Taste Of Northumbria in Northumberland

This place is a rip off!! Plus we would never of eaten here if we seen the state of the skirtenboards and the plugs which were covered in filth beforehand. The staff weren’t friendly. We had scones which came warm with never having been asked if we wanted them hot or cold! Plus to get them served on paper plates for a cafe is shocking!! For 3 scones, a slice of rocky road that was dry, 2 cappuccinos, 1 tea and a Diet Coke came to £23. I would never go back to this place or recommend it to anyone. I’m amazed health and safety haven’t closed this place before now.

Decided to give this cafe a try oh my I wish I had of went to the toilet first before ordering the food. The skirting boards were black I wondered was it damp or filth I took a paper hand towel put some hand soap on it wasn't damp it was muck. I had previously ordered jacket Potatoe with fresh crab the dish came with side salad the cucumber wasn't sliced it was chunks never have I had this any where I have been. The Jacket Potatoe was well overcooked very dry inside & cold. Needles to say I left my meal what cost me £9.99 the staff passed & looked at my plate no-one asked how was my meal. I would definitely not recommend this place. It needs a good deep clean.

Great breakfast freshly cooked very friendly staff

This is a fabulous cafe, well organised and efficient staff. My wife and I will return, we throughly enjoy the shortbread biscuit that we received when we got home to Scotland. John/Agnes

Disgusting, had a cheese toastie the cook did mine and another on the same grill plate no gloves using his hands ,touching both . Cheap supermarket bread. This place is a greasy spoon time cafe charging the same price as the quality cafes . Won't ever go there again . Also the door slams really really loudly every time some one enters or leaves it makes you jump out of your skin . The waitress was wearing a dirty Gregg's top ?? Higene not a priority to her .I would give zero stars if possible.

Was out in the town for a trip out with my family and so a nice looking little cafe so we decided to give it a go When we got In thier the staff were so unhappy and made it very obvious they didn't want to be there. They acted and spoke like taking your order was a chore and that they didn't want to do it. Ordered some soft drinks and a tea took them longer to send out the drinks then it did to send out the food which would be okay if they had even sent out the correct drinks The vegetable soup was more like colored water, cold water at that, the crab sandwich was disgusting and everything else came out cold. When trying to metion it they just walk away without a care in the world Would not recommend it to anyone

The jacket potato was not cooked and we sent it back, the replacement crab sandwich was disgusting in some awfull sauce, the tea was week as nats pee, one teabag in a huge pot….. avoid!!

Although the cafe was quite busy, we were served quickly. I was surprised when the waitress didn't understand the concept of rare roast beef - I had to ask whether the meat was red or brown. She was also confused to be asked whether there was a choice of bread - eg brown or granary. But then I didn't know at that time that what I thought were listed as sandwiches, turned out to be white rolls. No problem, as they were nice enough. I had roast pork in my roll, which was warm and tasty, with a splash of gravy. It was served with the most fabulous chips - hot and crispy. There was also a salad garnish, sprinkled with a tasty dressing. We had to wait a long time for our food, but itcwas worth it in the end.

Really liked this coffee shop, the flat white coffee was nice and strong. We had the all day breakfast which was very nice.Dog friendly too 👍🏻

Worst cooked breakfast I've had in a long time. I hate writing bad reviews but it had to be done. Our usual local was closed for the day so took a chance on a breakfast here, we live locally so should've known better. We visited on a Saturday late morning, the place had a few tables filled. Noticing the atmosphere as we took our seats, we were only served by staff 15 minutes after seating (perhaps two people running the show at this point so understandable). When approached we ordered two 10 item breakfasts, no Hash browns available therefore we substituted for beans and black pudding. I feel a charge of £1.79 for two slices of toast with a breakfast is strange, usually would come included. However we ordered, in the meantime a table had left before getting their food as they had waited 40 minutes for their breakfast. Another table of 2 came in after we ordered, and somehow managed to get their food before us? We were agitated by this point, having only just received our drinks and then waited longer than half an hour for food. Around 40 mins we got our breakfasts, and I must say it wasn't worth the wait. The sausages were the worst sausages I've ever eaten (please invest in decent local produce when you're called 'Taste of Northumbria'; there's a local Butcher literally 30 seconds from the cafe). There were 3 whole mushrooms that must've been around for a few days as they were full of oil and didn't taste remotely like a mushroom. Black pudding wasn't cooked, likewise with the bacon. The eggs were the nicest part, but if you can't cook eggs in a cafe, there's something seriously wrong. I really wouldn't have minded the wait had it been decent produce and cooked well. Also, I understand establishments being short staffed, but I found the whole thing visit incredibly underwhelming. Please change your name from Taste of Northumbria as this is so far removed from the title.

