The Black Bull

Name: The Black Bull
Address: 44 Main Street, Sedbergh, Cumbria, United Kingdom, LA10 5BL
Telephone: 015396 20264
Price range: £25 and under
Rating: 4.4

4.4 (686)

£25 and under

British

44 Main Street, Sedbergh, Cumbria LA10 5BL

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2 people

Jun 15, 2025

7:00 PM

Booked 4 times today

Experiences are available.

About this restaurant

Good for special occasions
Charming
Great for fine wines

Welcome to The Black Bull, Sedbergh, we look forward to seeing you

Additional information

Dining style
Casual Dining
Price
£25 and under
Cuisines
British, Japanese, Contemporary German
Hours of operation
Dinner Wed–Sun 6:00 pm–9:00 pm
Phone number
015396 20264
Website
http://theblackbullsedbergh.co.uk/
Payment options
AMEX, Mastercard, Visa
Dress code
Casual Dress

Location
44 Main Street, Sedbergh, Cumbria LA10 5BL
Neighborhood
Kendal
Parking details
None
Additional
Beer, Full Bar, Non-Smoking, Wine

Experiences

Tasting Menu
£79.00 per person
Mar 22, 2024 - Oct 1, 2025
Our Head Chef & Co-owner Nina Matsunaga‘s 7-course menu celebrating the best of British produce with influences from Japanese, German, and Modern European cookery MUST BE BOOKED 24hrs in ADVANCE EXAMPLE MENU; Isle Of Mull Scallop, Bergamot & N25 Caviar Wild Garlic & Killeen Staffelter Hoff, Magnus Riesling, Mosel, Germany Homemade Bread & Seasoned Cultured Butter Lakeland Venison, Yorkshire Rhubarb, Fennel Claus Preisinger, Puszta Libre! Weinland, Austria Pasture Fed Beef Sirloin, Mushroom & X.O. Find Your Happy Place, Swartland, South Africa Torched Baron Bigod, Fig Leaf, Orange La Fleur d’Sauternes, Bordeaux, France Mochi, White Bean, Kalamansi Dark Chocolate, Cherry & Macadamia Delgado Zuleta, Pedro Ximenez, Jerez, Spain

What 686 people are saying

The Black Bull reviews from people who’ve dined at this restaurant. Based on recent rating.

Overall ratings and reviews

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4.4

4.4 based on recent ratings

4.5Food
4.4Service
4.4Ambience
4.1Value

Noise • Energetic

Loved For

Cumbria
Healthy
Cumbria
Neighborhood gem
Cumbria
Great for fine wines
Cumbria
Good for special occasions
Cumbria
Vegetarian-friendly
Cumbria
Most Booked

Review summary

AI-generated from verified diner reviews

The Black Bull offers "amazing all round" experiences with standout dishes and "excellent food." The "beautiful, sophisticated dining space" is complemented by "friendly service" and "outstanding" wine choices. Patrons rave about the Sunday roast and inventive menu options, though some find portion sizes lacking. Overall, a delightful dining destination.

