Hemelvaart Bier Cafe in Scottish Borders

Rather different, quirky and real ales

Great food and beer, quirky unique venue

After some interesting craft beers/larger? Good music? And a trendy interior? Well you've come to the right place

Staff were all absolutely lovely. So friendly and welcoming. Never had Parmo before. What a treat we really had no idea what we were getting but it was absolutely magic. Booking is a must or you'll have a long wait.

What a lovely quirky and unique find John and his staff were so welcoming and friendly even joined us at the table when we said we were from Yorkshire he had lived there also, Lovely chat. Best Parmo we have every tasted ,we will return and bring the group of friends we dive with at Eyemouth.Thanks for a lovely afternoon. Paul & Kate

Had a lovely visit to hemelvaart bier cafe! A massive selection of beers and John is so knowledgeable about them and the different breweries. Lovely home cooked food to go with the beers. We can’t wait to go back and enjoy some different drinks.

Great beer! Interesting bar in small village

Looks like a really nice place and the selection of beers is good. Owner really nice.

Stopped here one rainy evening on the way to Edinburgh, fantastic home cooked grub, good beer, nice management 👍

Absolutely perfect place to relax on a Xmas-New Year break. Dog friendly and our eldest child loved playing shuffle board. Parmos were to die for - and we are pretty serious about parmos. This is the kind of place I could have stayed in all day pre-kids! Husband enjoyed the selection on tap, I found a good choice of wheat free and non alcoholic beers and we took a few home from the bottle shop as well to enjoy later. Nice touch that we were given little treats for our doggo as well and I loved meeting the owner's rough collie dog who was super friendly! Totally a must visit place if you are in the area.

IPA heaven. Expensive but for the connoisseur it's probably worth it as I'm not impressed by their selection of soft drink, no shorts at all. Food was great and the staff were friendly. Definitely didn't float my boat

Great little find just off the A1 will definitely be dropping along again. Quirky beer cafe with tasty food and the longest list of beers that I have read through. We sat in to eat (takeaway is an option too) a lovely beefburger and tasty pasta dish on a Saturday afternoon. The bar is stocked with a huge number of craft beers with options for every taste. Some great names if you are looking for an unusual gift for a beer drinker there will be something here. Easy to get to from the A1 give it a go.

Fantastic atmosphere. Great selection of beers.

We needed somewhere to eat and feed our baby on the way back from Sunderland and took a chance coming off the A1 to Ayton. We were so glad we did. Probably the best chilli I’ve ever tasted and an equally brilliant burger. They’ve also got a great beer selection and it’s warm, cosy and friendly. The Sunday roasts for two or more they had on offer looked amazing- whole beef brisket and trimmings, whole chicken and trimmings - next time for sure. We will definitely be back when we make this trip again as we often do. So pleased we looked further than the roadside.

Excellent beer and food and staff

never lets us down when we visit, what a night, quizes, Lourde Goode, drag queen, free shots, great food, music dancing until......well who knows when, a great night , thsnk you John and the gang

This venue works really hard to bring top class live musicians, drag queens, and comedians to a small town in the Scottish Borders. Usually these artists would never visit such a rural part of the country so it really should be celebrated. Also an excellent range of Belgian beers and home-cooked food.

Lots of craft beers at a great price, amazing curry and burgers! The setting is cosy and welcoming, would 100% recommend

Lovely little gem of a place. Plenty of craft beers on draft and reasonable prices. Place has a great look to it and very friendly relaxed atmosphere. Food was brilliant. Had the home made steak and ale pie and it was super tasty. Will definitely be back in here anytime I'm passing.

What a fabulous place this is. The staff were very friendly and welcoming. Great food and a excellent selection of beers, and all at very reasonable prices. Will definitely be returning next time I'm in the area.

The cutest pub I've seen yet. Wonderful atmosphere and the staff and owner were very welcoming. A great selection of drinks, and what better than to chill out with the pub cat. A very nice experience!

Went for a comedy night, lovely place with very friendly staff, good food. The barman Encourage you to try the drink (in a taster glass) before you buy, really helpful and they know their stuff and are clearly passionate. Would recommend.

You don't expect to find an ultra-cool Belgian beer bar, with decent food and regular entertainment in a small Scottish border village. But that's what you get here. We've seen very good stand-up comedy and look forward to seeing one of the music events.

Quirky little bar with good prices. Only visited once as we were on holiday, but wish we had found it sooner! The owners/people who run it are friendly and didn't make us feel like outsiders. If I ever go back for a holiday I will most definitely be visiting again.

Awesome selection of beers both bottled and on tap, and always have the best live music! The food is absolutely amazing including the curries and pies! Highly recommended!

'Superb What a find in the middle of nowhere. Worth a diversion.

Excellent pub. Great for the entertainment.

A wacky experience. Great coffee and delicious bacon rolls. Must try house speciality doughnuts. Dog friendly yet accommodating for local cat. Eclectic decor.

The staff are great, always been friendly and welcoming. The food is excellent, brilliant selection of beer, and great taste in music. Saturday morning coffee and doughnuts is to the icing on the cake.