Oredered a cappuccino and Diet Pepsi which took 20 minutes to arrive. Cappuccino tasted like cheap weak coffee, with hot milk and no froth. Clearly no idea how to make this variant. While we waited another party of 4 cancelled their order and left saying they'd waited half an hour. Another lady paid for an extra shot of expresso as hers was tasteless. She returned saying after it was added it was still awful. Will not be returning.

All round decent. Few of the chips were green. Chicken didn’t feel right (not cooked right?) but the rest of the family found there’s alright so it may of been a one off for me. Took about 5 minutes for drinks then 10 minutes later food came.

Poor. Saturday morning went for breakfast as our usual place was closed for the day. We sat and waited for 15 minutes before they took our order, only one poor lad doing table service, ordered 2 full 10 item breakfasts to be told there was no hash browns available but we could have something else, both got black pudding each and I also ordered toast and our drinks. We then noticed another couple leaving abruptly complaining that the food had taken too long to arrive. Food arrived about 20-25 minutes later for us, I had to remind him that I ordered toast so that arrived shortly after. Toast was burnt, sausages weren't good, bacon and black pudding under cooked, only 3 mushrooms on our plates and they had a very greasy bad taste to them. Eggs and beans were fine. All in all not great. £27 for a sore stomach.

Nice little place, easy access and good portions of delicious local food. We had bacon rolls, quiche, sausage, chips, and beans, and big mugs of hot tea. And a very nice carrot cake to finish. All at very reasonable prices.

Absolutely awful £8.99 for a hard jacket potato and runny coleslaw in a thumb size bowl , chips were scraggy ends will not return

Late afternoon New Year's Eve, this place was the only one still open. Staff were still polite, food still good and lots of it. Just what we needed a chicken curry and a cup of tea. Good price too. Thank you.

Lovely, quirky little café, lovely food and kind staff, fully recommend

Lovely wee friendly cafe. You can tell the staff really enjoy serving their customers (very happy), singing away to the music in the background 😀

Nice cafe, great friendly staff .Good food

Great food and great service and great prices

Very good 10 piece brea ekfast. Excellent food.We will go back. It's not snobbish or expensive.

What can I say, this place needs to step up the game a bit. I asked for a coffee and a tea and received a coffee and a water. Sorted that and received my meal, chips are disgusting hollow fat filled frozen husks. Sausages were ok as was the fried eggs. Asked for ketchup and was given brown sauce??? Dunno what image “Taste of Northumbria” is wanting to portray but it wasn’t great. Won’t be back.

Amazing breakfast, great service and reasonably priced.

Sausage was tasteless, toast served on paper plates, cup was greasy. Sugar did not pour from canister. Latte lacked coffee flavour

Called here for breakfast with 3 others, breakfast was just ok, expensive for the cheap ingredients used, no toast included with any of the full breakfasts that was extra, everywhere else I've been it has been included in the price and no black pudding included with the large breakfast. Tea was extra and had one measly weak tea bag in a large pot for 2 people. I have been in many cafes that offer a much better breakfast for alot less money, wouldn't go here again, and certainly wouldn't recommend it.I am a breakfast chef myself and this is a Rip off price for very poor quality food. And I can assure you this is not the "taste of northumbria" thank god, there are far better offerings in Berwick than this tourist trap!

