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Macdonald Old England Hotel & Spa vs L'Enclume

Both Macdonald Old England Hotel & Spa and L'Enclume are recommended by professional reviewers. On balance, L'Enclume scores significantly better than Macdonald Old England Hotel & Spa. L'Enclume comes in at #5 in Lake District with positive reviews from 3 reviews including The Telegraph, Travel + Leisure and Michelin Guide.

Macdonald Old England Hotel & Spa
Macdonald Old England Hotel & Spa
7 / 10
23 Church Street, Bowness-on-Windermere LA23 3DF
From $244 /night
  • Bar/Lounge
  • Free Internet
  • Room Service
  • Laundry Service
  • Concierge
  • Restaurant
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Oyster Oyster
Upscale
"The 250-year-old Macdonald Old England Hotel & Spa offers an idyllic setting on Lake Windermere with green lawns, private moorings, and scenic views from a terrace bar and restaurant." Full review
L'Enclume
L'Enclume
8 / 10
Cavendish St, Cartmel LA11 6PZ
From $0 /night
  • Free Internet
  • Free Breakfast
  • Restaurant
  • Accessible
  • Bathrobes
  • Flatscreen TV
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Michelin Guide Michelin Guide
2 Stars
"Inventive, modern cooking uses top quality produce to create dishes with a pleasing lightness and a superb balance of flavours. Home-grown and foraged ingredients feature highly." Full review
Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure
"Since the opening of this great value hotel in 2002, chef-owner Simon Rogan’s inventive cooking has quietly grown in acclaim, culminating in a Michelin star for the restaurant in 2005." Full review
The Telegraph The Telegraph
9.0
"Simon Rogan's two-Michelin-starred restaurant plus handful of rooms stay true both to the simple village location and rich surrounding land." Full review
Independent Independent
"This is a wonderfully higgledy-piggledy sort of place, actually a restaurant with a smattering of cottage rooms dotted around the village of Cartmel"