Black Swan - Northumberland

Fantastic meal and great service. Staff were very friendly and made us feel at ease with three young children in tow. Would highly recommend!

Excellent food, no complaints at all. Service was spot on. Returned numerous times just for drinks, couldn't fault the cocktails!! Whenever we went in it was packed no matter what time we were there, great pub/restaurant

A lovely spot for Sunday lunch, but book if you can. Heard about this place and this was our second visit in this very relaxed setting with very friendly staff. My wife loved the Sunday Roast with beautiful beef, whilst I went for the haddock chowder with anchovies, probably the perfect winter warmer dish, when it is actually cold. I had the fish finger sandwich in a Stottie with fries and salad. We couldn’t fault the meal or the service. They offer a light bite menu also if you don’t want too much. Thank to the staff.

Meals were lovely, amazing chefs, shame about the service. First off, the table was extremely wobbly, this should be checked when setting up- the waiter came and stuck beer mats underneath the table, not a good start to a birthday meal! We ordered the salmon pate to share, however when it came, two arrived, we thought maybe it had been split between two plates, but before we realised the waiter disappeared promptly. We sat for 10 minutes trying to get someone’s attention but in the end just gave up. Clearly we left a whole portion of pate between the two plates. When asked was everything okay, we explained not really we only wanted the one to share, the waiter apologised and said he would take one off the bill. The main came and was nice, when asking for the bill we were told the manager said we were not allowed the starter to be taken off due to not mentioning before we had eaten. Well due to the awful service this wasn’t possible, didn’t really want to go up to the bar. WONT be coming back and definitely don’t recommend. Manager didn’t even bother coming to speak to us and sent the waiter. It wasn’t about the money for us, but the way it was handled made us feel like we didn’t matter. Clearly they just want your money! Avoid.

Excellent traditional pub food, very welcoming, great atmosphere and dog friendly. Highly recommended. Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5