We have just returned from a 3 night stay at the Rosemount hotel staying in a four poster bedroom. The owner of the hotel was there to welcome us and was very friendly showing us straight to our room with no fuss.

The room was spacious and the bed was very comfortable providing an excellent nights sleep. The first night we stayed, it was -4C outside. You would never have guessed as our room was toasty warm

Breakfast is served from 8.30am to 9.30am with an endless supply of tea,coffee, toast and cereals. This is accompanied with a traditional Cumbrian breakfast of ample proportion using fine organic food which sets you up for the day nicely.

It is nicely situated between Windermere and Bowness about a 10 minute walk either way with restaurants and pubs in each direction.

Our stay was slightly marred by the fact that there was no hot water on the last night. Also, the clothing cupboard in the room were very old. There was no handle on the front making it very difficult to open and once you did get in, there were those hotel style hangers that you have to partially unhook to put clothing on. Once replaced they coudn't take the strain of having clothing on and subsequently popped out each time. We eventually gave up and accepted that we might as well stuff everything in drawers.

These were just little niggles that were part of our stay on what was otherwise a very nice break. Would definitely consider staying again.

My friends and I stayed at Rosemount for a weekend in December and I would definitely recommend it. Our rooms (all en suite) were spacious, comfortable and tastefully decorated compared with other B&Bs I have stayed at in the past and there are also single rooms so no supplements for singletons.
Great breakfast with quality local organic bacon and sausage for the meat eaters and alternatives for the vegetarians. Good to see fair trade tea and coffee too.
Steve and Helen, the youthful owners, are very easy-going (we arrived quite late) friendly and helpful and recommended some good pubs and easy local walks.
Rosemount may not be the best choice for serious fell walkers but it is very well situated as a base for exploring the Lakes. There are also plenty of restaurants in Windermere and Bowness, both easy walking distance.
Generally I think Rosemount provides excellent value for money for a Lake District B&B and has a friendly, laid-back atmosphere and I would certainly stay there again.

I have never stayed inthe Lakes before so I wasn't sure what to expect in terms of B&B 's. I chose Rosemount because it was inexpensive and near to the Village of Bowness . My room however was quite grubby , the carpet looked like it hadn't been vacumed since the last occupants were there , the furniture was old and mismatched . When I stepped into the shower there was part of an opened sachet of shampoo in the cubicle. There was also a stale smell that didn't seem to go when I opened the window. The cooked breakfast was okay , although some of the toast was stale and the staff sang songs in the kitchen about how many minutes they had to go until they could stop serving. I definitely wouldn't stay there again but it may have been a bad room that I was given , if I was staying any longer than 2 nights I would have checked out as soon as I arrived.

For a budget B&B not too bad but we had booked a superior room, which we understood to be a four poster at the front. We booked on-line and were phoned up after making the booking to be told there had been a mix-up, we had a superior room but no 4 poster. The room we got was at the back, quite big but overlooking the back yard. Little things like there being no tops to the taps and towels not being changed were annoying. But the fact that no one mentioned that we did not get the correct room when we arrived really dissapointed me. Generally got the feeling that the guests just got in the way of the owners!