Cook & Barker in Northumberland

Our annual pilgrimage to celebrate a birthday and Anniversary. Lovely immaculate with very comfy bed. Restaurant was busy but service was friendly and slick. The food was excellent at both dinner and breakfast. Recommended!!

Didn't use the pub itself, just the hotel side. Room was a reasonable size, clean, good quality linen & beautiful thick curtains. I also appreciated having a long mirror. Bed was reasonably comfortable, but consisted of 2 single mattresses pushed together. This meant there was a very hard ridge down the middle and therefore it would have been better with a mattress topper to prevent that. Unfortunately the tea/coffee facilities were poor. The kettle was too big for the sink & therefore needed filling via the bath, which meant manoeuvring around the shower screen. The kettle also had a filter, which needed filling twice. The teacups were too small for a whole sachet of coffee, mugs would have been better. Also, there was not enough milk or sugar supplied, plus only 1 pack of biscuits. A little stingy I think. We looked for more supplies in the cupboard in the hall, but no luck. TV didn't have many channels. Only 1 bedside table & lamp. Other side had a round coffee table & no plug socket. Just little niggles that can be easily rectified.

Food was absolutely amazing and fantastic value. Best pub meal in have had for a very long time. Taste was great, served on really hot plates. Food served by excellent staff and timed to perfection.

For a friendly Inn with excellent service and an exceedingly fine menu this is a must visit venue.We often think the Michelin guide folk aren't aware that places like this exist as so far north. Far superior to many "Michelin" we have not returned to. Regrettably being a considerable distance from home we are rarely able to visit more than twice a year. However never missed going whenever in Northumberland.Standard always consistent and never disappointing.

A friend of had told me about this establishment returning home from Alnwick at lunch time we popped in on the off chance the restaurant looked full we were given a table in the bar area next to the lovely open fire. We opted for the 2 course set menu at £14 the food was very well presented and tasty the staff were excellent polite and efficient will definitely be going back.

Nowhere near 5 star...shoved us in at a table that obviously couldn't accommodate the pram we had with us for my 6 month old. Portions were measly to say the least and ridiculously overpriced. The good tasted nice, but instead of trying to make it look like an art installation, they should focus on value for money and actually put some of the food on the plate

Found this place by searching for top rated restaurants nearby via Google maps. Arrived and it was a little busy right at the start of Sunday lunch time. Was greeted and offered to have drinks at the bar until a table was ready as we did not have a table reserved. The staff were great, the decor very cozy, warm and fitting for the countryside views and surroundings. The food was absolutely amazing, everything was high quality, plated well and the portion sizes meant nobody was going to leave anything but full.Will definitely return here next time I'm in Northumberland.

Super food, very good choices and value for money. Staff are always lovely, right mix of friendly/ professional. Have always enjoyed meeting friends there and happy to take friends their who haven't been before. Look forward to our next meal here!

Friendly staff, good menu choice , nice atmosphere. Very busy for Sunday lunch. We were disappointed though by the beef in our Sunday lunch, it was very tough and difficult to cut and eat. I did mention when asked if everything was OK, but the waitress just said OK and removed the plates.Our starters and deserts were good. I would go back, but not choose Sunday lunch again.

This was a nice place. The service was good, and the waitress was polite. It had a nice atmosphere and a lovely fire, which added to the atmosphere. It felt very chilled out too. The food wasn’t amazing. I wasn’t a fan of the liver parfait, and the steak and onion pie arrived lukewarm. The chips were nice, but I was surprised I had to pay £3.50 to switch out mash for these. They do have a £14 two course menu which is good value, however. There was quite a wait for condiments, but the waitress was very apologetic. We didn’t have the desserts, but they looked very delicious. The portion sizes generally were also pretty good.