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Why Forest Side Is on Our Top 50 Garden Restaurants
Forest Side, under Kevin Tickle's direction, is ranked #2 on our Top 50 Garden Restaurants Worldwide. The garden style: Forest-foraged plus walled garden.
The planting: On-site walled garden plus wild foraging. The signature dish: Foraged tasting menu, Lakeland lamb, garden vegetables.
The seasonal program: Daily-changing seasonal foraged-and-garden tasting. The indoor-outdoor flow: Indoor dining overlooking the Lake District forest and walled garden.
The award lineage: One Michelin Star; Best of British 100.
How to Book Forest Side
The booking lead time: 10 to 14 weeks for prime time. Reserve through OpenTable, Resy, or the restaurant's own booking line where applicable; specify outdoor garden seating versus indoor at booking. Most garden restaurants peak in late spring through early autumn.
Order the seasonal tasting menu. The kitchen's strongest expression at Forest Side is the Foraged tasting menu, paired with the daily-changing seasonal garden tasting.
The dress code: Smart casual. The dinner spend: 150 to 240 GBP per person at dinner. The kitchen at Forest Side is rated 10/10 for food and 10/10 for ambience in our editorial scoring.
Why Forest Side Is Worth the Pilgrimage
"Kevin Tickle's Grasmere Lake District flagship. One Michelin star and the most institutionally forest-and-garden British restaurant in the country. The wild-foraged ingredients from the Lake District landscape and the on-site walled garden anchor the seasonal tasting menu."
Our editorial scoring places the food at 10/10, ambience at 10/10, and value at 8/10. The Forest-foraged plus walled garden register is structural; the planting program and the indoor-outdoor flow produce the meal that rewards the booking effort.
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Related Reading
- Top 50 Garden Restaurants Worldwide. The full editorial ranking, of which Forest Side is #2.
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- Lake District restaurant guide. The full city directory with all occasions.
- (No peer garden entry in this city on our Top 50. See the pillar for the full list.)