Myself and my husband went to this cafe on Saturday morning 9th September, it was our first visit and it will be our last, we went for breakfast, it was around 10.30 am, the waitress was quick to offer us menus, we decided on what we would like, my husband wanted the 10 item breakfast, I decided on scrambled egg on toast. One coffee and one tea, our order was taken and we sat for 45 minutes to be served our drinks closely followed with our breakfast then the cutlery, the 10 item breakfast was disgusting, the bacon was over done and greesy, the mushrooms were dried out and shrivelled up, the two eggs were hard fried after asking for soft eggs and the hash browns were hard all reheated, not to mention the tomato, it was freshly poured out of a tin. It was disgusting, can't understand why we waited so long for such a disgusting meal, my toast was the best out of the breakfast, scrambled egg was passable, big pot of tea with one tea bag, will never set foot back in this place again. We should have left before the food arrived, we are not like that so we sat & waited, but never again.

Couldn't fault the food, very tasty. The staff on the other hand seemed to be very nervous and on edge. Not their fault, I put it down to lack of training. I did overhear on another table that the waitress wasn't sure which dish was a gluten free one when she served it - not good if you have dietary requirements! It seemed very steep for what we got, water was about £1.75 and I'm pretty sure it was tepid tap water no ice. Also, I'm nitpicking here, but perhaps train your staff to inform customers of hot metal buckets that the chips come in! I was prepared but my companion wasn't and I imagine some people wouldn't be either.

30 bloody minutes for a BLT -.-

Went with my mum food was delicious and atmosphere was relaxed was a good visit

Good breakfast for a very fair price

Lovely breakfast and Lovely staff good prices and service

No service, left without ordering.

Me and my partner went in today took a few mins to get served a young girl gave us menus never asked us what we wanted to drink we waited for like 20 mins wasn’t even busy saw young girl just walking around tuckin in chairs and cleaning and knew we was waiting for drinks but gave up and just walked out as we was hungry and shouldn’t have to take that long

Overall we had a nice lunch. The service was good and the food appeared in a reasonable time. My wife and son enjoyed their meals. My daughter wasn't too keen on the ham in her toasted sandwich, she thought that it was cheap processed ham, I was also underwhelmed by the poor quality sausage in my breakfast. Using better quality ingredients would have transformed the meal significantly, probably even a 5⭐ rating.

We were wandering about Berwick centre pondering what we fancied when the wife saw their board and suggested it. The beef sandwich clinched it for me. Sadly it wasn't ready so I ordered the homemade lasagne. The wife had pork sandwich and the bairn had a bowl of chips. I wasn't expecting the portion size to be as big as it was and the little salad that came with it has a very nice dressing. Overall quality quantity and price were great and will definitely go back. If your stuck for choice in place full of it, I suggest you give it a go.

Stopped on route to the South. Lovely food as normal Hadn't realised that I had given extra £5 for bill, but staff member never questioned it and gave me change (minus extra) so disappointed. Didn't realise I'd done it till grandkids wanted a drink further on in the journey. My own fault, should be more careful. Lol and I gave a tip too.

Called for a cup of tea and something to eat,the cheese and onion toastie was nice,but the tea,well a teapot full of just hot water,no teabag in it,no sugar are milk on the tray,and when asked for teabag was given 1 for a teapot that was made for at least 2people,the staff didn't have a clue what they were doing. I'd definitely not recommend are return.

Very cozy and chilled place to get some simple breakfast. The atmosphere here is relaxing for an early morning session.

Was quite busy when our family of 4 arrived, but the staff where attentive and friendly. Food arrived fairly quickly but was more expensive than the quality suggested. A nice place overall.

Very nice, good portions, friendly staff

Great independent cafe, so much better than the chain coffee shops nearby. Friendly service snd nice decor. No frills but lovely, non-bitter coffee. Well worth a visit and it supports local independents so missing on the high street

Visited here Sunday morning and had the 10 item breakfast. Absolutely brilliant. Piping hot and very tasty. It's a shame we only found this place on our last day of holiday.

