes and SW Scotland or as a base for business. The welcome is always warm and genuine. I would highly recommend it.

This is somewhat unusual because I'm currently part-way through what's likely to be a nine months stay during each week for business purposes. But I do like this hotel very much and so I felt publishing a review now was perfectly in order.

I arrived here after trying a number of hotels in and around Carlisle and Penrith. The area isn't blessed with great hotels; yes, there are the usual chains plus a few others but I'm rather picky since I spend a lot of time away from home on business.

Crosby Lodge is truly delightful and very good value for money. The accommodation and decor appropriately reflect the age of the building, which is set in its own grounds. The service and hospitality are excellent and it is exceedingly quiet and restful, important after a day working away from home. Service and quality are clearly important to the owner, Mrs Sedgwick and her staff, and these attributes are reflected in their approach to customers - efficient but unobtrusive.

The restaurant menu is surprisingly extensive and very good quality. Everything is cooked to order and the menu is updated regularly. Likewise the wine list is wide ranging, good value and like the menu, changes to reflect availability.

The breakfast menu is also very good. The test for me with hotel breakfasts is scrambled eggs, which surprisingly not every chef seems able to cook without turning rubbery. Crosby Lodge passess the test.

Crosby Lodge is a world away from the busy, rather anonymous hotels that many of us are used to. At the end of a busy day you can feel yourself relaxing into the place. Whether here on business or pleasure this is the place to stay - believe me you will not be disappointed.

We had a team building experience in Cumbria. Our company chose Crosby Lodge. I will keep it brief as that is all it needs to be. The setting was a classic Grade 2 listed building. Decor was clean and well suited to the building. The welcome was warm and friendly and both the service and food was excellent.

Certainly return with my family.

My very well travelled sister and I stayed at the hotel earlier in the year - it was a perfect retreat from the fast-paced society and the soul-less, pretentious hotels of the modern day. I am in my 50's so don't consider I am yet antiquated (or even gentile). To know the owners had worked hard in the same place for 40 years was part of the personal charm. So yes .... they were aging and human....yes... a few minor changes maybe. But please do try it for yourself and support the individuals who work hard and not the corporate pockets.