1. Battlesteads
Being situated in rural Northumberland, we are surrounded by a number of the best livestock, game, fish, poultry, fruit, and vegetables within the Country. Head Chef Eddie Shilton sources prime local ingredients to make sure freshness and flavour.
Look out for dishes including oak smoked duck, chicken, and salmon from nearby Bywell Smokery. Vegetarian choices are always available. Our cooking style is primarily modern British but always add some international choices for those with a more cosmopolitan palate.
During summer we grow many of our own herbs, salads, vegetables, and lots of different fruit varieties within our vegetable garden
We have a variety of menus planned around seasonal availability of fresh produce to suit every price and palate, from snacks, sandwiches, and fresh salads to full a-la-carte including succulent steaks, seasonal game and vegetables, seafood and attractive seafood.
Buffet Catering Service Northumberland
2. Barrasford Arms
Barrasford Arms pub dates back to the 1800s. Set overlooking Houghton Castle, this picturesque pub not only serves great local ales but also high quality local Northumbrian food, using ingredients from the polytunnel and gardens out the rear.
With lots to ascertain and neutralize the world, you’ll take some time away last even longer by staying in one among our seven en-suite bedrooms. an excellent fishing stream just down the road, Hadrian’s wall only a couple of miles away, set within the heart of Northumberland only around 20 miles from Kielder Forest and only 8 miles from the historical town of Hexham.
Michael and Victoria recently took over the Barrasford Arms in June 2017 and can cause you to feel very welcome during some time there. Michael features a wealth of experience as a top chef. From starting out at his local Northumberland pub as a pot wash to working his high at restaurants like Fisherman’s occupy Newcastle, and Bouchon in Hexham, before coming to the chief head chef at Slaley Hall Hotel, and last Malmaison Hotel in Dundee, Michael’s simple, elegant and well-cooked food filled with flavour won’t disappoint.
3. Jolly Fisherman
A “lovely-looking pub during a beautiful location”, next to a harbour on the spirit-raising mid-Northumberland coastline, and opposite the long-lasting L Robson & Sons ‘Craster Kipper’ smokehouse; “wonderful” fish is that the order of the day, unsurprisingly, with both smoked versions and salmon sarnies exemplary.
4. The Feathers Inn
A “very good village pub”, but also rather quite that: Rhian Craddock’s snug Northumbrian boozer, in an out-of-the-way spot overlooking the Tyne valley, helped to begin the local/seasonal craze over a decade ago and continues to show out top-quality fare, including local game.
5. The Old Boat House Amble
In summer 2019, this once-basic fish hut reopened after a £210K refurb doubling capacity and adding a replacement café/bar (the owners cut ties to 2 other venues on the Northumberland coast but kept on the neighbouring Fish Shack). Its formula has by-and-large remained intact, namely a “great setting by the harbour in Amble with river views towards a foreign Warkworth Castle” (“sometimes a seal appears”) and therefore the provision of “generous seafood platters” from an “excellent selection” (and also sourdough pizza).
