Griffin in Carlisle

Very disappointing food, them menu sounded lovely but the food quality was extremely poor! The chicken chill & lime tacos were inedible, with an overpowering vinegar taste. The cheeseburger sliders were dry & tasteless. The best things were the chicken wings & the service. Staff were lovely.

Absolutely amazing food. Bar staff were lovely and very accommodating especially Angie who went above and beyond interacting with my children and cat before we got our train and reassured us when there was a complicated customer at the bar who seemed to be a local. 5 stars from us and the kitty xx

Lovely welcome in this dog friendly pub. Food was great. Would totally recommend this either with or without a dog and will definitely return of back in the area.

No sound on the tv for the football and was refused to be served alcohol because someone in our group didn’t have ID even though they were drinking a soft drink. Won’t be coming here again for sure.

Great atmosphere, good beer, reasonably fast service, the waitress had fabulous perfume, when she walked past us we got a wonderful waft of onion rings. Mind, it might have been the plateload she was carrying! Highly recommended, we'll be back!

Great meal , found to be very friendly staff and felt very safe and clean, food served hot and on time , we had the 2 pub classics scampi and fish and chips great value, so handy for train station as we were visiting from up north. Will be back when next visiting family.

Usual meeting point for many as it's so close to the station. Good atmosphere inside. Can't comment on the food never eaten in there. If I have to be picky there's no smoking area or not one I could see ! So people congregate outside the entrance so for non smokers it probably isn't pleasant having to walk in or out. But that apart enjoyed my time in there and the Guinness was decent. That's not easy to come across. Well worth a visit

Clean place ..food good..Near train station .

A very handy pub for a pint before catching a train. A Greene King bar with a good selection of draught beers. Good food menu and the covid hygiene precautions were all in place.

Pub is huge, great food very clean. Great social distancing rules in place, however some customers still can't follow them. Rule of 1 in, 1 out in toilets, a sign on the door you move yourself to say 'engaged' or 'vacant' really not difficult but obviously is for some! Staff at 5.30pm-9pm (time we stayed) Tuesday were amazing! Organised, cleared tables, cleaned tables, able to deal with customers on door and on premises. Very friendly, funny+kind to dogs (brought our dog water) and helpful, just brilliant! However, Wednesday staff not so great. Completely understand it's busy due to 'eat out', but we had glasses on our table from 3 rounds, so brought drinks but didn't clear table of previous round. Had food then ordered tea, actually intrigued where they were going to put it but genuinely pushed it on next to our empty plates. Had to ask 3 times to clear table as we had ordered desserts. Could see the stress and strain as they were walking past each other or going to the bar. Constantly apologising to customers for late delivery of food so not sure what was going on in the kitchen. Ordered steak+baby potatoes but when food brought out I was given fries, I advised it wasn't what I ordered and was told 'yeah there's none left'...would've been nice to have been told or asked if preferred jacket/mash possibly not just bunged fries on my plate. Didn't bother to change as it took a long time to get to us!On another note they offer a 'ask Angela' service. I've never heard of this but apparently if you're in a difficult 'date' situation you go to the bar ask for Angela and they help you out. Amazing! Also the app is so easy to use, tells you what's available and not. Children allowed in until 9pm.