Bargain gem of an excellent breakfast and all day cafe. A pound off and free toast before 1100am. I was presented with 2 of everything in a full English style 10 peice breakfast. 2 full slices of toast. Soft 10 out of 10 real butter. Well cooked soft eggs, local sausage and bacon wel cooked also. Tea was for 2 and 3 cups each almost. Absolutely superb service and quality. A place to remember if you wish to brunch in Berwick in the future. Staff were all terrific. 👍👍👍👍👍👍

We always dine here when at Berwick upon Tweed. Good friendly staff, lots of items to look at or buy, good choice of food and is always well presented and scrumptious

Proper old fashioned cafe in the right way. Very good value and plenty of it, yummy 😋

Stopped here on our drive up to Scotland and it was honestly one of the best cooked breakfasts I’ve had! Perfect eggs and fried bread you can tell the lady cooking the food really cares about this place.

Fab staff fab food filled a hole x

Brilliant place for food and friendly people 😋 😀 👌

Nice calm friendly little café right in the middle of the High Street. Enjoyed it. Fine about the well behaved dog called Pod

Good food clean just took a long time to get food and drinks

Von Außen unscheinbar, Innen gemütlich eingerichtetes Café. Leckeres Frühstück den ganzen Tag, selbst um 16.00 Uhr. Gerne wieder.

We came in for lunch (myself and a few friends) and the chef was absolutely horrible towards the younger members of staff, shouting at them and slamming the bell when others were helping her. Overall, the service was rather quick but chef ruined the experience with her hot temper and attitude.

We visited this cafe twice while we were on holiday and both times our visit was enjoyable, the staff were very welcoming and friendly nothing was too much trouble my breakfast was cooked perfectly and plenty on the plate. The berwick crab sandwiches were fresh made came with crisps salad and a beautiful homemade coleslaw, my wifes cheese & ham toastie was cooked perfectly and had plenty of filling, for me tho the cheese scone was the best part it was light full of cheese and still warm from the oven. We will be going back next time we’re in berwick i highly recommend you try it!

Visited Berwick today and fancied a breakfast and cuppa. We thought we'd try the Taste of Northumberland and ended up feeling very disappointed. First impressions was dark, dated and dusty. The toilet was not fit for use, suffering a major leak which has soaked into the thick mat which squelched under foot. The flooring has delaminated due to being soaked and I was glad I had decent footwear on! My wife had placed our order by the time I returned to the table otherwise we'd have left at that point. The two cooked breakfasts arrived on cold plates and the tinned tomatoes and scrambled eggs were stone cold. The sausage was cheap but edible. The staff were friendly hence two stars, but didn't ask if everything was ok. I hate to leave a poor review, but we will not be returning and would definitely not recommend. Just short of £20 for two breakfasts and tea for two.

I was very disappointed with everything about this cafe. The food was not good the service was terrible what more can I say

The waitresses brought us a slice of cake with mould all over it!! Was absolutely disgusting as I am sure they checked it before bringing over! Definitely don’t recommend this place!

As it was raining we went in for some lunch and it was very good

£8.99 and all very low quality ingredients not worth it.. get urself to a spoons

Beautiful warm scones, I had cheese, husband had fruit, homemade to perfection!! Downside is that our tea and coffee and arrived a good 10/15 mins after our scones which wasn't ideal. It's a testiment to them that they were so busy, but they need more staff. There was a lady singing in the kitchen, it's fab that she's happy at her work but not so good for the customers. Just when I thought no one could sing worse than me! 😂

We popped in towards the end of the day to get out of the rain with the family and a couple of dogs. The lady was super friendly and everyone enjoyed a hot drink too warm then up after walking in the rain. Good value at about £3/ drink (coffees and hot chocolates) The cakes looked amazing but we didn't have any this time.

small cafe and nice staff but it wasn’t brilliant and as a chef tin tomatoes should not be on the breakfast it’s just wrong

Food pretty bland and average, Irn Bru and Cola served warm, didn't enjoy at all

Waited 45 minutes for a sandwich & another 15 minutes for the cups of tea to arrive, girl behind the counter needs training in customer service, asked several times for our drinks , would rather starve then return here, not particularly cheap, £26 for 2 sandwiches, 2 teas & can of pop

Nice, clean cafe. Breakfast was freshly cooked. Staff friendly.

