CITY CENTRE
FOOD & LOUNGE

Within the award-winning Halston Hotel, Penny Blue Bar & Restaurant in Carlisle is based right in the city centre. Serving up creative tapas & grill dishes as well as offering classic & contemporary cocktails. A stylish and contemporary place to eat & drink.

BOOKINGS NOW OPEN

A STAMP OF HISTORY

Why Penny Blue? Our bar & restaurant is within Carlisle’s historic old post office building with many original features, so what better name than after the rare stamp. Exclusive to Carlisle, we also serve Penny Blue Rum.

PLANNING AN EVENT?

Our private event area is available for all occasions. Call 01228 210241 for more details.

OPENING HOURS

MONCLOSED
TUESCLOSED
WED12PM-LATE
THURS12PM-LATE
FRI12PM-LATE
SAT12PM-LATE
SUN12PM-LATE

Food served all day Sat and Sun
12pm – 3pm & 5pm – 8.45pm Wed to Thurs.

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AFTER DESSERT?

Stay the night in one of The Halston’s luxury apartments

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Open today with walk ins available! Try our delic

Open today with walk ins available! Try our delicious new menu 💙lunch 12pm-3pm dinner 5pm-9pm 💙 #carlisle #cumbria #cumbriafood

B A N K H O L I D A Y 🙌🥂 (yes , another one.

B A N K H O L I D A Y 🙌🥂
(yes , another one...)

Book now for Monday 31st May. Open for lunch, dinner and drinks. Indoor and outdoor.

Follow the link in our bio to book.

#carlisle #carlislecumbria #pennybluecarlisle

New menu, who this? Check out our new menu online

New menu, who this?
Check out our new menu online now at pennybluecarlisle.com 😍

Served from 19th May when our restaurant finally reopens! JUST 5 DAYS TO GO 💃 Have you booked your table yet? Book online now via the link in our bio.

#carlisle #pennybluecarlisle

Come on in....😊💙🙌 From the 19th May, ind

Come on in....😊💙🙌

From the 19th May, indoor dining and drinking resumes and bookings for our restaurant are NOW OPEN online.

To book visit the link in our bio.

#carlisle #pennybluecarlisle

Outside Penny Blue is open from 12pm today 🌳 Pe

Outside Penny Blue is open from 12pm today 🌳 Perfect for alfresco dining 🍲 Book online via link in our bio or walk ins available 🌞#carlisle #alfrescodining #pennyblue #outside

Can’t wait to be dishing out our delicious cockt

Can’t wait to be dishing out our delicious cocktails outside soon 🍹#mojito #aperolspritz #martinipornstar #cocktails #outsidedining #carlisle

🐣 Wishing everyone a very Happy Easter 🐣 Sti

🐣 Wishing everyone a very Happy Easter 🐣 Still time to order our delicious takeaway roast dinner, choose between lamb, beef, chicken or have all three! Vegan and vegetarian nut roast is also available 🐣 Don’t forget to add a pud or some English Lakes Ice Cream 🍦
Order online
www.thehalston.bigcartel.com
Collection between 12.30pm-4.30pm #carlisle #cumbria #sundayroast

The best people-watching spot in town 💙 For th

The best people-watching spot in town 💙

For the first time ever, we're opening up our outdoor tables on Warwick Road for bookings.

Available for a bite to eat or just drinks. Bookings are now open for the 14th April onwards.

We'll see you outside ☀️🥂
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Please note, we cannot take bookings over the phone or via social media. To book follow the link in our bio. A valid card is required to confirm your booking. Our outdoor tables are not covered and available weather dependent. Unfortunately, we cannot accommodate specific table requests or requests for bookings to be seated next to/near other bookings.

#carlisle #pennybluecarlisle

This Easter, hatch the perfect plan and pre-order

This Easter, hatch the perfect plan and pre-order your eggcellent Easter Sunday Roast To Go online now. It really is...cracking 🥚 (sorry 🤦)

For a Roast To Go that's way better than our puns, visit https://thehalston.bigcartel.com/
Or click the link in our bio

#carlislecumbria #carlisle #eastertreats #eggpuns

💟 Order our delicious Sunday roast takeaway thi

If you ever wondered what 500 afternoon teas and S

If you ever wondered what 500 afternoon teas and Sunday Roasts to go look like, well, this is only the half of it ...🤯

THANK YOU SO SO MUCH for the support and to everyone who purchased. We're blown away but totally in our element. This is what we LOVE to do and we're so grateful we have the opportunity to do it as a team after the year we've all had 💙💪

#carlislecumbria
#carlisle #afternoontea #mam #mothersday #hospitalityindustry #lovewhatwedo #hospolife #independentrestaurantuk

W I N 🌟 Yikes! We have had such an overwhelming

W I N 🌟
Yikes! We have had such an overwhelming response for our Mother's Day Roast/Afternoon Tea to go this Sunday. Thank you so much to every one who has ordered 😊 we're blown away by the support.

As a gesture of thanks, we're going to give away another delicious Sunday Roast for two with desserts for you to enjoy in the future.

This competition is open to everyone who has ordered one of our MD Sunday Roasts to go or a MD afternoon tea to go. To enter please tag us in your pictures of you enjoying our Mother's Day Roast/Afternoon Tea To Go using #halstonathome @thehalston @PennyBlue

You can share on Facebook or Instagram but please make sure the post is public so we can see 👀

A winner will be chosen and announced next week. 🤞💃