Just popped in for a coffee, but this is the coolest place you can stop by. Nice atmosphere, friendly owner and good coffee.

Quirky, friendly, very well priced bar. Beautiful dog a huge plus! If you are anywhere around the Berwick area this place is a must visit!

We visited Hemelvaart Bier Cafe by chance as we were staying nearby. & what a find it was - really friendly service & a warm welcome from the staff & the pub dog (the cat couldn’t have cared less that we visited!). A good selection of craft beers on draft was available & some nice gins too. We ate a lamb pie & a chicken pie, which were both delicious & a steal at £7 alone or £9 with fries. Definitely worth popping in if you are in the area.

Visited for Thursday curry night. Beer was excellent and an amazing choice. Curry was ok. Place itself was atmospheric and staff really friendly although dog was not!! Would go again though. Suspect they have film or open mic nights, but nothing advertised.

Great night watching Gary Delaney.

Friendly service and fabulous beer!! 😊🥰 Xx

Today it was Brunch...always tastes better when cooked for you. Phil & John are great hosts whatever the occasion.

Great beer and lovely pie and chips

Burger & Wedges night tonight yummy

Fantastically unexpected Belgian beer cafe in the Scottish Borders. Brilliant beer choices, pies and burgers as well as special curry and spaghetti nights. Highly recommended.

Great beer, great food, great staff.

An interestingly weird little bar. Opens sparodically, decorated in a bizarre fashion but my word, they have some great beers on tap!

What a find ! I’d never have expected to find such a great place in a sleepy Scottish village. Incredibly friendly and welcoming with fabulous beers and food . Thank you for such a warm welcome 👍🤪

Great wee place and lovely staff

Ayton is probably the last place in the world where you expect to find this little gem, but sure enough it's there in the High Street. Fully lives up to the reviews (well, apart from the abusive one) and deserves its reputation. Remarkable variety of UK and European beers and cider, proprietors who understand them, wonderful pies which include a super vegetarian choice. We dropped by on a Sunday evening quite early, were made thoroughly welcome and left very impressed. Don't pass it by!

Great selection of beer in a nearly decorated venue. Friendly staff and a good vibe.

We checked the website and Facebook page for this place, opening time 3pm they both said. We arrived about 4pm to a handwritten note on the window......closed 15 & 16th Feb. We had driven a fair distance to get there so, we were not happy to find it closed. This is the second time we've tried to visit & both times it's been closed. Surely not a good way to run a business. We will definitely think twice before trying this place. Not happy

This is lovely rural pub with one of the finest selection of quality beers and home cooked food. It's a cozy and relaxed ambiance with eclectic Belgian pub styling and including a warming wood burner fire. Phil and John are welcoming and friendly owners who have created a must visit pub and regularly have music and comedy events. The high quality of artists that come are usually seen in major city venues so says a lot about this great pub.

What a delightful place. Great staff wide selection of unusual beers and great food. Very welcoming and reasonably priced. Oh and they have a lovely dog as well.

Took the bus from Berwick rail station to Ayton to visit the Hemelvaart Beer Cafe. Well worth the visit for great Cask, Keg and Food. Friendly staff and a lovely Pub Cat. Can't wait for another visit.

Great place! Good beer, good gin, good company and lovely vibe. Did I mention the lovely dog (and cat!).

Very cosy, homely and good choice of beers. Lovely staff!

Relaxed yet edgey vibe with a lovingly curated selection of astounding beers, an outpost of culture for the lucky few who live in East Berwickshire :)

Fab little offbeat place . Recommended by locals and not wrong.

Sometimes open bar? It would be a good idea to put up,your opening hours,I have been several times and its closed.

Simply the best music venue in the North.

Had the pheasant and pancetta pie, it was incredible. Very nice atmosphere and friendly staff. Had a lovely saison beer - only served in schooner sizes but prices aren't too bad.

While staying in Eyemouth for a couple of nights we got the bus to Ayton to try this place. It looked ideal from the reviews and it surpassed our expectations. There was a great selection of beer. Staff were very helpful, friendly and knowledgable. The layout was ideal I had a range of stout, porters and Ales. The layout was great and it had a really welcoming atmosphere. Would love a local like this and will make a point of returning next time we are in the area.

Great little pub in a wee village in the Scottish Borders putting on class music and serving terrific beers from all over. Can't recommend it high enough.

Friendly, welcoming village pub with a world class selection of craft beers, great food and fantastic music and comedy events. The Hemelvaart is not what you would expect to find in a small Scottish village, but it works so well. A great place to go with anyone, including children, dogs, elderly relatives... and also perfect for a night out with friends, with acts like Space, Nigel Clark from Dodgy and Mark Morriss of the Bluetones.

What a great night had by all. Very welcoming. Fantastic music. Great selection of drinks and the food is amazing.

a friend and i were “barred” after we had visited multiple times as we were too chatty. we weren’t rude to staff or other customers we were “too talkative”. staff also accused us of stealing drink and not paying for free events. the way we were spoken to was very unprofessional and we were made to feel very uncomfortable, there was multiple scenarios where we felt very insinuated, would not recommend if under the age of 50.