Friendly and attentive service and v helpful staff. Good, honest food at a reasonable price… Lentil soup particularly nice…

Nice place for a coffee and cake on a cold day. Great place and atmosphere and very friendly staff .......

I echo some of the previous comments, this is the type of cafe that I thought had died out. An honest little place serving well priced, tasty food. Friendly staff and a genuine care and attention to the food they serve (and the tea comes in a really big pot!).

Visited today with my son.... we both had baked potato , cheese and coleslaw. I can honestly say I never thought you could go wrong with a baked potato...until today..... the potato had been cooked and reheated several times, inside was all brown and discoloured. Coleslaw was awful, tasteless and made with salad cream. The side salad consisted of a small ramekin with chopped cucumber and tomato. Despite both of leaving more than half each, no one asked if everything was OK. A huge disappointment, used to be a lovely cafe.

A lovely breakfast in a cosy warm cafe. Staff very welcoming and helpful. Dog friendly too, excellent

Lovely little cafe (more like a small bistro) and staff. Good choice of food and really reasonably priced, I had homemade lasagne and just too much for me as it came with chips, coleslaw and a great fresh salad too. Very clean too, nice homely decor. We had popped in earlier for a coffee and saw how appetising the food looked so went back after Xmas market. Also have gluten free options. Will go back for the crab next time. Merry Xmas to all there and thanks. ps if you find a hearing aid it's mine-only had it two weeks lol

Das Personal ist sehr zuvorkommend und hilfsbereit. Das Essen ist sehr lecker und auch nicht teuer.

I've had better at a wetherspoons if I'm honest. Food was poor lots of grease on my plate. Food was over priced for what you get (6 piece breakfast) awful and the coffee wasn't much better.

Wonderful menu great choice and change was not an issue, great value

Great wee place to eat & first visit. Was pleasantly surprised when I got my food. It was my usual tuna sandwich but really nicely presented & tasty. My Granddaughter's was also a nice surprise too.

Bacon sausage mushroom sandwich. absolute quality 👍

Great breakfast at great price Service quick staff excellent

Honestly worst full breakfast I’ve ever had, tinned tomato and the juice went all over the beans drowned the bacon and egg I only ate the sausage. The older staff where lovely the younger staff maybe 13-16 where very rude and when we asked a question just gave us a blank stare and honestly looked as though they couldn’t be bothered with anything.the younger staff definitely bring the cafe down a lot. Older man was lovey though

Staff fantastic, but obviously not enough of them as no time to clean. We're obviously short staffed, the floor going to the toilet was so greasy it was like walking on ice. Used plates/cups etc stacked up on one side as the two staff didn't have time to sort out. Toilet was filthy and smelly, but doubt the staff have time to clean it. I don't know if the staff were the owners they were lovely and cheerful and service was good and drinks etc were good. They were doing their best, but cleanliness is an issue so we would avoid next time.

We found this delightful cafe on the main High Street in Berwick as we wanted a good breakfast before exploring, and that is just what we got. We actually ate here twice during our stay the breakfasts were so good. Full English and beans on toast were devoured with relish. Service was quick, staff very pleasant, and cafe clean and welcoming.

Bacon dry and hard, sausages were anemic, could have stood a spoon up in the awful, curdled-like hot chocolate.

Had the best crab sandwiches ever. Reasonably priced. Very busy but service was good. My husband had ham and cheese bun and said the hand cooked ham was delicious.

