The Big Lamp Brewery in Newcastle upon Tyne

Very disappointing Sunday Lunch. We were very surprised how quiet it was for a bank holiday weekend, that should have been a sign. I have eaten here previously a few years ago and it has gone downhill. The building is full of character but it's now very tired and grubby. The service was very quick and the staff were very friendly but the food was bland and tasteless. The mash was lumpy and for the price about £15 I expect better. It's a shame because it has such potential, great location and not many other options around.

Beer was good. Friendly atmosphere. Didn't eat but others did.

What a hidden gem! For a first time visit we thoroughly enjoyed learning about the history of the place and sitting, on a lovely evening, at an outside table enjoying fish and chips. Exciting to hear about the future plans for the pub. Service excellent. Definitely going to go back....

Excellent pub/restaurant/brewery adjacent to a country park, the Hadrian's Wall trail, and river Tyne. Beers and food are both excellent, with friendly, helpful staff. Big outdoor drinking area too, which I have to say, needs cleaning up and refurbishment.

Beautiful place and fantastic staff! Food was delicious and piping hot Corned beef pie was enormous and so full of filling. Children’s meal was enough to feed a small adult/ OAP with a smaller appetite. Highly recommend and will definitely be calling back

Great experience Great atmosphere Great company

Delicious lunch, we all had something different and it was enjoyed by everyone. Halloumi wrap Burger Chicken wrap

The outside garden needs a massive clear up the table and chars are rotten and filthy there's weeds everywhere just needs a good makeover to make the place smart again

Stayed for 2 nights nice location good food and friendly service and staff

Great guys there and good local ales! Hope to be back someday soon.

Nice spot expensive for what we got. Service was slow and I didn't get meals at the same time. Not the nicest of days didn't help.

No food today... drink only. Quiet time just about 12.30 and only a few in so not crowded....... Sunday dinner today..was good....back to quiet..no food!...11thJune back again drink and sandwich 🥪👍

Stayed overnight in some low level annex. The evening meal, (nut roast) was superb. The vegan cooked breakfast in the morning was overcooked and quite frankly, disgusting. Limited choice of cereal, cardboard packed in cardboard boxes with Kellogg's on the packet. Waste of £12.

Limited menu - too little choice compared to our previousvisit, in need of some TLC - conservatory, ground and ladies loos require sprucing up. Friendly staff are the saving grace.

Just off Hadrians way, stopped for lunch. Had lovely sandwiches and chips nice glass of wine a pint of good beer. Highly recommend.

Nice setting, friendly staff and reasonable prices

I like the location, nice people and food is good but could be better. (We had fish and chips) I do recommend.

Such a great place to stay on the Hadrian Wall walk. Ken and Karen and all the staff were super friendly and welcoming. Some aspects of accommodation need an update and wifi wasn’t working in our room but great phone signal so not an issue!!

We just called in for a drink after a walk along the riverside. Comfortable pub with good beer and friendly staff.

Excellent Beer takeaway service during lockdown - Embers spot on as usual.

Our first stop on the Handrianswall Path. Great overnight stay, delicious beer and great breakfast. The packed lunch was also very convincing...

Have been to this place a few times when visiting friends, and family events, also stayed over in accommodation. My personal opinion is this place could be a little gold mine if the present owners were to spend some money in all area's, but they just seem to be running it into the ground, which is a shame.

A great place to stay particularly if you have a dog. Great evening meal and the steak and ale pie was excellent, and again it is dog friendly.

One of friendiest and least expensive eating venues. Brilliant friendly manager and staff

Nice quiet and peaceful food was really good very much comfort food I decided to go with the homemade mince and dumplings with mash fresh vegetables and gravy very filling for the main and a cellry soup for starters also with drinks prices are very good then we decided to have another drink out in their garden/yard seating was really nice and relaxing also had a nice little place for kids to play and had had good parking and place to have a walk too very much a recommendation

Not the easiest to find but great location when you get there. Only Big Lamp beers available on cask. Food OK but not outstanding.

Great beers...Brewery Tap for Big Lamp. Good pub food. Not too expensive. Large beer garden.

Terribly overcooked beef pie, beef is not meant to be crunchy. Order wrong.

Great outdoor area and a very good Sunday dinner

Not enough seats outside on a sunny day...busy full bar need more seats

Serves their own beer amongst others great location and accessibility and toilet food let them down on this occasion

Took 15mins to tell me they didn't have what I ordered and waited half an hour for my dinner 👎nice pub though

Friendly and efficient service, tasty food, reasonably priced. Nice atmosphere - obviously popular but plenty of car parking.

Stayed, eaten and drank here today. Food excellent value. NOT small portions the ladies beside us could not finish the sticky toffee pudding! Staff, at time of writing very good. Barman excellent. Beer really good but sadly no bottled beer to take away or even a mini keg. Why, I ask? The Brown ale was divine!

Dog friendly in the bar and big outdoor area for sunny days

Going for Sunday lunch next week

Cracking place good service good food

Great place to stay rooms are clean and well furnished. Food and drinks are good and staff are great.

Nice setting and great beers to choose from

Great place for Food & Drinks, really friendly staff, service great 👍.

Food was great, lovely friendly staff. Wonderful atmosphere would highly recommend will be going again.

Still up to scratch, burgers still excellent, beers continue to be great.

Lovely food prices good friendly staff

Great location but food was mediocre and over priced for quality.

Love this place. Proper pub feeling any time of the day. Plenty parking and a play park for the kids. Tip, if it's sunny, make sure you get there in good time to grab a table outside! There's a lot of them but they fill up quick!

