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Shakespeare Inn

3.5 star property

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Bar (on property)
Exterior
Restaurant
Fireplace
Family Room | Desk, free WiFi

Reviews

8.8 out of 10
Excellent

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Housekeeping
  • Free WiFi
  • Restaurant

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78 Highgate, Kendal, England, LA9 4HE
  • Place, Brewery Arts Centre
    ‪3 min walk‬
  • Place, Abbot Hall Art Gallery
    ‪5 min walk‬
  • Place, Kendal Castle
    ‪10 min walk‬

Room options

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Double Room, Private Bathroom | Desk, free WiFi

Double Room, Private Bathroom

8.8 out of 10
Excellent
(15 reviews)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Double or Twin Room, Private Bathroom | Desk, free WiFi

Double or Twin Room, Private Bathroom

8.8 out of 10
Excellent
(6 reviews)
  • 120 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

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Family Room | Desk, free WiFi

Family Room

8.6 out of 10
Excellent
(7 reviews)
  • 252 sq ft
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Large Twin Bed

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About the neighborhood

Kendal

With a stay at Shakespeare Inn in Kendal, you'll be within a 15-minute drive of Yorkshire Dales National Park and Lake Windermere. .This inn is 0.3 mi (0.5 km) from The Quaker Tapestry Museum & Exhibition and 0.6 mi (1 km) from Kendal Castle.
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What's nearby

  • Brewery Arts Centre - 3 min walk - 0.2 miles
  • Abbot Hall Art Gallery - 5 min walk - 0.3 miles
  • Museum of Lakeland Life & Industry - 5 min walk - 0.3 miles
  • Kendal Castle - 10 min walk - 0.6 miles
  • Lyth Valley - 19 min walk - 1.0 mile

Getting around

  • Kendal Station - 11 min walk
  • John Lennon Airport (LPL) - 104 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Ye Olde Fleece Inn - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪The Miles Thompson (Wetherspoon) - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪Fell Bar (Kendal) - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪Comida - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Brew Brothers - ‬2 min walk

About this property

Shakespeare Inn

Inn in Kendal with a restaurant and a bar
Shakespeare Inn offers 5 accommodations. This Kendal inn provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is provided daily.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
Make yourself at home in one of the 5 guestrooms. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected. Conveniences include desks, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Take in the views from a garden and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access.
At Shakespeare Inn, enjoy a satisfying meal at the restaurant. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge.
Shakespeare Inn has a restaurant on site.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • No onsite parking available

Food and drink

  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant

Things to do

  • Billiards/pool table

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)

Outdoors

  • Garden

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)

More

  • Smoking not allowed

Room amenities

Bathroom

  • Private bathroom
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • TV

More

  • Desk

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 4:00 PM; Check-in end time: 8:00 PM
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

There is no front desk at this property
The host will greet guests on arrival
If you are planning to arrive after 9 PM please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Host will greet you

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Cribs (infant beds) are available for GBP 25 per night

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Crib (infant bed) fee: GBP 25 per night

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

Property is also known as

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Shakespeare Inn Reviews

Reviews

8.8

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 140 out of 250 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 76 out of 250 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 23 out of 250 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 250 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 8 out of 250 reviews

9.0/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

8.6/10

Amenities

8.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

Ian

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service

Computer says no.

For unexpected reasons I had to cancel my booking. I gave three days notice but as I was on holiday in Ireland without my computer I had no internet access. I phoned The Shakespeare out of courtesy and was told that there was nothing they could do and I would have to contact Hotels.com direct. I tried to cancel on the website but could find no way of doing so. I see this as a failure of both The Shakespeare and Hotels.com. I am sure the stay would have been excellent. Perhaps between both parties you could agree to transfer the booking to another date. I was really looking forward to the excellent food and drink on offer.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

6/10 Okay

ISRAEL

Liked: Cleanliness

Do you recall Monty Python

Monty Python had a skit called the cheese shop. Analogous to this are the issues I ran into: 1 no coffee for breakfast (the machine is broken) 2 no vegan sausage (the supplier was changed. 3 no one working morning or evening could actually provide tourist information regarding trekking (1 person suggested I google the question).
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

6/10 Okay

Ian

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Kevin

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

Darren

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
Nice rooms Compact beds hard not much sleep due to noise TV on all nite loud nxt door
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Emma

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Family stay 3 nights

It was brilliant,Lovely clean room, quiet and in a great area. The service was excellent in the pub and the breakfast was fantastic 👍
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Terence

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

John

Traveled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Room needed updating, it wouldn’t take much to vastly improve the feel. The bathroom floor was uneven and rippled, shower water pressure was poor and stopped working one morning. Other parts of the bathroom were tatty, ie the toilet roll holder was hanging off. Breakfast was passable average. Room carpet felt like it could do with a shampoo or replace. The staff were all friendly. Not sure how it gets 9/10, we stay at lots of places and this is a 5 or 6 at best.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Dorothy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Enjoyable Stay At The Shakespeare.