Visited this little cafe twice while we were on holiday in Berwick. Very friendly staff, a great choice of food and home made. Very reasonable prices with vegetarian options. The cafe also allows dogs.

We tried this cafe while on a break in berwick, I had the quiche chips & salad which was very nice would definitely go again.

A busy cafe, in a bustling town, the kinda place that you think would have did off 30 years ago still exists in all its glory in Berwick. Good food, and tea, would come back of I'm ever in these parts again.

Small café with very nice cakes and waffles.

Small Cafe, not the greatest decor but great food, cooked when ordered, I had the large English breakfast, eggs cooked as should be, tasty sausage, bacon, hash browns, tomatoes and mushrooms. Great value. Very helpful staff. Toilets available.

What a superb cafe, best in town!!! On 2 week holiday at Haggerston Castle and found this food heaven in town. Great menu and amazingly priced so could fill our bellies here regularly 🤣 Cook and staff so lovely and friendly to all. Most highly recommend to anyone lucky enough to visit this lovely town***** BIG loves all, Barb & Dave (split sausages & scrambled eggs) xxxxx

Not a taste of Northumbria at all. The breakfast is all deep fried and the quality terrible. One of the worst breakfasts I have had the misfortune of trying. And they charged over £7 for this and a tea like sawdust sweepings. Terrible. Avoid.

Lovely little cafe in the town centre good food and nice staff

This place has decent food at a decent price with a decent choice menu, the staff were very friendly but the service was terribly slow and tables left uncleared for ages. The Q to pay was slow and painful to, cleanliness was adequate.

Good meals cooked to order, a varied menu all staff are friendly and welcoming, outside tables in sunny weather

Although we live here this is the first time we have been in. We all enjoyed our food, in particular the lasagna. We did find it a bit pricey, and there is a lot of faffing around by the staff, slow service, drinks coming 10 minutes apart, didn't appreciate the dogs barking at each other across the small cafe either. But the food was nice, we would consider giving it another try, maybe its because we hit rush hour on a Saturday afternoon

Excellent coffee, but very slow service

I had an English breakfast at the Cafe with black coffee ☕ and it was very busy at the Café that day but staff were managing well to serve everyone...it has a variety juices of cooked food and menue is well designed for a small Cafe as this one but great is that it has outdoor dining tables 😀 used in summer time so they can get as much as guests they can...its well run Cafe for a busy environment in the middle of Berwick town...for now I been there once but surely I might return for another English breakfast and visit hard working staff too with great prepared food and hot drinks...would recommend to one those who are exploring Berwick for an afternoon lunch...portions are reasonable.

This cafe is just as good the the staff.were very friendly the cafe looks really clean had my breakfast here be fore my return trip to oban lovely breakfast lovely place lovely and clean so will also remember this coffee shop if I re turn here from oban

I am against writing bad reviews as businesses recover from COVID, but this review is deserved. We called into this cafe for a bite to eat and a coffee. The experience was ruined by the presumed owner belittling the young lad working there in full view of the cafe. It was an extremely uncomfortable exchange to witness and no young person deserves to be spoken to like that (for clarity this young gentleman said he was at college and the owner was a grown man). I would have been in tears if my boss spoke to me like that, but the young man kept his cool so credit to him. The coffee machine was clearly not working and we got the watery remnants of what was left in the machine. Overheard the owner say he had a new coffee machine yet to be installed - so maybe this will get sorted out soon! We didn’t say anything about the coffees because we didn’t want to create any more drama. The food was ok, but we just wanted to get out of there.

The young waiter was polite and helpful, but the food was of poor quality and expensive. Four of our group ordered scones that were inedible - the worst we've ever tasted.

The place is warm but service is poor and latte’s taste disgusting. Order a cheese scone and get jam with it for the weirdest combination ever. Save your money and walk down street and get a takeout from Gregg’s. At least you know what you going to get there.

We were here in March 2020 and look forward to visiting again next month. Lovely food and dog friendly

Best breakfast in all the UK. Delicious , one breakfast is enough for 2 people