Blacksmiths Coffee Shop in North Tyneside

We lunch/have coffee at this place at least once a week. Quality of food has always been superb. Extremely friendly staff, particularly at Milkhope, unmatched in our opinion. 5-start is truly meant here!

Just like having the best of mums cooking without having to do the washing up or listen to dad farting.

Great food, great service and a nice ambience

A really nice and busy venue for a coffee and food. Cheese scone very nice indeed and bacon sandwich really tasty too. 2nd cup of filter coffee free. Staff really helpful and polite. Also good base to check out the Adjoinig shops. Free parking too.

Many years since I was last here, the food was excellent, service at ordering and table delivery very quick and friendly, on a very busy day.

Love visiting here with family. Food and service always fantastic 😍

Lovely cakes, was busy but got seated pretty quick. Good coffee, tables cleaned quickly

Great place to eat. Very popular venue.

What a really great cafe, nice coffee and had a lovely ham sandwich. Lovely staff too ❤

A great breakfast of eggs and bacon with a large pot of tea. I just wish the queuing system was better.

Although a long wait at lunchtime which was understandable. The food was great and reasonably priced. Very popular place.

Fab scones, and free coffee refills. Lovely food but a very busy cafe. Would recommend a visit.

Been going there for years. What has happened to the bread, it was not fresh with my soup. My friends gluten free bread was awful. It fell apart straight away and was also not fresh. This is a lovely coffee shop but needs to improve the quality of its 🍞 bread🤨

Great place love the little shops and our cuppa with friends was great, highly recommend this place

Went for a coffee and a snack but unfortunately dogs are not allowed in. I've heard that the food and service is very good but we didn't get a chance to find out.

Lovley cafe, very polite and helpful staff and a lovley sitting area both indoor and out. Teacakes are amazing too!

Lovely food really nice location a bit noisy inside but still worth a visit

a very busy and popular cafe offering a free coffee refill - large variety of cakes and scones.

Always a lovely experience. Food is great and staff are always extremely helpful, especially a lady called Susan, who is always smiling and happy to help! Will continue to recommend this hidden gem!

Always great food and good service. Everything is home made. Never disappoints.

This is a very popular spot for coffee and/or lunch with a constant turnover of tables - so the wait won't be long if you don't find a seat straight away. Baked potatoes are very good as is the homemade soup. Cakes are excellent, the ginger cake alone is worth the return trip for me. There are several, quality retail outlets to peruse too.

25th August 2023 What a joy it was to be remembered by Susan! This time, we met Holly and Jack. As usual, we felt very welcome and the prices were very affordable. Thank you for enhancing my day with the avocado on toast and your smiles! Keep up the good work! Suzanne xxx

Love this place. Excellent to sit outside on a nice day. Food is lovely and plentiful. Staff are always friendly and helpful. Takes a while to get served when busy, but that's by-the-by. Highly recommend if you're passing.

Quaint farm shop with breakfast and lunch. Fresh baked, clean and friendly. Cherry and almond scone recommended. Free refill of filter coffee. Usually a queue. Limited free parking

Lovely afternoon having coffee with friends - homemade cakes were delicious and the staff were really friendly and helpful Always a great place to go for a nice coffee

We really needed somewhere to have a meal as had several hours to wait while our dog had a mri scan. Don't allow dogs in. Very disappointed.

30th July 2023 "Top Rate Service from the “sunbeams” - Susan, Thomas and Rebecca at The Blacksmith, Milkhope" What a joy it was to be served by Susan and Rebecca. The ability to smile at customers and engage in conversation makes all the difference. Thomas’ flat white was an artistic masterpiece. We felt very welcome and the prices were very affordable. Thank you for enhancing our day! Keep up the good work! Suzanne xxx

Just love this place. And so does our 🐶

Really nice place, my new favourite coffee shop.

Popped in today as was waiting for a chain saw getting fixed lad recommended this cafe , was so good had a good range of gluten free, cake toastie and cheese scone were divine washed down with a lovely pot of tea , service was fab staff friendly happy , place was clean , and the food was divine I will be back thank you

After standing in a qué waiting to be served for 15 minutes. Then staff then decided to server people that were not in the cue. I found this very rude. I think people should wait there turn. It would save a lot of angry customers.

Pleasant staff. Good ambiance. Very popular.

Lovely food and atmosphere. Overcharged by £5 though.