Fantastic beer selection, lovely cheesecake, amazing dog :D

Great atmosphere, friendly hosts, good prices and amazing food!!

What a gem of a place! We visited and were blown away by the welcome we received. We got a personal beer eduction from John and the beer on offer here is world class. Food was simple and super tasty and their entertainment portfolio is varied and top quality. If you are a craft beer lover visit now!

Wow! Just amazing. The beer choice is incredible and the proprietor so knowledgeable. A shame I couldn't stay longer.

We went to see live music. So welcoming. Brilliant night made all the more special by three way we all treated.

Once a country pub but now more skin too an urban cellar bar with a wide and wired selection of specially beers, ales and gins. Usually the lots of a country pub and conversion to something more modern would be mourned but the Hemelvaart takes to the best elements of both to create something far better. With regular live music and comedy night it's become a well known venue and the curry nights are highly sorry after.

Delicious and different beers, lovely lunch, friendly managers, FAB and interesting interior, DEFINITELY revisit !!!

Great pub great beer and awesome person.

We have visited before but this was a great afternoon. My husband tried thirds of several exceptional biers but I drank Kombucha @ 0.5% and as I was the driver this was absolutely brilliant. What a choice of ales, live music, quizzes and food. There’s something for everyone.

A pretty awesome place, good selection of biers on tap and good food

Love this place . Been to a few band nights and an 80s disco. Never disappointed.

If you like Belgian beer this is the place, good food as well

John, opened up especially for us on a Tuesday night, 7 of us, we stayed the whole night, beer beer, more beer, gin samples, pies to die fro, chips and baked camembert, we all went home, late, but having had a great night. Thank you John, see you soon

Superb wee bier kellar.great food great music and great welcoming atmosphere

Fantastic bar, where you can have alcohol, or simply coffee, whiling away the hours listening to some fabulous, not to mention generally very well known bands, as well as a few more obscure. All of them fabulous!

Absolutely fantastic, staff and music first class as usual never had a bad experience ever.

A Great experience with warm friendly staff

An amazing place in every way! The most fabulous gigs, both comedy and music, in such a little place. Great food, lovely quirky atmosphere, fantastic friendly staff, and of course a great array of real ales. Many local and unusual beers which the proprietors are very knowledgeable about. Do not miss this place! Worth making a trip for.

Found this place as the only pub in Ayton, what a pleasant surprise. Huge range of beers from across Europe, great food, friendly staff (and dog)

Great bier cafe very friendly and welcoming with good entertaining acts

Shhhhh! This is the best goddam pub/bier cafe in the whole wide World. A pleasure to visit. A pleasure to eat at. Amazing acts. The proprietors have transformed a dead village pub into an entertainment and friendly drinking and chatting environment. No, I have no link to the place, it is just my favourite place to be.

Visited the Hemelvaart on recommendation of a friend and can honestly say it was a gem of a find. It's a surreal experience to watch a top class performance in a small pub in a remote village! We're yet to try the food but aim to do so shortly. Well done to the organisers, we'll be visiting again soon and recommending this venue to friends.

Wonderful little find. So welcoming! 💜

We stopped here on our way home from Edinburgh to Halifax and what a find! We had fermented tea and the tastiest food and left with take away cheesecake. The folks were very friendly and we will definitely be back on our next road trip.

Quirky, friendly great atmosphere

Called in just for coffee while in Ayton on our last day of holiday . Wished we had found this place earlier as was great quirky find. Loved the decor and the 'curry night ' looked real good value. Live music some nights . Nice dog chat with the lovely lady who served our coffee .

We visited while on a few nights stay nearby, and discovered that a brilliant band were playing! The owners are super friendly and welcoming, and it's great to see something a little different on offer. The place was bustling and had a great atmosphere, lots of interesting ales on tap to offer as well as bottled beers and spirits. We will definitely return next time we are up that way - lots of fun!

Great range of beers and lovely food.

Had a lovely curry tonight. Yummy yummy...

Warm and welcoming hosts, cosy setting and a dazzling array of craft beers on offer. Great food, especially the spaghetti bolognese night: custom design your meal. Also a curry night. Both for a fiver! Suitable for a great night out, lunch or just pop in to sample a beer! So good we went back!

Great food!!! Brilliant beer!!!! Better people!!!!!

Love this place. Amazing selection of beers, wine and soft drinks. Different food offerings and live music most weeks.

Quirky bar...good selection of beers.

Great lunch spot near Scotland - Northumbria border...

Great food, nice selection of beers, friendly staff

Stopped off while exploring the area looking for some lunch . Not your run of the mill menu ... and some German touches in line with the branding . The service was great and the resident pub dog was a sweetie ... lots of pats and cuddles while waiting for our lunch. Bacon egg and sausage sarnie and prosciutto and Belgian cheese panini .. 2 teas !! Absolute bargain and service was great

Great, friendly place, great beer

Lovely wee pub. Nice and traditional. Friendly staff. Good prices

20 walkers enjoyed soup and a cuppa in this very different pub. David was working on his own so we rallied round and gave him a hand. Very enjoyable experience.