19 The Wine Bar

Nice place to visit for a nice pint of cider and a bite to eat. Really good sharing platter and a good choice of wine.

Very nice bar however the girl behind the bar (Rachael?) shouldn’t be working behind a bar if she can’t smile and be polite. When the bar was busy with people waiting, emptying the glass washer seem more important that serving!!

Ace bar in Kendal which I have visited over the years. Good choice of beers and such friendly staff. So well decorated.

✅ Always a nice welcoming atmosphere - good for a quite drink midweek or a busier, livelier vibe at the weekend. Not pretentious.

Good selection of wines 🍷 and spirits, plus despite the name it also has a good range of beers on tap.

Would recommend.

Booked for a meal with friends for our usual Christmas get together, no hot food, so we ordered a ploughman's platter, they couldn't even do that, so ended up with a 3 cheese platter .
Not a happy customer.
Over to you wine bar, own up to your pore service, should have gone to McDonald's

Terrible service for a works Christmas party. We came as a party of 12 and are aware it's not much of an establishment for food as such, but thought it would be better than it was.

We had to ask 4 times for cutlery, by which point most people had already given up and eaten their salad with their hands anyway as everything was going cold!

One of the staff dealing with the food payment almost overcharged a colleague of mine, and although it wasn't by much her reaction to being told about the problem was very unprofessional. She looked very angry that he'd made a fuss about it... Though it was her in the wrong.

Drinks weren't terribly overpriced, but it was difficult to get a drink with only a few trained staff and the rest trainees not knowing what drinks were what when asking for a whiskey.

TLDR: Don't go for food as a large group. It's not an establishment for food.

We visited as a group of Christmas Eve Eve for a few drinks and it was packed with a great atmosphere. Definitely worth a visit on a night out in Kendal and also situated in an interesting part of the town

It was very comfortable, busy, friendly staff. The Mens toilet floor had an uphill quality, like walking up a fell. 🤣