Lovely cafe .. Good selection of savouries & cakes

Lovely cafe with some great little shops next to it

A gorgeous place for lunch , especially in the summer

Always amazing. Friendly staff, nipping clean and fantastic homemade food. Cant fault it.

Lovely scones and coffee. Nice atmosphere and the staff are lovely.

Food very tasty,served by personal and caring staff

Overrated. Coffee in tiny cups that was cold and tasted like instant frothy coffee not a barista style cappuccino. Scones were tiny too. Far too much jam and cream for such a small scone. Was made to sit outside as No dog policy. But plenty of screaming kids running riot chucking food on the floor. Staff slow to clear tables. Not a nice atmosphere, mediocre food and poor value compared to other local cafes.

Popped here as a lunch stop on our journey and really pleasantly surprised - lovely big cafe with great food, drinks and cakes on offer. We had our dog in tow so sat outside and then stretched our legs and gave him a walk in the nearby woodland. Lovely little stop!

Have been coming here for years. Always full and busy but last few times we visited have noticed a decline. Still busy but menu reduced portion sizes much smaller, ran out of potatoes apparently so no jackets. Panini with salad and crisps. Well- four soggy crisps a couple of rocket leaves. Panini with tomato chutney and tomato. Spot the chutney. Very dry flat and boring. Poached egg on toast. Dry. Eggs small and shrivelled. Coffee lukewarm. Not usual standards at all. Also noted food coming out kitchen looked poor. Limp sandwiches and flat scones. Not just a one off as been last few times we’ve been. May have to go elsewhere next time. Shame. Food It us d to be lovely.

Such a nice experience, cakes were delicious and staff were so so friendly!

Oh my. Lentil and tomato soup with sweet peppers, accompanied by a warm cheese scone. I'm still thinking about it. Only snag was that they had sold out of chocolate caramel shortbread. I nearly had a tantrum, but managed to narrowly maintain decorum. You won't be disappointed here. Yummy home cooking at affordable prices.

Very full today but still got served quick. Car park was full.

Fabulous scones, great service and great coffee

Great place to have a nice light meal, delicious strawberry cake

Excellent coffee and sandwiches good ambience.

Good coffee and good baking but really busy and quite noisy.

Visited the cafe today and had the most expensive disappointing cheese toastie ever. It was greasy and looked burnt and even the waitress said as she put it down ‘is that ok for you’? I ate it as I didn’t want to make a fuss in front of friends. I couldn’t taste any cheese and feel very nauseas an hour after eating it. Won’t be ordering that again. £7.95 wasted on two slices of greasy bread.

We had a delicious breakfast there it wasn't our first and it will not be the last!

Always a favorite place to visit and the quality and service is excellent every time.

Lovely atmosphere, great service, delicious cheese scones and drinks 😊

The cherry scone was disappointing not upto the usual standard

Staff really pleasant , great jacket potatoes and good size portions. Reasonable prices and always a pleasant atmosphere in here.

nice place very civilised been going for 20 years or so there is one at Belsay as well again very nice

Sadly they keep changing how tables are allocated. Chaotic and confusing particularly at busy times. Staff were very busy clearing tables to allow them to allocate to new arrivals.Have visited many many times but probably won't visit again. They need to make it much clearer on when to order and how tables are allocated.

Lovely place for a quality lunch at a affordable price

Went for a cup of tea...pleasant surroundings.....more than enough tea for 3 in the pot plus pot of hot water.

Staff are always so welcoming & friendly. Place is clean and airy, food is all freshly prepared. What's not to like!! <3

Fabulous lunch of quiche and salad followed by cream scone. Staff pleasant and helpful. Will certainly return.

Friendly staff, beautiful food..and most importantly for me gluten free available..wish there was more cake options for gluten free..please xxx

Very nice lunch very busy place on a wednesday

Best coffee for miles ..very popular...foods good as well

Lovely little coffee shop serving decent range of food and drinks. Soup and a scone was delicious but cake a little dry however nice to see they have Barista Oatly milk on offer. Definitely worth a visit

Food always good. We enjoyed quiche and salad - lovely

Enjoyed a ham salad and poached eggs today. Plenty of ham, coleslaw was lovely and creamy, tomato chutney was really tasty, poached eggs cooked to perfection. Absolutely no complaints will be calling in again.

Great little cafe, good range of food and good coffee.

Found this looking for a coffee stop great find will visit again when in the area again

Great little coffee shop with some great cakes. Real shame they seemed to have no biscuits, nor any real sugar-free or low sugar options with my coffee.