686 Reviews

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Stephen VIP
Bristol4 reviews
5.0
Dined on May 26, 2025
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Excellent food and friendly service - an outstanding experience.
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Ann
Cheshire1 review
4.0
Dined on May 25, 2025
1. Overall 4
2. Food 3
3. Service 4
4. Ambience 4
Excellent lamb Sunday roast but very disappointing for vegetarians, 2 cubes of roasted celeriac as the replacement.
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Kirsty
London5 reviews
5.0
Dined on May 25, 2025
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Amazing all round - fabulous food, ambience, service - can't wait to return!
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Helen
Cumbria5 reviews
5.0
Dined on May 23, 2025
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
One of our many visits to the Bull but this time we took friends who enjoy good food and they were very impressed. Everything we ate was gorgeous including my Crispy Korean Beef starter and amazing fillet of beef. The 2 waitresses were very professional, friendly and knowledgeable. The dining room itself is stunning. Our 2 friends from Kendal can’t wait to return both for meals and an overnight stay left in the year.
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Kieran
Manchester/Greater Manchester4 reviews
5.0
Dined on May 18, 2025
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
excellent sunday lunch, fantastic service and good wine choices. highly recommend.
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David
Orlando / Central Florida East1 review
3.0
Dined on May 18, 2025
1. Overall 3
2. Food 3
3. Service 4
4. Ambience 4
Being awarded for best Sunday Roast. I expected quality rather than quantity, didnt live up to expectations. I had the Herdwick lamb which was reconstructed best bits of the lamb shoulder. Stringy lamb and quite tasteless Other members of my party had the white beef which was tasty if lacking in quantity. One carrot and one leaf of green, two roast potatoes and a yorkshire pudding. Not worth the near £22 plus 13.5% service charge. Wont be returning
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Mike
Newcastle and Northumberland12 reviews
5.0
Dined on May 1, 2025
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
During a short break at the Black Bull we had two very good evening meals there. On our first night it was Curry Night - top notch food, fresh, tasty - my lamb rogan josh & my wife's Keralan fish curry both excellent (as was the onion bhaji, nothing like ones you get from a supermarket!). On our last night it was the a la carte menu, and that was a special meal - high quality, excellent presentation, really enjoyable. The starters & dessert were very good, my wife's monkfish and my venison both superb. The Black Bull definitely deserves its reputation for excellent food.
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Guy
London3 reviews
5.0
Dined on April 27, 2025
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
We went for the Sunday roast and it's among the best I've ever had in a pub — the venison was particularly superb, and the starters and sides really artful and inspired. The sharing tarte tatin for dessert is a must. Lovely service too — attentive and friendly but not at all overbearing — and a beautiful, sophisticated dining space.
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DEBORAH VIP
London34 reviews
5.0
Dined on April 27, 2025
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
We thoroughly enjoyed our amazing starters ( sashimi for me - awesome and wood pigeon- sumptuous for Stu. The star of an already glittering show was the shared plaice, with garlic prawns, seasonal greens and pearl barley mushroom risotto. Wow!’ And the phenomenal tarte tatin was the perfect ending to a perfect meal.
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ANDREW
London6 reviews
4.0
Dined on April 24, 2025
1. Overall 4
2. Food 5
3. Service 3
4. Ambience 5
We stayed for 3 nights and ate in the restaurant each night. The first night 'Tuesday Curry Night' started off a little chaotic, but service improve thereafter. The food was very good, I had the 'Kerelan Cod, Trout & Prawn Curry' which was lovely and the sorbet for desert was perfect. The 'Taster Night' menu had unusual elements to it, but that is why we wanted to eat there, to be challenged, as well as to enjoy the food and it was an amazing experience, service this night was very good. On the third and last night 'The A La Carte' menu, both food and service was a delight. I would always recommend force rhubarb for desert on any menu in Cumbria, but especially here, really lovely. Also on the wine menu this night we had a lovely chianti and for treat we ordered a glass of two types of infused sake's they were serving that evening which were very refreshing.
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The Black Bull is rated 4.4 stars by 686 OpenTable diners.

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2 people

Jun 15, 2025

7:00 PM

Booked 4 times today

Experiences are available.

44 Main Street, Sedbergh, Cumbria LA10 5BL

Additional information

Neighborhood
Kendal
Hours of operation
Dinner Wed–Sun 6:00 pm–9:00 pm
Price
£25 and under
Cuisines
British, Japanese, Contemporary German
Dining style
Casual Dining
Dress code
Casual Dress
Parking details
None
Payment options
AMEX, Mastercard, Visa
Additional
Beer, Full Bar, Non-Smoking, Wine

Website
http://theblackbullsedbergh.co.uk/
Phone number
015396 20264

The Black Bull

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About this restaurant

Additional information

Experiences

Tasting Menu

Menu

Breakfast

The Black Bull Breakfast Full English Breakfast£9.95

Woodland Mushrooms on Toast£6.50

Eggs on Toast£3.00

Mackerel & Scrambled Egg on Toast£6.95

Sausage & Homemade Bread£4.95

Bacon & Homemade Bread£4.95

Toast£2.50

Teas & Coffees

Yorkshire Tea£1.70

Loose Leaf Tea£2.20

Americano£2.20

Flat White£2.50

Latte£2.40

Mocha£2.50

Hot Chocolate£2.80

What 686 people are saying

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