The Portland Grill - Northumberland

Another great stay at The Portland. Amazing huge room and very well looked after by Khalifa and the team. We booked a bottomless brunch for 11 and it was great, the drinks didn’t stop flowing!

This is one of our favourite hosteleries for our weekly Friday lunchtime meals out in retirement. I must admit that this is in a large part due to to it serving the tastiest and best value fillet steak around, served as a Wellington, with a selection of sides included, including truffle mash (though sides are extra with other mains). Oh, and also as, though it has no real ale on hand pulls, it does a nice pint of keg Neck Oil India Pale Ale, though it is 50% overpriced at £6, as opposed to £4 elsewhere. The menu features a good range of lunch time fayre, including, as starters, a cracking prawn cocktail (though the latest version is not as good as the one before, which had a little caviar on top), haggis bon bons, Thai fish cakes, black pudding and poached egg, seafood scotch egg and garlic and rosemary Camembert. As well as the fillet, mains include Salmon Wellington, Sea Bass, curry, lasagne, corned beef pie, a massive plate of mussels and various chicken recipies, one of which my wife had. Overall then, a good value, quality, pub eatery, though be warned that it can get a tad busy and thus noisy on Friday afternoons.

12 of our family went out for my mams 70th at portland ...to be honest everything was amazing from the staff, good food too apart from one thing ...little italian fella at end taking plates away when some people havent finished there meals ...he probs didnt realise but my wife told him not to take them away and he still did it lol ...just let people finish there meals and chill ..but overall well done to the staff at portland

First time at the Portland Hotel in the past 35 years.I used to live in Ashington back then What a lovely job they have done to this hotel we stayed overnight in a studio room in the main building. Very nice clean and lovely refurbished room. Breakfast in the morning lovely We were greeted on arrival by the manager Khalif he couldn’t do enough for us in fact all the staff were excellent. We could not fault this Hotel at all and very good value for money. I have given this hotel 5 star

I went with friends for Drinks and food for my birthday, l could not fault anything we had a fantastic meal and cocktails, Very friendly atmosphere and beautiful food. Staff and management wonderful Could not do enough for us Will return want to try the pizzas