Francine's in South Lakeland

We have visited Francine's with three young kids. Food is serving within 15min of arrival. Great food, nice interior and friendly service. Everyone is happy!

The restaurant itself looks a bit dated but then the food came and blew us all away! Absolutely stunning seafood casserole while to pork belly was top class and the lamb shank was the star of the show (my opinion!). Will definitely come again!

We have dined at Francine's twice this week. The food is outstanding. It's rare I want to order absolutely everything off the menu, it all sounds so good..the service is friendly and attentive. Our dog Trevor was made to feel so welcome too. Thank you, will return when we are back in Windermere. First class.

Delicious. The orange panacotta was to die for! Lovely service. Thanks for a wonderful evening!

A fabulous food experience, matched by great service and fair prices. We will certainly return.

Delicious and interesting food, with good Gluten Free options

Absolutely amazing seafood, fresh, simply prepared yet full of flavour!! Just here for the weekend but would travel back to Windermere just to eat in Francine’s!!! Best clams since I came back from Hong Kong 🇭🇰, WOW, just WOW!!! You deserve a #Micheline ⭐️!!!! From the Greek lady

Food was great and price reasonable for it. We had a meal on a Thai restaurant paid for same price but food was rubbish. Francine was excellent standards.

Prebook in advance to avoid disappointment!I booked this for our anniversary meal. Despite turning up on time we had to queue outside for at least 25 minutes with several others waiting for people to finish their meals.Once inside the waiter was super apologetic, and you could tell he needed a drink himself. The restaurant was very cosy with interesting pieces of art on the walls. A nice very traditional feel about the place.Anyway the starters consisted of various seafood and meat dishes to which you can size up as a main on average pricing of £7 to £15. I had the pork cheeks and himself the clam spaghetti. While we waited we were presented with canapés consisting of cheese and carmalised onions..the other truffle oil on crackers. These were a very tasty treat.The spaghetti was well made and the sauce light smothering the tiny clams. My pork cheek was super tender, and it lay perched on perfect mash, panchetta, black pudding, pickled onions in a tomato broth. Various bits of bread was also served to mop up this juice. Only criticism clam meat is sooo small in this country so not worth the battle against the shells for such a tiny reward.For mains I had the seafood special which was a bowl filled with mussels, clams, scallop, king prawns and longuistines swimming in a broth and fresh pasta. This was super tasty, cooked to perfection and presented nicely. My only gripe was I only had one at most two scallops.My other half chose the lamb which again was super tender, in a homely bed of mash, sauce and root vegetables. Super simple dish but everything was cooked perfectly.I was feeling quite full but the orange panacotta with orange sorbet was too tasty to miss. It didn't disappoint.Overall despite the disappointing beginning the service was impeccable and food really tasty. However I did expect a bit more in terms of creativity considering this was a Michelin star restaurant. Definitely worth a visit if you enjoy your seafood especially.

Wow - what a spot in Windermere. This seafood restaurant was top notch and really an amazing experience. We had excellent communication and the staff were so friendly. The menu had plenty of offerings and the wine options were first class. A gem in a town that was limited in culinary options