Lovely staff and clean. Good stop over.

Went for a beer which is brewed on the premises. Nice atmosphere.

Great place to stay, with 4 lodges across the car park. Great food, friendly staff, with own brewed ales. Handy for walking Hadrian's Way. All in all, brill!

Upon arrival, was greeted warmly and professionally and shown to a table. All further interactions with staff were very positive. Unfortunately, the food we ordered, (mince and dumplings and lasagne) were virtually inedible. Everything had been reheated, was dry and had little taste. The food quality was poor, but would have at least been OK if freshly prepared. Have been here quite a number of times, but won't return unless things improve.

Been here a number of times it's family friendly and can accommodate our large family.

Nice place. Plenty of beers to chose from.

Good selection of real ales and are brewed on site. A great pub as well

Just went in for a cuppa and was pleasantly surprised.

Stopped for a drink on the way home. Nice atmosphere, spacious, reasonably priced, and quiet enough for a chat.

Lovely food and great atmosphere...love sitting outside even in the winter!!

Good food, good service and good price . A good place to go for atmosphere and conviviality aa well as food and drink.

Lovely dinner and cracking service!!

Very friendly staff and scone was very nice

Great pub been quite a few times over the years both for food and just for drinks, always a friendly atmosphere, nice staff and reasonable prices. Never had any issues at all.

Great Real Ales, brewed on the premises, good food and a cosy atmosphere.

Grt food nice drinks good accommodation.

Lovely steak and ale pie proper chips good pint and dog friendly

I'd probably avoid this place on a Sunday. called last orders 8.40 And chucked out at 8.59. staff wanted to get home for I'm a celebrity. one of the regulars who'd just worked a 14 shift and fancied a pint was promptly chased. do you actually want my money.writing this review from one of your competitors that are actually open for business

Stayed overnight. Info from staff was accurate for check in outside the normal time. Room was clean and tidy. Nicely warm in the cold weather. Breakfast was adequate. Friendly staff.

Great drinks and happy hour for real ale . Dog friendly

Very pleasant atmosphere and surrounding areas within. Pleasant staff.Good parking

Nice atmosphere but town prices for lager. Stick to real ales...more affordable and tasty. Great quiz on Sundays! There's also a park for the kids to stay entertained.

Fast service and reasonable prices.

We stayed at the hotel which was dusty and full of spiders but had very comfy beds! We went for breakfast and had Helen helping us, she was amazing and the food was fantastic

Amazing food and friendly service

never eaten at this place always reached around 7 and they do not serve food after that for some reason. the place is decent good local beers they brew them self.. good staff can't complain.

Nice cosy room and good food at a reasonable price. Friendly staff, made me feel very welcomed. excellent service!

Friendly staff and great location. Dog friendly and there's a fab walk good for pooches right from the hotel.

Great brew pub to start/end your Hadrian's Wall journey. Good food and great service.

Lovely location and nice facility. We had a peaceful, comfortable night and a nice English breakfast. Very friendly helpful staff and a nice, nice bathtub.

Pleasant staff working in pleasant pub. Good coffee .As above. Sat in sun outside.

First time I've been and the service and food is second to none, would definitely call in again

Super nice place with extremely friendly staff. Good selection of beer and ale. When walking the Hadrian walk, this place is definitely worth visiting.

Great place to stop on our way along Hadrian's wall, food was good, steak and ale pie! But the best part was their wonderful part-time barkeeper Ken, great company, good draft ale, and my new favourite gin and tonic. Best wishes from Iceland!

A perfect place to stop off after our dog walk a nice real pint too most pleasent overall will be back soon for sure

A gem by the river, lovely staff and friendly atmosphere

Excellent. Only 11.20 when I was passing on the HWP but having been walking for nearly 4 hours I'd earned a pint! Friendly staff a great ale. Decided to stay for lunch ( and another pint) and wasn't disappointed. A great pub.

With a great choice of beers available this is an excellent choice of stop along this section of the Tyne. The food here is very good too. Really nice outdoor space for warmer days. It does get very popular with families and can be very busy but that's just a measure of their success.

Good beer ideal location friendly staff

Excellent service, drink and food well worth the money .

The menu isn't good for vegetarians. They really need to work on that and also improve the atmosphere. There is always a wait and then I was told they weren't serving food anymore (even though I didn't really fancy the food anyway).

Great pub with excellent choice of beers

Great end point after a walk along the river. They've put their prices up recently.

Lovely afternoon down at the Keelman but think £4.70 is a bit over the top for a coffee.

Hidden gem! Top place, well worth the visit.

Sunday lunch choices okay. Yorkshire pudding was disappointing. Good range of beers.

We visited today and would rate their Sunday lunch the best around!!! The quality of food was exceptional, portion size was generous, including meat, and the gravy was perfect. This, along with the excellent service and beautiful surroundings made the visit first class. Will definitely be returning and would highly recommend!!!

Great little stop off on the wall walk - nice room and the bar was decent. Just make sure you know what time the bar shuts.

Lovely setting, good food fabulous beer and a very warm welcome. What more could you ask for.

The Keelman Brown is always a delight.

Great Breakfast excellent accomodations Helpful Staff unusual opening hours?

Great selection of beers as you would expect and good food too

Good ale good food good banter.champion 😁

This is such a great traditional pub with expertly kept real ales. It feels like a proper community boozer with friendly staff and customers. Should be more of them-a rare find!

It's the first time I have been, the place is worth seeing. The food and the beer was spot on will be back again soon.