First visit but will certainly return. Lovely selection of scones and cakes, served with good hot coffee, by friendly helpful staff.

As always, quality food in pleasant surroundings.

If you haven’t tried the bacon and egg pie or lemon meringue pie you haven’t lived! Absolutely terrific

Lunch was spot on , had the corned beef pie an salad nice atmosphere nice staff

Regularly go. The food and service have never disappointed.

First time here and what a lovely place to eat and have a look around

Went to this venue on Saturday 5th Feb.....first impressions were that it's seems popular as was full and had to find a table in the back part of the coffee shop which seemed to resemble a bit of a small school dining hall and didn't fit in with the ambience of the rest of the establishment....on entering there seemed to be a lack of someone clearing the tables as the two or three that were vacant still hadn't been cleared and had to do it ourselves.... Apart from eating experience quite liked the whole venue with it shops etc and will probably visit again as it's local but not on a weekend..... Just my personal experience on the day but like I said seems very popular and could have been a off day....

Great venue with helpful staff. Could do with a bit more variety in the Soup of the day Menu choice, seems choice is limited to Vegetable.

Good fresh quality food and coffee

A very good choice of sandwiches and light lunches.Excellent tray bakes and cakes.Good venue for morning coffee or lunch.Service is good, you do not wait very long, they do not take reservations but fortunately we have always managed to get a table.Staff are very good they go the extra mile!

Lovely place to go for a coffee and a scone.

Got there for it openin at 10 am constant flow of customers till we left at 12.30.really enjoyed the cheese scone .dissapointed that u can get a free refill of coffee but those who have decaf have to pay..

Always a nice coffee experience

Lovely place, very good staff. The food is great too. Recommend the cheese and bacon scones.

Great food & snacks . The staff are great & coffe is even better 👌

Visited for an informal family lunch. Good food choice selection and very tasty. Friendly staff. Pleasant surroundings.

Fab food, lovely friendly staff. Amazing.

Bit echoy (if that's a word) and noisey. Not really relaxing for a coffee. Plastic hard seats too so not that comfortable. It's OK.

Brilliant. Lovely gluten free (GF) options and amazing service. Needless to say they got a tip

Friendly staff. Takeaway option however they do need to remember to provide serviettes for this option. Large array of options to eat. Expect long queues as it is so popular.

Really delicious lunch, amazing open smoked salmon sandwich with cream cheese, very generous amount of salmon, excellent value.

Absolutely wonderful! We arrived at opening time and within the hour the place was at full capacity! We had cherry scones with cream and jam and it was delicious. The service was efficient and friendly. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and if we're ever back in the area we'll come back!

Enjoyable, relaxing experience. Scones were delightful, staff friendly & we enjoyed browsing the shops in the courtyard afterwards.

Nice atmosphere. Good quality food. Reasonably priced.

I just wanted to say a huge thank you to all of the staff at the two Blacksmiths coffee shops. As a family we have visited both venues many times over the last 15+ years. Today we called for a take away meal at Blagdon and the food and service was once again impeccable. You should all be very proud of the service you provide.

Very tasty takeaway from Blacksmiths during lockdown no2, definitely worth the trip. Always friendly service and good quality food. The best coffee!

Lovely location, friendly staff, delicious tray bakes and coffee.

Coffee good, food good, staff good what more could you want.

Very friendly service from the moment we stepped inside. All Covid measures followed really well and tables well spaced out. The food was lovely, we had poached eggs with bacon & the tuna melts...all of which were lovely (+ a couple of tempting tray bakes for the journey home!) We will definitely return when in the area again, thank you!

Having visited this coffee shop now for literally years on a weekly basis with my family and late mother, it is with regret that I find myself writing this. I visited today to get a sandwich and a panni and much to my surprise and disappointment when the food arrived I was shocked at what was placed in front of me, the panni looked like a punctured inner tube, gone is the small tub of potato chips and the small amount of salad was totally uninspiring compared to the previous fruit enhanced offering. Its such a shame that things have to change, whether its a management change or a costing analysis and thus a reduction in product value for money, I have to say that it did not inspire me to return quickly. The very good coffee refill was a great attraction and this also has now disappeared, ok before you say anything, there has been a reduction in the price, but no where near 50% and I don't think it would be a problem for staff to top a coffee up. Come on now guys don't spoil what is a good coffee experience to a run of the mill cafe.