Food was freshly cooked and delicious. Bed was very comfortable. Staff were friendly and efficient. We had an enjoyable and relaxing stay - we even stayed an extra night.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Central location

Right in the middle of Kendal. Rooms are at the rear so very little noise. Room was satisfactory, bed was big but on one side you sink into the mattress. Food in the pub was nice, plenty of it and freshly cooked. No vehicle parking is available, so you have to find a parking space in a local car park which isn't cheap overnight. WiFi wasn't quite there being patchy and kept dropping out. Suspect that it was amount of people trying to access it.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

David

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Simon

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

A great find

Great location and handy for restaurants and the local pub ( which these are part of) Clean and comfortable- it’s functional and it’s not trying to be high end etc! Great team and very pleasant and friendly. Breakfast was adequate. I would stay again when I’m up in Kendal
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Man Hon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Historical building with great food
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

Rebecca

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service
I did know before coming over that there was no parking in site but it did turn out to be a pain having to get on the car park down the road and at £12 per day it just adds to your stay cost. Breakfast was nice just a bit greasy for me and toast came to the table cold and hard. There was no food on for our stay which was inconvenient as I was staying with a child and we had hoped to just eat where we stayed. There are plenty of other places around though. Staff was really friendly, offered to do the room on second morning and checked if we needed anything. Unfortunately the room had a very strange musty smell the whole time and was mouldy in places, the toilet roll felt damp even with having the fan on in the bathroom. It just wasn't a pleasant smell to have to put up with the whole time and made me feel sick!
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

6/10 Okay

Ann

Traveled with group
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

Needs some TLC

It is in a brilliant location, and the people who work there are amazing, but unfortunately it needs a lot of work doing on it especially the outside courtyard which is full of weeds and cigarette butts. The paint work is very worn. There was also no food available in the bar as the chef was off, breakfast was lovely though.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Vivek

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Kendal Whistle Stop Tour

Great stay. Good breakfast. Great Pie mash and gravy. Pints good too. Great spot in Kendal. Conveniently located
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Mehwish

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We stayed here for the night. Just
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

6/10 Okay

Karen

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

Okay stay

Good size room, bedding clean and smelt nice. Room tatty and in need of upgrade. Bathroom very poor including loose toilet seat, grouting and shower in need of attention. Bathroom floor peeling up in doorway causing a trip hazard. Window stay in bathroom fell off when we opened the window. On the plus side staff were lovely. Cooked breakfast a bit over cooked but tasty and good quality. Continental breakfast poor, not much selection. Would have said all this when we handed the keys back at the end of our stay if we had the opportunity.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Shakespeare Hotel Kendal.

Notification from booking agency failed to specify one room should have been twin bedded. I got the impression it is family run but the owner was very accommodating in that very kindly he provided a spare room at no extra charge. Breakfast was included and was excellent. The hotel is old and quaint but very interesting. Parking is not available on site. The evening restaurant kitchen closes at 2000hrs and the bar closes 2100hrs but there are other restaurants and bars very nearby.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Reece

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness
I arrived to find the property was having an IT issue so they couldn't check my booking on screen. That said the girl quickly gave me a key & showed me to the room, which wasn't in the main building but down the yard. The room was spacious & bright, and quiet too which is always good. The breakfast was fairly basic but pleasant enough. One problem with this venue is the lack of parking. There is parking at the Brewery Arts Centre but that's quite a walk if you have heavy bags, and you have to pay.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

6/10 Okay

Tony

We arrived late morning on Monday hoping to get a meal at the Inn before checking in but, everywhere was locked up and no indication of when or whether they were going to open. We went back a couple of times, at 12:00 & 12:30, still no one there and no one answering the phone. We returned at 14:30 the door was then open and a member of staff told us that they were only open between 14:00 & 20:00 and that no food other than breakfast would be available on Monday & Tuesday; not the warm welcome we were promised on their website. The room was adequate although the shower tray didn’t drain quickly & was prone to overflow. Overall the property gave the impression of the owner being more interested in taking money out rather than investing in the business. Also we would recommend external signage and changes to the website to give information about opening times and food availability. We will not be returning and will not recommend it to others.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Ren

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
My stay at the Shakespeare was short but will be remembered as a really good experience. I felt like a truly valued customer, everyone was so friendly and helpful. The room was good and the bed was huge!! It was 2 lovely nights sleep, nice hot shower in the morning followed by a cooked breakfast. It really set me up for the day. I would most certainly revisit and can recommend it for a good place to stay in Kendal.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Joshua

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great place to stay with friendly staff and nice rooms, the food was really nice and fairly cheap, located in the centre of town so can walk to most things
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2025